as a state rep, i was considered the fourth-most conservative in the legislature.	states	rick-green			republican	0	1	1	0	0	a speech


































2552.json	mostly-true	rand paul wants us to pay $2,000 just to get medicare.	health-care,medicare,message-machine	jack-conway	kentucky attorney general	kentucky	democrat	0	1	0	2	0	a campaign commercial


































9353.json	mostly-true	says hillary clinton opposed an individual mandate and favored an employer mandate back in 1993.	health-care,public-health	bobby-jindal	governor of louisiana	louisiana	republican	0	1	4	4	0	an op-ed for politico magazine


































9577.json	mostly-true	there are more than 46 million americans living in poverty today -- the largest number in 54 years.	medicaid,poverty	kirk-cox	house majority leader	virginia	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a speech.


































4318.json	half-true	since i introduced my budget -- first budget -- in march of 2010, weve created 50,000 new private-sector jobs for the people of this state.	jobs,state-budget	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a news conference in belmar 


































9864.json	mostly-true	scott walker cut school funding more per student than any governor in america.	children,education,message-machine-2014,state-budget,states,taxes	greater-wisconsin-political-fund		wisconsin	none	3	3	3	1	1	a tv ad


































8243.json	true	says he would be first cpa to serve as texas comptroller.	state-finances	raul-torres	accountant, politician	texas	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a campaign video


































13500.json	mostly-true	on donald trumps plan to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities, because of a decision by the supreme court, no presidents in a position to cut off funding across the board. it has to be very specific to the matter at hand.	city-budget,county-budget,federal-budget,homeland-security,immigration,state-budget	bill-de-blasio	new york city mayor	new york	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a wnyc interview


































9854.json	false	thomas jefferson said, that government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.	elections	jody-hice			republican	0	1	0	0	0	a facebook post


































7737.json	barely-true	proposed gun control legislation will outlaw practically every firearm, make you pay $100 per firearm, put you into a police database and make it nearly impossible to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon.	crime,criminal-justice,government-regulation,guns,market-regulation	ed-doyle	administrator, rhode island chapter, gun rights across america.	rhode island	activist	1	0	0	0	0	a news release and facebook post


































12293.json	barely-true	says donald trump thinks a grown man pretending to be a woman (should) be allowed to use the womens restroom.	candidates-biography,corrections-and-updates,gays-and-lesbians,campaign-advertising	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an attack ad


































457.json	half-true	mccain has voted repeatedly at least six times against funding for global hiv/aids, malaria and tb fund, once as one of only 14 senators.	foreign-policy	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a news release.


































3731.json	true	the border patrol has 20,000 agents more than twice as many as there were in 2004.	immigration	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in el paso


































8103.json	half-true	the fact is that red light cameras change driver behavior and cut down on the most dangerous types of accidents.	public-safety	rick-kriseman	state representative	florida	democrat	0	2	1	1	0	a tampa bay times questionnaire


































1439.json	half-true	under (rick perrys) watch as governor, over six million texans have no health care coverage, including one million children, homeowners suffer from the highest insurance rates in the country, and college tuition has skyrocketed 136 percent.	children,economy,education,health-care	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a press release


































5779.json	half-true	georgias hope scholarship is still the richest scholarship program in america.	education	michael-adams	president of the university of georgia		none	0	0	1	0	0	a newspaper article


































10567.json	false	abortions account for 94 percent of the services provided for pregnant women by planned parenthood.	abortion,health-care,human-rights,religion,women	thomas-tobin	bishop of the diocese of providence		none	0	2	0	0	0	a newspaper column


































10111.json	false	while (charlie crist) was governor, utility costs went up 30 percent and went from below the national average to above the national average. since i got elected, utility rates have come down 11 percent and now we are below the average.	debates,energy,message-machine-2014	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a debate


































11256.json	mostly-true	bernie sanders opposesthe trans-pacific partnership, and hillary clinton supportsit.	trade	viral-image			none	5	5	0	3	15	a viral internet chart


































10543.json	false	on supporting right to work legislation in 2015	corporations,economy,labor,small-business,unions,workers	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a statement


































7904.json	barely-true	says the success of his economic agenda is supported by the fact we went from unemployment at 9.2 percent when i decided to run for governor four years ago to two points lower.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a television interview


































4709.json	barely-true	in the patient protection and affordable care act, it was the democrats who cut $500 billion from medicare. and they also put in place the independent payment advisory board, 15 unelected bureaucrats, which will be making decisions about health care for our seniors and for all americans.	health-care,medicare	allen-west	u.s. representative, florida district 22	florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	a fox news interview


































8854.json	half-true	were trailing every other state in the midwest in terms of job creation since january of 2011.	state-budget,state-finances,states,taxes	mary-burke	madison school board member	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	11	8	3	an interview


































4116.json	false	potus economists: stimulus has cost $278,000 per job.	stimulus	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a tweet on twitter


































5131.json	mostly-true	the education tax burden for shelby county -- and tennessee -- is one of the lowest in the country.	education,taxes	kriner-cash	superintendent, memphis city schools		none	0	0	0	1	0	a presentation to shelby county's schools merger transition planning commission


































11861.json	false	says donald trumps conversion to pro-life beliefs are akin to justin biebers, who said in the past that abortion was no big deal to him.	abortion	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	an interview on cnn


































9435.json	mostly-true	by the time i left the state department, economic growth was up and opium production was down in afghanistan, while infant mortality declined and school enrollment rose by more than sevenfold.	drugs,economy,education,foreign-policy,health-care,public-health,women	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	her book, hard choices


































12805.json	mostly-true	we have the most productive workers in the world.	economy,workers	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a speech at the democratic national convention


































9801.json	true	before i was state treasurer, my rhode island business helped create over 1,000 jobs.	candidates-biography,economy,job-accomplishments,jobs,message-machine-2014	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	rhode island	democrat	2	1	2	5	1	a campaign ad


































2195.json	false	says bill white profiteered in the aftermath of hurricane rita.	ethics,infrastructure,transparency	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a perry website


































11370.json	mostly-true	alabamas crimson tide will be the underdog in saturdays game against the georgia bulldogs, the first time in 72 consecutive games that alabama has not been favored by oddsmakers to win.	gambling,sports	espn	news	georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	in an article


































9771.json	half-true	says rick scott took $200,000 in campaign contributions from a company that profited off pollution.	climate-change,energy,environment,message-machine-2014	nextgen-climate			organization	0	0	3	0	0	tv ad


































3676.json	mostly-true	in a lawsuit between private citizens, a florida judge announced the decision was going to be based on islamic law.	florida,legal-issues,religion	adam-hasner		florida	republican	2	1	4	4	0	a speech before conservative activists


































4615.json	half-true	says democrats raised taxes over 115 times in the past 10 years, making new jersey increasingly unaffordable and chasing jobs to neighboring states.	economy,jobs,taxes	tom-kean-jr	new jersey senate minority leader		republican	0	2	1	0	0	a news release


































7742.json	false	metro on whether it could use bond money for restoration.	taxes	metro			none	0	0	0	0	0	voters pamphlet


































2394.json	half-true	roy barnes is like barack obama because theyre both doing a lot of apologizing.	message-machine	republican-governors-association		washington, d.c.	republican	5	1	6	4	2	a tv commercial


































817.json	pants-fire	barack obama thinks terrorists just need a good talking to.	terrorism	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	a direct mail piece


































13051.json	barely-true	the germans, the french, countries that opposed us in the (iraq) war, all believed (saddam hussein) had weapons of mass destruction.	iraq	paul-wolfowitz	visiting scholar at the american enterprise institute	new york	none	1	0	0	0	0	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































11345.json	half-true	the pope and donald trump and tammy baldwin all agree on eliminating the carried-interest tax break.	financial-regulation,income,religion,taxes	tammy-baldwin	u.s. representative	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	an interview


































7387.json	barely-true	agriculture has always required a significant workforce from abroad.	agriculture,history,immigration,workers	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a blog post on redstate.com


































4400.json	half-true	says jon huntsman supports changes in medicare that would deny guaranteed benefits to 980,000 new hampshire residents.	medicare,new-hampshire-2012	new-hampshire-democratic-party		new hampshire	democrat	4	0	3	3	0	a statement on the state democratic website.


































3541.json	half-true	across the united states, 25 percent of voting age african americans do not have the photo id that this bill would require.	elections	armond-budish	minority leader in the ohio house of representatives	ohio	democrat	0	1	2	3	0	


































12187.json	half-true	says rick scott stripped women of access to public health care.	abortion	rick-scotts-starbucks-heckler	activist, stay-at-home mom	florida	activist	0	0	2	0	0	a confrontation with rick scott at starbucks


































7340.json	true	a majority of americans agree with a ban on assault weapons. and by the way, so did ronald reagan.	guns	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	in a speech


































10355.json	true	only 42 percent of young georgians have a college certificate or degree, but soon 60 percent of jobs will require some college credential.	education,jobs	hank-huckaby	university system chancellor	georgia	none	0	0	0	0	0	civic club speech


































10467.json	half-true	texas has the lowest crime rate in this state since 1968 because of changes in law regarding nonviolent drug offenders.	crime,criminal-justice,drugs	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	valedictory speech as governor to the texas legislature


































8089.json	false	says hjm 20 was the only bill not assigned to a house committee.	government-efficiency	oregon-catalyst			organization	0	1	0	0	0	a blog post.


































12526.json	mostly-true	says if you try to hide marijuana in a hemp field, it becomes worthless. the thc goes away.	drugs,government-regulation,marijuana,market-regulation,science	larry-yarborough	n.c. representative	north carolina	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a meeting in the legislature about hemp regulations


































10898.json	barely-true	the texas senate approved a bill to put a special label on the insurance cards of anyone who bought a plan through obamacare that includes the letter s for subsidy.	health-care	al-sharpton		new york	democrat	2	1	1	1	0	a broadcast of msnbc's politicsnation


































7541.json	half-true	said the year before he took office, the state lost 119,000 private-sector jobs, labeling them corzine jobs losses of 2009.	jobs	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a keynote speech to a commercial real estate group


































7136.json	barely-true	says the state is required pick up 70 percent of the cost of k-12 education.	education,state-budget	john-kitzhaber	governor of oregon	oregon	democrat	1	1	4	4	0	a speech.


































