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Is the government going to pry your cell phone phone from your cold, dead hands?

December 18, 2010

Says Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will "force you to stop using your cell phone" while driving.

VEA President Kitty Boitnott says Virginia teachers have gone three years without raises

December 17, 2010

Teachers "are working their third consecutive year -- some longer than that -- without salary increases."

U.S. Rep. John Mica says TSA is growing and growing and growing

December 17, 2010

TSA "started off with 16,500 screeners and the agency has mushroomed to 67,000 employees with 3,590 administrative people ... making over $105,000 per year on…

State Rep. Robin Vos says right-to-work states have higher rates of income growth

December 17, 2010

Right-to-work states "have higher rates of income growth."

University System official says out-of-state tuition covers costs

December 17, 2010

"Every student paying out-of-state tuition actually covers more than the cost of instruction."

Robert Hurt calls health care reform law a “government takeover”

December 16, 2010

The Democrats' health care reform law is a "government takeover of health care."

Tim Pawlenty repeats questionable statistic on growth of federal workforce

December 16, 2010

"Since January 2008 the private sector has lost nearly 8 million jobs while local, state and federal governments added 590,000."

U.S. Rep. Steve Kagen says new veteran’s clinic has already spawned numerous related developments

December 16, 2010

"Already, the mayor of Green Bay is having ribbon-cutting after ribbon-cutting for economic development around the new VA center."

President Bush says the United States doubled its commitment to fighting AIDS abroad in his first 17 months in office

December 16, 2010

Says that in his first 17 months as president, the United States doubled its world-leading $500 million a year commitment to fighting global AIDS.

Rick Scott targets government pension plans as a way to cut costs, suggests employees should contribute

December 15, 2010

"We are the only state in the country that state employees don't contribute [to their pensions]."

Barack Obama compares legal battle over health care to 1930s fight over Social Security

December 15, 2010

"When Social Security was passed, there were all kinds of lawsuits," just as there have been in the legal battle over the new health care…

George Allen says Sen. Jim Webb negates votes of Sen. Mark Warner

December 15, 2010

Sen. Jim Webb "persists on negating" Sen. Mark Warner’s votes 

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