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Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on December 14, 2014 in the Sunday comics:
Says 3,000 Americans "died of gunfire" between the time of the Ebola scare in Dallas and the midterm elections.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • December 18, 2014
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on December 10, 2014 in his farewell U.S. House speech:
"This Congress made history as the least productive, most unpopular Congress in the history of this proud nation."
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 18, 2014
L.C.
L.C. "Buster" Evans
stated on November 12, 2014 in in a press release:
"It has been many years, if ever, since an inmate has completed his or her high school diploma while incarcerated in a state correctional facility for adults."
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By Nancy Badertscher • December 16, 2014
Michael Needham
Michael Needham
stated on December 14, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
The federal budget bill "reauthorizes the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which provides taxpayer dollars so that the Four Seasons hotel can build a resort in Turkey."
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By Lauren Carroll • December 15, 2014
Susan Stimpson
Susan Stimpson
stated on December 2, 2014 in a news release.:
"Bill Howell has been the consistent force behind every major tax increase in Virginia in the last decade."
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By Nancy Madsen • December 15, 2014
Steve Adler
Steve Adler
stated on December 2, 2014 in a TV ad:
Mike "Martinez has voted to raise taxes and utility rates while ending free bus service for seniors."
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 11, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 3, 2014 in a speech to business leaders:
"We are younger than our competitors, and this is entirely because of immigration."
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By Steve Contorno • December 9, 2014
Stephen Carter
Stephen Carter
stated on December 4, 2014 in an opinion piece in "Bloomberg Views":
"More than 70 percent of American adults have committed a crime that could lead to imprisonment."
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By Jon Greenberg • December 8, 2014
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on December 7, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
Says President Barack Obama "has lost more members of the House and more members of the Senate than any president ever has lost" in modern times.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • December 7, 2014
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on December 5, 2014 in a meme on social media:
"In 1990, the U.S. led the world in the percentage of 25-34 year olds with college degrees. Today we are in 12th place."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 5, 2014
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on December 2, 2014 in a committee hearing:
President Barack Obama "said over 20 times he did not have the legal authority" to act as he did on immigration.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 5, 2014
Keisha Lance Bottoms
Keisha Lance Bottoms
stated on November 28, 2014 in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story:
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed became a city resident in the last annexation, opening the door to his candidacy.
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By April Hunt • December 3, 2014
Mario Loyola
Mario Loyola
stated on November 5, 2014 in an opinion piece:
"Wisconsin’s state budget is almost twice as large per person as the state budget of Texas, and even after billions in tax cuts, Wisconsin’s working families and businesses remain subject to a heavy tax burden."
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By Dave Umhoefer • December 1, 2014
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on November 20, 2014 in a news release.:
"Every president since Eisenhower has taken executive action to address immigration issues."
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By Louis Jacobson, Nancy Madsen • November 30, 2014
Jorge Elorza
Jorge Elorza
stated on November 9, 2014 in a TV interview:
"Our median income here in Providence is the same as the median income in Mississippi."
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By Katie Mulvaney • November 27, 2014
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 23, 2014 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says "93 percent of blacks in America are killed by other blacks."
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By Jon Greenberg • November 25, 2014
Jason Stanford
Jason Stanford
stated on November 17, 2014 in a commentary:
"Texas had the worst voter participation in the country" in the November 2014 elections.
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By Dylan Baddour • November 25, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on November 17, 2014 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show":
On immigration, what reports say President Barack Obama "plans to do is roughly on the same scale" as what President George H.W. Bush did.  
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By Jon Greenberg • November 24, 2014
Kathleen Murphy
Kathleen Murphy
stated on November 18, 2014 in a campaign website:
"The NRA supported background checks..."
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By Sean Gorman • November 24, 2014
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 5, 2014 in an interview:
In Wisconsin, unions can essentially give "unlimited" contributions to political parties, but business can't give any. 
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • November 21, 2014
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