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"Worldwide credit card transactions, the credit card fraud rate is 0.04 percent, compared to ...
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Mark Udall
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Rush Limbaugh
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Kirsten Gillibrand
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Barack Obama
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Bernie Sanders
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Jim McDermott
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Chuck Grassley
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Alan Grayson
A bill to advance the Keystone XL Pipeline "is an earmark" under House rules.
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The Latest from PolitiFact New Hampshire
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
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Says the 2010-11 New Hampshire budget ended with an $18 million surplus, while the Republican-led 2012-13 budget has a $40 million deficit.
Preventive care coverage under the Affordable Care Act has already "helped Granite Staters save money and live healthier lives."
Says of 80,000 people who were denied a firearm in 2012 due to a failed background check, only 44 were prosecuted.
Says Jennifer Horn, chairwoman of the N.H. Republican Party, owes $92,000 in back taxes.
New Hampshire is currently the only state in the nation that does not have a full-service veterans hospital or equivalent access.
"The only time in our history when the debt has been higher than this was the end of World War II."
"When total Sandy spending is added up, it's more than the annual budget for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. And it's more than twice the annual budget of the U.S. Energy Department."
We have the fourth highest in-state tuition for public universities in the country.
"Even if you took literally every single ounce of platinum in the world, it still wouldn’t add up to enough needed to pay down our nation’s debt."
President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget proposal "couldn't get support from either party in the House or the Senate."
Social Security has not contributed to the debt and the deficits.
Says she is "entering in the most diverse class ever," of U.S. Representatives
Says New Hampshire had the fourth-lowest unemployment rate in the country during Maggie Hassan’s time in the state Senate.
Says Ovide Lamontagne wants to eliminate kindergarten.
Gubernatorial candidate Maggie Hassan supported 33 tax and fee increases as Senate Majority Leader.
Says Charlie Bass supports Paul Ryan plan that forces seniors to pay $6,400 a year more for health care so millionaires can pay less in taxes.
Says Maggie Hassan pays zero property taxes on her $500,000 home.
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"Worldwide credit card transactions, the credit card fraud rate is 0.04 percent, compared to almost 8 percent, 9 percent, 10 percent of Medicare fraud."
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