Latest Fact Checks By Amy Sherman

Rudy Moise says the congressional district for Miami-Dade and Broward counties has a dropout rate of “almost 61 percent”

By Amy Sherman

May 7, 2012

The congressional district for Miami-Dade and Broward counties has a "staggering drop-out rate of almost 61 percent."

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DCCC says Allen West wants to bring earmarks back

By Amy Sherman

May 2, 2012

U.S. Rep. Allen West wants to bring back earmarks.

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Tom Rooney says feds want to ban kid farmers from using battery-powered screwdrivers and garden hoses

By Amy Sherman

April 26, 2012

A proposed U.S. Labor Department rule for children working on farms "would even ban youth from operating a battery-powered screwdriver or a pressurized garden hose."

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Connie Mack says, “I have always said that I would be for drilling”

By Amy Sherman

April 25, 2012

"I have always said that I would be for drilling."

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Allen West says about 80 House Democrats are members of the Communist Party

By Amy Sherman

April 11, 2012

About 78 to 81 House Democrats "are members of the Communist Party. ... It’s called the Congressional Progressive Caucus."

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Vern Buchanan says Obama will no longer “enforce” DOMA

By Amy Sherman

April 9, 2012

Says the Obama administration "will no longer enforce the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)."

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Mitt Romney pledged to protect oil companies’ tax breaks, ad says

By Amy Sherman

April 6, 2012

"Mitt Romney’s pledged to protect (oil companies') record profits – and their billions in special tax breaks, too."  

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Voter registration groups could sit on registrations before a new law, says RPOF chair Lenny Curry

By Amy Sherman

April 5, 2012

"Before this law, any group could go out anywhere, register voters, sit on the voter registration forms for unlimited amount of time."

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Can you get a gun in Florida without ever leaving your home?

By Amy Sherman

April 3, 2012

The Florida Department of Agriculture’s website FreshFromFlorida.com can be used "to get a permit to carry a loaded hidden gun without ever leaving your house."

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George LeMieux says Connie Mack ‘took 7 1/2 years to finish college’

By Amy Sherman

March 28, 2012

Says U.S. Rep. Connie Mack "took seven and a half years to finish college."

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Self-defense deaths in Florida have increased dramatically since ‘stand your ground’ became law in 2005, lawmaker claims

By Amy Sherman

March 26, 2012

Since Florida passed the "stand your ground" law in 2005, deaths due to self-defense have jumped over 250 percent.

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Marco Rubio says oil spill fine money could go to Great Lakes and West Coast

By Amy Sherman

March 22, 2012

The RESTORE Act started as an "effort to dedicate as much BP fine money as possible towards Gulf Coast restoration" but now "could steer money…

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