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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 her book, "Hard Choices"
"By the time I left" the State Department, "economic growth was up and opium production was down" in Afghanistan, while "infant mortality declined" and school enrollment rose by more than sevenfold.
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By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on June 4, 2014 a broadcast of the "Rachel Maddow Show"
In February, John McCain "suggested" the Bergdahl-Taliban swap that he now calls "outrageous and dangerous."
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By Jon Greenberg • June 10, 2014
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on May 14, 2014 an email blast
"The average student loan debt in Texas is over $22,000...the cost of an average size pickup truck." But unlike car owners, "students are not allowed to refinance their loans at lower rates."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 9, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 16, 2014 a radio interview
"Graduation and third-grade reading scores are up in the state since I took office."
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By Dave Umhoefer • June 8, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 2, 2014 a campaign commercial
"Charlie Crist allowed college tuition to increase up to 15 percent every year."
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By Joshua Gillin • June 4, 2014
David Frum
David Frum
stated on June 3, 2014 in comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher"
"We’ve seen a remarkable reduction in the number of Americans being executed -- it’s down nearly two-thirds over the past generation."  
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By Aaron Sharockman • June 3, 2014
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on May 23, 2014 in comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher"
"We're fifth in the world (in executions), behind China, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia."
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By Aaron Sharockman • June 3, 2014
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 1, 2014 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
The five Taliban detainees being released from Guantanamo in exchange for captured Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl "are the hardest of the hard-core. These are the highest high-risk people."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2014
Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan
stated on May 23, 2014 a tweet
"From the ‘Do As I Say Not As I Do’ department: federal employees owe $3.3 billion in back taxes."
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2014
Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
stated on May 20, 2014 the group's website
"Less than 5 percent of registered users in states allowing medical marijuana have cancer or AIDS."
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By Joshua Gillin • May 29, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on May 6, 2014 a forum
The Wisconsin school voucher program "has no research that shows that it’s going to improve student learning."
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May 28, 2014
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on May 19, 2014 a news release
Milwaukee has seen "an uptick in violence" since 2010, and "the only period of calm we get is when winter sets in."
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By Dave Umhoefer • May 23, 2014
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on May 13, 2014 in a question and answer after a speech
Cap and trade legislation "was originally a Republican idea."
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By Amy Sherman • May 23, 2014
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on May 19, 2014 an interview on "PBS Newshour"
"Today, the five largest financial institutions are 38 percent bigger than they were back in 2008, when they were too big to fail."
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By Steve Contorno • May 22, 2014
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on May 13, 2014 an op-ed for Politico Magazine
Says Hillary Clinton opposed an individual mandate and favored an employer mandate back in 1993.
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By Steve Contorno • May 21, 2014
Miami Seaport Alliance
Miami Seaport Alliance
stated on May 14, 2014 a TV ad
David Beckham’s soccer stadium would get a "special tax deal that lets them off the hook for $2 million in taxes every year for 30 years."
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By Amy Sherman • May 20, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 16, 2014 a speech at the New America Foundation
"Canadian middle class incomes are now higher than in the United States. They are working fewer hours for more pay, … living longer on average, and facing less income inequality."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2014
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on May 18, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"Virtually no Republican" in Washington accepts climate change science.
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By Julie Kliegman • May 18, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 12, 2014 a speech at the Manhattan Institute
"U.S. teenagers have now fallen behind their counterparts in Ireland, Poland and even Vietnam in math and science."
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By Amy Sherman • May 15, 2014
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on May 7, 2014 an email to supporters
"Oregon today has 100,000 more jobs than it did when I was elected."
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By Dana Tims, Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2014
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