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Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on January 24, 2016 in a post on Medium:
"My two appointments to the Florida Supreme Court, Raul Cantero and Kenneth Bell, have earned reputations as its most consistent conservatives."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 in a Democratic debate in New Hampshire:
"Making public colleges and universities tuition-free, that exists in countries all over the world, used to exist in the United States."    
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By Amy Sherman • February 9, 2016
Bono
Bono
stated on January 24, 2016 in an interview with the "Irish Times":
"People think AIDS is done -- it’s not done."  
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By Jon Greenberg • February 9, 2016
Lucy Flores
Lucy Flores
stated on January 21, 2016 in a congressional candidate forum in Pahrump, Nev.:
Says Ruben Kihuen "only managed in the minority to get one bill passed out of the eight to 10 he introduced" during the 2015 legislative session.  
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By Riley Snyder • February 8, 2016
Jill Vogel
Jill Vogel
stated on January 27, 2016 in legislative hearing.:
In Virginia, "people are going and getting marriage licenses who are 12 and 13, and 14 and 15 years old."
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By Sean Gorman • February 8, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 2, 2016 in an interview in Bow, N.H.:
"Ted Cruz defended a Chinese company that stole an invention from an American inventor."
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By Jonathan Van Fleet • February 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 7, 2016 in comments on Meet the Press:
"There really isn’t any kind of foreign policy network that is supporting and advising Sen. Sanders."
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By Joshua Gillin • February 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 4, 2016 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
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