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"Senator Clinton tried to spend $1 million on the Woodstock Concert Museum."
Republican John McCain on Sunday, October 21st, 2007 in a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.
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"This (SCHIP) is socialized medicine. It is going to go to families that make $60,000 a year. Those aren’t poor children."
Republican Duncan Hunter on Sunday, August 5th, 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa
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The latest Truth-O-Meter items researched by Sasha Bartolf
“Mayor Giuliani’s lawsuit killed the line-item veto.”
Republican Mitt Romney on Saturday, October 6th, 2007 in
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"Senator Clinton tried to spend $1 million on the Woodstock Concert Museum."
Republican John McCain on Sunday, October 21st, 2007 in a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.
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"With the resources it takes to execute just over three months of the Iraq war, we could fully fund the expansion of health care for needy children that Bush vetoed."
Democrat Chris Dodd on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007 in
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"With one stroke of his pen, President Bush has denied health insurance to 3.8 million kids who were due to get it under this bipartisan expansion of the Children’s Health Insurance Program."
Democrat Joe Biden on Monday, October 15th, 2007 in
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"Another one he should veto is the SCHIP program, which he should say 'Take the C out of, because now it's for everybody, like every other entitlement program.'"
Republican John McCain on Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 in Dearborn, Mich.
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Recent stories researched by Sasha Bartolf
Taking off the gloves in Orlando: The Republican candidates mixed it up during a lively debate in Orlando. They stretched the truth on crime and defense, while Huckabee was Pants-On-Fire wrong about the Founding Fathers.
Keeping it simple, sometimes wrong: The candidates from both parties want to distill the SCHIP debate into nuggets that satisfy their base voters.
Romney: turning over the turnaround label: In a rich biography of success, he sometimes overstates his record.
Does Obama practice what he preaches?: The freshman senator calls for bipartisanship. But when he votes, it's nearly always with his party.
Clinton fails English exam - twice: Clinton overstates the implications of making English the official U.S. language.
Sasha Bartolf is the social policy researcher at Congressional Quarterly. She has written articles for several CQ publications including, CQ Healthbeat, CQ Politics, CQ Today, and CQ Weekly. She is a graduate of Oberlin College in Oberlin, OH.
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