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Restore Our Future
stated on September 19, 2012 in a campaign ad:

"Eight million Americans have dropped out of the work force since (Barack) Obama became president. ... The real unemployment rate is 19 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2012
Restore Our Future
stated on February 15, 2012 in a television ad:

Newt Gingrich "co-sponsored a bill with Nancy Pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting China’s brutal one-child policy."

By Eric Stirgus • February 15, 2012
Restore Our Future
stated on December 14, 2011 in a television ad:

Newt Gingrich "was fined $300,000 for ethics violations."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 7, 2012
Restore Our Future
stated on January 13, 2012 in a television ad:

Says Rick Santorum "voted to let convicted felons vote."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 17, 2012
Restore Our Future
stated on January 12, 2012 in a television ad:

Says Newt Gingrich "co-sponsored a bill with Nancy Pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting China’s brutal one-child policy."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 12, 2012
Restore Our Future
stated on December 20, 2011 in a TV ad airing in Iowa and Florida:

Says Newt Gingrich "supports amnesty for illegal immigrants."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 27, 2011
Restore Our Future
stated on December 20, 2011 in a video ad:

"As speaker, Gingrich even supported taxpayer funding of some abortions."

By Molly Moorhead • December 27, 2011
Restore Our Future
stated on December 14, 2011 in a video ad:

Newt Gingrich "teamed with Nancy Pelosi and Al Gore on global warming."

By Molly Moorhead • December 21, 2011