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Ward Armstrong
Ward Armstrong
stated on March 21, 2011 a House floor speech.:
A telephone company will no longer have to provide landline service to customers if there is an alternative provider, including wireless.
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By Jacob Geiger • March 5, 2011
George Allen
George Allen
stated on February 17, 2011 a press release.:
"The American people have endured 21 consecutive months of 9% or higher unemployment [and] 2.6 million jobs have been lost," since the stimulus bill was signed.
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By Jacob Geiger • February 28, 2011
Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus
Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus
stated on February 10, 2011 a press release.:
The House of Delegates budget bill "cuts $50 million from education."
True
By Jacob Geiger • February 22, 2011
Scott Rigell
Scott Rigell
stated on February 14, 2011 a press release.:
The United states is "borrowing more than 40 cents of every dollar we spend."
True
By Jacob Geiger • February 17, 2011
Jamie Radtke
Jamie Radtke
stated on February 9, 2011 a press release.:
"Senator Webb was a reliable vote for President Obama and Senator Harry Reid."
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By Jacob Geiger • February 16, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on January 25, 2011 a TV interview.:
The U.S. loses more on tax breaks than it collects in personal income taxes. 
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By Warren Fiske • February 1, 2011
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on January 17, 2011 a speech to Tea Party activists.:
"[Tailpipe emissions rules], if fully implemented with all the regulations that go with it, they will keep the temperature from rising nearly five one-hundredths of a degree Fahrenheit. By 2050."
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By Jacob Geiger • January 28, 2011
Jamie Radtke
Jamie Radtke
stated on January 17, 2011 a news release:
George Allen voted for budgets that increased the national debt by $16,400 for every second he served in the U.S. Senate.
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By Warren Fiske • January 24, 2011
Pat Mullins
Pat Mullins
stated on January 3, 2011 a letter. :
New provisions of the health care law bar the use of flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts to pay for aspirin and other non-prescription health needs. 
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By Wes Hester • January 7, 2011
William Howell
William Howell
stated on December 21, 2010 a speech.:
Proposed federal regulations would affect every street sign in the country
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By Warren Fiske • January 1, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on December 6, 2010 a floor speech.:
The national debt grew an estimated $15 billion last weekend.
True
By Wes Hester • December 9, 2010
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on November 30, 2010:
"The tuitions in Virginia colleges...have doubled -- 100 percent -- in the last 10 years."
True
By Wes Hester • December 2, 2010
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on October 30, 2010 a letter to the editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch:
"The budget submitted by Obama will add more to the debt than the outstanding debt of the previous 43 presidents combined." 
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By Wes Hester • November 7, 2010
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