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Adriel Bettelheim is the regulatory editor of CQ Weekly

Featured Statements

Barack Obama
stated on October 17, 2008 in a speech in Roanoke, Va.:

"Senator McCain would pay for part of his (health care) plan by making drastic cuts in Medicare — $882-billion worth."

By Adriel Bettelheim • December 3, 2008
Barack Obama
stated on October 9, 2008 in Cincinnati, Ohio:

"AIG executives ... (took) a junket for over $400,000. Twice."

By Adriel Bettelheim • October 14, 2008
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.:

Obama "voted for ... $3-million for an overhead projector at a planetarium in Chicago."

By David DeCamp • October 10, 2008
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 in comment from McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds on Fox News:

"Senator Obama has voted 94 times to either increase your taxes or against tax cuts."

By Adriel Bettelheim • October 7, 2008
Joe Biden
stated on October 2, 2008 in vice presidential debate in St. Louis:

Sen. McCain's tax plan provides "virtually nothing to the middle class."

By Robert Farley • October 2, 2008
Republican National Committee
stated on September 30, 2008 in a TV ad:

"Under Barack Obama's plan, the government would spend $1-trillion more."

By Adriel Bettelheim • October 1, 2008
Planned Parenthood
stated on October 1, 2008 in a TV ad.:

Says McCain "voted to let governments charge rape victims" for forensic exams.

By Bill Adair • October 1, 2008
Barack Obama
stated on September 24, 2008 in a speech in Dunedin, Fla.:

"I introduced a bill that would’ve helped stop the multimillion-dollar bonus packages that CEOs grab on their way out.. (McCain) opposed that idea."

By Adriel Bettelheim • September 25, 2008
Barack Obama
stated on September 22, 2008 in a TV ad.:

John McCain would "reduce oversight of health insurance."

By Adriel Bettelheim • September 22, 2008
John McCain
stated on September 17, 2008:

On whether the government should bail out insurance giant AIG.

By Adriel Bettelheim • September 19, 2008