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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
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on October 12, 2012 an article:
"One industry in America has increased its employment base in the last four years by 176,000 people: the United States government."
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By Eric Stirgus • October 26, 2012
Diane Hurley
Diane Hurley
stated on October 14, 2012 an interview on "10 News Conference":
"Connecticut's take on slot machines is 25 cents on the dollar. And the state's take on table games:  zero."
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By John Hill • October 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 a presidential debate:
Says Mitt Romney wants to add $2 trillion to defense budget that the military hasn’t asked for.
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By Jon Greenberg • October 24, 2012
Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton
stated on October 17, 2012 a campaign commercial:
"Jim Renacci tried to avoid paying taxes on nearly $14 million that he made."
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By Sabrina Eaton • October 22, 2012
George Allen
George Allen
stated on October 8, 2012 a debate.:
"The poverty rate amongst women is the worst it’s been in 17 years and the extreme poverty rate is the worst it’s ever been."
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By Nancy Madsen • October 22, 2012
Larry Sabato
Larry Sabato
stated on October 16, 2012 article:
Virginia’s educational level among whites is higher than Georgia’s.
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By Janel Davis • October 22, 2012
Leonard Lance
Leonard Lance
stated on October 11, 2012 a debate:
Says Barack Obama "said when he was running for office four years ago that he would halve the annual deficit by the end of his first term. That simply has not happened."
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By Bill Wichert • October 21, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 16, 2012 a debate:
"While I was mayor of the city of Providence we had the lowest crime rate in 30 years."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 21, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on October 17, 2012 a debate:
"I’ve got a 94 percent" career voting record in Congress while Bill Nelson has "a 92 percent voting record."
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By Amy Sherman • October 19, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 1, 2012 a press conference.:
Says fewer than 30 percent of Texas college students graduate in four years and only 58 percent graduate within six years.
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 19, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on October 16, 2012 a TV debate:
Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown shows someone can be bipartisan in Congress because he "votes about 66 percent with his own party."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 18, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate:
Says Mitt Romney suggested that "employers should be able to make the decision as to whether or not a woman gets contraception through her insurance coverage."
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By Becky Bowers, Jon Greenberg • October 17, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on October 2, 2012 a campaign commercial:
Sherrod Brown "failed to pay his own taxes three separate times."
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By Tom Feran • October 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 in a town-hall debate in Long Island, N.Y.:
When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, he "stood in front of a coal plant and pointed at it and said, ‘This plant kills.’"
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By Stephen Koff, Molly Moorhead • October 17, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate:
Says Obama broke his promise to offer a comprehensive immigration bill in his first year.
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By Jon Greenberg • October 17, 2012
Mary Nolan
Mary Nolan
stated on September 28, 2012 a post on her website.:
Says "as Co-Chair of the Joint Ways & Means Committee, I secured the key piece of funding for" the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project bridge."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • October 15, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on October 9, 2012 a news release:
"David Cicilline was the state representative who opposed tough mandatory sentences for those convicted of domestic violence  and child abuse."
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By John Hill • October 15, 2012
John G. Morgan
John G. Morgan
stated on September 13, 2012 Testimoney to the U.S. Senate Education Committee:
"Tennessee students now cover about 67 percent of the cost of their education at public universities, and some 60 percent at community colleges."
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By Richard Locker • October 13, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 11, 2012 a debate in Danville, Ky.:
"There's not one Democrat who endorses" the Romney-Ryan Medicare plan.
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By Molly Moorhead • October 12, 2012
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