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Arlen Specter stated on April 21, 2010 in an interview on MSNBC's Daily Rundown:

"Congress can tell [the Supreme Court] which cases they ought to hear. We have that authority."

By Catharine Richert• April 29, 2010

Sean Duffy stated on June 07, 2012 in a news release:

President Barack Obama’s health care reform "slashed $500 billion from Medicare."

By Tom Kertscher• July 11, 2012

Occupy Democrats stated on October 15, 2018 in a post on Facebook:

"The Postal Service only gives tribal residents PO boxes. The Republican-controlled Supreme Court just said it’s totally okay for North Dakota to demand that ONLY residents with street addresses can vote. Native Americans were the last to get the right to vote, and now they are the first to lose it."

By Tessa Weinberg• October 23, 2018

Stephen Kretzmann stated on August 17, 2010 in a website:

Georgia's U.S. senators voted for legislation that would "gut clean air protections and increase oil dependence."

By Eric Stirgus• September 7, 2010

Donald Trump stated on January 13, 2020 in a tweet.:

"I was the person who saved Pre-Existing Conditions in your healthcare."

By Shefali Luthra• January 15, 2020

Richard Cordray stated on September 25, 2018 in an ad:

Says "Mike DeWine wanted to allow insurance companies to refuse to pay for pre-existing conditions."

By Amy Sherman• October 4, 2018

Michael Screnock stated on January 29, 2018 in a radio ad:

Says Tim Burns and Rebecca Dallet "have openly criticized laws signed by Governor Walker that they disagree with and are campaigning as activists who will implement their policies from the bench."

By Tom Kertscher• February 14, 2018

Barack Obama stated on December 13, 2010 in a television interview:

"When Social Security was passed, there were all kinds of lawsuits," just as there have been in the legal battle over the new health care law.

By Louis Jacobson• December 15, 2010

Charles Schumer stated on July 27, 2010 in a press conference:

"Eight of the nine justices in the Supreme Court decision (on campaign finance) said that not only is it constitutional for Congress to require disclosure of the special interest money, but they recommend we do it."

By Alex Holt• August 4, 2010

Donald Trump stated on October 31, 2024 in a social media post:

“I never mentioned” wanting to end the Affordable Care Act.

By Louis Jacobson• November 2, 2024

Barack Obama stated on April 02, 2012 in a Rose Garden press conference:

If the Supreme Court throws out the federal health care law, it "would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress."

By Molly Moorhead• April 4, 2012

Rick Perry stated on January 14, 2010 in a Republican gubernatorial debate:

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison "voted to continue Roe v. Wade."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• January 27, 2010

Trey Martinez Fischer stated on February 25, 2013 in press conference in the Texas House Speaker’s Committee Room.:

Says that since 1975, redistricting by Texas lawmakers has always been found in violation of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

By W. Gardner Selby• March 1, 2013

National Rifle Association stated on September 24, 2014 in a campaign ad:

"Mary Landrieu voted to take away your gun rights."

By Steve Contorno• October 1, 2014

New Hampshire Democratic Party stated on February 16, 2016 in a press release:

Blocking a U.S. Supreme Court nomination during the remaining months of President Obama’s term "would leave the nation’s highest court with an unprecedented year-long vacancy."

By Clay Wirestone• February 19, 2016

Greg Abbott stated on April 27, 2013 in remarks at FreedomWorks Texas Summit in Austin:

Says he has sued the Obama administration 25 times.

By Sue Owen• May 10, 2013

Lucy McBath stated on September 09, 2020 in an ad:

Says Karen Handel voted with Donald Trump, "gutting health care for millions, supporting horrific child separation policies" and for "abortion bans."

By Tom Kertscher• September 14, 2020

Bob Barr stated on June 29, 2008 in an interview with Fox News.:

"The legislation ... that Senator McCain supports would provide the authority for the federal government to surveille American citizens in their own country without any suspicion whatsoever that they're engaging in discussions with terrorists or about criminal activity."

By Adriel Bettelheim• July 2, 2008

Jeffrey Toobin stated on May 02, 2022 in an interview on CNN:

“There has never been a leak anything like this” draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. “There’s never been a leak of a vote — much less an actual opinion, much less in a case of this significance.”

By Madison Czopek• May 4, 2022

Jim Renacci stated on May 11, 2012 in a campaign website posting:

Betty Sutton "gutted Medicare by $500 billion" with her vote for the president's health care bill.

By Tom Feran• May 21, 2012

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