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Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on May 4, 2010 a campaign statement.
Scott Maddox is a "lobbyist."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • May 6, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 4, 2010 remarks to Texas reporters
"If you will go look up the definition of 'act of God,' we've used it in legal terms for a long time in this state."
True
May 6, 2010
Progress Florida
Progress Florida
stated on May 3, 2010 a press release.
"Incoming House Speaker Dean Cannon and incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos have said they plan to champion efforts next legislative session to allow oil rigs off Florida's coast."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • May 4, 2010
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel
stated on May 2, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's 'This Week'
"At the moment, energy companies spend 0.25 percent on R&D."
True
By Catharine Richert • May 3, 2010
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on April 27, 2010 a newspaper column
Says Texas General Land Office "has earned the school children of Texas $451,932.89 on wind leases that haven't produced a watt of energy."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 30, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 28, 2010 a campaign memo.
"By registration fewer than 20 percent of Florida voters are Independents."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 29, 2010
Arlen Specter
Arlen Specter
stated on April 21, 2010 an interview on MSNBC's Daily Rundown
 "Congress can tell [the Supreme Court] which cases they ought to hear. We have that authority."
True
By Catharine Richert • April 29, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on April 22, 2010 a statement.
"Daniel Webster said he's out. Now he says he's in."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 27, 2010
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on April 25, 2010 an interview on "This Week."
"Fifteen years ago, the assets of the six largest banks in this country totaled 17 percent of GDP ... The assets of the six largest banks in the United States today total 63 percent of GDP."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 27, 2010
Chet Edwards
Chet Edwards
stated on April 21, 2010 a campaign video
Republican challenger Bill Flores "has never once voted in a general election in our district."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 27, 2010
Charlie Justice
Charlie Justice
stated on April 14, 2010 a Web ad
"Bill Young uses his campaign money for, among other things, a luxury car."
True
By Lukas Pleva • April 26, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on April 13, 2010 a press release
"By the end of Governor Rick Perry's term, he will have drained Texas taxpayers ... of more than $360,000 to pay for the rental mansion he has been living in while the historic Governor's Mansion is repaired."
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 25, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 19, 2010 a post on Facebook.
"Thanks to you, in under one week we have the largest GOP (Facebook) page in the Governor's race!"
True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 22, 2010
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on March 9, 2010 an op-ed article
"No member of the American public has ever been killed by commercial nuclear power — a record unmatched by other fuels."
True
By Hadas Gold • April 22, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on April 3, 2010 a press release.
"If the space-shuttle program is terminated, Russia and China will be the only nations ...with the capability to launch humans into space."
True
April 22, 2010
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on April 18, 2010 an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
"I never had a filibuster-proof Senate."
True
April 18, 2010
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on April 15, 2010 a press release.
Crist sent his "top policy staffer to the House Committee to testify in support of the proposal," then vetoed the bill.
True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 15, 2010
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert
stated on April 12, 2010 an interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report"
John Paul Stevens is the only Protestant on the U.S. Supreme Court.
True
By Catharine Richert • April 14, 2010
Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
stated on April 11, 2010 in an interview on ABC News' "This Week"
"President Obama himself attempted to filibuster Justice Alito, who now sits on the Supreme Court."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 11, 2010
Karen Sage
Karen Sage
stated on April 3, 2010 a mailer
Says that under a new program jail "time for non-violent, mentally ill offenders has been reduced by 50 percent."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 10, 2010
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