claim: says he was known as "veto corleone" for cutting spending as florida governor.
author: jeb bush
evidence_1: may 30, 2015 ... the statement: says he was known as “veto corleone” for cutting spending as  florida governor. ... the ruling: bush said “they called me veto corleone” as  governor for his frequent use of the line-item veto. he did have a ...
evidence_2: sep 9, 2015 ... jeb bush, otherwise known as "veto corleone" in florida, says he has ...  moderate,' the former florida governor cut spending by an average of ...
evidence_3: aug 28, 2015 ... fact check: which republican candidates actually cut spending? ... bush said  people in florida called him "veto-corleone" because he vetoed so ... as "too  moderate," the former florida governor cut spending by an average ...
evidence_4: oct 2, 2015 ... but critics say he whacked programs that would have helped the state's ...  florida's line-item veto power allows the governor to strike any specific ...  perhaps his best-known veto came in 2004, when he axed $2 million for the ...  vetoes, accounting for $1.88 billion in spending cuts between 1999 and 2007.
evidence_5: aug 7, 2015 ... in florida, they called me jeb, because i earned it. ... known as "veto corleone"  because of his 2,500 line-item vetoes of spending programs. ... after all, jeb's  brother passed big tax cuts, both as president and as governor of texas, too. ...  he has already gotten into trouble for goofing and saying that he ...