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Mike Haridopolos
Mike Haridopolos
stated on May 22, 2011 TV interview:
"No one thought we could get a bipartisan bill (Medicaid) passed. We did in the Florida Senate."
False
By Katie Sanders • June 3, 2011
Kathleen Passidomo
Kathleen Passidomo
stated on May 30, 2011 a newspaper article:
"It is a greater crime to have an untagged alligator than to host an open house party (for kids)."
True
By Amy Sherman • June 2, 2011
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on May 23, 2011 a tweet:
"Obama-Nelson economic record: Job creation ... at slowest post-recession rate since Great Depression."  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 30, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 26, 2011 announcing $615 million in budget vetoes.:
Says he vetoed $250,000 from the budget for a program to learn how to catch rainwater.
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • May 27, 2011
Jeff Brandes
Jeff Brandes
stated on May 13, 2011 response to a question about his voting record.:
"Sometimes I was the only 'no' vote on the entire board."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • May 26, 2011
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on May 19, 2011 a tweet:
"750 days since Bill Nelson & the Democrats in the Senate passed a budget. How can this be justified?"
Half-True
By John Bartosek • May 24, 2011
Evan Longoria
Evan Longoria
stated on May 19, 2011 comments to reporters.:
Says his barehanded catch posted on YouTube is real.
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • May 24, 2011
Kurt Browning
Kurt Browning
stated on May 23, 2011 a guest column published in the 'St. Petersburg Times':
"Early voting remains at 96 hours."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • May 23, 2011
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on May 10, 2011 a tweet:
" 'Scary' fact about our national debt. In 1791 it was $75 million. Today, it rises by that amount in about an hour."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • May 20, 2011
Steve Oelrich
Steve Oelrich
stated on May 17, 2011 floor debate on May 5, 2011:
"You can't give a child an aspirin in school without permission. You can't do any kind of medication, but we can secretly take the child off and have an abortion."
True
By Katie Sanders • May 17, 2011
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
By Robert Farley • 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
By Robert Farley • 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
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