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Jeff Brandes stated on May 13, 2011 in response to a question about his voting record.:

"Sometimes I was the only 'no' vote on the entire board."

By Aaron Sharockman• May 26, 2011

Bruce Hanna stated on July 01, 2011 in a statement during OPB's Think Out Loud:

Says this House processed and approved as many bills as previous Legislatures.

By Janie Har• July 20, 2011

Ann Coulter stated on September 27, 2012 in a TV show appearance:

Rhode Island’s voter identification law was pushed by "a black Democrat in the House, a black Democrat in the Senate. That's a fact."

By John Hill• October 3, 2012

David Pennington stated on September 19, 2013 in a public meeting:

Any state tax law has to start in the House and the renewal of the state hospital bed tax this year started in the Senate, which is unconstitutional.

By Janel Davis• October 9, 2013

Ron Paul stated on April 10, 2012 in a speech at Texas A&M University.:

"Just on Jan. 1 of this year, there were 40,000 new laws put on the books in one day."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• April 27, 2012

Massachusetts legislature stated on September 22, 2009 in votes in 2004 and 2009:

On whether the governor of Massachusetts should be able to appoint an interim U.S. senator

By Louis Jacobson• September 24, 2009

Sydney Batch stated on May 23, 2018 in a newsletter:

"Yesterday afternoon the Republicans in the General Assembly used the nuclear option to pass North Carolina's over $20 billion budget."

By Paul Specht• May 25, 2018

David Crowley stated on March 11, 2020 in a debate:

“I’ve passed more bills than Sen. Larson has, because ... he hasn’t passed any.”

By Eric Litke• March 20, 2020

Kirk Cox stated on April 20, 2016 in a floor speech.:

"In two years, Gov. McAuliffe has vetoed more bills that the previous three governors issued in each of their four-year terms."

By Warren Fiske• May 2, 2016

Qasim Rashid stated on July 18, 2022 in a tweet:

"North Carolina GOP is re-introducing a bill that says life begins at conception and anyone who destroys that fertilized egg is guilty of first-degree murder."

By Paul Specht• July 25, 2022

Scott Walker stated on June 06, 2012 in a radio appearance:

"Overwhelming Democrat and Republican votes" in 2011 for legislation in two special sessions on jobs demonstrated the bipartisan nature of the Wisconsin Legislature.

By Dave Umhoefer• June 13, 2012

Charlie Crist stated on April 15, 2010 in in a press conference announcing veto of SB 6.:

The passage of the teacher tenure bill in the Fla. Legislature was like the health care bill in Congress because one party jammed it through.

By Aaron Sharockman• April 16, 2010

Denver Riggleman stated on January 23, 2020 in a radio interview.:

“Over 50% of the people now in the House and state Senate have not been born in Virginia.”

By Warren Fiske• February 12, 2020

Alex Sink stated on July 20, 2010 in remarks to reporters.:

House Republicans who complained they didn't have enough time to consider a constitutional ban against oil drilling "shoved through a proposal in just a few days to open state waters to oil drilling."

By Aaron Sharockman• July 21, 2010

David Ralston stated on April 02, 2015 in comments from the House floor:

The Georgia Legislature’s last day of session ends at midnight.

By April Hunt• April 10, 2015

Citizens for Sanity stated on October 07, 2022 in an ad:

“Every single Senate Democrat voted against hiring more border agents. They voted against deporting felons. And they voted against ending catch and release.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 21, 2022

Mike Haridopolos stated on May 22, 2011 in TV interview:

"No one thought we could get a bipartisan bill (Medicaid) passed. We did in the Florida Senate."

By Katie Sanders• June 3, 2011

Steny Hoyer stated on June 13, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week'':

"The Republicans didn't have a budget in '02, '04, '06."

By Louis Jacobson• June 14, 2010

Bill Foster stated on August 06, 2013 in a mayoral forum:

Says that while Foster was mayor, Rick Kriseman was "ineffective" in the Florida House of Representatives because "there was no legislation that passed the House that had (Kriseman’s) name on it."

By Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• August 13, 2013

Richard Corcoran stated on May 12, 2017 in a tweet:

It is a myth that Florida's education legislation was "negotiated in secret."

By Kristen M. Clark, Amy Sherman• May 17, 2017

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