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Committee of Austin's Children PAC
Committee of Austin's Children PAC
stated on September 24, 2017 a handout in advance of November 2017 vote on a bond proposition
Says a proposed $1.05 billion Austin school district bond proposition "will require no tax rate increase."
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 12, 2017
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on October 5, 2017 a press release
"The Obama administration approved the sale of bump fire stocks on at least two occasions."
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By Manuela Tobias • October 6, 2017
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on October 4, 2017 a news conference
In Wisconsin, "we have a bill that would allow hidden, deadly weapons -- every single person to carry one -- no training, no background check, even around schools."  
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October 6, 2017
Newsweek
Newsweek
stated on October 2, 2017 an article
"White men have committed more mass shootings than any other group."
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By John Kruzel • October 6, 2017
Steve Israel
Steve Israel
stated on October 2, 2017 an op-ed in the "New York Times"
Says the Dickey Amendment "prevents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from even researching the relationship between gun violence and public health. ... The government can’t study gun violence but is spending $400,000 analyzing the effects of Swedish massages on rabbits."  
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By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2017
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on September 22, 2017 a letter to a constituent
Says that under the Obamacare law, health insurance "premiums have increased by more than 105 percent since" 2013.
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 4, 2017
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on September 18, 2017 a website
"The soda tax can make a difference by reducing consumption of unhealthy soda pop and sugary beverages."
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By Matt Dietrich • October 2, 2017
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on September 20, 2017 a newspaper article
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom was "for (high-speed rail), before he’s against it, and then he’s for it again."
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By Chris Nichols • September 29, 2017
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on September 19, 2017 a conversation with reporters
New York has "the biggest outmigration of citizens of any state."
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By Dan Clark • September 29, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on August 22, 2017 a town hall in Monett, Mo.
"We’re the only developed nation in the world that doesn’t have paid maternity leave."
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By Emily McCarter, Lucille Sherman • September 28, 2017
Dallas Woodhouse
Dallas Woodhouse
stated on September 13, 2017 in a newspaper
"Since 2010, Republicans have won unaffiliated voters in every general election."
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By Paul Specht • September 27, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 22, 2017 a rally
"So now they take drugs, literally, and they throw it, a hundred pounds of drugs. They throw it over the wall, they have catapults, but they throw it over the wall, and it lands and it hits somebody on the head."
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By Miriam Valverde • September 27, 2017
Cory Gardner
Cory Gardner
stated on September 24, 2017 an interview
North Korea is "the fifth or fourth most sanctioned nation."
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By John Kruzel • September 27, 2017
Andrew Koenig
Andrew Koenig
stated on August 30, 2017 a tweet
"The bill that I carried cutting MO’s income tax for 1st time in over 100 years will start its 1st phase in jan 1 2018. #moleg @Eric_Schmitt"
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By Katelyn Brown, Patrick Mueller • September 26, 2017
José Serrano
José Serrano
stated on September 12, 2017 a tweet
"Republicans want to restore #gunrights to felons"
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By Dan Clark • September 22, 2017
John Thomaides
John Thomaides
stated on June 27, 2017 a tweet
Says the Austin metro region "will lead" the nation "with population growth over 50%" over the next 30 years.
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 20, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on September 7, 2017 in a press release
"Even with a permanent income tax increase... the budget is more than $1 billion out of balance…"
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By Matt Dietrich • September 20, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on September 13, 2017 a tweet
Says U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin "wants to use a government jet that costs $25,000 per hour for his honeymoon."
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September 18, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 1, 2017 an interview
"We've got about $3 trillion in trapped cash overseas that basically can't come back in this country because of our tax laws."  
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September 15, 2017
Al Franken
Al Franken
stated on September 5, 2017 an interview
"President (Ronald) Reagan did a similar thing. George H.W. Bush did a similar order" as former President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.
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By John Kruzel • September 8, 2017
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