says she was the the only democrat who voted against the wall street bailout.	candidates-biography	kathy-castor	member, u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an interview with the tampa tribune


































12426.json	mostly-true	california has the same water infrastructure from when we were 16 million people.	infrastructure,water	dianne-feinstein	u.s. senator	california	democrat	1	1	0	4	0	a newspaper q&a


































11141.json	half-true	97 percent of the work that planned parenthood does is about mammograms and preventative health.	abortion,public-health	martin-omalley	maryland governor	maryland	democrat	3	1	10	4	0	a new hampshire interview


































9840.json	true	al sharpton went to ferguson, mo., and is declaring as a matter of fact that ...michael brown didnt use any deadly force or posed no deadly threat to the officer.	criminal-justice,public-safety	megyn-kelly	host of the kelly file		talk-show-host	0	1	2	0	0	a segment on the o'reilly factor


































11933.json	mostly-true	why are muslim armies so useless against isis? ... there are 20,000 or 30,000 (isis fighters). the countries surrounding isis have armies totaling 5 million people.	foreign-policy,iraq,military,terrorism	bill-maher	host of real time with bill maher	california	independent	0	3	1	5	0	an essay in the hollywood reporter


































7597.json	true	says carbon monoxide is still employed to euthanize dogs and cats in 29 texas animal shelters.	animals,crime	kirk-watson	lawyer	texas	democrat	0	0	0	2	0	a news article.


































6093.json	false	says joe kyrillos voted to raid the states pension funds by $2.8 billion that is costing new jersey taxpayers still today to the tune of nearly $15 billion dollars to repay that money.	deficit,message-machine-2012,pensions,state-finances	robert-menendez	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	1	3	1	3	0	an interview on njtv’s “on the record”


































768.json	barely-true	john mccain said he wouldn't even sit down with the government of spain, a nato ally that has troops in afghanistan with us now.	foreign-policy	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	st. louis


































746.json	true	john mccain wants to give oil companies another $4-billion in tax breaks.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	oxford, miss.


































9264.json	barely-true	under greg abbott, texas four-year-olds would be forced to undergo standardized tests.	children,corrections-and-updates,education	wendy-davis	state senator	texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	an online post


































11277.json	half-true	i cut state spending more than anybody (in the 2016 gop field).	candidates-biography,state-budget	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	comments on twitter.


































8418.json	false	since mr. fosters been mayor, we have less small businesses in the city of st. petersburg.	economy,small-business	rick-kriseman	state representative	florida	democrat	0	2	1	1	0	in a mayoral forum


































11897.json	mostly-true	in america, we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs.	economy,health-care	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a pbs democratic debate


































10354.json	pants-fire	newly elected republican senators sign pledge to eliminate food stamp program in 2015.	federal-budget,hunger,welfare	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	social media postings


































13074.json	mostly-true	mark kirks claim of national security expertise is based on his military record which he lied about at least 10 times.	military	tammy-duckworth	u.s. representative 	illinois	democrat	1	1	0	1	0	in a speech


































1009.json	mostly-true	the republican party has 21 percent party id and shrinking.	elections	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a web ad.


































12306.json	false	i was totally against the war in iraq, saying for many years that it would destabilize the middle east.	foreign-policy,iraq	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a major foreign policy speech


































2144.json	false	claims that rep. sanford bishop votes similar to house speaker nancy pelosi are inaccurate.	voting-record	sanford-bishop	congressman	georgia	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	a statement


































8920.json	half-true	large parts of florida have experienced years of below average rainfall.	environment	associated-industries-florida		florida	organization	0	0	1	0	1	a press release


































8989.json	true	crimea was part of russia until 1954, when it was given to the soviet republic of the ukraine.	corrections-and-updates,history,military	mike-rogers	national security commentator for cnn	michigan	republican	1	1	1	2	1	in comments on fox's fox news sunday


































4379.json	pants-fire	president barack obama has virtually no one in his cabinet with private-sector experience.	corporations,economy	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a campaign event


































1453.json	half-true	florida still averages more students in its classrooms than any other state in the southeast.	education,florida	franklin-sands	florida democratic house leader	florida	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a press release


































10874.json	false	florida was the only state during my eight years to go from aa to aaa in its bond rating.	state-finances	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	 a meeting with business leaders in portsmouth, n.h.


































1502.json	half-true	the stimulus includes $7 million to build a bridge in thedford, nebraska, to help 168 residents avoid a 30-second wait at a local train crossing. not one full-time job will be created.	stimulus	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a press release


































11558.json	pants-fire	obamacare isnt helping anyone.	health-care	carly-fiorina		california	republican	5	5	4	3	2	a republican presidential debate in milwaukee


































77.json	mostly-true	sixty-one percent of our active military are currently listed as overweight.	military	mike-huckabee	author	arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	a television interview.


































13447.json	mostly-true	nearly one in four people in their prime working years are not working.	economy,jobs,workers	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in atkinson, n.h.


































3317.json	mostly-true	under former president george w. bushs administration while the population in that period grew by 10 percent, the number of jobs in the nation grew by 1 percent.	bush-administration,economy,jobs,labor	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a speech at the jefferson-jackson dinner.


































5497.json	mostly-true	a little less than 50 percent of the people in this country depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them.	children,families,federal-budget,medicaid,medicare,social-security,veterans	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a campaign speech in steubenville, ohio


































11463.json	mostly-true	says hillary clinton couldnt bring herself to say we need to separate commercial banking and speculative banking, namely reinstating glass-steagall.	financial-regulation	martin-omalley	maryland governor	maryland	democrat	3	1	10	4	0	comments on the daily show


































1118.json	true	a loophole still exists which allows members of congress and high-powered executive branch appointees to exploit 'insider' knowledge of the financial industry in order to turn personal profit.	crime	public-citizen			none	0	0	0	0	0	an email to supporters


































1057.json	false	why do we have automatic citizenship upon birth? were the only country in the world that has it.	immigration,pundits	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	his fox news program


































9626.json	true	there are approximately 20,000 annual gun purchases in rhode island.	crime,guns	brett-smiley		rhode island	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a campaign brochure


































12969.json	barely-true	the hollywood celebrities endorsing hillary clinton are in many cases celebrities that arent very hot anymore.	candidates-biography	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	at a rally in tampa, fla.


































9168.json	false	before congress, (tom) cotton got paid handsomely working for insurance companies and corporate interests.	candidates-biography,corporations,health-care	senate-majority-pac	political action committee	washington, d.c. 	democrat	3	4	4	1	0	a tv ad


































10445.json	false	it will cost $50,000 per enrollee in obamacare over the next 10 years.	health-care,taxes	stuart-varney			republican	0	1	0	0	0	an interview on fox news' america's newsroom


































10307.json	false	according to hud, it is patently unfair and socially unjust that wealthy people can live in an exclusive neighborhood.	city-government,civil-rights,diversity,government-regulation,housing,poverty,market-regulation,urban,wealth	mike-stenhouse	chief executive officer, r.i. center for freedom and prosperitystate policy research institute	rhode island	newsmaker	1	1	1	0	1	a radio interview


































5899.json	true	says when he was governor,we expanded participation in virginia in early childhood programs by nearly 40 percent.	children,education	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a policy paper.


































7239.json	pants-fire	members of congress can retire with the same pay after only one term in office	congress,retirement	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email message


































10112.json	false	the next state budget will begin with a surplus of over half a billion dollars -- $535 million to be exact.	job-accomplishments,state-budget,state-finances	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a debate


































7789.json	mostly-true	a 0.05 standard for drunken driving means having a glass of wine at dinner could make a person drunk.	alcohol,crime,criminal-justice,public-safety,transportation	tavern-league-wisconsin			organization	0	0	0	1	0	an interview


































7825.json	half-true	says that since he took office, there have been no large-scale attacks on the united states.	foreign-policy,homeland-security,terrorism	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at the national defense university in washington, d.c.


































6332.json	true	twenty two years ago, when he was running for governor, bill nelson missed 56 percent of his votes in the u.s. house.	candidates-biography,voting-record	connie-mack	u.s. representative from fort myers	florida	republican	3	3	1	3	1	a letter from the campaign to the tampa bay times


































6959.json	half-true	says the university of texas can afford to build a medical school because it has a $7 billion endowment and its football program had a $50 million profit last year.	education,health-care,taxes	rob-moshein	wine writer and consultant	texas	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a letter to the editor.


































9508.json	barely-true	under governor crist, 3,000 teachers laid off.	economy,education,jobs,stimulus	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a tv ad


































9799.json	true	texas prosecutor rosemary lehmberg purchased 72 bottles of vodka in just one store alone, in just over a year.	alcohol,candidates-biography	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a commentary


































6589.json	barely-true	president obama funneled $716 billion out of medicare at the expense of the elderly.	federal-budget,medicare	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a speech at the republican national convention


































6958.json	mostly-true	george bush never suggested that we eliminate funding for planned parenthood.	abortion,corrections-and-updates,debates	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	in a town hall debate


































9408.json	pants-fire	saysmichele bachmann said on fox news, this country could use a president like benjamin franklin again.	history	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	posts on facebook


































11093.json	half-true	by declaring that pluto was no longer a planet, the (international astronomical union) put into place a planetary definition that would have even declassified earth as a planet if it existed as far from the sun as pluto does.	space	other-space			none	0	0	1	0	0	in a change.org petition


































3944.json	barely-true	the president came in and campaigned against me 12 times.	elections,job-accomplishments	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	an interview on fox news


































11176.json	barely-true	i was appointed u.s. attorney by president bush on sept. 10, 2001.	debates,job-accomplishments,public-safety,terrorism	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	comments in a gop debate in cleveland


































13465.json	half-true	says there are probably 2 million, it could be even 3 million criminal immigrants in the country illegally.	homeland-security,immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a 60 minutes interview


































9822.json	true	says president barack obama released a statement on the death of brother robin williams before ... a statement on brother michael brown.	criminal-justice	cornel-west			none	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on salon


































4389.json	true	i became a republican sooner in my life than ronald reagan did in his.	history	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a radio interview


































1688.json	half-true	(pete) sessions has held at least two fundraisers at adult-themed clubs and made no apologies.	ethics	lone-star-project		washington	democrat	0	1	2	1	0	a press release 


































8642.json	barely-true	the most popular name is no longer john or steven. its jose, camilo and maria.	diversity,families,immigration	jorge-ramos	news anchor for univision	florida	journalist	1	0	2	1	0	a broadcast of the daily show


































5538.json	half-true	says the governor took away a billion dollars of rebates, so in real dollars, our property taxes have gone up 20 percent.	state-budget,taxes	john-mckeon	state assemblyman	new jersey	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on my9 news' “new jersey now”


































39.json	false	english is our national language...if it becomes official, that means in a place like new york city you can't print ballots in any other language.	immigration	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	new hampshire.


































11809.json	true	when a gallup poll asked about presidential candidate characteristics, when they get to the question on, would you vote for a socialist, it is even less popular than voting for atheists.	candidates-biography,gays-and-lesbians,history,campaign-advertising,polls,pundits,abc-news-week,women	jennifer-granholm	former governor of michigan	michigan	democrat	1	0	3	2	0	an appearance on abc's 'this week'


































7618.json	true	says in chicago, we take more guns off the streets than new york or l.a.	crime,guns	rahm-emanuel	mayor of chicago	illinois	democrat	1	1	1	2	0	a cnn interview


































3992.json	barely-true	under randi shade, austin has had the highest cost of living of any large texas city.	economy	better-austin-today-political-action-committee			none	1	1	0	0	0	a campaign mailer.


































7096.json	half-true	says that under the new healthcare law, full- and part-time workers will be required to buy insurance costing $375 to $1,000 a month, starting in 2014.	health-care	county-line			none	0	0	1	0	0	an open letter to employees.


































4926.json	true	newt gingrich has suggested building a mirror system in space could improve the earths habitability.	history,science,space	david-brooks			none	0	0	2	0	0	a column in the new york times


































10680.json	false	by allowing brewpubs to sell beer, georgia could become like mexico with only a couple of manufacturers controlling all aspects of market.	alcohol,state-finances	martin-smith	lobbyist	georgia	none	0	1	0	0	0	subcommittee hearing


































7773.json	barely-true	says did you know that if you accepted the districts proposal today you would have no pay increase for 4 years? seven years of frozen wages = disrespect.	education,unions	portland-association-teachers			organization	1	0	1	0	0	a newsletter


































11589.json	barely-true	says a car driving former university of missouri system president tim wolfe ran through the students, hit one of them at the mu homecoming parade.	pundits	juan-williams	pundit, fox news		none	2	0	2	1	0	episode of fox news' the five


































4247.json	half-true	today we stand as the highest-performing urban school district in america.	education	alberto-carvalho	miami-dade schools superintendent	florida	none	0	0	1	0	0	comments to the miami-dade legislative delegation


































1521.json	mostly-true	the cbo found that the house republican health care plan would lower premiums by up to about 10 percent and, for purchasers in the individual market, those cost savings could even be higher.	health-care	charles-boustany		louisiana	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a comment at the president's health care reform summit


































1134.json	half-true	i just want to assure [you] were not talking about cutting medicare benefits.	health-care,medicare	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a town hall meeting.


































11408.json	mostly-true	when we had a conservative republican president we were losing 750,000 jobs a month.	economy,jobs	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	comments on state of the union


































6480.json	mostly-true	after one year, tennessees students made their biggest single-year jump in achievement ever recorded in the state.	education	arne-duncan	u.s. secretary of education	illinois	democrat	1	2	1	2	0	column in the huffington post


































2070.json	barely-true	bill mccollum diverted a state plane to his home 53 times. a state auditor called it: likely a misuse of state resources.	ethics,legal-issues,state-budget,transparency	lets-get-work		florida	republican	1	0	0	0	0	in a tv ad.


































1714.json	true	no member of the american public has ever been killed by commercial nuclear power a record unmatched by other fuels.	energy,nuclear	lamar-alexander			republican	1	2	2	0	0	an op-ed article


































12218.json	barely-true	poll after poll after poll shows me beating hillary.	polls	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview on cnn


































4591.json	true	the people in massachusetts like (the state health care plan) by about a 3-1 margin.	health-care,polls,states	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a republican presidential debate in hanover, n.h.


































4793.json	barely-true	says 23 percent of ninth graders in newark will graduate with a high school diploma in four years and we spend $100,000 on their education in those four years, more than is spent on any other set of students in the united states.	education	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	an interview at facebook headquarters


































7859.json	false	says president barack obama is trying to pack the d.c. circuit court of appeals.	legal-issues	chuck-grassley	u.s. senator	iowa	republican	0	1	2	0	0	a news release


































13452.json	half-true	anyone who knows you can just look it up to see if you voted.	elections,government-regulation,legal-issues,states	amy-schumer			none	0	0	2	0	0	a video


































7890.json	false	says less than half of 1 percent of all the texas legislators who ever served draw a benefit from pensions tied to the salaries of state district judges.	pensions	doug-miller	businessman	texas	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a texas house floor debate.


































5070.json	barely-true	bob menendez just voted to increase the governments debt ceiling to $1.9 trillion! in his 19 years in congress, menendez has helped overspend america over $15 trillion into debt.	deficit,federal-budget	anna-little	immigration attorney	new jersey	republican	1	1	0	0	0	a message on her campaign website


































9726.json	pants-fire	i havent really proposed (phasing out aid to israel) in the past.	federal-budget,foreign-policy,israel	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	comments to reporters


































12738.json	false	says rep. tammy duckworth has been a staunch supporter of expanding the spending, size and reach of the irs.	taxes	mark-kirk	u.s. senator	illinois	republican	2	1	2	0	0	a website press release


































13387.json	pants-fire	one of george soros companies has provided some of the (voting) machines for some states.	elections	sean-duffy	member of the u.s. house	wisconsin	republican	5	1	6	1	2	an interview on cnn


































5685.json	half-true	says the obama administration will no longer enforce the defense of marriage act (doma).	gays-and-lesbians,marriage	vern-buchanan	u.s. rep.	florida	republican	1	1	1	0	0	a mailer


































5544.json	barely-true	and the revenue generated by drilling off virginias coast? $40 million over 10 years.	energy,state-finances	jim-moran	u. s. congressman	virginia	democrat	2	1	1	6	1	s speech.


































6556.json	true	mitt romney gave away his fathers inheritance.	candidates-biography,wealth	reince-priebus	chairman, republican national committee	wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	a tv interview


































8181.json	half-true	there are only four countries in the world that ... legalize abortion after five months -- china, north korea, canada and the u.s.	abortion	carly-fiorina		california	republican	5	5	4	3	2	an interview on abc's this week


































622.json	half-true	first, he (obama) opposed the surge. then he confidently predicted that it would fail. then he tried to prevent funding for the troops who carried out the surge.	iraq	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a speech in las vegas


































9042.json	barely-true	says cathy jordan was arrested and dragged out of her home by a swat team of hooligans for using medical marijuana.	crime,drugs,health-care,marijuana	john-morgan	attorney	florida	democrat	1	1	0	0	0	a medical marijuana debate at the university of tampa


































4783.json	false	under energy efficiency legislation sponsored by u.s. sen. jeanne shaheen, federal bureaucrats could take over the local building code enforcement in your city if so-called green mandates are not complied with quickly enough.	energy,government-regulation,new-hampshire-2012	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	remarks at the cornerstone action dinner in manchester, n.h.


































10398.json	mostly-true	currently, florida is one of only five states in the nation that prohibit citizens from buying electricity from companies that will put solar panels on your home or business.	energy	floridians-solar-choice		florida	none	0	0	0	1	0	a statement on a website


































11265.json	false	the claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causingclimate change has been debunked by the head of the united nations intergovernmental panel on climate change. that number was pulled out of thin air.	climate-change,corrections-and-updates,polls,science	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	an interview with bill maher


































8570.json	mostly-true	says tom cotton voted to turn medicare into a voucher system.	medicare	mark-pryor	u.s. senator	arkansas	democrat	2	0	0	1	0	a campaign ad


































6702.json	barely-true	the significant drop in floridas unemployment rate is a good economic sign.	economy	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	an enterprise florida meeting


































3428.json	true	federal spending is all discretionary, other than interest on the national debt. social security is discretionary. we have the discretion to change the law. same is true with medicare and medicaid.	federal-budget,pundits,abc-news-week	george-will	columnist	maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	an interview on this week with christiane amanpour.


































10741.json	mostly-true	by age 65, the average woman will have lost $431,000 throughout her working career was a result of the pay gap.	jobs,women,workers	mark-herring	state senator	virginia	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a facebook post.


