6325.json	half-true	theres a loophole where you can sell guns without a background check 40 percent of guns are sold that way at gun shows and over the internet.	criminal-justice,guns	michael-bloomberg		new york	independent	0	2	2	3	0	an interview on face the nation


































12855.json	true	illinois suffered 1,652 overdose deaths in 2014 ... of which 40 percent were associated with heroin. illinois is ranked number one in the nation for a decline in treatment capacity between 2007 and 2012, and is now ranked the third worst in the country for state-funded treatment capacity.	drugs	richard-durbin	senator	illinois	democrat	0	2	1	0	1	a press release 


































10512.json	false	the minimum wage has risen $2.35 in the last two years. thats 31 percent.	economy,families,government-regulation,income,poverty,small-business,workers	leonidas-raptakis	state senator	rhode island	democrat	0	1	1	0	0	testimony before the house committee on labor


































12336.json	mostly-true	coloradocare would have higher revenues than mcdonalds.	elections,health-care	colorado-health-institute			none	0	0	0	1	0	an analysis report 


































11726.json	barely-true	everywhere that we have more citizens carrying guns, crime is less. theres a study showing that where states have open carry or concealed carry, but particularly open carry, the crime is down 25 percent.	crime,guns	dan-patrick	lieutenant governor-elect	texas	republican	4	4	3	4	4	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































3904.json	half-true	weve seen 115,000 jobs created in the american auto industry since gm and chrysler emerged from bankruptcy.	economy,jobs	brian-deese	deputy director of the white house national economic council		democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a telephone news conference


































6774.json	mostly-true	bill nelson voted to confirm sonia sotomayor, who signed a supreme court opinion saying americans do not have an individual right to own firearms.	guns,supreme-court	national-rifle-association			none	3	5	1	5	3	an anti-nelson mailer


































1324.json	barely-true	the stupak amendment doesnt just say you cant use your federal insurance subsidy to pay for an abortion, it says, if youre getting a federal subsidy of any kind, youre not allowed to buy an insurance plan that covers abortion even with your own money.	abortion,health-care,pundits	rachel-maddow	msnbc host		none	6	6	4	6	1	her show on msnbc


































6813.json	barely-true	says president barack obama already passed all these obamacare taxes. about a dozen of them hit middle-income taxpayers.	health-care,taxes	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	an interview on fox news sunday


































9737.json	false	the music industry is the biggest export from africa after oil and gas.	ebola,economy,foreign-policy,pop-culture	dbanj	musician		none	0	1	0	0	0	comments on abc's this week


































6366.json	barely-true	the presidents health care law raids medicare by more than $500 billion and creates a medicare rationing board a group of 15 unelected bureaucrats to slow the growth of medicare spending.	health-care,medicare	scott-garrett	congressman	new jersey	republican	1	0	0	0	0	an op-ed on northjersey.com


































9316.json	mostly-true	congress used earmarks for more than 200 years.	congress,corrections-and-updates,federal-budget	harry-reid	senate democratic leader	nevada	democrat	4	5	3	7	3	a news conference


































992.json	mostly-true	venezuela is a country whose defense budget is probably 1/600th of the united states.	military	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a news conference.


































699.json	half-true	senator obama thinks we can achieve energy independence without more drilling and without more nuclear power.	energy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	


































9033.json	true	the average family (is) now bringing home $4,000 less than they did just five years ago.	economy,families	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a republican weekly address


































5950.json	true	on the troubled asset relief program (tarp)	financial-regulation	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	statements to the media


































10041.json	half-true	leticia van de putte opposed putting national guard troops on the border, would send millions to central american governments instead and wrote the law giving in-state tuition to illegal immigrants.	immigration	dan-patrick	lieutenant governor-elect	texas	republican	4	4	3	4	4	a tv ad


































5528.json	true	says there are four super pacs on the republican side of the texas u.s. senate race.	campaign-finance	paul-sadler	lawyer	texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	1	a travis county democratic party candidate forum


































8414.json	false	unfortunately, since mr. fosters been mayor ... there are less people employed in the city of st. petersburg than there were prior to his taking office.	jobs	rick-kriseman	state representative	florida	democrat	0	2	1	1	0	a tampa bay times/mayoral debate


































4189.json	false	says u.s. rep. ron kinds stimulus cost taxpayers $278,000 per job.	jobs,stimulus,taxes	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a news release


































9333.json	half-true	when you read the koran, it talks about dont take christians and jews as your friends.	islam	sean-hannity	radio/tv host		none	3	5	3	2	1	a segment on hannity


































9052.json	mostly-true	dan patrick called for increasing the gas tax and the state sales tax.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	


































12478.json	barely-true	congressman joe heck has (voted) 62% of the time with nancy pelosi and the democrats on a variety of important issues.	voting-record	sharron-angle	republican nominee for nevada u.s. senate seat	nevada	republican	3	1	1	0	0	in a television ad


































1405.json	barely-true	chile ranks third internationally in economic freedom, while the u.s. ranks 17th.	economy,foreign-policy,pundits	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	a video blog post


































3235.json	false	under the white houses budget proposal, we will not be adding more to the national debt by the middle of the decade.	deficit,federal-budget	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference


































1514.json	barely-true	bill mccollum said tax cuts don't work.	taxes	alex-sink		florida	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	a comment on her facebook page.


































6919.json	barely-true	the tax burden on virginia families was lower under tim kaine than under george allen.	families,taxes	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a news release.


































9774.json	false	says charliecrist made it easier for duke to take your money.	energy,florida	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a campaign commercial


































5640.json	barely-true	says a barack obama black imposter joke got a standing ovation at san angelo rodeo.	polls	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email.


































9444.json	barely-true	already in wisconsin we have seen fewer people pursuing education as a career due to the act 10 collective bargaining law.	education,state-budget,state-finances,workers	mary-burke	madison school board member	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	11	8	3	an interview


































12449.json	mostly-true	saysmaggie hassan was out of state on 30 days over the last three months.	job-accomplishments,public-service	kelly-ayotte	u.s. senator	new hampshire	republican	2	1	1	4	0	a press release


































4432.json	mostly-true	gov. kasich and the republican-dominated legislature have foregone the popular option of closing tax loopholes that amount to $7 billion annually in this state.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	dan-ramos	state representative	ohio	democrat	0	1	1	1	0	a newspaper column


































5749.json	half-true	says his texas election fraud investigations have resulted in 50 convictions.	crime,elections,legal-issues	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	a press release


































8192.json	barely-true	miami-dade county is the no. 1 donor county in the state.	state-budget,taxes	rene-garcia	state senator	florida	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a florida cabinet meeting


































7886.json	mostly-true	we havent had a republican senator in washington for ... why, i think clifford case was our last republican senator.	congress,history	christine-whitman	president, the whitman strategy group	new jersey	republican	0	0	0	2	0	an interview on the john gambling radio show


































9431.json	barely-true	judging by a recent vote, rep. debbie wasserman schultz thinks its okay for medical marijuana patients to go to federal prison.	crime,criminal-justice,drugs,marijuana	americans-safe-access		washington d.c.	organization	1	0	0	0	0	a tv ad


































7721.json	half-true	federal prosecutions for lying on background checks to buy guns are down 40 percent under president barack obama.	guns,legal-issues	bob-goodlatte	u.s. congressman	virginia	republican	0	1	4	3	0	a tv appearance.


































2616.json	pants-fire	we havent yet taken out a negative ad.	campaign-finance,elections,abc-news-week	christine-odonnell	candidate for u.s. senate	delaware	republican	1	0	0	1	2	a debate


































2122.json	half-true	jane norton supported the largest tax hike in colorado history.	message-machine,state-budget,states,taxes	americans-job-security			none	0	0	3	0	0	an issue advocacy ad


































1280.json	barely-true	here in florida, ive slashed government by 10 percent. that's $7 billion.	state-budget	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	radio advertisement for u.s. senate campaign


































2477.json	false	over the past year ... our 16 counties have hemorrhaged more than 6,000 jobs with no apparent end in sight.	economy,stimulus	steve-southerland	u.s. representative, florida district 2	florida	republican	1	2	1	1	0	a press release.


































6123.json	false	since president barack obama took office, you have 1,700 employees just at the department of transportation earning over $170,000.	bush-administration,federal-budget,income,transportation	eric-hovde			republican	2	3	3	0	0	an interview


































7814.json	mostly-true	new jerseys governor cut $1.6 billion from public education while handing out $2.1 billion in corporate tax breaks, more than the entire previous decade.	corporations,education,state-budget,state-finances	new-jersey-state-afl-cio		new jersey	organization	0	0	0	1	0	a facebook page post


































901.json	false	even with recent changes, the average hourly wage at general motors is still $75 an hour.	transportation	spencer-bachus	u.s. representative	alabama	republican	0	1	0	0	0	


































6720.json	false	u.s. house opponent paul ryan supports cutting funding for veterans by 24 percent.	disability,federal-budget,health-care,housing,veterans	rob-zerban			democrat	0	1	0	0	1	an interview


































4628.json	mostly-true	since 1970, the clean air act has reduced toxic and health-threatening air pollution by 60 percent while our economy has grown more than 200 percent.	environment	hank-johnson	u.s. congressman	georgia	democrat	3	0	4	3	0	a web post


































11303.json	mostly-true	missouri is #1 in the nation for holding down tuition increases at public universities.	federal-budget,state-budget	jay-nixon	governor	missouri	democrat	2	0	0	1	0	a post on twitter


































2986.json	true	the milwaukee business community did not speak about the facts -- and in support of train manufacturer talgo -- as the milwaukee-madison rail link was being killed.	state-budget,transportation	talgo-inc	spanish-owned manufacturer of trains		none	0	0	0	0	0	a statement from the company


































10783.json	mostly-true	the u.s. representatives that voted to keep militarizing the police received 73 percent more campaign money from the defense industry than the representatives who voted to stop it.	campaign-finance,corrections-and-updates,criminal-justice,federal-budget,military	representus	activist group focusing on campaign finance, corruption	massachusetts	none	0	0	0	1	0	a meme on social media


































13350.json	half-true	we have never done business with donald trump.	candidates-biography	patrick-murphy		florida	democrat	2	1	4	5	0	a tv interview on wfla


































258.json	true	sen. mccain says it was not a mistake to vote against the bush tax cuts ... but now says the tax cuts need to be made permanent.	taxes	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a press release


































1248.json	mostly-true	during the reagan era, while productivity increased, wages for working people remained frozen.	economy	michael-moore	documentary filmmaker		none	2	5	1	6	0	his movie capitalism: a love story


































10450.json	half-true	when you look at the earned income tax credit, it has about a 25 percent fraud rate. were looking at $20 billion to $30 billion.	taxes,welfare	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a forum at the freedom partners 2015 california retreat


































8758.json	half-true	unemployment insurance kept more than 620,000 children out of poverty in 2012.	children,poverty,workers	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a facebook post


































4442.json	half-true	170,000 of the jobs created in texas under gov. rick perry were government jobs.	economy,jobs,state-budget,state-finances,states,workers	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a republican presidential debate in tampa


































7930.json	true	says 97 percent of food stamp benefits are paid in the proper amounts to people who are really eligible.	agriculture,poverty	pete-gallego	former legislator and u.s. house member	texas	democrat	1	1	2	2	0	a u.s. house committee meeting.


































12122.json	mostly-true	to this day, (the cuban government) is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives.	foreign-policy,terrorism	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a news conference


































6678.json	true	the senate has not passed a budget in more than three years, not a good budget, not a bad budget, no budget.	federal-budget	leonard-lance			republican	0	0	1	2	0	an interview on njtoday


































9957.json	pants-fire	congress includes 36 people accused of spousal abuse, 84 arrested for drunk driving in the past year, 71 with terrible creditand more.	congress,crime,ethics	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a facebook meme


































7111.json	barely-true	says the initial portland plastic bag ban represented only a modest share of total single-use checkout bag use.	city-government	sam-adams	mayor of portland	oregon	democrat	3	2	5	2	0	a proposed ordinance.


































