Becky Bowers is a staff writer for PolitiFact.com. She has worked since 2002 for the Times as a copy editor, copy chief, business graphics reporter, online business editor, deputy business editor and most recently as the deputy government & politics editor. After nine years in the Tampa Bay area, she and her similarly geeky husband moved to Washington, D.C., with their tiny supercharged dog.

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