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Steve Cohen
Steve Cohen
stated on October 31, 2012 a press release.
Says Delta Air Lines has "once again broken a promise they made to me and to the people of Memphis."
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By Bartholomew Sullivan • November 25, 2012
Ann McLane Kuster
Ann McLane Kuster
stated on November 11, 2012
Says she is "entering in the most diverse class ever," of U.S. Representatives
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By Jake Berry, Maryalice Gill • November 21, 2012
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on November 20, 2012 a news release
Says Fran DeWine’s made-from-scratch dinner rolls are a delicious favorite in a traditional Thanksgiving dinner.
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By Tom Feran • November 21, 2012
Tom Craddick
Tom Craddick
stated on November 12, 2012 a press release.
Says about 25 Texas cities and 39 states have banned texting while driving.
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By W. Gardner Selby • November 21, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 11, 2012 an email
"Mitt Romney received exactly zero votes in at least 12 Cuyahoga County precincts."
True
By Tom Feran • November 21, 2012
Carolyn Medeiros
Carolyn Medeiros
stated on November 13, 2012 a radio interview
Three thousand felons voted in Rhode Island in 2008.
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By John Hill • November 18, 2012
Libraries Yes! Committee
Libraries Yes! Committee
stated on October 21, 2012 a campaign mailer.
Says the Multnomah County Library system "is the second busiest in the nation."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • November 16, 2012
Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern
stated on November 7, 2012 a news conference
Barack Obama is "only the second Democrat in the last 75 years to win Ohio twice with more than 50 percent of the vote."
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By Aaron Marshall • November 16, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on November 9, 2012 a newspaper interview
Budget analysts say the looming tax hikes and spending cuts would  "take us into a recession and kill jobs."
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By Stephen Koff • November 15, 2012
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on November 8, 2012 a Texas Tribune interview.
Says the state of Texas rates as "unacceptable" almost 500 of the state's 8,000 public schools.
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By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2012
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on October 24, 2012 an op-ed on the Asbury Park Press' website
"Sixty percent of New Jersey doctors do not accept Medicaid patients."
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By Bill Wichert • November 14, 2012
Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern
stated on November 7, 2012 a news conference
Says a poll shows that "without a name attached, Democrats are just one point behind" Gov. John Kasich.
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By Henry J. Gomez • November 14, 2012
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on November 1, 2012 a radio address
"Wisconsin still ranks first among the 50 states in manufacturing jobs per capita."  
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By Dave Umhoefer • November 11, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
stated on October 18, 2012 an article for Time magazine.
Says Tennessee’s higher education funding model "is 100 percent outcomes-based" and "we are already seeing this model changing the way our postsecondary institutions do business."
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By Richard Locker • November 11, 2012
Stand For Children Tennessee
Stand For Children Tennessee
stated on October 24, 2012 in a post on Facebook.
Says that "Tennessee law requires that schools receive half of proceeds -- $31 million per year" -- from a half-cent increase in the Shelby County sales tax.
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By Zack McMillin • November 4, 2012
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on October 17, 2012 a debate in Davie, Fla.
Says Connie Mack "wrote a letter to the Department of Transportation in order to get $29 million in stimulus for his congressional district."
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By Brittany Alana Davis • November 2, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on October 16, 2012 a debate
"There is no war on coal. Period. There are more coal jobs and more coal produced in Ohio than there were five years ago, in spite of the talking points and the yard signs."
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By Aaron Marshall • October 31, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 23, 2012 a TV ad
"The truth is David Cicilline voted for tougher laws against child abusers, domestic abusers and abusers of the elderly."
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By John Hill • October 30, 2012
Libraries Yes! Committee
Libraries Yes! Committee
stated on October 21, 2012 a campaign mailer.
Says Multnomah County libraries "are open 44 hours per week … the lowest of any library in the four-county region."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • October 26, 2012
Libraries Yes! Committee
Libraries Yes! Committee
stated on October 21, 2012 a campaign mailer.
Says "the typical homeowner will pay $4 more per month" if library district passes.
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By Ian K. Kullgren • October 26, 2012
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