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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Martin Kiar
Martin Kiar
stated on December 14, 2010 a meeting:
"You can go to Georgia and make about $6,000 more a year as a teacher."  
True
By Amy Sherman • December 21, 2010
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on December 1, 2010 a press release:
"A 5 percent increase in domestic production would increase the world supply by less than 1 percent and do almost nothing to our dependence on foreign oil. This would also have virtually no effect on the price of gas at the pump."  
True
By Amy Sherman • December 13, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 18, 2010 a speech:
"The cost-saving measures we put into place at Columbia/HCA drove down national health care inflation from 18% to 8% in seven years."  
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • December 9, 2010
Allen West
Allen West
stated on November 21, 2010 TV interview:
The U.S. "had the opportunity with Israel coming and talking to us about improving our security screening procedures, and we turned them down."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • December 8, 2010
Frederica Wilson
Frederica Wilson
stated on November 17, 2010 an interview for a Miami Herald blog:
The U.S. House rule barring members from wearing hats while in session dates back to the 1800s and can be waived by the speaker.  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • November 19, 2010
Dean Cannon
Dean Cannon
stated on November 16, 2010 a speech:
The Florida Supreme Court has "no express authority in the Florida Constitution" to remove questions from the ballot proposed by the Legislature.  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 18, 2010
Joyce Kaufman
Joyce Kaufman
stated on November 12, 2010 a radio show:
"Nobody has played clips over and over ... of President Obama (saying), 'If they bring a knife to the fight, we'll bring a gun.' " 
True
By Amy Sherman • November 17, 2010
Committee for Florida's Education
Committee for Florida's Education
stated on October 18, 2010 a mailer:
"Dan Gelber: On the record against scholarships to help our needy children attend Jewish private schools."  
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 30, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 26, 2010 a debate:
Of the more than 1.3 million temporary mortgage modifications, over half have defaulted.  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 27, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on October 25, 2010 a debate:
Rick Scott "has said that he would do away with the Department of Community Affairs."  
False
By Amy Sherman • October 26, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on October 24, 2010 a debate:
"The Taliban has been there for years and years, I mean, hundreds of thousands of years."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2010
Yes on 8
Yes on 8
stated on October 18, 2010 a website:
"There currently are 825,000 student stations sitting empty across Florida in every district and at every grade level."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 24, 2010
Vote NO on 8
Vote NO on 8
stated on October 18, 2010 a campaign mailer:
"What is the maximum number of students allowed in your classroom? ... 30 or more!"  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 24, 2010
Jennifer Carroll
Jennifer Carroll
stated on September 27, 2010 a speech:
Rick Scott "doesn't have any ties to a lobbyist."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 18, 2010
We Love USA PAC
We Love USA PAC
stated on September 24, 2010 a website:
Ron Klein "sponsored an amendment that specifically allows price gouging."
False
By Amy Sherman • October 5, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on September 17, 2010 a TV ad:
When Tallahassee politicians and bureaucrats tried to run our schools, "I've stood up to them to protect local control."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 30, 2010
George Pataki
George Pataki
stated on September 8, 2010 a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.:
"Florida seniors are exempt" from losing Medicare Advantage under the federal health care bill.
False
By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2010
Allen West
Allen West
stated on September 16, 2010 a campaign website:
Ron Klein "repeatedly voted in favor of amnesty for illegal immigrants."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • September 17, 2010
Ron Klein
Ron Klein
stated on September 13, 2010 a campaign ad:
Allen West called Social Security a "Ponzi scheme" and said "this country's got to get on sound footing by destroying it."  
False
By Amy Sherman • September 15, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on September 13, 2010 a campaign website:
"Florida ranks last in the ratio of employees to residents... And Florida is dead last in the nation in state employee payroll expenditures per resident."
True
By Amy Sherman • September 14, 2010
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