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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 4, 2016 the Democratic debate in Durham, N.H.:
Says Bernie Sanders advocated putting "Iranian troops into Syria to try and resolve the conflict there. Putting them right on the doorstep of Israel."  
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By Jon Greenberg • February 5, 2016
Michael M. Crow
Michael M. Crow
stated on January 26, 2016 front of the state Senate Appropriations Committee:
Arizona is spending "less on a per-capita basis than every single state in this country in higher education."
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By Anthony Cave • February 5, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 20, 2016 a comment to a Tampa Bay Times reporter:
"We've cut taxes 50 times and look what has happened to our revenues. They've grown."
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By Joshua Gillin • February 4, 2016
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on January 21, 2016 an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor:
"90 percent of all pain medications are prescribed in the United States."
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By Clay Wirestone • February 4, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on December 17, 2015 a television interview:
"I’ll be running against a career politician."
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By James B. Nelson • February 4, 2016
EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on December 31, 2015 a fundraising email:
As part of legislative fights over abortion rights, "Mike Coffman co-sponsored a bill to redefine rape."
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By Alan Gathright • February 3, 2016
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 27, 2016 a committee hearing:
"Today Russia holds many of our most precious national security satellites at risk before they ever get off the ground."
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By Anthony Cave • January 30, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 28, 2016 a Republican debate in Iowa on Fox News:
"I have never supported cap and trade."
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By Joshua Gillin • January 29, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 14, 2016 Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.:
Under Ted Cruz’s tax plan, "businesses will now have to pay 16 percent on the money they make. They will also have to pay 16 percent on the money they pay their employees."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 26, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 24, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press.":
Says his views on reparations for slavery are the same as Barack Obama's and Hillary Clinton's. 
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By Linda Qiu • January 26, 2016
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on January 14, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:
"Fifty years ago, the average GM employee could pay for a year of a son or daughter’s college tuition on just two weeks wages."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 24, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says Donald Trump "thinks that climate change is a hoax, invented by the Chinese."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2016
Jeff Judson
Jeff Judson
stated on December 15, 2015 Conservatives in Action blog post:
Texas has the sixth-highest property taxes in the nation.
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By Filipa Ioannou • January 22, 2016
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 19, 2016 a speech:
"According to the most recent report, Wisconsin’s high school graduation rates are also up again -- to third best in the country."  
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By Tom Kertscher • January 22, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 19, 2016 a town hall in Underwood, Iowa:
"I have a D-minus voting record from the NRA."
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By Katie Sanders • January 20, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 17, 2016 the South Carolina Democratic debate:
Says Bernie Sanders "voted for what we call the 'Charleston Loophole.'"
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By Amy Sherman • January 18, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 14, 2016 the Fox Business Network debate:
"We have the lowest percentage of Americans working today of any year since 1977."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 the State of the Union address:
"The United States of America, right now, has the strongest, most durable economy in the world."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 his 2016 State of the Union address:
"We spend more on our military than the next eight nations combined."
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By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2016
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on January 12, 2016 the Republican response to the State of the Union address:
The economy is "too weak to raise income levels."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2016
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