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Nell Benton is the news research supervisor at Congressional Quarterly. She earned her bachelor's degree in Russian at Duke University and her master's degree in library science at Vanderbilt University. She worked in academic and non-profit libraries before coming to Congressional Quarterly in 1996.

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Chain email
stated on February 20, 2008 in a chain e-mail:

Barack Obama has written and co-sponsored more bills in three years than Hillary Clinton has in seven.

By Adriel Bettelheim • March 28, 2008
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 21, 2008 in Myrtle Beach, S.C.:

"On issue after issue that really were hard to explain or understand, you voted present . . . And anytime anyone raises that, there's always some kind of explanation."

By Adriel Bettelheim • February 13, 2008
John McCain
stated on January 12, 2008 in a speech to the Americans for Prosperity Michigan summit in Livonia, Mich.:

"Congress just passed another huge, pork-filled spending bill. The Democrats allowed less than a day to read all 3,400 pages and stuffed it with nearly 10,000 earmarks costing about $10-billion dollars."

By Adriel Bettelheim • January 16, 2008
Mitt Romney
stated on December 28, 2007 in a TV ad:

"McCain opposes repeal of the death tax."

By Janet Zink • December 31, 2007
Barack Obama
stated on October 30, 2007 in a Democratic debate in Philadelphia, Pa.:

"I'm the only person on this stage who has worked actively just last year passing, along with Russ Feingold, some of the toughest ethics reform since Watergate."

By Nell Benton • October 31, 2007
Chris Dodd
stated on November 5, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa and New Hampshire.:

"Dodd brought both parties together to pass the Family and Medical Leave Act."

By Nell Benton • October 30, 2007
Ron Paul
stated on September 17, 2007 in a statement on his campaign Web site.:

"He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership."

By Nell Benton • September 17, 2007
Ron Paul
stated on September 17, 2007 in a statement on his campaign Web site.:

"Congressman Paul introduces numerous pieces of substantive legislation each year, probably more than any single member of Congress."

By Nell Benton • September 17, 2007
Ron Paul
stated on September 17, 2007 in a statement on his campaign Web site.:

"Dr. Paul never votes for legislation unless the proposed measure is expressly authorized by the Constitution."

By Bill Adair • September 17, 2007
Mike Huckabee
stated on September 5, 2007 in a debate in Durham, N.H.:

"I would love to see us have in this country what I helped lead in Arkansas...Amendment 65 (which) says that we believe life begins at conception, and that we ought to do everything in the world possible to protect it until its natural conclusion."

By Nell Benton • September 6, 2007