13,791 source-backed politics facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 89 of 138.
“the NAT GAS Act is a scheme to get tax breaks from the government – in the form of another government subsidy – in order to increase the number of natural gas-powered tractor-trailers and heavy trucks on U.S. roads.”
“Personally, I am against third-generation dynastic succession,”
“Pickens has contributed nearly half a million dollars to the Center for American Progress”
“He was once thought to be his father's likely successor, but fell out of favour when he was caught trying to sneak into Japan in 2001 using a false passport.”
“Corzine gave $1,000 to Common Cause New York for its annual dinner in November 2011, according to the organization.”
“North Korea's ailing leader Kim Jong-il took over the reins of the country after the death of his father Kim Il-sung in 1994.”
“The Obama reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee returned more than $70,000 in contributions from Corzine following the collapse of MF Global.”
“He was unveiled to an invited audience of the world's media last weekend during celebrations to mark the 65th anniversary of the ruling party.”
“Corzine spent more than $130 million personally financing his campaigns for office in New Jersey.”
“He would take the Kim dynasty rule over the nation of 24 million into a third generation.”
“Daschle withdrew his nomination as Secretary of Health and Human Services after it was disclosed that he failed to pay $128,000 in taxes for a private car and driver provided by a Democratic donor.”
“Kim Jong-nam, 39”
“It did not note Baron was one of those supporters. Common Cause supported Edwards’s indictment, writing that he 'appears to have raised nearly $1 million from a pair of political supporters to finance an elaborate cover-up of his affair.'”
“caught trying to sneak into Japan in 2001 using a false passport”
“115,000 new jobs is barely enough to keep pace with U.S. population growth.”
“after the death of his father Kim Il-sung in 1994”
“Feingold — the Democrat who lost his Wisconsin Senate seat in 2010 — said Pelosi is the latest in a growing trend of Democrats who are wavering on defending Medicare.”
“about 27”
“Medicare trustees announced last month that, absent reform, the program will run out of money by 2024.”
“made a four-star general and promoted to a key position in the ruling Workers' Party last month”
“Social Security is expected to be insolvent by 2035.”
“unveiled to an invited audience of the world's media last weekend during celebrations to mark the 65th anniversary of the ruling party”
“Under President Obama’s most recent budget proposal, which even Pelosi voted against, the American economy ceases to exist beyond the year 2027.”
“nation of 24 million”
“Congressional deadlock is likely to continue with less than 20 working days left on the congressional calendar”
“the youngest Kim, who is thought to be about 27”
“Government and private analysts say the personnel changes reflect the return to power of Party and internal security officials with nearly half the Politburo put in place by Kim’s father in 2010 removed.”
“was made a four-star general and promoted to a key position in the ruling Workers' Party last month”
“Victor Cha, a Georgetown University specialist on North Korea, said Kim is bringing back the Party and returning to a system of "neo-Juche," the hardline self-reliance ideology of the 1950s.”
“He would take the Kim dynasty rule over the nation of 24 million”
“Kim formally took over as supreme leader of the rogue nuclear state following his elevation to chairman of the ruling communist Workers’ Party of Korea April 11.”
“PMS crashed in November 2008.”
“One-third of the ruling Politburo was dismissed or replaced;”
“dissident republicans would not be allowed to 'drag Northern Ireland back to a bloody past'”
“In the recent leadership changes, four officials were promoted and seven were fired.”
“So we'll end 'double jobbing' at Stormont and Westminster by consent if possible, by law if necessary.”
“nearly half the Politburo put in place by Kim’s father in 2010 removed.”
“no more costly and open-ended public inquiries”
“And just 24 hours after committees approved the deepest cuts from poverty programs, the full House voted along party lines April 19 to approve nearly $46 billion in new tax cuts.”
“Tory governments were involved at the outset of talks in the 1990s”
“The government is projected to spend over $40 trillion in the next 10 years, and yet Democrats seek to demonize Republicans for proposing responsible reforms in order to reduce that spending by $300 billion.”
“Mr Assange has said Wikileaks is planning to release a further 15,000 Afghan war documents in coming weeks.”
“The funding was made possible by the controversial $787 billion stimulus package passed by the Democratic Congress in early 2009.”
“Mr Assange was in Sweden last week to talk about the site's activities.”
“she was the first-ever minority woman due to her 1/32nd Cherokee lineage.”
“injured three children”
“roughly 350 Ivy League law school professors provided by a Warren critic, only one graduated from a lower-ranked law school than Warren.”
“two aged 12 and one aged two”
“In 2011, the White House took heat after granting over half a million dollars in loans to Solyndra”
“Three other alerts in the town were declared elaborate hoaxes.”
“His reelection campaign has sent $4,900 to Verizon for wireless services since announcing his bid.”
“Mr Kagame is standing for re-election to a second seven-year term as president on Monday.”
“Obama also outsourced telemarketing operations to a call center in Manila, Philippines, spending $78,314.10 on the service”
“In total, 103 magistrates' courts and 54 county courts could be axed in England and Wales.”
