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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate
Says Donald Trump’s tax plan gives the wealthy and corporations "more than the Bush tax cuts by at least a factor of two."
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By Linda Qiu • October 11, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 a debate
"Richard Nixon released tax returns when he was under audit."
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By Sean Gorman • October 5, 2016
María Teresa Kumar
María Teresa Kumar
stated on October 2, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"Undocumented immigrants pay $12 billion of taxes every single year." 
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By Linda Qiu • October 2, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate at Hofstra University
According to "independent experts," Donald Trump's tax plan "would blow up the debt by over $5 trillion and would in some instances disadvantage middle-class families compared to the wealthy."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2016
Paul Bettencourt
Paul Bettencourt
stated on August 24, 2016 a press release
Says a change in law he carried stopped a $100 million tax increase in the Dallas school district.  
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By Bobby Cervantes • September 23, 2016
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on August 10, 2016 a blog post on the NRCC website
Tom Suozzi raised taxes "by hundreds of millions of dollars" as Nassau County executive.
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By Dan Clark • September 23, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention
"An amendment, pushed by Lyndon Johnson many years ago, threatens religious institutions with a loss of their tax-exempt status if they openly advocate their political views."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2016
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 27, 2016 a letter to Department of Transportation officials
"For decades, the state’s gas tax has been among the highest in the nation."
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By Sarah Hauer • July 20, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 21, 2016 a speech
Says Donald Trump’s proposed tax treatment of hedge fund managers "makes the current loophole even worse."
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By Adam Thorp • July 1, 2016
Jennifer Shilling
Jennifer Shilling
stated on May 11, 2016 a teleconference
Under Donald Trump's tax plan, "the top 0.1 percent of taxpayers -- people earning multiple millions of dollars a year, on average --  would get more tax relief than the bottom 60 percent of taxpayers combined."
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May 20, 2016
Katie McGinty
Katie McGinty
stated on April 28, 2016 a press release.
"Pat Toomey advocated for eliminating all corporate taxes."
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By Anna Orso • April 29, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 22, 2016 In a statement to Philadelphia magazine
"A tax on soda and juice drinks would disproportionately increase taxes on low-income families in Philadelphia."
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By Mark Dent • April 25, 2016
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on April 8, 2016 a Facebook post
Says Republican presidential candidate and Gov. John Kasich has spent 177 days out of state and used $350,000 in taxpayer money on his "costly campaign."
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By Nadia Pflaum • April 19, 2016
Jim Kenney
Jim Kenney
stated on March 27, 2016 Pennsylvania
"Big soda has a lot of money. They make a lot of profit off their product and they market in neighborhoods that suffer from these very things that we’re trying to cure."
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By Cassie Owens • March 30, 2016
David Sweetser
David Sweetser
stated on January 3, 2016 an interview
Boston is just 60 minutes away and it’s offering subsidies to developers who can charge higher rent than you can get in Providence while construction costs are more or less equal. As a result, the Boston skyline "is completely dominated by the cranes."  
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By Mark Reynolds • January 17, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on November 4, 2015 a TV interview
The U.S. "tax rate on successful small businesses is 44.6 percent," while the business tax rate in Canada is 15 percent.
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By James B. Nelson • December 10, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 14, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa
Says income tax rates under Eisenhower were as high as 90 percent.
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By Joshua Gillin • November 15, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 10, 2015 the Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wis.
"There are more words in the IRS code than there are in the Bible."
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By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2015
Don Francis
Don Francis
stated on October 28, 2015 an interview with Watchdog.org
Electric car sales in Georgia have dropped dramatically since a $5,000 tax credit was eliminated and a $200 annual registration fee was imposed July 1.
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By Nancy Badertscher • November 2, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 21, 2015 a fundraising email
"Trump proposed enacting the largest tax increase in American history."  
True
By Amy Sherman • September 2, 2015
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