says state's expected increase in federal political clout is almost entirely due to the growth of the african american and hispanic populations in texas in virtually every region of the state.	census,elections	lone-star-project		washington	democrat	0	1	2	1	0	an e-mail blast.


































8375.json	half-true	says democratic gubernatorial candidate mary burke has proven on the madison board of education that she supports raising taxes and spending.	education,state-budget,taxes	republican-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	republican	4	3	2	3	0	a web post


































8760.json	half-true	buried in the affordable care act is a huge government bailout.	health-care	charles-krauthammer			none	1	0	1	0	0	a washington post op-ed


































2048.json	true	were spending $1 trillion a year on our foreign policy.	federal-budget,foreign-policy,military	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a cnn interview


































13093.json	half-true	says charlie crist stood there, over 3 african-american prisoners inchains, on their knees, on the side of the road. saying that it was a great sight. saying we needed to bring it to florida.and you did this whether you know or not on the eve of juneteenth, the day the african-american community celebrates the end of slavery.	criminal-justice	david-jolly		florida	republican	4	0	1	1	0	a debate


































7103.json	true	three thousand felons voted in rhode island in 2008.	civil-rights,criminal-justice,elections,public-safety	carolyn-medeiros	executive director, alliance for safe communities	rhode island	newsmaker	1	0	0	0	0	a radio interview


































3773.json	false	the health care price tag for childhood obesity in georgia is $2.4 billion annually and rising.	public-health	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a speech


































6705.json	barely-true	says congressman jon runyan has a plan to raise medicare costs $6,400 a year.	health-care,medicare,message-machine-2012	shelley-adler			democrat	1	2	0	0	0	a video posted on youtube


































2645.json	mostly-true	there currently are 825,000 student stations sitting empty across florida in every district and at every grade level.	children,education,florida-amendments	yes-8		florida	none	0	0	0	1	0	a website


































5670.json	true	says streetcars carry more people than buses you attract more riders who dont ride transit now, and actually the operating costs are not any greater than the bus.	transportation	charlie-hales	senior vice president, hdr engineering	oregon	none	1	1	0	0	0	an interview.


































10740.json	mostly-true	99 percent of all new income today (is) going to the top 1 percent.	income,wealth	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	comments on fox news sunday


































12015.json	mostly-true	we have a higher rate of tested lead in people in cleveland than in flint.	environment,public-health	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the democratic debate in flint


































11053.json	mostly-true	25 percent of federal inmates are noncitizens.	immigration	larry-oconnor			republican	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on the real story with gretchen carlson on fox news


































8153.json	barely-true	i have the most grammys of anyone my age, but i havent won one against a white person.	pop-culture	kanye-west	rapper/producer		none	1	0	0	0	0	a newspaper interview


































9076.json	pants-fire	reporters rehearse questions with white house press (secretary).	pundits	drudge-report			none	0	0	0	0	2	a post on their website


































8304.json	mostly-true	governor deal has increased education spending every year hes been in office.	education	brian-robinson		georgia	republican	1	1	0	2	0	a statement


































517.json	pants-fire	from obama's book: i found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race.	candidates-biography	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	an e-mail message


































12800.json	mostly-true	donald trump called the military that i served in a disaster.	military	john-hutson	retired navy admiral	new hampshire	none	0	0	0	1	0	a speech at the democratic national convention in philadelphia


































10159.json	barely-true	says sen. elizabeth warren lives in a $5.4 million mansion.	candidates-biography,housing	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a meme on social media


































4978.json	false	the obama administration just issued instructions that terrorism training should not involve any reference to islam.	homeland-security,islam,new-hampshire-2012,religion	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a foreign policy debate with jon huntsman in manchester, n.h., dec. 12, 2011


































11414.json	true	60 percent of all americans do not want to see planned parenthood defunded.	abortion,federal-budget,health-care,polls,public-health,women	gwen-moore	u.s. house member -- 4th district	wisconsin	democrat	3	4	4	3	1	a speech


































4174.json	barely-true	says unemployment in trenton is twice as much as what we see in every other area of the state and, as a result, we have seen an increase in crime.	crime,jobs	shirley-turner	state senator 	new jersey	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a speech on the senate floor


































2441.json	false	the bush administration had been giving (auto companies) billions of dollars and just asking nothing in return.	corporations,economy,transportation	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a town hall meeting


































6511.json	true	clayton county public schools recently achieved a milestone that has eluded other metropolitan districts across the state by meeting federal guidelines for having a highly qualified staff.	education	clayton-county-schools		georgia	none	0	0	0	0	0	a press release


































11166.json	mostly-true	i took the state of ohio from an $8 billion hole to a $2 billion surplus.	economy,state-budget	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	comments at a gop debate in cleveland


































3253.json	half-true	for thousands of public employees, wisconsin gov. scott walkers budget-repair bill would take away any say they have in the workplace, and eliminate their union.	labor,state-budget	afl-cio			none	1	0	2	0	0	a television ad


































3406.json	false	says charlotte nash pretends to be a chicken farmer in order to get property tax exemptions.	candidates-biography	larry-gause			republican	0	1	0	0	0	a flier and campaign website


































2271.json	false	on birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants.	immigration	harry-reid	senate democratic leader	nevada	democrat	4	5	3	7	3	his senate re-election campaign effort. 


































9520.json	true	republican candidate for governor ken block was fined and had to admit that (he) funneled money illegally to the moderate party.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography,history	allan-fung	mayor, city of cranston, r.i.	rhode island	republican	2	2	0	2	1	a debate


































8666.json	half-true	the new atlanta braves stadium will require no tax increase for homeowners and provide $3 million annually for cobb county schools.	sports,taxes	revitalize-cobb		georgia	none	1	0	1	0	0	a flier


































316.json	half-true	but it was hillary clinton, in an interview with tom brokaw, who quote 'paid tribute' to ronald reagan's economic and foreign policy.	history	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a radio ad in south carolina


































11768.json	pants-fire	hostages were released as soon as ronald reagan took office because iran perceived that america was no longer under the command of someone weak.	foreign-policy	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview on meet the press


































8942.json	pants-fire	a photo from the russia-finland hockey game shows a sad vladimir putin and dmitry medvedev.	sports	tweets			none	2	3	1	2	3	posts on twitter.


































8992.json	mostly-true	in 1968, a full-time worker earning minimum wage, could actually support a family of three above the poverty line. today, that same worker would earn less than the poverty line for a family of two.	families,poverty,workers	virginia-interfaith-center-public-policy			none	0	0	0	1	0	a hearing.


































13438.json	half-true	republican gubernatorial candidate eric greitens spent another $600,000 on image consultants to rebrand his charity, the mission continues.	candidates-biography	chris-koster	attorney general of missouri	missouri	democrat	0	0	2	3	0	a campaign ad


































11780.json	pants-fire	says his much-discussed boots are made in wisconsin.	candidates-biography	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an exchange with voters at an iowa campaign event


































13377.json	mostly-true	says u.s. sen. ron johnson doesnt even believe that theres a man-made role in climate change.	environment	russ-feingold		wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	a meeting with the milwaukee journal sentinel editorial board.


































6243.json	barely-true	bill nelson was the deciding vote on the health care law.	health-care,message-machine-2012,voting-record	american-commitment			none	2	1	0	0	1	a television ad


































3144.json	barely-true	veterans can now download their electronic medical records with a click of the mouse.	health-care,technology,veterans	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	his state of the union address


































10911.json	true	fox news barely covered (the duggar family) scandal until megyn kelly was able to secure this interview.	pop-culture,pundits	brian-stelter	cnn senior media correspondent		none	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on cnn tonight


































12176.json	half-true	china is in the south china sea and (building)a military fortress the likes of which perhaps the world has not seen.	china,foreign-policy,military	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview with the new york times


































8541.json	true	during my eight years as county executive, we cut the number of county workers by 20 percent.	county-budget,county-government,unions	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a book


































3743.json	mostly-true	(bill) nelson voted for billions in wasteful spending earmarks like the bridge to nowhere.	federal-budget,transportation	george-lemieux		florida	republican	4	1	6	4	0	a web ad


































6645.json	true	under president barack obamas leadership, since june 2009, (the auto) industry has added a quarter of a million jobs.	jobs	bob-king	president of the uaw	michigan	none	0	0	0	0	0	a speech to the democratic national convention in charlotte, n.c.


































2513.json	false	jobs incentive program created over 1,200 high-wage jobs since 2009.	county-budget,economy	tammy-hall	lee county commissioner		none	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign mailer


































1494.json	false	my opponent... lost 43,000 jobs in houston since he took over; we are losing jobs.	economy	farouk-shami	businessman	texas	democrat	1	2	2	0	1	a debate


































13523.json	half-true	a recent study found that cities where uber operates have 3.6%-5.6% fewer drunk driving deaths than cities without access to ridesharing.	economy,transportation	uber	a ride-sharing service	texas	none	0	0	1	1	0	an online petition and in a press release


































11051.json	half-true	more businesses are closing than are opening for the first time in our nations history.	economy	todd-wilcox		florida	republican	0	1	1	0	0	a campaign announcement


































4639.json	false	foster children are disproportionately victims of identity theft.	children,consumer-safety,crime,families,financial-regulation	james-langevin	congressman	rhode island	democrat	1	1	2	1	0	a speech


































3597.json	barely-true	full marriage equality [would provide same-sex couples] with about 1,700 rights.	civil-rights,gays-and-lesbians,marriage	bill-fischer	lobbyist and spokesman for marriage equality rhode island	rhode island	newsmaker	1	0	0	0	0	a providence journal story


































552.json	half-true	obama says his bill reduced welfare rolls nearly 80 percent.	poverty	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a tv ad.


































2266.json	false	reporters have uncovered another scott company accused of criminal acts. but scott wont come clean.	candidates-biography,crime,message-machine	florida-first-initiative		florida	none	1	1	0	0	0	in a tv ad.


































2286.json	barely-true	the seed of muslim is passed through the father.	religion	franklin-graham			none	1	1	0	0	0	an interview on cnn


































9787.json	mostly-true	the number of swat raids have gone up by 1,400 percent since the 1980s.	crime,criminal-justice,drugs	john-oliver	host, last week tonight		none	0	0	2	4	0	a segment on his show, last week tonight


































7206.json	false	says that under texas law, it takes six years to close a failing school.	education	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	remarks to the dallas regional chamber


































5175.json	half-true	the planned expansion of savannahs port is a jobs creating project.	jobs	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	an op-ed


































10071.json	true	says rick scott changed his promise from700,000 jobs created on top of what normal growth would be to just 700,000 jobs.	economy,jobs	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a campaign ad


































11859.json	half-true	i waited until (the trans-pacific partnership trade agreement) had actually been negotiated before deciding whether to endorse it.	candidates-biography,history,trade	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	comments during the new hampshire democratic debate


































6146.json	true	gov. romney was very clear, he would veto the dream act.	immigration	david-plouffe	senior adviser to the president		democrat	1	0	0	2	0	a comment on 'fox news sunday'


































7915.json	barely-true	the wisconsin economic development corp. cannot account for creating one single job.	jobs	chris-larson	wisconsin senate minority leader	wisconsin	democrat	6	5	0	1	1	an interview


































3375.json	half-true	under the clear letter of the law, (justice clarence thomas) must recuse himself from the case challenging the constitutionality of the health care law.	ethics,health-care,supreme-court	anthony-weiner		new york	democrat	2	1	2	0	0	an interview on fox news


































7407.json	true	collectively states are spending more on medicaid than they do on k-12 education.	education,medicaid,state-budget	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a speech.


































