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Rick Scott calls health care law a ‘job-killer’

April 2, 2012

Says Barack Obama's health care law "will be the biggest job-killer ever."

New Jersey GOP credit Chris Christie for New Jersey having the lowest risk of corruption in the nation

By Bill Wichert April 2, 2012

"And the #jerseycomeback keeps rolling! Thanks to @GovChristie NJ now has lowest corruption risk of any state."

Rob Portman says oil production on public lands was down 14 percent in 2011

By Stephen Koff April 2, 2012

"Last year, we produced 14 percent less oil on public lands than we did the year before."

Interpretation of Obama gaffe needs better defense

By Eric Stirgus April 2, 2012

"Obama tells Russia that he'll turn over America's defense system to them if re-elected."

Frank LoBiondo says health care reform law will cost more than twice the original estimate

By Erin O'Neill April 1, 2012

Says "new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office conclude the final price-tag" for the health care law "will exceed $2 trillion — more than double…

Providence restaurateur John Elkhay says that if Rhode Island raises the state meal and beverage tax to 10 percent, it would be the fourth-highest in the nation

By Alex Kuffner April 1, 2012

If Rhode Island raises the meal and beverage tax to 10 percent, it would be the "fourth-highest in the nation."

Did the state’s middle managers really avoid pay cuts and layoffs?

By Ian K. Kullgren March 30, 2012

Says "for the duration of this recession not a single person in government middle management has lost (a) job or taken a pay cut."

Andrew Napolitano and chain email say Barack Obama signed controversial law “in secret”

By Louis Jacobson March 30, 2012

A bill that could restrict free speech when the president is nearby was signed by President Barack Obama "in secret."

Westmoreland: All federal housing programs need bailouts

By Willoughby Mariano March 30, 2012

"There is not one single federal housing program yet that has not needed a bailout to survive."

Charlie Baird says Travis County office has had same leadership for 30 years

By W. Gardner Selby March 30, 2012

"We've had the same leadership in the Travis County DA's office for 30 years."

Marsha Blackburn says patients’ power to control health-care decisions would be given to payment advisory board

By Bartholomew Sullivan March 30, 2012

Says President Obama and his allies in Congress gave "power" to control Medicare patients’ health care decisions to "a commission of 15 unelected bureaucrats in Washington."

Are you 15 percent more likely to die in a car that’s 300 pounds lighter?

By Janie Har March 29, 2012

"Every time the weight of that vehicle is reduced by a hundred pounds, your chances of dying are going to go up by about 5…

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