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Kathie Tovo says Austin City Council may vote to subsidize race track with $4 million a year

June 12, 2011

Says the Austin City Council "may give $4 million a year to subsidize a race track."

Assemblyman Lou Greenwald says Gov. Chris Christie’s veto pen is to blame for New Jersey ranking the lowest out of the 50 states in job growth

June 12, 2011

Because Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a 30-bill job creation package, "New Jersey ranks 50th in the nation in job creation."

R.I. Rep. DaSilva says 1 in 10 violent deaths in U.S. are caused by strangulation

June 12, 2011

"Ten percent of violent deaths in the U.S. each year are due to strangulation."

Randi Shade says Kathie Tovo believes Austin invests too much in cops, firefighters and paramedics

June 11, 2011

Says opponent Kathie Tovo "believes that Austin invests too much in the cops, firefighters and paramedics that protect our families and neighborhoods."

Bus association head says buses safest mode of commercial transportation

June 11, 2011

Commercial buses in the United States have "a stellar safety record, a safety record that exceeds that of any other commercial mode or surface transportation…

Paul Krugman says average unemployed worker has been jobless for nearly 40 weeks

June 10, 2011

"The average unemployed American has been out of work for almost 40 weeks."

Mike Haridopolos takes on health care bill in newspaper op-ed

June 10, 2011

"Obamacare cuts $500 billion in future Medicare funding in order to fund the new constitutionally questionable government mandate, even going so far as to scuttle…

Robert Hurt says some federal spending is up over 80 percent in two years

June 10, 2011

Non-defense discretionary spending has increased "by over 80 percent in the last two years."

Did Herman Cain turn around Godfather’s Pizza?

June 10, 2011

"When I became president and CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, it was supposed to go bankrupt . . . We turned it around with common-sense business…

Democratic Wisconsin state Rep. Sandy Pasch says GOP U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget plan would end health care for seniors

June 10, 2011

Says U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan promised to "end health care for our seniors."

Trauma Centers Save Lives Just Not as Many as People Think

June 10, 2011

Roughly 700 Georgians die needlessly each year because they are too far from a trauma center.

Plano schools’ chief says Rick Perry said there’s a 1-to-1 ratio of administrators to teachers in Texas schools

June 10, 2011

Says Rick Perry said there’s an administrator for every teacher in Texas public schools.

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