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John Burzichelli
stated on September 19, 2012 an interview with NJToday

Says "the governor is going around the state talking about [how] we should fund an income tax cut" that benefits higher income earners and not lower income earners

By Erin O'Neill • September 24, 2012

Ted Lyon
stated on July 31, 2012 an opinion column in the Austin American-Statesman

Says most Texas schools spend 45 out of 180 school days in mandated testing.

By Sue Owen • August 29, 2012

Scott Walker
stated on July 12, 2012 an op-ed piece

A study showed that President Barack Obama’s health-care reforms will "devastate Wisconsin" by pushing people off employer-sponsored insurance, driving up premiums, increasing dependency and making 122,000 people ineligible for Medicaid.

By Dave Umhoefer, Guy Boulton • July 29, 2012

New Boston Republican Committee
stated on July 23, 2012 a campaign sign in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire

Says Democrats racked up a $1 billion state deficit, while Republicans under Bill O'Brien balanced the budget.

By Jake Berry • July 29, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on July 9, 2012 a speech at the Brookings Institution

"I used my line-item veto authority to veto $360 million dollars in special interest spending, so that our budget this year ... is still smaller than the fiscal year 2008 and 2009 budgets signed by my predecessor."

By Erin O'Neill • July 23, 2012

Lou Greenwald
stated on July 15, 2012 an interview on 6abc’s “Inside Story”

Says "the money is in the budget" to give a tax break to "everyone," including people making more than $1 million.

By Bill Wichert • July 18, 2012

Brian Robinson
stated on July 8, 2012 an article

Funding the federal health care law without a tax hike will "require the state to cut nearly a quarter of its annual budget."

By Eric Stirgus • July 16, 2012

Rick Scott
stated on July 2, 2012 comments on CNBC

The Medicaid expansion is "going to cost Florida $1.9 billion a year."

By Aaron Sharockman • July 2, 2012

Dan Ramos
stated on June 13, 2012 a speech in the Ohio House

Lorain "is the poorest urban school district in the state of Ohio."

By Joe Guillen • July 2, 2012

Shawn Lindsay
stated on June 21, 2012 a campaign press release

Says, "Yet in Salem they have traditionally waited until the money is almost gone to pay for the most important things in our state’s budget."

By Janie Har • June 26, 2012

Vincent Prieto
stated on June 17, 2012 an interview on My9 News' “New Jersey Now”

Says Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed budget is "the biggest spending budget in the history of the state of New Jersey. It is the largest in the nation at this point in time."

By Erin O'Neill • June 25, 2012

Chris Garrett and Bill Kennemer
stated on June 13, 2012 a commentary article.

Say "this biennium, liquor sales account for nearly $1 billion in the state budget."

By Ian K. Kullgren • June 14, 2012

stated on May 24, 2012 a website alert

Says Gov. Scott Walker made "draconian cuts" to public safety budgets that put police officers at "greater risk of harm."

By Dave Umhoefer • June 3, 2012

William O'Brien
stated on May 7, 2012 an interview with the Telegraph editorial board

"There’s 400 more people working in health care today in New Hampshire than when we passed the budget."

By Jake Berry • May 25, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on May 12, 2012 an interview with CBN News

When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, "we didn’t just slow the rate of growth of our government, we actually cut it."

By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2012

Chain email
stated on April 26, 2012 an email

The salaries of Wisconsin’s best-educated public school teachers were "slashed" by Gov. Scott Walker through a recent administrative rule change.

By Dave Umhoefer • May 13, 2012

Ted Cruz
stated on April 13, 2012 a Republican US Senate debate at WFAA-TV, Channel 8, in Dallas.

David Dewhurst "has never once cut one penny from the state budget."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 20, 2012

Scott Walker
stated on March 19, 2012 a television interview

"We gave every public employee in the state the freedom to choose whether or not they want to be in a union."

By James B. Nelson • April 9, 2012

AFSCME
stated on April 3, 2012 a web site posting

Says gubernatorial recall candidate Tom Barrett supported passage of Gov. Scott Walker’s bill stripping collective bargaining of state employees.

By James B. Nelson • April 6, 2012

Harold Metts
stated on March 14, 2012 a news release

Says when Rhode Island Lottery was proposed, "state residents were enticed to vote for it with the promise that the money would be used for education."

By Edward Fitzpatrick • March 28, 2012

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