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Facebook post says Congress has disproportionate share of millionaires

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson November 21, 2011

1 percent of Americans are millionaires. 47 percent of House Reps. are millionaires. 56 percent of Senators are millionaires.

Newt Gingrich says Dodd-Frank is destroying community banks

By Jon Greenberg November 21, 2011

"Community banks … are being destroyed by Dodd-Frank."

Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategy claims $1.9 million of stimulus money went to African ant research

By Sean Gorman November 21, 2011

"(Stimulus money) went to critically important projects like studying ants in Africa."

Seidel says untrained people would be allowed to carry guns after Republicans softened concealed-carry rules

By Dave Umhoefer November 21, 2011

A Republican-led softening of firearms training rules means that "untrained individuals" would be allowed to carry guns with a state permit.  

Leonard Lance says when national debt hits $15 trillion it will equal $47,900 for every living American

By Erin O'Neill November 21, 2011

"When the national debt reaches $15 trillion, it means that U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio will reach 99.7 percent of our debt and this is $47,900 for…

Ohio unemployment ‘significantly higher’ than right-to-work states, says chief of 1851 Center for Constitutional Law

By Aaron Marshall November 21, 2011

Says unemployment in Ohio "is significantly higher than the unemployment rate in states which are not forced union states and it’s always been that way."

County claims sewer work will create up to 4,000 jobs

By Willoughby Mariano November 21, 2011

A DeKalb sewer project "will create up to 4,000 direct jobs per year at peak production, many of which will be set aside exclusively for…

U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson no longer champion of controversial research

November 20, 2011

On using embryonic stem cells for medical research.

Nearly 160,000 students in New Jersey’s school lunch program are ineligible, state senator says

By Bill Wichert November 20, 2011

Says the state auditor found that 37 percent of the 428,000 students receiving free and reduced-price lunches are ineligible.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says U.S. spends 18 percent of its GDP on healthcare, far more than other nations

By Lynn Arditi November 20, 2011

"The American healthcare system burns 18 percent of our national GDP. Nobody else is close."

Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategy claims $39 million of stimulus money paid for renovations of politicians’ offices

By Sean Gorman November 19, 2011

Stimulus money went to "office upgrades for politicians."

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