2660.json	true	lizbeth benacquisto broke election law 105 times, hiding special interest contributors.	ethics,message-machine	kevin-rader		florida	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a tv campaign ad


































7405.json	half-true	every dollar we invested in high-quality, early education programs can save more than $7 later on by boosting graduation rates, reducing teen pregnancy, even reducing crime.	children,education	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech


































8814.json	false	recently, florida has successfully reduced the environmental permitting time down to just two days.	environment,government-regulation,market-regulation	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	an event with employees from the department of environmental protection


































908.json	mostly-true	energy nominee steven chu has called coal his worst nightmare.	energy	james-inhofe	u.s. senator	oklahoma	republican	0	1	0	1	0	in a news release


































8648.json	false	gov. charlie crist sought for and got approved the automatic restoration of felon rights for nonviolent offenders for the first time in florida history.	civil-rights,crime,elections	dan-gelber		florida	democrat	2	2	1	3	0	charlie crist's campaign website


































804.json	pants-fire	and 100 percent, john, of your ads . . . 100 percent of them have been negative.	candidates-biography	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a debate in hempstead, n.y.


































6838.json	mostly-true	were up 123,000 jobs over the last year and three-quarters. were actually, according to the bureau of labor statistics, down 500 ... auto jobs in ohio.	economy,jobs	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a television interview


































8712.json	true	the commission form of government is definitely losing favor in the united states.	county-government	kimberly-nelson	associate professor	north carolina	none	0	0	0	0	0	a meeting


































2015.json	true	the company i created, point judith capital, is the only venture capital firm in rhode island.	candidates-biography	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	rhode island	democrat	2	1	2	5	1	a video on her web page


































7242.json	mostly-true	says how much money the government is collecting from people...in terms of the gross domestic product is the lowest in 40, 50 years.	federal-budget,taxes	bill-pascrell	u.s. house of representatives	new jersey	democrat	0	3	4	4	0	an interview on wor-am


































8520.json	true	in fact, theres more state funding for education today than any other time.	education,state-budget	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a response to a public school teacher


































4140.json	false	says president barack obamas own economists say the stimulus cost $278k per job created.	economy,jobs,stimulus	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a twitter message.


































565.json	false	the u.s. government spends less on energy innovation than the pet food industry invests in its own products.	energy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the campaign's energy plan.


































10963.json	half-true	for most black people in the history of this country it was illegal to pass as a white person. you were actually put in jail if you tried to pass.	civil-rights,criminal-justice,diversity,history	michael-skolnik	president, globalgrind.com		none	0	0	1	0	0	comments on cnn


































8717.json	pants-fire	obamacare medical codes confirm: execution by beheading to be implemented in america.	health-care,legal-issues,public-health	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	blog posts


































11560.json	barely-true	after sandy hook, ted cruz stopped obamas push for new gun control laws.	guns	courageous-conservatives-pac			republican	2	0	0	0	0	a video ad posted online


































749.json	half-true	henry kissinger said that we should meet with iran guess what without precondition.	foreign-policy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the first presidential debate in oxford, miss.


































1807.json	false	minnick voted to let the government fund abortion under obamacare.	abortion,health-care,message-machine	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a tv ad


































5515.json	half-true	says traffic fatalities have fallen dramatically, even as population has risen. you are more likely to stay alive biking, walking and driving around portland than you were before he took over the portland bureau of transportation.	transportation	sam-adams	mayor of portland	oregon	democrat	3	2	5	2	0	a commentary article.


































6890.json	barely-true	newgard owed more than $13,000 for unpaid taxes on his $1 million milwaukie apartment complex.	message-machine-2012,taxes	future-pac-oregon-house-democrats	campaign committee	oregon	democrat	3	0	0	0	1	a campaign ad


































163.json	barely-true	she hasn't run a corner store. she hasn't run a state. she hasn't run a city. she has never run anything.	job-accomplishments	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a tv ad airing in new hampshire.


































8966.json	false	on expanding medicaid as part of the health care law	medicaid,poverty	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	public statements


































5736.json	true	[o]ver 200,000 ordinary citizens were given the opportunity to identify projects they preferred.	taxes,transportation	metro-atlanta-voter-education-network			none	0	0	1	0	0	


































1984.json	false	in florida alone, more than $3.5 billion a year is spent on health care and criminal justice for illegal immigrants.	immigration	ritch-workman	state representative	florida	republican	1	1	0	0	0	a 'florida today' opinion page article published


































264.json	true	ronald reagan did amnesty.	immigration	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a debate in manchester, n.h.


































9026.json	half-true	every child in colorado who has been given medical marijuana for treatment for seizures has had diminished seizure activity.	children,health-care,marijuana	allen-peake	member, georgia house of representatives	georgia	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a meeting


































7594.json	false	says that under president barack obamas health care law, your insurance premiums could go up by 200 percent and cost as much as a new explorer.	health-care	fred-thompson	actor	tennessee	republican	1	4	3	3	0	a tweet


































11343.json	false	daraprim is still underpriced, relative to its peers.	corrections-and-updates,health-care,public-health	martin-shkreli	ceo, turing pharmaceuticals		none	0	1	0	0	0	comments on bloomberg tv


































4871.json	mostly-true	says out of 588 school districts, we give 31 (former abbott) districts 70 percent of the aid.	education	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a forum at the university of notre dame


































1897.json	half-true	since 2000, the texas clean air program achieved a 22 percent reduction in ozone and a 46 percent decrease in nox emissions.	environment	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a press release


































2348.json	mostly-true	the presidents party always gets shellacked in midterms. its only twice, 1934 and 2002, that the presidents party actually gained in both the house and the senate.	elections,history,pundits,abc-news-week	mary-jordan	journalist at the washington post	washington, d.c.	none	0	0	0	2	0	a roundtable discussion on abc's this week with christiane amanpour


































3563.json	true	proposed fees for rhode island beaches will still be less than some of the town beaches.	recreation,state-budget	richard-licht	state director of administration in rhode island	rhode island	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	tv interview


































10150.json	barely-true	rick scott vetoed funding for 30 florida rape crisis centers. scott said the centers werent needed.	health-care,state-budget,women	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a tv ad


































7311.json	false	when george bush became president of the united states, 17 million people were in poverty. when he left, 30 million people were in poverty.	bush-administration,poverty	marcia-fudge	representative from ohio's 11th congressional district	ohio	democrat	0	1	2	4	0	a panel discussion on poverty


































3719.json	true	there is a situation in this country where youre nearing 50 percent of people who dont even pay income taxes.	taxes	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	an appearance on cnbc's squawk box


































5843.json	mostly-true	since 2009, the ohio republican party has made more contacts with voters nearly 6.6 million than any other gop state organization in the nation.	job-accomplishments	kevin-dewine	chairman of the ohio republican party	ohio	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a resignation letter


































10699.json	barely-true	suntrust bank cancels account because company sells guns.	financial-regulation,guns	florida-news-flash			none	1	0	0	0	0	a website headline


































10413.json	true	over the past five years, the american automobile industry has created about 500,000 new jobs.	economy,jobs	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in wayne. mich.


































6830.json	false	right now, the (congressional budget office) says up to 20 million people will lose their insurance as obamacare goes into effect next year.	debates,health-care	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	the first presidential debate in denver


































11799.json	half-true	says cresent hardy agreed with mitt romney about the 47 percent and said that people with disabilities are, and i quote him, a drain on society.	candidates-biography,disability	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	comments during the nevada battleborn battleground dinner at the mgm grand in las vegas


































4030.json	false	one of the reasons that budweiser stayed in new jersey is the money they got from rggi to put solar on their roof to save on their energy costs.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,corporations,environment	jeff-tittel	director of the new jersey sierra club		none	0	1	1	0	1	testimony to the general assembly telecommunications and utilities committee


































301.json	false	obama said that since 1992, the republicans have had all the good ideas...	ethics	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	in pahrump, nev.


































6742.json	mostly-true	the national debt of $16 trillion, is enough to buy both the cleveland indians and cincinnati reds 1,918 times.	debt,federal-budget,sports	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a news release


































5050.json	mostly-true	says rick santorum voted for the bridge to nowhere.	federal-budget,message-machine-2012	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an online video


































9071.json	pants-fire	president barack obama spent $5 billion paying ukrainians to riot and dismantle their democratically elected government.	foreign-policy	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a facebook meme


































2102.json	half-true	the lieutenant governor has the power to be an economic ambassador and negotiate on economic development	legal-issues	jeremy-kapstein		rhode island	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a comment on the dan york show


































5275.json	half-true	sheldon whitehouses failure of leadership, the adding of almost $8 trillion in debt in his first full term, is shameful...	deficit,federal-budget,voting-record	barry-hinckley		rhode island	republican	0	4	1	2	2	a youtube video


































2656.json	true	says ron johnson likes to say there are too many lawyers in the senate 57. hed be the 70th millionaire.	candidates-biography	russ-feingold		wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	a campaign rally


































9806.json	half-true	david perdue led efforts to ship thousands of jobs overseas.	job-accomplishments	democratic-party-georgia-georgia			democrat	1	1	1	0	0	press release


































11326.json	mostly-true	at this point in 2012, rick perry was ahead at 29.9 percent, and we had seven more leads before it finally settled on mitt romney.	elections,polls	karl-rove		texas	republican	2	5	2	8	0	comments on fox news sunday


































7894.json	pants-fire	a hidden provision in obamacare taxes sporting goods as medical devices.	health-care,taxes	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	an email


































6246.json	false	the health care law could cost up to $2 trillion, double what we were promised.	corrections-and-updates,federal-budget,health-care,message-machine-2012	american-commitment			none	2	1	0	0	1	a television ad


































9468.json	pants-fire	president barack obama is the first president to keep a dog-trainer on retainer for $102,000 a year at taxpayer expense.	animals,federal-budget	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email


































9954.json	mostly-true	greg abbott heads up a party whose platform calls for the repeal of the voting rights act.	civil-rights,elections	wendy-davis	state senator	texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	a debate in the rio grande valley.


































6218.json	false	says clackamas county measure 3-401 will hurt our county, cripple economic growth, and increase our taxes with excessive special elections.	county-budget,county-government,elections,taxes	clackamas-county-democrats			democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign press release


































4232.json	true	theres actually 600 abortions done after the 20th week of pregnancy every year in ohio.	abortion	peggy-lehner	state senator	ohio	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a radio interview


































7203.json	true	even hunters are restricted from using large capacity magazines: there is a five cartridge limit for large game hunting, and three for bird hunting.	guns,recreation	ginny-burdick			democrat	0	0	0	0	0	an email


































5517.json	mostly-true	georgia ranks last in job growth.	jobs	ted-jackson	fulton county sheriff	georgia	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a letter


































12789.json	half-true	the iran nuclear deal is putting billions of dollars back into a country thats the worlds largest supporter of terrorism. we are actually giving them the money to fund the terrorists that are killing us and our allies.	terrorism	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a speech at the republican national convention.


































