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Dave Weldon
Dave Weldon
stated on July 23, 2012 a mock debate
Embryonic stem cell research is at a "dead end, with no one good example of a successful treatment."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • July 31, 2012
Gerard Robinson
Gerard Robinson
stated on June 15, 2012 a written statement
FCAT tests "account for less than 1 percent of the instructional time provided during the year."  
False
By Amy Sherman • July 30, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on July 24, 2012 a letter from the campaign to the Tampa Bay Times
Twenty two years ago, when he was running for governor, Bill Nelson missed 56 percent of his votes in the U.S. House.
True
By Amy Sherman • July 26, 2012
John Mica
John Mica
stated on July 25, 2012 a mailer
Says Barack Obama "counted on Sandy Adams" to approve stimulus spending.
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • July 25, 2012
Dave Weldon
Dave Weldon
stated on July 22, 2012 a robocall
"This year in Congress (Connie Mack IV) has missed almost half of his votes."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 25, 2012
Rachel O'Connor
Rachel O'Connor
stated on July 12, 2012 an interview
The Pasco County budget "has doubled in the past three years."
False
By Lee Logan • July 22, 2012
Accountability in Government
Accountability in Government
stated on July 20, 2012 a TV ad
Says Jim Frishe wanted to "tax us for doing our taxes" through an accountant.
True
By Katie Sanders • July 20, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 26, 2012 a fundraising email
Says he could be "the first president in modern history to be outspent."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2012
Committee to Protect Florida
Committee to Protect Florida
stated on July 18, 2012 a mailer
Says Jeff Brandes voted to allow state-run Citizens Property Insurance to dump policies onto "out-of-state, unregulated private companies."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • July 20, 2012
Mary Matalin
Mary Matalin
stated on July 15, 2012 comments on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos."
Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "has these offshore accounts" like Mitt Romney.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 18, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 16, 2012 a chain email
The media won’t publish a real photo of Trayvon Martin with tattoos on his face.
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • July 17, 2012
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 8, 2012 a newspaper op-ed
The health care law "adds around $800 billion of taxes on the American people. It does not discriminate between rich and poor."
False
By Katie Sanders • July 16, 2012
American Commitment
American Commitment
stated on July 10, 2012 a television ad
The health care law could cost up to $2 trillion, "double what we were promised."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 11, 2012
American Commitment
American Commitment
stated on July 10, 2012 a television ad
The health care law "imposes the largest tax increase in history on the middle class."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 11, 2012
American Commitment
American Commitment
stated on July 10, 2012 a television ad
"Bill Nelson was the deciding vote" on the health care law.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman • July 11, 2012
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on June 27, 2012 an email
Gov. Rick Scott "tried to kick 180,000 people off the voter rolls."
False
By Amy Sherman • July 10, 2012
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on June 27, 2012 an email
"Every one of the 67 supervisors of elections" in Florida refused to carry out the effort to remove noncitizens from the voter rolls.
False
By Amy Sherman • July 10, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 2, 2012 a Fox News interview
Says the Congressional Budget Office "said if you’re going to buy your own policy with these (health care) exchanges you’ll be paying 10 percent more ... about $2,100 more for a family."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • July 6, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on May 9, 2012 a campaign mailer
The Mack Penny Plan for the federal budget  "would balance our budget by 2019" and "continues to gain support."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 5, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 29, 2012 a TV interview with Greta Van Susteren
A company with "20 employees" could go "out of business" because of health care law requirements to buy insurance.
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders, Tia Mitchell • July 3, 2012
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