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"Obamacare (hit) Americans with over $500 billion in new taxes."
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"Obamacare ... will kill jobs across America."
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Wayne LaPierre
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Newt Gingrich
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The Latest from PolitiFact Oregon
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
A scorecard separating fact from fiction
Other states have considered or have sunset advisory commissions; the federal government has the ability, too.
Says "there are homes for sale on and around (Oswego Lake) right now for under $150,000 that anyone is welcome to buy."
You may have driven the length of a football field in the five seconds it takes to check a text.
Says "if we raise the number of third-graders who read at a third-grade level, we affect everything, from graduation rates to incarceration rates."
Oregon House Republicans’ jobs plan could generate more than 50,000 jobs over five years.
In the 2011 legislative session, DEQ's budget was cut 18.5 percent — a disproportionate cut compared to other natural resource agencies.
In just a few decades, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, other mandatory spending programs, and paying interest due on the debt will eclipse our entire budget.
Rob Cornilles supports privatizing Medicare.
Rob Cornilles has been endorsed by 20 local mayors, including Independent, Democratic and Republican.
Suzanne Bonamici supports a plan that will cut choice for Medicare Advantage seniors.
PolitiFact Oregon gave Rob Cornilles a Pants on Fire for a claim about taxes and fees.
Rob Cornilles has disputed for two years a news story that said he said he would cut Social Security and Medicare programs before trimming the U.S. defense budget.
"My opponent on day one of this campaign attacked me on Medicare and Medicare Advantage and that claim was found to be False."
"I also voted 98 percent of the time with Republicans in the Oregon Legislature."
Federal law prohibits the growing of industrial hemp in the United States.
The proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline is a bipartisan proposal.
Suzanne Bonamici was the only no vote on a 2009 bill cracking down on drunk drivers.
Rob Cornilles is a Tea Party candidate.
"She’s voted for 60 tax increases, hurting the middle class and small businesses."
"Oregon’s per capita income is 9 percent below the national average and getting worse. This is a state that’s actually getting poorer."
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Says in the last 20 years, the French have not "stood by" the United States on foreign policy.
— Rick Santorum
Says Mitt Romney supports cap and trade.
— Rick Santorum
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