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Ron Amstutz
Ron Amstutz
stated on May 28, 2011 a newspaper column:
The budget currently being debated "significantly decreases the use of one-time resources."
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By Mark Naymik • June 14, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on May 24, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives:
The average person "will pay $6,000 more a year" under Rep. Paul Ryan's Medicare proposal.
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By Sabrina Eaton • June 13, 2011
Armond Budish
Armond Budish
stated on May 18, 2011 a news release:
Says Republican-approved changes to "make it more difficult to participate in Ohio elections include reducing in-person early voting from 35 days to six."
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By Mark Naymik • May 27, 2011
Amy Hanauer
Amy Hanauer
stated on May 5, 2011 at a rally at the Ohio Statehouse:
"To give a sense of how families are struggling, a record four out of every 10 school kids in Ohio now qualifies for subsidized lunch."
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By Joe Guillen • May 24, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on May 10, 2011 a speech to the Ohio Chamber of Commerce:
"We're within 600 miles of 60 percent of America. We're in a perfect location."
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By Tom Feran • May 13, 2011
Matt Lundy
Matt Lundy
stated on May 2, 2011 a news conference:
"The substitute budget now adds in tax breaks and tax deductions for those who buy these prisons."  
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By Reginald Fields • May 12, 2011
Nina Turner
Nina Turner
stated on April 18, 2011 a forum on the state budget:
When "the governor announced his ‘jobs budget,’ 99 folks from the Department of Taxation were let go the next day."
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By Tom Feran • May 11, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on April 13, 2011 a radio interview:
The Bush tax cuts "helped to create a substantial part of the deficit."
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By Tom Feran • April 29, 2011
Tim Grendell
Tim Grendell
stated on April 18, 2011 a forum on the state budget:
"In Senate Bill 5, there is this new method of evaluating teachers. … You’re also going to be rated on what the parents think of you and they can send questionnaires and surveys home to parents."
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By Joe Guillen • April 26, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on April 14, 2011 a Senate committee hearing:
"Foreign companies in the United States have a significantly higher unionization rate than other companies overall."
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By Tom Feran • April 25, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on March 16, 2011 a House committee hearing:
"From '05 to '09, we've had 1,100 soldiers commit suicide, one every 36 hours."
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By Sabrina Eaton • April 8, 2011
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on March 22, 2011 an interview on the Fox Business Channel:
The federal government has "77 different means-tested social welfare programs."
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By Stephen Koff • April 5, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on March 7, 2011:
The "House-passed budget proposal could cut funding for programs that help keep local neighborhoods safe, slash more than $1.7 million in anti-terror funds for Ohio."
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By Stephen Koff • March 30, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on February 17, 2011 a House committee hearing:
Says none of the government programs targeted for elimination or severe cutback in House Republican spending plans "appeared on the GAO's list of government programs at high risk of waste, fraud and abuse."
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By Tom Feran • March 28, 2011
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on March 1, 2011 an interview on C-SPAN:
"There are corporations in this nation, some of the biggest corporations in this nation, who do not pay taxes."
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By Sabrina Eaton • March 15, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 21, 2011 an interview on Fox News:
"Our average private sector employee pays 23 percent for their health care. Our average city worker in Ohio pays 9 percent."
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By Joe Guillen • March 10, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on March 3, 2011 a speech in the Senate:
"Hitler didn't want unions. Stalin didn't want unions. Mubarak didn't want independent unions. These autocrats in history don't want independent unions."
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By Tom Feran • March 8, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 22, 2011 an interview on CNN:
"We have lost 600,000 jobs over the period of the last 10 years. Only Michigan and California have done worse."
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By Tom Feran • March 4, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on February 22, 2011 a newspaper column:
"For every $10,000 invested in business incubators, up to nearly 70 local jobs are generated."
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By James McCarty • March 3, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on January 24, 2011:
"One of the biggest causes of our soaring debt and economic insecurity ends up being Pentagon spending. The budget for the Pentagon consumes more than half of our discretionary spending."
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By Tom Feran • February 18, 2011
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