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Tea party group says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has created a manufacturing-led jobs recovery, with 30,000 new jobs created this year

By James B. Nelson November 11, 2011

"In Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker has created a manufacturing-led jobs recovery. 30,000 new jobs were created this year, with 15,000 created in the struggling manufacturing…

Bishop signs letter saying post office faces big pension burden

By Willoughby Mariano November 11, 2011

"No other public or private business in America" except for the U.S. Postal Service must fund 100 percent of employee retirement and retirement health costs…

Mitt Romney says Obama, Pelosi and Reid agree with Rick Perry on in-state tuition

By Sue Owen November 10, 2011

President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid support Rick Perry’s "decision to give in-state tuition to illegal immigrants."

Michele Bachmann says U.S. will soon send enough interest to China to pay for their military

By Louis Jacobson November 10, 2011

"By 2015, we will be sending so much interest" to China that "we will be paying for the entire People's Liberation Army."

A controversial immigration detention center project gets Pembroke Pines mayor riled up

By Amy Sherman November 10, 2011

The city of Pembroke Pines doesn't have a vote in a plan to build a detention center in Southwest Ranches.

John Boehner equates taxing millionaires with hurting small businesses

By Molly Moorhead November 10, 2011

"Over half of the people who would be taxed under (a millionaire surtax) are, in fact, small businesspeople."

Wisconsin Democratic Party says Walker supported a law that makes it easier for drunken drivers to escape punishment

By Dave Umhoefer November 10, 2011

A bill supported by Gov. Scott Walker makes it "so that drunk drivers who kill have an easier time of it."

Democratic Party chairman blasts Chris Christie as only governor since World War II to not have his party win control of a legislative body

By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill November 10, 2011

"Governor Christie also remains the only Governor since World War II, among both Democrats and Republicans, who failed to have his party win control of…

Wife’s assets in company not a conflict of interest in casino vote, Josh Mandel says

By Stephen Koff November 10, 2011

Ilana Shafran Mandel’s stake in Forest City Enterprises "constitutes significantly less than 1 percent" of the company’s shares and any implication of a conflict of…

Rick Santorum says unemployment for college grads is 4 to 5 percent but for non-college-educated it’s well into double digits

By Louis Jacobson November 10, 2011

"The unemployment rate among (the) non-college-educated is well into the double digits in America. It's 4 percent or 5 percent for people who have college…

Gingrich says more Americans in poverty than at any time since the statistic was first calculated

By Louis Jacobson November 10, 2011

Under President Barack Obama, "more Americans are in poverty ... than at any time since the Census Bureau began keeping records on it over 50…

Republicans, bloggers needle Obama for creating new tax on Christmas trees – true?

By Janie Har, Louis Jacobson November 10, 2011

Obama creates new tax on Christmas trees, fees get passed on to consumers.

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