717.json	half-true	when george bush said we shouldnt investigate why the governments response to hurricane katrina was so incompetent, john mccain stood with him.	bush-administration,natural-disasters	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	st. clair shores, mich.


































1309.json	barely-true	women pay 48 percent more for health insurance.	health-care	louise-slaughter		new york	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a statement on the house floor


































580.json	false	who can you thank for rising prices at the pump? o-ba-ma! o-ba-ma!	energy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a tv ad


































12393.json	false	weve already lost $500 million in economic impact from hb2 fallout in north carolina.	economy,gays-and-lesbians,sexuality,states	chris-sgro	executive director, equality nc	north carolina	activist	0	1	0	1	0	a press release


































6319.json	true	the state of georgia has lost 200,000 total jobs and 50,000 construction jobs since may 2007.	transportation	kasim-reed			democrat	1	0	5	7	1	news conference


































10873.json	mostly-true	says roughly two-thirds of (state) corporations didnt pay any income tax in virginia.	corporations,state-finances,taxes	commonwealth-institute		virginia	organization	0	0	0	1	0	a blog post.


































4728.json	half-true	because of barack obama the mission in iraq ended.	iraq	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign ad


































13418.json	false	students at the university of texas in austin have been advised not to wear cowboy boots or cowboy hats on halloween.	education	todd-starnes			republican	0	2	0	0	0	a commentary posted on fox news


































8266.json	pants-fire	the united states stood alone in the war in iraq.	iraq	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	a cnn interview


































6091.json	false	rob portman shares radical, ideological views toward women.	abortion,health-care,voting-record,women	ohio-democratic-party		ohio	democrat	4	1	2	2	2	a news release


































11015.json	barely-true	says u.s. sen. ron johnson voted to cut $700m from medicare.	federal-budget,medicare,trade	moveon			democrat	2	4	3	0	0	a facebook post


































6049.json	half-true	when mitt romney was governor, massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs, a rate twice the national average.	economy,history,jobs,message-machine-2012,states	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a television ad


































9690.json	barely-true	we would create thousands of jobs in colorado, if the keystone pipeline were to be built.	climate-change,energy,environment,government-regulation	cory-gardner	u.s. house of representatives	colorado	republican	4	1	0	0	0	an interview on univision radio


































10642.json	false	more than 7,000 americans lost their lives to climate change-fueled events last year.	climate-change,environment	don-beyer	8th district congressional candidate	virginia	democrat	1	2	1	3	0	an op-ed.


































9290.json	barely-true	the death penalty is a deterrent that does affect and impact people.	crime,criminal-justice	tom-coburn	u.s. senator	oklahoma	republican	2	3	3	2	0	an interview on msnbc's morning joe


































6860.json	false	says she is a registered nurse.	candidates-biography	laurie-monnes-anderson	state senator	oregon	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	in voters' guide


































11612.json	barely-true	in 2013, the united states accepted 67 percent of the worlds refugees.	foreign-policy,terrorism	michael-needham	ceo, heritage action		republican	1	0	0	1	0	comments on fox news sunday


































11574.json	mostly-true	500,000 u.s. troops came home from iraq and afghanistan with ptsd and traumatic brain injury.	foreign-policy,veterans	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	comments at the iowa democratic debate


































8921.json	mostly-true	north carolina republican senate candidate thom tillis would let insurance companies deny coverage for pre-existing conditions.	health-care	patriot-majority-usa			democrat	1	1	0	2	1	a campaign ad


































7343.json	half-true	says in katrina, they approved $60 billion within 10 days of the storm on a voice vote.	natural-disasters,weather	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	an interview on the “late show with david letterman”


































8860.json	barely-true	virginia is the no. 1 recipient of federal dollars.	economy,federal-budget,state-budget,states	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a speech.


































7699.json	barely-true	a recent study of a proposed cap-and-trade policys effect on wisconsin consumers showed it could raise gasoline prices by 141 percent and electricity rates by 171 percent by 2030.	economy,environment,gas-prices	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	a constituent email


































2430.json	barely-true	austin politicians want to cram more kids into classrooms so they dont have to make the tough decisions to balance the budget.	education,message-machine	kendra-yarbrough-camarena		texas	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a tv ad.


































7869.json	half-true	the violent crime rate in america is the same as it was in 1968, yet our prison system has grown by over 500 percent.	civil-rights,criminal-justice	john-lewis	congressman	georgia	democrat	0	1	2	1	0	an op-ed


































13402.json	barely-true	says russ feingold voted to raise taxes on social security benefits for seniors, he even tried to give social security benefits to illegal immigrants.	federal-budget,immigration,income,social-security,taxes	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	a radio ad


































3636.json	false	every person on death row was a foster kid.	children,families,florida,public-service	steve-wise	state senator	florida	republican	0	1	1	0	0	in a senate education prek-12 committee hearing


































713.json	barely-true	through competition as governor, i got agreements to build a nearly $40-billion natural gas pipeline.	energy	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	virginia


































3831.json	barely-true	wisconsins technical college graduates have a higher employment rate and starting salaries than four-year college graduates nationwide.	education,jobs	michael-rosen	economics instructor, union leader, blogger	wisconsin	none	1	0	0	0	0	a blog posting


































2783.json	false	the average federal employee makes $120,000 a year. the average private employee makes $60,000 a year.	economy,federal-budget,abc-news-week,workers	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	an interview on abc's this week with christiane amanpour


































7724.json	pants-fire	science has not shown greenhouse gases to be a problem.	climate-change,environment,science,weather	wayne-smith	civil engineer	texas	republican	0	0	0	0	1	an interview.


































3039.json	false	portland spent nearly $1 million in federal stimulus money to install bike path signs where they already existed.	government-efficiency,stimulus,transportation	victoria-taft	radio talk show host	oregon	none	0	2	0	0	1	a website posting


































7702.json	half-true	if anyone should know irresponsible it should be senator buono. shes the one, her budget left us with a $2 billion budget deficit in fiscal 10 that i had to fix. her mistakes. and for fiscal year 2011 an $11 billion budget deficit. her mistakes, along with her partner jon corzine.	debt,state-budget,state-finances	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a statement on nj101.5 fm's ask the governor program


































12557.json	half-true	if question 1 were to pass here in nevada, we would have more restrictive gun laws here in nevada dealing with the transfer of firearms than they do in california.	guns	robert-uithoven	lobbyist	nevada	republican	0	0	1	0	0	on an episode of nevada newsmakers


































302.json	half-true	the bush administration has the pentagon trying to take away the signing bonuses when a soldier gets wounded and ends up in the hospital, something that i'm working with a republican senator to try to make sure never can happen again.	military	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a debate in las vegas


































6337.json	mostly-true	says chris christie has refused to fund pensions by billions of dollars, and got legislative approval to begin properly funding pensions in 2018.	pensions,retirement	dannel-malloy	governor	connecticut	democrat	0	0	1	1	0	a radio interview


































337.json	barely-true	in the florida republican primary, we got a very large percentage of the, quote, conservative vote.	elections	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	an interview on face the nation


































7045.json	barely-true	says opponent chad chadwell wants condom techniques demonstrated to your children.	education,sexuality	tere-mccann	certified public accountant	texas	none	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign mailer.


































3839.json	pants-fire	says that politifact ohio confirms that betty sutton maxed out federal debt	deficit,federal-budget	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	an e-mail news release


































4790.json	false	the job [of correctional officer] lowers your life expectancy . . . metropolitan did a study in, i believe it was 1998, and the life expectancy was 58.	crime,pensions,retirement,unions,workers	david-mellon	president, rhode island brotherhood of correctional officers	rhode island	labor-leader	0	1	0	0	0	testimony at a state pension hearing


































4787.json	true	torture is illegal by our laws. its illegal by international laws.	foreign-policy,human-rights,legal-issues	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a republican presidential debate in spartanburg, s.c.


































659.json	true	biden is one of the least wealthy members of the u.s. senate.	candidates-biography	howard-dean	democratic national committee chairman	vermont	democrat	1	4	1	2	0	a tv interview


































12951.json	barely-true	says hillary clinton abided by the ethics agreement between the clinton foundation and the obama administration.	ethics	jennifer-granholm	former governor of michigan	michigan	democrat	1	0	3	2	0	an interview on cnn


































4165.json	half-true	says the most dangerous time for children is from 3 to 6 p.m., during which time juvenile crime rates triple	children,crime,education	raymond-lesniak			democrat	0	0	2	0	0	testimony during a senate hearing


































2947.json	false	state employees in wisconsin earn about 8 percent less than if they worked in the private sector.	state-budget	bryan-kennedy	president, wisconsin chapter of american federation of teachers	wisconsin	none	0	1	0	0	0	a tv interview


































10685.json	false	you know how many children in the history of the united states have died in a fire (at school)? zero.	education,guns,public-safety	greg-steube	sarasota state representative, district 73	florida	republican	1	1	0	0	0	a florida house judiciary committee hearing


































2288.json	false	paul broun jr. sides with sexual deviants to support sale of crush videos.	voting-record	russell-edwards		georgia	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	his campaign web site


































2297.json	half-true	the dewine campaign is receiving money from so many more people.(cordrays) money is coming almost exclusively from the party, labor unions, and special counsel that he has given business to.	campaign-finance,elections	mike-dewine	ohio attorney general	ohio	republican	2	0	3	1	0	a television interview


































7414.json	mostly-true	nobody in total is proposing cutting anything. were trying to reduce the rate of growth in government.	deficit,federal-budget,medicaid,medicare	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	a radio interview


































2734.json	true	sen. harry reid voted against declaring english our national language, twice.	immigration,message-machine	sharron-angle	republican nominee for nevada u.s. senate seat	nevada	republican	3	1	1	0	0	a tv ad


































4984.json	false	following the catastrophic, cascading collapse of major investment banks on wall street in 2007.....nobody was prosecuted, no hearings were held and no reforms were implemented.	economy,financial-regulation,occupy-wall-street	michael-doherty			republican	1	3	1	1	0	a news release


































3660.json	mostly-true	says we have now more border patrol officers than weve had at any time in our history.	immigration	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview


































12646.json	mostly-true	40% of americans know someone who has been killed by a gun.	guns,public-safety,market-regulation	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	a medium post


































8467.json	false	the number of americans who receive means-tested government benefits -- welfare -- now outnumbers those who are year-round full-time workers.	pundits,welfare	charlie-sykes	talk show host for wtmj-am in milwaukee	wisconsin	talk-show-host	0	1	0	0	2	a broadcast of the charlie sykes show on wtmj


































12647.json	mostly-true	says patrick murphy has taken more money from wall street than any other member of congress other than the speaker and the majority leader.	campaign-finance	alan-grayson	u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	an interview with the tampa bay times editorial board


































6709.json	half-true	says he will protect your guaranteed benefits in medicare while mitt romney would take away medicare as guaranteed benefits.	health-care,medicare,message-machine-2012	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign commercial


































4093.json	barely-true	the [georgia] general assembly took away the atlanta board of educations oversight of the superintendent.	education	ralph-long	state representative	georgia	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a press conference


































2113.json	half-true	we caught (the texas commission on environmental quality) lying to us about the results of air quality studies in the barnett shale.	environment	wendy-davis	state senator	texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	a speech at the texas democratic convention


































13090.json	barely-true	over the past eight years, black youth unemployment is up.	diversity,economy,jobs	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	an email 


































760.json	false	obama, biden and their liberal allies oppose clean coal.	energy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a radio ad.


































