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Dana Milbank
Dana Milbank
stated on March 7, 2010 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 an interview on CBS:
The Bush administration prosecuted 190 suspected terrorists in federal courts.
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • February 13, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on February 7, 2010 a video:
"Taxpayers even footed the bill for Perry’s trip to a bachelor party in Las Vegas."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 11, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on February 8, 2010 a commentary on Fox News Channel's 'Glenn Beck Program':
Franklin Roosevelt never allocated more than 12 percent of GDP to federal spending, while the percentage for Barack Obama is not projected to drop below 22.8 percent.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 29, 2010 a debate:
Says his executive order requiring young girls to be vaccinated against HPV wasn't mandatory.
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 6, 2010
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on January 27, 2010 an article on his Web site RonPaul.com:
"The money supply has doubled in the last year."
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By Lukas Pleva • February 5, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 1, 2010 remarks on the budget:
"We're also cutting a Forest Service economic development program that strayed so far from any mission that it funded a music festival."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • February 4, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 14, 2010 a Republican gubernatorial debate:
"We cut property taxes by one-third."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 3, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 27, 2010 a live-blog post during the State of the Union address:
"President Obama pledged to go through the budget 'line by line,' but on his watch, non-defense spending has spiraled out of control, increasing by 67 percent in the last year alone."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 the State of the Union address:
"Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests – including foreign corporations – to spend without limit in our elections."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2010
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on January 21, 2010 a press conference:
"With a stroke of a pen, the (U.S. Supreme Court) decided to overrule the 100-year-old ban on corporate expenditures."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 22, 2010
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