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John Cornyn said move to delay Hagel nomination is “not a filibuster”

By Angie Drobnic Holan February 18, 2013

Says of a failed cloture vote on nominating Chuck Hagel for defense secretary: "This is not a filibuster."

Marco Rubio says we’ve always needed foreign workers for farming

By Amy Sherman February 18, 2013

"Agriculture has always required a significant workforce from abroad."

Marco Rubio says U.S. farmers have no way to bring in workers legally

By Amy Sherman February 18, 2013

The United States does "not have a system through which growers and dairies can bring a workforce legally into the U.S."

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Ed Fallone says court deciding fewer cases

February 18, 2013

Wisconsin's Supreme Court justices are "deciding fewer opinions in civil and criminal cases than they used to."

Norquist says Virginia has spent less than 1 percent of budget surpluses on roads

By Sean Gorman February 18, 2013

In Virginia "there has been a billion dollars in surplus over the last three years. The legislature has spent less than 1 percent of that…

Roggensack says her Appeals Court caseload topped 2,400

By Dave Umhoefer February 17, 2013

Says she heard more than 2,400 cases as a Wisconsin appeals court judge  

Cory Booker says more minorities born in 2012 than racial majority

By Caryn Shinske February 17, 2013

Says 2012 was the "first year in American history that more minorities are being born than people in the majority."  

Rep. Brian Patrick Kennedy suggests employers and schools are banned from monitoring workers in their cubicles and students in their dorm rooms

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. February 17, 2013

Employers and schools have no right to conduct "surveillance of a dorm room or a worker’s cubicle."

Do one in eight Oregon children and one in 18 adults suffer from mental illness?

By Janie Har February 16, 2013

Says, "Statistics indicate that one in eight children, and one in 18 adults in Oregon suffers from mental illness."

Rhode Island State Rep. Edith Ajello says studies indicate minors find it easier to get marijuana than alcohol

By Michael McKinney February 16, 2013

"Lots of studies seem to indicate that minors find it very easy to get marijuana, easier than to get alcohol."

Ted Cruz said he has repeatedly praised Chuck Hagel’s public service

By W. Gardner Selby February 15, 2013

Says he "has repeatedly praised Chuck Hagel’s character, patriotism, bravery, and personal service defending our nation."

Barack Obama says the 12 hottest years on record have come in the last 15 years

By Louis Jacobson February 15, 2013

"The 12 hottest years on record have come in the last 15 years."

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