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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on May 10, 2011 a Web ad
"(George) LeMieux never requested a single earmark and pushed to ban them all."
Half-True
May 12, 2011
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on May 10, 2011 a Web ad
"(Bill) Nelson voted for billions in wasteful spending earmarks like the Bridge to Nowhere."
Mostly True
May 12, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 1, 2011 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press'
"The only people in this town that have voted to cut Medicare spending are the people who voted in favor of Obamacare. That’s a fact."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Laura Figueroa • May 10, 2011
Jack Latvala
Jack Latvala
stated on May 7, 2011 comments made on the Senate floor.
From 2008 to 2011, "the pages in the conforming bills have gone from 400 pages to 2,200."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • May 7, 2011
Mike Bennett
Mike Bennett
stated on May 5, 2011 comments made on the Senate floor.
Says people in Africa "literally walk two and three hundred miles" in order to vote.
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • May 6, 2011
Joe Gibbons
Joe Gibbons
stated on May 4, 2011 comments on the House floor
"Polls show that Floridians don't want to repeal the Affordable Care Act."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • May 5, 2011
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on March 20, 2011 a speech before conservative activists
In a lawsuit between private citizens, a Florida judge "announced the decision was going to be based on Islamic Law."
Mostly True
By Laura Figueroa • May 4, 2011
John Thrasher
John Thrasher
stated on May 3, 2011 comments on the Senate floor
Says that had E-Verify been in place in Florida when 9/11 terrorists lived here, "we might have saved the lives of 3,000 Americans." 
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • May 3, 2011
J.D. Alexander
J.D. Alexander
stated on April 29, 2011 comments to the 'St. Petersburg Times' and 'Miami Herald'
Says using E-Verify is "a fair amount of cost," about $20 per person that does not match.
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • May 3, 2011
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on May 2, 2011 a press conference
"55 percent of the people who cast a provisional ballot (in Florida) in the last presidential election -- their vote did not count."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • May 2, 2011
Chris Dorworth
Chris Dorworth
stated on April 21, 2011 comments on the House floor.
Says Florida is one of a few or perhaps the only state "that has a statewide review of local land use and zoning decisions."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 29, 2011
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on April 27, 2011 comments during House floor debate
"90 percent of babies with Down syndrome are aborted."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 28, 2011
Mike Haridopolos
Mike Haridopolos
stated on April 26, 2011 comments announcing a budget deal with the Florida House of Representatives
Says "many states" are floundering under crushing deficit spending.
False
By Aaron Sharockman • April 27, 2011
Miguel Diaz de la Portilla
Miguel Diaz de la Portilla
stated on April 15, 2011 a Senate Rules Committee meeting
In early voting in Miami-Dade County, "there is a trickle of two or three people a day at a very high cost to keep those public libraries and polls open."
False
By Laura Figueroa • April 26, 2011
Eric Eisnaugle
Eric Eisnaugle
stated on April 21, 2011 comments made on the House floor
"Mickey Mouse was registered to vote (in Florida)."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • April 26, 2011
Stephen Wise
Stephen Wise
stated on March 31, 2011 in a Senate Education PreK-12 committee hearing
"Every person on death row was a foster kid."
False
By Laura Figueroa • April 25, 2011
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on April 19, 2011 a posting on Twitter
Says he couldn't keep a 42-inch redfish he caught because of fishing rules.
True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 22, 2011
Ronald Renuart
Ronald Renuart
stated on April 20, 2011 comments during a committee hearing
"Almost 37 percent of the total income from Planned Parenthood is from abortions."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • April 21, 2011
Peter Nehr
Peter Nehr
stated on April 20, 2011 comments published in the 'St. Petersburg Times'
An Internet sweepstakes cafe is "a legitimate business that has been vetted and found to be completely legal in the state."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 20, 2011
Geraldine Thompson
Geraldine Thompson
stated on April 15, 2011 comments made on the House floor.
"The facts show that approximately 40 persons on death row have had all of their appellate review completed and await only the governor's signature on a death warrant to end the case."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 20, 2011
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