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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
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on November 7, 2013 a hearing:
The U.S. Department of Defense spends $80 million a year on prostate cancer research, $25 million a year on ovarian cancer research and $150 million a year on breast cancer research.
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By Eric Stirgus • November 19, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 3, 2013 an image shared on Facebook:
Medicare Part D "was far more expensive than the Affordable Care Act and unlike" the act, "was never budgeted."
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By Sue Owen • November 18, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 12, 2013 a book:
"The national debt is on track to double during Obama’s presidency."  
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By Tom Kertscher • November 13, 2013
Sondy Pope
Sondy Pope
stated on October 3, 2013 a radio interview:
Common Core "is not from the federal government," they "do not have their fingerprints on this thing at all."
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By Tom Kertscher • October 24, 2013
Bill Burton
Bill Burton
stated on October 8, 2013 an appearance on CNN's "Crossfire":
Democrats already agreed to "a deal that Republicans wanted, that Eric Cantor said would be a win."
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By Jon Greenberg • October 11, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 1, 2013 a tweet:
The shutdown is projected to result in "$10 billion in costs to the economy per week."
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By Amy Sherman • October 3, 2013
Carol Shea-Porter
Carol Shea-Porter
stated on September 20, 2013 a press release:
"According to the Congressional Budget Office, repealing Obamacare would increase the budget deficit."
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By Jim Haddadin • September 25, 2013
Grover Norquist
Grover Norquist
stated on September 8, 2013 a tweet:
"CBO reports that delaying the Obamacare individual mandate will reduce the deficit by $35 billion over ten years."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2013
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on July 19, 2013 a press release:
"While fat-cat bureaucrats at the Department of Education are getting paid an average salary of $102,000 a year, teachers in Georgia are getting paid half of that."
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By Janel Davis • August 30, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 4, 2013 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"Obamacare … carries on even under a government shutdown."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2013
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on July 25, 2013 a newspaper ad:
Rick Scott  "invested $38 million in the Port of Jacksonville's vital Mile Point Project," which "covered missing federal funds for the project."
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By Katie Sanders • July 26, 2013
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on May 2, 2013 a speech:
"In the past four years, (the U.S. Senate) has only passed nine out of 48 appropriation bills."
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By Janel Davis • June 21, 2013
Fred Clark
Fred Clark
stated on May 7, 2013 a legislative meeting:
A Wisconsin bill to limit use of food stamps for junk food would also "prevent -- or limit --  the extent to which" food stamps could be used for organic foods.
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By Tom Kertscher • May 10, 2013
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on April 5, 2013 an interview:
"The port provides more than 297,000 jobs directly to the state of Georgia."
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By Eric Stirgus • May 6, 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
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on March 25, 2013 a radio interview.:
Paul Ryan’s budget "keeps the Obamacare taxes and spending cuts that paid for Obamacare, but then cuts all of the benefits."
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By Nancy Madsen • April 8, 2013
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
stated on March 17, 2013 an interview on “Fox News Sunday”:
"Quite frankly, it was during the Bush years of spending, multiplied now by the Obama years that we have this mess."
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By Sabrina Eaton • March 26, 2013
X posts
X posts
stated on March 20, 2013 tweets:
While the sequester is in effect, the federal government is still funding a study on duck penises.
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By Molly Moorhead • March 22, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on March 14, 2013 a speech at the CPAC conference:
Says the federal government is supporting a study in Hawaii to "develop a menu for when we colonize Mars."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 15, 2013
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