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Gov. Scott Walker says average property tax payer will save $700 under 2011-’13 state budget

By Dave Umhoefer July 18, 2011

"Under our (2011-’13) budget, the average (Wisconsin) property taxpayer will save $700."

McDonnell says 90 percent of Virginia’s job growth has been in private sector

By Sean Gorman July 18, 2011

Ninety percent of the job growth in Virginia has been in the private sector.

Josh Mandel says Sen. Sherrod Brown rates as the most liberal in the United States

By Stephen Koff July 18, 2011

"Sherrod Brown was just voted two years in a row the most liberal senator in the United States of America" and is more liberal than…

Does Georgia’s immigration bill “simply follow existing federal law”?

By Eric Stirgus July 18, 2011

Georgia’s illegal-immigration legislation "simply follows existing federal law."

Sen. Michael Doherty claims Planned Parenthood only provides 140 visits for prenatal care in each state

By Bill Wichert July 18, 2011

Says Planned Parenthood provides about 140 visits for prenatal care in each state.  

Wisconsin Rep. Donna Seidel says the $290 million structural surplus in the state budget is not real

By James B. Nelson July 17, 2011

The $290 million structural surplus in the 2011-’13 Wisconsin budget is not real because it is based on the assumption that Congress will reinstate the…

Lois Kolkhorst says $500 billion in Medicare cuts are coming

By W. Gardner Selby July 17, 2011

Says $500 billion in Medicare cuts are coming.

New Jersey Education Law Center director says state’s schools among most segregated in country

By Caryn Shinske July 17, 2011

"By any measure, New Jersey has one of the most segregated school systems in the country."  

Sen. Whitehouse says criminals can hack into home computers and spy on victims through video cameras

By Richard Salit July 17, 2011

"Some criminals have learned how to spy on Americans, hacking into our home computers and looking out through the video camera attached to the screen."

Josh Treviño says polls show Americans believe the federal debt ceiling should not be raised and the debt and deficit should be dealt with mostly by cutting spending

By W. Gardner Selby July 16, 2011

Says recent polls show Americans agree with Republicans that the federal debt ceiling should not be raised and the debt and deficit should be dealt…

Barack Obama said a “clear majority” of Republican voters think tax revenues should be included as part of a budget deal.

By Angie Drobnic Holan July 15, 2011

"The clear majority of Republican voters think that any deficit reduction package should have a balanced approach and should include some revenues."

Barack Obama said 80 percent of Americans favor both spending cuts and tax increases to address budget problems.

By Angie Drobnic Holan July 15, 2011

"Eighty percent of the American people support an approach (to federal budget problems) that includes revenues and includes cuts."

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