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Armond Budish stated on November 03, 2011 in a news conference:

Dem-controlled Ohio House voted "to change the process, to create objective criteria, to modify the Constitution" ... to "take politics out of the efforts to draw legislative boundaries."

By Joe Guillen• November 23, 2011

Eric Burlison stated on February 13, 2019 in a Senate hearing:

Says SJR 11 "seeks to fix what is very quickly becoming a problem in Missouri — initiative petitions and referendums are being filed at record highs."

By Yue Yu• April 17, 2019

Jack Trammell stated on October 20, 2014 in a TV ad.:

Dave Brat said "the best way to fix Social Security would be to give seniors back what they paid in and no more."

By Nancy Madsen• November 2, 2014

Jeb Hensarling stated on October 01, 2013 in a House floor speech:

In a "sweetheart deal … members of Congress, thanks to the Obama administration, are going to be the only people in America to get subsidies in the Obamacare exchanges."

By Louis Jacobson• October 1, 2013

Cliff Stearns stated on March 15, 2010 in a speech on the House floor:

"There is no precedent for what the Democrats are doing with this deception. ... We have never written a reconciliation bill to amend a law that does not exist."

By Catharine Richert• March 17, 2010

The Campaign to Fix the Debt stated on December 17, 2012 in a press release:

"If lawmakers fail to avert the fiscal cliff, 18 percent of the federal money that is sent to the states will be eliminated."

By Dave Umhoefer• December 20, 2012

Donald Trump stated on February 07, 2019 in a tweet:

"The Dems and their committees are going ‘nuts.’ The Republicans never did this to President Obama."

By Louis Jacobson• February 7, 2019

Lindsey Graham stated on August 31, 2008 in an interview on ABC News' <i> This Week </i>:

Joe Biden "voted against the first Gulf War. He opposed the surge. He wanted to partition Iraq."

By Adriel Bettelheim• September 1, 2008

Betty Sutton stated on July 18, 2012 in a campaign email:

Says House Republicans spent $50 million on 33 votes to repeal Obamacare.

By Tom Feran• August 21, 2012

Barack Obama stated on July 11, 2009 in his weekly radio address:

The stimulus "has delivered $43 billion in tax relief to American working families and businesses"

By Catharine Richert• July 22, 2009

Donna Brazile stated on June 13, 2010 in a discussion on ABC's 'This Week':

The Obama administration "has been constrained by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which basically gives the responsible party the lead role in trying to not only fix the problem, but contain the problem."

By Aaron Sharockman• June 15, 2010

Bob Corker stated on September 22, 2012 in in a press release.:

"We haven’t passed a budget in more than three years and not a single appropriations bill has been brought to the floor this year."

By Michael Collins• September 28, 2012

Crossroads GPS stated on August 25, 2010 in a television ad:

"Barbara Boxer voted to cut spending on Medicare benefits by $500 billion, cuts so costly to hospitals and nursing homes that they could stop taking Medicare altogether."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 4, 2010

Lois Frankel stated on September 19, 2012 in a campaign ad:

Says Adam Hasner said he will never accept a pay increase, but he voted to raise his pay four times.

By Amy Sherman• October 3, 2012

Liz Mathis stated on January 21, 2022 in a tweet:

“Ashley Hinson voted against the bipartisan infrastructure bill that made this money (for Iowa's locks and dams) possible. Once again she’s taking credit for work she didn’t do.”

By Lauren White• January 21, 2022

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on June 02, 2014 in a news release:

"Congressman Duffy has long record of voting against VA backlog fixes."

By James B. Nelson• June 16, 2014

Jim Sensenbrenner stated on January 16, 2011 in an interview after a town hall meeting:

"We had a debate on whether ‘ObamaCare’ was the way to go to fix up health care and the American voters said no -- emphatically."

By James B. Nelson• January 20, 2011

Russ Carnahan stated on July 20, 2009 in a town hall meeting in Missouri.:

"The Congressional Budget Office most recently came out and analyzed the current (health care) plan and said that it was not only deficit-neutral, but also that over 10 years it would create a $6 billion surplus."

By Catharine Richert• August 3, 2009

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on September 30, 2014 in a campaign commercial:

Says U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland "voted himself health care for life."

By Joshua Gillin• October 8, 2014

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on June 02, 2014 in a press release:

"Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen has long record of voting against VA backlog fixes."

By Amy Sherman• June 6, 2014

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