9235.json	pants-fire	the bundy ranch deal is all about nevada sen. harry reid using federal violence to take peoples land in his state so he can package it to re-sell it to the chinese.	china,environment,government-regulation	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	multiple blog and video posts


































1243.json	false	there's no evidence anywhere that offshore drilling has hurt tourism in any area where it has been allowed.	energy,environment	barney-bishop	president, associated industries of florida	florida	none	0	1	0	0	0	a press release


































5693.json	false	says wisconsin women facing pay discrimination cant do something about it under bill passed by republicans.	civil-rights,legal-issues,women,workers	kathleen-falk			democrat	1	3	3	1	0	a speech


































2305.json	true	under the new health care law, if a landscaper wants to buy a new lawnmower, or a restaurant needs a new ice-maker, they have to report that to the feds.	health-care,taxes	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a speech at the city club of cleveland


































2040.json	barely-true	says that president obama said if congress passed the economic stimulus bill, we would have unemployment at 8 percent and no higher. and it went higher.	pundits,stimulus,abc-news-week	george-will	columnist	maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	abc's this week


































9192.json	true	says charlie crist implemented jeb bushs a+ plan.	education	progressive-choice			organization	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign mailer


































11375.json	true	we have 650 people who move to texas every day.	corrections-and-updates,economy,population,states	glenn-hegar	farmer	texas	republican	0	1	1	1	0	a speech in georgetown, texas


































9674.json	mostly-true	by some estimates, as few as 2 percent of the 50,000 (central american) children who have crossed the border illegally this year have been sent home.	immigration	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	an op-ed in the wall street journal


































3369.json	half-true	says city of portland has a one-time $22 million surplus	government-efficiency	sam-adams	mayor of portland	oregon	democrat	3	2	5	2	0	his blog


































8855.json	mostly-true	i never gave up custody of my children. i never lost custody of my children.	candidates-biography,corrections-and-updates,families,marriage	wendy-davis	state senator	texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	a speech


































1641.json	false	the new england journal of medicine released a survey the week that president obama signed obamacare stating that over 30 percent of american physicians would leave the profession if the government took over health care.	health-care	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	on cbs's face the nation


































9080.json	true	you can buy lobster with food stamps.	government-regulation,state-budget	greg-morris			republican	0	0	0	0	0	an article


































4233.json	mostly-true	i cut more as a percentage out of government than any state in the country this past decade. and where is michigan in terms of its economic growth? cutting did not result in economic growth.	deficit,economy,states	jennifer-granholm	former governor of michigan	michigan	democrat	1	0	3	2	0	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































12952.json	barely-true	the obama administration gave iran $400 million in ransom payment cash.	foreign-policy,nuclear,terrorism	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	remarks in michigan


































2135.json	false	i remember one of [curt schillings] teammates said he painted his sock, the bloody sock.	baseball,economy,pop-culture	lincoln-chafee		rhode island	democrat	3	5	3	4	0	in a comment on the john depetro show


































7696.json	barely-true	not one dime gets added to the deficit because of social security.	deficit,disability,retirement,social-security	mark-pocan	state assembly member, 78th district	wisconsin	democrat	1	2	2	3	0	an interview


































11751.json	mostly-true	the united states of america, right now, has the strongest, most durable economy in the world.	economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the state of the union address


































2187.json	false	canada sets aside 36 percent of their visas for people with skills they think their country needs. we set aside 6 percent.	immigration	michael-bloomberg		new york	independent	0	2	2	3	0	an interview on meet the press.


































3196.json	false	the federal health care law is probably the biggest tax increase ever in the history of our country.	health-care,taxes	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	comments during a tour of a manufacturing plant.


































6263.json	half-true	there are 60,000 fewer jobs today in this state than we had in 2008.	jobs	ovide-lamontagne	attorney	new hampshire	republican	0	0	2	0	0	a republican gubernatorial debate at franklin pierce university in rindge, n.h.


































2774.json	half-true	on toll roads.	state-budget,transportation	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview on toll roads as an option for state highways


































6555.json	true	says republicans supported legislation on early voting and in-person voting in 2005.	elections,government-regulation,voting-record	teresa-fedor	state representative	ohio	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a news conference


































8961.json	half-true	chained cpi would save $1 trillion in the second decade off the federal budget debt, a report shows.	economy,federal-budget,medicare,social-security	david-brooks			none	0	0	2	0	0	comments on nbc's meet the press


































8011.json	true	says austin is the largest city in america without a congressional district anchored in it.	redistricting	elliott-naishtat	attorney	texas	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a texas house floor debate.


































1290.json	barely-true	a president must obtain congress' consent before formally accepting the nobel prize.	foreign-policy,legal-issues	ginny-brown-waite	congresswoman	florida	republican	2	0	2	0	0	a letter to president obama


































9151.json	true	when people enter the service, theres not a mental health evaluation.	health-care,military	michael-mccaul	congressman	texas	republican	1	0	1	4	0	comments on fox news sunday


































11625.json	mostly-true	road congestion costs rush hour drivers in austin and dallas more than $1,000 a year. and in houston, its even more -- almost $1,500 a year.	transportation	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	op-ed in austin american-statesman


































7426.json	pants-fire	theres more murders with hammers last year than...shotguns and pistols and ak-47s.	guns	bill-jackson	state senator	georgia	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a meeting


































1462.json	mostly-true	uses headlines to portray gov. rick perry as beholden to special interests.	ethics	kay-bailey-hutchison	u.s. senator	texas	republican	2	4	4	3	0	a tv advertisement


































1777.json	true	ms. kagan has spent her entire professional career in harvard square, hyde park and the d.c. beltway.	kagan-nomination,supreme-court	john-cornyn	senator	texas	republican	5	3	6	2	1	a press release


































12982.json	half-true	her campaign and her supporters in her campaign were the ones that borne out the birther movement.	obama-birth-certificate	reince-priebus	chairman, republican national committee	wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































6015.json	false	because of voter fraud, republican candidates need to do a point or two better to win statewide elections in wisconsin.	city-government,crime,elections	reince-priebus	chairman, republican national committee	wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	an interview


































12520.json	true	nine million people have lower-cost hiv/aids medicine because of the work of the clinton foundation and my husband.	foreign-policy,public-health	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an interview on cnn


































8944.json	mostly-true	chris christie helped funnel $6 million in federal hurricane sandy money to a senior center in belleville, n.j., a place that suffered no damage.	housing,weather	lawrence-odonnell			none	2	2	0	3	0	a segment on msnbc's the last word with lawrence o'donnell


































6035.json	half-true	massachusetts under gov. mitt romney initially ranked last among states in job growth, but by the end of his governorship, we were in the middle of the pack.	economy,history,jobs,states	eric-fehrnstrom	senior adviser to mitt romney's presidential campaign	massachusetts	republican	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on abc's this week with george stephanopoulos


































10309.json	mostly-true	the federal budget bill reauthorizes the overseas private investment corporation, which provides taxpayer dollars so that the four seasons hotel can build a resort in turkey.	federal-budget	michael-needham	ceo, heritage action		republican	1	0	0	1	0	comments on fox news sunday


































7336.json	barely-true	says that 9 million to 50 million undocumented immigrants live in the united states.	immigration,population	texas-federation-republican-women			republican	1	0	0	0	0	an approved resolution.


































7726.json	false	ohioans want an end to pay-to-play politics.	crime,criminal-justice,ethics	ed-fitzgerald	cuyahoga county executive	ohio	democrat	1	1	0	1	0	an email announcing his gubernatorial campaign kickoff


































12768.json	mostly-true	we are the only industrialized nation that doesnt guarantee workers paid family leave.	families,jobs,women	kirsten-gillibrand	u.s. senator	new york	democrat	0	0	1	3	0	a speech at the democratic national convention


































12012.json	mostly-true	a single mother of two cant qualify for basic healthcare through medicaid if she makes more than $3,504 dollars a year.	health-care	chris-koster	attorney general of missouri	missouri	democrat	0	0	2	3	0	a tweet


































5710.json	false	general motors is the largest corporation in the world again.	corporations,economy	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a “face the nation” interview


































376.json	half-true	a mailer from the obama campaign accurately indicates that hillary clinton would force uninsured people to buy insurance, even if they can't afford it.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	cleveland, ohio


































4198.json	pants-fire	says ohio treasurer josh mandel supports allowing the united states to default on its obligations.	deficit,federal-budget	ohio-democratic-party		ohio	democrat	4	1	2	2	2	a news release


































4901.json	barely-true	says mitt romney belittled middle-class tax cuts as nothing more than little band-aids.	taxes	florida-democratic-party		florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	a news release


































7806.json	false	a referendum gives the people the chance to decide on cutting the milwaukee county board budget by two-thirds	county-budget,county-government	leah-vukmir	member of state assembly	wisconsin	republican	0	2	0	1	0	a news release


































12537.json	false	even among second and third generation muslims in the united states, theres no real assimilation.	diversity,immigration,religion	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview with fox news' sean hannity


































3593.json	mostly-true	hackers broke into virginias prescription-drug database (and) ... obtained more than 8.2 million patient records and a total of nearly 36 million prescriptions.	drugs	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	testimony before congress.


































9779.json	pants-fire	says ted cruz was just bribed by the kochs to introduce a bill that would give them and their allies americas national forests, parks, and other public lands and open them for mining, drilling, fracking and logging.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography,crime,environment	occupy-democrats			organization	0	4	3	1	4	a facebook photo post


































8990.json	mostly-true	the (russian) ruble is already going down.	economy,foreign-policy	john-kerry	secretary of state	massachusetts	democrat	3	2	2	5	0	comments on cbs' face the nation


































3979.json	false	on subsidies for ethanol production.	agriculture,environment,federal-budget	george-allen	consultant	virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a blog post.


































10897.json	true	one out of five of our children live in a family thats on food stamps.	agriculture,children,federal-budget,hunger	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a speech in iowa


































4841.json	mostly-true	says she brought together business, labor and hospitals to give 94,000 oregon children health care.	health-care	eileen-brady			democrat	0	2	0	1	0	in a campaign ad


































2570.json	half-true	according to independent analysis, unfair trade deals have resulted in the loss of over 64,000 jobs in wisconsin ... but ron johnson favors those deals.	jobs,message-machine,trade	russ-feingold		wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	campaign tv and radio ads


































4068.json	mostly-true	ohio currently ranks 50th out of all states in income growth.	economy,income	lisa-hamler-fugitt	executive director of the ohio association of second harvest foodbanks	ohio	none	0	0	0	1	0	testimony before a house subcommittee


































12301.json	mostly-true	we knew strom thurmond had proposed the amendment that blocked puerto ricos use of chapter 9 bankruptcy protection.	bankruptcy,corrections-and-updates	john-oliver	host, last week tonight		none	0	0	2	4	0	a broadcast of hbo's last week tonight


































7236.json	half-true	in the four years before i became governor, we increased state debt $5.2 billion. weve paid it down $2 billion.	debt	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a tv interview


































6571.json	half-true	says they said it was impossible to balance a budget at the same time, with an $11 billion deficit and we did it.	state-budget,state-finances	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a speech at the republican national convention in tampa


































2640.json	false	says bruce starr broke the law by letting lobbyists wine and dine him in maui.	ethics,message-machine	chuck-riley	state representative	oregon	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a television ad


































13512.json	pants-fire	latina who enthusiastically supported donald trump on stage in las vegas in october 2015 has been deported.	immigration	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	social media posts, blogs


































166.json	half-true	john mccain is right on that one. the line-item veto is the best tool the president has to rein in excessive spending.	federal-budget	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an interview on cnbc.


































