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Nancy Pelosi stated on May 16, 2011 in :

"In the first year of the Obama administration, more jobs were created in the private sector than in the eight years of the Bush administration."

By Louis Jacobson• May 17, 2011

Newt Gingrich stated on May 15, 2011 in :

President Barack Obama deserves to be called "the most successful food stamp president in American history" because "47 million Americans are on food stamps."

By Louis Jacobson• May 16, 2011

Newt Gingrich stated on May 11, 2011 in :

"For four years, we balanced the budget and paid off $405 billion in debt."

By Louis Jacobson, Eric Stirgus• May 12, 2011

John Boehner stated on May 10, 2011 in :

The Bush tax cuts "created about 8 million jobs over the first 10 years that they were in existence. We've lost about 5 million of those jobs during this recession."

By Louis Jacobson• May 11, 2011

Lena Taylor stated on March 29, 2011 in :

"Gov. (Scott) Walker has yet to create a job, he gives away millions to his friends, and he raises taxes on working people."

By Joe Carey• May 9, 2011

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