All statements involving George Allen
"The poverty rate amongst women is the worst it’s been in 17 years and the extreme poverty rate is the worst it’s ever been."
Says Mitt Romney and George Allen "would overturn Roe v. Wade and allow states to end safe, legal abortion even in cases of rape, incest or when a woman's life is at risk."
"The tax burden on Virginia families was lower under Tim Kaine than under George Allen."
"Repealing and replacing Obamacare – that’s going to save $1 trillion over a 10-year period."
George Allen "voted to end Pell Grants for 84,000 students."
"Tim Kaine doubled down in his support of devastating defense cuts, saying the ‘the deal was the right thing to do.’"
"When I left the Senate, we were on a trajectory towards a balanced budget."
Tim Kaine, as governor, proposed tax increases on people earning "as little as $17,000."
President Obama's health care law is "a government takeover of healthcare."
"Before I was governor, tuition was skyrocketing and we stopped that. We capped and then we froze college tuition."
George Allen and his colleagues in the Senate "turned the biggest surplus in the history of the United States into the biggest deficit in the history of the United States."
The cost of a gas tank fill-up has risen $30 since Barack Obama became president.
"I was one of about a dozen (senators) who voted against the Bridge to Nowhere."
George Allen cast "the deciding vote" for the 2003 Bush tax cuts.
"Our federal government has lent $2 billion to the state-owned oil company of Brazil to allow them to explore for oil and gas."
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