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Christine O'Donnell
stated on October 14, 2010 in a debate:

"We haven't yet taken out a negative ad."

By Louis Jacobson • October 18, 2010

George Will
stated on October 10, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":

Just like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, "the AFL-CIO receives dues from foreign entities associated with it."

October 12, 2010

Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2010 in a speech:

"Groups that receive foreign money are spending huge sums to influence American elections."

October 11, 2010

Franklin Graham
stated on October 3, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":

In most Muslim countries, "We can't have a church. We're not able to build synagogues. It's forbidden."

October 6, 2010

David Axelrod
stated on September 26, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":

Independent groups behind ads attacking Democratic candidates are "front groups for foreign-controlled companies."

September 28, 2010

David Axelrod
stated on September 26, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week with Christiane Amanpour:

The GOP's "Pledge to America" includes "a 20 percent cut ... for education. ... Eight million kids would have their college aid slashed under this budget."

By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2010

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
stated on September 19, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":

It's "not true" that since he's been the president, executions in Iran have increased by four times.

September 23, 2010

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
stated on September 19, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani "was never sentenced to stoning."

September 22, 2010

George Will
stated on September 12, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'':

"Over 10 years, (extending tax cuts for the wealthy) would add less to the deficit than Obama added with the stimulus in one year."

By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2010

Austan Goolsbee
stated on September 12, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":

John Boehner has called for "repealing the rest of the stimulus, which would raise taxes on 110 million middle class people."

September 13, 2010

Austan Goolsbee
stated on September 12, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.":

Extending current tax rates would "average more than $100,000 a year to millionaires and even billionaires."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 13, 2010

Mary Jordan
stated on September 5, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":

"The president's party always gets shellacked in midterms. It's only twice, 1934 and 2002, that the president's party actually gained in both the House and the Senate."

By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2010

Mary Jordan
stated on September 5, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":

Likens Obama's predicament to 1982, saying, "when Reagan just started out, (unemployment was at) exactly the same point. He was two years into his term. The unemployment was well over 10 percent, and it did come out of it."

By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2010

Randi Weingarten
stated on August 29, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":

"The states that actually have lots of teachers in teacher unions tend to be the states that have done the best in terms of academic success in this country."

September 2, 2010

Jamie Oliver
stated on August 29, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":

McDonald's in England only sells organic milk and free-range eggs, which provides more nutritious offerings than in the U.S.

August 31, 2010

Donna Brazile
stated on August 29, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":

"Forty-five percent of those who've been unemployed, they've been unemployed for six months or longer."

By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2010

Arne Duncan
stated on August 29, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":

"In this country, we have a 25 percent dropout rate."

By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2010

Al Hunt
stated on August 22, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":

"This is not a mosque. It's a cultural center that has a prayer area."

August 23, 2010

Laura Tyson
stated on August 15, 2010 in an interview on ABC's ''This Week with Christiane Amanpour.'':

The United States is "number 14, number 15" in college graduation rates, and "we're leading the world in high school dropout rates."

By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2010

Laura Tyson
stated on August 15, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'':

"Unemployment for those with college educations is now 4.5 percent. Unemployment for those with more than a college education, below 4 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2010

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