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Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
stated on December 6, 2011 an interview on Fox Business News
Says with Jon Corzine, "it's the first time, I think, in history where a former Senator has been subpoenaed to testify before his former colleagues."
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By Erin O'Neill • December 14, 2011
stated on December 9, 2011 a column in the New York Times
Newt Gingrich "has suggested" building "a mirror system in space" could improve the Earth’s habitability.
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By Louis Jacobson • December 12, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 26, 2011 a radio interview
Says "over the last 48 years, every governor at the midterm of his first term or her first term has lost seats in the Legislature, with the exception of Jim McGreevey in 2003."
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By Erin O'Neill • November 6, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 18, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
"When we got the income tax in 1913, the top rate was 7 percent. By 1980, the top rate was 70 percent."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 30, 2011 a radio interview
"I became a Republican sooner in my life than" Ronald Reagan did in his.
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 6, 2011
Mark Miller
Mark Miller
stated on May 18, 2011 remarks to reporters
"Abraham Lincoln (once) jumped out of a window in the Illinois Legislature in order to deny a quorum."  
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By Dave Umhoefer • May 30, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 13, 2010 a television interview
"When Social Security was passed, there were all kinds of lawsuits," just as there have been in the legal battle over the new health care law.
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By Louis Jacobson • December 15, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on October 30, 2010 a Saturday address
Members of Congress did not have three days to read the bill "when the stimulus was rushed into law."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 31, 2010
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on September 16, 2010 a radio interview.
Says the U.S. Constitution provides for just compensation when land is taken under eminent domain.
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 28, 2010
Citizens for the Republic
Citizens for the Republic
stated on September 21, 2010 a campaign commercial
Children born today will carry a $30,000 share of the national debt.
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By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2010
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling
stated on July 8, 2010 a speech
"Today almost half our debt is owned by foreigners."
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 30, 2010
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on June 21, 2010 a statement posted to his website
"Since 1904, the Ohio victor has won the presidency 25 out of 27 times "
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By Robert Higgs • July 23, 2010
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on June 10, 2010 a statement posted to his website
"The War in Afghanistan is officially the longest war Americans have ever been asked to endure."
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By Robert Higgs • July 23, 2010
Michael Steele
Michael Steele
stated on May 23, 2010 an interview on ABC's This Week
The Republican Party "fought very hard in the '60s to get the civil rights bill passed, as well as the voting rights bill."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on February 16, 2010 comments on his television show
"When Social Security started, age expectancy for the average man was 58. It was 62 -- 62 for women."
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By Alex Holt • March 8, 2010
Carolyn Maloney
Carolyn Maloney
stated on January 21, 2010 a floor speech in the House
Democratic presidents "have been considerably more effective at creating private-sector jobs."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2010
Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley
stated on December 30, 2009 a conference call
"I haven't missed a vote since 1993."
True
By Catharine Richert • January 6, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 21, 2009 interview on "Late Night with David Letterman"
"FDR was called a socialist and a communist."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 22, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 9, 2009 a news conference
"Putting three Republicans in my Cabinet...is unprecedented."
True
February 10, 2009
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on December 2, 2008 a speech.
"The Capitol was built by slaves."
True
January 20, 2009
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