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Keith Parker
Keith Parker
stated on January 21, 2015 a Twitter post
Only "18 percent of jobs are accessible by transit for metro Atlanta residents. 33 percent for those living in the city."
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By April Hunt • January 28, 2015
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 14, 2015 State of the State address
Since Gov. Nathan Deal office in 2011, the state’s rainy day fund has grown by 643 percent.
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By Nancy Badertscher • January 27, 2015
X posts
X posts
stated on January 23, 2015 various social media postings
The Republican Party has not won a presidential election without either a Bush or a Nixon on the ticket since 1928.  
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By Dave Umhoefer • January 26, 2015
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
stated on January 25, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
Democrats have "lost more than 900 state legislators" since Barack Obama has been president.  
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By Katie Sanders • January 25, 2015
GSU Alumni Association
GSU Alumni Association
stated on January 13, 2015 mass email
The merger of Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College will make GSU one of the largest universities in the nation, with more than 54,000 students.
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By Nancy Badertscher • January 23, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 the State of the Union address
The economy is "creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2015
Bret Baier
Bret Baier
stated on January 20, 2015 an analysis of Obama's speech
In President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, "the words ‘al-Qaida’ were never used, the first time those words have not been used in a State of the Union address since February 2001."
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By Katie Sanders • January 21, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 his 2015 State of the Union address
"America is No. 1 one in oil and gas."  
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By Lauren Carroll • January 21, 2015
Jeff Graham
Jeff Graham
stated on January 7, 2015 an interview with WABE radio
The religious liberty bill proposed in the Georgia House of Representatives does not specifically exclude corporations, which means they can legally claim a religious exemption.
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By April Hunt • January 21, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 7, 2015 a speech in Wayne. Mich.
Over the past five years, the American automobile industry has "created about 500,000 new jobs."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2015
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on January 14, 2015 a newspaper opinion piece
Federal officials declared that grant funds "could be used only for Milwaukee's streetcar project," meaning it "isn’t possible" to redirect the money to "other modes of public transportation or to our public schools."
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By Dave Umhoefer • January 19, 2015
Ted Olson
Ted Olson
stated on January 18, 2015 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"Supreme Court 15 times over the last 120 years has said marriage is a fundamental right" and never said "it had to be between a man and a woman."
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By Lauren Carroll • January 18, 2015
Mark Drewniak
Mark Drewniak
stated on January 6, 2015 in a press interview
Mercedes said high taxes and the cost of doing business in New Jersey worked to Georgia’s advantage in landing the company's USA corporate headquarters.  
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By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • January 14, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 9, 2015 Texas Public Policy Foundation policy orientation
"I belong to the AFL-CIO."  
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 13, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 13, 2015 his book ‘American Dreams’
A private company building a natural gas pipeline into Florida "is being forced to spend months under the review of six federal agencies."
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By Joshua Gillin • January 12, 2015
Virginia Education Association
Virginia Education Association
stated on January 2, 2015 a web post.
State "school funding per pupil is down 16 percent compared to 2009, after adjusting for inflation."
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By Warren Fiske • January 12, 2015
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on December 9, 2014 a news release.
"After World War II, we tried, convicted, and, in some cases, executed Japanese soldiers for war crimes that included charges of waterboarding."
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By Sean Gorman • January 12, 2015
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 17, 2014 a Senate floor speech
"January through November 2014, the year so far, were the hottest first 11 months of any year recorded."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 12, 2015
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on January 11, 2015 an interview on CBS "Face the Nation"
Western Europeans "can fly in the United States without even having a visa."
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By Jon Greenberg • January 11, 2015
James Aubin
James Aubin
stated on January 5, 2015 a newspaper commentary
"Colorado raked in $60 million in marijuana taxes and licensing fees in the past year."
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By Katie Mulvaney • January 11, 2015
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