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Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 8, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
"The Obama administration is refusing to directly arm the Kurds."  
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By Lauren Carroll • February 8, 2015
Miscellany Blue
Miscellany Blue
stated on January 15, 2015 in a web post:
Says a "lawmaker seeks to defund Planned Parenthood for ‘cutting children into small pieces.’"
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By Clay Wirestone • February 6, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on February 4, 2015 in a speech in Detroit:
"Millions of people have given up looking for work altogether."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2015
Nationwide
Nationwide
stated on February 1, 2015 in an ad during the Super Bowl:
"The No. 1 cause of childhood deaths is preventable accidents."
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By Steve Contorno • February 2, 2015
Phil Kerpen
Phil Kerpen
stated on January 22, 2015 in a tweet:
"Amazing fact: Senate has already voted on more amendments in 2015 than Reid allowed ALL YEAR last year." 
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By Katie Sanders • February 2, 2015
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on January 29, 2015 in a tweet on Twitter:
"More people have watched ‘Morning Joe’ than CNN and HLN 5 years in a row."
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By Jon Greenberg • February 2, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 20, 2015 in an interview with Fox News:
"Today the top 1 percent earn a higher share of our national income than any year since 1928."
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By Alex Wilts • January 30, 2015
Bill Belichick
Bill Belichick
stated on January 24, 2015 in a news conference:
Atmospheric conditions could push a football’s pressure "down approximately one-and-a-half pounds per square inch."
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By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2015
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on January 15, 2015 in an email blast:
"College tuition rates in Texas jumped by 55% since 2003."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 28, 2015
Virginia House Democratic Caucus
Virginia House Democratic Caucus
stated on January 19, 2015:
Assault weapons and handguns are allowed in the state Capitol while bullhorns, trumpets, helium balloons and flags on poles are banned.
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By Sean Gorman • January 26, 2015
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 13, 2015 in a press release:
Mercedes-Benz USA  moving its headquarters to Atlanta will create at least 800 jobs.
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By April Hunt • January 26, 2015
Ron Hayduk
Ron Hayduk
stated on January 1, 2015 in a newspaper commentary:
"The right to vote in this country has never been intrinsically tied to citizenship."
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By Katie Mulvaney • January 25, 2015
Jeff Clemens
Jeff Clemens
stated on January 20, 2015 in a Senate Ethics and Elections committee hearing:
Online voter registration is a "more secure" way of doing voter registration.
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By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 15, 2015 in valedictory speech as governor to the Texas Legislature:
Starting in December 2007, "1.4 million jobs were created in Texas. In that same period, the rest of the country lost 400,000 jobs."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 in the State of the Union address:
"America is No. 1 in wind power."
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By Joshua Gillin • January 21, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 in the State of the Union address:
"Our unemployment rate is now lower than it was before the financial crisis."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 in the State of the Union address:
The United States is "the only advanced country on Earth" that doesn’t guarantee "paid maternity leave to our workers."
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By Steve Contorno • January 21, 2015
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on January 20, 2015 in the Republican response to the State of the Union address:
"A strong majority of Americans support" the Keystone XL pipeline.
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By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 in his 2015 State of the Union address:
We've seen "our deficits cut by two-thirds."
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By Katie Sanders • January 21, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 8, 2015 in a speech in Phoenix, Ariz.:
"Today, home sales are up nearly 50 percent from where they were in the worst of the crisis."
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By Joshua Gillin • January 21, 2015
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