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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 18, 2018 an ad
Says Bill Nelson "skipped 45 percent of the hearings on national security."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 1, 2018
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 19, 2018 a campaign appearance
Says Sen. Bill Nelson is a socialist.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2018
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 30, 2018 in a campaign ad
Says Bill Nelson "doesn’t pay payroll taxes for his employees. He doesn’t even provide them with health benefits. It’s stealing money from Medicare and Social Security."
Mostly False
By Katie Akin • August 16, 2018
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on April 9, 2018 a website
"Out of 860 bills (Sen. Bill Nelson has) introduced in Congress, only 10 have passed."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 20, 2018
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 23, 2018 a press conference
Says Sen. Bill Nelson "hasn’t done anything on gun safety or school safety, and nothing on gun control."
False
By Amy Sherman • February 28, 2018
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on August 14, 2017 a Spanish-language radio ad
Says Sen. Bill Nelson "has aligned himself with communists and dictators," "went to Venezuela to admire Chávez’s revolution" and "supports murderers."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • August 17, 2017
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on July 5, 2017 a Facebook ad
"Elizabeth Warren doesn't think Obamacare goes far enough: ‘The next step is single payer.' Does Sen. Nelson agree? He has in the past ... Sen. Nelson votes with Warren 90 percent of the time."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 19, 2017
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on October 26, 2012 a fundraising email
"Bill Nelson actually voted in favor of higher taxes 272 times."
False
By Amy Sherman • November 1, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on October 17, 2012 a debate
"I’ve got a 94 percent" career voting record in Congress while Bill Nelson has "a 92 percent voting record."
True
By Amy Sherman • October 19, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on October 17, 2012 a U.S. Senate debate
Says Bill Nelson voted "98 percent of the time" with Barack Obama.
Mostly True
By Brittany Alana Davis • October 18, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on October 17, 2012 in a debate in Davie, Fla.
"Bill Nelson voted for higher taxes 150 times."
False
By Amy Sherman • October 18, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on October 17, 2012 the Florida U.S. Senate debate
Says Bill Nelson voted to cut $700 billion out of Medicare to pay for Obamacare.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 18, 2012
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on October 2, 2012 a TV commercial
Says Bill Nelson sold agricultural land "for home development, pocketing at least $1.4 million."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • October 10, 2012
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on October 2, 2012 a TV commercial
Bill Nelson "leased land that he owned for six cows, taking advantage of an agricultural tax loophole to dodge $43,000 in taxes just last year."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • October 10, 2012
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on September 25, 2012 a television ad
Says Bill Nelson "cast the deciding vote for Obamacare cutting Medicare spending by $700 billion and letting an unelected board decide what gets covered here." 
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 9, 2012
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on September 4, 2012 an anti-Nelson mailer
Bill Nelson voted to confirm Sonia Sotomayor, "who signed a Supreme Court opinion saying Americans do not have an individual right to own firearms."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • September 26, 2012
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on September 4, 2012 on NRA ILA's website
"Bill Nelson voted for a ban on millions of commonly owned firearms, which included many popular hunting and target rifles."
False
By Amy Sherman • September 25, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on August 9, 2012 a video on his campaign website
Says Bill Nelson "voted to raise our taxes 150 times."
False
By Amy Sherman • August 20, 2012
American Commitment
American Commitment
stated on July 5, 2012 a TV ad
Bill Nelson’s vote for the Affordable Care Act "cuts $500 billion from Medicare to pay for new government programs."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 9, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on July 24, 2012 a letter from the campaign to the Tampa Bay Times
Twenty two years ago, when he was running for governor, Bill Nelson missed 56 percent of his votes in the U.S. House.
True
By Amy Sherman • July 26, 2012
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