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Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on May 9, 2011 an article in Politico
"A gallon (of gasoline) delivered to the front lines for our troops in Afghanistan cost more than $400."
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By Sabrina Eaton • May 23, 2011
Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern
stated on May 4, 2011 a radio interview
"The Ohio Democratic Party has raised $1.1 million since the November election. A very small percentage of that has come from organized labor."
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By Mark Naymik • May 17, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on May 10, 2011 a fundraising letter
"Eighty-seven percent of private insurance plans currently include (abortion) coverage."
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By Tom Feran • May 16, 2011
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on March 29, 2011 a video posted to YouTube
The federal debt is more than $14 trillion, "almost equal to the size of our entire economy," and "every child born today inherits a $45,000 share of the national debt before they take their first breath."
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By Sabrina Eaton • May 5, 2011
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 19, 2011 a speech in Cleveland
"We have created more jobs in this last year than the Bush administration (did) in eight years."
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By Mark Naymik • April 28, 2011
David Pepper
David Pepper
stated on March 10, 2011 an Ohio House committee hearing
"Many states without collective bargaining, such as Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina, have far larger budget deficits than many that do, including Ohio."
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By Reginald Fields • April 11, 2011
Armond Budish
Armond Budish
stated on March 17, 2011 a letter to editor in The Plain Dealer
Says "legislation pending in the House would effectively limit or eliminate ‘time-and-a-half’ for people who work overtime."
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By Joe Guillen • March 25, 2011
Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton
stated on March 3, 2011 a House committee hearing
"Lake Erie supports nearly 10 percent of Ohio's jobs and generates $750 million in state and local taxes."
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By Tom Feran • March 18, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on January 19, 2011 a telephone news conference
Says that Republicans "bragged about how every bill was going to be paid for, right from the beginning" and that the first vote, the repeal of health care reform, violated that rule.
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By James Ewinger • March 16, 2011
Ohio Coal Association
Ohio Coal Association
stated on March 1, 2011 testimony to a House subcommittee
Says that President Obama said in 2008 that his proposed greenhouse gas regulations "will bankrupt" anyone who wants to build a new coal-fired power plant.
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By Stephen Koff • March 14, 2011
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on February 14, 2011 a tweet on Twitter
"FACT: the ‘special assistant’ in @johnkasich's office makes over three times more than an average #OH firefighter"
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By Mark Naymik • February 24, 2011
William G. Batchelder
William G. Batchelder
stated on February 4, 2011 an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM
"75 percent of the jobs created in the state of Ohio are created in small business. They are not created by huge corporations and those who are very wealthy."
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By James McCarty • February 21, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 6, 2011 a newspaper column
Says there are Ohio Turnpike workers getting paid $66,000 a year to collect tolls that machines might collect.
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By Reginald Fields • February 17, 2011
Lorraine Fende
Lorraine Fende
stated on January 17, 2011 an interview with The Columbus Dispatch
Says that in Ohio "right now, you could be 8½ months pregnant and have an abortion for no reason."
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By Joe Guillen • February 4, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on January 11, 2011 an MSNBC interview
Under federal law, Jared Loughner "would not have been able to buy a gun" had he been identified as mentally ill.
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By Stephen Koff • January 20, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on December 31, 2010 a CNN interview
Says that before health care reform, one of every three health care dollars spent -- more than $800 billion a year -- didn't go for health care.
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By Tom Feran • January 18, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on November 30, 2010 an MSNBC interview
"Understand, this is unemployment insurance. It’s not welfare, as a lot of my Republican colleagues like to suggest it is. You pay into it when you’re working. You get help when you’re not."
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By Stephen Koff • December 7, 2010
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on November 3, 2010 a news conference
"Ohio ranks 46th in the country in putting dollars in the classroom."
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By Reginald Fields • November 30, 2010
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on November 11, 2010 a news release
More than 10 years of free trade "has brought a $2 billion per day trade deficit."
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By Stephen Koff • November 22, 2010
Americans For Tax Reform
Americans For Tax Reform
stated on November 3, 2010 a news release
"It is a commitment voters take very seriously: The only incumbent in Ohio to break his Pledge and vote for Ted Strickland's income tax hike was defeated soundly on Tuesday."
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By Aaron Marshall • November 12, 2010
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