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Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on May 29, 2015 a Facebook post
"In just 17 years, spending for Social Security, federal health care and interest on the debt will exceed ALL tax revenue!"
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By Warren Fiske • June 16, 2015
Debbie Mayfield
Debbie Mayfield
stated on May 4, 2015 a tweet
"Florida sends $135 billion and D.C. returns $150 billion."
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By Joshua Gillin • May 14, 2015
Represent.us
Represent.us
stated on April 30, 2015 a meme on social media
"The U.S. representatives that voted to keep militarizing the police received 73 percent more campaign money from the defense industry" than the representatives who voted to stop it.
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By Louis Jacobson • April 30, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 24, 2015 a Senate floor speech
"Inflation-adjusted defense spending has declined 21 percent since 2010, and even if we discount the drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan, it has still declined by a dangerous 12 percent."
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By Joshua Gillin • March 30, 2015
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on March 13, 2015 a television interview
"Rhode Island has the second highest per enrollee (Medicaid) cost of any state in the country, which is 60 percent higher than the national average."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 29, 2015
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on February 16, 2015 a Facebook post.
"...Over 30 years, federal spending on education has grown by 375 percent, but test scores remain flat."
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By Warren Fiske • March 2, 2015
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on December 11, 2014 an interview
Two-thirds of the federal budget is "permanent law ... it's permanently appropriated."
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December 19, 2014
Michael Needham
Michael Needham
stated on December 14, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
The federal budget bill "reauthorizes the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which provides taxpayer dollars so that the Four Seasons hotel can build a resort in Turkey."
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By Lauren Carroll • December 15, 2014
Stephanie Cutter
Stephanie Cutter
stated on October 19, 2014 an episode of "Meet the Press"
"Money towards the Ebola vaccine is basically cut in half to what it was. More cuts are coming under the congressional sequester."
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By Katie Sanders • October 24, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 2, 2014 a speech at Northwestern University
The cost of "health care is now the single-biggest factor driving down" the federal budget deficit.
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By Lauren Carroll • October 8, 2014
Bruce Braley
Bruce Braley
stated on July 29, 2014
Says U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst does not support "a national minimum wage." 
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By Molly O'Connor • August 1, 2014
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on June 23, 2014 In a Twitter post
U.S. Senate candidate Jack Kingston "requested more earmarks than any other GA Congressman and all GA GOP members combined."
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By April Hunt • July 1, 2014
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on May 14, 2014 an email blast
"The average student loan debt in Texas is over $22,000...the cost of an average size pickup truck." But unlike car owners, "students are not allowed to refinance their loans at lower rates."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 9, 2014
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on May 6, 2014 a news conference
Congress used earmarks "for more than 200 years."
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By Tim Ryan • May 13, 2014
Democratic Party of Virginia
Democratic Party of Virginia
stated on April 15, 2014 a tweet.
Says Virginia House Republicans are sacrificing $5 million a day in U.S. funds by refusing to expand Medicaid.
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By Nancy Madsen • May 5, 2014
John McCallum
John McCallum
stated on March 18, 2014 a video
"A child born in America today will inherit $1.5 million in debt the moment they're placed in their mother's arms."
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By Eric Stirgus • March 26, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on March 2, 2014 a TV ad
Says Dan Patrick "supported giving a $5,000 taxpayer-funded voucher to every family to buy a car."  
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 14, 2014
Clay Pell
Clay Pell
stated on February 2, 2014 an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers."
"The budget I managed at the Department of Education was more than $60 million."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 23, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 29, 2014 a Facebook post
The cost of the food stamp program is at an all-time high.  
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By Eric Stirgus • February 7, 2014
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on December 1, 2013 a Doonesbury strip in the Sunday comics
"The economy bled $24 billion" due to the government shutdown.
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By Jon Greenberg • December 3, 2013
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