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Majority Leader Andy Gardiner says ‘smart cap’ bill lets voters decide on new taxes

March 16, 2011

A proposed revenue smart cap "gives Floridians a voice, requiring a 60 percent vote by citizens in order to impose a new tax, fee, license,…

Bill Kristol says 20 percent of U.S. electricity comes from nuclear power

March 16, 2011

"Twenty percent of our electricity currently comes from nuclear power plants. I think there are 104 in the United States, two of them around the…

Sen. Sherrod Brown chides GOP, saying vote on health care broke new rules

March 16, 2011

Says that Republicans "bragged about how every bill was going to be paid for, right from the beginning" and that the first vote, the repeal…

Eric Cantor says less government spending equals more private sector jobs

March 16, 2011

"Put simply, less government spending equals more private sector jobs."

Gail Collins says Perry used $3.2 billion in stimulus money for schools to plug other holes in his budget

March 16, 2011

Gov. Rick Perry "used $3.2 billion in stimulus dollars for schools to plug other holes in his budget."

Atlanta Streetcar projected to be jobs boon

March 16, 2011

Building and running the Atlanta Streetcar is projected to create 1,399 jobs.

George Will says all federal spending is ultimately “discretionary”

March 15, 2011

Federal spending is "all discretionary, other than interest on the national debt. Social Security is discretionary. We have the discretion to change the law. Same…

Rep. Marcia Fudge says some of the largest corporations pay no taxes

March 15, 2011

"There are corporations in this nation, some of the biggest corporations in this nation, who do not pay taxes."

Barack Obama says Gulf oil production hit record level in 2010

March 15, 2011

"Oil production from federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico reached an all-time high" in 2010.

Barack Obama says U.S. oil production last year was highest since 2003

March 15, 2011

"Last year, American oil production reached its highest level since 2003."

The RNC said unions raised $400 million for Obama in 2008

March 15, 2011

"2008: Unions Spent $400 Million to Elect Obama."

President Obama says that for the first time in more than a decade, oil imports accounted for less than half of what the U.S. consumed

March 15, 2011

"For the first time in more than a decade, imports accounted for less than half of (the oil) we consumed."

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