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Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on March 23, 2010 in a press release.:
Florida's legal challenge of the federal health care bill is "bipartisan."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 23, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 15, 2010 in a campaign press release:
Marco Rubio is a "Miami lobbyist."
Mostly False
By Carol Rosenberg • March 22, 2010
Barbara Cargill
Barbara Cargill
stated on March 11, 2010 in a State Board of Education meeting:
"The Federal Reserve system has presided over about a 95... percent decline in the U.S. dollar."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 22, 2010
Cathie Adams
Cathie Adams
stated on February 20, 2010 in a fund-raising letter:
"Bill White spent his city billions of dollars into debt (and) saw crime rates soar while he backed gun control."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 14, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 8, 2010 in a news account of a speech:
The Obama administration "spent more money on the Cash for Clunkers program than the space program."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 12, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 10, 2010 in a Facebook status update message:
"Obama has proposed a 1.4% pay increase for active duty military in 2011. This is THE LOWEST SINCE 1973 ... A LOWER PAY INCREASE THAN WELFARE RECIPIENTS!!!"
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • March 11, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 4, 2010 in an interview with Fox News.:
Charges on the Republican Party of Florida credit card were made with "my money."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 11, 2010
Daniel Lipinski
Daniel Lipinski
stated on January 22, 2010 in a press release:
The Senate version of the health care reform bill "allows taxpayer money to pay directly for abortion in federal community health centers funded in the bill."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • March 9, 2010
Hank Gilbert
Hank Gilbert
stated on March 1, 2010 in a press release:
"Todd Staples recently tried to woo his supporters and right-wing base by suggesting the Agriculture Commission cut programs intended to feed the elderly and disabled, many of whom are veterans."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 9, 2010
Dana Milbank
Dana Milbank
stated on March 7, 2010 in a column in the Washington Post:
George W. Bush was "the least popular president in modern history."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 2, 2010 in his State of the State address.:
"Florida's new fingerprint identification system is improving our rate of solving cold cases by 300 percent."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 8, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 2, 2010 in the State of the State address:
Cover Florida "is available to any Floridian, offering basic coverage for about $150 a month, instead of the typical $600 a month."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair, John Frank • March 3, 2010
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 25, 2010 in a hearing before Congress:
In 2001, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan "justified increasing spending and cutting taxes, saying that we didn't really need to pay down the debt."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 2, 2010
Maurice Ferre
Maurice Ferre
stated on January 14, 2010 in An interview with Newsmax:
"I left the city with $43 million in the bank." 
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 1, 2010
Ken Mercer
Ken Mercer
stated on February 19, 2010 in an advertisement:
Challenger Tim Tuggey "is a lobbyist who donated over $41,000 to Democrats who support abortion and same-sex marriage."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on February 16, 2010 in a comment on her Facebook page.:
"Bill McCollum said tax cuts don't work."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 25, 2010
Paul Workman
Paul Workman
stated on February 18, 2010 in a radio ad:
"Holly Turner... still takes her homestead (property tax) exemption in Fort Worth."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 23, 2010
Farouk Shami
Farouk Shami
stated on February 9, 2010 in a press release:
"Mayor White has major stake in Barnett Shale production company."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 22, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 8, 2010 in a TV advertisement:
"We have billions in surplus."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 13, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 7, 2010 in an interview on CBS:
The Bush administration prosecuted 190 suspected terrorists in federal courts.
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • February 13, 2010
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