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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Alan Hays
Alan Hays
stated on October 18, 2011 a Senate committee meeting:
Proof of citizenship isn't necessary before you register to vote in Florida.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 4, 2011
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on October 5, 2011 a video on a website:
"The Christian Coalition gave (Adam) Hasner an F."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 31, 2011
Jim Waldman
Jim Waldman
stated on October 24, 2011 a news blog:
"You are prohibited from walking into the Capitol with a gun, but you can go after the County Commission or the School Board." 
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 27, 2011
Frank Brogan
Frank Brogan
stated on October 19, 2011 a meeting with state legislators:
Says Anthropology is a STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) field.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 21, 2011
No Casinos
No Casinos
stated on October 11, 2011 a statement on their website:
Slot machines in Miami-Dade and Broward counties have generated 20 percent of the promised $500 million per year for schools. 
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2011
No Casinos
No Casinos
stated on October 11, 2011 a statement on their website:
"The (Florida) casino proposed by Malaysian gambling conglomerate Genting would be nearly double the size of the largest casino in the world." 
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 17, 2011
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on October 3, 2011 a website:
Says U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hasner "cited his efforts to weaken pro-life and school choice legislation as unequivocal proof that he’s a moderate."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 12, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 14, 2011 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
Says the Panhandle has had its highest-ever bed tax collections in 2011.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2011
Donna Shalala
Donna Shalala
stated on August 29, 2011 a video statement:
"The academic achievements of our student-athletes are mentioned in the same breath and spirit as Notre Dame and Stanford."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 9, 2011
Scott Randolph
Scott Randolph
stated on August 11, 2011 a TV interview:
Gov. Rick Scott "is trying to get a waiver under the federal health care law that would deny consumers in Florida the right to the $60 million in rebates they have from their own HMOs."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 29, 2011
Florida voter
Florida voter
stated on August 17, 2011 a robocall from the Pink Slip Rick website, played on MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow" show.:
Says Gov. Rick Scott is "spending a quarter of a million of our tax dollars to robocall people."
False
By Amy Sherman • August 22, 2011
Florida voter
Florida voter
stated on August 17, 2011 a robocall from the Pink Slip Rick website, played on MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow" show.:
Says Gov. Rick Scott cut state funding for PBS.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • August 22, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 10, 2011 an interview:
"I started with a $3.7 billion budget deficit. Now we are projecting a $1.2 billion surplus."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 18, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 5, 2011 TV interview:
High-speed rail would have cost Florida taxpayers $1 billion to build.
False
By Amy Sherman • August 11, 2011
Alberto Carvalho
Alberto Carvalho
stated on August 1, 2011 comments to the Miami-Dade legislative delegation:
"Today we stand as the highest-performing urban school district in America." 
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 5, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 29, 2011 an e-mail:
"If the debt ceiling is surpassed, our nation will not go into default as some suggest."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Martha M. Hamilton • August 2, 2011
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on July 16, 2011 a statement on his campaign website:
"For the second quarter in a row, my campaign has raised more money than any other challenger in the nation and brought our fundraising total to over $800,000."
True
By Amy Sherman • August 2, 2011
Alan Hays
Alan Hays
stated on July 13, 2011 a public hearing about redistricting:
"Your tax dollars are not being used to sue you, the people."
False
By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2011
Alan Hays
Alan Hays
stated on July 13, 2011 a public hearing about redistricting:
"The Florida Legislature has not filed a lawsuit to fight Amendments 5 and 6."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2011
Alan Hays
Alan Hays
stated on July 13, 2011 a public hearing about redistricting:
"I did not vote to spend money to fight that (Amendment 6 redistricting) lawsuit." 
True
By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2011
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