9448.json	barely-true	there have been 74 school shootings in america since sandy hook.	children,education,guns	everytown-gun-safety	advocacy group	new york	none	3	0	1	0	0	an infographic that went viral


































4680.json	half-true	for each $1 billion in infrastructure investment, 42,000 jobs are created.	economy,infrastructure,jobs	steve-latourette	former u.s. representative from ohio's 11th district	ohio	republican	0	0	3	1	0	a statement on his congressional website


































5799.json	false	says george norcross said the takeover of rutger$ camden will cost new jer$ey billion$.	education,state-finances	r2rmerge			none	0	1	0	0	0	a flier


































4006.json	false	says he cant release his internal affairs record because there are attorney general guidelines in place protecting it.	criminal-justice,legal-issues,transparency	samuel-demaio			none	0	1	0	0	0	an interview on fox 5's good day new york


































6690.json	barely-true	david cicilline was required to provide key information about city finances to an independent outside auditor. the deadlines were clear -- yet [he intentionally] missed them by months until after the november 2010 election.	candidates-biography,city-budget,city-government,debt,deficit,campaign-advertising	brendan-doherty		rhode island	republican	1	2	1	1	0	a news release


































1657.json	false	the florida house is holding the final public hearing of a controversial education bill in the middle of spring break...when they hope (teachers) are not watching or listening.	education	florida-education-association		florida	none	0	2	0	0	0	a statement on the group's web site


































2016.json	true	weare picking up oil with shovels and paper and plastic bags.	oil-spill	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview on fox & friends


































11684.json	false	the milwaukee county bus system has among the highest fares in the nation.	transportation	chris-larson	wisconsin senate minority leader	wisconsin	democrat	6	5	0	1	1	a tv interview


































5098.json	half-true	president obama has raised taxes 19 times.	taxes	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an e-mail to the los angeles times


































6981.json	false	says gm used taxpayer dollars to prop up operations in china.	china,jobs,message-machine-2012	let-freedom-ring			none	0	2	1	0	0	a web video


































12033.json	half-true	banks paid hillary clinton over $1 million and are contributing millions more to elect her.	campaign-finance,financial-regulation	future45			republican	0	0	1	0	0	a television ad


































641.json	mostly-true	we spent $3-million of your money to study the dna of bears.	federal-budget	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	orange county, calif.


































5789.json	half-true	one out of two americans are living either in or near poverty. that means 150 million americans, half of us.	economy,poverty,welfare	tavis-smiley	television and radio host	california	none	1	0	1	0	0	an interview on cbs' face the nation


































11064.json	half-true	limberbutt mccubbins (a five-year-old cat) is a candidate in the 2016 presidential election.	animals,corrections-and-updates,elections	limberbutt-mccubbins			democrat	0	0	1	0	0	comments on his website.


































10234.json	barely-true	says jonathan gruber was some adviser who never worked on our staff.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	brisbane, australia, for the g20 summit


































2335.json	true	jennifer carroll is the first african-american republican woman to be part of a statewide ticket in florida.	candidates-biography,elections	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a press release.


































11090.json	mostly-true	georgia has more than 700 law enforcement agencies, and fewer than 20 percent of them are state-certified.	crime,public-safety	police-chief-billy-grogan	police chief	georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	press release


































9858.json	pants-fire	says dan sullivan approved a light sentence for a sex offenderwho got out of prison andis now charged with a gruesome murder and sexual assault.	crime,criminal-justice,message-machine-2014	mark-begich	senator	alaska	democrat	0	0	0	2	1	a campaign ad


































10541.json	mostly-true	one third of our age group (millennials) have moved back in with their parents.	families,jobs	joseph-yost	state legislator	virginia	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a floor speech.


































9685.json	barely-true	because of the current immigration crisis, republicans want to repeal a 2008law that president george w. bush signed and want to be on record as not wanting to protect children from ...sex trafficking.	immigration	lawrence-odonnell			none	2	2	0	3	0	comments on his show


































11271.json	mostly-true	it has been the law since the beginning of the country that the children of american citizens born ... abroad are american citizens by birth.	immigration,legal-issues	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	speaking to reporters in iowa


































11863.json	true	owen in ma vs. owen in ri advantage:rhode island.	corporations,economy,jobs	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	rhode island	democrat	2	1	2	5	1	economic development report


































7966.json	mostly-true	in 1960, most black children were raised in two-parent, monogamous families. today we have only 20 percent of black children being raised in two-parent, monogamous families...	families,welfare	ew-jackson	pastor	virginia	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a speech.


































4029.json	mostly-true	if youre a wealthy ceo or a hedge fund manager in america right now, your taxes are lower than theyve been since the 1950s.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference


































7588.json	pants-fire	college students who are not u.s. citizens and who get the pell grant plan to return to their home countries after getting free gas cards and child care.	education,immigration,welfare	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	an email


































13014.json	false	donald trumps been completely consistent about his plan for nonviolent undocumented immigrants.	candidates-biography,immigration	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	an interview on meet the press


































733.json	barely-true	barack obama has the longest track record of any candidate in this election in support of the 'bridge to nowhere.' 	federal-budget	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a news release.


































11857.json	false	says a sanders campaign ad never said ... a newspaper endorsed us that did not.	elections	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a democratic presidential debate in durham, n.h.


































594.json	false	obama will charge a 28 percent tax on all home sales.	taxes	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































9124.json	half-true	a koch brothers group is going to college campuses, giving away free booze to try to bribe young folks out of getting health insurance.	alcohol,health-care	organizing-action	group supporting president barack obama	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	0	1	1	0	a fundraising email


































2236.json	mostly-true	said he won the democratic primary without one ... negative tv spot.	message-machine,campaign-advertising	roy-barnes	attorney	georgia	democrat	0	0	3	3	1	a television interview


































7982.json	half-true	about 95 percent of (ohios) electricity comes from burning coal.	energy,environment	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a news conference


































5125.json	false	says over the last two years, new jersey schools development authority employees have not started or completed one single school project, and im not talking about major school renovation. im talking about replacing boilers, roofs.	education	david-sciarra		new jersey	none	0	1	0	1	0	testimony before the state assembly budget committee


































6971.json	false	says tammy baldwin voted to gut medicare for seniors.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare	tommy-thompson		wisconsin	republican	6	8	2	5	3	a tv ad


































10167.json	false	the stand your ground lawcaused the shooting death of trayvon martin.	crime,guns,legal-issues	senate-majority-pac	political action committee	washington, d.c. 	democrat	3	4	4	1	0	a radio ad


































9862.json	true	in georgia, perdues company closed plants and moved jobs to china.	job-accomplishments	michelle-nunn	chief executive officer, points of light foundation	georgia	democrat	3	0	1	2	0	an ad


































2634.json	half-true	says republican reid ribble says stimulus bill failed to jumpstart the economy, but his roofing company made almost $300,000 off stimulus funded projects.	candidates-biography,message-machine,stimulus	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	a campaign tv ad


































8731.json	false	under a proposed bill, a $100,000 homes flood insurance premium would be maybe $200 or $300 annually.	florida,housing	gus-bilirakis	congressman	florida	republican	1	1	0	1	0	a bay news 9 interview


































9878.json	half-true	social security has never contributed one cent to the deficit. not one cent.	social-security	jeff-merkley	u.s. senator	oregon	democrat	0	1	3	6	0	a roundtable discussion with senior citizens


































3954.json	half-true	obamacare takes $500 billion out of medicare and funds obamacare.	health-care,medicare	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a republican presidential candidate debate in new hampshire


































12225.json	half-true	the state that has the highest per capita number of guns that end up committing crimes in new york come from vermont.	crime,guns	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an event in port washington, n.y.


































2139.json	true	over the last 10 years, incomes for the top 1 percent have grown. meanwhile, the bottom half of the country, theyve seen their wages stagnate.	economy,pundits,abc-news-week	donna-brazile	political commentator	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	1	4	7	0	a roundtable discussion on abc's this week


































5068.json	mostly-true	i think with the exception of the last year or maybe the last two years, we were at 100 percent when it came to contributing to the providence pension fund.	city-budget,pensions,retirement,taxes	david-cicilline	mayor of providence	rhode island	democrat	7	4	5	4	1	an appearance on wpri's newsmakers


































11801.json	false	almost all of the polls that have come out suggest that i am a much stronger candidate against the republicans than is hillary clinton.	polls	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a town hall meeting in underwood, iowa.


































6652.json	true	the obama administration is allowing state waivers from welfare work requirements only if they had a credible plan to increase employment by 20 percent.	welfare	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	a convention speech


































2979.json	half-true	all but one of the 50 states already have some form of a balanced budget amendment in their state constitutions.	federal-budget,state-budget	john-cornyn	senator	texas	republican	5	3	6	2	1	an op-ed


































1988.json	false	the u.s. deficit increases at $3 million per second.	economy,federal-budget,government-efficiency,health-care	bill-clegg	lawyer	rhode island	republican	0	1	0	0	0	candidate web page


































8782.json	mostly-true	president barack obamas judicial appointments for georgia and the region were drafted in secret and not vetted by legal groups among the presidents supporters.	congress,legal-issues	david-scott	congressman 	georgia	democrat	0	0	2	1	0	a letter


































103.json	half-true	i have not changed my position on the (gay) marriage amendment or anything else related to marriage.	families,gays-and-lesbians	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an interview on msnbc


































399.json	mostly-true	mccain and bush are millionaires who are for tax cuts for millionaires.	taxes	campaign-defend-america		washington, d.c.	none	0	1	0	2	0	a television ad


































10114.json	pants-fire	the affordable care act says that at age 76 when you most need it most, you are not eligible for cancer treatment. cancer hospital will ration care according to the patients age.	health-care	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email


































12275.json	false	the human rights campaign is more powerful than the nra.	campaign-finance,gays-and-lesbians,sexuality	pat-mccrory	governor of north carolina	north carolina	republican	5	2	3	0	1	in interview on meet the press with chuck todd


































10864.json	mostly-true	about 85 percent of hotel guests who will pay the new $5 hotel/motel fee will be from outside georgia.	tourism,transportation	jay-roberts			republican	0	0	0	1	0	a house floor debate


































13096.json	true	we spend more per student than almost any other major country in the world.	education,government-efficiency	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in cleveland


































3656.json	pants-fire	says the hospital listed on barack obamas just-publicized long-form birth certificate denies the president was born there.	obama-birth-certificate	leo-berman	state representative	texas	republican	0	2	0	0	1	a texas tribune article


































428.json	pants-fire	hillary (clinton), one time late at night when she was exhausted, misstated and immediately apologized for it, what happened to her in bosnia in 1995.	foreign-policy	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	boonville, ind.


