7329.json	half-true	in 2009, the fbi referred more than 71,000 cases of people failing background checks when trying to buy a gun to another federal agency, but u.s. attorneys ultimately prosecuted only 77 of them.	crime,criminal-justice,government-regulation,guns	mayors-against-illegal-guns			organization	0	0	3	0	0	a website post


































13385.json	mostly-true	says barack obama is the first president in modern history not to have a single year of 3 percent growth.	economy	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a campaign speech


































7827.json	barely-true	half of all hospitalized seniors are suffering from malnutrition so severe that it either caused their illness or it prevents them from getting better.	health-care,hunger,poverty	meals-wheels-rhode-island		rhode island	organization	1	0	0	0	0	a fundraising letter


































11670.json	barely-true	under conservative leadership, congress has reduced the federal deficit by 60 percent nearly $800 billion.	congress,deficit,economy,federal-budget	american-action-network			republican	1	0	0	0	1	a newspaper ad


































13029.json	barely-true	says patrick murphy never worked as a cpa and was never a small business owner.	candidates-biography	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	a tv ad


































9937.json	mostly-true	in 2012, wall street gave scott brown more campaign contributions than any other candidate -- $5.3 million.	campaign-finance,financial-regulation,message-machine-2014	jeanne-shaheen	senator	new hampshire	democrat	3	0	4	2	0	a radio ad


































2811.json	mostly-true	$65 billion would be added to the deficit if we keep the cuts for people on the highest incomes.	federal-budget,taxes	mark-warner	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	3	1	6	3	0	n op/ed in the financial times


































6333.json	false	what i look at every month is how many more new jerseyans are back to work. you have another 9,900 last month that are back to work and over almost 90,000 that are back to work now since i became governor.	jobs	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a news conference


































5124.json	pants-fire	says newt gingrich co-sponsored a bill with nancy pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a u.n. program supporting chinas brutal one-child policy.	abortion,bipartisanship,candidates-biography,children,china,environment,federal-budget,message-machine-2012	restore-our-future	super pac		republican	1	0	3	1	2	a television ad


































66.json	true	poor people go to a payday lender...and they pay 300, 400, 500 percent interest.	poverty	john-edwards	former senator	north carolina	democrat	0	2	4	4	1	a speech in americus, ga.


































5403.json	mostly-true	other states have considered or have sunset advisory commissions; the federal government has the ability, too.	state-budget,state-finances	bruce-starr	state senator	oregon	republican	0	1	0	1	0	a floor speech


































9437.json	half-true	under wisconsin law, anyone who knows anything about a john doe secret criminal investigation cant talk about it.	campaign-finance,county-government,crime,criminal-justice,elections	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a tv interview


































235.json	true	 ... following world war ii war crime trials were convened. the japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against american pows. among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding.	history	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a campaign event in st. petersburg


































793.json	half-true	on the economic crisis, the biggest problem in this whole process was the deregulation of the financial system.	economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	nashville, tenn.


































11080.json	barely-true	texas high school graduation rate went from 27th in the country in 2002, to second highest in the country in 2013.	education,states	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a speech at the national press club


































9489.json	false	says the secret john doe criminal investigation of his campaign has been resolved and two judges have said it is over.	campaign-finance,legal-issues	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a tv interview


































1444.json	mostly-true	obama came into office with a $1.3 trillion deficit before i had passed any law. ... we came in with $8 trillion worth of debt over the next decade.	economy,federal-budget	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a republican retreat in baltimore


































2484.json	half-true	says daniel webster wants to make divorce illegal, even for abused wives.	marriage,message-machine,religion,women	alan-grayson	u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	a tv ad.


































5836.json	half-true	says amanda fritz publicly claimed to be endorsed by naral pro-choice oregon, both on her website and in the voters guide.	city-government,message-machine-2012,women	mary-nolan	represents southwest portland in oregon house	oregon	democrat	0	0	3	0	0	a campaign press release


































12.json	false	i'll tell you what i can tell this country: if they want a president who doesn't believe in god, there's probably plenty of choices.	religion	mike-huckabee	author	arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	manchester, n.h.


































11588.json	false	drinking champagne could help prevent alzheimers and other forms of dementia.	alcohol,health-care,medicare	viral-media-reports	none	georgia	none	1	1	0	0	0	 social media and in print


































6264.json	barely-true	because of the health care act, the people who have health care and like it in this county are not going to be able to keep what they have.	health-care	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a tv interview.


































13324.json	mostly-true	ford is moving all of their small-car production to mexico.	corporations,trade,workers	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in delaware, ohio


































5230.json	true	right now in georgia, nearly one in three leaving our prisons are re-convicted within three years.	criminal-justice	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a speech


































8519.json	false	says kay hagan supports waivers for friends of obama and special treatment for congress and their staffs.	health-care	americans-prosperity			none	6	7	2	1	2	a youtube ad


































6900.json	half-true	says shes never said dont build texas 45 southwest.	transportation	karen-huber	travis county commissioner, precinct 3	texas	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an austin american-statesman news stor


































10524.json	true	the department of homeland security is the only federal department not funded for this entire fiscal year by congress.	congress,federal-budget,homeland-security,terrorism	lloyd-doggett	texas congressman in the u.s. houst of representatives	texas	democrat	1	0	2	7	0	oped commentary


































12599.json	true	if you are a member of union, your median weekly income is roughly $200 more than if you are a nonunion member, and that doesnt include benefits.	unions,workers	thomas-perez	secretary of labor	maryland	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	an interview.


































917.json	false	for every dollar (in the stimulus package) that is spent to help small businesses, $4 is being spent to help upkeep the grass on the lawns of washington.	economy,stimulus	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	an interview on the fox news channel.


































8336.json	true	if sea levels rise six feet due to climate change, waterplace park in providence and wickford village would be swamped	environment,science	grover-fugate	executive director of the rhode island coastal resources management council	rhode island	state-official	0	0	0	0	0	a tv interview


































6811.json	mostly-true	chinese tire imports threatened 1,000 american jobs, so president obama stood up to china and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obamas decision.	china,message-machine-2012,trade	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a television ad


































7084.json	true	says the state of texas rates as unacceptable almost 500 of the states 8,000 public schools.	education	dan-patrick	lieutenant governor-elect	texas	republican	4	4	3	4	4	a texas tribune interview.


































7900.json	half-true	the wisconsin economic development corporation is a proven job creator.	jobs	john-nygren	state assembly, 89th district	wisconsin	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a press conference


































9323.json	true	says dan patrick proposed arizona-style show-me-your-papers legislation.	crime,criminal-justice,immigration	julian-castro	mayor, san antonio	texas	democrat	0	0	3	3	0	univision debate on immigration


































1460.json	true	our (texas) graduation rate ranks 43rd out of 50 states.	education	bill-white	former mayor of houston	texas	democrat	2	3	5	7	3	in a tv ad


































7607.json	pants-fire	says that his transportation budget and ohio turnpike plan would make sure we have lower tolls than weve had through the history of the turnpike.	transportation	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	an interview televised march 22 on “state of ohio”


































1061.json	barely-true	the war spending bill actually spends more money on the international monetary fund than on the war.	military	lynn-westmoreland			republican	1	1	3	0	0	a press release on the house gop's blog.


































12321.json	true	north carolina has one of the fastest growing populations as well as the fastest growing economy in the country.	economy,income,population,states	pat-mccrory	governor of north carolina	north carolina	republican	5	2	3	0	1	an official announcement


































6473.json	true	says paul ryans budget relies on the same $700 billion in savings from medicare that mitt romney and other republicans have been attacking democrats about.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare,retirement	stephanie-cutter	co-host on cnn's crossfire	massachusetts	democrat	1	1	0	1	0	an interview on face the nation


































12546.json	false	says hillary clintons state department blocked investigation into orlando killers mosque.	terrorism	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	an article


































2877.json	false	the madison-milwaukee (high-speed) train line is dead.	job-accomplishments,transportation	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a statement issued by a transition team leader


































9432.json	mostly-true	in february, john mccain suggested the bergdahl-taliban swap that he now calls outrageous and dangerous.	afghanistan,foreign-policy	rachel-maddow	msnbc host		none	6	6	4	6	1	a broadcast of the rachel maddow show


































7145.json	true	says that in 2011, oregon had the second fastest growing economy in the nation.	economy,jobs	john-kitzhaber	governor of oregon	oregon	democrat	1	1	4	4	0	a speech.


































2760.json	barely-true	robert hurt supported a bill that helped the uranium industry after taking contributions from the industry and because his father had a stake in it.	energy,campaign-advertising	sierra-club			none	2	1	0	1	0	a tv ad


































6945.json	barely-true	sherrod brown supported president obamas $453 billion tax increase.	economy,jobs,message-machine-2012,taxes	crossroads-gps	conservative advocacy group		republican	9	1	4	1	2	a television ad


































4899.json	false	i never favored cap and trade.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,environment	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a republican presidential candidate forum


































10906.json	pants-fire	the runnerup to caitlyn jenner for espns arthur ashe courage award was army veteran noah galloway, who lost an arm and leg to a roadside bomb in iraq.	pop-culture,sports	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	in posts on facebook


































3885.json	half-true	every year the state loses 8,000-10,000 acres of land in bear country.	environment	new-jersey-sierra-club			none	0	0	2	0	0	a press release


































11150.json	true	caution: kissing and cuddling chickens can be hazardous to your health.	agriculture,animals,food-safety,public-health,urban	centers-disease-control	federal agency	georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	radio interview


































6953.json	half-true	says connie mack is protecting chevron oil from a multi-billion dollar lawsuit over pollution of rivers and rainforests.	congress,oil-spill	bill-nelson		florida	democrat	3	1	8	10	0	a tv attack ad


































5510.json	mostly-true	theyre paying a less rate of tax -- these richest people in america -- than they have in the last 80 years.	taxes,wealth	steve-rothman			democrat	1	2	0	1	1	a campaign video posted on youtube


































3455.json	true	the coalition of arab states against libyas moammar gadhafi is the biggest coalition against a fellow arab leader since the persian gulf war in 1990-1991.	foreign-policy,military,abc-news-week	robin-wright	senior fellow, u.s. institute of peace	washington, d.c.	none	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on abc's this week with christiane amanpour


































10061.json	half-true	the cbo says if we raise the minimum wage the way charlie (crist) wants to do it, it would lose 500,000 jobs.	economy,jobs,workers	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a gubernatorial debate


































9927.json	mostly-true	the obama administration is using as its legal justification for these airstrikes (on the islamic state), an authorization for military force that the president himself has called for repeal of.	iraq,terrorism	julie-pace	white house reporter, associated press	washington	journalist	0	0	0	2	0	a question to white house press secretary josh earnest


































2316.json	mostly-true	florida is enjoying its lowest crime rate in 39 years.	crime	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a campaign website


































11276.json	mostly-true	there has never been a panther attack in the history of florida.	environment	ron-bergeron			state-official	0	0	0	1	0	a florida fish and wildlife conservation commission meeting


































1497.json	false	in this judicial race, special interest groups have demanded money from me, in exchange for endorsement and support.	elections,ethics	eve-schatelowitz-alcantar	attorney	texas	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a response to league of women voters of texas.


































4337.json	half-true	before medicare, only 51 percent of americans 65 and older had health care coverage and nearly 30 percent lived below the poverty line. today, thanks to medicare ... nearly all seniors have coverage and 75 percent fewer struggle in poverty.	medicare,poverty	ron-kind	u.s. representative	wisconsin 	democrat	0	0	2	0	0	a news release


































4543.json	barely-true	says the federal government hosted a conference and ordered 250 muffins at 16 bucks a piece.	federal-budget,pundits	bill-oreilly	fox news channel host		none	4	6	3	5	1	an interview on the daily show


































5091.json	false	says the simpson-bowles deficit reduction proposal went from president barack obamas desk to the garbage can.	deficit,federal-budget,new-hampshire-2012	jon-huntsman		utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	an nbc-facebook debate in concord, n.h.


































