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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 27, 2014 an event at the White House:
"Fewer black and Latino men participate in the labor force, compared to young white men."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 28, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 30, 2014 a speech:
"Most folks’ wages haven’t gone up in over a decade."  
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By Tom Kertscher • February 23, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of the Union address:
Women "make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 State of the Union address:
"For the first time in over a decade, business leaders around the world have declared that China is no longer the world’s No. 1 place to invest; America is."
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By Joshua Gillin • January 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of the Union address:
"The federal minimum wage is worth about 20 percent less than it was when Ronald Reagan" gave his first address to a joint session of Congress.
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By Steve Contorno • January 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 18, 2014 a Saturday radio address:
"Thanks in part to our all-of-the-above strategy for American energy," the United States generates "more natural gas than anybody."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 22, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 30, 2013 a speech in Boston:
Due to Obamacare, Arkansas "has covered almost 14 percent of its uninsured already."
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By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 21, 2013 a public address:
Nearly 6 in 10 uninsured Americans "can get health insurance for what may be the equivalent of your cell phone bill."
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By Julie Kliegman • October 28, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 17, 2013 a public address:
"Half of all CEOs say that the shutdown and the threat of shutdown set back their plans to hire over the next six months."
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By Julie Kliegman • October 21, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 1, 2013 an NPR interview:
"At the time that (Medicare Part D) was passed (it) was actually less popular than the Affordable Care Act, according to the polls."
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By Julie Kliegman • October 4, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2013 a speech about the Affordable Care Act:
"Up to half of all Americans have a pre-existing condition."
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By Jon Greenberg • September 27, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 30, 2013 a speech in Chattanooga, Tenn.:
"This year, we're off to our best private-sector jobs growth since 1999."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 2, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 24, 2013 a speech in Galesburg, Ill.:
The minimum wage is "lower right now than it was when Ronald Reagan took office."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 25, 2013 a speech on climate change:
As a student at Occidental College in Los Angeles from 1979 to 1981, "there were days where folks couldn't go outside. … because of all the pollution in the air."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 26, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 30, 2013 a press conference:
Long-term federal investment in U.S. airports is urgent because "there was a recent survey of the top airports … in the world, and there was not a single U.S. airport that came in the top 25."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 1, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2013 remarks in the White House Rose Garden:
A "wide majority of NRA households ... supported this legislation" on gun background checks.
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By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 1, 2013 a press briefing at the White House:
Says a majority of Americans -- and Republicans -- support his approach for deficit reduction.
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By Becky Bowers • March 1, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 a speech in Washington, D.C.:
The sequester "won’t consider whether we’re cutting some bloated program that has outlived its usefulness, or a vital service that Americans depend on every single day. It doesn’t make those distinctions."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 21, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union address:
Says he and Mitt Romney agreed on tying minimum wage increases to inflation.
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By Molly Moorhead • February 14, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union Address:
Says "overwhelming majorities of Americans" support gun legislation "like background checks."
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By Becky Bowers • February 13, 2013
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