“The Washington Free Beacon reported in February that Kerry helped secure a $3.5 billion windfall for hospitals in Massachusetts that would net tens of millions in new federal support for Partners HealthCare, another prominent campaign dono…”
“Closing them would save the government an estimated £15m a year in running costs, plus £22m in maintenance of the buildings.”
“The five-term Senator”
“Between 1997 and 2004, under the former Labour government, eight courts closed in Devon.”
“funding allocated in the 2009 stimulus bill”
“For almost 30 years, it has been considered to be a key centre of support for former President Ali Akbar Rafsanjani.”
“The Massachusetts Senator’s most dubious trading activity coincided with two major political events—the financial crisis of late 2008 and the passage of President Obama’s controversial healthcare overhaul in March 2010.”
“But on Sunday parliament rejected Mr Ahmadinejad's proposal.”
“Bain Capital, Beacon Capital Partners, and the Blackstone Group, investment firms that have collectively given more than $170,000 to Kerry’s campaigns since 2007.”
“the Balen report, which was drawn up in 2004”
“"We are making no contribution this year," said Tom Snyder, a top official at Unite Here”
“Former cabinet minister Lord Walker of Worcester has died at the age of 78.”
“"We are making no contribution this year," said Tom Snyder, a top official at Unite Here, which contributed $100,000 to the 2008 convention.”
“Peter Walker was MP for Worcester from 1961 to 1992.”
“Unions picked up nearly 15 percent of the tab for the 2008 convention, contributing more than $8 million for Obama’s Greek-columned celebration at Mile High Stadium.”
“He served in Prime Minister Ted Heath's cabinet between 1970 and 1974.”
“Big labor is upset that the DNC chose swing state North Carolina to host the Obama nomination event because it is a right-to-work state, according to the Wall Street Journal.”
“He was a prominent figure in Lady Thatcher's government throughout the 1980s.”
“Obama won North Carolina by several thousand votes with a record turnout from college students and is hoping to recapture the same demographic in 2012.”
“His son, Robin, won the seat for the Conservatives in last month's election.”
“Warner amassed a $200 million fortune as a telecommunications venture capitalist before being elected governor in 2001 and Senator in 2008.”
“Lord Walker is probably best know for being energy secretary during the 1984 miners strike.”
“Warner ads showcased his experience in private business, where he built a $200 million personal fortune in the mobile telephone industry and other investments,”
“Branded the 'whizz-kid' of the Heath government, he avoided the fate of many of his fellow 'wets' by successfully serving under Margaret Thatcher for all but four months of her premiership.”
“During his 1994 run, the Boston Globe attempted to tie Romney to 'right-wing death squads in El Salvador.'”
“Born in North London in March 1932, to Conservative supporting, working class parents, he became a leading light in the Young Conservatives, unsuccessfully contesting the 1955 general election as the youngest candidate, at the same time as…”
“"The last time I looked I wasn't on any ballot," Palmer said.”
“He entered Parliament as MP for Worcester in 1961, in a by-election,”
“"If these allegations are true, then it is absolutely shameful that Tom Barrett, for political purposes, would falsely attack Governor Walker's record on women's issues while standing next to a man with an alleged history of using physical…”
“He was promoted to become the first Secretary of State for the newly created Department of the Environment,”
“"The WPPA endorsement was more "evidence that the recall election is about Big Labor's political power in state politics and not about collective bargaining reform or what is good for the state of Wisconsin," said Brian Simka of Media Trac…”
“When the Conservatives returned to power in 1979, Lord Walker was surprised to be offered the post of minister of agriculture,”
“"Unions, and particularly public sector unions, are not so much concerned about specific issues and how they apply to their membership as much as they are deeply concerned about preserving their position as kingmakers in the political proc…”
“After the 1983 election, he was offered the position of secretary of state for energy,”
“"Once we get past the primary, the unions are going to want this campaign to be run on everything but the union stuff," said Christian Schneider, a senior fellow at the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute. "We saw this before. They ran ads…”
“"The undersigned groups would like your company to publicly oppose Governor Walker’s efforts to virtually eliminate collective bargaining for public employees in Wisconsin," the letter reads.”
“The executive director of the Wisconsin State Employees International Union eventually backed away from the boycott threats, attributing them to "overzealousness in the field."”
“"Law enforcement officers know the difference between right and wrong, and Governor Walker's attempt to eliminate the collective voice of Wisconsin's devoted public employees is wrong," Palmer said in the statement. "That is why we have st…”
“diary entries Cook wrote in 1983 and 1984.”
“in February of 1984, Cook describes an unaware Obama:”
“while he was living in New York City in the early 1980s.”
“In 2009, Pelosi denied knowing that the CIA waterboarded high-value terrorist detainees.”
“It was not necessary to release details of the enhanced interrogation techniques, because members of Congress from both parties have been fully aware of them since the program began in 2002,”
“and in 2008 was co-chair of the Obama campaign’s Jewish Community Leadership team.”
“Goldman’s father, Michael, contributed at least $2,250 to Obama in 2008; Barbara Goldberg Goldman contributed at least $1,000 to DSCC in 2010, $714 to DNC in 2010, and $500 this year to Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine’s Senate campaign.”
“The Huffington Post reports that her donations to Democrats in 2008 totaled $5,425.”