40.json	true	fifty-six percent decline in overall crime. a 73 percent decline in motor-vehicle theft. a 67 percent decline in robbery. a 66 percent decline in murder. this is way beyond what happened in the nation during this period of time.
as a state rep, i was considered the fourth-most conservative in the legislature.	states	rick-green			republican	0	1	1	0	0	a speech


































2552.json	mostly-true	rand paul wants us to pay $2,000 just to get medicare.	health-care,medicare,message-machine	jack-conway	kentucky attorney general	kentucky	democrat	0	1	0	2	0	a campaign commercial


































9353.json	mostly-true	says hillary clinton opposed an individual mandate and favored an employer mandate back in 1993.	health-care,public-health	bobby-jindal	governor of louisiana	louisiana	republican	0	1	4	4	0	an op-ed for politico magazine


































9577.json	mostly-true	there are more than 46 million americans living in poverty today -- the largest number in 54 years.	medicaid,poverty	kirk-cox	house majority leader	virginia	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a speech.


































4318.json	half-true	since i introduced my budget -- first budget -- in march of 2010, weve created 50,000 new private-sector jobs for the people of this state.	jobs,state-budget	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a news conference in belmar 


































9864.json	mostly-true	scott walker cut school funding more per student than any governor in america.	children,education,message-machine-2014,state-budget,states,taxes	greater-wisconsin-political-fund		wisconsin	none	3	3	3	1	1	a tv ad


































8243.json	true	says he would be first cpa to serve as texas comptroller.	state-finances	raul-torres	accountant, politician	texas	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a campaign video


































13500.json	mostly-true	on donald trumps plan to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities, because of a decision by the supreme court, no presidents in a position to cut off funding across the board. it has to be very specific to the matter at hand.	city-budget,county-budget,federal-budget,homeland-security,immigration,state-budget	bill-de-blasio	new york city mayor	new york	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a wnyc interview


































9854.json	false	thomas jefferson said, that government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.	elections	jody-hice			republican	0	1	0	0	0	a facebook post


































7737.json	barely-true	proposed gun control legislation will outlaw practically every firearm, make you pay $100 per firearm, put you into a police database and make it nearly impossible to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon.	crime,criminal-justice,government-regulation,guns,market-regulation	ed-doyle	administrator, rhode island chapter, gun rights across america.	rhode island	activist	1	0	0	0	0	a news release and facebook post


































12293.json	barely-true	says donald trump thinks a grown man pretending to be a woman (should) be allowed to use the womens restroom.	candidates-biography,corrections-and-updates,gays-and-lesbians,campaign-advertising	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an attack ad


































457.json	half-true	mccain has voted repeatedly at least six times against funding for global hiv/aids, malaria and tb fund, once as one of only 14 senators.	foreign-policy	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a news release.


































3731.json	true	the border patrol has 20,000 agents more than twice as many as there were in 2004.	immigration	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in el paso


































8103.json	half-true	the fact is that red light cameras change driver behavior and cut down on the most dangerous types of accidents.	public-safety	rick-kriseman	state representative	florida	democrat	0	2	1	1	0	a tampa bay times questionnaire


































1439.json	half-true	under (rick perrys) watch as governor, over six million texans have no health care coverage, including one million children, homeowners suffer from the highest insurance rates in the country, and college tuition has skyrocketed 136 percent.	children,economy,education,health-care	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a press release


































5779.json	half-true	georgias hope scholarship is still the richest scholarship program in america.	education	michael-adams	president of the university of georgia		none	0	0	1	0	0	a newspaper article


































10567.json	false	abortions account for 94 percent of the services provided for pregnant women by planned parenthood.	abortion,health-care,human-rights,religion,women	thomas-tobin	bishop of the diocese of providence		none	0	2	0	0	0	a newspaper column


































10111.json	false	while (charlie crist) was governor, utility costs went up 30 percent and went from below the national average to above the national average. since i got elected, utility rates have come down 11 percent and now we are below the average.	debates,energy,message-machine-2014	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a debate


































11256.json	mostly-true	bernie sanders opposesthe trans-pacific partnership, and hillary clinton supportsit.	trade	viral-image			none	5	5	0	3	15	a viral internet chart


































10543.json	false	on supporting right to work legislation in 2015	corporations,economy,labor,small-business,unions,workers	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a statement


































7904.json	barely-true	says the success of his economic agenda is supported by the fact we went from unemployment at 9.2 percent when i decided to run for governor four years ago to two points lower.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a television interview


































4709.json	barely-true	in the patient protection and affordable care act, it was the democrats who cut $500 billion from medicare. and they also put in place the independent payment advisory board, 15 unelected bureaucrats, which will be making decisions about health care for our seniors and for all americans.	health-care,medicare	allen-west	u.s. representative, florida district 22	florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	a fox news interview


































8854.json	half-true	were trailing every other state in the midwest in terms of job creation since january of 2011.	state-budget,state-finances,states,taxes	mary-burke	madison school board member	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	11	8	3	an interview


































4116.json	false	potus economists: stimulus has cost $278,000 per job.	stimulus	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a tweet on twitter


































5131.json	mostly-true	the education tax burden for shelby county -- and tennessee -- is one of the lowest in the country.	education,taxes	kriner-cash	superintendent, memphis city schools		none	0	0	0	1	0	a presentation to shelby county's schools merger transition planning commission


































11861.json	false	says donald trumps conversion to pro-life beliefs are akin to justin biebers, who said in the past that abortion was no big deal to him.	abortion	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	an interview on cnn


































9435.json	mostly-true	by the time i left the state department, economic growth was up and opium production was down in afghanistan, while infant mortality declined and school enrollment rose by more than sevenfold.	drugs,economy,education,foreign-policy,health-care,public-health,women	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	her book, hard choices


































12805.json	mostly-true	we have the most productive workers in the world.	economy,workers	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a speech at the democratic national convention


































9801.json	true	before i was state treasurer, my rhode island business helped create over 1,000 jobs.	candidates-biography,economy,job-accomplishments,jobs,message-machine-2014	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	rhode island	democrat	2	1	2	5	1	a campaign ad


































2195.json	false	says bill white profiteered in the aftermath of hurricane rita.	ethics,infrastructure,transparency	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a perry website


































11370.json	mostly-true	alabamas crimson tide will be the underdog in saturdays game against the georgia bulldogs, the first time in 72 consecutive games that alabama has not been favored by oddsmakers to win.	gambling,sports	espn	news	georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	in an article


































9771.json	half-true	says rick scott took $200,000 in campaign contributions from a company that profited off pollution.	climate-change,energy,environment,message-machine-2014	nextgen-climate			organization	0	0	3	0	0	tv ad


































3676.json	mostly-true	in a lawsuit between private citizens, a florida judge announced the decision was going to be based on islamic law.	florida,legal-issues,religion	adam-hasner		florida	republican	2	1	4	4	0	a speech before conservative activists


































4615.json	half-true	says democrats raised taxes over 115 times in the past 10 years, making new jersey increasingly unaffordable and chasing jobs to neighboring states.	economy,jobs,taxes	tom-kean-jr	new jersey senate minority leader		republican	0	2	1	0	0	a news release


































7742.json	false	metro on whether it could use bond money for restoration.	taxes	metro			none	0	0	0	0	0	voters pamphlet


































2394.json	half-true	roy barnes is like barack obama because theyre both doing a lot of apologizing.	message-machine	republican-governors-association		washington, d.c.	republican	5	1	6	4	2	a tv commercial


































817.json	pants-fire	barack obama thinks terrorists just need a good talking to.	terrorism	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	a direct mail piece


































13051.json	barely-true	the germans, the french, countries that opposed us in the (iraq) war, all believed (saddam hussein) had weapons of mass destruction.	iraq	paul-wolfowitz	visiting scholar at the american enterprise institute	new york	none	1	0	0	0	0	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































11345.json	half-true	the pope and donald trump and tammy baldwin all agree on eliminating the carried-interest tax break.	financial-regulation,income,religion,taxes	tammy-baldwin	u.s. representative	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	an interview


































7387.json	barely-true	agriculture has always required a significant workforce from abroad.	agriculture,history,immigration,workers	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a blog post on redstate.com


































4400.json	half-true	says jon huntsman supports changes in medicare that would deny guaranteed benefits to 980,000 new hampshire residents.	medicare,new-hampshire-2012	new-hampshire-democratic-party		new hampshire	democrat	4	0	3	3	0	a statement on the state democratic website.


































3541.json	half-true	across the united states, 25 percent of voting age african americans do not have the photo id that this bill would require.	elections	armond-budish	minority leader in the ohio house of representatives	ohio	democrat	0	1	2	3	0	


































12187.json	half-true	says rick scott stripped women of access to public health care.	abortion	rick-scotts-starbucks-heckler	activist, stay-at-home mom	florida	activist	0	0	2	0	0	a confrontation with rick scott at starbucks


































7340.json	true	a majority of americans agree with a ban on assault weapons. and by the way, so did ronald reagan.	guns	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	in a speech


































10355.json	true	only 42 percent of young georgians have a college certificate or degree, but soon 60 percent of jobs will require some college credential.	education,jobs	hank-huckaby	university system chancellor	georgia	none	0	0	0	0	0	civic club speech


































10467.json	half-true	texas has the lowest crime rate in this state since 1968 because of changes in law regarding nonviolent drug offenders.	crime,criminal-justice,drugs	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	valedictory speech as governor to the texas legislature


































8089.json	false	says hjm 20 was the only bill not assigned to a house committee.	government-efficiency	oregon-catalyst			organization	0	1	0	0	0	a blog post.


































12526.json	mostly-true	says if you try to hide marijuana in a hemp field, it becomes worthless. the thc goes away.	drugs,government-regulation,marijuana,market-regulation,science	larry-yarborough	n.c. representative	north carolina	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a meeting in the legislature about hemp regulations


































10898.json	barely-true	the texas senate approved a bill to put a special label on the insurance cards of anyone who bought a plan through obamacare that includes the letter s for subsidy.	health-care	al-sharpton		new york	democrat	2	1	1	1	0	a broadcast of msnbc's politicsnation


































7541.json	half-true	said the year before he took office, the state lost 119,000 private-sector jobs, labeling them corzine jobs losses of 2009.	jobs	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a keynote speech to a commercial real estate group


































7136.json	barely-true	says the state is required pick up 70 percent of the cost of k-12 education.	education,state-budget	john-kitzhaber	governor of oregon	oregon	democrat	1	1	4	4	0	a speech.


































