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Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence Education Fund
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Xavier Becerra
"We have a tax code that allows groups to use their political operations within ...
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Randy Forbes
"The IRS doesn't have to prove something against you ... you've got the burden ...
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Rand Paul
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Michele Bachmann
The IRS is going to be "in charge" of "a huge national database" on ...
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Michele Bachmann
The IRS is "going to be in charge of our health care."
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Michele Bachmann
"The IRS will have the ability potentially" to deny or delay health care.
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Nancy Pelosi
"The Affordable Care Act is bringing the cost of health care in our country ...
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Reclaim America PAC
Says Kelly Ayotte voted to "fix background checks."
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Jason Chaffetz
"We had people that were getting killed (in Benghazi), we had people who are ...
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Barack Obama
"Over the last several months, there was a review board headed by two distinguished ...
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Jay Carney
When Susan Rice spoke about Benghazi on Sunday news shows, she said "that al-Qaida ...
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Tom Coburn "In 2010, everybody said you can't dare let guns go into the national parks, ...
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Bill Richardson
Among Hispanics, support for immigration reform is close to universal.
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Newt Gingrich
The labor market is weak because if you count the unemployed, underemployed, and those ...
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"Forty-six cents of every dollar" Ohio could get for Medicaid expansion "is going to come from China or some other country that doesn’t like us very much."
"The Social Security trust fund is sound. Without anything being done, it would function well into 2038; and even after that time with no changes, we could pay 80 percent of the benefits that people have earned."
"Six out of 10 of the highest unemployment rates are also in so-called right to work states."
"Just about everyone everywhere is spending more hours on the job, less time with their families, bringing home smaller and smaller paychecks, while they're paying more and more at the gas pump and the grocery stores."
Accuses Ed FitzGerald of "pay-to-play and corruption politics."
"Nearly 40,000 new jobs have been created in the last year due to the new wells . . . right here in Ohio."
Promise: Oppose restrictions on gun rights
Update: Gov. John Kasich shows willingness to expand gun rights
Promise: Offer college scholarships to county residents
Update: Cuyahoga County Council approves college savings program
"Women in Ohio earn on average 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man."
"The sex-offender registry has been around for a long time, and the research that's out there says that it has no positive impact on the public safety."
"The Social Security disability fund is going belly up in 2016."
"Within the three miles surrounding the University Circle area, infant mortality exceeds some Third World countries."
"Right now, Texas doesn’t have an income tax and Oklahoma’s lowering their income tax rates, and guess what their severance tax is? Sky high."
Says that his transportation budget and Ohio Turnpike plan "would make sure we have lower tolls than we’ve had through the history of the turnpike."
Forty aides who serve President Barack Obama "owe $333,485 in back taxes."
"It is legal in Ohio to fire an employee or evict a tenant just for being gay."
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A law that mandates fingerprinting for gun purchasers is "a requirement that's reduced gun crimes in the five states where it's the law."
— Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence Education Fund
"We have a tax code that allows groups to use their political operations within the tax code, under the guise of a charity, to use undisclosed millions of dollars to do political campaigns."
— Xavier Becerra
"The IRS doesn't have to prove something against you ... you've got the burden of proof."
— Randy Forbes
Says Hillary Clinton "was asked repeatedly to provide security in Benghazi on several occasions, including direct cables."
— Rand Paul
The IRS is going to be "in charge" of "a huge national database" on health care that will include Americans’ "personal, intimate, most close-to-the-vest-secrets."
— Michele Bachmann









