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Is Oregon really No. 6 on the estate tax rate list among states?

By Janie Har December 2, 2011

Oregon has the sixth highest combined death tax rate in the country.

Joe Biden says Iraq violence ‘is down to an all-time low’ since start of war

By Louis Jacobson December 2, 2011

In Iraq, "violence is down to an all-time low" since the start of the war.

David Frum says foreign-born individuals filled 80 percent of the Texas jobs added from 2009 into 2011

By W. Gardner Selby December 2, 2011

"Eighty percent of the net new jobs created in the state of Texas since 2009 went to the foreign-born."

Does Newt Gingrich support amnesty? Mitt Romney says his plan goes there

By Angie Drobnic Holan December 2, 2011

Newt Gingrich’s immigration plan offers "a new doorway to amnesty."

One Wisconsin Now says it’s legal to sign Walker recall petitions more than once

By Dave Umhoefer December 2, 2011

It’s legal to "sign a recall petition (against Gov. Scott Walker) even if you have already signed another recall petition," but only one signature counts…

Loretta Weinberg criticizes Chris Christie for not making any pension payments

By Bill Wichert December 2, 2011

"(Chris Christie) has not paid one dollar of state money into our pension system, and then states that the system is broke."

Republican consultant says Barack Obama promised to halve federal deficit in his first term

By W. Gardner Selby December 2, 2011

Says Barack Obama promised to halve the deficit in his first term.  

Newt Gingrich says you can use food stamps to get to Hawaii

By Louis Jacobson December 1, 2011

People can use food stamps "for anything," including "to go to Hawaii," and even millionaires can qualify.

Barack Obama says taxes are lower for middle class today than when he took office

By Louis Jacobson December 1, 2011

For "the average middle-class family, your taxes today are lower than when I took office."

Gov. Rick Scott says ‘Obamacare’ is ‘not the law of the land’

By Becky Bowers December 1, 2011

The Affordable Care Act is "not the law of the land."

Conservative group says signers of petitions to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker are at risk

December 1, 2011

Says signers of recall petitions against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker are at risk because of newly "discovered" provisions in state law.  

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