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Buddy Carter
Buddy Carter
stated on December 13, 2011 a column
Georgia’s unemployment rate has exceeded the national rate for 50 consecutive months.
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By Eric Stirgus • January 4, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on December 23, 2011 a radio interview
"By the way, I'm not raising tolls 50 percent....Jon Corzine did."
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By Bill Wichert • January 3, 2012
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on November 25, 2011 a news release.
Small businesses "create 70 percent of the jobs in America."
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By Sean Gorman • December 30, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on December 20, 2011 an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe
"And, as of today, New Jersey state government has less employees than when Christie Whitman left office in 2001."
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By Bill Wichert • December 29, 2011
Eric Holder
Eric Holder
stated on December 13, 2011 a speech
"After filing a lawsuit in Rhode Island, we reached an agreement with state agencies that resulted in more voters being registered in the first full month after our lawsuit than in the entire previous two-year reporting period."
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By Alex Kuffner • December 29, 2011
Gail Collins
Gail Collins
stated on December 14, 2011 an oped column.
Says Ron Paul doesn’t believe in marriage licenses.
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 27, 2011
George Allen
George Allen
stated on December 7, 2011 a debate
"I was one of about a dozen (senators) who voted against the Bridge to Nowhere."
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By Sean Gorman • December 27, 2011
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on December 9, 2011 a speech in New Hampshire
Says America spends "over 17 percent of its GDP on health care costs when our closest competitor nations are spending about 12."
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By Erin O'Neill • December 25, 2011
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on November 30, 2011 in a press release
Christmas trees are grown in all 50 States.
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By Janie Har • December 23, 2011
Make Us Great Again
Make Us Great Again
stated on December 21, 2011 a video ad
Says Newt Gingrich aligned with Nancy Pelosi on global warming.
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By Molly Moorhead • December 23, 2011
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on December 15, 2011 a web ad posted on YouTube
Says Joe Biden said Jon Corzine is "the smartest guy that I know, in terms of the economy and on finance, I really mean this."
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By Erin O'Neill • December 22, 2011
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on December 14, 2011 a video ad
Newt Gingrich "teamed with Nancy Pelosi and Al Gore on global warming."
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By Molly Moorhead • December 21, 2011
Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on December 8, 2011 a House Judiciary Committee hearing
"I've done more impeachments than anybody else in the history of the country."
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December 19, 2011
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
stated on December 12, 2011 a news story
Says there have been no cases of wolves killing people in Rocky Mountain states.
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By Ian K. Kullgren • December 16, 2011
Florida Chamber of Commerce
Florida Chamber of Commerce
stated on December 8, 2011 a news article
Nevada has been recently ranked No. 1 in "unemployment, foreclosures, violent crime, personal bankruptcy and divorce." 
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By Amy Sherman • December 16, 2011
Boyd Richie
Boyd Richie
stated on November 15, 2011 an email blast
Says King Street Patriots held a fundraiser featuring an author who believes that registering the poor to vote is un-American.
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • December 16, 2011
Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
stated on December 6, 2011 an interview on Fox Business News
Says with Jon Corzine, "it's the first time, I think, in history where a former Senator has been subpoenaed to testify before his former colleagues."
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By Erin O'Neill • December 14, 2011
Eugene McKenna
Eugene McKenna
stated on November 25, 2011 a news story
"Rhode Island already gets more revenue per capita from gambling than any other state in the country."
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By Alex Kuffner • December 14, 2011
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on November 14, 2011 a radio show
Sherrod Brown "has been running for public office since Richard Nixon was president."
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By Peter Krouse • December 14, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on December 7, 2011 a Senate banking subcommittee hearing
Richard Cordray’s nomination to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau marks the first time in Senate history "that a political party has blocked a nomination of someone because they didn't like the construction of the agency."
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By Stephen Koff • December 12, 2011
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