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Tim Lee
Tim Lee
stated on June 30, 2015 mass email
Cobb County businesses have already been awarded contracts worth $250 million on construction of a new Braves stadium.
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By Nancy Badertscher • July 14, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 6, 2015 a rally in Portland, Maine
For African-Americans between the ages of 17 and 20, "the real unemployment rate … is 51 percent."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2015
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on June 12, 2015 a written statement.
"The United States ranks second worst in income inequality across developed countries," after taxes and transfers.
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By Warren Fiske • July 13, 2015
Brianna Keilar
Brianna Keilar
stated on July 12, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
Says Hillary Clinton's "campaign hasn't been clear about when she wiped her server of her work emails."
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By Linda Qiu • July 12, 2015
Larry O'Connor
Larry O'Connor
stated on July 7, 2015 an interview on "The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson" on Fox News
"25 percent of federal inmates are noncitizens."  
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By Jon Greenberg • July 10, 2015
Generation Forward PAC
Generation Forward PAC
stated on June 25, 2015 an attack ad.
"Bernie Sanders voted against the Brady Bill -- background checks and waiting periods."
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By Linda Qiu • July 10, 2015
Tom Toles
Tom Toles
stated on June 18, 2015 an editorial cartoon
A "working woman" will earn $7.70 on $10.
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By April Hunt • July 10, 2015
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on June 26, 2015 a statement
"In a majority of states, you can now marry freely, but can still be fired for who you love."
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By Sarah Hauer • July 9, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 7, 2015 in an interview with CNN
Says Jeb Bush "doesn't believe in a path to citizenship. If he did at one time, he no longer does."  
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By Amy Sherman • July 8, 2015
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
stated on July 5, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
In Florida, "the number of voters who now register as ‘other’ has grown by a million in the last 10 years. Compare that with the Democrats, who only grew by 300,000 and the Republicans who grew by just 200,000."
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By Anna Bruzgulis • July 8, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 2, 2015 a speech
"We've cut the deficit by two-thirds."
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July 8, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 6, 2015 a meme on social media
Says Hillary Clinton’s top 10 donors are mainly "banks, corporations and media," while Bernie Sanders’ top 10 donors are labor unions.
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By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2015
Gus Bilirakis
Gus Bilirakis
stated on June 24, 2015 a speech on the House floor
"Florida has reduced its carbon emissions by 20 percent since 2005."
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By Joshua Gillin • July 7, 2015
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on June 30, 2015 a tweet
"Chris Christie has led New Jersey to a record-breaking 9 credit downgrades."
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By Jon Greenberg • July 2, 2015
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on June 25, 2015 a press release
Texas has "the nation's highest rate and highest number of uninsured."
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 1, 2015
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on June 25, 2015 a press release
Says Jeb Bush "oversaw (an) average in-state tuition increase of 48.2 percent during his tenure."
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By Joshua Gillin • June 30, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 25, 2015 a speech about the Affordable Care Act.
"By one leading measure, what business owners pay out in wages and salaries is now finally growing faster than what they spend on health insurance" for the first time in 17 years.
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By Linda Qiu • June 30, 2015
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on June 12, 2015 a news release.
"Income disparities in the United States are the worst since the 1920s."
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By Warren Fiske • June 30, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 4, 2015 a statement
Says "Hillary Clinton's rejection of efforts to make it easier to vote and harder to cheat not only defies logic, but the will of the majority of Americans."  
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By Lucas Daprile • June 29, 2015
Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet
stated on June 15, 2015 a Facebook post
Says Jeb Bush "said low-income women should ‘get their life together and find a husband.' "
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By Joshua Gillin • June 25, 2015
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