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Sen. Ted Cruz says the federal government thinks it has ‘authority to regulate our toilet seats’

By Becky Bowers March 21, 2013

"We have a federal government that thinks they have the authority to regulate our toilet seats."

Harry Reid says deficit has been reduced by $2.5 trillion in past two years

By Louis Jacobson March 21, 2013

"In the last two years, we have reduced the deficit by $2.5 trillion."

Rick Perry says Houston is home to the most doctors, nurses and researchers in the world

By W. Gardner Selby March 21, 2013

Says Houston is "home to more doctors, more nurses, more researchers than any other place in the world."

Chris Christie claims 119,000 private-sector jobs lost during last year of Corzine tenure as governor

By Caryn Shinske March 21, 2013

Said the year before he took office, the state lost 119,000 private-sector jobs, labeling them "Corzine jobs losses of 2009."

Drew Springer says bag litter increased after San Francisco’s ban

By Sue Owen March 20, 2013

Says bag litter increased after San Francisco banned single-use shopping bags.

Michele Bachmann says Alzheimer’s disease could be cured if not for government regulation, taxes and lawyers

By Louis Jacobson March 20, 2013

"Scientists tell us that we could have a cure in 10 years for Alzheimer's" were it not for "overzealous regulators, excessive taxation and greedy litigators."

Sarah Palin says D.C. is home to 7 of 10 of the highest-income counties

By Molly Moorhead March 20, 2013

"Seven of the 10 highest-income counties in the country ring the city" of Washington D.C.

Sen. Sherrod Brown says taxpayers give big banks advantages that community banks don’t get

By Tom Feran March 20, 2013

Wall Street megabanks that received bailouts in 2009 now get taxpayer-funded advantages not available to community banks in Ohio.

Congressman uses trafficking data to push gun control

By Janel Davis March 20, 2013

Says Virginia, Florida and Georgia are the three states that are the principal source for gun trafficking.

Does the OUS chancellor get lavish house, upscale car and fancy dining at taxpayer expense?

By Yuxing Zheng March 20, 2013

Says we will pay the new chancellor "a basic salary of nearly $300,000 a year ... an amount that does not include the costs of…

Does the Catholic church provide half of social services in the U.S.?

By Louis Jacobson March 19, 2013

"In the United States, 50 percent of social services are provided by the Catholic church."

Michele Bachmann says 70 percent of food stamp funding goes to ‘bureaucrats’

By Louis Jacobson March 19, 2013

Of every "three dollars in food stamps for the needy, seven dollars in salaries and pensions (go to) the bureaucrats who are supposed to be…

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