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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 1, 2013 a press briefing at the White House
Says a majority of Americans -- and Republicans -- support his approach for deficit reduction.
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By Becky Bowers • March 1, 2013
Raymond LaHood
Raymond LaHood
stated on February 25, 2013 an interview on MSNBC
"There's going to be a slowdown and delays in flights" as a result of the sequester.
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By Molly Moorhead • February 27, 2013
Mallard Fillmore
Mallard Fillmore
stated on February 9, 2013 a syndicated cartoon
Comic strip says government study shows Head Start "has little or no impact on the children it’s supposed to help."
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By Sue Owen • February 26, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 a speech in Washington, D.C.
The sequester "won’t consider whether we’re cutting some bloated program that has outlived its usefulness, or a vital service that Americans depend on every single day. It doesn’t make those distinctions."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 21, 2013
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on February 11, 2013 a letter to Ohio lawmakers
Federal spending on entitlements "is projected to consume all revenue by 2045."
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By Stephen Koff • February 21, 2013
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on February 13, 2013 a radio interview
"Nobody in total is proposing cutting anything. We’re trying to reduce the rate of growth in government."
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By Dave Umhoefer • February 20, 2013
J.D. Van Brink
J.D. Van Brink
stated on December 10, 2012 in a tea party meeting
The federal government owns 30 percent of the land in the 50 states, or about 650 million acres.
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By Janel Davis • January 28, 2013
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on December 31, 2012 an interview on WOR-AM
Says "how much money the government is collecting from people...in terms of the gross domestic product" is "the lowest in 40, 50 years."
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By Bill Wichert • January 13, 2013
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on January 1, 2013 a news release
The so-called doc fix in the fiscal cliff deal will cut payments "for treating illnesses disproportionately impacting minorities, including end stage renal disease and diabetes."
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By Stephen Koff • January 4, 2013
American International Group
American International Group
stated on January 1, 2013 a TV ad
AIG has fully repaid the federal government "plus a profit of more than $22 billion."
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By Becky Bowers • January 2, 2013
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on November 8, 2012 an interview
"Revenues are 15 percent of GDP — it’s still in the range of the lowest it’s ever been."
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By Eric Stirgus • November 12, 2012
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on October 15, 2012 a TV ad
Says U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin "proposed a $3.9 trillion tax increase -- a tax increase so extreme" that "even Nancy Pelosi voted against it."
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November 2, 2012
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on October 22, 2012 a League of Women Voters guide for Texas and Austin voters
Says U.S. corporate tax rate is "highest in the world at 35 percent."
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By Sue Owen • November 1, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 a debate
Rhode Island has taken its federal Medicaid funding and shown it can run the program more cost-effectively than the federal government.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 28, 2012
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on October 17, 2012 a debate
Says Connie Mack’s Penny Plan would cut "over $200 billion out of Medicare, over $1 trillion out of Social Security. ... $3 trillion out of defense."
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By Amy Sherman • October 24, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate in Denver
"We’re now spending 42 percent of our economy on government."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 11, 2012 a campaign speech
Deficit spending ‘exploded during the Obama administration’ to $5.3 trillion over four years, compared to $2 trillion in eight years under President George W. Bush.  
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By Dave Umhoefer • September 28, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on September 6, 2012 a news release
The national debt of $16 trillion, is "enough to buy both the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds 1,918 times."
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By Tom Feran • September 21, 2012
Upendra Chivukula
Upendra Chivukula
stated on August 31, 2012 an interview on NJToday
Says Republicans "have declared that they’re going to convert the Medicare program into a voucher program."
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By Bill Wichert • September 10, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 2, 2012 a speech
"$500 billion of the extension of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy goes to 120,000 families."  
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By Dave Umhoefer • September 9, 2012
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