Latest Fact Checks By Amy Sherman

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Rubio’s statements on Iraq have shifted but not flipped

May 18, 2015
On whether the Iraq War was a mistake.
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Does the United States have the highest number of immigrants as Marco Rubio says?

May 13, 2015
"We have a legal immigration system in America that accepts 1 million people a year, legally. No other country in the world even comes close…
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Is the poverty rate higher now than in the 1970s as Jeb Bush says?

May 7, 2015
"There are more poor people today as a percentage of our population than the 1970s."
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Marco Rubio says the United States is not modernizing its nuclear weapons

May 5, 2015
The United States "is not modernizing its nuclear weapons."
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Marco Rubio says the United States isn’t building aircraft, bombers, nuclear subs

May 5, 2015
The United States "is not building the aircraft, the long-range bombers, the additional aircraft carriers, the nuclear submarines."
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Alan Grayson says he is No. 1 in the House for small donations

April 27, 2015
"I’m the only member of the House of Representatives who raised most of his campaign funds in the last election from small contributions of less…
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Does the United States spend more per student than most countries?

April 21, 2015
"We have an 80 percent graduation rate in high school after spending more per student than any country in the world other than Liechtenstein, I…
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Which state has the most gun permits?

April 15, 2015
Florida has the most concealed weapon permits in the nation, "nearly double that of the second state, which is Texas."
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In debate on school gun bill, a legislator says there have been ‘zero’ fatal school fires in U.S.

April 6, 2015
"You know how many children in the history of the United States have died in a fire (at school)? Zero."
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Does Florida have a Religious Freedom Restoration Act like Indiana’s?

March 31, 2015
"Florida has a law like (Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act)."
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Jeb Bush praises Florida for closing achievement gap

March 27, 2015
Florida is "one of the few states that has actually had a narrowing of the achievement gap based on income, or based on race or…
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Patrick Murphy voted for free lifetime health care for Congress, GOP group says

March 25, 2015
U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy "voted to allow members of Congress to receive taxpayer-funded health care for life."
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