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Jon Huntsman says Internet use in China allows forum for discontent

By Jake Berry August 19, 2011

There are 500 million Internet users "and 80 million bloggers who are driving discussions in China. … So you’ve got a lot of people voicing…

Jeff Merkley says letting the payroll tax holiday expire will cost jobs

By Charles Pope August 19, 2011

Says allowing the payroll tax holiday to expire would end up "costing another estimated 900,000 jobs in 2012."

Did Gov. Rick Perry change position on same sex marriage?

By Martha M. Hamilton August 19, 2011

Says Rick Perry flip-flopped on gay marriage by first saying it was a state’s rights issue and then saying he was in favor of a…

U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin says the Wisconsin state Senate recalls played out on the “deepest red districts in the state”

By Dave Umhoefer August 19, 2011

Democrats failed to flip the Wisconsin state Senate because recall elections were in the "deepest red districts in the state."

Former Atlanta schools chief Hall says recent scores “have not been questioned”

By Willoughby Mariano August 19, 2011

The results of Atlanta Public School’s 2010 and 2011 CRCT tests "have not been questioned."

Warren Buffett says the super-rich pay lower tax rates than others

By Angie Drobnic Holan August 18, 2011

The "mega-rich" pay about 15 percent in taxes, while the middle class "fall into the 15 percent and 25 percent income tax brackets, and then…

Gov. Rick Scott says deficit turned into surplus

By Amy Sherman August 18, 2011

"I started with a $3.7 billion budget deficit. Now we are projecting a $1.2 billion surplus."

Virginia Democratic Party claims Bob McDonnell has made no progress on jobs

By Sean Gorman August 18, 2011

Virginia has made "no progress on jobs" since Bob McDonnell took office.

Wisconsin Democratic Party says unemployment increasing in Wisconsin at twice the national rate, under GOP Gov. Scott Walker

August 18, 2011

Under Gov. Scott Walker, "unemployment is increasing in Wisconsin at twice the rate it is nationally."

Sen. Rob Portman says U.S. debt now matches size of gross domestic product

By Stephen Koff August 18, 2011

U.S. debt is "now equal to 100 percent of the GDP."

Sen. Sandra Cunningham claims New Jersey residents will turn to crime after losing monthly general assistance payments

By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill August 18, 2011

Says a Senate resolution would restore $140 in monthly general assistance payments and prevent people from committing crime.

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