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Rahm Emanuel
stated on January 18, 2009 in :
"We've added, in the last eight years, $4 trillion of debt to the nation's obligations."
By Angie Drobnic Holan
•
January 22, 2009
Nancy Pelosi
stated on January 08, 2009 in :
Bush's tax cuts for high earners "have been the biggest contributor to the budget deficit."
By Angie Drobnic Holan
•
January 16, 2009
John McCain
stated on October 23, 2008 in :
"The McCain campaign is roughly in the position where Vice President Gore was running against President Bush one week before the election of 2000."
By Alexander Lane
•
December 3, 2008
Barack Obama
stated on October 29, 2008 in :
"For my energy plan, my economic plan, and the other proposals you'll hear tonight, I've offered spending cuts above and beyond their cost."
By Robert Farley
•
October 30, 2008
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2008 in :
McCain is "selectively editing Joe Biden's words...Biden actually said about Barack Obama: 'They're gonna find out this guy's got steel in his spine.'"
By Alexander Lane
•
October 28, 2008
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