1864.json	mostly-true	we now actually import more oil than we did before 9/11.	energy,abc-news-week,trade	john-kerry	secretary of state	massachusetts	democrat	3	2	2	5	0	an interview on abc's this week''
says state's expected increase in federal political clout is almost entirely due to the growth of the african american and hispanic populations in texas in virtually every region of the state.	census,elections	lone-star-project		washington	democrat	0	1	2	1	0	an e-mail blast.


































8375.json	half-true	says democratic gubernatorial candidate mary burke has proven on the madison board of education that she supports raising taxes and spending.	education,state-budget,taxes	republican-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	republican	4	3	2	3	0	a web post


































8760.json	half-true	buried in the affordable care act is a huge government bailout.	health-care	charles-krauthammer			none	1	0	1	0	0	a washington post op-ed


































2048.json	true	were spending $1 trillion a year on our foreign policy.	federal-budget,foreign-policy,military	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a cnn interview


































13093.json	half-true	says charlie crist stood there, over 3 african-american prisoners inchains, on their knees, on the side of the road. saying that it was a great sight. saying we needed to bring it to florida.and you did this whether you know or not on the eve of juneteenth, the day the african-american community celebrates the end of slavery.	criminal-justice	david-jolly		florida	republican	4	0	1	1	0	a debate


































7103.json	true	three thousand felons voted in rhode island in 2008.	civil-rights,criminal-justice,elections,public-safety	carolyn-medeiros	executive director, alliance for safe communities	rhode island	newsmaker	1	0	0	0	0	a radio interview


































3773.json	false	the health care price tag for childhood obesity in georgia is $2.4 billion annually and rising.	public-health	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a speech


































6705.json	barely-true	says congressman jon runyan has a plan to raise medicare costs $6,400 a year.	health-care,medicare,message-machine-2012	shelley-adler			democrat	1	2	0	0	0	a video posted on youtube


































2645.json	mostly-true	there currently are 825,000 student stations sitting empty across florida in every district and at every grade level.	children,education,florida-amendments	yes-8		florida	none	0	0	0	1	0	a website


































5670.json	true	says streetcars carry more people than buses you attract more riders who dont ride transit now, and actually the operating costs are not any greater than the bus.	transportation	charlie-hales	senior vice president, hdr engineering	oregon	none	1	1	0	0	0	an interview.


































10740.json	mostly-true	99 percent of all new income today (is) going to the top 1 percent.	income,wealth	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	comments on fox news sunday


































12015.json	mostly-true	we have a higher rate of tested lead in people in cleveland than in flint.	environment,public-health	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the democratic debate in flint


































11053.json	mostly-true	25 percent of federal inmates are noncitizens.	immigration	larry-oconnor			republican	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on the real story with gretchen carlson on fox news


































8153.json	barely-true	i have the most grammys of anyone my age, but i havent won one against a white person.	pop-culture	kanye-west	rapper/producer		none	1	0	0	0	0	a newspaper interview


































9076.json	pants-fire	reporters rehearse questions with white house press (secretary).	pundits	drudge-report			none	0	0	0	0	2	a post on their website


































8304.json	mostly-true	governor deal has increased education spending every year hes been in office.	education	brian-robinson		georgia	republican	1	1	0	2	0	a statement


































517.json	pants-fire	from obama's book: i found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race.	candidates-biography	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	an e-mail message


































12800.json	mostly-true	donald trump called the military that i served in a disaster.	military	john-hutson	retired navy admiral	new hampshire	none	0	0	0	1	0	a speech at the democratic national convention in philadelphia


































10159.json	barely-true	says sen. elizabeth warren lives in a $5.4 million mansion.	candidates-biography,housing	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a meme on social media


































4978.json	false	the obama administration just issued instructions that terrorism training should not involve any reference to islam.	homeland-security,islam,new-hampshire-2012,religion	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a foreign policy debate with jon huntsman in manchester, n.h., dec. 12, 2011


































11414.json	true	60 percent of all americans do not want to see planned parenthood defunded.	abortion,federal-budget,health-care,polls,public-health,women	gwen-moore	u.s. house member -- 4th district	wisconsin	democrat	3	4	4	3	1	a speech


































4174.json	barely-true	says unemployment in trenton is twice as much as what we see in every other area of the state and, as a result, we have seen an increase in crime.	crime,jobs	shirley-turner	state senator 	new jersey	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a speech on the senate floor


































2441.json	false	the bush administration had been giving (auto companies) billions of dollars and just asking nothing in return.	corporations,economy,transportation	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a town hall meeting


































6511.json	true	clayton county public schools recently achieved a milestone that has eluded other metropolitan districts across the state by meeting federal guidelines for having a highly qualified staff.	education	clayton-county-schools		georgia	none	0	0	0	0	0	a press release


































11166.json	mostly-true	i took the state of ohio from an $8 billion hole to a $2 billion surplus.	economy,state-budget	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	comments at a gop debate in cleveland


































3253.json	half-true	for thousands of public employees, wisconsin gov. scott walkers budget-repair bill would take away any say they have in the workplace, and eliminate their union.	labor,state-budget	afl-cio			none	1	0	2	0	0	a television ad


































3406.json	false	says charlotte nash pretends to be a chicken farmer in order to get property tax exemptions.	candidates-biography	larry-gause			republican	0	1	0	0	0	a flier and campaign website


































2271.json	false	on birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants.	immigration	harry-reid	senate democratic leader	nevada	democrat	4	5	3	7	3	his senate re-election campaign effort. 


































9520.json	true	republican candidate for governor ken block was fined and had to admit that (he) funneled money illegally to the moderate party.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography,history	allan-fung	mayor, city of cranston, r.i.	rhode island	republican	2	2	0	2	1	a debate


































8666.json	half-true	the new atlanta braves stadium will require no tax increase for homeowners and provide $3 million annually for cobb county schools.	sports,taxes	revitalize-cobb		georgia	none	1	0	1	0	0	a flier


































316.json	half-true	but it was hillary clinton, in an interview with tom brokaw, who quote 'paid tribute' to ronald reagan's economic and foreign policy.	history	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a radio ad in south carolina


































11768.json	pants-fire	hostages were released as soon as ronald reagan took office because iran perceived that america was no longer under the command of someone weak.	foreign-policy	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview on meet the press


































8942.json	pants-fire	a photo from the russia-finland hockey game shows a sad vladimir putin and dmitry medvedev.	sports	tweets			none	2	3	1	2	3	posts on twitter.


































8992.json	mostly-true	in 1968, a full-time worker earning minimum wage, could actually support a family of three above the poverty line. today, that same worker would earn less than the poverty line for a family of two.	families,poverty,workers	virginia-interfaith-center-public-policy			none	0	0	0	1	0	a hearing.


































13438.json	half-true	republican gubernatorial candidate eric greitens spent another $600,000 on image consultants to rebrand his charity, the mission continues.	candidates-biography	chris-koster	attorney general of missouri	missouri	democrat	0	0	2	3	0	a campaign ad


































11780.json	pants-fire	says his much-discussed boots are made in wisconsin.	candidates-biography	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an exchange with voters at an iowa campaign event


































13377.json	mostly-true	says u.s. sen. ron johnson doesnt even believe that theres a man-made role in climate change.	environment	russ-feingold		wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	a meeting with the milwaukee journal sentinel editorial board.


































6243.json	barely-true	bill nelson was the deciding vote on the health care law.	health-care,message-machine-2012,voting-record	american-commitment			none	2	1	0	0	1	a television ad


































3144.json	barely-true	veterans can now download their electronic medical records with a click of the mouse.	health-care,technology,veterans	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	his state of the union address


































10911.json	true	fox news barely covered (the duggar family) scandal until megyn kelly was able to secure this interview.	pop-culture,pundits	brian-stelter	cnn senior media correspondent		none	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on cnn tonight


































12176.json	half-true	china is in the south china sea and (building)a military fortress the likes of which perhaps the world has not seen.	china,foreign-policy,military	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview with the new york times


































8541.json	true	during my eight years as county executive, we cut the number of county workers by 20 percent.	county-budget,county-government,unions	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a book


































3743.json	mostly-true	(bill) nelson voted for billions in wasteful spending earmarks like the bridge to nowhere.	federal-budget,transportation	george-lemieux		florida	republican	4	1	6	4	0	a web ad


































6645.json	true	under president barack obamas leadership, since june 2009, (the auto) industry has added a quarter of a million jobs.	jobs	bob-king	president of the uaw	michigan	none	0	0	0	0	0	a speech to the democratic national convention in charlotte, n.c.


































2513.json	false	jobs incentive program created over 1,200 high-wage jobs since 2009.	county-budget,economy	tammy-hall	lee county commissioner		none	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign mailer


































1494.json	false	my opponent... lost 43,000 jobs in houston since he took over; we are losing jobs.	economy	farouk-shami	businessman	texas	democrat	1	2	2	0	1	a debate


































13523.json	half-true	a recent study found that cities where uber operates have 3.6%-5.6% fewer drunk driving deaths than cities without access to ridesharing.	economy,transportation	uber	a ride-sharing service	texas	none	0	0	1	1	0	an online petition and in a press release


































11051.json	half-true	more businesses are closing than are opening for the first time in our nations history.	economy	todd-wilcox		florida	republican	0	1	1	0	0	a campaign announcement


































4639.json	false	foster children are disproportionately victims of identity theft.	children,consumer-safety,crime,families,financial-regulation	james-langevin	congressman	rhode island	democrat	1	1	2	1	0	a speech


































3597.json	barely-true	full marriage equality [would provide same-sex couples] with about 1,700 rights.	civil-rights,gays-and-lesbians,marriage	bill-fischer	lobbyist and spokesman for marriage equality rhode island	rhode island	newsmaker	1	0	0	0	0	a providence journal story


































552.json	half-true	obama says his bill reduced welfare rolls nearly 80 percent.	poverty	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a tv ad.


































2266.json	false	reporters have uncovered another scott company accused of criminal acts. but scott wont come clean.	candidates-biography,crime,message-machine	florida-first-initiative		florida	none	1	1	0	0	0	in a tv ad.


































2286.json	barely-true	the seed of muslim is passed through the father.	religion	franklin-graham			none	1	1	0	0	0	an interview on cnn


































9787.json	mostly-true	the number of swat raids have gone up by 1,400 percent since the 1980s.	crime,criminal-justice,drugs	john-oliver	host, last week tonight		none	0	0	2	4	0	a segment on his show, last week tonight


































7206.json	false	says that under texas law, it takes six years to close a failing school.	education	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	remarks to the dallas regional chamber


































5175.json	half-true	the planned expansion of savannahs port is a jobs creating project.	jobs	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	an op-ed


































10071.json	true	says rick scott changed his promise from700,000 jobs created on top of what normal growth would be to just 700,000 jobs.	economy,jobs	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a campaign ad


































11859.json	half-true	i waited until (the trans-pacific partnership trade agreement) had actually been negotiated before deciding whether to endorse it.	candidates-biography,history,trade	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	comments during the new hampshire democratic debate


































6146.json	true	gov. romney was very clear, he would veto the dream act.	immigration	david-plouffe	senior adviser to the president		democrat	1	0	0	2	0	a comment on 'fox news sunday'


































7915.json	barely-true	the wisconsin economic development corp. cannot account for creating one single job.	jobs	chris-larson	wisconsin senate minority leader	wisconsin	democrat	6	5	0	1	1	an interview


































3375.json	half-true	under the clear letter of the law, (justice clarence thomas) must recuse himself from the case challenging the constitutionality of the health care law.	ethics,health-care,supreme-court	anthony-weiner		new york	democrat	2	1	2	0	0	an interview on fox news


































7407.json	true	collectively states are spending more on medicaid than they do on k-12 education.	education,medicaid,state-budget	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a speech.


































