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Barack Obama
Says Mitt Romney would deny gay people the right to adopt children.
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Charles Bass
"The expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts ... would be the biggest tax increase ...
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"The only time government employment has gone down during a recession has been under ...
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Joe Donnelly
Says he did not vote for Nancy Pelosi for speaker of the House.
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National Right to Life Committee
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"We should be seeing numbers in the 500,000 jobs created per month. (Creating 115,000 ...
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Barack Obama
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Americans for Prosperity
Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "tens of millions of ...
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Says Marcy Kaptur has attacked his military service and training in the Air Force, showing disrespect for veterans.
Says the health care reform bill was paid for, in part, by taking money from students and the student loan system.
Jim Renacci "voted repeatedly to end Medicare."
Says that Rep. Betty Sutton "would rather riot with Occupy (Wall Street) than stand up for Ohio families."
Says Ohio law gives tax breaks "to rich people who own private jets."
Says the average Ohio student graduates from a four-year college or university with nearly $27,000 in tuition debt.
Says the oil industry subsidies that President Barack Obama is attacking don’t exist
Since 2009, the Ohio Republican Party has made more contacts with voters — nearly 6.6 million — than any other GOP state organization in the nation.
Says excessive speculation is pushing up oil prices and a recent report estimates it "adds 56 cents to every gallon of gasoline siphoned from the pump."
"Student loan rates set to double because a Democratic-controlled Congress voted to double them."
Some "20,000 Delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions" as a result of "political favoritism and backroom deals."
Says President Barack Obama's parents were communists.
"The Democrat-controlled Senate, it hasn't passed a budget in more than 1,000 days."
Promise: Promote cooperation among colleges, universities and major institutions
Update: Joint recommendations for higher education on capital budget a first
Promise: Improve job retraining programs
Update: Executive order creates office that will streamline job training programs
The Buffett Rule "will bring in less than $5 billion per year. ... Enough to pay one week’s interest on the national debt."
"Tourism accounts for 439,000 jobs in the state of Ohio, and visitors spend $36 billion annually."
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