13054.json	half-true	says crime is rising in manchester and has gone up 19 percent under mayor ted gatsas.	crime	chris-sununu	executive councilor	new hampshire	republican	0	1	1	0	1	an ad


































11848.json	true	i am the only candidate that has endorsed bernie sanders for president. in pa, ive got bernies back.	elections	john-fetterman	mayor of braddock	pa - pennsylvania	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	in a reddit ama


































703.json	mostly-true	john mccain took on the drug industry.	health-care	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a tv ad


































1620.json	barely-true	war for the soul of the txdems: 57% of dem incumbents for tx house lost their primary.	elections	republican-party-texas		texas	republican	3	1	1	3	1	a twitter post


































4850.json	true	says mitt romney flip-flopped on abortion.	abortion,message-machine-2012	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a campaign ad


































7580.json	true	on recusing herself from cases after receiving a campaign contribution	campaign-finance,legal-issues	patience-roggensack	wisconsin supreme court justice	wisconsin	none	0	0	0	1	0	a radio interview


































4220.json	mostly-true	almost 88,000 united states service members are still missing and unaccounted for, dating back to world war ii.	military	jack-conners			democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an opinion column in the times of trenton


































3687.json	false	says judges are using shariah law in dearborn, mich.	religion	leo-berman	state representative	texas	republican	0	2	0	0	1	a house committee hearing


































270.json	false	john doesn't have a record in the senate. john's only passed four bills. they're all about post offices.	job-accomplishments	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a campaign event in ames, iowa


































8864.json	true	georgia has the fifth-highest number of uninsured people of any state in the union.	medicaid,state-budget	raphael-warnock	senior pastor, ebenezer baptist church	georgia	none	0	0	0	0	0	a speech


































319.json	true	mitt romney previously believed that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. now he is prolife.	abortion	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	an ad on the internet


































10981.json	half-true	two weeks ago, a man entered the worlds busiest airport in atlanta, georgia, carrying a loaded ar-15 automatic weapon with an extended-capacity, 100-round magazine.	guns,public-safety	hank-johnson	u.s. congressman	georgia	democrat	3	0	4	3	0	a house floor speech


































7423.json	true	of six rhode island tax-credit programs worth about $35 million, three companies got 90 percent of that -- cvs and two companies not even located in the state of rhode island.	corporations,debt,deficit,economy,small-business,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	gary-sasse		rhode island	newsmaker	0	0	0	0	0	an appearance on 10 news conference


































4040.json	false	two years ago we had the largest structural deficit ever in wisconsin.	state-budget	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an appearance on national tv


































7586.json	half-true	a study by the university of virginia pulls back the curtain on medicaids tragically bad outcomes, including increased risk of adjusted mortality.	health-care,medicaid	pete-snyder	fox news contributor	virginia	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a website post.


































7745.json	false	says gov. rick scott allowed republican legislators to cut his teacher pay raise proposal by 60 percent.	education,state-budget	allison-tant	florida democratic party chairwoman	florida	democrat	1	1	0	0	0	a florida voices column


































11983.json	false	says the new york times can write a story that they know is false yet they cant basically be sued.	legal-issues	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on fox news sunday


































2665.json	true	more texans have new jobs today than the entire population of fort worth.	economy,jobs	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an ad


































3356.json	half-true	says oregon recyclers cant recycle plastic bags	environment	mark-hass	state representative	oregon	democrat	0	1	1	1	0	a legislative hearing


































10020.json	mostly-true	says mark warner has supported restrictions on veterans second amendment rights.	guns,voting-record	national-rifle-association			none	3	5	1	5	3	a mailer.


































9714.json	false	says u.s. senate candidate joni ernst signed a pledge that protects tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas.	corporations,taxes	next-generation-climate-action-committee			democrat	0	1	0	0	1	a television ad


































2610.json	true	his biography says he was the top rotc officer in the nation.	candidates-biography	john-robitaille		rhode island	republican	0	1	2	0	0	a biography on robitaille's campaign website


































6304.json	barely-true	says he could be the first president in modern history to be outspent.	campaign-finance,history	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a fundraising email


































7808.json	mostly-true	the irs doesnt have to prove something against you ... youve got the burden of proof.	legal-issues,taxes	randy-forbes	representative	virginia	republican	1	0	4	3	0	an interview with fox news


































10523.json	false	florida students take an array of standardized high stakes tests which eat up as much as 45 school days per year.	education	florida-badass-teachers-association		florida	none	0	1	0	0	0	a statement to the miami herald


































11441.json	barely-true	from 2014 to 2015, austins murder rate is up a whopping 83 percent.	city-government,crime,criminal-justice	bill-oreilly	fox news channel host		none	4	6	3	5	1	a commentary


































7980.json	true	it is against the law for the nsa to record or monitor americans phone calls without getting a specific fisa warrant to do so.	privacy,terrorism	lynn-westmoreland			republican	1	1	3	0	0	an article


































28.json	half-true	hillary clinton was against setting a deadline for withdrawal, but now she wants a precipitous withdrawal regardless of conditions on the ground or consequences of a defeat for the united states, an rnc radio ad.	iraq	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	a radio ad.


































2145.json	mostly-true	in 2009, yost spent 2.5 times more money than it took to run the (prosecutors) office before he got there.	job-accomplishments	progressohio	a liberal-oriented advocacy organization	ohio	none	0	0	0	1	0	a video posted online in a blog article


































3612.json	half-true	in this bill that ive just signed, we dont cut anybodys salary. we dont take away their pension. and we dont destroy their health care.	government-efficiency,labor,state-budget	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	an interview on fox news


































438.json	true	the united states is seeing greater income inequality now than any time since the 1920s.	economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	democratic debate in philadephia


































2127.json	mostly-true	my 7-step plan creates 700,000 jobs in 7 years.	economy,government-efficiency,state-budget,taxes	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	campaign materials.


































8644.json	barely-true	(u.s. rep. jack kingston) voted to fund (obamacare).	health-care	paul-broun	congressman	georgia	republican	4	8	3	2	1	a video


































8339.json	barely-true	the united states senate democrats and republicans (voted) to keep our government open.	congressional-rules,federal-budget,health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	remarks at the white house


































9783.json	mostly-true	in ferguson, mo.,youve got threeblack officers and 50 white officers with a town that is 67 percent african-american.	crime,public-safety	andrea-mitchell			none	0	0	1	1	0	an episode of nbc's meet the press


































8546.json	half-true	the $3.6 billion deficit we inherited has turned into more than a half-billion-dollar surplus.	state-budget,state-finances	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a book


































13285.json	half-true	says republican u.s. rep. bob dold continues to side with his republican leadership and the nra in blocking consideration of a bill that would keep firearms out of the hands of people on the terrorist watch list.	guns	brad-schneider		illinois	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a campaign tweet


































4712.json	mostly-true	says some wisconsin state employee contracts gave some employees $4 for bringing in their own lunch.	labor,state-finances	maciver-institute	think tank	wisconsin	independent	1	0	0	1	1	a video


































9607.json	mostly-true	more than 50 percent of immigrants from (el salvador, guatemala and honduras) use at least one major welfare program once they get here.	immigration,welfare	bill-oreilly	fox news channel host		none	4	6	3	5	1	comments on fox news


































5806.json	half-true	in the obama economy ... the youth unemployment rate is double the unemployment rate for all americans.	economy,jobs	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a graphic posted on his website


































5435.json	false	amniocentesis, does, in fact, result more often than not in this country in abortion.	abortion,health-care,public-health	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	an interview on cbs's face the nation


































1096.json	half-true	the government is going to tell americans they need to replace functioning stoves in their homes with government-certified stoves and use taxpayer dollars to do so.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,energy,environment	house-republicans			republican	0	3	4	0	1	the house republicans' web site


































904.json	barely-true	mr. warren compared same-sex couples to incest.	gays-and-lesbians,religion	barney-frank	u.s. representative	massachusetts	democrat	1	0	2	0	0	tv interview


































12048.json	mostly-true	says ted cruzswife heidi will be the very first pro-life first lady.	abortion	james-dobson			republican	0	0	0	1	0	a tv ad


































5610.json	barely-true	says we got a chance to pass what i think is oregons first human trafficking bill which has increased by 66 percent the calls to the human trafficking hotline.	human-rights	jefferson-smith	state representative	oregon	democrat	1	1	0	4	0	an interview.


































496.json	false	iran might not be a superpower, but the threat the government of iran poses is anything but 'tiny,' as obama says.	foreign-policy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	chicago


































1735.json	half-true	gm has repaid our government loan, in full, with interest, five years ahead of the original schedule.	bankruptcy,economy,financial-regulation,transportation	ed-whitacre			none	0	0	1	0	0	a tv ad


































8925.json	true	of minimum wage workers in rhode island only 14 percent serve as sole income earner for their family.	economy,jobs	mike-stenhouse	chief executive officer, r.i. center for freedom and prosperitystate policy research institute	rhode island	newsmaker	1	1	1	0	1	a news release


































9384.json	mostly-true	from the do as i say not as i do department: federal employees owe $3.3 billion in back taxes.	taxes	michael-sullivan	president and ceo, empower texans	texas	republican	1	0	3	1	0	a tweet


































2386.json	false	john boehner has called for repealing the rest of the stimulus, which would raise taxes on 110 million middle class people.	stimulus,taxes,abc-news-week	austan-goolsbee	chair of the council of economic advisers	illinois	democrat	0	1	0	3	0	abc's this week


































10324.json	mostly-true	two-thirds of the federal budget is permanent law ... its permanently appropriated.	debt,federal-budget,health-care,medicaid,medicare,social-security	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	an interview


































11394.json	mostly-true	states with the most gun laws tend to have the fewest gun deaths.	corrections-and-updates,guns	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	remarks following a school shooting in oregon


































5982.json	mostly-true	says obama broke his promise to help homeowners facing foreclosure.	economy,housing,message-machine-2012	crossroads-gps	conservative advocacy group		republican	9	1	4	1	2	a television ad


































5309.json	mostly-true	most women, including 98 percent of catholic women, have used contraception.	families,health-care,religion	cecilia-munoz	director of the domestic policy council		newsmaker	0	0	0	1	0	a post to the white house blog


































7270.json	false	the average age of first marijuana use is 12.	drugs,government-regulation,health-care,legal-issues,marijuana,market-regulation,states	protect-families-first		rhode island	organization	0	1	0	0	0	 a news release


































10804.json	half-true	the united states is 65th out of 142 nations and other territories on equal pay.	jobs,women	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech at the women in the world conference


































6221.json	false	ive never supported a payroll tax.	taxes	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a republican us senate debate at kera-tv, channel 13, in dallas.


































8800.json	mostly-true	since barack obama became president of the united states, 95 percent of economic gains have been made by the richest 1 percent.	income	joe-scarborough	host of a morning show on msnbc		none	1	4	3	3	0	a broadcast of msnbc's morning joe


































578.json	mostly-true	obama never held a single senate hearing on afghanistan.	foreign-policy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a television ad


































4345.json	false	on serving out his gubernatorial term	elections	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	


































151.json	false	more people in this country have seen ufos than i think approve of george bush's presidency.	bush-administration	dennis-kucinich	u.s. representative	ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	a democratic debate in philadelphia, pa.


































2287.json	pants-fire	president obama is a muslim.	candidates-biography,obama-birth-certificate,religion	18-percent-american-public			none	0	0	0	0	1	a pew research center poll


































8283.json	barely-true	says potential democratic opponent mary burke implemented the policies of jim doyle. those are the policies that, in his last term, saw the state lose more than 133,000 jobs.	jobs	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview


































13225.json	half-true	you (hillary clinton) get a subpoena, and after getting the subpoena you delete 33,000 emails.	history,homeland-security,legal-issues,transparency	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	the second 2016 presidential debate


































6215.json	mostly-true	the supreme court said the individual mandate is a tax. so its a tax.	health-care,legal-issues,taxes	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an interview with cbs news


































6113.json	pants-fire	more than 43 percent of all food stamps are given to illegals.	immigration	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	on the internet


































11054.json	mostly-true	the united states ranks second worst in income inequality across developed countries, after taxes and transfers.	economy,income,wealth	bobby-scott	u.s. congressman	virginia	democrat	1	2	1	5	0	a written statement.


































13256.json	true	zephyr teachout says she is against super pacs despite taking money from super pac donors	campaign-finance	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a series of blog posts, ending on sept. 21, 2016


































12556.json	true	says hillary clinton said she was under attack (in bosnia) but the attack turned out to be young girls handing her flowers.	ethics	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech in new york city


































5664.json	pants-fire	says ohio treasurer josh mandel first claimed bank fraud in june 2010 but did nothing for more than a year while raising money for his (republican) senate campaign.	government-efficiency,job-accomplishments	ohio-democratic-party		ohio	democrat	4	1	2	2	2	a news release


































4343.json	false	the studies have shown us that [drug testing for welfare recipients] will be saving us money	children,drugs,economy,families,florida,government-regulation,hunger,marijuana,poverty,state-budget,state-finances	doreen-costa	state representative	rhode island	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a radio interview


































4863.json	mostly-true	says mitt romney has said different things about whether global warming is caused by humans	cap-and-trade,climate-change,energy,environment,message-machine-2012	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a web ad


































12539.json	mostly-true	@realdonaldtrump is coming to san antonio, which is 60% mexican-american.	civil-rights,elections,immigration	joaquin-castro	attorney	texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	0	a tweet


































7902.json	barely-true	this president spends 30 times as much money on global warming research as he does on weather forecasting and warning.	climate-change,federal-budget,science,weather	jim-bridenstine	u.s. house of representatives	oklahoma	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a house floor speech


































12247.json	true	says new hampshires second congressional district includes two counties where almost 5 percent if not more of residents are enrolled in the states expanded medicaid program.	bipartisanship,health-care,medicaid	jack-falanagan	state representative	new hampshire	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a speech 


































71.json	false	dr. paul never votes for legislation unless the proposed measure is expressly authorized by the constitution.	legal-issues	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a statement on his campaign web site.


































4244.json	mostly-true	the deal to raise the federal debt limit created the largest debt ceiling increase in americas history.	federal-budget	saxby-chambliss	u.s. senator	georgia	republican	1	1	3	4	1	a press release


































5370.json	half-true	obamacare (hit) americans with over $500 billion in new taxes.	candidates-biography,federal-budget,health-care,message-machine-2012,taxes	us-chamber-commerce			none	6	3	3	1	1	an ad against sen. jon tester, d-mont.


































1887.json	true	georgia has a dropout rate thats higher than alabama's.	education,message-machine	john-oxendine		georgia	republican	0	0	2	0	0	a campaign video on his website


































567.json	true	says obama flip-flopped on warrantless wiretapping.	terrorism	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a news release from mccain spokesman tucker bounds 


































6203.json	pants-fire	a company with 20 employees could go out of business because of health care law requirements to buy insurance.	health-care,small-business	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a tv interview with greta van susteren


































4369.json	true	a national study of 2,500 charter schools shows that maybe 20 percent do better than the community public schools, 40 percent or so do worse and the rest are not having any significant difference.	education	james-parisi	lobbyst for the rhode island federation of teachers and health professionals	rhode island	labor-leader	0	0	0	0	0	a tv news show


































10083.json	barely-true	3,000 teachers lost their jobs when (crist) was governor.	economy,education,stimulus	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a debate at broward college


































271.json	false	barack obama hasn't passed any (bills).	job-accomplishments	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a campaign event in ames, iowa


































12120.json	true	bernie sanders passed more roll call amendments in a republican congress than any other member.	candidates-biography	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	an a television ad


































8650.json	mostly-true	60 percent of people on food assistance are working.	economy,welfare	barbara-lee	congresswoman from california's 13th district	california	democrat	0	0	0	2	0	an episode of cnn's crossfire


































1001.json	false	on switching parties.	elections	arlen-specter	senator	pennsylvania	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	interviews.


































12997.json	half-true	says gov. pat mccrory tried to cut education funding to its lowest budget share in over 30 years.	candidates-biography,education,campaign-advertising,state-budget,states	roy-cooper	attorney general	north carolina	democrat	1	0	3	1	0	a tv ad


































4723.json	mostly-true	says mitt romney flip-flopped on gun control.	guns,message-machine-2012	jon-huntsman		utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	a web advertisement


































3395.json	barely-true	says texas school districts are the fifth largest employers in the world.	corporations,education,small-business,workers	dan-patrick	lieutenant governor-elect	texas	republican	4	4	3	4	4	a texas tribune article.


































9935.json	barely-true	says rick scott cut education by over a billion dollars, meaning thousands of teachers lost their jobs and class sizes went up.	children,education,message-machine-2014,state-budget	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a tv ad


































68.json	half-true	joe biden is the only candidate with a plan to get us out of iraq and keep us out.	iraq	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a television ad.


































3937.json	barely-true	protesters attacked the groups headquarters with graffiti on the sidewalk and stenciled images smeared on the building and statue.	labor,state-budget	wisconsin-manufacturers-and-commerce		wisconsin	organization	3	0	2	2	0	a news release


































3642.json	mostly-true	says paul ryan voted for two wars that were unpaid for, voted for the bush tax cuts that were unpaid for, voted for the prescription drug bill that cost as much as my health care bill -- but wasnt paid for.	afghanistan,deficit,federal-budget,health-care,iraq,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	remarks at a campaign fundraiser


































11571.json	mostly-true	women fill two-thirds of minimum wage jobs.	workers	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a roundtable event on women's economic security


































2567.json	barely-true	amendment 4 will reduce floridas economic output by $34 billion annually.	economy,elections,florida-amendments	citizens-lower-taxes-and-stronger-economy		florida	none	1	0	2	0	1	the no on 4! website


































5700.json	mostly-true	its the first time in the nation this many members have been drawn (by a legislature) into the same districts where it wasnt a court order.	elections,redistricting	will-weatherford	state representative	florida	republican	2	3	4	3	0	remarks to the press


































3527.json	true	we lost more jobs in this great recession than the last four recessions combined.	economy,jobs,labor,abc-news-week	george-will	columnist	maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	a roundtable segment on abc's this week with christiane amanpour


































3940.json	pants-fire	its just crazy that the government will ... make it illegal to use the old [incandescent] bulbs.	energy,environment	mike-stenhouse	chief executive officer, r.i. center for freedom and prosperitystate policy research institute	rhode island	newsmaker	1	1	1	0	1	an appearance on a talk show


































2798.json	false	mequon and milwaukee have the highest disparity of income in the country.	income	michael-murphy	member of milwaukee common council	wisconsin	none	0	1	0	0	0	comments made during adoption of milwaukee's 2011 city budget


































6477.json	barely-true	says barack obama robbed medicare (of) $716 billion to pay for ... obamacare.	federal-budget,history,medicare,retirement	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an interview on 60 minutes


































11357.json	barely-true	the largest low-wage employer is not mcdonalds or walmart but the u.s. government.	corporations,federal-budget,jobs	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a tweet


































2251.json	barely-true	joe sestak ... even wants to bring back the death tax, letting the irs take half of your savings when you die.	message-machine,taxes	pat-toomey	candidate for u.s. senate	pennsylvania	republican	3	2	2	1	0	a television commercial


































7091.json	true	budget analysts say the looming tax hikes and spending cuts would take us into a recession and kill jobs.	deficit,economy,federal-budget,jobs	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a newspaper interview


































9074.json	mostly-true	florida ranks first in the nation for access to free prekindergarten.	children,education	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a tweet


































952.json	half-true	the average ceo makes $10,000 more every day ... than what the average worker makes every year.	economy	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a speech in miami beach, fla.


































