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Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
stated on July 1, 2013 an email
Electricity rates are 40 percent higher in states that have required utility companies to use a certain amount of renewable energy such as solar power.
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By Eric Stirgus • July 10, 2013
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on May 21, 2013 an interview
Corporate tax holidays pushed by Presidents John F. Kennedy and George W. Bush brought "billions" of dollars back into the United States.
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By Eric Stirgus • June 18, 2013
John Lewis
John Lewis
stated on May 17, 2013 an op-ed
"The violent crime rate in America is the same as it was in 1968, yet our prison system has grown by over 500 percent."
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By Eric Stirgus • June 7, 2013
Charlie Smith
Charlie Smith
stated on May 6, 2013 a newspaper article
The federal government could save $500 million annually by circulating $1 coins instead of $1 bills.
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By Janel Davis • May 31, 2013
Bryan Long
Bryan Long
stated on April 24, 2013 a panel discussion
Fewer Democrats were on the Georgia general election ballot in 2012 than in more than 100 years.
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By Janel Davis • May 29, 2013
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on April 30, 2013 a speech
The state of Georgia lost 16 percent of its employees last year, and that percentage has risen over the past three years.
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By Janel Davis • May 24, 2013
Tim Echols
Tim Echols
stated on May 13, 2013 a twitter post
There are about 120,000 solar energy jobs in the United States, but only 1,700 of them are in Georgia.
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By Eric Stirgus • May 22, 2013
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
stated on May 5, 2013 television interview
Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have cost every U.S. family $45,000.
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By Janel Davis • May 13, 2013
Renee Unterman
Renee Unterman
stated on March 26, 2013 a speech
Says state Senate leaders have accepted $142,400 in campaign contributions from dentists and pharmacists during the past two years.
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By Eric Stirgus • May 1, 2013
Rob Woodall
Rob Woodall
stated on April 16, 2013 a speech
"Do you know those former Soviet Bloc countries have all moved to flat taxes?"
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By Chris Joyner • April 29, 2013
Vincent Fort
Vincent Fort
stated on March 26, 2013 a speech
About 3 percent of Gov. Nathan Deal’s appointments have been African-American.
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By Eric Stirgus • April 23, 2013
David Furhman
David Furhman
stated on March 12, 2013 an interview
The decision to remove Chick-fil-A from Emory University was based solely on student feedback.
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By Karishma Mehrotra • April 19, 2013
Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on March 26, 2013 a Twitter post
The Internal Revenue Service spent $60,000 on a "Star Trek" training video.
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By Eric Stirgus • April 15, 2013
Elizabeth Colbert Busch
Elizabeth Colbert Busch
stated on April 9, 2013 a news release
In South Carolina, women earn 76 cents on the dollar to men’s earnings.
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By Janel Davis • April 12, 2013
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on March 28, 2013 a meeting
"In the last two years, I have supported and proposed $155 billion worth of targeting cuts. Dr. Gingrey has presented zero."
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By Eric Stirgus • April 9, 2013
B. Heath Mitchell
B. Heath Mitchell
stated on April 2, 2013 newspaper article
The city of Nelson, Ga., is "quieter than Mayberry."
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By Janel Davis • April 8, 2013
John Lewis
John Lewis
stated on February 24, 2013 newspaper column
"Opponents of Section 5 (of the Voting Rights Act) complain of state expense, yet their only cost is the paper, postage and manpower required to send copies of legislation to the federal government for review."
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By Janel Davis • April 3, 2013
William Perry
William Perry
stated on March 20, 2013 newspaper column
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed held not one conversation with the public about the new Falcons stadium project
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By Janel Davis • April 1, 2013
Cleta Winslow
Cleta Winslow
stated on March 18, 2013 a meeting
"In this city, there hasn’t been a stadium that’s lasted more than 27 years."
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By Eric Stirgus • March 29, 2013
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
stated on March 14, 2013 a letter
"[A] 2009 USDA study found that 87 percent of chicken carcasses tested positive for generic E. coli ... just prior to packaging."
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By Eric Stirgus • March 27, 2013
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