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Bill White
Bill White
stated on 2010-05-02 a television ad:
Says he cut 'tax rates five times'
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 7, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on 2010-04-29 an interview on CNN.:
"The governor switched his position once again on offshore oil drilling."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 30, 2010
Ann Kirkpatrick
Ann Kirkpatrick
stated on 2010-04-28 a speech on the House floor:
Members of Congress "have not reduced their salaries ... since the Great Depression," meaning they've gone "eight decades without a pay cut."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 30, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on 2010-04-24 a radio address:
Says the American public "overwhelmingly opposed" Democratic-steered health care plan.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 30, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on 2010-04-15 an interview with The Texas Tribune and Newsweek:
"We've got a 1,000 National Guard troop request that's been in front of this president for over a year and no response."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 29, 2010
Ed Whitacre
Ed Whitacre
stated on 2010-04-21 a TV ad:
GM has "repaid our government loan, in full, with interest, five years ahead of the original schedule."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • April 27, 2010
Charlie Justice
Charlie Justice
stated on 2010-04-14 a web ad.:
U.S. Rep. Bill Young "has accepted $737,000 from lobbyists and recipients of his earmarks."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 26, 2010
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on 2010-04-18 an interview on ABC's This Week:
Passage of Clinton budget bill in 1993 "led to an enormous flowering of the economy in America."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on 2010-04-15 in a press conference announcing veto of SB 6.:
The passage of the teacher tenure bill in the Fla. Legislature was like the health care bill in Congress because one party jammed it through.
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 16, 2010
Steve Cohen
Steve Cohen
stated on 2010-04-15 a story about taxes from Associated Press:
"The fact is, in the past year we have had more tax cuts than almost any time in our nation's history."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • April 16, 2010
Julian Assange
Julian Assange
stated on 2010-04-12 an interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report":
"The permission to engage was given before the word RPG was ever used."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • April 14, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on 2010-04-12 in a TV ad.:
Marco Rubio was "subpoenaed."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 13, 2010
Lone Star Project
Lone Star Project
stated on 2010-04-08 a press release :
"(Pete) Sessions has held at least two fundraisers at adult-themed clubs and made no apologies."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 13, 2010
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on 2010-04-11 an interview on "This Week.":
"I don't answer hypotheticals."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 13, 2010
Robert Gates
Robert Gates
stated on 2010-04-11 ABC's "This Week":
"The policy of the Bush administration was also not to add new nuclear capabilities."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • April 11, 2010
Jeff Kottkamp
Jeff Kottkamp
stated on 2010-02-28 an interview on Newsmax TV:
"If every house in Florida had a solar-heated water tank, that would eliminate consumption by 17 percent."
Half-True
By Lukas Pleva • April 6, 2010
Gil Kerlikowske
Gil Kerlikowske
stated on 2010-03-31 an interview on C-SPAN's Washington Journal:
"More people are driving under the influence of drugs than are driving under the influence of alcohol. A recent roadside survey showed that 16 percent of the people tested, tested positive for illicit or licit drugs. That's significantly higher than alcohol."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2010
Foundation for Florida's Future
Foundation for Florida's Future
stated on 2010-03-26 a press release:
''Both Democrats and Republicans are advocating for the use of student test scores to measure teacher effectiveness.''
Half-True
By Carol Rosenberg • April 2, 2010
Rick Green
Rick Green
stated on 2010-01-14 a speech:
"As a state rep, I was considered the fourth-most conservative in the Legislature."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 1, 2010
Cliff Stearns
Cliff Stearns
stated on 2010-03-30 a statement on his campaign Web site.:
"Cuba wants to let the Chinese drill in some of the very parts of the gulf that American producers are currently forbidden to touch, as close as 45 miles off the Florida coast."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • March 31, 2010
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