2660.json	true	lizbeth benacquisto broke election law 105 times, hiding special interest contributors.	ethics,message-machine	kevin-rader		florida	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a tv campaign ad


































7405.json	half-true	every dollar we invested in high-quality, early education programs can save more than $7 later on by boosting graduation rates, reducing teen pregnancy, even reducing crime.	children,education	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech


































8814.json	false	recently, florida has successfully reduced the environmental permitting time down to just two days.	environment,government-regulation,market-regulation	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	an event with employees from the department of environmental protection


































908.json	mostly-true	energy nominee steven chu has called coal his worst nightmare.	energy	james-inhofe	u.s. senator	oklahoma	republican	0	1	0	1	0	in a news release


































8648.json	false	gov. charlie crist sought for and got approved the automatic restoration of felon rights for nonviolent offenders for the first time in florida history.	civil-rights,crime,elections	dan-gelber		florida	democrat	2	2	1	3	0	charlie crist's campaign website


































804.json	pants-fire	and 100 percent, john, of your ads . . . 100 percent of them have been negative.	candidates-biography	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a debate in hempstead, n.y.


































6838.json	mostly-true	were up 123,000 jobs over the last year and three-quarters. were actually, according to the bureau of labor statistics, down 500 ... auto jobs in ohio.	economy,jobs	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a television interview


































8712.json	true	the commission form of government is definitely losing favor in the united states.	county-government	kimberly-nelson	associate professor	north carolina	none	0	0	0	0	0	a meeting


































2015.json	true	the company i created, point judith capital, is the only venture capital firm in rhode island.	candidates-biography	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	rhode island	democrat	2	1	2	5	1	a video on her web page


































7242.json	mostly-true	says how much money the government is collecting from people...in terms of the gross domestic product is the lowest in 40, 50 years.	federal-budget,taxes	bill-pascrell	u.s. house of representatives	new jersey	democrat	0	3	4	4	0	an interview on wor-am


































8520.json	true	in fact, theres more state funding for education today than any other time.	education,state-budget	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a response to a public school teacher


































4140.json	false	says president barack obamas own economists say the stimulus cost $278k per job created.	economy,jobs,stimulus	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a twitter message.


































565.json	false	the u.s. government spends less on energy innovation than the pet food industry invests in its own products.	energy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the campaign's energy plan.


































10963.json	half-true	for most black people in the history of this country it was illegal to pass as a white person. you were actually put in jail if you tried to pass.	civil-rights,criminal-justice,diversity,history	michael-skolnik	president, globalgrind.com		none	0	0	1	0	0	comments on cnn


































8717.json	pants-fire	obamacare medical codes confirm: execution by beheading to be implemented in america.	health-care,legal-issues,public-health	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	blog posts


































11560.json	barely-true	after sandy hook, ted cruz stopped obamas push for new gun control laws.	guns	courageous-conservatives-pac			republican	2	0	0	0	0	a video ad posted online


































749.json	half-true	henry kissinger said that we should meet with iran guess what without precondition.	foreign-policy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the first presidential debate in oxford, miss.


































1807.json	false	minnick voted to let the government fund abortion under obamacare.	abortion,health-care,message-machine	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a tv ad


































5515.json	half-true	says traffic fatalities have fallen dramatically, even as population has risen. you are more likely to stay alive biking, walking and driving around portland than you were before he took over the portland bureau of transportation.	transportation	sam-adams	mayor of portland	oregon	democrat	3	2	5	2	0	a commentary article.


































6890.json	barely-true	newgard owed more than $13,000 for unpaid taxes on his $1 million milwaukie apartment complex.	message-machine-2012,taxes	future-pac-oregon-house-democrats	campaign committee	oregon	democrat	3	0	0	0	1	a campaign ad


































163.json	barely-true	she hasn't run a corner store. she hasn't run a state. she hasn't run a city. she has never run anything.	job-accomplishments	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a tv ad airing in new hampshire.


































8966.json	false	on expanding medicaid as part of the health care law	medicaid,poverty	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	public statements


































5736.json	true	[o]ver 200,000 ordinary citizens were given the opportunity to identify projects they preferred.	taxes,transportation	metro-atlanta-voter-education-network			none	0	0	1	0	0	


































1984.json	false	in florida alone, more than $3.5 billion a year is spent on health care and criminal justice for illegal immigrants.	immigration	ritch-workman	state representative	florida	republican	1	1	0	0	0	a 'florida today' opinion page article published


































264.json	true	ronald reagan did amnesty.	immigration	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a debate in manchester, n.h.


































9026.json	half-true	every child in colorado who has been given medical marijuana for treatment for seizures has had diminished seizure activity.	children,health-care,marijuana	allen-peake	member, georgia house of representatives	georgia	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a meeting


































7594.json	false	says that under president barack obamas health care law, your insurance premiums could go up by 200 percent and cost as much as a new explorer.	health-care	fred-thompson	actor	tennessee	republican	1	4	3	3	0	a tweet


































11343.json	false	daraprim is still underpriced, relative to its peers.	corrections-and-updates,health-care,public-health	martin-shkreli	ceo, turing pharmaceuticals		none	0	1	0	0	0	comments on bloomberg tv


































4871.json	mostly-true	says out of 588 school districts, we give 31 (former abbott) districts 70 percent of the aid.	education	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a forum at the university of notre dame


































1897.json	half-true	since 2000, the texas clean air program achieved a 22 percent reduction in ozone and a 46 percent decrease in nox emissions.	environment	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a press release


































2348.json	mostly-true	the presidents party always gets shellacked in midterms. its only twice, 1934 and 2002, that the presidents party actually gained in both the house and the senate.	elections,history,pundits,abc-news-week	mary-jordan	journalist at the washington post	washington, d.c.	none	0	0	0	2	0	a roundtable discussion on abc's this week with christiane amanpour


































3563.json	true	proposed fees for rhode island beaches will still be less than some of the town beaches.	recreation,state-budget	richard-licht	state director of administration in rhode island	rhode island	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	tv interview


































10150.json	barely-true	rick scott vetoed funding for 30 florida rape crisis centers. scott said the centers werent needed.	health-care,state-budget,women	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a tv ad


































7311.json	false	when george bush became president of the united states, 17 million people were in poverty. when he left, 30 million people were in poverty.	bush-administration,poverty	marcia-fudge	representative from ohio's 11th congressional district	ohio	democrat	0	1	2	4	0	a panel discussion on poverty


































3719.json	true	there is a situation in this country where youre nearing 50 percent of people who dont even pay income taxes.	taxes	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	an appearance on cnbc's squawk box


































5843.json	mostly-true	since 2009, the ohio republican party has made more contacts with voters nearly 6.6 million than any other gop state organization in the nation.	job-accomplishments	kevin-dewine	chairman of the ohio republican party	ohio	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a resignation letter


































10699.json	barely-true	suntrust bank cancels account because company sells guns.	financial-regulation,guns	florida-news-flash			none	1	0	0	0	0	a website headline


































10413.json	true	over the past five years, the american automobile industry has created about 500,000 new jobs.	economy,jobs	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in wayne. mich.


































6830.json	false	right now, the (congressional budget office) says up to 20 million people will lose their insurance as obamacare goes into effect next year.	debates,health-care	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	the first presidential debate in denver


































11799.json	half-true	says cresent hardy agreed with mitt romney about the 47 percent and said that people with disabilities are, and i quote him, a drain on society.	candidates-biography,disability	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	comments during the nevada battleborn battleground dinner at the mgm grand in las vegas


































4030.json	false	one of the reasons that budweiser stayed in new jersey is the money they got from rggi to put solar on their roof to save on their energy costs.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,corporations,environment	jeff-tittel	director of the new jersey sierra club		none	0	1	1	0	1	testimony to the general assembly telecommunications and utilities committee


































301.json	false	obama said that since 1992, the republicans have had all the good ideas...	ethics	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	in pahrump, nev.


































6742.json	mostly-true	the national debt of $16 trillion, is enough to buy both the cleveland indians and cincinnati reds 1,918 times.	debt,federal-budget,sports	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a news release


































5050.json	mostly-true	says rick santorum voted for the bridge to nowhere.	federal-budget,message-machine-2012	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an online video


































9071.json	pants-fire	president barack obama spent $5 billion paying ukrainians to riot and dismantle their democratically elected government.	foreign-policy	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a facebook meme


































2102.json	half-true	the lieutenant governor has the power to be an economic ambassador and negotiate on economic development	legal-issues	jeremy-kapstein		rhode island	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a comment on the dan york show


































5275.json	half-true	sheldon whitehouses failure of leadership, the adding of almost $8 trillion in debt in his first full term, is shameful...	deficit,federal-budget,voting-record	barry-hinckley		rhode island	republican	0	4	1	2	2	a youtube video


































2656.json	true	says ron johnson likes to say there are too many lawyers in the senate 57. hed be the 70th millionaire.	candidates-biography	russ-feingold		wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	a campaign rally


































9806.json	half-true	david perdue led efforts to ship thousands of jobs overseas.	job-accomplishments	democratic-party-georgia-georgia			democrat	1	1	1	0	0	press release


































11326.json	mostly-true	at this point in 2012, rick perry was ahead at 29.9 percent, and we had seven more leads before it finally settled on mitt romney.	elections,polls	karl-rove		texas	republican	2	5	2	8	0	comments on fox news sunday


































7894.json	pants-fire	a hidden provision in obamacare taxes sporting goods as medical devices.	health-care,taxes	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	an email


































6246.json	false	the health care law could cost up to $2 trillion, double what we were promised.	corrections-and-updates,federal-budget,health-care,message-machine-2012	american-commitment			none	2	1	0	0	1	a television ad


































9468.json	pants-fire	president barack obama is the first president to keep a dog-trainer on retainer for $102,000 a year at taxpayer expense.	animals,federal-budget	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email


































9954.json	mostly-true	greg abbott heads up a party whose platform calls for the repeal of the voting rights act.	civil-rights,elections	wendy-davis	state senator	texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	a debate in the rio grande valley.


































6218.json	false	says clackamas county measure 3-401 will hurt our county, cripple economic growth, and increase our taxes with excessive special elections.	county-budget,county-government,elections,taxes	clackamas-county-democrats			democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign press release


































4232.json	true	theres actually 600 abortions done after the 20th week of pregnancy every year in ohio.	abortion	peggy-lehner	state senator	ohio	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a radio interview


































7203.json	true	even hunters are restricted from using large capacity magazines: there is a five cartridge limit for large game hunting, and three for bird hunting.	guns,recreation	ginny-burdick			democrat	0	0	0	0	0	an email


































5517.json	mostly-true	georgia ranks last in job growth.	jobs	ted-jackson	fulton county sheriff	georgia	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a letter


































12789.json	half-true	the iran nuclear deal is putting billions of dollars back into a country thats the worlds largest supporter of terrorism. we are actually giving them the money to fund the terrorists that are killing us and our allies.	terrorism	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a speech at the republican national convention.


































