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Nancy Pelosi
stated on February 25, 2010 in a statement at the health care summit:

The health care bill will "create 4 million jobs, 400,000 jobs almost immediately."

By Catharine Richert • March 8, 2010

Lamar Alexander
stated on February 25, 2010 in the televised health care summit:

The health care bill "dumps 15 to 18 million low-income Americans into a Medicaid program that none of us want to be a part of because 50 percent of doctors won't see new patients."

By Catharine Richert • March 1, 2010

Americans United for Change
stated on February 18, 2010 in a radio ad:

"Congresswoman Bachmann actually said we should be 'weaned' off our Social Security and Medicare. She wants to privatize Social Security and replace Medicare with some kind of voucher system."

By Catharine Richert • February 25, 2010

Sarah Palin
stated on February 17, 2010 in a Facebook post:

"We were promised (the stimulus) would provide 'green jobs' for Americans, but 80% of the $2 billion they spent on alternative energy went to purchase wind turbines built in China!"

By Catharine Richert • February 23, 2010

Joe Biden
stated on February 17, 2010 in an op-ed in 'USA Today':

"In the three months before the act took effect, America lost 750,000 jobs a month. In the last three months, we've lost about 35,000 jobs a month."

By Catharine Richert • February 17, 2010

Jon Stewart
stated on February 3, 2010 in an interview with Bill O'Reilly:

One-third of the economic stimulus package was tax cuts.

By Catharine Richert • February 10, 2010

Sarah Palin
stated on February 6, 2010 in a speech to members of the Tea Party:

Vice President Joe Biden's meeting "with the transparency and accountability board . . . was closed to the public."

By Catharine Richert • February 9, 2010

Judd Gregg
stated on February 2, 2010 in a Senate budget hearing:

"The law is very clear! 'The monies recouped from the TARP shall be paid into the general fund of the treasury for the reduction of the public debt.'"

By Catharine Richert • February 5, 2010

John McCain
stated on February 2, 2010 in comments at a congressional hearing.:

On whether he supports 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'

By Catharine Richert • February 4, 2010

Scott Brown
stated on January 31, 2010 in an interview with Barbara Walters:

"Federal employees are making twice as much as their private counterparts."

By Catharine Richert • February 3, 2010

Barack Obama
stated on January 29, 2010 in a Republican retreat in Baltimore:

Obama came into office "with a $1.3 trillion deficit before I had passed any law. ... We came in with $8 trillion worth of debt over the next decade."

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Catharine Richert • January 29, 2010

Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union speech:

"At the beginning of the last decade ... America had a budget surplus of over $200 billion. By the time I took office, we had a one-year deficit of over $1 trillion and projected deficits of $8 trillion over the next decade."

By Catharine Richert • January 28, 2010

Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union address:

"We've excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs."

By Catharine Richert • January 28, 2010

Dick Armey
stated on January 24, 2010 in an interview with NBC:

"Right now the Tea Party polls higher than the Republicans and the Democrats."

By Catharine Richert • January 25, 2010

Joe Biden
stated on January 17, 2010 in a fundraiser in Florida:

"As long as I have served . . . This is the first time every single solitary decision has required 60 senators."

By Catharine Richert • January 22, 2010

Donna Brazile
stated on January 17, 2010 in on ABC's This Week:

Obama's job approval rating is up.

By Catharine Richert • January 18, 2010

David Axelrod
stated on January 15, 2010 in an op-ed in the Washington Post.:

When President Bush took office in 2001, he inherited a $236 billion budget surplus, with a projected 10-year surplus of $5.6 trillion. When he ended his term, he left a $1.3 trillion deficit and a projected 10-year shortfall of $8 trillion.

By Catharine Richert • January 15, 2010

Chuck Grassley
stated on December 30, 2009 in a conference call:

"I haven't missed a vote since 1993."

By Catharine Richert • January 6, 2010

James Inhofe
stated on December 7, 2009 in CNN's 'The Situation Room':

The Climatic Research Unit e-mails show that the science behind climate change "has been pretty well debunked."

By Catharine Richert • December 12, 2009

Sarah Palin
stated on December 9, 2009 in an op-ed in the 'Washington Post':

"President Obama's proposal calls for serious cuts in our own long-term carbon emissions," but China and India will still be allowed to increase their emissions.

By Catharine Richert • December 11, 2009

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