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Wisconsin GOP Rep. Michelle Litjens says taxpayers pay for 45 percent of births in state, 60 percent in Milwaukee

June 14, 2011

"Taxpayers pay for roughly 45 percent of all births in Wisconsin! And 60 percent of the births in Milwaukee!!!"

State Rep. Ron Amstutz says the budget now being debated will rely on substantially less one-time money

June 14, 2011

The budget currently being debated "significantly decreases the use of one-time resources."

Some farm workers do earn high wages, but not all do

June 14, 2011

Workers who pick produce in Georgia’s fields can make $12 to $18 an hour.

Ted Nugent says Rick Perry is first governor to win thrice by landslides

June 14, 2011

Rick Perry "has never lost an election and remains the only person to have won the Texas governorship three times in landslide elections."

Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Cryan says closing Elizabeth MVC office saved no money

June 14, 2011

Says Gov. Chris Christie's decision to close the Elizabeth MVC "saved no money."

DNC Chair Wasserman Schultz says Obama has signed bills with 17 small business tax cuts

June 13, 2011

The Obama administration has cut taxes on small businesses 17 times.

RNC chair Reince Priebus says today’s long-term unemployment is worse than Great Depression

June 13, 2011

"We have unemployment that rivals the Great Depression."

Rep. Tim Ryan says Rep. Paul Ryan’s Medicare proposal will cost patients $6,000 more a year

June 13, 2011

The average person "will pay $6,000 more a year" under Rep. Paul Ryan's Medicare proposal.

Gov. Rick Scott says state debt is $23 billion

June 13, 2011

"We already have $23 billion worth of debt."

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst says 1,000 World War II veterans die every day

June 13, 2011

Says 1,000 World War II veterans die every day.

Sen. Steve Oroho says New Jersey has nation’s highest per-pupil cost

June 13, 2011

"We have the highest per-pupil cost in the country."

Mine in Wisconsin would operate for 100 years and generate billions

June 12, 2011

An iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin could operate for 100 years and generate billion of dollars in economic activity.

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