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Marco Rubio
stated on April 25, 2014 a speech to the NRA:

"No other country has a constitutional right" like the Second Amendment.

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By Amy Sherman • April 29, 2014

Julián Castro
stated on April 15, 2014 a debate over immigration issues with state Sen. Dan Patrick:

Up "to 45 percent" of illegal immigrants "are not people that physically crossed the southern border or northern border. They are visa overstayers."

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By W. Gardner Selby • April 28, 2014

Eric Cantor
stated on April 22, 2014 a TV ad.:

Dave Brat "worked on Democrat Gov. Tim Kaine’s Council of Economic Advisors while Kaine tried to raise our taxes by over $1 billion."

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By Nancy Madsen • April 28, 2014

Neera Tanden
stated on April 27, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"95 percent of the income gains in the last few years have gone to the top 1 percent."

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By Jon Greenberg • April 27, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on April 16, 2014 a radio interview:

"In 2013 we had the largest, the best, private sector job growth we’ve had in this state since the 1990s."

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By Dave Umhoefer • April 27, 2014

Democratic Party of Virginia
stated on March 24, 2014 news release.:

Ed Gillespie’s 2006 book "promoted an individual health care mandate, and recommends that it be enforced by the IRS through the income tax code."

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By Sean Gorman • April 27, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on April 8, 2014 a news release:

"In Wisconsin, a woman only earns 80 cents for every $1 a man earns."

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By Tom Kertscher • April 23, 2014

Don Balfour
stated on April 11, 2014 a flier:

"When you get a commercial pilot’s license, you learn to communicate in English no matter where you are in the world."

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By Eric Stirgus • April 22, 2014

Democratic National Committee
stated on April 20, 2014 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union.":

"One thing that is much more unpopular than the Affordable Care Act is repealing the Affordable Care Act."

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By Steve Contorno • April 21, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on April 16, 2014 a press release:

"David Dewhurst currently owes more than $1 million to vendors for services provided to his 2012 U.S. Senate campaign."

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By W. Gardner Selby • April 18, 2014

Michelle Nunn
stated on April 10, 2014 statements:

"On average, women make 77 cents for every dollar men make."

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By Eric Stirgus • April 18, 2014

Georgia Department of Public Health
stated on April 7, 2014 department blog post:

"Georgia has the nation's fifth largest Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition program, serving more than 270,000 mothers, babies and children every day."

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By Nancy Badertscher • April 15, 2014

New Hampshire Republican Party
stated on March 24, 2014 a web video:

"Shaheen votes with Obama 99 percent of the time."

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By Jim Haddadin • April 14, 2014

Karen Handel
stated on April 7, 2014 an email:

Seventy-two percent of Georgians did not have a chance to finish college.

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By Eric Stirgus • April 14, 2014

Glenn Grothman
stated on April 4, 2014 a radio interview:

When Republicans last controlled the presidency and Congress, "the number of people on food stamps (and) the number of people in low-income housing went through the roof."

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By Tom Kertscher • April 10, 2014

Genevieve Wood
stated on April 8, 2014 comments on CNN:

"Young women today in metropolitan areas" who are childless and single are out-earning childless, single young males.

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By Aaron Sharockman • April 9, 2014

Republican Party of Florida
stated on April 2, 2014 a tweet:

Charlie Crist "raised taxes in 2009 and won't rule out raising taxes again."

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By Amy Sherman • April 8, 2014

Alisha Thomas Morgan
stated on March 20, 2014 a speech:

"In order to pass the CRCT in Georgia, you simply have to get half of the answers correct."

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By Eric Stirgus • April 8, 2014

Linda Finn
stated on March 18, 2014 a speech during a rally at the Rhode Island state house:

"By a two-to-one margin, Rhode Islanders want to ban assault weapons and we have a very small percentage of gun owners in this state, less than 13 percent."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 6, 2014

Andy Duyck
stated on April 4, 2014 a public presentation:

"We’ve dedicated more money from (Washington County’s) transportation budget to bike and ped projects under my watch than at any time in the history of Washington County."

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By Dana Tims • April 4, 2014

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