717.json	half-true	when george bush said we shouldnt investigate why the governments response to hurricane katrina was so incompetent, john mccain stood with him.	bush-administration,natural-disasters	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	st. clair shores, mich.


































1309.json	barely-true	women pay 48 percent more for health insurance.	health-care	louise-slaughter		new york	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a statement on the house floor


































580.json	false	who can you thank for rising prices at the pump? o-ba-ma! o-ba-ma!	energy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a tv ad


































12393.json	false	weve already lost $500 million in economic impact from hb2 fallout in north carolina.	economy,gays-and-lesbians,sexuality,states	chris-sgro	executive director, equality nc	north carolina	activist	0	1	0	1	0	a press release


































6319.json	true	the state of georgia has lost 200,000 total jobs and 50,000 construction jobs since may 2007.	transportation	kasim-reed			democrat	1	0	5	7	1	news conference


































10873.json	mostly-true	says roughly two-thirds of (state) corporations didnt pay any income tax in virginia.	corporations,state-finances,taxes	commonwealth-institute		virginia	organization	0	0	0	1	0	a blog post.


































4728.json	half-true	because of barack obama the mission in iraq ended.	iraq	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign ad


































13418.json	false	students at the university of texas in austin have been advised not to wear cowboy boots or cowboy hats on halloween.	education	todd-starnes			republican	0	2	0	0	0	a commentary posted on fox news


































8266.json	pants-fire	the united states stood alone in the war in iraq.	iraq	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	a cnn interview


































6091.json	false	rob portman shares radical, ideological views toward women.	abortion,health-care,voting-record,women	ohio-democratic-party		ohio	democrat	4	1	2	2	2	a news release


































11015.json	barely-true	says u.s. sen. ron johnson voted to cut $700m from medicare.	federal-budget,medicare,trade	moveon			democrat	2	4	3	0	0	a facebook post


































6049.json	half-true	when mitt romney was governor, massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs, a rate twice the national average.	economy,history,jobs,message-machine-2012,states	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a television ad


































9690.json	barely-true	we would create thousands of jobs in colorado, if the keystone pipeline were to be built.	climate-change,energy,environment,government-regulation	cory-gardner	u.s. house of representatives	colorado	republican	4	1	0	0	0	an interview on univision radio


































10642.json	false	more than 7,000 americans lost their lives to climate change-fueled events last year.	climate-change,environment	don-beyer	8th district congressional candidate	virginia	democrat	1	2	1	3	0	an op-ed.


































9290.json	barely-true	the death penalty is a deterrent that does affect and impact people.	crime,criminal-justice	tom-coburn	u.s. senator	oklahoma	republican	2	3	3	2	0	an interview on msnbc's morning joe


































6860.json	false	says she is a registered nurse.	candidates-biography	laurie-monnes-anderson	state senator	oregon	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	in voters' guide


































11612.json	barely-true	in 2013, the united states accepted 67 percent of the worlds refugees.	foreign-policy,terrorism	michael-needham	ceo, heritage action		republican	1	0	0	1	0	comments on fox news sunday


































11574.json	mostly-true	500,000 u.s. troops came home from iraq and afghanistan with ptsd and traumatic brain injury.	foreign-policy,veterans	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	comments at the iowa democratic debate


































8921.json	mostly-true	north carolina republican senate candidate thom tillis would let insurance companies deny coverage for pre-existing conditions.	health-care	patriot-majority-usa			democrat	1	1	0	2	1	a campaign ad


































7343.json	half-true	says in katrina, they approved $60 billion within 10 days of the storm on a voice vote.	natural-disasters,weather	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	an interview on the “late show with david letterman”


































8860.json	barely-true	virginia is the no. 1 recipient of federal dollars.	economy,federal-budget,state-budget,states	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a speech.


































7699.json	barely-true	a recent study of a proposed cap-and-trade policys effect on wisconsin consumers showed it could raise gasoline prices by 141 percent and electricity rates by 171 percent by 2030.	economy,environment,gas-prices	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	a constituent email


































2430.json	barely-true	austin politicians want to cram more kids into classrooms so they dont have to make the tough decisions to balance the budget.	education,message-machine	kendra-yarbrough-camarena		texas	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a tv ad.


































7869.json	half-true	the violent crime rate in america is the same as it was in 1968, yet our prison system has grown by over 500 percent.	civil-rights,criminal-justice	john-lewis	congressman	georgia	democrat	0	1	2	1	0	an op-ed


































13402.json	barely-true	says russ feingold voted to raise taxes on social security benefits for seniors, he even tried to give social security benefits to illegal immigrants.	federal-budget,immigration,income,social-security,taxes	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	a radio ad


































3636.json	false	every person on death row was a foster kid.	children,families,florida,public-service	steve-wise	state senator	florida	republican	0	1	1	0	0	in a senate education prek-12 committee hearing


































713.json	barely-true	through competition as governor, i got agreements to build a nearly $40-billion natural gas pipeline.	energy	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	virginia


































3831.json	barely-true	wisconsins technical college graduates have a higher employment rate and starting salaries than four-year college graduates nationwide.	education,jobs	michael-rosen	economics instructor, union leader, blogger	wisconsin	none	1	0	0	0	0	a blog posting


































2783.json	false	the average federal employee makes $120,000 a year. the average private employee makes $60,000 a year.	economy,federal-budget,abc-news-week,workers	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	an interview on abc's this week with christiane amanpour


































7724.json	pants-fire	science has not shown greenhouse gases to be a problem.	climate-change,environment,science,weather	wayne-smith	civil engineer	texas	republican	0	0	0	0	1	an interview.


































3039.json	false	portland spent nearly $1 million in federal stimulus money to install bike path signs where they already existed.	government-efficiency,stimulus,transportation	victoria-taft	radio talk show host	oregon	none	0	2	0	0	1	a website posting


































7702.json	half-true	if anyone should know irresponsible it should be senator buono. shes the one, her budget left us with a $2 billion budget deficit in fiscal 10 that i had to fix. her mistakes. and for fiscal year 2011 an $11 billion budget deficit. her mistakes, along with her partner jon corzine.	debt,state-budget,state-finances	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a statement on nj101.5 fm's ask the governor program


































12557.json	half-true	if question 1 were to pass here in nevada, we would have more restrictive gun laws here in nevada dealing with the transfer of firearms than they do in california.	guns	robert-uithoven	lobbyist	nevada	republican	0	0	1	0	0	on an episode of nevada newsmakers


































302.json	half-true	the bush administration has the pentagon trying to take away the signing bonuses when a soldier gets wounded and ends up in the hospital, something that i'm working with a republican senator to try to make sure never can happen again.	military	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a debate in las vegas


































6337.json	mostly-true	says chris christie has refused to fund pensions by billions of dollars, and got legislative approval to begin properly funding pensions in 2018.	pensions,retirement	dannel-malloy	governor	connecticut	democrat	0	0	1	1	0	a radio interview


































337.json	barely-true	in the florida republican primary, we got a very large percentage of the, quote, conservative vote.	elections	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	an interview on face the nation


































7045.json	barely-true	says opponent chad chadwell wants condom techniques demonstrated to your children.	education,sexuality	tere-mccann	certified public accountant	texas	none	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign mailer.


































3839.json	pants-fire	says that politifact ohio confirms that betty sutton maxed out federal debt	deficit,federal-budget	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	an e-mail news release


































4790.json	false	the job [of correctional officer] lowers your life expectancy . . . metropolitan did a study in, i believe it was 1998, and the life expectancy was 58.	crime,pensions,retirement,unions,workers	david-mellon	president, rhode island brotherhood of correctional officers	rhode island	labor-leader	0	1	0	0	0	testimony at a state pension hearing


































4787.json	true	torture is illegal by our laws. its illegal by international laws.	foreign-policy,human-rights,legal-issues	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a republican presidential debate in spartanburg, s.c.


































659.json	true	biden is one of the least wealthy members of the u.s. senate.	candidates-biography	howard-dean	democratic national committee chairman	vermont	democrat	1	4	1	2	0	a tv interview


































12951.json	barely-true	says hillary clinton abided by the ethics agreement between the clinton foundation and the obama administration.	ethics	jennifer-granholm	former governor of michigan	michigan	democrat	1	0	3	2	0	an interview on cnn


































4165.json	half-true	says the most dangerous time for children is from 3 to 6 p.m., during which time juvenile crime rates triple	children,crime,education	raymond-lesniak			democrat	0	0	2	0	0	testimony during a senate hearing


































2947.json	false	state employees in wisconsin earn about 8 percent less than if they worked in the private sector.	state-budget	bryan-kennedy	president, wisconsin chapter of american federation of teachers	wisconsin	none	0	1	0	0	0	a tv interview


































10685.json	false	you know how many children in the history of the united states have died in a fire (at school)? zero.	education,guns,public-safety	greg-steube	sarasota state representative, district 73	florida	republican	1	1	0	0	0	a florida house judiciary committee hearing


































2288.json	false	paul broun jr. sides with sexual deviants to support sale of crush videos.	voting-record	russell-edwards		georgia	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	his campaign web site


































2297.json	half-true	the dewine campaign is receiving money from so many more people.(cordrays) money is coming almost exclusively from the party, labor unions, and special counsel that he has given business to.	campaign-finance,elections	mike-dewine	ohio attorney general	ohio	republican	2	0	3	1	0	a television interview


































7414.json	mostly-true	nobody in total is proposing cutting anything. were trying to reduce the rate of growth in government.	deficit,federal-budget,medicaid,medicare	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	a radio interview


































2734.json	true	sen. harry reid voted against declaring english our national language, twice.	immigration,message-machine	sharron-angle	republican nominee for nevada u.s. senate seat	nevada	republican	3	1	1	0	0	a tv ad


































4984.json	false	following the catastrophic, cascading collapse of major investment banks on wall street in 2007.....nobody was prosecuted, no hearings were held and no reforms were implemented.	economy,financial-regulation,occupy-wall-street	michael-doherty			republican	1	3	1	1	0	a news release


































3660.json	mostly-true	says we have now more border patrol officers than weve had at any time in our history.	immigration	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview


































12646.json	mostly-true	40% of americans know someone who has been killed by a gun.	guns,public-safety,market-regulation	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	a medium post


































8467.json	false	the number of americans who receive means-tested government benefits -- welfare -- now outnumbers those who are year-round full-time workers.	pundits,welfare	charlie-sykes	talk show host for wtmj-am in milwaukee	wisconsin	talk-show-host	0	1	0	0	2	a broadcast of the charlie sykes show on wtmj


































12647.json	mostly-true	says patrick murphy has taken more money from wall street than any other member of congress other than the speaker and the majority leader.	campaign-finance	alan-grayson	u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	an interview with the tampa bay times editorial board


































6709.json	half-true	says he will protect your guaranteed benefits in medicare while mitt romney would take away medicare as guaranteed benefits.	health-care,medicare,message-machine-2012	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign commercial


































4093.json	barely-true	the [georgia] general assembly took away the atlanta board of educations oversight of the superintendent.	education	ralph-long	state representative	georgia	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a press conference


































2113.json	half-true	we caught (the texas commission on environmental quality) lying to us about the results of air quality studies in the barnett shale.	environment	wendy-davis	state senator	texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	a speech at the texas democratic convention


































13090.json	barely-true	over the past eight years, black youth unemployment is up.	diversity,economy,jobs	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	an email 


































760.json	false	obama, biden and their liberal allies oppose clean coal.	energy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a radio ad.


