6325.json	half-true	theres a loophole where you can sell guns without a background check 40 percent of guns are sold that way at gun shows and over the internet.	criminal-justice,guns	michael-bloomberg		new york	independent	0	2	2	3	0	an interview on face the nation


































12855.json	true	illinois suffered 1,652 overdose deaths in 2014 ... of which 40 percent were associated with heroin. illinois is ranked number one in the nation for a decline in treatment capacity between 2007 and 2012, and is now ranked the third worst in the country for state-funded treatment capacity.	drugs	richard-durbin	senator	illinois	democrat	0	2	1	0	1	a press release 


































10512.json	false	the minimum wage has risen $2.35 in the last two years. thats 31 percent.	economy,families,government-regulation,income,poverty,small-business,workers	leonidas-raptakis	state senator	rhode island	democrat	0	1	1	0	0	testimony before the house committee on labor


































12336.json	mostly-true	coloradocare would have higher revenues than mcdonalds.	elections,health-care	colorado-health-institute			none	0	0	0	1	0	an analysis report 


































11726.json	barely-true	everywhere that we have more citizens carrying guns, crime is less. theres a study showing that where states have open carry or concealed carry, but particularly open carry, the crime is down 25 percent.	crime,guns	dan-patrick	lieutenant governor-elect	texas	republican	4	4	3	4	4	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































3904.json	half-true	weve seen 115,000 jobs created in the american auto industry since gm and chrysler emerged from bankruptcy.	economy,jobs	brian-deese	deputy director of the white house national economic council		democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a telephone news conference


































6774.json	mostly-true	bill nelson voted to confirm sonia sotomayor, who signed a supreme court opinion saying americans do not have an individual right to own firearms.	guns,supreme-court	national-rifle-association			none	3	5	1	5	3	an anti-nelson mailer


































1324.json	barely-true	the stupak amendment doesnt just say you cant use your federal insurance subsidy to pay for an abortion, it says, if youre getting a federal subsidy of any kind, youre not allowed to buy an insurance plan that covers abortion even with your own money.	abortion,health-care,pundits	rachel-maddow	msnbc host		none	6	6	4	6	1	her show on msnbc


































6813.json	barely-true	says president barack obama already passed all these obamacare taxes. about a dozen of them hit middle-income taxpayers.	health-care,taxes	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	an interview on fox news sunday


































9737.json	false	the music industry is the biggest export from africa after oil and gas.	ebola,economy,foreign-policy,pop-culture	dbanj	musician		none	0	1	0	0	0	comments on abc's this week


































6366.json	barely-true	the presidents health care law raids medicare by more than $500 billion and creates a medicare rationing board a group of 15 unelected bureaucrats to slow the growth of medicare spending.	health-care,medicare	scott-garrett	congressman	new jersey	republican	1	0	0	0	0	an op-ed on northjersey.com


































9316.json	mostly-true	congress used earmarks for more than 200 years.	congress,corrections-and-updates,federal-budget	harry-reid	senate democratic leader	nevada	democrat	4	5	3	7	3	a news conference


































992.json	mostly-true	venezuela is a country whose defense budget is probably 1/600th of the united states.	military	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a news conference.


































699.json	half-true	senator obama thinks we can achieve energy independence without more drilling and without more nuclear power.	energy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	


































9033.json	true	the average family (is) now bringing home $4,000 less than they did just five years ago.	economy,families	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a republican weekly address


































5950.json	true	on the troubled asset relief program (tarp)	financial-regulation	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	statements to the media


































10041.json	half-true	leticia van de putte opposed putting national guard troops on the border, would send millions to central american governments instead and wrote the law giving in-state tuition to illegal immigrants.	immigration	dan-patrick	lieutenant governor-elect	texas	republican	4	4	3	4	4	a tv ad


































5528.json	true	says there are four super pacs on the republican side of the texas u.s. senate race.	campaign-finance	paul-sadler	lawyer	texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	1	a travis county democratic party candidate forum


































8414.json	false	unfortunately, since mr. fosters been mayor ... there are less people employed in the city of st. petersburg than there were prior to his taking office.	jobs	rick-kriseman	state representative	florida	democrat	0	2	1	1	0	a tampa bay times/mayoral debate


































4189.json	false	says u.s. rep. ron kinds stimulus cost taxpayers $278,000 per job.	jobs,stimulus,taxes	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a news release


































9333.json	half-true	when you read the koran, it talks about dont take christians and jews as your friends.	islam	sean-hannity	radio/tv host		none	3	5	3	2	1	a segment on hannity


































9052.json	mostly-true	dan patrick called for increasing the gas tax and the state sales tax.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	


































12478.json	barely-true	congressman joe heck has (voted) 62% of the time with nancy pelosi and the democrats on a variety of important issues.	voting-record	sharron-angle	republican nominee for nevada u.s. senate seat	nevada	republican	3	1	1	0	0	in a television ad


































1405.json	barely-true	chile ranks third internationally in economic freedom, while the u.s. ranks 17th.	economy,foreign-policy,pundits	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	a video blog post


































3235.json	false	under the white houses budget proposal, we will not be adding more to the national debt by the middle of the decade.	deficit,federal-budget	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference


































1514.json	barely-true	bill mccollum said tax cuts don't work.	taxes	alex-sink		florida	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	a comment on her facebook page.


































6919.json	barely-true	the tax burden on virginia families was lower under tim kaine than under george allen.	families,taxes	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a news release.


































9774.json	false	says charliecrist made it easier for duke to take your money.	energy,florida	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a campaign commercial


































5640.json	barely-true	says a barack obama black imposter joke got a standing ovation at san angelo rodeo.	polls	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email.


































9444.json	barely-true	already in wisconsin we have seen fewer people pursuing education as a career due to the act 10 collective bargaining law.	education,state-budget,state-finances,workers	mary-burke	madison school board member	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	11	8	3	an interview


































12449.json	mostly-true	saysmaggie hassan was out of state on 30 days over the last three months.	job-accomplishments,public-service	kelly-ayotte	u.s. senator	new hampshire	republican	2	1	1	4	0	a press release


































4432.json	mostly-true	gov. kasich and the republican-dominated legislature have foregone the popular option of closing tax loopholes that amount to $7 billion annually in this state.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	dan-ramos	state representative	ohio	democrat	0	1	1	1	0	a newspaper column


































5749.json	half-true	says his texas election fraud investigations have resulted in 50 convictions.	crime,elections,legal-issues	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	a press release


































8192.json	barely-true	miami-dade county is the no. 1 donor county in the state.	state-budget,taxes	rene-garcia	state senator	florida	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a florida cabinet meeting


































7886.json	mostly-true	we havent had a republican senator in washington for ... why, i think clifford case was our last republican senator.	congress,history	christine-whitman	president, the whitman strategy group	new jersey	republican	0	0	0	2	0	an interview on the john gambling radio show


































9431.json	barely-true	judging by a recent vote, rep. debbie wasserman schultz thinks its okay for medical marijuana patients to go to federal prison.	crime,criminal-justice,drugs,marijuana	americans-safe-access		washington d.c.	organization	1	0	0	0	0	a tv ad


































7721.json	half-true	federal prosecutions for lying on background checks to buy guns are down 40 percent under president barack obama.	guns,legal-issues	bob-goodlatte	u.s. congressman	virginia	republican	0	1	4	3	0	a tv appearance.


































2616.json	pants-fire	we havent yet taken out a negative ad.	campaign-finance,elections,abc-news-week	christine-odonnell	candidate for u.s. senate	delaware	republican	1	0	0	1	2	a debate


































2122.json	half-true	jane norton supported the largest tax hike in colorado history.	message-machine,state-budget,states,taxes	americans-job-security			none	0	0	3	0	0	an issue advocacy ad


































1280.json	barely-true	here in florida, ive slashed government by 10 percent. that's $7 billion.	state-budget	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	radio advertisement for u.s. senate campaign


































2477.json	false	over the past year ... our 16 counties have hemorrhaged more than 6,000 jobs with no apparent end in sight.	economy,stimulus	steve-southerland	u.s. representative, florida district 2	florida	republican	1	2	1	1	0	a press release.


































6123.json	false	since president barack obama took office, you have 1,700 employees just at the department of transportation earning over $170,000.	bush-administration,federal-budget,income,transportation	eric-hovde			republican	2	3	3	0	0	an interview


































7814.json	mostly-true	new jerseys governor cut $1.6 billion from public education while handing out $2.1 billion in corporate tax breaks, more than the entire previous decade.	corporations,education,state-budget,state-finances	new-jersey-state-afl-cio		new jersey	organization	0	0	0	1	0	a facebook page post


































901.json	false	even with recent changes, the average hourly wage at general motors is still $75 an hour.	transportation	spencer-bachus	u.s. representative	alabama	republican	0	1	0	0	0	


































6720.json	false	u.s. house opponent paul ryan supports cutting funding for veterans by 24 percent.	disability,federal-budget,health-care,housing,veterans	rob-zerban			democrat	0	1	0	0	1	an interview


































4628.json	mostly-true	since 1970, the clean air act has reduced toxic and health-threatening air pollution by 60 percent while our economy has grown more than 200 percent.	environment	hank-johnson	u.s. congressman	georgia	democrat	3	0	4	3	0	a web post


































11303.json	mostly-true	missouri is #1 in the nation for holding down tuition increases at public universities.	federal-budget,state-budget	jay-nixon	governor	missouri	democrat	2	0	0	1	0	a post on twitter


































2986.json	true	the milwaukee business community did not speak about the facts -- and in support of train manufacturer talgo -- as the milwaukee-madison rail link was being killed.	state-budget,transportation	talgo-inc	spanish-owned manufacturer of trains		none	0	0	0	0	0	a statement from the company


































10783.json	mostly-true	the u.s. representatives that voted to keep militarizing the police received 73 percent more campaign money from the defense industry than the representatives who voted to stop it.	campaign-finance,corrections-and-updates,criminal-justice,federal-budget,military	representus	activist group focusing on campaign finance, corruption	massachusetts	none	0	0	0	1	0	a meme on social media


































13350.json	half-true	we have never done business with donald trump.	candidates-biography	patrick-murphy		florida	democrat	2	1	4	5	0	a tv interview on wfla


































258.json	true	sen. mccain says it was not a mistake to vote against the bush tax cuts ... but now says the tax cuts need to be made permanent.	taxes	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a press release


































1248.json	mostly-true	during the reagan era, while productivity increased, wages for working people remained frozen.	economy	michael-moore	documentary filmmaker		none	2	5	1	6	0	his movie capitalism: a love story


































10450.json	half-true	when you look at the earned income tax credit, it has about a 25 percent fraud rate. were looking at $20 billion to $30 billion.	taxes,welfare	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a forum at the freedom partners 2015 california retreat


































8758.json	half-true	unemployment insurance kept more than 620,000 children out of poverty in 2012.	children,poverty,workers	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a facebook post


































4442.json	half-true	170,000 of the jobs created in texas under gov. rick perry were government jobs.	economy,jobs,state-budget,state-finances,states,workers	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a republican presidential debate in tampa


































7930.json	true	says 97 percent of food stamp benefits are paid in the proper amounts to people who are really eligible.	agriculture,poverty	pete-gallego	former legislator and u.s. house member	texas	democrat	1	1	2	2	0	a u.s. house committee meeting.


































12122.json	mostly-true	to this day, (the cuban government) is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives.	foreign-policy,terrorism	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a news conference


































6678.json	true	the senate has not passed a budget in more than three years, not a good budget, not a bad budget, no budget.	federal-budget	leonard-lance			republican	0	0	1	2	0	an interview on njtoday


































9957.json	pants-fire	congress includes 36 people accused of spousal abuse, 84 arrested for drunk driving in the past year, 71 with terrible creditand more.	congress,crime,ethics	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a facebook meme


































7111.json	barely-true	says the initial portland plastic bag ban represented only a modest share of total single-use checkout bag use.	city-government	sam-adams	mayor of portland	oregon	democrat	3	2	5	2	0	a proposed ordinance.


































