Statements we say are Half-True
Says Gov. Jeb Bush vetoed the "Quiñones Plan" because it was "taxation without representation on a large scale."
President Obama has "added $4 billion in debt every day."
The Mack Penny Plan for the federal budget "would balance our budget by 2019" and "continues to gain support."
Florida election officials’ requests to some residents to submit proof of citizenship is a "backdoor poll tax."
"District 22 includes about 80% of the district I have represented since 2010. District 20 includes about 20% of the area I have represented since 2010."
"More than 250 (voter registration) groups, ranging across the entire political spectrum, have filed with the state and are registering voters right now."
National debt plus unfunded liabilities adds up to $520,000 per American household.
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson "chose to side with President Obama" against the Keystone pipeline
"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."
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."
Says the Obama administration "will no longer enforce the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)."
"Mitt Romney’s pledged to protect (oil companies') record profits – and their billions in special tax breaks, too."
"Richard Hayne, president and CEO of Urban Outfitters … (is) a supporter of Rick Santorum and donated over $13,000 to him."
Since Florida passed the "stand your ground" law in 2005, deaths due to self-defense have jumped over 250 percent.
"We’ve had a dramatic drop in violent crime since this law (‘stand your ground’) has been in effect."
The RESTORE Act started as an "effort to dedicate as much BP fine money as possible towards Gulf Coast restoration" but now "could steer money to places like the Great Lakes and West Coast."
Pasco County "opened 22 new schools over six years to keep pace with growth in student population and implement the class size amendment."
The U.S. has a "record number of oil rigs operating right now – more working oil and gas rigs than the rest of the world combined."
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