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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on November 2, 2011 a TV ad
"(President Barack Obama gave) half a billion in taxpayer money to help his friends at Solyndra, a business the White House knew was on the path to bankruptcy."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • November 15, 2011
Frank Ortis
Frank Ortis
stated on November 5, 2011 a meeting
The city of Pembroke Pines doesn't have a vote in a plan to build a detention center in Southwest Ranches.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 10, 2011
Rod Smith
Rod Smith
stated on October 29, 2011 speech at Florida Democratic Party 2011 Convention
"Today 46 percent of all Floridians owe more on their home than it is worth."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • November 8, 2011
Allen West
Allen West
stated on October 21, 2011 a TV interview
The EPA "wants to hire 230,000 new government regulators that will cost the taxpayer $21 billion."
False
By Amy Sherman • November 7, 2011
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
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on October 30, 2011 an interview on the CBS News show "Sunday Morning"
Says the giant African land snail "carries human meningitis."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • November 3, 2011
Allen West
Allen West
stated on October 14, 2011 a Fox News interview
In the Affordable Care Act, Democrats "cut $500 billion from Medicare" and "put in place the Independent Payment Advisory Board, 15 unelected bureaucrats, which will be making decisions about health care for our seniors and for all Americans."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 1, 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
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2011 a radio show interview
Says adding toll lanes on I-95 in Broward County improved rush-hour traffic for non-toll lanes from 25 mph to 45 mph.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 28, 2011
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on October 26, 2011 news reports
On whether he would run for U.S. Senate in 2012.
Full Flop
By Becky Bowers • October 27, 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
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on October 11, 2011 a Senate floor speech
Says it wasn't until he and a Senate colleague were able to "wrangle the actual streaming video" from BP that scientists were able to calculate the oil spill flow.
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • October 26, 2011
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 7, 2011 appearance on Bill Maher show on Oct. 7, 2011
Says 24 million people in this country "can't find a full-time job," 50 million "can't see a doctor when they're sick," 47 million people need government help to feed themselves and 15 million families owe more than the value of their home.
True
By Katie Sanders • October 24, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 21, 2011 a biography on his U.S. Senate website
Says his parents "came to America following Fidel Castro's takeover" of Cuba.
False
By Becky Bowers • October 21, 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
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on September 29, 2011 an op-ed article
"A Cornell University research study concludes that ethanol generates a 29 percent energy loss, meaning it takes more than a gallon of gasoline to produce a gallon of ethanol."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • October 19, 2011
Mike Fasano
Mike Fasano
stated on October 11, 2011 a news article
"Just a little over 60 percent of your electric bill, my electric bill, 60 percent of that is pass-throughs, whether they be for building of nuclear plants or whatever they may be." A planned nuclear plant repair "will only increase that percentage."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • October 18, 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
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 10, 2011 an interview on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show"
"According to Wikipedia, there are only five countries in the entire planet that are more unequal than the United States in the distribution of our wealth."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 14, 2011
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