9235.json	pants-fire	the bundy ranch deal is all about nevada sen. harry reid using federal violence to take peoples land in his state so he can package it to re-sell it to the chinese.	china,environment,government-regulation	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	multiple blog and video posts


































1243.json	false	there's no evidence anywhere that offshore drilling has hurt tourism in any area where it has been allowed.	energy,environment	barney-bishop	president, associated industries of florida	florida	none	0	1	0	0	0	a press release


































5693.json	false	says wisconsin women facing pay discrimination cant do something about it under bill passed by republicans.	civil-rights,legal-issues,women,workers	kathleen-falk			democrat	1	3	3	1	0	a speech


































2305.json	true	under the new health care law, if a landscaper wants to buy a new lawnmower, or a restaurant needs a new ice-maker, they have to report that to the feds.	health-care,taxes	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a speech at the city club of cleveland


































2040.json	barely-true	says that president obama said if congress passed the economic stimulus bill, we would have unemployment at 8 percent and no higher. and it went higher.	pundits,stimulus,abc-news-week	george-will	columnist	maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	abc's this week


































9192.json	true	says charlie crist implemented jeb bushs a+ plan.	education	progressive-choice			organization	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign mailer


































11375.json	true	we have 650 people who move to texas every day.	corrections-and-updates,economy,population,states	glenn-hegar	farmer	texas	republican	0	1	1	1	0	a speech in georgetown, texas


































9674.json	mostly-true	by some estimates, as few as 2 percent of the 50,000 (central american) children who have crossed the border illegally this year have been sent home.	immigration	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	an op-ed in the wall street journal


































3369.json	half-true	says city of portland has a one-time $22 million surplus	government-efficiency	sam-adams	mayor of portland	oregon	democrat	3	2	5	2	0	his blog


































8855.json	mostly-true	i never gave up custody of my children. i never lost custody of my children.	candidates-biography,corrections-and-updates,families,marriage	wendy-davis	state senator	texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	a speech


































1641.json	false	the new england journal of medicine released a survey the week that president obama signed obamacare stating that over 30 percent of american physicians would leave the profession if the government took over health care.	health-care	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	on cbs's face the nation


































9080.json	true	you can buy lobster with food stamps.	government-regulation,state-budget	greg-morris			republican	0	0	0	0	0	an article


































4233.json	mostly-true	i cut more as a percentage out of government than any state in the country this past decade. and where is michigan in terms of its economic growth? cutting did not result in economic growth.	deficit,economy,states	jennifer-granholm	former governor of michigan	michigan	democrat	1	0	3	2	0	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































12952.json	barely-true	the obama administration gave iran $400 million in ransom payment cash.	foreign-policy,nuclear,terrorism	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	remarks in michigan


































2135.json	false	i remember one of [curt schillings] teammates said he painted his sock, the bloody sock.	baseball,economy,pop-culture	lincoln-chafee		rhode island	democrat	3	5	3	4	0	in a comment on the john depetro show


































7696.json	barely-true	not one dime gets added to the deficit because of social security.	deficit,disability,retirement,social-security	mark-pocan	state assembly member, 78th district	wisconsin	democrat	1	2	2	3	0	an interview


































11751.json	mostly-true	the united states of america, right now, has the strongest, most durable economy in the world.	economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the state of the union address


































2187.json	false	canada sets aside 36 percent of their visas for people with skills they think their country needs. we set aside 6 percent.	immigration	michael-bloomberg		new york	independent	0	2	2	3	0	an interview on meet the press.


































3196.json	false	the federal health care law is probably the biggest tax increase ever in the history of our country.	health-care,taxes	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	comments during a tour of a manufacturing plant.


































6263.json	half-true	there are 60,000 fewer jobs today in this state than we had in 2008.	jobs	ovide-lamontagne	attorney	new hampshire	republican	0	0	2	0	0	a republican gubernatorial debate at franklin pierce university in rindge, n.h.


































2774.json	half-true	on toll roads.	state-budget,transportation	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview on toll roads as an option for state highways


































6555.json	true	says republicans supported legislation on early voting and in-person voting in 2005.	elections,government-regulation,voting-record	teresa-fedor	state representative	ohio	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a news conference


































8961.json	half-true	chained cpi would save $1 trillion in the second decade off the federal budget debt, a report shows.	economy,federal-budget,medicare,social-security	david-brooks			none	0	0	2	0	0	comments on nbc's meet the press


































8011.json	true	says austin is the largest city in america without a congressional district anchored in it.	redistricting	elliott-naishtat	attorney	texas	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a texas house floor debate.


































1290.json	barely-true	a president must obtain congress' consent before formally accepting the nobel prize.	foreign-policy,legal-issues	ginny-brown-waite	congresswoman	florida	republican	2	0	2	0	0	a letter to president obama


































9151.json	true	when people enter the service, theres not a mental health evaluation.	health-care,military	michael-mccaul	congressman	texas	republican	1	0	1	4	0	comments on fox news sunday


































11625.json	mostly-true	road congestion costs rush hour drivers in austin and dallas more than $1,000 a year. and in houston, its even more -- almost $1,500 a year.	transportation	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	op-ed in austin american-statesman


































7426.json	pants-fire	theres more murders with hammers last year than...shotguns and pistols and ak-47s.	guns	bill-jackson	state senator	georgia	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a meeting


































1462.json	mostly-true	uses headlines to portray gov. rick perry as beholden to special interests.	ethics	kay-bailey-hutchison	u.s. senator	texas	republican	2	4	4	3	0	a tv advertisement


































1777.json	true	ms. kagan has spent her entire professional career in harvard square, hyde park and the d.c. beltway.	kagan-nomination,supreme-court	john-cornyn	senator	texas	republican	5	3	6	2	1	a press release


































12982.json	half-true	her campaign and her supporters in her campaign were the ones that borne out the birther movement.	obama-birth-certificate	reince-priebus	chairman, republican national committee	wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































6015.json	false	because of voter fraud, republican candidates need to do a point or two better to win statewide elections in wisconsin.	city-government,crime,elections	reince-priebus	chairman, republican national committee	wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	an interview


































12520.json	true	nine million people have lower-cost hiv/aids medicine because of the work of the clinton foundation and my husband.	foreign-policy,public-health	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an interview on cnn


































8944.json	mostly-true	chris christie helped funnel $6 million in federal hurricane sandy money to a senior center in belleville, n.j., a place that suffered no damage.	housing,weather	lawrence-odonnell			none	2	2	0	3	0	a segment on msnbc's the last word with lawrence o'donnell


































6035.json	half-true	massachusetts under gov. mitt romney initially ranked last among states in job growth, but by the end of his governorship, we were in the middle of the pack.	economy,history,jobs,states	eric-fehrnstrom	senior adviser to mitt romney's presidential campaign	massachusetts	republican	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on abc's this week with george stephanopoulos


































10309.json	mostly-true	the federal budget bill reauthorizes the overseas private investment corporation, which provides taxpayer dollars so that the four seasons hotel can build a resort in turkey.	federal-budget	michael-needham	ceo, heritage action		republican	1	0	0	1	0	comments on fox news sunday


































7336.json	barely-true	says that 9 million to 50 million undocumented immigrants live in the united states.	immigration,population	texas-federation-republican-women			republican	1	0	0	0	0	an approved resolution.


































7726.json	false	ohioans want an end to pay-to-play politics.	crime,criminal-justice,ethics	ed-fitzgerald	cuyahoga county executive	ohio	democrat	1	1	0	1	0	an email announcing his gubernatorial campaign kickoff


































12768.json	mostly-true	we are the only industrialized nation that doesnt guarantee workers paid family leave.	families,jobs,women	kirsten-gillibrand	u.s. senator	new york	democrat	0	0	1	3	0	a speech at the democratic national convention


































12012.json	mostly-true	a single mother of two cant qualify for basic healthcare through medicaid if she makes more than $3,504 dollars a year.	health-care	chris-koster	attorney general of missouri	missouri	democrat	0	0	2	3	0	a tweet


































5710.json	false	general motors is the largest corporation in the world again.	corporations,economy	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a “face the nation” interview


































376.json	half-true	a mailer from the obama campaign accurately indicates that hillary clinton would force uninsured people to buy insurance, even if they can't afford it.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	cleveland, ohio


































4198.json	pants-fire	says ohio treasurer josh mandel supports allowing the united states to default on its obligations.	deficit,federal-budget	ohio-democratic-party		ohio	democrat	4	1	2	2	2	a news release


































4901.json	barely-true	says mitt romney belittled middle-class tax cuts as nothing more than little band-aids.	taxes	florida-democratic-party		florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	a news release


































7806.json	false	a referendum gives the people the chance to decide on cutting the milwaukee county board budget by two-thirds	county-budget,county-government	leah-vukmir	member of state assembly	wisconsin	republican	0	2	0	1	0	a news release


































12537.json	false	even among second and third generation muslims in the united states, theres no real assimilation.	diversity,immigration,religion	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview with fox news' sean hannity


































3593.json	mostly-true	hackers broke into virginias prescription-drug database (and) ... obtained more than 8.2 million patient records and a total of nearly 36 million prescriptions.	drugs	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	testimony before congress.


































9779.json	pants-fire	says ted cruz was just bribed by the kochs to introduce a bill that would give them and their allies americas national forests, parks, and other public lands and open them for mining, drilling, fracking and logging.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography,crime,environment	occupy-democrats			organization	0	4	3	1	4	a facebook photo post


































8990.json	mostly-true	the (russian) ruble is already going down.	economy,foreign-policy	john-kerry	secretary of state	massachusetts	democrat	3	2	2	5	0	comments on cbs' face the nation


































3979.json	false	on subsidies for ethanol production.	agriculture,environment,federal-budget	george-allen	consultant	virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a blog post.


































10897.json	true	one out of five of our children live in a family thats on food stamps.	agriculture,children,federal-budget,hunger	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a speech in iowa


































4841.json	mostly-true	says she brought together business, labor and hospitals to give 94,000 oregon children health care.	health-care	eileen-brady			democrat	0	2	0	1	0	in a campaign ad


































2570.json	half-true	according to independent analysis, unfair trade deals have resulted in the loss of over 64,000 jobs in wisconsin ... but ron johnson favors those deals.	jobs,message-machine,trade	russ-feingold		wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	campaign tv and radio ads


































4068.json	mostly-true	ohio currently ranks 50th out of all states in income growth.	economy,income	lisa-hamler-fugitt	executive director of the ohio association of second harvest foodbanks	ohio	none	0	0	0	1	0	testimony before a house subcommittee


































12301.json	mostly-true	we knew strom thurmond had proposed the amendment that blocked puerto ricos use of chapter 9 bankruptcy protection.	bankruptcy,corrections-and-updates	john-oliver	host, last week tonight		none	0	0	2	4	0	a broadcast of hbo's last week tonight


































7236.json	half-true	in the four years before i became governor, we increased state debt $5.2 billion. weve paid it down $2 billion.	debt	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a tv interview


































6571.json	half-true	says they said it was impossible to balance a budget at the same time, with an $11 billion deficit and we did it.	state-budget,state-finances	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a speech at the republican national convention in tampa


































2640.json	false	says bruce starr broke the law by letting lobbyists wine and dine him in maui.	ethics,message-machine	chuck-riley	state representative	oregon	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a television ad


































13512.json	pants-fire	latina who enthusiastically supported donald trump on stage in las vegas in october 2015 has been deported.	immigration	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	social media posts, blogs


































166.json	half-true	john mccain is right on that one. the line-item veto is the best tool the president has to rein in excessive spending.	federal-budget	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an interview on cnbc.


































