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America's Health Insurance Plans
America's Health Insurance Plans
stated on March 11, 2010 an advertisement
"Health insurance companies' costs are only 4 percent of all health care spending."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2010
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on March 8, 2010 Miami Herald editorial board interview
"If we just froze spending at 2007 levels ... by 2013 we would balance the budget ... and by 2020 we would cut the national debt in half."
True
By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2010
Jeff Kottkamp
Jeff Kottkamp
stated on February 28, 2010 an op-ed published in Florida newspapers
"Nearly all of the top 50 prescribers of oxycodone in the United States are in Florida."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • March 9, 2010
Charlie Justice
Charlie Justice
stated on December 18, 2009 a news release
"The Florida Legislature raised taxes and fees by almost $2 billion" in the 2009 session.
True
By Lee Logan • March 8, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on February 16, 2010 comments on his television show
"When Social Security started, age expectancy for the average man was 58. It was 62 -- 62 for women."
True
By Alex Holt • March 8, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on March 2, 2010 a speech
"There's almost 1 million Texans who are unemployed and that's an all-time record number in our state."
True
March 7, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 16, 2010 a press release
"Texas has installed more wind power than any other state, and all but four countries."
True
March 6, 2010
Dave Aronberg
Dave Aronberg
stated on March 5, 2010 campaign Web site
Says Gov. Charlie Crist has called him "a rock star."
True
By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on March 4, 2010 a speech
"Debt has almost doubled in Austin under Gov. Perry."
True
March 4, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 2, 2010 a speech
"Washington cannot hide from the fact that Congress hiked the national debt ceiling to $14.3 trillion. They cannot hide from the fact . . . that the budget that they’re going forward with has more than a $5 trillion in debt in it over the next five years."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 4, 2010
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 2, 2010 the book 'No Apology'
"The lifespan of the average American is less than that of people in nations that spend far less (on health care). ... To put it bluntly, we spend more and die sooner."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 2, 2010 his State of the State address.
"Due to ... tax cuts and lower (property) values, 2009 property taxes were almost $3 billion below 2007 property taxes."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • March 3, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 2, 2010 the State of the State address
"We are now seeing a decrease in violent crime."
True
By Amy Sherman • March 3, 2010
Jan Patterson
Jan Patterson
stated on January 20, 2010 a TV ad
"Her opponent: zero times a judge, zero rulings, zero experience on the bench."
True
February 28, 2010
Holly Turner
Holly Turner
stated on February 25, 2010 a radio ad
Says Paul Workman "voted in the Democrat primary, supporting Democrats with his vote."
True
February 26, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on February 1, 2010 a news release
"Speaker Rubio supported gun restrictions that included background checks and waiting periods."
True
By Lee Logan • February 26, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on February 25, 2010 the televised health care summit
"Since 1981, reconciliation has been used 21 times. Most of it's been used by Republicans."
True
February 25, 2010
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on February 24, 2010 an advertisement by the Florida Democratic Party
Bill McCollum voted four times to raise his own pay, by a total of $51,000, and earns a congressional pension worth more than $75,000 a year.
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on February 19, 2010 a press release
In the stimulus, "$15 million dollars went to 'build a bigger, better airport' for the town of Ouzinkie, Alaska, population 165."
True
February 19, 2010
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on February 16, 2010 an e-mail blast.
During "the recent global warming summit in Copenhagen, Nancy Pelosi and others stayed at a five-star hotel on a trip costing nearly $10,000 per person."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 17, 2010
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