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Jennifer Carroll
Jennifer Carroll
stated on April 19, 2012 Capitol news conference:
"We didn’t go out asking people" to join the "stand your ground" task force.
False
By Katie Sanders, Toluse Olorunnipa • May 3, 2012
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on April 24, 2012 a press release:
U.S. Rep. Allen West wants to bring back earmarks.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 2, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 18, 2012 radio interview:
"About 230,000 people that were on unemployment when I took office are not on unemployment now."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • April 27, 2012
Tom Rooney
Tom Rooney
stated on March 27, 2012 a press release:
A proposed U.S. Labor Department rule for children working on farms "would even ban youth from operating a battery-powered screwdriver or a pressurized garden hose."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 26, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on April 5, 2012 an event to promote the Keystone XL pipeline:
"I have always said that I would be for drilling."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • April 25, 2012
Forbes blog
Forbes blog
stated on April 22, 2012 a blog post:
"The University of Florida announced this past week that it was dropping its computer science department ... Meanwhile, the athletic budget for the current year is $97.7 million, an increase of more than $2 million from last year."
Half-True
By Kim Wilmath • April 24, 2012
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on April 15, 2012 an op-ed in POLITICO:
At the same time gas prices have increased, "the share of the oil market controlled by speculators has more than doubled over the past 10 years."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • April 24, 2012
Ron Oakley
Ron Oakley
stated on April 16, 2012 a campaign mailer:
Ron Oakley's "conservative leadership protected local taxpayers over government bureaucrats" as the Water Management District’s budget decreased by "58 percent in the four years he served on the board."
Mostly False
By Lee Logan • April 22, 2012
American Energy Alliance
American Energy Alliance
stated on March 27, 2012 a television ad:
Gas prices have doubled because "Obama opposed exploring for energy in Alaska. He gave millions of tax dollars to Solyndra, which then went bankrupt. And he blocked the Keystone pipeline. So we will all pay more at the pump."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 19, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 13, 2012 comments to Reuters:
"We are at a 40-year low in our crime rate in our state."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 17, 2012
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on March 28, 2012 remarks to the press:
"It's the first time in the nation this many members have been drawn (by a Legislature) into the same districts where it wasn't a court order."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • April 13, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on April 12, 2012 a television ad:
Says Sen. Bill Nelson voted to spend "$144,541 to see how monkeys react under the influence of cocaine."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • April 13, 2012
Allen West
Allen West
stated on April 10, 2012 a town hall meeting in Jensen Beach, Fla.:
About 78 to 81 House Democrats "are members of the Communist Party. ... It’s called the Congressional Progressive Caucus."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • April 11, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 10, 2012 a speech at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla. :
"98 percent of American families" make "under $250,000 a year."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 10, 2012
Vern Buchanan
Vern Buchanan
stated on March 1, 2011 a mailer:
Says the Obama administration "will no longer enforce the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 9, 2012
Jeffrey Hernandez
Jeffrey Hernandez
stated on March 23, 2012 a letter to the Providence School District.:
Says his reform efforts improved performance at all 10 low-performing schools in Palm Beach, Florida.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 8, 2012
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on March 30, 2012 a television ad:
"Mitt Romney’s pledged to protect (oil companies') record profits – and their billions in special tax breaks, too."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 6, 2012
Lenny Curry
Lenny Curry
stated on March 28, 2012 an interview:
"Before this law, any group could go out anywhere, register voters, sit on the voter registration forms for unlimited amount of time."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 5, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 4, 2012 a post on Facebook:
"Richard Hayne, president and CEO of Urban Outfitters … (is) a supporter of Rick Santorum and donated over $13,000 to him."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 4, 2012
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
stated on March 27, 2012 a congressional briefing:
The Florida Department of Agriculture’s website FreshFromFlorida.com can be used "to get a permit to carry a loaded hidden gun without ever leaving your house."
False
By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2012
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