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Supreme Court nominees got Senate votes with big margins

July 13, 2009

"Now, there was a time when someone like Scalia and Ginsburg got 95-plus votes."

Poll on Sonia Sotomayor support shows even divide

July 13, 2009

A new Rasmussen poll shows people "oppose (Sotomayor's) confirmation. Only 37 percent support it."

Ann Coulter wrong about Sotomayor unsigned opinion in Ricci New Haven firefighter case

July 10, 2009

"Obama's Justice-designate Sotomayor threw out (the New Haven firefighters') lawsuit in a sneaky, unsigned opinion -- the judicial equivalent of 'talk to the hand.'"

Limbaugh claims the climate bill wasn’t written when it came up for a vote

July 9, 2009

On the day the House voted on the climate change bill, "there was not even a copy of the bill in the well of the…

Cantor and other Republicans say Obama promised stimulus would keep unemployment rates below 8 percent

July 9, 2009

"We were promised. The president said we would keep unemployment under 8.5 percent (if the stimulus passed)."

Boehner claims city uses stimulus money to hire someone to apply for more stimulus money

July 7, 2009

"In North Carolina, they used stimulus money to hire one new state worker. His job, apply for more stimulus funds from the taxpayers by the…

Boehner ad says stimulus paid for a Bridge to Rusty’s

July 7, 2009

"In Wisconsin, the stimulus paid for a bridge to a bar called Rusty's Backwater Saloon. They've got great burgers, but no new jobs."

Obama says that Californians use 40 percent less energy than most

July 7, 2009

"Californians consume 40 percent less energy per person than the national average"

Mitch McConnell’s record distorted by Democratic campaign ad

July 6, 2009

Mitch McConnell opposed "legislation to create and protect Kentucky jobs . . . help for the unemployed. . .  health care for Kentucky's children," and…

No ACLU lawsuit over cross-shaped headstones

July 2, 2009

"The ACLU has filed a suit to have all military cross-shaped headstones removed."

Claims that U.S. will only reduce carbon emissions by 1 percent unless others help

July 2, 2009

"If the United States moves ahead by itself (on cap-and-trade)... after 30 or 40 years, we're going to reduce CO2 by less than 1 percent."

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