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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 16, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
The U.S. military is at risk of losing its "military superiority" because "our Navy is smaller than it's been since 1917. Our Air Force is smaller and older than any time since 1947."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2012
Steve Cohen
Steve Cohen
stated on November 20, 2011 appearance on MSNBC's "UP w/Chris Hayes"
"The Republicans have never done anything really to balance the budget."
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By Zack McMillin • January 13, 2012
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on January 12, 2012 a television ad
Says Newt Gingrich "co-sponsored a bill with Nancy Pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting China’s brutal one-child policy."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 12, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 11, 2012 a page on the Obama campaign website
"Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, and Newt Gingrich all say they would cut foreign aid to Israel — and every other country — to zero."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 9, 2011 a radio interview
Says Barack Obama had "huge majorities" in Congress during his first two years in office and "did nothing with them to create jobs in America."
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By Bill Wichert • December 4, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 28, 2011 an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer
"Under Barack Obama's watch, we have expended $805 billion to liberate the people of Iraq and, more importantly, 4,400 American lives."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 31, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 20, 2011 a Twitter post
"We spend less on defense today as % of GDP than at any time since Pearl Harbor."
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By M.B. Pell • August 29, 2011
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on July 25, 2011 a news release
Says Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel "supports allowing the United States to default on its obligations."
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By Tom Feran • July 28, 2011
Ocean State Policy Research Institute
Ocean State Policy Research Institute
stated on July 29, 2011 a report
"Dubious taxpayer-funded" stimulus spending -- Part II.
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By Richard Salit • July 21, 2011
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on June 14, 2011 a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives
The WIC program "is an incredibly cost effective program, serving nearly 10 million Americans each year and costing less than $100 per person. In my district, more than 18 percent of residents suffer from food insecurity and depend on WIC to make ends meet."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 26, 2011
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on June 1, 2011 an e-mail news release
Says that PolitiFact Ohio confirms that Betty Sutton "maxed out federal debt"
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By Stephen Koff • June 1, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 16, 2011 a message via the Internet
Members of Congress "receive full pay retirement after serving one term."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 29, 2011
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on May 3, 2011 a chart posted on her Flickr account
Promotes a chart saying that Barack Obama has "increased the debt" by 16 percent, compared to George W. Bush, who increased it by 115 percent.
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By Louis Jacobson • May 19, 2011
WorldNetDaily
WorldNetDaily
stated on July 10, 2010 a news report
"A U.S. Government Accountability Office report says Planned Parenthood Federation of America cannot find some $1.3 billion given to it by the federal government from 2002 through 2008."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 25, 2011
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on February 25, 2011 his radio program
Says Michelle Obama has 43 people on her staff; Nancy Reagan had just 3.
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March 4, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on January 31, 2011 a radio ad.
Congressman Robert Hurt has a plan to cut education by 40 percent.
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By Jacob Geiger • February 4, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on December 13, 2010 an op-ed in the "Wall Street Journal"
"Since January 2008 the private sector has lost nearly 8 million jobs while local, state and federal governments added 590,000."
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By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2010
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on October 12, 2010 an interview on Comedy Central's Daily Show with Jon Stewart
In the past two years, Democrats have "spent more money than this country has spent in the last 200 years combined."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2010
Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton
stated on September 1, 2010 a campaign fundraising e-mail
"Ganley said that if elected, he wants to ‘cut the dickens’ out of Social Security, Medicare and Veterans’ benefits."
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By Sabrina Eaton • September 20, 2010
Bill O'Neill
Bill O'Neill
stated on July 30, 2010 in a letter
"In recent years, Rep. LaTourette has sponsored legislation that would increase spending by 551.6 percent."
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By Stephen Koff • August 5, 2010
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