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Lindsey Graham stated on July 13, 2009 in a Senate hearing:

"Now, there was a time when someone like Scalia and Ginsburg got 95-plus votes."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 13, 2009

Barack Obama stated on September 09, 2009 in a speech to a joint session of Congress:

Insurers delayed an Illinois man's treatment, "and he died because of it."

By Louis Jacobson• September 17, 2009

Barack Obama stated on March 22, 2009 in a television interview:

"Warren (Buffett) still does support me."

By Alexander Lane• March 23, 2009

Barack Obama stated on October 27, 2008 in a television advertisement:

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

Virginia House Democratic Caucus stated on March 05, 2020 in Voting record:

On a referendum that could strip legislators of their redistricting power.

By Warren Fiske• March 24, 2020

Florida Democratic Party stated on May 08, 2010 in a press release.:

"McCollum admitted he didn't think that the subprime mortgage crisis was a big deal, telling reporters he thought that the subprime collapse had been exaggerated by the media and investors and that 'it's not the end of the world.' "

By Aaron Sharockman• May 11, 2010

Kelly Ayotte stated on September 18, 2013 in an interview with CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper":

Mental health provisions related to mass shootings "got over 90 votes in the Senate."

By Steve Gilbert• September 24, 2013

Maurice Ferre stated on January 14, 2010 in An interview with Newsmax:

"I left the city with $43 million in the bank."

By Amy Sherman• March 1, 2010

Bill Clinton stated on April 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week':

"I never had a filibuster-proof Senate."

By Robert Farley• April 18, 2010

Facebook posts stated on April 16, 2022 in a Facebook post:

"No one visiting Disney can get in” because of protest.

By Jeff Cercone• April 19, 2022

Hillary Clinton stated on May 23, 2008 in Sioux Falls, S.D.:

It doesn't make sense "historically" to drop out because the 1968 race was still competitive when "Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 26, 2008

Hillary Clinton stated on February 11, 2008 in an ABC/Politico interview:

"I have something in common with my husband. He never carried caucuses either. He lost all of the ones that I've lost."

By Adriel Bettelheim• February 13, 2008

John McCain stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.:

"I won the majority of the Republican vote in both New Hampshire and South Carolina."

By David DeCamp• January 24, 2008

JB Pritzker stated on June 03, 2021 in a TV interview:

Illinois Republican lawmakers “have argued that they want an independent [redistricting] commission, but they didn't do anything about it.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• June 11, 2021

Nancy Pelosi stated on June 04, 2010 in a news release:

"This year, we have added an average of 200,000 jobs per month, a majority in the private sector, a stark contrast to the Bush Administration record of losing an average of nearly 750,000 jobs per month in its last three months."

By Louis Jacobson• June 4, 2010

Charlie Crist stated on November 04, 2009 in an interview on CNN:

"I didn't endorse" the federal stimulus bill.

By Aaron Sharockman• November 5, 2009

Barack Obama stated on August 28, 2008 in Denver:

"The average American family" saw income rise $7,500 under Bill Clinton and decline $2,000 under George Bush.

By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 8, 2008

North Carolina state House Democratic Caucus stated on January 31, 2022 in a tweet:

Republican state Sens. Paul Newton and Warren Daniel “refused to even give testimony” in North Carolina’s latest redistricting case.

By Paul Specht• February 17, 2022

Janet Bewley stated on November 05, 2021 in News release:

“Wisconsin is almost equally divided on partisan lines” and therefore new Legislative maps could be drawn to “represent that 50-50 split.”

By Madeline Heim• November 23, 2021

Ralph Nader stated on June 18, 2008 in an interview with "Democracy Now!," an independent radio program:

"I didn't say" it doesn't really matter whether Gore or Bush is president.

By Alexander Lane• June 30, 2008

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