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U.S. Senate candidate Barry Hinckley says Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse will have added nearly $8 trillion to the national debt during his first term

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. January 31, 2012

"Sheldon Whitehouse's failure of leadership, the adding of almost $8 trillion in debt in his first full term, is shameful..."

Viral Internet story says Mitt Romney helped locate missing teen daughter of Bain Capital partner

By Louis Jacobson January 30, 2012

In July 1996, Mitt Romney helped locate the missing teenage daughter of a partner at Bain Capital.

Newt Gingrich says students today ‘take more years to get through’ college

By Louis Jacobson January 30, 2012

Students today "take more years to get through" college.

Wisconsin Democrat says proposed mine would be nearly as big as state’s largest inland lake

January 30, 2012

A proposed mine in Wisconsin is "about two-thirds the size of Lake Winnebago."

Chris Christie’s record touted in video ad by Committee for Our Children’s Future

By Erin O'Neill January 30, 2012

Says with "Gov. Chris Christie and bipartisan reformers" New Jersey had "the most job growth in 11 years."

Deal: Tech company needs 200 skilled trade workers

By Willoughby Mariano January 30, 2012

Siemens has been unable to fill approximately 200 skilled trade positions in metro Atlanta.

Gov. Scott Walker says he eliminated Wisconsin’s $3.6 billion deficit without raising taxes

By Dave Umhoefer January 29, 2012

"We wiped out a $3.6 billion deficit without raising taxes."

Chris Christie says New York Giants are New Jersey’s team

By Erin O'Neill January 29, 2012

Says the New York Giants "train in New Jersey, they play in New Jersey and most of their players live in New Jersey."

Stegmaier says Chesterfield County has cut more government jobs than state of Virginia

By Sean Gorman January 29, 2012

"Chesterfield has eliminated more positions from its general government operations than the Commonwealth has from the entire state government since (fiscal) 2009." 

Congressman says if one Alaskan reserve was opened, gas prices could drop back to $2 per gallon in five years

By Michael Collins January 29, 2012

"Studies show that if we opened one reserve in Alaska now, in five years, gas prices could be at $2 a gallon."

Democrats claim GOP doctor voted against check he presented to hospital

By Michael Collins January 29, 2012

"Congressman Phil Roe hands out $1.3M government check" from a federal program that "he voted against."

Republican Travis Rowley says Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. January 29, 2012

"Martin Luther King was a Republican."

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