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David Scott
David Scott
stated on January 6, 2014 a letter
President Barack Obama’s judicial appointments for Georgia and the region were drafted in secret and not vetted by legal groups among the president’s supporters.
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By Eric Stirgus • January 17, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 10, 2014 a speech at a Texas Public Policy Foundation forum
Obama unilaterally announced he was delaying employer mandate "through a blog post by a mid-level bureaucrat at the Department of Treasury."
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By Sue Owen • January 16, 2014
Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Greenwald
stated on January 2, 2014 a broadcast of CNN's "The Lead"
"Under the Espionage Act, (Edward Snowden would not be) allowed to come into court and say ‘I was justified in disclosing this information.’ There is no whistleblower exception in the Espionage Act."
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By Jon Greenberg • January 7, 2014
Peter King
Peter King
stated on September 1, 2013 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"The House did vote against engagement in Kosovo, and Bill Clinton kept fighting anyway. And, then, ultimately, a vote did pass."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2013
Steven Frias
Steven Frias
stated on August 14, 2013 a Providence Journal commentary
The R.I. Turnpike and Bridge Authority "was supposed to exist only until the bonds used to build the Newport Bridge were paid off through tolls. Once the bonds were paid, the Newport Bridge was to be transferred to the State of Rhode Island and become toll-free."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 1, 2013
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 8, 2013 an opinion column.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 71.2 percent of Hispanic registered voters in Texas and over 86 percent of African American registered voters participated in the 2012 elections.
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 16, 2013
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on June 9, 2013 an interview on ABC’s "This Week"
"It's expressly prohibited by law that you can read and wholly surveil domestic email traffic in the United States."
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By Becky Bowers • June 13, 2013
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on May 17, 2013 an interview with Fox News
"The IRS doesn't have to prove something against you ... you've got the burden of proof."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2013
Ed Fallone
Ed Fallone
stated on March 6, 2013 an interview
"The majority of my contributions have been from private individuals" giving $125 on average, "not from PACs, not from groups."
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By Dave Umhoefer • March 13, 2013
Patience Roggensack
Patience Roggensack
stated on February 6, 2013 a campaign TV ad
Says she heard more than 2,400 cases as a Wisconsin appeals court judge  
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By Dave Umhoefer • February 17, 2013
Christopher Plante
Christopher Plante
stated on January 13, 2013 an interview
"The governor does not have any power to veto a referendum [on same-sex marriage] that would be a constitutional amendment."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 23, 2013
Sherry Sylvester
Sherry Sylvester
stated on December 2, 2012 an opinion column.
Says personal-injury trial lawyers "have provided over 80 percent of the funding for the Texas Democratic Party for over a decade."
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 14, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on September 12, 2012 in a news conference
"The Providence Economic Development Partnership . . .which you [Cicilline] chaired, loaned $103,000 in taxpayer funds to one of your campaign workers. The worker never paid back the loan."
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By Tom Mooney • September 18, 2012
Paul Summers
Paul Summers
stated on September 2, 2012 in an op-ed article written for Tennessee newspapers.
Tennessee's appeals court judges "were selected by a handful of party officials in Nashville" before the system of "merit selection" was put into effect.
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By Tom Humphrey • September 14, 2012
Eric Holder
Eric Holder
stated on July 10, 2012 a speech to the NAACP convention in Houston.
Says recent studies indicate that nationally, only 8 percent of white voting-age citizens but 25 percent of African-American voting-age citizens lack government-issued photo IDs.
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By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • July 11, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 4, 2012 an interview with CBS News
The Supreme Court said the individual mandate "is a tax. So it's a tax."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on May 8, 2012 attack ad for TV
"A Florida judge ruled parts of Obamacare unconstitutional."
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By Katie Sanders • May 18, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 17, 2012 a TV ad.
Says Ted Cruz represents a Chinese company found guilty of stealing blueprints from an American manufacturer.
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 19, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 23, 2012 a Republican presidential primary debate in Tampa, Fla.
"Speaker Gingrich for 20 years supported a federal individual mandate" for health insurance.
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By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead • January 24, 2012
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on November 3, 2011 a conference call with reporters
Says Mitt Romney "is committed to overturning Roe vs. Wade, and he supports such amendments that define a life as beginning at the moment of conception."
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By Louis Jacobson • November 8, 2011
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