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National Taxpayers Union stated on November 13, 2011 in a newspaper advertisement.:
President Obama plans to "impose a tax of at least 23 percent on the Medicare prescription drug benefit for low-income beneficiaries."
By W. Gardner Selby• November 22, 2011
Scott Brown stated on November 11, 2013 in a Fox News interview:
"They delayed my swearing-in here in Massachusetts for a couple weeks so they could ram (the health care law) through."  
By Katie Sanders• November 12, 2013
Doctors Without Borders stated on July 21, 2016 in a press release:
Trade deals threaten "India’s role as the pharmacy of the developing world" for new HIV medicines.
By Jon Greenberg• August 3, 2016
Hillary Clinton stated on October 10, 2016 in a rally in Detroit:
"Back in the Great Recession, when millions of  jobs across America hung in the balance, Donald Trump said rescuing the auto industry didn’t really matter very much. He said, and I quote again, ‘Let it go.’ "  
By Lauren Carroll• October 18, 2016
Bobby Scott stated on July 14, 2011 in a letter.:
(Rep. Bob Goodlatte's) balanced budget amendment does not require a balanced budget.
By Sean Gorman• August 1, 2011
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on February 17, 2011 in a news release:
Since Sherrod Brown and the Democrats "rammed" the economic stimulus bill through, "Ohio's unemployment rate has risen to 9.6 percent, above the national average."
By Stephen Koff• February 22, 2011
Pete Gallego stated on May 14, 2014 in an email blast:
"The average student loan debt in Texas is over $22,000...the cost of an average size pickup truck." But unlike car owners, "students are not allowed to refinance their loans at lower rates."
By W. Gardner Selby• June 9, 2014
Donald Trump stated on June 26, 2019 in a tweet from the Trump campaign:
Says Cory Booker has accepted over $400,000 from the pharmaceutical industry during his political career.  
By Jon Greenberg• July 2, 2019
AFSCME stated on June 06, 2018 in an attack ad:
Says Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt "tried to cut a deal with big pharma" in a lawsuit.  
By Jon Greenberg• June 25, 2018
Donald Trump stated on July 25, 2020 in a tweet:
Under an executive order, “expensive insulin went from big dollars to virtual pennies … especially (for) our seniors.”
By Jon Greenberg• August 3, 2020
Leah Vukmir stated on October 09, 2010 in a campaign brochure distributed door-to-door:
"For the first time in history, Wisconsin has more government jobs than manufacturing jobs."
By Tom Kertscher• October 11, 2010
Amy Klobuchar stated on July 15, 2019 in comments made at an AARP-sponsored Democratic presidential primary candidate forum:
"There are, literally, two pharmaceutical lobbyists for every member of Congress."
By Julie Appleby• July 26, 2019
John McCain stated on July 15, 2008 in Albuquerque, N.M.:
In the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, offshore drilling "did not cause any real difficulties."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 25, 2008
Sean Duffy stated on May 09, 2017 in an interview:
The Republican replacement for Obamacare does not give massive tax cuts to wealthy Americans.  
By Tom Kertscher• May 12, 2017
Loretta Sanchez stated on May 11, 2016 in a debate:
"The Brady Campaign has given me a 100 percent, not 99, 100 percent rating."
By Jon Greenberg• May 11, 2016
Threads posts stated on December 25, 2024 in a Threads post:
After Donald Trump offered to buy Greenland, “Denmark clapped back saying they’d buy the USA, give us free healthcare, and actually make America great again.”
By Caleb McCullough• January 8, 2025
Tommy Thompson stated on October 18, 2012 in a debate:
Says Democrats first proposed prohibiting the government from negotiating prices for prescription drugs in Medicare Part D and he "had nothing to do with" that provision in the law.
By Tom Kertscher• October 30, 2012
Mark Warner stated on April 09, 2019 in a TV interview.:
Other than University of Virginia’s 2019 basketball team, "We’ve not had a Virginia team even in the Final Four in over a decade. I think George Mason was the last one…"  
By Warren Fiske• April 16, 2019
Ted Cruz stated on May 01, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":
Says Donald Trump’s "only economic agenda is imposing massive taxes on the American people with a 40 percent tax hike of a giant tariff."
By Linda Qiu• May 1, 2016
Scott Walker stated on February 19, 2011 in a news release:
In 2009, Democratic Wisconsin state senators "rammed through a billion-dollar tax hike in 24 hours with no public input."
By Tom Kertscher• February 23, 2011

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By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 25, 2008

Scott Brown gets his swearing-in timeline wrong

By Katie Sanders• November 13, 2013

Did President Obama save the auto industry?

By Jon Greenberg• September 6, 2012

Bill Clinton's DNC speech, annotated

By Joseph Cariz, Adam Thorp• July 27, 2016

Who to blame for the price at the pump? Tough to say

By Molly Moorhead• April 29, 2012

Who to blame for the price at the pump? Tough to say

By Molly Moorhead• April 30, 2012

No easy answers on reducing U.S. gas prices, despite political ads’ claims

By Tom Kertscher• June 15, 2022

President Trump claims he’s bringing down drug prices again, but the details of how are skimpy

By Victoria Knight• August 25, 2020

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By Warren Fiske, Jacob Geiger• March 22, 2011

Rob Portman's claim about Lee Fisher and gun control rated No. 3 for 2010

By Robert Higgs• December 29, 2010

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By Jon Greenberg• November 12, 2013

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