7329.json	half-true	in 2009, the fbi referred more than 71,000 cases of people failing background checks when trying to buy a gun to another federal agency, but u.s. attorneys ultimately prosecuted only 77 of them.	crime,criminal-justice,government-regulation,guns	mayors-against-illegal-guns			organization	0	0	3	0	0	a website post


































13385.json	mostly-true	says barack obama is the first president in modern history not to have a single year of 3 percent growth.	economy	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a campaign speech


































7827.json	barely-true	half of all hospitalized seniors are suffering from malnutrition so severe that it either caused their illness or it prevents them from getting better.	health-care,hunger,poverty	meals-wheels-rhode-island		rhode island	organization	1	0	0	0	0	a fundraising letter


































11670.json	barely-true	under conservative leadership, congress has reduced the federal deficit by 60 percent nearly $800 billion.	congress,deficit,economy,federal-budget	american-action-network			republican	1	0	0	0	1	a newspaper ad


































13029.json	barely-true	says patrick murphy never worked as a cpa and was never a small business owner.	candidates-biography	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	a tv ad


































9937.json	mostly-true	in 2012, wall street gave scott brown more campaign contributions than any other candidate -- $5.3 million.	campaign-finance,financial-regulation,message-machine-2014	jeanne-shaheen	senator	new hampshire	democrat	3	0	4	2	0	a radio ad


































2811.json	mostly-true	$65 billion would be added to the deficit if we keep the cuts for people on the highest incomes.	federal-budget,taxes	mark-warner	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	3	1	6	3	0	n op/ed in the financial times


































6333.json	false	what i look at every month is how many more new jerseyans are back to work. you have another 9,900 last month that are back to work and over almost 90,000 that are back to work now since i became governor.	jobs	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a news conference


































5124.json	pants-fire	says newt gingrich co-sponsored a bill with nancy pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a u.n. program supporting chinas brutal one-child policy.	abortion,bipartisanship,candidates-biography,children,china,environment,federal-budget,message-machine-2012	restore-our-future	super pac		republican	1	0	3	1	2	a television ad


































66.json	true	poor people go to a payday lender...and they pay 300, 400, 500 percent interest.	poverty	john-edwards	former senator	north carolina	democrat	0	2	4	4	1	a speech in americus, ga.


































5403.json	mostly-true	other states have considered or have sunset advisory commissions; the federal government has the ability, too.	state-budget,state-finances	bruce-starr	state senator	oregon	republican	0	1	0	1	0	a floor speech


































9437.json	half-true	under wisconsin law, anyone who knows anything about a john doe secret criminal investigation cant talk about it.	campaign-finance,county-government,crime,criminal-justice,elections	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a tv interview


































235.json	true	 ... following world war ii war crime trials were convened. the japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against american pows. among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding.	history	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a campaign event in st. petersburg


































793.json	half-true	on the economic crisis, the biggest problem in this whole process was the deregulation of the financial system.	economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	nashville, tenn.


































11080.json	barely-true	texas high school graduation rate went from 27th in the country in 2002, to second highest in the country in 2013.	education,states	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a speech at the national press club


































9489.json	false	says the secret john doe criminal investigation of his campaign has been resolved and two judges have said it is over.	campaign-finance,legal-issues	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a tv interview


































1444.json	mostly-true	obama came into office with a $1.3 trillion deficit before i had passed any law. ... we came in with $8 trillion worth of debt over the next decade.	economy,federal-budget	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a republican retreat in baltimore


































2484.json	half-true	says daniel webster wants to make divorce illegal, even for abused wives.	marriage,message-machine,religion,women	alan-grayson	u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	a tv ad.


































5836.json	half-true	says amanda fritz publicly claimed to be endorsed by naral pro-choice oregon, both on her website and in the voters guide.	city-government,message-machine-2012,women	mary-nolan	represents southwest portland in oregon house	oregon	democrat	0	0	3	0	0	a campaign press release


































12.json	false	i'll tell you what i can tell this country: if they want a president who doesn't believe in god, there's probably plenty of choices.	religion	mike-huckabee	author	arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	manchester, n.h.


































11588.json	false	drinking champagne could help prevent alzheimers and other forms of dementia.	alcohol,health-care,medicare	viral-media-reports	none	georgia	none	1	1	0	0	0	 social media and in print


































6264.json	barely-true	because of the health care act, the people who have health care and like it in this county are not going to be able to keep what they have.	health-care	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a tv interview.


































13324.json	mostly-true	ford is moving all of their small-car production to mexico.	corporations,trade,workers	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in delaware, ohio


































5230.json	true	right now in georgia, nearly one in three leaving our prisons are re-convicted within three years.	criminal-justice	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a speech


































8519.json	false	says kay hagan supports waivers for friends of obama and special treatment for congress and their staffs.	health-care	americans-prosperity			none	6	7	2	1	2	a youtube ad


































6900.json	half-true	says shes never said dont build texas 45 southwest.	transportation	karen-huber	travis county commissioner, precinct 3	texas	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an austin american-statesman news stor


































10524.json	true	the department of homeland security is the only federal department not funded for this entire fiscal year by congress.	congress,federal-budget,homeland-security,terrorism	lloyd-doggett	texas congressman in the u.s. houst of representatives	texas	democrat	1	0	2	7	0	oped commentary


































12599.json	true	if you are a member of union, your median weekly income is roughly $200 more than if you are a nonunion member, and that doesnt include benefits.	unions,workers	thomas-perez	secretary of labor	maryland	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	an interview.


































917.json	false	for every dollar (in the stimulus package) that is spent to help small businesses, $4 is being spent to help upkeep the grass on the lawns of washington.	economy,stimulus	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	an interview on the fox news channel.


































8336.json	true	if sea levels rise six feet due to climate change, waterplace park in providence and wickford village would be swamped	environment,science	grover-fugate	executive director of the rhode island coastal resources management council	rhode island	state-official	0	0	0	0	0	a tv interview


































6811.json	mostly-true	chinese tire imports threatened 1,000 american jobs, so president obama stood up to china and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obamas decision.	china,message-machine-2012,trade	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a television ad


































7084.json	true	says the state of texas rates as unacceptable almost 500 of the states 8,000 public schools.	education	dan-patrick	lieutenant governor-elect	texas	republican	4	4	3	4	4	a texas tribune interview.


































7900.json	half-true	the wisconsin economic development corporation is a proven job creator.	jobs	john-nygren	state assembly, 89th district	wisconsin	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a press conference


































9323.json	true	says dan patrick proposed arizona-style show-me-your-papers legislation.	crime,criminal-justice,immigration	julian-castro	mayor, san antonio	texas	democrat	0	0	3	3	0	univision debate on immigration


































1460.json	true	our (texas) graduation rate ranks 43rd out of 50 states.	education	bill-white	former mayor of houston	texas	democrat	2	3	5	7	3	in a tv ad


































7607.json	pants-fire	says that his transportation budget and ohio turnpike plan would make sure we have lower tolls than weve had through the history of the turnpike.	transportation	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	an interview televised march 22 on “state of ohio”


































1061.json	barely-true	the war spending bill actually spends more money on the international monetary fund than on the war.	military	lynn-westmoreland			republican	1	1	3	0	0	a press release on the house gop's blog.


































12321.json	true	north carolina has one of the fastest growing populations as well as the fastest growing economy in the country.	economy,income,population,states	pat-mccrory	governor of north carolina	north carolina	republican	5	2	3	0	1	an official announcement


































6473.json	true	says paul ryans budget relies on the same $700 billion in savings from medicare that mitt romney and other republicans have been attacking democrats about.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare,retirement	stephanie-cutter	co-host on cnn's crossfire	massachusetts	democrat	1	1	0	1	0	an interview on face the nation


































12546.json	false	says hillary clintons state department blocked investigation into orlando killers mosque.	terrorism	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	an article


































2877.json	false	the madison-milwaukee (high-speed) train line is dead.	job-accomplishments,transportation	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a statement issued by a transition team leader


































9432.json	mostly-true	in february, john mccain suggested the bergdahl-taliban swap that he now calls outrageous and dangerous.	afghanistan,foreign-policy	rachel-maddow	msnbc host		none	6	6	4	6	1	a broadcast of the rachel maddow show


































7145.json	true	says that in 2011, oregon had the second fastest growing economy in the nation.	economy,jobs	john-kitzhaber	governor of oregon	oregon	democrat	1	1	4	4	0	a speech.


































2760.json	barely-true	robert hurt supported a bill that helped the uranium industry after taking contributions from the industry and because his father had a stake in it.	energy,campaign-advertising	sierra-club			none	2	1	0	1	0	a tv ad


































6945.json	barely-true	sherrod brown supported president obamas $453 billion tax increase.	economy,jobs,message-machine-2012,taxes	crossroads-gps	conservative advocacy group		republican	9	1	4	1	2	a television ad


































4899.json	false	i never favored cap and trade.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,environment	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a republican presidential candidate forum


































10906.json	pants-fire	the runnerup to caitlyn jenner for espns arthur ashe courage award was army veteran noah galloway, who lost an arm and leg to a roadside bomb in iraq.	pop-culture,sports	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	in posts on facebook


































3885.json	half-true	every year the state loses 8,000-10,000 acres of land in bear country.	environment	new-jersey-sierra-club			none	0	0	2	0	0	a press release


































11150.json	true	caution: kissing and cuddling chickens can be hazardous to your health.	agriculture,animals,food-safety,public-health,urban	centers-disease-control	federal agency	georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	radio interview


































6953.json	half-true	says connie mack is protecting chevron oil from a multi-billion dollar lawsuit over pollution of rivers and rainforests.	congress,oil-spill	bill-nelson		florida	democrat	3	1	8	10	0	a tv attack ad


































5510.json	mostly-true	theyre paying a less rate of tax -- these richest people in america -- than they have in the last 80 years.	taxes,wealth	steve-rothman			democrat	1	2	0	1	1	a campaign video posted on youtube


































3455.json	true	the coalition of arab states against libyas moammar gadhafi is the biggest coalition against a fellow arab leader since the persian gulf war in 1990-1991.	foreign-policy,military,abc-news-week	robin-wright	senior fellow, u.s. institute of peace	washington, d.c.	none	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on abc's this week with christiane amanpour


































10061.json	half-true	the cbo says if we raise the minimum wage the way charlie (crist) wants to do it, it would lose 500,000 jobs.	economy,jobs,workers	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a gubernatorial debate


































9927.json	mostly-true	the obama administration is using as its legal justification for these airstrikes (on the islamic state), an authorization for military force that the president himself has called for repeal of.	iraq,terrorism	julie-pace	white house reporter, associated press	washington	journalist	0	0	0	2	0	a question to white house press secretary josh earnest


































2316.json	mostly-true	florida is enjoying its lowest crime rate in 39 years.	crime	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a campaign website


































11276.json	mostly-true	there has never been a panther attack in the history of florida.	environment	ron-bergeron			state-official	0	0	0	1	0	a florida fish and wildlife conservation commission meeting


































1497.json	false	in this judicial race, special interest groups have demanded money from me, in exchange for endorsement and support.	elections,ethics	eve-schatelowitz-alcantar	attorney	texas	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a response to league of women voters of texas.


































4337.json	half-true	before medicare, only 51 percent of americans 65 and older had health care coverage and nearly 30 percent lived below the poverty line. today, thanks to medicare ... nearly all seniors have coverage and 75 percent fewer struggle in poverty.	medicare,poverty	ron-kind	u.s. representative	wisconsin 	democrat	0	0	2	0	0	a news release


































4543.json	barely-true	says the federal government hosted a conference and ordered 250 muffins at 16 bucks a piece.	federal-budget,pundits	bill-oreilly	fox news channel host		none	4	6	3	5	1	an interview on the daily show


































5091.json	false	says the simpson-bowles deficit reduction proposal went from president barack obamas desk to the garbage can.	deficit,federal-budget,new-hampshire-2012	jon-huntsman		utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	an nbc-facebook debate in concord, n.h.


































40.json	true	fifty-six percent decline in overall crime. a 73 percent decline in motor-vehicle theft. a 67 percent decline in robbery. a 66 percent decline in murder. this is way beyond what happened in the nation during this period of time.
new york, n.y.