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Georgia Congressman says food supply extremely safe

January 19, 2011

The nation's food supply is "99.99 percent safe."

Rick Perry says Aggies were kept out of governor’s office until he made it in 2000

January 19, 2011

Says he’s the first Aggie governor of Texas.

North Kingstown wind turbine critics say spinning blades pose risk of seizures

January 19, 2011

If the Stamp Farm wind turbine is built, the "health risk of 'flicker' impact created by shadows of blades of turbines poses real and significant…

Newsmax courts readers with statistic about federal waste in airline tickets

January 18, 2011

"The refusal of many federal employees to fly coach costs taxpayers $146 million annually."

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says his tax cut plan will benefit 98 percent of small businesses in the state, freeing them to create jobs

January 18, 2011

In Wisconsin, 98 percent of all small businesses will qualify for income-tax relief under my plan, freeing them to expand and create jobs.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich claims a chunk of health care dollars don’t go toward care

January 18, 2011

Says that before health care reform, one of every three health care dollars spent -- more than $800 billion a year -- didn't go for…

Marietta Republican says a single immigrant can lead to more than 270 others

January 18, 2011

Under current U.S. immigration policy, "literally one person with a green card" can, in the extreme, bring in more than 270 of his relatives.

An Aghan solider’s first car is an HMMWV, Marco Rubio says

January 17, 2011

"Some of the men serving in the (Afghan) armed forces have never driven a vehicle before."

Attack on DeWine’s health reform position tests the definition of voluntary

January 17, 2011

Says Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is hypocritical for challenging the constitutionality of the new health care law.

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Houston group says Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican

January 17, 2011

"Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican!"

Was snowstorm that rare?

January 17, 2011

"This kind of snowstorm happens every 10 or 15 years."

Rep. Greg Walden says nearly half the incoming Republicans are newcomers to politics

January 17, 2011

"The incoming Republican freshman class – well, it’s no ordinary group: nearly half of its roughly 80 members have never served in elective office before."

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