9448.json	barely-true	there have been 74 school shootings in america since sandy hook.	children,education,guns	everytown-gun-safety	advocacy group	new york	none	3	0	1	0	0	an infographic that went viral


































4680.json	half-true	for each $1 billion in infrastructure investment, 42,000 jobs are created.	economy,infrastructure,jobs	steve-latourette	former u.s. representative from ohio's 11th district	ohio	republican	0	0	3	1	0	a statement on his congressional website


































5799.json	false	says george norcross said the takeover of rutger$ camden will cost new jer$ey billion$.	education,state-finances	r2rmerge			none	0	1	0	0	0	a flier


































4006.json	false	says he cant release his internal affairs record because there are attorney general guidelines in place protecting it.	criminal-justice,legal-issues,transparency	samuel-demaio			none	0	1	0	0	0	an interview on fox 5's good day new york


































6690.json	barely-true	david cicilline was required to provide key information about city finances to an independent outside auditor. the deadlines were clear -- yet [he intentionally] missed them by months until after the november 2010 election.	candidates-biography,city-budget,city-government,debt,deficit,campaign-advertising	brendan-doherty		rhode island	republican	1	2	1	1	0	a news release


































1657.json	false	the florida house is holding the final public hearing of a controversial education bill in the middle of spring break...when they hope (teachers) are not watching or listening.	education	florida-education-association		florida	none	0	2	0	0	0	a statement on the group's web site


































2016.json	true	weare picking up oil with shovels and paper and plastic bags.	oil-spill	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview on fox & friends


































11684.json	false	the milwaukee county bus system has among the highest fares in the nation.	transportation	chris-larson	wisconsin senate minority leader	wisconsin	democrat	6	5	0	1	1	a tv interview


































5098.json	half-true	president obama has raised taxes 19 times.	taxes	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an e-mail to the los angeles times


































6981.json	false	says gm used taxpayer dollars to prop up operations in china.	china,jobs,message-machine-2012	let-freedom-ring			none	0	2	1	0	0	a web video


































12033.json	half-true	banks paid hillary clinton over $1 million and are contributing millions more to elect her.	campaign-finance,financial-regulation	future45			republican	0	0	1	0	0	a television ad


































641.json	mostly-true	we spent $3-million of your money to study the dna of bears.	federal-budget	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	orange county, calif.


































5789.json	half-true	one out of two americans are living either in or near poverty. that means 150 million americans, half of us.	economy,poverty,welfare	tavis-smiley	television and radio host	california	none	1	0	1	0	0	an interview on cbs' face the nation


































11064.json	half-true	limberbutt mccubbins (a five-year-old cat) is a candidate in the 2016 presidential election.	animals,corrections-and-updates,elections	limberbutt-mccubbins			democrat	0	0	1	0	0	comments on his website.


































10234.json	barely-true	says jonathan gruber was some adviser who never worked on our staff.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	brisbane, australia, for the g20 summit


































2335.json	true	jennifer carroll is the first african-american republican woman to be part of a statewide ticket in florida.	candidates-biography,elections	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a press release.


































11090.json	mostly-true	georgia has more than 700 law enforcement agencies, and fewer than 20 percent of them are state-certified.	crime,public-safety	police-chief-billy-grogan	police chief	georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	press release


































9858.json	pants-fire	says dan sullivan approved a light sentence for a sex offenderwho got out of prison andis now charged with a gruesome murder and sexual assault.	crime,criminal-justice,message-machine-2014	mark-begich	senator	alaska	democrat	0	0	0	2	1	a campaign ad


































10541.json	mostly-true	one third of our age group (millennials) have moved back in with their parents.	families,jobs	joseph-yost	state legislator	virginia	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a floor speech.


































9685.json	barely-true	because of the current immigration crisis, republicans want to repeal a 2008law that president george w. bush signed and want to be on record as not wanting to protect children from ...sex trafficking.	immigration	lawrence-odonnell			none	2	2	0	3	0	comments on his show


































11271.json	mostly-true	it has been the law since the beginning of the country that the children of american citizens born ... abroad are american citizens by birth.	immigration,legal-issues	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	speaking to reporters in iowa


































11863.json	true	owen in ma vs. owen in ri advantage:rhode island.	corporations,economy,jobs	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	rhode island	democrat	2	1	2	5	1	economic development report


































7966.json	mostly-true	in 1960, most black children were raised in two-parent, monogamous families. today we have only 20 percent of black children being raised in two-parent, monogamous families...	families,welfare	ew-jackson	pastor	virginia	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a speech.


































4029.json	mostly-true	if youre a wealthy ceo or a hedge fund manager in america right now, your taxes are lower than theyve been since the 1950s.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference


































7588.json	pants-fire	college students who are not u.s. citizens and who get the pell grant plan to return to their home countries after getting free gas cards and child care.	education,immigration,welfare	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	an email


































13014.json	false	donald trumps been completely consistent about his plan for nonviolent undocumented immigrants.	candidates-biography,immigration	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	an interview on meet the press


































733.json	barely-true	barack obama has the longest track record of any candidate in this election in support of the 'bridge to nowhere.' 	federal-budget	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a news release.


































11857.json	false	says a sanders campaign ad never said ... a newspaper endorsed us that did not.	elections	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a democratic presidential debate in durham, n.h.


































594.json	false	obama will charge a 28 percent tax on all home sales.	taxes	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































9124.json	half-true	a koch brothers group is going to college campuses, giving away free booze to try to bribe young folks out of getting health insurance.	alcohol,health-care	organizing-action	group supporting president barack obama	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	0	1	1	0	a fundraising email


































2236.json	mostly-true	said he won the democratic primary without one ... negative tv spot.	message-machine,campaign-advertising	roy-barnes	attorney	georgia	democrat	0	0	3	3	1	a television interview


































7982.json	half-true	about 95 percent of (ohios) electricity comes from burning coal.	energy,environment	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a news conference


































5125.json	false	says over the last two years, new jersey schools development authority employees have not started or completed one single school project, and im not talking about major school renovation. im talking about replacing boilers, roofs.	education	david-sciarra		new jersey	none	0	1	0	1	0	testimony before the state assembly budget committee


































6971.json	false	says tammy baldwin voted to gut medicare for seniors.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare	tommy-thompson		wisconsin	republican	6	8	2	5	3	a tv ad


































10167.json	false	the stand your ground lawcaused the shooting death of trayvon martin.	crime,guns,legal-issues	senate-majority-pac	political action committee	washington, d.c. 	democrat	3	4	4	1	0	a radio ad


































9862.json	true	in georgia, perdues company closed plants and moved jobs to china.	job-accomplishments	michelle-nunn	chief executive officer, points of light foundation	georgia	democrat	3	0	1	2	0	an ad


































2634.json	half-true	says republican reid ribble says stimulus bill failed to jumpstart the economy, but his roofing company made almost $300,000 off stimulus funded projects.	candidates-biography,message-machine,stimulus	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	a campaign tv ad


































8731.json	false	under a proposed bill, a $100,000 homes flood insurance premium would be maybe $200 or $300 annually.	florida,housing	gus-bilirakis	congressman	florida	republican	1	1	0	1	0	a bay news 9 interview


































9878.json	half-true	social security has never contributed one cent to the deficit. not one cent.	social-security	jeff-merkley	u.s. senator	oregon	democrat	0	1	3	6	0	a roundtable discussion with senior citizens


































3954.json	half-true	obamacare takes $500 billion out of medicare and funds obamacare.	health-care,medicare	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a republican presidential candidate debate in new hampshire


































12225.json	half-true	the state that has the highest per capita number of guns that end up committing crimes in new york come from vermont.	crime,guns	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an event in port washington, n.y.


































2139.json	true	over the last 10 years, incomes for the top 1 percent have grown. meanwhile, the bottom half of the country, theyve seen their wages stagnate.	economy,pundits,abc-news-week	donna-brazile	political commentator	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	1	4	7	0	a roundtable discussion on abc's this week


































5068.json	mostly-true	i think with the exception of the last year or maybe the last two years, we were at 100 percent when it came to contributing to the providence pension fund.	city-budget,pensions,retirement,taxes	david-cicilline	mayor of providence	rhode island	democrat	7	4	5	4	1	an appearance on wpri's newsmakers


































11801.json	false	almost all of the polls that have come out suggest that i am a much stronger candidate against the republicans than is hillary clinton.	polls	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a town hall meeting in underwood, iowa.


































6652.json	true	the obama administration is allowing state waivers from welfare work requirements only if they had a credible plan to increase employment by 20 percent.	welfare	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	a convention speech


































2979.json	half-true	all but one of the 50 states already have some form of a balanced budget amendment in their state constitutions.	federal-budget,state-budget	john-cornyn	senator	texas	republican	5	3	6	2	1	an op-ed


































1988.json	false	the u.s. deficit increases at $3 million per second.	economy,federal-budget,government-efficiency,health-care	bill-clegg	lawyer	rhode island	republican	0	1	0	0	0	candidate web page


































8782.json	mostly-true	president barack obamas judicial appointments for georgia and the region were drafted in secret and not vetted by legal groups among the presidents supporters.	congress,legal-issues	david-scott	congressman 	georgia	democrat	0	0	2	1	0	a letter


































103.json	half-true	i have not changed my position on the (gay) marriage amendment or anything else related to marriage.	families,gays-and-lesbians	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an interview on msnbc


































399.json	mostly-true	mccain and bush are millionaires who are for tax cuts for millionaires.	taxes	campaign-defend-america		washington, d.c.	none	0	1	0	2	0	a television ad


































10114.json	pants-fire	the affordable care act says that at age 76 when you most need it most, you are not eligible for cancer treatment. cancer hospital will ration care according to the patients age.	health-care	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email


































12275.json	false	the human rights campaign is more powerful than the nra.	campaign-finance,gays-and-lesbians,sexuality	pat-mccrory	governor of north carolina	north carolina	republican	5	2	3	0	1	in interview on meet the press with chuck todd


































10864.json	mostly-true	about 85 percent of hotel guests who will pay the new $5 hotel/motel fee will be from outside georgia.	tourism,transportation	jay-roberts			republican	0	0	0	1	0	a house floor debate


































13096.json	true	we spend more per student than almost any other major country in the world.	education,government-efficiency	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in cleveland


































3656.json	pants-fire	says the hospital listed on barack obamas just-publicized long-form birth certificate denies the president was born there.	obama-birth-certificate	leo-berman	state representative	texas	republican	0	2	0	0	1	a texas tribune article


































428.json	pants-fire	hillary (clinton), one time late at night when she was exhausted, misstated and immediately apologized for it, what happened to her in bosnia in 1995.	foreign-policy	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	boonville, ind.


































1864.json	mostly-true	we now actually import more oil than we did before 9/11.	energy,abc-news-week,trade	john-kerry	secretary of state	massachusetts	democrat	3	2	2	5	0	an interview on abc's this week''
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