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Kitty Boitnott
Kitty Boitnott
stated on January 23, 2012 a news conference.
Public education has been permanently cut "by $1.6 billion through changes in the Standards of Quality funding formula."
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By Sean Gorman • February 7, 2012
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on January 10, 2012 a newspaper column.
"The U.S. gun homicide rate is 20 times the combined rate of other western nations."
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By Nancy Madsen • January 27, 2012
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on November 14, 2011 a news conference.
The U.S. economy "is three times as big as China's."
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By Sean Gorman • December 5, 2011
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on October 12, 2011 a web ad.
"1.53 million jobs are at risk (from potential defense cuts)."
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By Sean Gorman • October 29, 2011
George Allen
George Allen
stated on August 22, 2011 campaign literature.
Takes credit for "substantially reducing the size of the state workforce."
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By Sean Gorman • September 3, 2011
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on July 25, 2011 an opinion column.
"As a percentage of our gross domestic product, the defense budget remains just 3.6 percent. This figure is low by all historical standards."
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By Sean Gorman • August 5, 2011
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on June 21, 2011 Bill-signing ceremony
 "Our crime rate continues to plummet."
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By Wes Hester • July 11, 2011
Democratic Party of Virginia
Democratic Party of Virginia
stated on June 2, 2011 a fundraising appeal.
Gov. Bob McDonnell launched a "raid on public education to pay for roads."
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By Jacob Geiger • June 28, 2011
George Allen
George Allen
stated on June 14, 2011 a speech.
"The tax on job creating businesses is 35 percent in the United States, second worst in the entire world."
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By Sean Gorman • June 18, 2011
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on May 13, 2011 a TV interview.
Virginia is "headed towards another surplus this year, unlike most states."
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By Jacob Geiger • June 4, 2011
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on February 10, 2011 a news release.
"Over the past decade, the big five oil companies --- BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Shell -- made a total profit of nearly $1 trillion."
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By Sean Gorman • April 11, 2011
George Allen
George Allen
stated on March 23, 2011 a blog post.
A majority of the American people opposed the health care law when it was signed and still oppose it today.  
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By Sean Gorman • April 4, 2011
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on February 25, 2011 a column.
The House budget plan proposes "the largest discretionary spending cut in history."
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By Sean Gorman • March 18, 2011
Virginia Lottery
Virginia Lottery
stated on March 2, 2011 a website
"Since 1999, all Virginia Lottery profits have been used for public education in the Commonwealth for kindergarten through 12th grade." 
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By Sean Gorman • March 9, 2011
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on February 19, 2011 a speech at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner.
"We’ve now gained private sector jobs 12 months in a row."
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By Jacob Geiger • March 2, 2011
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on February 19, 2011 a speech at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner.
Under former President George W. Bush’s administration "while the population in that period grew by 10 percent, the number of jobs in the nation grew by 1 percent."
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By Sean Gorman • February 26, 2011
Joe Morrissey
Joe Morrissey
stated on February 2, 2011 a floor speech.
The military has spent $500 million enforcing the "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" policy regarding gays and lesbians in the military. 
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By Jacob Geiger • February 7, 2011
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on December 16, 2010 a news release.
The tax-cut deal "adds more than $800 billion to the deficit over two years -- more than the cost of TARP and more than the cost of the Recovery Act" and about the same as health care reform.
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By Wes Hester • December 27, 2010
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on December 2, 2010 a news release.
The Bush-era tax cuts failed to increase employment and "work-force participation fell in 2001 and has never returned to the record level set in 2000."  
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By Wes Hester • December 11, 2010
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on November 16, 2010
Republicans "created a trillion dollar prescription drug entitlement program without paying for it." 
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By Wes Hester • December 7, 2010
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