Republicans criticized CNBC moderators during and after the last debate for not asking "substantive"-enough questions. With that in mind, NPR tracked the topics raised by moderators Tuesday in the Fox Business Network debate — and the length of time spent on each issue. (This does not include how candidates deviated from the topic at hand.)
![The issues that got the most attention at the Fox Business debate Tuesday night.](https://assets.vpm.org/dims4/default/125a4fb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/599x784+0+0/resize/880x1152!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2015%2F11%2F11%2Ftop-issues-by-time-4th-gop-debate_chartbuilder_custom-6865fcb8c8fb675989387c7e9abd66b53f63d8fe.png)
Here's how many minutes were spent on the following issues:
Taxes/Deficit/Budget/Debt: 26:16
Which candidates talked about it? Cruz, Carson, Paul, Bush, Rubio, Fiorina, Trump, Kasich
National Security/Foreign Policy: 18:04
Which candidates talked about it? Carson, Bush, Trump, Fiorina, Paul, Rubio, Kasich
Bank Bailouts: 14:38
Which candidates talked about it?
Bush, Carson, Rubio, Kasich, Cruz, Fiorina
Politics (Hillary Clinton, Carson's bio, etc.): 9:52
Which candidates talked about it? Rubio, Fiorina, Carson, Cruz
Immigration: 6:10
Which candidates talked about it? Trump, Kasich, Bush
Medicare: 4:39
Which candidates talked about it? Cruz
Trade: 4:34
Which candidates talked about it? Trump, Paul
Obamacare: 4:10
Which candidates talked about it? Fiorina
Economy: 4:07
Which candidates talked about it? Bush, Rubio
Minimum Wage: 3:39
Which candidates talked about it? Trump, Carson
Energy: 3:08
Which candidates talked about it? Paul, Bush
Income Inequality: 1:58
Which candidates talked about it? Paul
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