Hillary Clinton
Democrat from New York
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Hillary Clinton is a U.S. senator from New York, first elected in 2000. She previously served as first lady when her husband, Bill Clinton, served two terms as president. She was born in Chicago in 1947, graduated from Wellesley College and earned a law degree at Yale Law School. She and her husband have one daughter.
Clinton's statements by ruling
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Recent statements by Hillary Clinton
"If you are driving on average in America this summer, you'll save — according to Department of Energy figures — about $70."
Sunday, May 4th, 2008 in Indianapolis
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There are prototype cars that get between 100 and 150 miles per gallon and "we could have those cars in your garages in a couple of years."
Friday, May 2nd, 2008 in a speech at a Democratic Party dinner
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Tax rates were significantly higher "in the '40s, the '50s, and the '60s."
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 in South Bend, Ind.
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Every family health insurance policy has "a $900 hidden tax" to subsidize health care costs of the uninsured.
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 in South Bend, Ind.
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"A year ago, in March 2007, I called for immediate action to address abuses in the subprime market, and I laid out detailed concrete proposals for how to do so."
Monday, March 24th, 2008 in a speech at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Recent attacks on Hillary Clinton
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"If Senator Clinton or John McCain had stood up in previous years for increases in fuel efficiency standards . . . then we would not be in this same situation in the first place." |
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During the Monica Lewinsky scandal, the Clintons brought the Rev. Jeremiah Wright to the White House for "spiritual counseling." |
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"Bill Clinton invited him (the Rev. Wright) to the White House when he was having his personal crises." |
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Hillary Clinton is "willing to have workers' wages garnisheed if they refuse to buy health insurance." |
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"Hillary Clinton supported NAFTA and permanent China trade. Pennsylvania lost thousands of jobs." |
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Recent stories featuring Hillary Clinton
Polled position: gas taxes and supercars: The gas tax won't save you much and supercars will have to wait.
Clinton's long haul on foreclosures: Clinton — and Obama — spoke up early on mortgage problems.
Capital gains taxes demystified: McCain gets it half right on capital gains taxes while debate moderators pin down Clinton and Obama on where they stand.
Wright not Clinton's spiritual adviser: The Rev. Wright was one of more than 100 religious leaders invited to a prayer breakfast at the White House in 1998, but there's no indication he provided the Clintons any spiritual counseling.
Gas taxes, on holiday: The RNC is right that Obama once supported a gas tax "holiday," but a video glosses over some key details.
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