Government & politics editor, St. Petersburg Times
Amy Hollyfield is the government & politics editor for the St. Petersburg Times, overseeing state and national political coverage, including bureaus in Tallahassee and Washington, and PolitiFact.com, the Times’ fact-checking Web site. PolitiFact was awarded the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. Amy has worked at the Times for more than 10 years, after previous stints at the Miami Herald and Florida Today. She lives in Tampa with her husband and two children.
The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Amy Hollyfield
"Under the ruling of the Supreme Court, any lobbyist could go into any legislator and say, if you don't vote our way on this bill, we're going to run a million-dollar campaign against you in your district."
"The economy began its nose dive when Democrats took control of Congress in January 2007."
"Obama has proposed a 1.4% pay increase for active duty military in 2011. This is THE LOWEST SINCE 1973 ... A LOWER PAY INCREASE THAN WELFARE RECIPIENTS!!!"
In the Senate version of the health reform bill, "Every enrollee in the Office of Personnel Management enrolled plan, every enrollee has to pay a minimum of $1 per month towards reproductive rights, which includes abortion."
"When we started this health care debate a year ago, 85 percent of the American people had health insurance, and 95 percent of the 85 percent were happy with it."
The Senate version of the health care reform bill "allows taxpayer money to pay directly for abortion in federal community health centers funded in the bill."
"Nobody has been talking about it (Medicaid fraud), focused on it, or paying attention to it."
Cover Florida "is available to any Floridian, offering basic coverage for about $150 a month, instead of the typical $600 a month."
"Due to ... tax cuts and lower (property) values, 2009 property taxes were almost $3 billion below 2007 property taxes."
Recent stories from Amy Hollyfield
Top 5 lies about health careWe look at five persistent talking points that don't have much to them.
Top 10 facts to know about health care reformWe boil down more than a year's worth of reporting and research to ten important points.
Chain e-mail evolves to Facebook updatesWe check out a chain Facebook status update on President Obama and whether he gave a puny raise to the military. PLEASE RE-POST THIS!!!
Parsing abortion in the health care billsWe continue our fact-checking on health care reform and abortion, this time looking at the latest versions of legislation.
Democrats' health care bill: Job killer or job creator?We sort through the numbers and find conflicting evidence when it comes to jobs.
Mailbag: Bipartisan bouquets and brickbatsReaders sound off on our recent fact-checks, and one suggests a bipartisan "revolution."
Announcing PolitiFact Florida!We launch our latest state site, this one in a partnership with the Miami Herald.
Hundreds of terror suspects tried in federal courts?We uncover the facts behind the numbers and find it's easy to cherry-pick.
Fact-checking Obama and Republicans at GOP retreatAt a Republican retreat, the president says he'd like to see "any independent fact-checker out there" examine claims by the GOP and himself. We accept the challenge.
Fact-checking Obama's State of the Union speechPresident Barack Obama delivers his first State of the Union address, and the Republicans deliver a rebuttal. We check the facts.
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