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Nina Turner
Nina Turner
stated on April 18, 2011 a forum on the state budget
When "the governor announced his ‘jobs budget,’ 99 folks from the Department of Taxation were let go the next day."
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By Tom Feran • May 11, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2011 a speech in El Paso
"The Border Patrol has 20,000 agents – more than twice as many as there were in 2004."
True
May 10, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on April 27, 2011 an appearance on CNBC's "Squawk Box"
There is "a situation in this country where you're nearing 50 percent of people who don't even pay income taxes."
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By Wes Hester • May 9, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on April 20, 2011 a speech before the Atlanta Press Club
Georgia is "one of only about seven states in the country" that has a AAA bond rating.
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By Willoughby Mariano • May 9, 2011
Garnet Coleman
Garnet Coleman
stated on April 28, 2011 a press release
Says close to 90 percent of the population growth in Texas over the last decade was non-Anglo.
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May 9, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 22, 2011 a news release
Says Milwaukee County spent over $170,000 in salaries in 2010 for employees to "participate in union activities such as collective bargaining."
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May 8, 2011
Jack Latvala
Jack Latvala
stated on May 7, 2011 comments made on the Senate floor.
From 2008 to 2011, "the pages in the conforming bills have gone from 400 pages to 2,200."
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By Aaron Sharockman • May 7, 2011
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on April 7, 2011 a news release.
"Nearly 2,000 high schools - roughly 12 percent of all secondary schools in the United States - produce about half of the nation’s dropouts."
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By Sean Gorman • May 6, 2011
David Stockman
David Stockman
stated on May 1, 2011 an interview on 'This Week with Christiane Amanpour'
Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal cuts "nothing" from Medicare, Social Security or defense in the next two to three years, and "in three years, he does not cut one dime from the debt."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 4, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on April 27, 2011 a TV appearance.
"You’ve got each day 10,000 new seniors, baby boomers, becoming eligible for the entitlement programs."  
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By Jacob Geiger • May 4, 2011
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on May 26, 2011 an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews.
"China now owns $1.1 trillion of our debt, our trade deficit last year with them was a quarter of a trillion dollars."
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By Wes Hester • May 3, 2011
Max Nofziger
Max Nofziger
stated on May 1, 2011 “Voters Guide,” League of Women Voters of the Austin Area.
"Currently, there is no one from South Austin on the (Austin City) Council!"
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 3, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on April 13, 2011 a radio interview
The Bush tax cuts "helped to create a substantial part of the deficit."
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By Tom Feran • April 29, 2011
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on April 27, 2011 comments during House floor debate
"90 percent of babies with Down syndrome are aborted."
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By Aaron Sharockman • April 28, 2011
Tim Grendell
Tim Grendell
stated on April 18, 2011 a forum on the state budget
"In Senate Bill 5, there is this new method of evaluating teachers. … You’re also going to be rated on what the parents think of you and they can send questionnaires and surveys home to parents."
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By Joe Guillen • April 26, 2011
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on April 14, 2011 a press release.
"Each day our nation pays communist China $73.9 million in interest on our debt."
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By Jacob Geiger • April 26, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on April 18, 2011 a newspaper column
"Large majorities" of the public "oppose major changes to Medicare" and favor higher taxes on the wealthy.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 25, 2011
Kitty Boitnott
Kitty Boitnott
stated on April 20, 2011 a radio interview.
Salaries for Virginia’s teachers are below the national average.
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By Sean Gorman • April 25, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on April 14, 2011 a Senate committee hearing
"Foreign companies in the United States have a significantly higher unionization rate than other companies overall."
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By Tom Feran • April 25, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on April 17, 2011 a TV appearance.
"Right now we are spending at an all-time high, close to 25 percent of our GDP [is] being spent on the federal government. But our revenues are at an almost all-time low of about 15 percent [of GDP]."
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By Jacob Geiger • April 22, 2011
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