224.json	true	when pakistan erupted in crisis, i spoke to musharraf before bush did.	foreign-policy	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a tv ad


































11646.json	half-true	you go down to miami and when its flooding at high tide on a sunny day, fish are swimming through the middle of the streets.	climate-change	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference


































2795.json	mostly-true	republican plan to extend bush tax cuts would double deficit projections going forward for the next couple of decades.	deficit,federal-budget,taxes	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a tv interview.


































2009.json	false	in rick perry's texas, the governor threatens to leave, to secede from the greatest country in the world.	candidates-biography,foreign-policy,history,states	bill-white	former mayor of houston	texas	democrat	2	3	5	7	3	a speech


































1371.json	barely-true	in florida, sen. bill nelson ... got a $25 billion to $30 billion carve-out for medicare advantage patients in their state.	florida,health-care,medicare	karl-rove		texas	republican	2	5	2	8	0	an interview with fox news


































3456.json	barely-true	says taxpayer resources are being used to facilitate private political agendas through automatic payroll deduction of union dues.	labor,state-budget	john-thrasher	republican party of florida chairman	florida	republican	2	1	0	0	1	comments before a senate committee.


































355.json	pants-fire	rnc version of a hillary clinton valentine: roses are red, violets are blue, i'll raise your taxes and there is nothing you can do.	taxes	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	an rnc web site feature where you can send a gop valentine from your favorite democrat


































2081.json	mostly-true	rob portman has taken more than $125,000 from big oil.	elections	lee-fisher	former lieutenant governor	ohio	democrat	2	1	1	2	0	a news release


































12968.json	mostly-true	chicago public schools lead the country in high school graduation of an urban school system, match the united states of america in kids graduating high school going on to a four-year college, and are producing eighth-grade leaders in the country in math gains, fourth-grade leaders in reading gains.	education	rahm-emanuel	mayor of chicago	illinois	democrat	1	1	1	2	0	a press event


































9645.json	half-true	the states that are doing better are the ones that have no state income tax.	taxes	jamie-weinstein	senior editor, daily caller		none	0	0	1	0	0	comments on hbo's real time with bill maher


































8506.json	half-true	the legislature passed gov. walkers so-called property tax relief bill, but the republicans are still raising your property taxes.	city-government,county-government,education,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	janet-bewley			democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a speech


































9054.json	half-true	says 50 percent of millennials dont associate with any political party.	elections,polls	rock-vote			none	0	0	1	0	0	a tweet


































2417.json	half-true	says ron johnsons company got government loans and a grant to help expand his business	message-machine	russ-feingold		wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	a campaign tv ad


































11706.json	half-true	says the security against foreign enemies act of 2015 would not pause the resettlement of syrian refugees in the united states.	immigration	ann-mclane-kuster	attorney	new hampshire	democrat	2	1	3	0	0	an interview with new hampshire public radio


































3224.json	pants-fire	says travis county, home to austin, is the most liberal county in the united states.	polls	tom-delay	former u.s. house member	texas	republican	1	0	1	1	1	an interview.


































10462.json	barely-true	did you know under president obama family health care premiums have increased $4,154 on the average?	health-care	barbara-comstock	state delegate	virginia	republican	1	1	0	0	0	a tweet.


































7936.json	mostly-true	says the 2014-15 texas budget increases spending by less than the rate of inflation and population growth.	state-budget	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a bill-signing ceremony


































10743.json	half-true	medicaid expansion isnt necessarily a very popular issue on the street.	medicaid	steve-crisafulli			republican	0	0	1	1	0	a radio interview


































577.json	half-true	obama voted against funding our troops.	military	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a television ad


































1680.json	mostly-true	florida statutes require (attorney general bill) mccollum to consult with members of florida's congressional delegation before filing a lawsuit against the health care reform law.	florida,health-care,legal-issues	alex-sink		florida	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	a news release


































13356.json	half-true	in the paula jones case, bill clinton paid an $850,000 penalty.	ethics,legal-issues	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	an interview with fox news' megyn kelly


































8964.json	barely-true	says alex sink supported higher property taxes.	taxes	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	in a campaign mailer


































11484.json	half-true	the top 1 percent pay 45 percent of all taxes in the country.	taxes	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	in a town hall in concord, new hampshire


































2666.json	pants-fire	says john kitzhaber wants a sales tax so people without jobs pay taxes.	jobs,message-machine,taxes	chris-dudley	financial adviser	oregon	republican	0	0	1	1	1	a television ad


































1072.json	half-true	if the united states moves ahead by itself (on cap-and-trade)... after 30 or 40 years, were going to reduce co2 by less than 1 percent.	climate-change,energy,environment	chuck-grassley	u.s. senator	iowa	republican	0	1	2	0	0	interview on this week with george stephanopoulos


































13430.json	true	says russ feingold said that with obamacare, we could keep our doctors and our plans, it was rated as the lie of the year.	candidates-biography,government-regulation,health-care	us-chamber-commerce			none	6	3	3	1	1	an ad


































6355.json	pants-fire	says his patents in ultrasound have revolutionized modern medicine.	health-care	george-flinn	radiologist and radio station owner	tennessee	republican	0	1	0	0	1	in a campaign tv commercial.


































7539.json	false	says houston is home to more doctors, more nurses, more researchers than any other place in the world.	health-care,medicaid,public-health	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	remarks at a washington, d.c. event.


































8681.json	half-true	every dollar spent in the new obamacare system ... goes to private-sector insurance companies.	health-care	chris-matthews	host of msnbc's hardball		none	1	2	2	1	0	a broadcast of hardball


































9924.json	pants-fire	three of five detainees swapped (for bowe bergdahl) are now isis leaders.	foreign-policy,military,terrorism	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	internet posts


































6909.json	half-true	under maggie hassans leadership, we increased state spending in the middle of the great recession by 24 percent leading up to and following it.	state-budget	ovide-lamontagne	attorney	new hampshire	republican	0	0	2	0	0	a debate at rivier university


































12415.json	pants-fire	the first tweet was sent from austin.	city-government,corporations,history,technology	steve-adler	mayor of austin	texas	democrat	1	1	1	2	1	a panel discussion in austin


































11791.json	mostly-true	texas has the sixth-highest property taxes in the nation.	taxes	jeff-judson	business and policy consultant	texas	tea-party-member	0	0	0	1	0	conservatives in action blog post


































6388.json	half-true	says the largest tax increase in american history is set to occur on january 1st unless president obama and congress can come to an agreement.	history,taxes	francisco-quico-canseco	u.s. house member	texas	republican	0	0	1	0	0	an email blast


































2425.json	false	says bill white didnt pay taxes while earning $133,600 annual salary as deputy secretary of energy.	taxes,transparency	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a press release


































3960.json	mostly-true	the tax on job creating businesses is 35 percent in the united states, second worst in the entire world.	corporations,economy,jobs,taxes	george-allen	consultant	virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a speech.


































3882.json	mostly-true	for every $1 spent on mitigation, $4 in post-storm cleanup and rebuilding is saved.	government-efficiency	tom-rooney	congressman	florida	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a press release


































5027.json	false	our tax code is . . . 80,000 pages.	economy,government-efficiency,government-regulation,taxes	barry-hinckley		rhode island	republican	0	4	1	2	2	an appearance on wpri's newsmakers program


































2030.json	pants-fire	blue cross headquarters has a $30,000 granite table.	corporations,economy,health-care	steve-archambault	lawyer	rhode island	democrat	0	0	0	1	1	a speech at the state democratic convention


































5542.json	pants-fire	president barack obama is ending medicare as we know it.	health-care,medicare	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a campaign memo


































4158.json	mostly-true	we jumped 11 places since beginning this year in terms of being job-friendly.	economy	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	an interview on fox news


































9930.json	true	says fox news gave republicansenators twice the air time as democrats during a hearing about theislamic state.	foreign-policy	media-matters			none	0	0	0	0	0	a post on the media matters blog


































12989.json	false	hillary clinton wants to shut down family farms using radical regulation, by raising business tax rates as high as nearly 50 percent and by taxing family farms again at death by as much as 45 percent.	agriculture,economy,government-regulation,taxes,wealth	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech


































2751.json	half-true	rigells car dealership made over $400,000 off the cash for clunkers bailout.	stimulus	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	a tv ad


































8539.json	pants-fire	says the obama administration is handing out a pamphlet titled, what to do when the veteran in your classroom attempts a mass shooting	corrections-and-updates,education,guns,military,veterans	mr-conservative	conservative website	none	none	0	1	0	0	1	a web post


































12773.json	true	speakers at the democratic national convention made zero mentions of the global terrorist threat posed by isis.	terrorism	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	an email to reporters


































6782.json	pants-fire	barack hussein obama will ... force local authorities to allow occupy protesters to live in parks.	occupy-wall-street	government-not-god-pac			none	1	2	0	0	3	a newspaper ad


































10007.json	false	ive been involved in prosecuting a terrorist member of isis.	crime,criminal-justice,foreign-policy,terrorism	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	a debate in the rio grande valley.


































5513.json	mostly-true	it costs about $40,000 a year for a homeless person to be on the streets.	poverty	shaun-donovan	secretary of housing and urban development	new york	democrat	0	0	1	1	0	an interview on the daily show


































8260.json	false	the amount of interest paid on the federal debt exceeds total tax revenue.	corporations,debt,federal-budget,taxes	chris-kapanga			republican	0	1	0	0	0	a newsletter


































3888.json	pants-fire	i did not say that i would not have them [muslims] in my cabinet.	islam,religion	herman-cain		georgia	republican	4	11	5	3	3	an interview on the glenn beck program radio show


































2935.json	true	the national debt grew an estimated$15 billion last weekend.	deficit,economy	mark-warner	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	3	1	6	3	0	a floor speech.


































8317.json	true	the u.s. supreme court decided in 1982 that non-citizen children must get free k-12 education.	education,immigration	david-watts	candidate	texas	republican	0	0	0	0	0	an email blast


































8478.json	pants-fire	if i have affordable coverage in my workplace, im not eligible to go into the marketplace. ... its illegal.	health-care	kathleen-sebelius	u.s. health and human services secretary	kansas	democrat	1	0	1	3	1	testimony before congress


































11112.json	true	says donald trump has supported a canadian-style universal health care system.	elections	erick-erickson			republican	1	2	0	0	0	a column on redstate.com


































7558.json	false	says, the democrats proposed budget is also balanced by using more in new tax revenue than in total pers reform or savings.	pensions,state-budget,taxes,unions	bruce-hanna	co-speaker of the oregon house of representatives	oregon	republican	1	1	0	0	0	a floor speech


































6157.json	pants-fire	says a lip-reading instructor at the river school, a washington, d.c., school for the deaf has determined that during 9/11 ceremonies, michelle obama said, all this for a damn flag.	patriotism	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a message forwarded to many people


































6822.json	half-true	says austin voters can approve seven bond propositions without raising taxes.	elections,taxes	lee-leffingwell	austin mayor	texas	democrat	1	0	4	1	0	a unity pac press release.


































8729.json	mostly-true	us: change in income, 2009-13. top 1%: +31.4%. bottom 99%: +0.4%.	economy	ian-bremmer	president and founder of the eurasia group	new york	none	0	0	0	1	0	a tweet


































323.json	true	hillary clinton agreed with (john mccain) on voting for the war in iraq.	iraq	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	denver


































12314.json	mostly-true	says ann kirkpatrick votes with her party nearly 90 percent of the time.	voting-record	arizona-grassroots-action-pac			none	1	0	0	1	0	an online advertisement


































501.json	mostly-true	i had an uncle ... who was part of the first american troops to go into auschwitz and liberate the concentration camps.	candidates-biography	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in las cruces, n.m.


































11240.json	half-true	our companies are moving into mexico more than almost any other place right now.	foreign-policy,trade	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on cnn.


































2192.json	barely-true	allowing all bush income tax cuts to expire on dec. 31 will amount to the largest tax increase in the history of america.	taxes	johnny-isakson	u.s. senator	georgia	republican	2	3	3	2	0	a guest column in the atlanta journal constitution


































12616.json	barely-true	says hillary clintons state department approved the transfer of 20 percent of americas uranium holdings to russia, while nine investors in the deal funneled $145 million to the clinton foundation.	corrections-and-updates,ethics,foreign-policy	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	in a speech critiquing hillary clinton


































3468.json	true	most americans live within 50 miles of a nuclear power plant.	energy,nuclear,public-safety,pundits	lawrence-odonnell			none	2	2	0	3	0	msnbc's last word


































10247.json	barely-true	in the past four or five presidential elections, people who poll high at the beginning are not the people who end up being the nominees.	elections,job-accomplishments,polls	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview


































3735.json	false	under president barack obama, the united states has doubled our exports.	economy,trade	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in austin, texas


































2883.json	half-true	a ban on earmarks greatly weakens the authority congress has over spending, to the benefit of the executive branch.	federal-budget	dave-obey	u.s. house member -- 7th district	wisconsin	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a statement to the milwaukee journal sentinel


































3722.json	false	says president barack obamas debt commission recommended converting medicare to a system where medicare participants are given a voucher to purchase insurance in the private market.	deficit,federal-budget,medicare	tom-petri	u.s. house member -- 6th district	wisconsin	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a constituent newsletter


































10016.json	false	the last time there was a sustained surge of confidence in governments competence was under ronald reagan.	history,polls	george-will	columnist	maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	comments on fox news sunday


































791.json	half-true	on the economic troubles of 2008, really the match that lit this fire was fannie mae and freddie mac.	economy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	nashville, tenn.


































351.json	true	senator obama has, in fact, never had a serious republican challenger.	elections	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a conference call to reporters led by cilnton pollster mark penn


































11341.json	false	the birther movement was started by hillary clinton in 2008. she was all in!	obama-birth-certificate	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a tweet


































10235.json	pants-fire	the kochs stand to make around $100 billion if the government approves the keystone xl pipeline.	energy,environment	thom-hartmann	radio/tv host		none	0	0	0	1	1	a segment on his rt show


































11702.json	true	here in wisconsin, weve put in previous budgets more money into mental health services than any governor has in the last 25 years.	health-care,public-health,state-budget,terrorism	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview


































10328.json	half-true	surveys of teens in high school reveal that knowing a classmate who sells cannabis is 90 times more common than knowing a classmate who sells alcohol.	children,crime,drugs,education,marijuana,polls,public-health,pundits	james-crowley	physician	rhode island	columnist	0	0	1	0	0	a commentary in the providence journal


































12564.json	mostly-true	for every extra year that a girl stays in secondary school, her chance of getting infected with hiv/aids decreases by half.	education,foreign-policy,public-health,women	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a senate hearing


































12909.json	barely-true	in washington, congressman joe heck supports privatizing (social security), turning our savings over to wall street and risking it on the stock market.	social-security	afscme			none	3	1	2	3	0	a television ad


































5247.json	false	the interlink at t.f. green airport is the closest air-rail link in the country.	infrastructure,transportation	lincoln-chafee		rhode island	democrat	3	5	3	4	0	a news conference


































6315.json	barely-true	says texas proved in court that more than 200 dead people voted in the latest texas election.	elections	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	an interview with fox news.


































2528.json	pants-fire	says sal esquivel wants a 5 percent state sales tax on groceries.	taxes	lynn-howe	retired nurse	oregon	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a campaign mailer


































12335.json	mostly-true	this is not a joke: the president wants to house illegal aliens on our nations military installations.	children,immigration,military	john-carter	u.s. house of representatives	texas	republican	0	3	1	2	2	a commentary published in the round rock leader


































12346.json	false	in the united states alone we lose more than 3,000 people a day to cancer.	health-care,public-health,science	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a speech at the vatican


































2853.json	half-true	regulations are an endemic weakness in government -- so old that thomas jefferson listed this problem among his charges against the king of england in the declaration of independence.	government-efficiency,history	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a speech to the council of 100


































12742.json	half-true	says hillary clinton has called for a radical 550 percent increase in syrian ... refugees . . . despite the fact that theres no way to screen these refugees in order to find out who they are or where they come from.	foreign-policy,homeland-security,human-rights,immigration,terrorism	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech at the republican convention


































3884.json	half-true	gov. chris christie caused a 4.1 percent increase in property taxes in 2010, marking the highest increase since 2007.	taxes	new-jersey-assembly-democrats		new jersey	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a press release


































12765.json	pants-fire	unemployment numbers are artificial numbers. these are numbers that are massaged to make the existing economy look good, to make this administration look good when, in fact, its a total disaster.	economy,elections,history,jobs,labor,workers	donald-trump-jr			republican	0	1	0	0	1	an interview on cnn


































3921.json	mostly-true	an iron ore mine in northern wisconsin could operate for 100 years and generate billion of dollars in economic activity.	jobs	wisconsin-manufacturers-and-commerce		wisconsin	organization	3	0	2	2	0	a radio ad


































2799.json	pants-fire	says over 25 percent of the texas budget funds services to non-u.s. citizens.	economy,immigration	kathie-glass	lawyer	texas	libertarian	0	0	0	0	2	a debate.


































12297.json	half-true	says hillary clinton has promised to raise taxes by $1 trillion dollars.	corrections-and-updates,campaign-advertising,pundits,taxes	new-day-america		ohio	organization	0	1	1	0	0	a robocall


































2188.json	half-true	people come here to have babies. they come here to drop a child. its called drop and leave.	health-care,immigration,legal-issues	lindsey-graham	u.s. senator	south carolina	republican	2	2	4	2	0	an interview with fox news' on the record with greta van susteren


































10636.json	barely-true	according to the state of florida, you are almost twice as likely to be attacked by an alligator than by someone who happens to carry a conceal-and-carry permit.	animals,corrections-and-updates,crime,guns	florida-students-concealed-carry		florida	organization	1	0	0	0	0	florida senate higher education committee hearing


































3297.json	false	the five states that outlaw collective bargaining for teachers all rank below 44th in the nation in test scores, while wisconsin ranks 2nd.	education,labor,workers	state-democratic-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	democrat	5	7	2	2	7	in a facebook post


































3770.json	mostly-true	the arab and the muslim nations get twice as much money as israel.	foreign-policy,israel	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a presidential debate


































11610.json	mostly-true	@jorge_elorza still think your plan is safe? rescue captain kenyon just worked 96 hours straight. 96 hours.	public-safety,unions	paul-doughty	president, international association of firefighters local 799	rhode island	labor-leader	0	0	0	1	0	a tweet


































6180.json	half-true	if youre one of the more than 250 million americans who already have health insurance, you will keep your health insurance.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at the white house


































4253.json	barely-true	says state sen. alberta darling is allowing mercury to harm our children because she voted against an electronics recycling bill.	environment	wisconsin-sierra-club		wisconsin	organization	1	0	0	0	0	in campaign fliers


































8661.json	mostly-true	the vast, overwhelming majority of [crimes that occur with a firearm] are committed by people who dont legally possess that firearm in the first place.	crime,criminal-justice,guns	michael-chippendale	state representative	rhode island	republican	1	1	0	1	0	a radio interview


































12263.json	false	the colorado caucus system for selecting republican delegates is rigged.	elections,ethics,campaign-advertising	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a tv interview


































3002.json	mostly-true	over 80 percent of the people want the shot to vote on whether to approve same-sex marriage, according to polls.	civil-rights,gays-and-lesbians,marriage	vincent-buddy-cianci		rhode island	independent	0	2	1	2	1	an abc-6 interview program


































6312.json	half-true	usa is #1 in gun violence.	guns	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a post on the internet


































5592.json	mostly-true	this bill allows virginia to join about 23 other states that have an ultrasound procedure before an abortion.	abortion	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	a tv interview.


































