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Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on April 17, 2015 in his monologue on "Real Time":
"More astronauts have been to the moon than farmers who paid the inheritance tax in 2013."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • April 23, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 21, 2015 in a roundtable at a community college:
"The United States invented the community college. Nobody else had ever done anything like it."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 21, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2015 in a press conference:
Says Loretta Lynch’s nomination "has been now sitting there longer than the previous seven attorney general nominees combined."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2015
Mark Herring
Mark Herring
stated on April 14, 2015 in a Facebook post.:
"By age 65, the average woman will have lost $431,000 throughout her working career was a result of the pay gap."  
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By Warren Fiske • April 20, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 19, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
 "99 percent of all new income today (is) going to the top 1 percent."
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By Katie Sanders • April 19, 2015
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on April 19, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
The Hyde Amendment "language was in the (human trafficking) bill. The Democratic sponsor admits it was in the bill, and she voted for it."  
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By Lauren Carroll • April 19, 2015
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 9, 2015 in a news conference:
"When the Constitution was written, (only) 20 to 25 percent of the people in the country could vote."
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By Dave Umhoefer • April 16, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on April 10, 2015 in a speech to the NRA:
Florida has the most concealed weapon permits in the nation, "nearly double that of the second state, which is Texas."
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By Amy Sherman • April 15, 2015
Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on April 14, 2015 in a news conference:
In Wisconsin, a "second arrest for carrying pot is a felony," but a second or subsequent arrest "for carrying a gun illegally is a misdemeanor."  
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By Tom Kertscher • April 15, 2015
Tim Cook
Tim Cook
stated on March 29, 2015 in an oped column:
"Legislation being considered in Texas would strip the salaries and pensions of clerks who issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples — even if the Supreme Court strikes down Texas’ marriage ban later this year."
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By Alex Wilts • April 15, 2015
Michael T. Owens
Michael T. Owens
stated on April 1, 2015 in a news report:
A $5-a-night hotel/motel tax that’s part of the transportation bill will hurt Georgia’s convention business by adding extra costs for large groups coming to the state.
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By April Hunt • April 15, 2015
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on April 5, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation.":
"Ninety percent of American workers don't own their own business."
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By Katharina Fiedler • April 13, 2015
Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden
stated on April 5, 2015 in an interview on "Last Week Tonight":
"Wholly domestic communication between you and your wife can go to New York to London and back and get caught up in the (NSA) database."
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By Katie Sanders • April 9, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 5, 2015 in an interview with the 'New York Times.':
"Iran’s defense budget is $30 billion. Our defense budget is closer to $600 billion."
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By Jon Greenberg • April 9, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 31, 2015 in a talk in Austin:
"Half of all Americans have less than $10,000 in their savings account."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 9, 2015
US Uncut
US Uncut
stated on March 31, 2015 in a Facebook post:
Says Indiana Gov. Mike Pence "provides zero state funding for homeless shelters."  
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By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 25, 2015 in a speech:
The Affordable Care Act is "a major reason why we’ve seen 50,000 fewer preventable patient deaths in hospitals."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2015
Trebor Banstetter
Trebor Banstetter
stated on March 1, 2015 in a newspaper article:
 Georgia has one of the nation’s highest jet fuel taxes.  
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By Nancy Badertscher • March 31, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 24, 2015 in a Senate floor speech:
"Inflation-adjusted defense spending has declined 21 percent since 2010, and even if we discount the drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan, it has still declined by a dangerous 12 percent."
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By Joshua Gillin • March 30, 2015
Dana Bash
Dana Bash
stated on March 29, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
"There's just one piece of legislation that is now law" with Sen. Ted Cruz's "name on it."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • March 29, 2015
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