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John Cornyn says the Congressional Budget Office predicts unemployment will be 8 percent until 2014

By W. Gardner Selby August 31, 2011

Congressional Budget Office "says 8 (percent) unemployment till 2014!"

PETA Claims Clinton Saving 200 Animals Annually

By M.B. Pell August 31, 2011

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals estimates 200 animals will be spared annually as the result of former President Bill Clinton adopting a vegan…

U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland says his health insurance is no different than any other federal employee

August 30, 2011

"The health insurance plan that (members of Congress) have is no different than any other federal employee's in the United States government."

Bob Casey says non-IED deaths in Afghanistan are “very, very rare”

By Louis Jacobson August 30, 2011

In Afghanistan, "it is very, very rare that someone who is killed in action is not killed by an" improvised explosive device, or IED.

Of 11,000 attempts to amend U.S. Constitution, only 27 amendments have passed

By Will Short Gorham August 30, 2011

"We've had 11,000 attempts to amend the Constitution since 1789."

Chancellor Jim Petro says boosting bachelor’s degrees in Ohio would boost economy

By Aaron Marshall August 30, 2011

Every 1 percent increase in the number of Ohioans with bachelor’s degrees "means economic activity growing the next year and for each year thereafter (by)…

Rick Perry says national debt, Obama’s refusal to control spending led to credit rating downgrade

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms August 30, 2011

Says the national debt and President Barack Obama's "refusal to control spending led to our nation's credit rating being downgraded for the first time in…

Georgia pol whips up debate on Romney record

By Eric Stirgus August 30, 2011

"As governor, [Mitt Romney] balanced the budget without raising taxes and created jobs."

Bloggers claim Peter DeFazio and Earl Blumenauer are socialists

By Charles Pope August 29, 2011

Say Oregon Reps. Peter DeFazio and Earl Blumenauer are "socialists who are openly serving in the U.S. Congress."

Rep. Scott Randolph says Gov. Rick Scott wants to take away $60 million in health care rebates

By Amy Sherman August 29, 2011

Gov. Rick Scott "is trying to get a waiver under the federal health care law that would deny consumers in Florida the right to the…

Sen. Sherrod Brown likens rooting for the Red Sox to rooting for the drug companies

By Tom Feran August 29, 2011

"Rooting for the Red Sox is like rooting for the drug companies."

Scott says debt-limit deal pays for half of Bush tax cuts

By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske August 29, 2011

"The estimated savings of this (debt ceiling) deal only pay for half of the cost of extending all of the Bush-era tax cuts for another…

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