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McDonnell says Virginia college graduates facing average $25,000 debt

By Sean Gorman December 24, 2012

 "The average kid comes out of Virginia colleges with about $25,000-plus in debt."

One in four kids and half in big cities don’t graduate high school, Paul Ryan says

December 23, 2012

"One out of every four students fails to earn a high school diploma. In our major cities across America, half of our kids don’t graduate."

Steve Lonegan says Hurricane Sandy aid package amounts to about $4,200 for each New Jerseyan

By Caryn Shinske December 23, 2012

"The price tag amounted to nearly $4,200 for every man, woman and child in the state."

Facebook posting on handgun deaths has out-of-date numbers, but the trend persists

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. December 23, 2012

"Last year, handguns killed 48 people in Japan, 8 in Great Britain, 34 in Switzerland, 52 in Canada, 58 in Israel, 21 in Sweden, 42…

Stadium claim flagged for faulty numbers

By Eric Stirgus December 21, 2012

"[T]he Georgia Dome has returned $10 billion in economic impact to the state of Georgia."

Lenny Curry says Charlie Crist and Todd Akin hold same abortion position: “No exception except life of the mother”

By Amy Sherman December 20, 2012

Says Charlie Crist and Missouri Rep. Todd Akin "hold same abortion views. No exception except the life of the mother."

Does the new Nike bill qualify as a tax break?

By Ian K. Kullgren December 20, 2012

Says the Nike bill "is not a tax break ... this does not lower the taxes that Nike will pay nor does it prevent the…

McDonnell says Northern Virginia has the nation’s worst traffic congestion

By Sean Gorman December 20, 2012

Northern Virginia is the most "heavily trafficked place in the country."

Larry Kilgore says Texas economy is about 30 percent larger than Australia’s

By Sue Owen December 20, 2012

Says Texas economy is about 30 percent larger than Australia’s.

Campaign to Fix the Debt says failure of fiscal talks could cost states 18 percent of their federal grant money

By Dave Umhoefer December 20, 2012

"If lawmakers fail to avert the fiscal cliff, 18 percent of the federal money that is sent to the states will be eliminated."

Barbara Buono claims she cut $4.5B in spending while chairing Senate budget panel

By Caryn Shinske December 20, 2012

"I have the experience as Senate Budget Chair of cutting $4.5 billion in spending -- to close the deficit while protecting education and health care."

Kay Bailey Hutchison, in Senate farewell, says record number of women will serve in Senate in 2013

By W. Gardner Selby December 19, 2012

Says the Senate will have a record number of female senators in 2013.  

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