9825.json	false	every 28 hours an unarmed black person is shot by a cop.	crime,diversity,public-safety	marc-lamont-hill			democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a cnn segment


































159.json	barely-true	here's a man who brags about how he made the city safe. it was the biden crime bill that became the clinton crime bill that allowed him to do that.	crime	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	philadelphia


































1064.json	pants-fire	says the constitution only requires her to tell the census how many people are in our home.	census	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a washington times interview


































4240.json	false	you might be surprised to know that 137 billion gallons flows (into lake erie) every day. you might be surprised to know that only 86.3 billion gallons flow out. ... leaving us a net surplus of approximately 50 billion gallons a day.	environment,water	tim-grendell	state senator	ohio	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a speech in the ohio senate


































11651.json	barely-true	from 2010-2014, median household income in wisconsin has actually gone up 7.4 percent.	census,economy,families,income	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a tweet


































10528.json	half-true	georgia lawmaker pushes bill banning creation of glow in the dark human-jellyfish hybrids.	science,states	raw-story			none	0	0	1	0	0	headline over an article on the raw story website


































11613.json	pants-fire	this incident of supposed feces depicting a swastika on the wall of a bathrooms in one of the halls ... has been supported by zero fact.	crime,diversity,education	peter-kinder	lieutenant governor	missouri	republican	0	0	0	1	1	in comments on breitbart


































8784.json	false	san antonio has seen 67% growth in water customers in the last 25 years, 0% more water used.	city-budget,city-government,water	robert-puente	ceo, san antonio water system	texas	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a texas tribune festival panel discussion


































5147.json	mostly-true	says up to a quarter of african americans dont have government photo id.	elections	steny-hoyer	house majority leader	maryland	democrat	0	1	3	4	0	an opinion column.


































8229.json	barely-true	says obamaexempted congress and their staff from the full effect of the (health care) law.	health-care	jim-jordan	u.s. representative	ohio	republican	1	0	3	3	0	a news release


































4644.json	half-true	president obamas uncle and aunt are illegal aliens ... whove been allowed to stay in this country.	immigration	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a republican presidential primary debate


































11065.json	true	despite what donald trump claims, there werent 15,000 people who turned out in phoenix to see trump speak.	elections,pundits	rachel-maddow	msnbc host		none	6	6	4	6	1	a segment on her show


































3557.json	false	abortion services are well over 90 percent of what planned parenthood does.	abortion,federal-budget	jon-kyl	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	0	2	4	3	0	a senate floor speech


































12170.json	barely-true	north carolina spent almost as much as it spends on government rape crisis programs in a year to convene a special session for hb2.	criminal-justice,gays-and-lesbians,state-budget,women	lgbt-progress		washington, d.c.	organization	1	0	0	0	0	a tweet


































2202.json	barely-true	[u]nlike every other major transit system in the nation, marta has never received any significant, dedicated funding from the state of georgia.	transportation	michael-tyler	chariman, metropolitan atlanta rapid transit authority's board of directors	georgia	none	1	0	0	0	0	an op-ed piece in the atlanta journal-constitution


































59.json	half-true	john kerry was at 4 percent in the polls in december of 2003...and he ended up becoming the nominee of the party.	elections	chris-dodd	u.s. senator	connecticut	democrat	0	0	3	3	0	an interview on cnn's <i>the situation room</i>


































10582.json	mostly-true	a federal judge said president barack obamas executive action on immigration is unconstitutional.	homeland-security,immigration	david-jolly		florida	republican	4	0	1	1	0	a speech on the u.s. house floor


































12939.json	mostly-true	at $587 apiece, usa would need to bring home about 33.1 billion gold medals to pay off our national debt.	debt	scott-rigell	u.s. congressman	virginia	republican	2	2	0	1	0	a facebook post


































13202.json	mostly-true	in other states (where illegal immigrants have been allowed to get drivers licenses) their insurance premiums for everybody have gone down.	economy,immigration,public-safety,market-regulation	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	rhode island	democrat	2	1	2	5	1	a television interview


































364.json	half-true	i want to freeze interest rates for five years.	economy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	los angeles, calif.


































4265.json	pants-fire	two elections in a row (waukesha county clerk kathy nickolaus) has screwed up counting the vote	elections	state-democratic-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	democrat	5	7	2	2	7	a television interview


































6927.json	half-true	the georgia department of economic development assisted with the creation of 28,776 jobs, an increase of 29 percent from last fiscal year, and $5.97 billion in investments, a 32 percent increase.	economy,jobs	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	news release


































1282.json	false	for the last decade the climate has been cooling.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,environment,pundits	mary-matalin			republican	1	1	0	0	0	cnn's situation room program


































10842.json	true	accidents are down 50 percent and injury accidents are down 60 percent in the rebuilt marquette interchange in milwaukee.	public-safety,state-budget,transportation	wisconsin-transportation-builders-association		wisconsin	organization	0	0	0	0	0	a radio ad


































547.json	pants-fire	says obama opposes innovation, the electric car and clean, safe, nuclear energy.	energy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a web ad


































5793.json	false	says $57,000 is the mean [income] in our state for a family.	families,income	sheila-oliver	assemblywoman	new jersey	democrat	0	1	1	3	0	an interview on wor-am


































11918.json	barely-true	says the one person (donald trump)has suggested that would make a good justice is his sister, who is a court of appeals judge appointed by bill clinton. she is a hardcore pro-abortion liberal judge.	abortion,supreme-court	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	on abc's this week


































11419.json	mostly-true	today in america, we have more people in jail than any other country on earth.	criminal-justice	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	the first democratic debate


































3234.json	false	the muslim brotherhood has openly stated they want to declare war on israel.	foreign-policy,israel,pundits,terrorism	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	a comment on his television show


































1662.json	mostly-true	on financial reform, there is a million dollars being spent, per congressman, in lobbying expenses on this issue. (the) industry has four lobbyists per member of the house and senate working on this.	corporations,ethics,market-regulation,abc-news-week	lawrence-summers			democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on this week.


































1799.json	barely-true	elena kagan violated the law of the united states at various points with her opposition to military recruiters.	kagan-nomination,military,supreme-court,abc-news-week	jeff-sessions		alabama	republican	2	2	2	1	0	abc's this week


































10904.json	mostly-true	sixty million americans depend on social security, and one-third of all the seniors in america depend on social security for 90 percent of their income.	income,retirement,social-security	mike-huckabee	author	arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	a speech at gov. rick scott's economic summit in orlando


































993.json	barely-true	already we've identified $2 trillion in deficit reductions over the next decade.	federal-budget	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at georgetown university


































9157.json	false	says the medicaid fraud rate in virginia was fact-checked and found to be 0.47 percent.	health-care,medicaid	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a radio interview.


































12476.json	false	the presence of gorillas calls into question the concept of evolution.	science	rush-limbaugh	radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	the rush limbaugh show


































3715.json	true	says milwaukee county spent over $170,000 in salaries in 2010 for employees to participate in union activities such as collective bargaining.	county-government,state-budget,unions	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a news release


































10311.json	true	the u.s. has 5 percent of the worlds population, 25 percent of the worlds known prison population.	criminal-justice	jim-webb	writer	virginia	democrat	1	0	1	5	0	a conference.


































3108.json	true	there have been at least four incidents where bullets from mexico have crossed the border.	crime,immigration,public-safety	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	a press release


































1647.json	true	on oil drilling	energy,environment	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an announcement at andrews air force base 


































12310.json	pants-fire	today president obama said there will not be a national day of prayer in may.	history,religion	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a multitude of facebook posts


































1078.json	barely-true	we were promised. the president said we would keep unemployment under 8.5 percent (if the stimulus passed).	economy,stimulus	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a pbs interview.


































3594.json	true	george allen voted to add $3 trillion to the federal debt, voted to raise the debt ceiling four times and voted for the no child left behind act while he was a senator.	deficit,education,federal-budget	jamie-radtke		virginia	republican	1	1	1	2	0	a blog post.


































6994.json	barely-true	elizabeth townsend runs the elections office that omitted a school board race on a ballot and gave a school board candidate faulty advice.	candidates-biography	shirley-anderson		florida	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign flyer


































2757.json	half-true	says john raese said he wants 1,000 laser systems put in the sky, and we need it right now.	foreign-policy,message-machine,military,technology	joe-manchin	senator from west virginia	west virginia	democrat	0	0	1	1	0	a campaign web ad


































9758.json	mostly-true	the islamic state, or isis, was cast off by al-qaida because it was considered too extreme.	iraq,terrorism	david-gregory	host of nbc's meet the press	washington, d.c.	none	1	0	0	1	0	comments on nbc's meet the press


































8744.json	barely-true	the foundation for government accountability, which supported a florida law requiring drug testing of welfare recipients, is a koch brothers affiliated group.	drugs,florida	rachel-maddow	msnbc host		none	6	6	4	6	1	comments on her show


































8073.json	true	the senate immigration bill is filled with things like rewards for au pair agencies, alaskan seafood processors and vegas casinos.	federal-budget,immigration	karen-handel			republican	2	0	3	3	1	a twitter post


































4636.json	half-true	over the last several years, 40 percent (of) the jobs created in texas were created for illegal aliens.	economy,immigration,jobs	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a republican presidential debate in las vegas


































5976.json	mostly-true	for every one mile of light-rail track that will be built, 16 miles of new road capacity will be built.	transportation	colleen-kiernan		georgia	none	0	0	0	2	0	an interview


































1750.json	half-true	the governor switched his position once again on offshore oil drilling.	energy,environment,oil-spill	kendrick-meek		florida	democrat	2	6	1	4	1	an interview on cnn.


































4363.json	half-true	the united states is the no. 1 country in the world for energy resources. we are the king daddy dogs when it comes to energy.	energy,environment	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a campaign event


































6053.json	pants-fire	says barack obama is a socialist.	candidates-biography	roger-williams	businessman	texas	republican	3	2	2	0	1	an austin appearance with wes riddle, fellow gop hopeful for us house.


































8176.json	half-true	under a new law regulating abortions, even if youre raped, if you dont report it in the first 30 days, the republicans will force you to have an ultrasound.	abortion,health-care,women	peter-barca	state representative	wisconsin	democrat	0	2	2	3	1	an interview


































7611.json	false	assertions that it makes no difference whether children are raised by heterosexual or homosexual parents have been shattered by the latest and best social science and research.	children,diversity,families,gays-and-lesbians,marriage	susan-yoshihara	director of research, catholic family and human rights institute	rhode island	newsmaker	0	1	0	0	0	testimony before a r.i. senate committee


































2193.json	half-true	in my attorney generals office, weve cut the budget 18 percent.	state-budget	bill-mccollum		florida	republican	2	1	2	0	1	a debate.


































10042.json	half-true	in north carolina, now were near the national average for unemployment.	economy,states,workers	thom-tillis	house speaker and u.s. senate candidate	north carolina	republican	2	0	1	1	0	a debate


































8923.json	half-true	obamacare includes a $700 billion cut from medicare for seniors.	elections,health-care,medicare	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a television ad


































12064.json	half-true	the rate of u.s. female homicide victimsoutnumbers 24 other developed countries by more than 2 to 1.	crime,guns,history,public-safety	everytown-gun-safety	advocacy group	new york	none	3	0	1	0	0	a facebook meme


































3720.json	mostly-true	austin energy is considering its first rate increase since 1994.	city-budget,city-government,energy	kathie-tovo	mother	texas	democrat	1	0	0	2	0	“voters guide,” league of women voters of the austin area.


































11342.json	mostly-true	says ronald reagan reversed his worlds largest tax cut and raised taxes when revenues did not match the expectations.	taxes	stephen-colbert			none	1	0	0	2	0	an interview with ted cruz


































8452.json	barely-true	wendy davis is threatening to raise taxes up to $35 billion.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	a facebook page


































8786.json	half-true	alex sink used a taxpayer-funded plane so she could get to a vacation in the bahamas.	ethics,florida	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	in a web campaign ad


































13441.json	barely-true	roy blunt voted to raise his own pay 12 times while in congress.	candidates-biography,voting-record	jason-kander	secretary of state	missouri	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a campaign ad


































318.json	barely-true	mitt romney wants to set a date for withdrawal from iraq.	iraq	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	fort myers, fla.


































12823.json	mostly-true	says donald trump claimed our armed forces are a disaster.	foreign-policy,military	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech at the democratic convention


































6492.json	true	says under wisconsin law, he cannot remove his name from the ballot for re-election to congress.	elections	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a television interview


































3421.json	barely-true	in fighting collective bargaining changes, democrats are trying to protect a system that pays unionized government workers 42 percent more than non-union workers.	labor,state-budget	crossroads-gps	conservative advocacy group		republican	9	1	4	1	2	a television ad


































6836.json	false	under gov. romneys definition ... donald trump is a small business.	debates,small-business,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the first presidential debate in denver


































10550.json	true	the potential iran nuclear agreement would limit iran to the number of centrifuges needed for a weapon but too few for a nuclear power program.	foreign-policy,nuclear	michael-morell			none	0	0	0	1	0	a broadcast of charlie rose


































12836.json	barely-true	in liberia, a girl is more likely to be married by 18 than to know how to read.	children,education,women	tina-rosenberg			columnist	1	0	0	0	0	an article


































443.json	half-true	obama voted for the bush-cheney energy bill that put $6-billion in the pocket of big oil.	energy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a tv ad airing in pennsylvania.


































9461.json	mostly-true	it would be illegal for the fulton county commission to raise the county tax rate.	county-government	john-albers			republican	0	1	0	1	0	in an emai to constituents


































10776.json	barely-true	saidpresident barack obama said he was going to stop (signature strikes).	afghanistan,terrorism	richard-clarke			none	1	0	0	0	0	a panel on abc this week


































4355.json	half-true	says the national debt and president barack obamas refusal to control spending led to our nations credit rating being downgraded for the first time in history.	deficit,economy,federal-budget	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a campaign video on his website


































3620.json	half-true	an internet sweepstakes cafe is a legitimate business that has been vetted and found to be completely legal in the state.	gambling	peter-nehr	state representative	florida	republican	0	0	1	0	0	comments published in the 'st. petersburg times'


































6537.json	true	in 2008, candidate barack obama attacked john mccain for proposing cuts to medicare.	medicare,message-machine-2012	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a campaign ad


































2718.json	mostly-true	donna campbell has called for ending all federal funding for education	education,federal-budget,taxes	lloyd-doggett	texas congressman in the u.s. houst of representatives	texas	democrat	1	0	2	7	0	a campaign mailer


































740.json	true	palin (proposed) a $150 bounty for the severed foreleg of each killed wolf.	environment	defenders-wildlife-action-fund-defenders-wildlife-			none	0	0	0	0	0	a tv ad


































4224.json	false	one of the biggest polluters in our country is the milwaukee metropolitan sewerage district.	environment	jim-sensenbrenner	member of congress	wisconsin	republican	2	4	1	0	0	a discussion at a town hall meeting


































12501.json	barely-true	says the united states has treaties with apparently 69 countries where we are obligated to defend their borders. and these were treaties that were executive treaties, not authorized by congress.	congress,foreign-policy	gary-johnson	presidential candidate	new mexico	libertarian	3	2	5	6	0	an appearance on meet the press


































93.json	true	social security ... is solid through about 2040 without any changes whatsoever.	federal-budget	dennis-kucinich	u.s. representative	ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	hanover, n.h.


































7679.json	mostly-true	says under his utility rate plan, an estimated 50 percent of our residential households will see a decrease in their water and wastewater bills.	city-budget,water	dwight-jones	mayor, city of richmond	virginia	democrat	1	1	1	1	0	a statement.


































6894.json	half-true	says mitt romney and paul ryan would eliminate the guarantee of medicare.	health-care,medicare	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	the vice presidential debate in danville, ky.


































10078.json	mostly-true	weeks after accepting a quarter-million-dollar campaign contribution from a hospital board chairman, greg abbott went to court against victims of a drug-taking neurosurgeon.	campaign-finance,health-care,legal-issues	wendy-davis	state senator	texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	a tv ad


































12852.json	pants-fire	we have a fire marshal that said, oh we cant allow more people ... and the reason they wont let them in is because they dont know what the hell theyre doing.	public-safety	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally speech


































9106.json	barely-true	we have been teaching these (common core) standards in florida schools since 2010.	education	janet-adkins	state representative	florida	republican	1	0	1	1	0	a florida house subcommittee meeting


































6403.json	half-true	says gov. jeb bush vetoed the quiones plan because it was taxation without representation on a large scale.	taxes	alan-grayson	u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	a campaign mailer


































11618.json	pants-fire	says crime statistics show blacks kill 81 percent of white homicide victims.	crime	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a tweet


































4176.json	false	if youre from guatemala and you are found illegally in mexico, you are automatically jailed.	immigration	sam-olens		georgia	republican	0	1	1	1	0	a radio news story


































7852.json	false	on oil drilling off virginias coast.	energy,environment	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a campaign statement.


































7173.json	true	says texas has the 15th largest economy in the world.	economy,states	texas-petition			none	0	0	0	0	0	the white house's we the people petition web site


































6886.json	barely-true	when congress voted to condemn iran for sentencing a christian pastor to death, (u.s. rep. lois) capps was the only member who voted no.	congressional-rules,foreign-policy,human-rights,islam,israel,religion	emergency-committee-israel	advocacy group for u.s. policy toward israel	washington, d.c.	none	2	0	0	0	0	a campaign ad


































770.json	half-true	as mayor, every year i was in office i did reduce taxes.	taxes	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a debate in st. louis


































7058.json	half-true	says mark hass raised your taxes by $1 billion in a single day.	taxes	taxpayer-association-oregon	political action committee	oregon	none	0	1	2	0	0	a campaign mailer.


































3128.json	false	six institutions in our country now control two thirds of the capital.	economy,financial-regulation	marcy-kaptur	representative from ohio's ninth congressional district	ohio	democrat	0	2	4	4	0	an msnbc interview


































12886.json	mostly-true	bruce rauner is of record that he will fully support the trump candidacy. its documented. its available.	elections	michael-madigan	speaker of the house 	illinois	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	interview with wsiu and wbbm, published aug. 1. 


































2454.json	barely-true	state pension fund staffers lost billions. then sink gave them bonuses.	economy,florida,message-machine,retirement	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a television ad


































5726.json	barely-true	the austin school district calendar lists 64 different dates for either a state-mandated test or make-up test.	education	sara-stevenson	librarian	texas	none	1	0	0	0	0	an op-ed column.


































