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Ad says Barack ‘Obama’s spending drove us $5 trillion deeper in debt.’

By Louis Jacobson October 9, 2012

President Barack Obama’s "spending drove us $5 trillion deeper in debt."

Obama ties Romney to Chinese exporter

By Jon Greenberg October 9, 2012

Says Romney invested in a firm that made goods in China that "could have been made here in America."

American Crossroads attacks Bill Nelson on health care and Medicare, and that oft-repeated “deciding vote”

By Amy Sherman October 9, 2012

Says Bill Nelson "cast the deciding vote for Obamacare cutting Medicare spending by $700 billion and letting an unelected board decide what gets covered here." 

Did Amanda Fritz oversee an audit that won Portland $2 million?

By Ian K. Kullgren October 9, 2012

Says she "oversaw an audit that won the city $2 million in franchise fees."

Ad says Barack Obama promised the jobless rate would be 5.6% if Congress passed the stimulus

By Becky Bowers October 9, 2012

"This is what President Obama said the jobless rate would be if we passed the stimulus: 5.6 percent."

Group attempts to link Deal to Koch brothers

By Eric Stirgus October 9, 2012

Gov. Nathan Deal "has taken at least $15,600 from the (Koch brothers), their businesses, and their employees."

Brendan Doherty says U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, as Providence mayor, “espoused a sanctuary city”

By John Hill October 9, 2012

 "Congressman Cicilline, when he was the mayor of Providence, espoused a sanctuary city."

Obama says tax code rewards firms for shifting jobs overseas

By Jon Greenberg October 8, 2012

The federal tax code has "loopholes that are giving incentives for companies that are shipping jobs overseas."

Obama ad accuses Romney of cutting Mass. K-12 education by $248.7 million

By Becky Bowers October 8, 2012

"In Romney's first budget (in Massachusetts), he cut $248.7 million from K-12 education."

Ad says workforce smaller under Barack Obama than any time since Jimmy Carter

By Louis Jacobson October 8, 2012

Under Barack Obama, the U.S. now has the "lowest workforce since (President Jimmy) Carter."

Wayne Powell says Eric Cantor “took $5 million” from casino owner Sheldon Adelson

By Sean Gorman October 8, 2012

Eric Cantor "took $5 million from Sheldon Adelson," a Las Vegas casino owner.

Joe Straus says lawmakers increased the share of state spending on public education

By W. Gardner Selby October 8, 2012

Says Texas lawmakers last year expanded public education’s share of state spending.

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