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Barack Obama
stated on March 25, 2015 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
stated on March 1, 2015 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
stated on March 24, 2015 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
stated on March 29, 2015 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."

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By Lauren Carroll • March 29, 2015

Gina Raimondo
stated on March 13, 2015 a television interview

"Rhode Island has the second highest per enrollee (Medicaid) cost of any state in the country, which is 60 percent higher than the national average."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 29, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on March 13, 2015 a business roundtable in New Hampshire

Florida is "one of the few states that has actually had a narrowing of the achievement gap based on income, or based on race or ethnicity."

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By Amy Sherman • March 27, 2015

Robin Vos
stated on March 12, 2015 an interview

Says Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed reduction in university spending is "about the size of the one" under Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle, but Democrats didn’t treat Doyle’s cut as so dire.

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By Dave Umhoefer • March 25, 2015

Ken Plum
stated on March 12, 2015

"We've got 40 years of study now that show that, with a good preschool start, you're less likely to be on public dole, you're less likely to be in prison."

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By Sean Gorman • March 23, 2015

Peter Barca
stated on March 12, 2015 a televised interview

"The average faculty member at UW-Madison brings in close to a quarter million dollars a year" in grant money.

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By Dave Umhoefer • March 23, 2015

Liz Cheney
stated on March 22, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"

The IAEA, or the International Atomic Energy Agency, "last month said the Iranians are not currently living up to their obligations."

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By Lauren Carroll • March 22, 2015

Susan Pitman
stated on March 16, 2015 a state Senate committee hearing

The state of Florida has seen "double-digit drops" in alcohol use among teens.

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By Joshua Gillin • March 18, 2015

Jim Webb
stated on March 15, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week"

"The stock market has almost tripled since April of 2009."

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By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2015

Mitch McConnell
stated on March 15, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"

Says Secretary of State John Kerry, "when he was a senator, flew to Managua and met with a communist dictator there, Daniel Ortega, and accused the Reagan administration of engaging in terrorism."

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By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2015

Mark Pocan
stated on March 10, 2015 an interview

Wisconsin is "dead last in the Midwest for job creation."

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March 16, 2015

Jalen Ross
stated on March 15, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"

"Every day, a black name resume is 50 percent less likely to get responded to than a white name resume."

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By Katie Sanders • March 15, 2015

Erika Sanzi
stated on March 5, 2015 a newspaper commentary

"Of the 10,000 Rhode Island children in charter school lotteries for the fall, more than 70 percent are poor .... In addition, a majority of them are students of color."

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By Katie Mulvaney • March 15, 2015

American Bridge 21st Century
stated on March 4, 2015 an online post

"(Jeb) Bush, not the State of Florida, decided which private emails to disclose."

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By Joshua Gillin • March 13, 2015

Florida Chamber of Commerce
stated on March 10, 2015 a Senate health policy committee hearing

Medicaid is close to 30 percent of the state budget and "the biggest expenditure at the state."

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By Amy Sherman • March 12, 2015

Tom Cotton
stated on March 9, 2015 a letter to Iranian leaders

If President Barack Obama strikes a nuclear deal with Iran, "the next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time."

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By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2015

Georgia Craft Brewers Guild
stated on March 9, 2015 a statement

Georgia is one of only five states where breweries can’t sell you a pint of beer to drink on premise or sell you a six-pack to go.

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By Nancy Badertscher • March 11, 2015

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