2716.json	mostly-true	most of the newspapers that endorsed alex sink also endorsed barack obama.	elections,pundits	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a debate


































3015.json	half-true	were worse than a third world country in terms of water quality and the way we treat our sewage.	environment,infrastructure	mike-polensek	cleveland city councilman	ohio	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a public meeting


































784.json	mostly-true	john mccain is proposing tax cuts that would give the average fortune 500 ceo an additional $700,000 in tax cuts.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a debate in nashville, tenn.


































6079.json	false	says president barack obama wants to raise the lowest (income) tax rate from 10 to 15 percent.	federal-budget,income,taxes	reince-priebus	chairman, republican national committee	wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	an interview


































2599.json	mostly-true	says scott walker eliminated his own office of economic development in the middle of this recession.	jobs,message-machine	tom-barrett	mayor of milwaukee	wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	a campaign tv ad


































5901.json	barely-true	says schaufler was the only democrat who voted to stop the states health care reform plan.	voting-record	oregon-league-conservation-voters			none	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign mailer


































9212.json	barely-true	typical minimum wage earners in america are teenagers living with their parents in middle class families.	jobs,workers	wisconsin-manufacturers-and-commerce		wisconsin	organization	3	0	2	2	0	an opinion piece


































5419.json	true	all travelers -- even babies -- arriving in the u.s. by air must have a passport.	homeland-security	john-axford	relief pitcher for the milwaukee brewers	wisconsin	none	0	0	0	0	0	a tweet


































11882.json	true	says she is 6th in hard dollars raised and has more cash on hand than governors (john) kasich and (chris) christie combined.	campaign-finance	carly-fiorina		california	republican	5	5	4	3	2	a column posted on medium.com


































3633.json	true	right now we are spending at an all-time high, close to 25 percent of our gdp [is] being spent on the federal government. but our revenues are at an almost all-time low of about 15 percent [of gdp].	deficit,economy,federal-budget,taxes	mark-warner	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	3	1	6	3	0	a tv appearance.


































3926.json	barely-true	earlier this year, the head of the congressional budget office testified before congress that implementation of obamacare would cost 800,000 jobs.	health-care,jobs	adam-hasner		florida	republican	2	1	4	4	0	a press statement


































8227.json	true	according to a recent poll, there are more young republicans enrolled in their parents (health insurance) plans than young democrats.	health-care	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	a speech in little rock, ark.


































3138.json	true	[tailpipe emissions rules], if fully implemented with all the regulations that go with it, they will keep the temperature from rising nearly five one-hundredths of a degree fahrenheit. by 2050.	climate-change,environment,transportation	ken-cuccinelli	attorney general	virginia	republican	1	10	3	2	1	a speech to tea party activists.


































353.json	half-true	on issue after issue that really were hard to explain or understand, you voted present . . . and anytime anyone raises that, there's always some kind of explanation.	candidates-biography	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	myrtle beach, s.c.


































8695.json	half-true	federal law for obamacare navigators does not bar or even require screening for convicted felons, including individuals convicted of identity theft or fraud.	crime,criminal-justice,health-care	pete-sessions	u.s. house representative	texas	republican	1	0	1	0	0	an oped column


































2301.json	true	michael thurmond authored major legislation that has provided more than $250 million in tax relief to georgias senior citizens and working families.	taxes	michael-thurmond	labor commissioner	georgia	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	his campaign website


































4223.json	mostly-true	[t]his breed (of pit bulls) is most often associated with aggressive behavior.	animals	elaine-boyer			republican	0	0	1	1	0	an interview


































13110.json	mostly-true	says marco rubio would take away a womans right to choose for victims of rape or incest.	abortion,voting-record	patrick-murphy		florida	democrat	2	1	4	5	0	a campaign ad


































10488.json	mostly-true	dekalb county has graduated five police academies and three fire academies to help reach its ambitious hiring goals in both departments.	county-budget,public-safety	lee-may		georgia	democrat	0	0	0	2	0	the 2015 state of the county address


































5809.json	false	says president barack obamas parents were communists.	elections	samuel-wurzelbacher	republican candidate for congress	ohio	republican	0	1	0	1	1	a letter published by the christian broadcasting network


































7623.json	half-true	harvard study finds states with most gun laws have fewest gun deaths.	crime,criminal-justice,guns,public-safety	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a facebook post


































10123.json	false	none of $400 million the city of austin proposes to spend on road projects will be used to add new lanes to congested roadways.	corrections-and-updates,transportation	citizens-against-rail-taxes	political action committee	tex	none	0	1	0	0	0	a radio ad


































4211.json	barely-true	(rep. bob goodlattes) balanced budgetamendment does not require a balanced budget.	deficit,federal-budget	bobby-scott	u.s. congressman	virginia	democrat	1	2	1	5	0	a letter.


































9449.json	half-true	it was dan sullivan who wrote a bill to cut alaskans out of those decisions about where they can hunt and fish.	congress,elections,environment,government-regulation,campaign-advertising	put-alaska-first-pac	political action committee	alaska	none	0	0	1	0	0	a television ad


































10681.json	half-true	a school uniform policy helps with school safety, helps with truancy.	education	janet-adkins	state representative	florida	republican	1	0	1	1	0	a discussion about school uniforms


































5048.json	half-true	says constitutional amendment would help to stop unfair, double taxation on real estate.	taxes	yes-on-79		oregon	none	0	0	1	0	1	an ad and on their website


































764.json	false	john mccain accused barack obama of letting infants die.	abortion	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a tv ad


































7026.json	false	sherrod brown voted six times to raise his own pay.	congress,job-accomplishments,message-machine-2012,voting-record	josh-mandel	ohio treasurer	ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a campaign commercial


































2423.json	barely-true	the size of our federal government has more than doubled since the year 2000.	federal-budget	scott-bruun	state representative	oregon	republican	2	1	0	0	0	a statement on his website


































5042.json	false	the latest unemployment numbers have shown that nearly 315,000 americans have simply given up hope when it comes to finding a job.	economy,jobs	paul-broun	congressman	georgia	republican	4	8	3	2	1	a press release


































5624.json	true	the changes to georgias tax and fee structure is an overall tax cut.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	brian-robinson		georgia	republican	1	1	0	2	0	an interview


































823.json	pants-fire	says obama wants to redesign the american flag to better offer our enemies hope and love.	patriotism	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a widely circulated e-mail


































9458.json	false	gun homicide is down 49 percent in the past 12 years.	guns	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a meme on social media


































9569.json	half-true	says he voted for disaster relief and full funding of fema.	candidates-biography,congress,federal-budget,homeland-security,voting-record,weather	tom-cotton	u.s. house of representatives	arkansas	republican	3	4	2	3	1	a television ad


































8411.json	mostly-true	thirteen hundred applicants in rhode island signed up for insurance through obamacare.	health-care,public-health,states	sheldon-whitehouse	u.s. senator	rhode island	democrat	2	3	2	7	0	an appearance on cnn's crossfire.


































4229.json	false	theres no money in social security.	economy,federal-budget,social-security,taxes	barry-hinckley		rhode island	republican	0	4	1	2	2	an appearance on channel 6


































5005.json	false	says it cost massachusetts taxpayers $100,000 when mitt romney and his staff purchased computer hard drives.	message-machine-2012,new-hampshire-2012	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a democratic natonal committee advertisement


































7761.json	false	on support for gay marriage	marriage	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a facebook post


































4804.json	true	a republican-led softening of firearms training rules means that untrained individuals would be allowed to carry guns with a state permit.	guns,market-regulation	donna-seidel	state assembly, district 85	wisconsin	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a press release


































6912.json	barely-true	says julie parrish voted to divert $160 million from public schools to private for-profit schools.	education,voting-record	carl-hosticka	metro councilor		democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a guest column


































8286.json	mostly-true	the employer mandate affects only 5 percent of businesses in this country.	health-care,small-business	chris-van-hollen		maryland	democrat	0	0	0	4	0	an interview with fox news


































3717.json	false	the study that states that more than 70 percent of the traffic on the sellwood bridge is to/from clackamas county has been thoroughly debunked by the oregonian.	transportation	john-lee	chair of clackamas county republicans	oregon	republican	0	1	1	0	0	may 17 election voters pamphlet


































4188.json	half-true	recently we have seen our government debt grow by $3.4 trillion during the first 29 months of the obama administration -- the equivalent of about $4 billion per day.	deficit	leonard-lance			republican	0	0	1	2	0	a column


































152.json	mostly-true	clinton has raised the most money from washington lobbyists ... from the health industry, drug companies, health insurance companies (and) the defense industry.	ethics	john-edwards	former senator	north carolina	democrat	0	2	4	4	1	a democratic debate in philadelphia, pa.


































2768.json	false	if all of the [bush-era] tax cuts expire on schedule, the budget will be close to being balanced in four years.	deficit,federal-budget,taxes	bobby-scott	u.s. congressman	virginia	democrat	1	2	1	5	0	a statement in the times-dispatch voters' guide


































9267.json	half-true	says scott browns carrying some big oil baggage because he collected over $400,000 in campaign contributions.	campaign-finance,energy	senate-majority-pac	political action committee	washington, d.c. 	democrat	3	4	4	1	0	a tv ad


































11722.json	mostly-true	more than 60 percent of people in america support planned parenthood and only 11 percent approve of congress.	abortion,congress	cecile-richards	president, planned parenthood federation of america	new york	democrat	0	0	2	2	0	an interview by actress lena dunham


































1295.json	barely-true	there is majority support for the democrats' health care plans.	health-care	valerie-jarrett	senior adviser to president barack obama	illinois	democrat	1	1	0	0	0	an interview on abc's 'this week with george stephanopoulos'


































10063.json	false	we know from the social science that children do best with a mom and a dad.	civil-rights,diversity,families,gays-and-lesbians,marriage	tony-perkins			republican	0	1	1	0	0	comments on fox news sunday


































3550.json	true	from 05 to 09, weve had 1,100 soldiers commit suicide, one every 36 hours.	military	tim-ryan	u.s. representative 	ohio	democrat	0	0	0	5	1	a house committee hearing


































2488.json	half-true	says $30 million gap in stadium funding forced the portland beavers to leave.	baseball	sam-adams	mayor of portland	oregon	democrat	3	2	5	2	0	john canzano's radio show


































194.json	half-true	murder went up when romney was governor. robbery went up. violent crimes went up.	crime	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a newspaper interview.


































9463.json	mostly-true	all 28 members of nato have pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. but only three countries do -- britain, greece and us.	economy,foreign-policy,iraq,military	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a speech


































11735.json	barely-true	under scott walker, wisconsin moved from 16th to third in percentage of people with student loan debt.	education	scot-ross			activist	1	0	0	0	0	a television interview


































8752.json	mostly-true	nine out of the 10 poorest states are red states.	corrections-and-updates,economy,elections,income,poverty,wealth	occupy-democrats			organization	0	4	3	1	4	a facebook post


































3947.json	half-true	the public employee retirement system is making more millionaires than the oregon state lottery.	public-service,retirement,state-finances,workers	ted-ferrioli	state senator	oregon	republican	0	0	1	0	0	an opinion column


































7776.json	half-true	says we have put more boots on the u.s.-mexico border than at any time in our history, and illegal crossings are down by nearly 80 percent from their peak in 2000.	immigration	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	his weekly radio address.


































10238.json	mostly-true	in wisconsin, unions can essentially give unlimited contributions to political parties, but business cant give any.	campaign-finance,corporations,elections,small-business,unions	robin-vos	wisconsin assembly speaker	wisconsin	republican	0	3	2	5	1	an interview


































9906.json	false	i sponsored the new buy american law	elections,job-accomplishments	shemia-fagan	business attorney	oregon	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	an oregon voters' pamphlet statement


































12240.json	barely-true	says bernie sanders has been largely a very reliable supporter of the nra.	candidates-biography,guns	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the democratic debate in new york


































6256.json	false	funding the federal health care law without a tax hike will require the state to cut nearly a quarter of its annual budget.	health-care,medicaid,state-budget	brian-robinson		georgia	republican	1	1	0	2	0	an article


































12862.json	pants-fire	hillary clinton says she wants to, raise taxes on the middle class.	taxes	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a campaign video 


































1004.json	pants-fire	when one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft.	health-care,transportation	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	an interview on the today show


































3099.json	mostly-true	a test last month at the max station at 162nd avenue and east burnside saw crime down 41 percent compared with december 2009	crime,transportation	jefferson-smith	state representative	oregon	democrat	1	1	0	4	0	an article in the oregonian


































7857.json	barely-true	republicans actually doctored emails between administration officials about benghazi. then, they released them to the press, trying to pass them off as real.	foreign-policy,terrorism	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	an email to supporters


































4094.json	false	says new gop wisconsin assembly members voted to take funding away from their public schools in their districts to give it to private milwaukee voucher schools.	education,state-budget	peter-barca	state representative	wisconsin	democrat	0	2	2	3	1	a newspaper column and other statements


































1733.json	mostly-true	gov. lawton chiles said if i were to become ... become speaker of the house it would be (his) worst nightmare.	candidates-biography	daniel-webster	u.s. representative, florida district 8	florida	republican	0	0	0	1	0	announcing his campaign for the u.s. house.


































4748.json	pants-fire	if [atlanta mayor kasim reed] wants to be like bull connor, then so be it.	occupy-wall-street	vincent-fort	state senator	georgia	democrat	1	0	2	1	1	a newspaper column


































1466.json	half-true	the governors not taking his own fiscal advice. ... in the first fiscal quarter of this year, weve seen a 13.5 percent increase in spending, double-digit spending out of the executive branch in the state of texas.	economy,government-efficiency,state-budget	debra-medina	businesswoman	texas	republican	0	1	3	1	0	a republican gubernatorial debate


































3035.json	true	following the 2009 session, texas house speaker joe straus was acknowledged and thanked for his tireless efforts by planned parenthood, the nations premier abortion provider.	abortion	heidi-group	nonprofit group	texas	none	0	0	0	0	0	a letter.


































9381.json	false	says gov. scott walker has made wisconsin 2nd in the nation in losing jobs.	jobs	brett-hulsey			democrat	1	3	0	0	0	a news release


































9486.json	half-true	gov. rick scott signed into law a bill that gives floridas public officials an easy way to avoid disclosing their personal finances.	elections,transparency	bill-nelson		florida	democrat	3	1	8	10	0	his campaign website


































2343.json	true	ohio today has the fewest number of state employees since the reagan administration.	government-efficiency,job-accomplishments,state-budget	yvette-mcgee-brown	ohio supreme court justice	ohio	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a speech at a candidates forum


































4506.json	false	this is the worst jobs recovery since the great depression.	economy	herman-cain		georgia	republican	4	11	5	3	3	an op-ed 


































3753.json	barely-true	if the sellwood bridge is not replaced, it will have to be shut down within eight years.	transportation	charlotte-lehan	chair of the clackamas county board of commissioners	oregon	none	1	0	1	0	0	an opinion column


































2951.json	half-true	says jim renacci ran against the washington establishment in the election, but is now hypocritically embracing it with big money, special interest fundraisers.	campaign-finance,elections	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	a news release


































1210.json	false	on whether the governor of massachusetts should be able to appoint an interim u.s. senator	elections	massachusetts-legislature	making laws	massachusetts	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	votes in 2004 and 2009


































6199.json	barely-true	in 1950, corporations paid $3 in taxes for every $1 by a worker. today, they pay 22 cents for every $1 by a worker.	corporations,income,occupy-wall-street,taxes	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	on the internet


































8532.json	barely-true	in the last four years, our economy has grown on average 0.9 percent a year.	economy	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview on nbc's the tonight show with jay leno


































7019.json	mostly-true	rhode island has taken its federal medicaid funding and shown it can run the program more cost-effectively than the federal government.	federal-budget,government-efficiency,government-regulation,health-care,medicaid,poverty	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a debate


































2409.json	barely-true	harry reid has voted to give illegals social security benefits even for the time they were here illegally.	immigration,message-machine,social-security	sharron-angle	republican nominee for nevada u.s. senate seat	nevada	republican	3	1	1	0	0	a campaign commercial


































4051.json	pants-fire	says that president obama said, nobody made these guys go to war. ... now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice?	military,veterans	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































4621.json	mostly-true	just a little over 60 percent of your electric bill, my electric bill, 60 percent of that is pass-throughs, whether they be for building of nuclear plants or whatever they may be. a planned nuclear plant repair will only increase that percentage.	energy,nuclear	mike-fasano	state senator 	florida 	republican	0	0	0	2	0	a news article


































13298.json	half-true	what the district of columbia was trying to do(with its handgun ban) was to protect toddlers from guns.	criminal-justice,government-regulation,guns,history,supreme-court	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the third 2016 presidential debate


































2156.json	false	theres nothing in the voting instructions that weve been getting in the last several elections that lets you know about the limitations of the master lever.	elections	catherine-taylor	business owner	rhode island	republican	0	1	0	0	0	an appearance on the helen glover show


































7493.json	false	on raising taxes.	taxes,transportation	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	


































5944.json	false	an obamacare slush fund paid to spay and neuter dogs and cats, then counted it as an anti-obesity campaign.	animals,corrections-and-updates,health-care,stimulus	allen-west	u.s. representative, florida district 22	florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	a newsletter


































13414.json	half-true	thousands of americans have been killed by illegal immigrants.	immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a campaign rally in springfield, ohio


































11597.json	barely-true	there is currently no ability to vet these people, referring to syrian refugees.	foreign-policy,homeland-security,immigration,terrorism	ben-carson			republican	7	12	3	2	4	an official statement posted on facebook.


































2492.json	pants-fire	a bill to save teacher jobs is completely paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes.	poverty,voting-record	zack-space	former u.s. representative from ohio's 18th district	ohio	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a letter


































7063.json	false	says during george w. bushs administration we were losing millions of jobs per month, while under barack obama we have three years of gaining hundreds of thousands of jobs per month.	economy,history,jobs	michael-moore	documentary filmmaker		none	2	5	1	6	0	a tweet


































3476.json	pants-fire	a u.s. government accountability office report says planned parenthood federation of america cannot find some $1.3 billion given to it by the federal government from 2002 through 2008.	abortion,federal-budget	worldnetdaily			none	0	1	0	0	1	a news report


































10080.json	barely-true	under the administration of gov. scott walker, northern wisconsins mining economy is moving forward and more people are getting good, high-paying jobs.	jobs	americans-prosperity			none	6	7	2	1	2	a direct mail flier


































9795.json	pants-fire	obamacare prevents (florida) from regulating insurance.	florida,health-care,market-regulation	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a facebook q&a with charlie crist


































5295.json	half-true	we got [the quonset business park] for free and were getting zero dollars out of it into the state coffers other than the fact that it produces the jobs.	economy,gambling,jobs,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	joseph-trillo	minority whip, rhode island house of representatives	rhode island	republican	0	0	1	0	1	a debate


































9931.json	pants-fire	super bowl sunday has the highest rate of domestic violence.	crime,sports	mika-brzezinski	host, morning joe		none	0	0	0	0	1	a segment on msnbc's morning joe


































475.json	mostly-true	more people without health care since george bush took office; more children in poverty since george bush took office.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign speech in williamsport, pa.


































