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Alex Leary is the Tampa Bay Times' Washington bureau chief.

Featured Statements

Marco Rubio
stated on May 3, 2013 in a position on legislation:

On an early date for Florida's presidential primary

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 9, 2013
Bill Nelson
stated on November 30, 2010 in Senate floor votes:

On banning earmarks.

By Aaron Sharockman • December 1, 2010
Ginny Brown-Waite
stated on October 26, 2009 in a letter to President Obama:

A president must "obtain Congress' consent before formally accepting the Nobel Prize."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 29, 2009
Barack Obama
stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.:

"You've got a building in the Cayman Islands that supposedly houses 12,000 corporations. That's either the biggest building or the biggest tax scam on record."

By Alex Leary • January 9, 2008
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2007 in a radio ad.:

Mitt Romney boasts that he is "proud to be the only major candidate for president to sign the tax pledge. The others have not."

By Alex Leary • October 16, 2007

Trump recounts Rubio’s record, but the history deserves a review

By Joshua Gillin • March 14, 2016
Fact-checking attacks on defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 30, 2013