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A gas tax holiday "would at best provide 30 cents a day for three months for a grand total of $28."
Democrat Barack Obama on Monday, May 5th, 2008 in a television interview
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"If you are driving on average in America this summer, you'll save — according to Department of Energy figures — about $70."
Democrat Hillary Clinton on Sunday, May 4th, 2008 in Indianapolis
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Tax rates were significantly higher "in the '40s, the '50s, and the '60s."
Democrat Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 in South Bend, Ind.
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Hillary Clinton advocates "a freeze on foreclosures. Barack Obama said no."
Democrat Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 in in a television ad
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Obama thinks the national anthem should be "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing."
None Chain e-mail on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 in in a chain email
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The latest Truth-O-Meter items researched by Angie Drobnic Holan
"Clinton's former pastor convicted of child molestation."
None Blogger on Friday, April 25th, 2008 in a posting on the Obama campaign blog.
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“They (Clinton and Obama) have never to my knowledge been involved in legislation nor hearings nor engagement on this issue (climate change).”
Republican John McCain on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 in North Bend, Wash.
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"It is just a fact that Hamas, apparently the North American spokesperson, is endorsing Senator Obama."
Republican John McCain on Friday, April 25th, 2008 in a media availability in Little Rock, Ark.
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"For what we spend in just one week in Iraq, 800,000 children could get health insurance for an entire year."
None Florida Consumer Action Network on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 in a press conference in Tampa
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A gas tax holiday "would at best provide 30 cents a day for three months for a grand total of $28."
Democrat Barack Obama on Monday, May 5th, 2008 in a television interview
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Recent stories by Angie Drobnic Holan
Polled position: gas taxes and supercars: The gas tax won't save you much and supercars will have to wait.
Clinton's long haul on foreclosures: Clinton — and Obama — spoke up early on mortgage problems.
Capital gains taxes demystified: McCain gets it half right on capital gains taxes while debate moderators pin down Clinton and Obama on where they stand.
In Pa., 11th-hour attacks on health care: As the Pa. primary looms, health care returns to center stage
Trying to be tough on Big Oil: Dueling ads from Obama and Clinton say their opponent is weak on Big Oil. We find some truth and exaggerations on both sides.
Recent stories researched by Angie Drobnic Holan
Not the Clinton you think: "Clinton pastor" convicted of child sex abuse, says a newspaper Web site and a posting on an Obama campaign blog. It's a recipe for outrage.
A terrorist endorsement for Obama?: John McCain says Hamas has endorsed Barack Obama. We find it's not an official endorsement, but it's certainly effusive praise.
Candidates get back to health: Sen. John McCain's new health care plan brings the issue back in focus for the presidential candidates. We check three new claims.
Polled position: gas taxes and supercars: The gas tax won't save you much and supercars will have to wait.
Clinton's long haul on foreclosures: Clinton — and Obama — spoke up early on mortgage problems.
Angie Drobnic Holan is a news researcher for the St. Petersburg Times. As a reporter, she covered business and politics at newspapers in the Southeast, including the Mobile (Ala.) Press-Register. She was previously a news researcher at The Tampa Tribune. She has a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and is pursuing a master's of library science at the University of South Florida.
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