11258.json	true	georgia has the 9th highest rate of adults, ages 18 to 64, without a high school diploma or ged.	education,states	melissa-johnson			none	0	0	0	0	0	a report


































48.json	mostly-true	we've lost over 5,000 americans over there in afghanistan, in iraq, and plus the civilians killed.	iraq	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a debate in durham, n.h.


































1090.json	false	on mandating health care coverage.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a television interview


































6736.json	half-true	since president obama took office, over 88,000 ohio workers have lost their jobs.	debt,deficit,economy,federal-budget,stimulus	americans-tax-reform			none	4	0	1	1	1	an election flier 


































12960.json	false	says ron johnson voted five times for tax breaks that help companies ship wisconsin jobs overseas.	jobs,taxes	russ-feingold		wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	a tv ad


































3026.json	false	says he led the effort to build a new (university of wisconsin-milwaukee) engineering campus in wauwatosa.	job-accomplishments	jim-sullivan	former state senator, 5th district	wisconsin	democrat	1	2	2	0	0	a campaign mailer


































11406.json	mostly-true	there have been seven investigations (of benghazi) led mostly by republicans in the congress that concluded nobody did anything wrong, but there were changes we could make.	congress,terrorism	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	on nbc's today show


































4587.json	half-true	i created a flat tax in the state of utah. it took that state to the number-one position in terms of job creation.	economy,new-hampshire-2012,states,taxes	jon-huntsman		utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	a republican presidential debate in hanover, n.h.


































4799.json	half-true	on using embryonic stem cells for medical research.	health-care	tommy-thompson		wisconsin	republican	6	8	2	5	3	remarks at a vatican conference


































1476.json	mostly-true	one-third of the economic stimulus package was tax cuts.	economy,pundits,stimulus,taxes	jon-stewart			none	0	2	1	1	1	an interview with bill o'reilly


































2393.json	true	taxpayers pay $18,000 a month for house speaker nancy pelosis district office in downtown san francisco.	economy,federal-budget,message-machine,taxes	john-dennis		california	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a campaign commercial


































5680.json	barely-true	sherrod brown opposed blocking a new epa emissions rule, despite acknowledging that the epas cap-and-trade regulations are burdensome and could harm economic growth in ohio.	economy,environment,government-regulation,jobs	josh-mandel	ohio treasurer	ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a news release


































4789.json	barely-true	(president barack obama gave) half a billion in taxpayer money to help his friends at solyndra, a business the white house knew was on the path to bankruptcy.	campaign-finance,corporations,energy,ethics,jobs,stimulus	americans-prosperity			none	6	7	2	1	2	a tv ad


































231.json	false	if we went back to the obesity rates that existed in 1980, that would save the medicare system a trillion dollars.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	johnston, iowa


































12171.json	pants-fire	im the only candidate in the democratic primary, or actually on either side, who wall street financiers and hedge fund managers are actually running ads against.	elections,financial-regulation,campaign-advertising	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	comments on meet the press


































5951.json	half-true	jimmy langevin is having a fundraiser . . . to retire the debt from his campaign for secretary of state, which was 12 years ago.	campaign-finance,legal-issues,campaign-advertising	john-matson		rhode island	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on state of the state


































1644.json	false	the average student will be spending $1,700 to $1,800 more during the life of their loan because of this surcharge.	economy,education,health-care	lindsey-graham	u.s. senator	south carolina	republican	2	2	4	2	0	an appearance on the fox news show on the record with greta van susteren


































4359.json	barely-true	in afghanistan, it is very, very rare that someone who is killed in action is not killed by an improvised explosive device, or ied.	military,veterans	bob-casey	u.s. senator	pennsylvania	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a conference call with reporters


































7227.json	false	says a federal plan to expand medicaid would cost florida taxpayers $26 billion over 10 years.	health-care	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a press conference


































5860.json	mostly-true	says i dont agree with mr. hales that we should give a sweeping break to the developers to allow them to build that infill housing without paying for those very basics.	city-government,government-regulation,housing,infrastructure,message-machine-2012	jefferson-smith	state representative	oregon	democrat	1	1	0	4	0	a debate 


































11259.json	barely-true	the obama administration is proposing to mine another 10 billion tons of wyoming coal, which would unleash three times more carbon pollution than obamas clean power plan would even save through 2030.	climate-change,environment	credo-action			organization	1	0	0	0	0	a youtube video


































3337.json	pants-fire	says wendys founder dave thomas left the state literally on his deathbed to avoid the estate tax.	taxes	jay-hottinger	state representative	ohio	republican	0	1	0	0	1	a radio interview


































392.json	half-true	i helped to bring peace to northern ireland.	foreign-policy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an interview on cnn's american morning.


































11960.json	true	african-americans are more likely to be arrested by police and sentenced to longer prison terms for doing the same thing that whites do.	crime	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a tv ad


































7191.json	half-true	over $1 trillion was spent on anti-poverty programs in 2011, enough to give every single poor american a check for $22,000.	federal-budget	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a speech


































11677.json	mostly-true	i have always opposed drivers licenses for illegal aliens.	immigration,transportation,voting-record	david-simpson	texas house representative	texas	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a campaign press release


































11040.json	half-true	theres now been three independent investigations (into the bridge scandal) all of which have said that christie did not have prior knowledge of or involvement in the lane closures.	candidates-biography	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	an interview on msnbc's morning joe


































2583.json	half-true	says david wu has presided over 137 months in which oregons unemployment rate has been above the national average.	economy,job-accomplishments	rob-cornilles	consultant	oregon	republican	1	1	3	1	1	the oregonian's voter guide


































13406.json	true	wisconsin is one of several states where you can change your early ballot if you think youve made a mistake.	city-government,elections,states	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech


































2619.json	false	says kurt schrader cast the deciding vote that failed to extend tax cuts for oregons middle-class families and small businesses.	taxes	scott-bruun	state representative	oregon	republican	2	1	0	0	0	an e-mail


































6990.json	mostly-true	pakistan has 100 nuclear warheads and theyre rushing to build a lot more. theyll have more than great britain sometime in the relatively near future.	foreign-policy,nuclear	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	the third presidential debate in boca raton, fla.


































12357.json	barely-true	under a new federal regulation, it will cost pinellas county $31 million to fix a single ditch.	environment,government-regulation	david-jolly		florida	republican	4	0	1	1	0	an orlando debate


































5418.json	false	says gov. scott walker is openly backing a move to abolish the state retirement system and convert it to a 401(k)-style plan that will reduce pensions by at least a third for current and retired public employees	pensions,state-budget	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email


































3184.json	half-true	many of the 9/11 conspirators came from the muslim brotherhood, including osama bin laden, ayman zawahiri and khalid sheikh mohammed.	foreign-policy,history,pundits,religion,terrorism	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	his radio program


































8066.json	half-true	gangs have increased by 40 percent since this president was elected.	crime,pundits	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a roundtable discussion on cnn's state of the union


































6104.json	barely-true	the latest evidence of republican success is that since the beginning of the current legislative term, state unemployment has gone down almost 20% to 5% adjusted.	jobs	william-obrien	speaker of the house of representatives	new hampshire	republican	1	2	1	0	0	a letter to the telegraph


































13144.json	barely-true	republican mark kirk is outsourcing his campaign to a super pac funded almost exclusively by a bunch of hedge fund billionaires. ...i dont have a super pac.	campaign-finance	tammy-duckworth	u.s. representative 	illinois	democrat	1	1	0	1	0	an email fundraising letter


































7643.json	barely-true	wisconsin education agency urged white students to wear white wristbands as a reminder about your (white) privilege.	children,diversity,education	george-will	columnist	maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	a column


































11268.json	false	under the nuclear nonproliferation treaty enrichment has been limited to basically the weapons states.	foreign-policy,nuclear	dick-cheney			republican	5	4	2	2	1	an interview on msnbc's morning joe


































9369.json	barely-true	surface temperatures on earth have stabilized.	climate-change,corrections-and-updates,environment	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview with fox news' bill o'reilly


































9780.json	false	sen. jeff merkley voted six times for more debt.	congress,debt,economy	freedom-partners	advocacy group	virginia	none	0	1	0	0	1	a television ad


































11530.json	mostly-true	how many concerts would taylor swift have to perform to pay off one day of interest on our national debt? she would have to perform every day for three years.	debt	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a facebook post


































9354.json	false	congress has cut funding, has slashed funding, for veterans benefits over these last years.	federal-budget,health-care,veterans	katrina-vanden-heuvel			none	0	2	1	0	0	a discussion on cbs' face the nation


































6585.json	half-true	says the united states has the worlds greatest health care system.	health-care	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	the keynote address at the republican national convention


































9533.json	mostly-true	u.s. senate candidate jack kingston requested more earmarks than any other ga congressman and all ga gop members combined.	federal-budget	david-perdue	u.s. senate candidate	georgia	republican	5	1	4	5	1	in a twitter post


































5267.json	false	siemens has been unable to fill approximately 200 skilled trade positions in metro atlanta.	economy,education,jobs	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	his state of the state address


































8730.json	false	fifty-three percent of graduates from liberal arts colleges these days cant find jobs.	education	johnny-isakson	u.s. senator	georgia	republican	2	3	3	2	0	a speech


































7951.json	true	says delaware county has more waterfront property than any other county in the state of ohio	environment,water	kris-jordan	state senator	ohio	republican	0	0	1	1	0	a speech on the senate floor 


































10231.json	barely-true	says he has never received any contributions from the koch brothers.	campaign-finance	john-thrasher	republican party of florida chairman	florida	republican	2	1	0	0	1	forum with florida state students


































774.json	barely-true	john mccain's health care plan leaves you on your own to pay mccains health insurance tax.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	in a television ad


































10207.json	true	georgia has led the nation in student fatalities caused by motorists illegally passing stopped school buses.	education,public-safety	sloan-roach	spokeswoman for gwinnett county schools		none	0	0	0	0	0	a television interview


































9062.json	pants-fire	says president abrahamlincoln tried to arm the slaves.	history	andrew-napolitano	judge		republican	3	0	2	0	3	a broadcast of the daily show


































5088.json	half-true	i delivered a flat tax for my state. i took my state to no. 1 in job creation. with all due respect to what rick perry has said about texas, we did a little bit better.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs,new-hampshire-2012,state-finances,states,taxes	jon-huntsman		utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	a republican presidential debate in manchester, n.h.


































3875.json	barely-true	part of his ride was to warn the british that were already there that, hey, youre not going to succeed.	history,pundits	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	an interview on fox


































109.json	half-true	i cut taxes 23 times when i was mayor of new york city.	taxes	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a debate in dearborn, mich.


































9663.json	false	governing magazine has estimated that in the states that dont expand medicaid, a minimum, they said of 40 percent of rural hospitals will close in those states...	health-care	richard-saslaw	state senate minority leader	virginia	democrat	2	3	0	0	1	a tv interview.


































8346.json	pants-fire	in a sweetheart deal members of congress, thanks to the obama administration, are going to be the only people in america to get subsidies in the obamacare exchanges.	health-care	jeb-hensarling	u.s. congressman	texas	republican	0	2	1	0	1	a house floor speech


































1785.json	barely-true	sen. robert bennett, r-utah, cast votes for tarp, the stimulus, and an individual mandate for health care.	economy,financial-regulation,health-care,pundits	george-will	columnist	maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	a roundtable discussion on abc's this week


































7783.json	mostly-true	under republican governor chris christie, tolls cost more. train and bus rides cost more. college tuition goes up. but christie protected a tax cut for millionaires.	education,state-finances,taxes,transportation	one-new-jersey			democrat	0	0	1	2	0	a radio ad


































8311.json	half-true	some 20,000 delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions as a result of political favoritism and backroom deals.	corporations,economy,financial-regulation,pensions,unions	michael-turner	representative from ohio's 3rd congressional district	ohio	republican	1	0	2	0	0	a news release


































4160.json	true	florida democrats put my social security number and my wifes employment identification number in a mail piece.	campaign-advertising	allen-west	u.s. representative, florida district 22	florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	a fox news interview


































3495.json	mostly-true	says new epa water regulations would force the state to make drainage canals every bit as clean as pristine florida river systems.	environment,water	free-market-florida		florida	none	0	0	0	1	0	a web video.


































1952.json	half-true	sharron angle supported a scientology plan to give massages to prisoners.	crime,message-machine,religion	harry-reid	senate democratic leader	nevada	democrat	4	5	3	7	3	a political ad


































11850.json	barely-true	during eight years under ronald reagan, african-american median income rose by about $5,000.	corrections-and-updates,economy	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a town hall in henniker, n.h.


































8811.json	half-true	the largest enterprise in the world is the federal government of the united states of america	china,corporations,federal-budget,public-service,workers	mark-warner	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	3	1	6	3	0	an interview.


































2838.json	true	says oregon ranks 30th in the nation with regard to its incarceration rate.	crime,criminal-justice	crime-victims-united-oregon	political action committee	oregon	none	0	0	0	0	0	a website


































6661.json	half-true	after 30 years of inaction, we raised fuel standards so that by the middle of the next decade, cars and trucks will go twice as far on a gallon of gas.	energy,environment	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at the democratic national convention in charlotte, n.c.


































10629.json	false	says jeb bush has released 10 percent of his emails.	transparency	james-carville	political consultant	louisiana	democrat	2	1	0	1	0	a broadcast of this week with george stephanopoulos


































2685.json	half-true	more private-sector jobs were created in the first eight months of 2010 than in the eight years of the bush administration.	economy,history,job-accomplishments	nancy-pelosi	house minority leader	california	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	an interview on msnbc's countdown with keith olbermann


































4041.json	true	creeping defense commitments in (the middle east) and globally now consume over half the u.s. discretionary budget annually.	federal-budget,military	marcy-kaptur	representative from ohio's ninth congressional district	ohio	democrat	0	2	4	4	0	a speech in the house of representatives


































2118.json	pants-fire	karen handel would have felt like it was ok to go in and abort sarah palins son trig, who has down syndrome.	abortion	melanie-crozier			none	0	0	0	0	1	a politico article


































5357.json	pants-fire	the u.s. census believes that by 2030 the majority of americans will use spanish as their first language.	census,immigration,pop-culture	glee			none	0	0	0	0	1	an episode on tv


































2413.json	mostly-true	as the ceo of hp, carly fiorina laid off 30,000 workers.	candidates-biography,corporations,job-accomplishments,message-machine,workers	barbara-boxer	u.s. senator	california	democrat	2	0	3	4	1	a political ad


































3578.json	false	politicians and their corporate lobbyists are trying to take away my right to spend my paycheck how i want.	unions	florida-education-association		florida	none	0	2	0	0	0	a campaign-style ad.


































5328.json	true	91 percent of latinos support the dream act, which allows undocumented youth to attend college, but marco rubio opposes it.	education,immigration,message-machine-2012	presente			none	0	1	0	0	0	a television ad


































411.json	pants-fire	i remember landing under sniper fire.	foreign-policy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	washington, d.c.


































4837.json	false	says mahmoud ahmadinejad said that if he has a nuclear weapon he will use it to wipe israel off the face of the earth. he will use it against the united states of america.	foreign-policy,israel,nuclear	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a foreign policy debate in washington, d.c.


































1827.json	false	bill mccollum on the arizona immigration law.	immigration	bill-mccollum		florida	republican	2	1	2	0	1	interviews with florida media.


































983.json	false	there are no similar clips of newt gingrich talking about how ineffective president bush was in trying to control north korea.	foreign-policy,pundits	lawrence-odonnell			none	2	2	0	3	0	an appearance on msnbc.


































3812.json	barely-true	says rick perry is the guy that tracked down democratic legislators who fled texas in 2003.	bipartisanship,candidates-biography,elections,pundits,redistricting	rush-limbaugh	radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	his radio program.


































7984.json	false	rhode islands graduated driving license has saved hundreds of lives.	children,crime,public-safety,market-regulation	joseph-mcnamara	house member	rhode island	democrat	0	2	1	0	0	a speech on the floor of the rhode island house of representatives


































7518.json	barely-true	eighty-five percent of floridians who will benefit from expanding medicaid are single, childless adults.	health-care,medicaid	will-weatherford	state representative	florida	republican	2	3	4	3	0	an interview


































9535.json	false	the wisconsin unemployment rate was higher than the u.s. rate during only three months when mary burke was state commerce secretary.	candidates-biography,economy,jobs,states	joe-zepecki			democrat	0	1	0	0	0	an interview


































3042.json	true	georgia lawmakers fuel up for the session by feasting on wild hogs.	agriculture	new-georgia-encyclopedia		georgia	none	0	0	0	0	0	new georgia encyclopedia entry on hogs in georgia history


































7218.json	pants-fire	switzerland (where the government) issues every household a gun . . . has the lowest gun related crime rate of any civilized country in the world!!!	crime,government-regulation,guns,military,market-regulation	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a facebook posting


































2694.json	true	says will rasmussen falsely claimed he had lived in the west linn district for about a year.	candidates-biography,ethics	promote-oregon-leadership-pac-oregon-house-republi	political action committee	oregon	republican	1	1	1	0	0	a campaign mailer


































8299.json	mostly-true	ninety-five percent of all the wages in texas are above minimum wage.	economy,workers	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an interview on cnn's crossfire


































11059.json	false	we dont have a (military) reserve force if something happens.	immigration,military	joe-theismann		virginia	none	0	1	0	0	0	a discussion on outnumbered


































4118.json	half-true	georgias illegal-immigration legislation simply follows existing federal law.	immigration	jack-murphy	state senator	georgia	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a press release


































11223.json	barely-true	saystheres 400,000 anchor babies born in the united states a year, which areindividuals coming to our country and having their children so their children can be u.s. citizens.	immigration	corey-lewandowski	campaign manager for donald trump		republican	1	2	0	0	0	an interview on cnn's state of the union


































3383.json	false	wisconsin gov. scott walkers budget okays disposing of unclaimed pound dogs to university research facilities.	state-budget	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	various blog postings critical of wisconsin gov. scott walker


































5823.json	barely-true	before the hope scholarship, 70 percent of the high school students who made 1400 or above on their sat left the state of georgia. now, 70 percent of those stay in the state of georgia.	education	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a speech before the atlanta press club


































1390.json	true	no democratic campaign for (fla.) governor has ever had these kinds of resources this early on in an election cycle.	florida	alex-sink		florida	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	response to questions about fundraising totals


































12470.json	barely-true	says hillary clinton has spoken such lies about my foreign policy. they said i want japan to get nuclear weapons. give me a break.	foreign-policy,nuclear	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in sacramento, calif.


































7117.json	false	the error rates for the fulton county elections department are well below the average.	elections	emma-darnell	fulton county commissioner	georgia	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a meeting


































3480.json	mostly-true	oregon concealed gun applications include home phone numbers, home address, social security numbers, what kinds of guns you have in the house whether you were dishonorably discharged from the military, what controlled substances you are taking and were you ever accused of -- accused, mind you -- of stalking.	guns,privacy	kim-thatcher	state representative	oregon	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a house floor session


































1935.json	mostly-true	when i become the nominee, the democratic nominee, i will be the only pro-choice candidate on the ballot.	abortion	kendrick-meek		florida	democrat	2	6	1	4	1	in a democratic u.s. senate debate


































11628.json	mostly-true	while the smoking rate nationally has fallen, more than 18 percent of georgians still light up.	public-health	atlanta-mayor-kasim-reeds-office	spokesperson 	georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	press release


































11405.json	mostly-true	while 38 percent of (firearms) dealers that were inspected in 2011 were noncompliant with federal law, only 0.05 percent of inspected dealers had their licenses revoked.	guns,market-regulation	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	her gun policy platform.


































