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Oregon 2014
Oregon 2014
stated on September 17, 2013 online campaign materials
"In fiscal year 2011-2012, 4,191 abortions were paid for by taxpayers via the Oregon Health Plan."
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By Janie Har • September 24, 2013
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on August 14, 2013 Twitter posts
Americans spend more than $160 billion and 6 billion hours per year complying with the tax code.
True
By Janel Davis • September 4, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on July 30, 2013 an article on NJ.com
"In fact New Jersey is a donor state, we get 61 cents back on every dollar we send to Washington. And interestingly Kentucky gets $1.51 on every dollar they send to Washington."
True
By Caryn Shinske • August 4, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on July 21, 2013 an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers" program
"The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan office, did an analysis and said that passing comprehensive immigration reform will reduce the federal deficit by $200 billion over the next decade."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 1, 2013
Charlene Lima
Charlene Lima
stated on June 26, 2013 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House
Economic Development Commission Executive Director Keith Stokes "sent me a letter and he said the taxpayers will never be on the hook for these bonds" for 38 Studios.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 10, 2013
John Loughlin
John Loughlin
stated on June 7, 2013 an appearance on WPRO.
"We have one of the most expensive General Assemblies, per capita, in the entire country."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 23, 2013
Dave Joyce
Dave Joyce
stated on June 5, 2013 a tweet
"47 - New provisions ObamaCare charges the IRS with implementing, according to the Government Accountability Office."
True
By Tom Feran • June 12, 2013
Tim Griffin
Tim Griffin
stated on June 4, 2013 a House Ways and Means hearing
"There was no surge in 501(c)(4) applications in 2010."
True
By Jon Greenberg • June 7, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on May 13, 2013 a gubernatorial campaign television ad
"Buono voted 154 times to raise our taxes -- like the sales tax, the income tax, health care taxes, even small business taxes."
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By Caryn Shinske • May 19, 2013
Nancy Nathanson
Nancy Nathanson
stated on April 4, 2013 a House floor speech.
Says "a pack-a-day smoker who quits because of the tax increase will save about $1,650 a year."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • April 15, 2013
Caddy McKeown
Caddy McKeown
stated on April 4, 2013 a House floor speech
Says "A baby in Coos County is two times as likely to be born to a mother who is someone who used tobacco during her pregnancy as is the average baby born in Oregon or the U.S."
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By Janie Har • April 12, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 21, 2013 a television interview
"Right now, Texas doesn’t have an income tax and Oklahoma’s lowering their income tax rates, and guess what their severance tax is? Sky high."
True
By Robert Higgs • April 8, 2013
JoEllen Smith
JoEllen Smith
stated on February 22, 2013 an editorial
Cobb is one of the largest school systems (in the nation) that is debt free.
True
By Janel Davis • March 15, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on February 20, 2013 a television interview
"There have been literally hundreds of new tax preferences and loopholes added to the code since 1986, last time we did this."
True
By Stephen Koff • March 11, 2013
Gary Sasse
Gary Sasse
stated on February 10, 2013 an appearance on 10 News Conference
Of six Rhode Island tax-credit programs worth about $35 million, "three companies got 90 percent of that -- CVS and two companies not even located in the state of Rhode Island."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 24, 2013
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on January 8, 2013 a news conference.
Says his transportation plan "would make Virginia the first state in the nation to eliminate the state tax on gasoline."
True
By Nancy Madsen • January 10, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 8, 2013 a speech
"A far different picture from the prior eight years, which saw 115 increases in taxes and fees."
True
By Caryn Shinske • January 10, 2013
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on November 27, 2012 an interview
Says he has never voted for raising taxes.
True
By Eric Stirgus • December 5, 2012
Libraries Yes! Committee
Libraries Yes! Committee
stated on October 21, 2012 a campaign mailer.
Says the Multnomah County Library system "is the second busiest in the nation."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 16, 2012
Stand For Children Tennessee
Stand For Children Tennessee
stated on October 24, 2012 in a post on Facebook.
Says that "Tennessee law requires that schools receive half of proceeds -- $31 million per year" -- from a half-cent increase in the Shelby County sales tax.
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By Zack McMillin • November 4, 2012
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