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Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on November 13, 2011 a newspaper column
"President Obama's recent plan to cut $100 million of waste within his administration won't actually save money because he's going to spend it elsewhere."
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By Stephen Koff • December 1, 2011
David Plouffe
David Plouffe
stated on October 30, 2011 an interview on "Meet the Press"
The loan guarantee program that helped Solyndra "was a program that was supported by President Bush."
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By Becky Bowers • November 17, 2011
Public Notice
Public Notice
stated on November 14, 2011 a political ad
"41 cents out of every dollar (the U.S. spends) is borrowed from places like China."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 16, 2011
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on November 1, 2011 an MSNBC interview with Al Sharpton
"More than half of the people on food stamps today are children."
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By Peter Krouse • November 14, 2011
Sanford Bishop
Sanford Bishop
stated on September 15, 2011 a letter to the the Postal Regulatory Commission chairwoman
"No other public or private business in America" except for the U.S. Postal Service must fund 100 percent of employee retirement and retirement health costs in advance.
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By Willoughby Mariano • November 11, 2011
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on September 27, 2011 a speech to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics
Says Republicans want to cut education by 25 percent.
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By Jake Berry • October 17, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on September 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa
The U.S. military "is in 130 countries. We have 900 bases around the world."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 10, 2011 a news release
U.S. debt is "now equal to 100 percent of the GDP."
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By Stephen Koff • August 18, 2011
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on August 1, 2011 a press release
Tax increases could "come into play" as a result of the debt ceiling deal.
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By Willoughby Mariano • August 15, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 11, 2011 the Republican debate in Ames, Iowa
Says that under President John F. Kennedy, "government took up" 27 percent of the economy, and today it "consumes 37 percent."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2011
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on August 2, 2011 a press release
The deal to raise the federal debt limit created the "largest debt ceiling increase in America’s history."
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By Willoughby Mariano • August 8, 2011
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on July 25, 2011 an opinion column.
"As a percentage of our gross domestic product, the defense budget remains just 3.6 percent. This figure is low by all historical standards."
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By Sean Gorman • August 5, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on August 1, 2011 a message on Twitter
"There are no tax increases in this debt limit bill. Period."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan, David G. Taylor • August 2, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 21, 2011 an interview on NPR
Says Ronald Reagan "repeatedly talked about how irresponsible it would be to allow the full faith and credit of the United States to be impaired in any kind of way."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 22, 2011
Richard Codey
Richard Codey
stated on July 13, 2011 an interview on Hannity on Fox News
"Every president has raised the debt ceiling."  
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By Bill Wichert • July 21, 2011
Josh Treviño
Josh Treviño
stated on July 13, 2011 a TV appearance.
Says recent polls show Americans agree with Republicans that the federal debt ceiling should not be raised and the debt and deficit should be dealt with mostly by cutting spending.
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 16, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 15, 2011 a press conference
"Eighty percent of the American people support an approach (to federal budget problems) that includes revenues and includes cuts."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 15, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 27, 2011 a roundtable with small business leaders in Salem, N.H.
By the end of his first term, President Obama will have added as much debt as all the prior 43 presidents combined.
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By Maryalice Gill • July 10, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on April 14, 2011 an interview on Fox News
"For every dollar we invest in Head Start, we get $5 to $7 back into our economy."
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By James Ewinger • June 29, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 15, 2011 in an interview on the “The Neal Boortz Radio Show” on Atlanta’s AM 750 and 95.5 FM
Every 10th dollar spent by the Social Security Administration on its program for the poor is "waste, or fraud, they can’t validate that the people should have gotten it," totaling about $8 billion a year.
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By Willoughby Mariano • June 24, 2011
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