666.json	half-true	john mccain's tax plan will give no reduction for 100-million american families.	taxes	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	denver


































2937.json	true	i think [a little] less than half of the people in our prisons are in there for less than a year. ... we have people who are check kiters and dont pay child support and we are locking them up in the state pen.	criminal-justice,state-budget	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a gathering with reporters


































2134.json	barely-true	rob portmans plan to tax, slash and privatize social security would devastate ohioans.	bush-administration,economy,trade	lee-fisher	former lieutenant governor	ohio	democrat	2	1	1	2	0	a campaign statement


































138.json	mostly-true	the founders advised non-interventionism.	foreign-policy	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	orlando


































5324.json	false	the state constitution clearly says theres not to be a state income tax in tennessee.	legal-issues,taxes	gerald-mccormick	house majority leader	tennessee	republican	0	1	0	0	0	house floor debate over amending the state constitution to prohibit an income tax.


































1484.json	barely-true	the bush administration prosecuted 190 suspected terrorists in federal courts.	homeland-security,legal-issues,military,terrorism	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview on cbs


































8843.json	true	quarterbacks won the (super bowl) mvp more than 50 percent of the time.	sports	marshall-faulk	nfl network analyst		none	0	0	0	0	0	comments on the nfl network


































3950.json	false	this is the slowest job recovery since hoover.	economy,history,jobs	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an appearance at a tampa coffee shop


































4720.json	true	says mitt romney flip-flopped on abortion.	abortion,message-machine-2012	jon-huntsman		utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	a web advertisement


































3160.json	false	in the past, president obama has refused to meet with representatives from cuban exile organizations.	foreign-policy	david-rivera	u.s. representative, florida district 25	florida	republican	0	2	0	0	0	a statement


































4642.json	half-true	we buy 35 percent of all chinese exports.	trade	sherrod-brown	u.s. senator	ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	a news conference


































1111.json	half-true	53 percent of americans cut back on their health care in the last year because of costs.	health-care	bill-pascrell	u.s. house of representatives	new jersey	democrat	0	3	4	4	0	a speech on the house floor


































7237.json	true	says his transportation plan would make virginia the first state in the nation to eliminate the state tax on gasoline.	taxes,transportation	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	a news conference. 


































9110.json	barely-true	wisconsin now ranks among the top 10 states for out-migration.	economy,jobs,population	mary-burke	madison school board member	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	11	8	3	a report


































7105.json	mostly-true	weve outdrawn the super bowl for a little while now in the arenas and stadiums that weve followed them in for the super bowl. weve gone in after [the nfl] and surpassed their ticket sales.	pop-culture,sports	paul-levesque	executive vice president, talent relations and live events	connecticut	none	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on nypost.com


































5830.json	false	wisconsin women are paid 81 cents to the dollar of a man doing the same job.	economy,labor,legal-issues,women	kathleen-falk			democrat	1	3	3	1	0	a newspaper interview


































4273.json	half-true	says the states pension and health benefits reform includes the destruction of public sector collective bargaining rights.	health-care,retirement,state-budget	nj-can	political group	new jersey	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a petition


































5975.json	half-true	says paul workman authored legislation providing amnesty for illegal immigrants.	immigration	ryan-downton	attorney, businessman	texas	republican	0	0	1	0	0	an open letter to voters.


































12269.json	false	steve santarsiero wrote pas gun safety law.	guns	steve-santarsiero	state representative	pennsylvania	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign mailer.


































9658.json	false	says common core is a federal mandate.	children,education,federal-budget,states	joe-leibham			republican	0	1	0	0	0	a news release


































3951.json	false	milwaukees police chief can fire officers for basically no cause.	city-government,state-budget	robin-vos	wisconsin assembly speaker	wisconsin	republican	0	3	2	5	1	a statement at a committee meeting


































8166.json	mostly-true	60 percent of texas 8th graders are not proficient in math. only 26% have a teacher with a undergraduate major in math.	education	george-p-bush	vice president, charter holdings real estate investment partnership	texas	republican	1	1	0	1	0	a twitter post


































3177.json	half-true	ten retired nuns were barred from voting in the 2008 indiana democratic primary.	elections	leticia-van-de-putte	pharmacist	texas	democrat	2	2	4	1	1	remarks on the floor of the texas senate


































8679.json	half-true	goodwill industries international pays workers with disabilities wages as low as pennies per hour.	disability,income,jobs,workers	national-federation-blind		maryland	organization	0	0	1	0	0	a news release


































1900.json	mostly-true	john mccain voted against the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003, wrongly claiming they helped only the rich.	candidates-biography,message-machine,taxes	jd-hayworth		arizona	republican	0	1	1	1	2	a campaign commercial


































11874.json	mostly-true	in virginia, people are going and getting marriage licenses who are 12 and 13, and 14 and 15 years old.	children,marriage	jill-vogel	state senator	virginia	republican	0	0	0	1	0	legislative hearing.


































8605.json	mostly-true	republican ideas on health care dont give people an option to even enroll in something that they can afford.	health-care	donna-brazile	political commentator	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	1	4	7	0	a broadcast of cnn's situation room


































10706.json	true	you cant build a christian church in saudi arabia.	islam,religion	sean-hannity	radio/tv host		none	3	5	3	2	1	a broadcast the sean hannity radio show


































1342.json	false	the congressional budget office -- supposedly non-partisan -- estimates that in just a few years the average cost to every family of four (from cap and trade) will be $6,800 per year.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,energy,environment	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a widely circulated e-mail


































4502.json	true	the federal government is spending $46,000 a year per family (or group of four) and could balance its budget by dropping that to $30,000.	federal-budget	mark-neumann	developer and homebuilder	wisconsin	republican	2	4	1	2	1	a television interview


































9411.json	false	the pentagon made up the since-debunked heroics of pow jessica lynch as she tried to avoid capture in iraq.	iraq,military	rachel-maddow	msnbc host		none	6	6	4	6	1	comments on the rachel maddow show


































330.json	half-true	(romney's) record was that he raised taxes by $730-million.	taxes	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a debate in simi valley, calif.


































9442.json	true	the u.s. military footprint in africa is nearly nonexistent.	foreign-policy,military	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	her book, hard choices.


































2468.json	half-true	on campaign donations from texas capitol lobbyists.	campaign-finance	brian-birdwell	retired army veteran	texas	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a capitol-area fundraiser.


































5305.json	true	in just a few decades, social security, medicare and medicaid, other mandatory spending programs, and paying interest due on the debt will eclipse our entire budget.	federal-budget,medicaid,medicare,social-security	kurt-schrader	u.s. representative	oregon	democrat	0	1	3	0	0	congressional website 


































9754.json	mostly-true	there are only about 10 people in the united states senate who have any real business experience.	congress,job-accomplishments	david-perdue	u.s. senate candidate	georgia	republican	5	1	4	5	1	during an appearance in middle georgia


































2376.json	barely-true	senator jeff plale saved my job -- and some 300 others at bucyrus international.	job-accomplishments,message-machine,trade	american-federation-children			none	1	0	0	0	1	campaign literature distributed by an outside group


































12693.json	half-true	95 percent of the worlds customers are beyond our shores.	economy,trade	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a speech in san diego


































6962.json	barely-true	says he is the reason we do not pay a toll every time we pass over the bridge at mopac and william cannon.	transportation	gerald-daugherty	businessman	texas	republican	1	0	1	0	0	a mailed campaign flier


































5990.json	half-true	says he restored prayer and the pledge in our schools.	education,job-accomplishments,religion	jeff-wentworth	state senator	texas	republican	0	0	1	0	2	a tv ad.


































444.json	mostly-true	barack obama is the only candidate who doesn't take a dime from oil company pacs or lobbyists.	energy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	in a television ad


































13086.json	barely-true	sayspatrick murphys pay more energy agenda means you could pay another $500 a year for your utility bills!	energy,environment	americans-prosperity-florida	advocacy group	florida	none	2	0	0	0	1	a campaign mailer


































11426.json	barely-true	paul ryan is one of less than a dozen republican congressmen to have voted for every bailout to come before congress.	corporations,economy,federal-budget,financial-regulation,housing,transportation	erick-erickson			republican	1	2	0	0	0	a blog post


































6854.json	barely-true	says 50 million people would lose their health insurance if obamacare is repealed.	debates,health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a presidential debate


































9879.json	half-true	virginia democrats recently enforced voter id rules that were considerably more stringent than those contained in the state law they denounce.	elections	mark-obenshain	state senator	virginia	republican	1	0	1	2	0	a newsletter.


































12395.json	true	under donald trumps tax plan, the top 0.1 percent of taxpayers -- people earning multiple millions of dollars a year, on average -- would get more tax relief than the bottom 60 percent of taxpayers combined.	income,taxes,wealth	jennifer-shilling	state assembly member, 95th district	wisconsin	democrat	1	1	0	2	0	a teleconference


































9186.json	barely-true	federal money for medicaid expansion is guaranteed for a few years and then goes away.	federal-budget,medicaid	thomas-garrett-jr	state senator	virginia	republican	2	1	0	0	0	an op-ed.


































819.json	half-true	barack obama will raise social security taxes.	social-security	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	campaign direct mail


































3827.json	pants-fire	obesity kills 34 children per hour.	children,health-care,public-health	rob-eissler	texas house representative	texas	republican	0	0	0	0	1	remarks on the house floor


































6434.json	pants-fire	sherrod brown sent billions of our tax dollars to foreign countries.	congress,federal-budget,foreign-policy,message-machine-2012,stimulus	josh-mandel	ohio treasurer	ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a television ad


































6040.json	false	says politifact listed governor scott walker of wisconsin as the governor who told the most lies and our own untruthful governor chris christie made it into politifacts top five of lie - en governors.	candidates-biography	loretta-weinberg	state senator		democrat	1	2	0	1	0	a column on blue jersey


































2391.json	false	on whether president obamas speeches to school children spread socialist ideology.	education	jim-greer		florida	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a statement to the press


































9633.json	false	the number of jobs created and people lifted out of poverty during bill clintons presidency was a hundred times what it was under president ronald reagan.	economy,history,jobs,poverty	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an interview on pbs' the charlie rose show


































2971.json	pants-fire	already, the mayor of green bay is having ribbon-cutting after ribbon-cutting for economic development around the new va center.	job-accomplishments,veterans	steve-kagen	u.s. house member -- 8th district	wisconsin	democrat	0	0	0	0	2	a newspaper article


































2168.json	true	(bill) mccollum also voted for numerous amendments to weaken the legislation, even voting to make trains less accessible to those in wheelchairs.	disability	florida-democratic-party		florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	a press release


































7934.json	mostly-true	people want the minimum wage, they want marriage equality, they want womens health care. theres issues that actually that really do matter, social issues that matter to the people of this state. so i know barbara would support those issues, i know the governor hasnt. youve seen the actions hes taken on them.	gays-and-lesbians,health-care,marriage,state-budget,state-finances,women,workers	stephen-sweeney	state senator		democrat	1	2	3	1	0	an interview on on the record with michael aron program


































4151.json	pants-fire	dubious taxpayer-funded stimulus spending -- part ii.	economy,federal-budget,government-efficiency,state-finances,stimulus	ocean-state-policy-research-institute		rhode island	organization	0	2	0	0	1	a report


































3994.json	pants-fire	phil puckett voted no on sending the epa a message that theyve gone too far not once, but twice.	energy,environment,government-regulation	republican-party-virginia		virginia	republican	2	0	0	0	1	a blog post.


































4091.json	half-true	a recent study revealed that, across the nation, taxes would have to be increased by an average of $1,300 a year just to support the currently unsustainable public employee pension systems. in florida, that dollar figure translates to $813 a year.	retirement,state-budget,state-finances	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	an e-mail to state employees


































614.json	barely-true	obama voted to raise taxes on people making just $42,000.	taxes	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	in a television ad.


































7208.json	mostly-true	aig has fully repaid the federal government plus a profit of more than $22 billion.	corporations,federal-budget,financial-regulation	american-international-group			none	0	0	0	1	0	a tv ad


































3084.json	barely-true	the financial regulatory bill will kill jobs.	economy,financial-regulation,market-regulation	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	a press release


































642.json	true	says mccain once said that on the most important issues of our day, i've been totally in agreement and support of president bush.	bush-administration	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a speech in springfield, ill.


































6963.json	true	says barack obama said when he was running for office four years ago that he would halve the annual deficit by the end of his first term. that simply has not happened.	deficit,federal-budget	leonard-lance			republican	0	0	1	2	0	a debate


































5355.json	true	says if we raise the number of third-graders who read at a third-grade level, we affect everything, from graduation rates to incarceration rates.	education	ben-cannon	education adviser	oregon	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a portland monthly article.


































12166.json	pants-fire	the 2016 federal omnibus spending bill funds illegal immigrants coming in and through your border, right through phoenix.	immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in fountain hills, ariz. 


































6793.json	half-true	says measures 82 and 83 authorize just one more casino.	gambling,message-machine-2012	yes-82-and-83-campaign			organization	0	0	1	0	0	a campaign ad


































5333.json	barely-true	says as of november, we were ranked 45th in the nation in terms of job creation, according to the u.s. bureau of labor statistics.	jobs	barbara-buono	state senator	new jersey	democrat	3	1	4	4	1	a column


































2577.json	barely-true	john kitzhaber is the only pro-choice candidate in the race for governor.	abortion	planned-parenthood-pac	political action committee	oregon	none	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign mailer


































1287.json	half-true	when it comes to aid, the united states is still about half as what european countries give as a percentage.	foreign-policy,pop-culture	bono			none	0	0	1	1	0	an interview with the associated press


































8732.json	mostly-true	you dont see norway losing population, and its taxes are astronomical.	taxes	jonathan-harris	university professor	rhode island	activist	0	0	0	1	0	a newspaper commentary


































13199.json	half-true	says marijuana use among colorado high school students has not increased since legalization.	marijuana	campaign-regulate-marijuana-alcohol		arizona	none	0	0	1	0	0	a political advertisement


































9565.json	half-true	expanding medicaid would create 63k jobs.	health-care,medicaid,poverty	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a tweet


































9116.json	mostly-true	manufacturing wages today in america on a per-hour basis are actually a bit lower than average wages in the economy as a whole.	economy,jobs,poverty	steven-rattner			democrat	0	0	0	2	0	comments on abc's this week


































5034.json	half-true	florida is considered the fourth-largest gambling state in the nation.	gambling	ellyn-bogdanoff	state representative	florida 	republican	1	1	1	0	0	a newspaper article


































3490.json	barely-true	georgia public sector employees do not have a say in the conditions of their employment, do not have bargaining rights or a say in their working conditions.	unions,workers	calvine-rollins	president, georgia association of educators	georgia	none	1	0	0	0	0	an op-ed


































7583.json	half-true	says that secretary of state jon husted and former secretary jennifer brunner both have supported a provision in senate bill 47 that would limit the days organizers have to collect signatures for initiative and referendum petitions.	elections	bill-seitz	state senator	ohio	republican	0	0	1	1	0	testimony before a house committee


































8350.json	pants-fire	ken cuccinelli tried to shut down state government.	bipartisanship,state-budget	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a debate.


































6087.json	half-true	when mitt romney was governor, massachusetts ... (had) more debt per person than any other state in the country.	deficit,history,state-finances,states	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign ad


































6518.json	mostly-true	says that as massachusetts governor, mitt romney condemned coal-fired plants, saying they kill people.	economy,energy,environment	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a news release


































10446.json	mostly-true	college tuition rates in texas jumped by 55% since 2003.	education,state-budget,state-finances	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	an email blast


































13376.json	true	several elected state officials have opened their homes to children in need of loving families.	children	dan-patrick	lieutenant governor-elect	texas	republican	4	4	3	4	4	a press release titled “lt. governor unveils faith-based initiative on foster care children,”


































2843.json	false	rhode island is one of only six states to use e-verify.	immigration	lincoln-chafee		rhode island	democrat	3	5	3	4	0	comments to reporters following a news conference


































11061.json	barely-true	we know from ... the federal data, that they only stop or apprehend one out of four illegal people crossing our border.	immigration	jan-brewer		arizona	republican	3	1	1	0	1	comments on cnn


































566.json	barely-true	john mccain has given erratic and inconsistent answers on when troops should return from iraq.	iraq	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	in an ad on the internet


































5340.json	barely-true	says he signed legislation leading to 12 texas abortion clinics being closed.	abortion,state-budget,state-finances	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a south carolina forum.


































12434.json	pants-fire	it is hillary clintons agenda to release the violent criminals from jail. she wants them all released.	crime,criminal-justice,legal-issues	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech to the national rifle association


































3692.json	true	youve got each day 10,000 new seniors, baby boomers, becoming eligible for the entitlement programs.	medicare,social-security	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a tv appearance.


































6877.json	barely-true	says economists harvey rosen and martin feldstein have said that paying for (mitt) romneys tax cuts would require large tax increases on families making between $100,000 and $200,000.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an email to supporters


































5153.json	half-true	says mitt romney put planned parenthood on a state medical board but failed to put a pro-life group on the same board.	abortion,message-machine-2012	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a video campaign ad


































3535.json	true	three courts have found the new health care law constitutional and two have found it unconstitutional.	health-care,legal-issues	james-roosevelt	ceo, tufts health plan	rhode island	newsmaker	0	0	0	0	0	a segment of wpri's newsmakers program


































4058.json	half-true	housing prices dropped for the 30 months prior to barack obama taking office, and they have stabilized, theyve been about flat since the president came in.	economy,housing	shaun-donovan	secretary of housing and urban development	new york	democrat	0	0	1	1	0	an interview on cnn's state of the union with candy crowley


































7432.json	mostly-true	you cant bring an ipad or a piece of paper and a pencil in the (wisconsin assembly) gallery to take notes of whats going on, but you can bring a gun up there.	guns,states,technology,transparency	peter-barca	state representative	wisconsin	democrat	0	2	2	3	1	an interview


































1703.json	half-true	passage of clinton budget bill in 1993 led to an enormous flowering of the economy in america.	economy,federal-budget,history,taxes,abc-news-week	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	an interview on abc's this week


































12004.json	mostly-true	says he tore down hundreds of abandoned homes that served as havens for crime and reduce(d) the value of our neighborhoods.	criminal-justice,urban	tim-mcginty	cuyahoga county prosecutor	ohio	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	his campaign website


































3796.json	half-true	compact fluorescent light bulbs are toxic and not environmentally friendly.	consumer-safety,energy,market-regulation	ameripac			none	1	0	1	0	1	a fundraising letter


































10197.json	false	the proposed mine in northern wisconsin would be built without any government oversight, and will be nine miles long.	economy,environment,jobs	bob-seger	rock singer, songwriter	michigan	none	0	1	0	0	0	an interview


































4063.json	true	says car insurance rates have decreased since about a decade ago because of market-based solutions that attracted more auto insurers to new jersey.	transportation	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	an on the line interview with steve adubato


































1755.json	true	at the moment, energy companies spend 0.25 percent on rd.	corporations,energy,oil-spill,pundits,science,technology	katrina-vanden-heuvel			none	0	2	1	0	0	a roundtable discussion on abc's 'this week'


































12410.json	half-true	ohio is probably top five in the country, sadly, in terms of heroin overdoses. its now exceeded car accidents as the no. 1 cause of death in ohio.	drugs,health-care	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a radio interview


































4443.json	mostly-true	the u.s. military is in 130 countries. we have 900 bases around the world.	federal-budget,foreign-policy,military	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a republican presidential debate in tampa


































9006.json	mostly-true	the russians didnt wear uniforms when they came in to ukraine.	foreign-policy,military	chris-matthews	host of msnbc's hardball		none	1	2	2	1	0	a segment on hardball


































4514.json	mostly-true	says that illegal immigrants get a $100,000 break on university of texas tuition over four years.	education,state-budget,state-finances	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a republican presidential debate in orlando.


































9385.json	true	rick perry doesnt think there should be a federal minimum wage.	economy,federal-budget,state-budget	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	an email blast


































9918.json	true	since i took office, wisconsin ranks 11th in the nation in total business establishment growth compared to 47th in the years mary burke was commerce secretary.	economy,job-accomplishments,small-business	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a campaign news release


































9925.json	barely-true	it is truethat we know that isis is present in ciudad juarez (mexico)	homeland-security,immigration,iraq,terrorism	trent-franks	u.s. representative	arizona	republican	2	1	0	0	0	a phone conference


































10319.json	half-true	the home-mortgage deduction is widely thought to be a middle-class benefit. its not -- 73 percent of it goes to people making a quarter-million dollars or more a year.	housing,income,taxes	tom-coburn	u.s. senator	oklahoma	republican	2	3	3	2	0	an interview with cnn


































9057.json	barely-true	a real result of his term is georgia having the lowest taxes per capita of any state.	taxes	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	campaign flyer


































11675.json	half-true	most of the black scientists in this country dont come from schools like the university of texas. they come from lesser schools.	education	antonin-scalia	supreme court associate justice		none	0	0	1	0	0	a supreme court hearing


































1995.json	true	democrats say chafee wants to tax equipment that enables amputee veterans to drive	taxes	democratic-governors-association			democrat	1	0	0	0	2	democratic governors association website


































1060.json	mostly-true	even high estimates for an early draft of the health care plan are less than the $1.8 trillion cost of the bush tax cuts.	economy,health-care,pundits,taxes	paul-krugman	new york times columnist		none	0	2	3	4	0	a column


































1517.json	half-true	bill mccollum cost the rest of us billions as a member of congress, including a national debt that skyrocketed to $4.7 trillion.	candidates-biography	florida-democratic-party		florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	an advertisement by the florida democratic party


































8402.json	pants-fire	the white house had a live video feed of the benghazi attacks as they occurred.	crime,criminal-justice,foreign-policy,terrorism	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	an interview with the texas observer


































2400.json	pants-fire	says a pro-stimulus economist admits it is not working	economy,stimulus	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a posting on facebook


































13352.json	true	says donald trump was asked if he would defend our allies. he said well, first hed want to know if they made any payments to us to defend them.	foreign-policy,homeland-security,military	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a rally in florida


































7140.json	true	in 2008, tourism brought in $38 billion dollars and supported more than 300,000 jobs in the state of new jersey.	jobs,tourism	frank-lautenberg	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	2	0	2	1	0	a speech on the floor of the u.s. senate


































2307.json	true	florida is 49th in per capita spending on mental health care.	health-care	bud-chiles		florida	independent	0	0	1	0	0	a campaign website


































12074.json	barely-true	says president barack obama has been presiding over our jobs going overseas for seven years.	economy,foreign-policy,jobs,trade	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview with nbc's meet the press


































8049.json	mostly-true	the oceans have become 30 percent more acidic.	animals,climate-change,economy,energy,environment,history,public-health,science,weather	sheldon-whitehouse	u.s. senator	rhode island	democrat	2	3	2	7	0	a speech on the floor of the u.s. senate


































8195.json	barely-true	the book little red riding hood is something thats been banned in america, but not assault weapons.	education,guns	moms-demand-action-gun-sense-america	advocacy group	indiana	none	1	0	0	1	0	an ad shared on social media


































1457.json	half-true	thomas jefferson created the marines for the islamic pirates that were happening.	military,pundits	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	his fox news program


































3073.json	barely-true	the nations food supply is 99.99 percent safe.	food-safety	jack-kingston	u.s. representative	georgia	republican	3	1	4	3	0	a newspaper article


































2928.json	true	150,000 (oil spill) claims have been filed by floridians, but only 40 percent of them have been paid.	oil-spill	alex-sink		florida	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	a meeting of the florida cabinet


































9211.json	true	in rhode island today, 25 percent of our households either dont have a bank account at all, or they have a bank account and theyre still relying on high-cost financial services like payday loans, pawn shop check cashing and so on.	debt,economy,families,financial-regulation,income,poverty,wealth,workers	seth-magaziner	investment advisor	rhode island	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an appearance on “10 news conference”


































64.json	half-true	our whole food system in this country...most of it is genetically engineered. and (there is) no testing for the health consequences of this food.	consumer-safety	dennis-kucinich	u.s. representative	ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	a forum on cancer organized by lance armstrong.


































3270.json	false	despite what you may have heard about wisconsins finances, wisconsin is on track to have a budget surplus this year.	labor,pundits,state-budget	rachel-maddow	msnbc host		none	6	6	4	6	1	a segment on her television talk show


































3100.json	mostly-true	weve saved over $100 million of (health care) costs in milwaukee county. i did that.	health-care,job-accomplishments	lee-holloway	chairman, milwaukee county boaerd of supervisors	wisconsin	none	1	2	0	1	1	a meeting with journal sentinel reporters and editors


































6008.json	true	says that from 1992 through 2010, every statewide candidate drawing over 43 percent of the vote in a republican texas primary won the resulting runoff.	history	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a memo from campaign pollster mike baselice.


































4163.json	true	says members of the military have sent him more campaign contributions than theyve sent president barack obama and more than twice what theyve sent other republican presidential candidates.	campaign-finance	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	an interview.


































3183.json	pants-fire	congressman robert hurt has a plan to cut education by 40 percent.	education,federal-budget,state-budget	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	a radio ad.


































2038.json	half-true	to say a family has to buy a product from a private company is clearly beyond the delegated powers of the u.s. constitution.	health-care	john-oxendine		georgia	republican	0	0	2	0	0	a televised debate on fox 5


































8502.json	mostly-true	the federal health care law raises taxes and cuts medicare.	health-care,medicare,taxes	scott-brown		new hampshire	republican	2	2	1	3	1	comments on fox news sunday


































1837.json	true	the president has added close to 68,000 troops in the last year, since he came into office, not just the 30,000 you hear, but the others that were added before that.	afghanistan,foreign-policy,military,abc-news-week	colin-powell			republican	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on abc news' this week


































1518.json	half-true	i vetoed more than $3 billion in spending. lawmakers and i cut taxes for 40,000 small businesses. now texas is no. 1 in job creation. the nations five best housing markets are right here in texas. we balanced five state budgets and we cut state spending.	economy,housing,job-accomplishments,state-budget	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a tv advertisement.


































6296.json	false	says president barack obama has not raised taxes.	taxes	bill-pascrell	u.s. house of representatives	new jersey	democrat	0	3	4	4	0	an interview on c-span’s washington journal


































12577.json	true	saysdonald trump called pregnant employees an inconvenience.	economy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a rally in columbus, ohio


































8341.json	barely-true	every month, we get the reports from the bureau of labor statistics that say even more people have given up looking for work.	economy,health-care,jobs	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	senate floor speech on the obamacare law


































249.json	mostly-true	mccain opposes repeal of the death tax.	taxes	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a tv ad


































3327.json	half-true	says signs posted at projects funded by the federal stimulus act has cost 20 or 40 million dollars.	deficit,federal-budget,stimulus	jim-renacci	u.s. representative 	ohio	republican	5	3	4	1	1	a radio interview 


































9620.json	pants-fire	amid the crisis at our southern border, there are reports of illegal migrants carrying deadly diseases such as ebola virus.	ebola,health-care,immigration,public-health	phil-gingrey	u.s. congressman	georgia	republican	2	5	2	1	1	a letter to the centers for disease control and prevention


































3448.json	mostly-true	says for the equivalent cost of a single mile of freeway, we have a bike infrastructure.	transportation	sam-adams	mayor of portland	oregon	democrat	3	2	5	2	0	a video online


































4221.json	half-true	if the debt ceiling is surpassed, our nation will not go into default as some suggest.	economy,federal-budget	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an e-mail


































4840.json	false	while (chris christie) talks about job creation, we dont see jobs being created in this state.	jobs	john-wisniewski	state assemblyman	new jersey	democrat	2	2	0	1	0	an njtoday interview


































2574.json	half-true	taking the fifth amendment in a deposition about the columbia/hca hospital chain he founded means a truthful answer to the questions that (rick scott) was asked would incriminate him.	health-care,legal-issues,message-machine	florida-democratic-party		florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	a tv ad.


































6633.json	true	we have more scientists and engineers per square mile than anywhere in the world.	economy,jobs,science,workers	choose-new-jersey		new jersey	none	0	0	0	0	0	an advertisement in the wall street journal


































1219.json	mostly-true	the defense department received only one-half of 1 percent of the nearly trillion-dollar stimulus package funding.	military,stimulus	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a speech to investors in hong kong


































3292.json	mostly-true	the (wisconsin) governor has proposed tax giveaways to corporations.	corporations,pundits,taxes,abc-news-week	donna-brazile	political commentator	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	1	4	7	0	an interview on this week with christiane amanpour.


































12828.json	barely-true	bike lanes and sidewalks have been proven to reduce crashes by up to 38 percent on austins streets.	city-government,corrections-and-updates,transportation	bike-austin	advocacy group	texas	none	1	0	0	0	0	a press release


































10596.json	false	every illegal immigrant can be eligible for up to $36,000 to $38,000 in earned income tax credits without paying a dime in.	immigration,taxes	john-fredericks	talks show host	virginia	talk-show-host	0	1	0	0	0	a radio show.


































4942.json	barely-true	you look at defense were spending more than the rest of the world combined.	federal-budget,military,new-hampshire-2012	jon-huntsman		utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	a debate at st. anselm college in manchester, n.h.


































11153.json	false	the navy is bringing charges against a navy officer who shot at the chattanooga shooter for illegally discharging a firearm on federal property.	guns,military,terrorism	allen-west	u.s. representative, florida district 22	florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	a blog on his website


































6718.json	half-true	says when mitt romney was governor, massachusetts was 47th in job creation	jobs	jeanne-shaheen	senator	new hampshire	democrat	3	0	4	2	0	an interview on the daily rundown


































7390.json	true	the 12 hottest years on record have come in the last 15 years.	environment	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the state of the union address


































6796.json	barely-true	says daniel webster used taxpayer funds to build a lobbyist lounge.	message-machine-2012,taxes	val-demings		florida	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign commercial


































6125.json	pants-fire	says 97 cents of every dollar played represents over $500 million dollars that is returned to oregonians every year to help support job creation, schools, state parks and watersheds.	lottery,state-budget,state-finances	oregon-lottery			organization	0	0	1	0	1	an advertisement


































12194.json	mostly-true	we got a million jobs.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a confrontation with a customer at a gainesville, fla., starbucks


































3479.json	barely-true	says wisconsin supreme court justice david prosser has prejudged matters that are likely to come before the court.	legal-issues	joanne-kloppenburg	state appeals court judge	wisconsin	none	2	1	0	2	1	a newspaper interview


































10601.json	mostly-true	says hillary clinton sent a memo to all state department staff that said you should not do state department business on personal email.	ethics,transparency	joe-scarborough	host of a morning show on msnbc		none	1	4	3	3	0	a broadcast of msnbc's morning joe


































1428.json	pants-fire	bill white has presided over the construction of what may be the worlds largest abortion clinic.	abortion	republican-party-texas		texas	republican	3	1	1	3	1	an e-mail.


































5165.json	pants-fire	politifact oregon gave rob cornilles a pants on fire for a claim about taxes and fees.	message-machine-2012,taxes,voting-record	suzanne-bonamici	state senator	oregon	democrat	0	3	0	0	1	a press release


































6997.json	mostly-true	as governor, i cut $5 billion in spending.	job-accomplishments,message-machine-2012,state-budget,state-finances	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a tv ad.


































12419.json	half-true	one in three american women will have had an abortion by the time she reaches the age of 45.	abortion	naral-pro-choice-america			organization	1	0	1	0	0	a website post.


































8398.json	barely-true	ann kuster turned a blind eye to those in need of funding by voting against funding for our nations veterans, low-income women and children, the fda and the national institutes of health.	children,federal-budget,health-care,public-health,science,veterans,women	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	an advertisement


































10863.json	barely-true	one person has been fired at the veterans administration for withholding services.	veterans	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a speech at the iowa gop lincoln day dinner


































10964.json	mostly-true	currently, almost 40 percent of people with hiv are not diagnosed until they already have developed aids. and that can be up to 10 years after they first are infected with hiv.	public-health	fulton-county-health-and-wellness	none	georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	a press release


































1570.json	barely-true	obama has proposed a 1.4% pay increase for active duty military in 2011. this is the lowest since 1973 ... a lower pay increase than welfare recipients!!!	military,workers	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a facebook status update message


































12038.json	barely-true	trump refuses to denounce the kkk.	candidates-biography	conservative-solutions-pac		florida	organization	3	0	1	0	0	a conservative solutions pac ad, first aired on feb. 29


































9394.json	barely-true	says barack obama broke a decades-old policy of not negotiating with terrorists.	foreign-policy,iraq,terrorism	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	comments on abc's this week


































3502.json	half-true	from 1960, the year i was born, until the time i became governor in 2003, the average two-year increase in minnesota state spending was 21 percent. we brought that down dramatically, to about 1.7 percent per year.	state-budget	tim-pawlenty			republican	2	3	3	6	1	his book, courage to stand: an american story


































3526.json	mostly-true	corporate taxes will soon be the highest in the industrialized world.	corporations,taxes	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a “wall street journal” op-ed


































11003.json	false	lincoln was fervently making plans to send all freed slaves to the jungles of central america once the (civil war) was over. the only thing that kept this from happening was his assassination.	diversity,history	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	posts on the internet


































7255.json	false	semi-automatic weapons, whether pistol or rifle, were designed for use by the military on the battlefield.	crime,criminal-justice,government-regulation,guns,military,public-health,recreation,market-regulation	providence-city-council			none	0	1	0	0	0	a council resolution


































4674.json	false	herman cain is a pro-choice candidate.	abortion,message-machine-2012	iowans-some-semblance-christian-decency		iowa	none	0	1	0	0	0	parking lot fliers outside an iowa candidate event


































2025.json	false	subsidies for oil and gas companies make up 88 percent of all federal subsidies. just cutting the oil and gas subsidies out would save the u.s. government $45 billion every year.	energy,federal-budget,oil-spill,pundits,taxes	keith-olbermann	political commentator		none	0	2	3	2	0	a comment on msnbc's 'countdown with keith olbermann'


































4745.json	true	says if elected, he would be the first mayor who lives east of 82nd.	elections	jefferson-smith	state representative	oregon	democrat	1	1	0	4	0	a press release


































4071.json	mostly-true	mitt romney is the first massachusetts politician to run for president and not win the new hampshire primary in a generation.	candidates-biography,elections,new-hampshire-2012	new-hampshire-democratic-party		new hampshire	democrat	4	0	3	3	0	a statement by state democratic chairman ray buckley in a call with reporters


































1500.json	true	in the stimulus, $15 million dollars went to 'build a bigger, better airport' for the town of ouzinkie, alaska, population 165.	stimulus	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a press release


































13221.json	half-true	you would receive a citation for taking a dildo to class at the university of texas.	education,guns,market-regulation	cocks-not-glocks	protest organized by university of texas students in august 2016	texas	none	0	0	1	0	0	a cocks not glocks call to protest on facebook


































11041.json	mostly-true	for african-americans between the ages of 17 and 20, the real unemployment rate is 51 percent.	diversity,economy,jobs	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a rally in portland, maine


































12533.json	half-true	weve seen more manufacturing jobs created since ive been president than anytime since the 1990s. thats a fact.	economy,labor	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	in a town hall


































1374.json	true	president obama has broken his pledge to the american people to be transparent throughout (health care reform negotiations).	florida,health-care	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a written statement


































2066.json	false	the obama administration will give pennsylvania $160 million to pay for health insurance plans that cover any legal abortion.	abortion,health-care,states	national-right-life-committee			none	1	2	1	0	0	a prepared statement


































7978.json	pants-fire	abortion is the second-most conducted surgical procedure in this country.	abortion,health-care	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a radio interview.


































11072.json	true	in new orleans, nearly100 percent of our kids are in charter schools.	education,natural-disasters	bobby-jindal	governor of louisiana	louisiana	republican	0	1	4	4	0	comments on fox news sunday


































12642.json	false	the steel industry is producing as much steel in the united states as it ever was. its just (that) it needs one-tenth of the workers that it used to.	economy,jobs,trade	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	remarks in ottawa, canada


































2614.json	mostly-true	if you want to see the jobs that ive saved and created in this storm he helped create, go anywhere in ohio.	job-accomplishments	lee-fisher	former lieutenant governor	ohio	democrat	2	1	1	2	0	a debate 


































6488.json	true	austin is the largest city in the u.s. or texas with no geographic representation on its city council.	elections	austinites-geographic-representation			none	0	0	0	0	0	a handout.


































115.json	mostly-true	she stood by our national guard and reserve and kept standing till they received health care they deserved.	military	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a tv ad airing in iowa and new hampshire.


































13443.json	true	under donald trumps tax plan, 51 percent of single parents would see their taxes go up.	taxes	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a campaign rally


































11479.json	barely-true	in 40 years, 23,000 chemicals came on the market and only four were regulated.	environment,public-health	sheldon-whitehouse	u.s. senator	rhode island	democrat	2	3	2	7	0	a news conference


































312.json	true	we have more coal reserves in the united states than they have oil reserves in saudi arabia.	energy	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	boca raton.


































4760.json	false	over half of the people who would be taxed under (a millionaire surtax) are, in fact, small businesspeople.	taxes,abc-news-week	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	an abc interview with christiane amanpour


































8571.json	half-true	says senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has blocked the senate over 400 times.	congressional-rules	alison-lundergan-grimes	secretary of state	kentucky	democrat	2	2	3	1	0	a campaign ad


































8312.json	true	mental health provisions related to mass shootings got over 90 votes in the senate.	guns,health-care	kelly-ayotte	u.s. senator	new hampshire	republican	2	1	1	4	0	an interview with cnn's the lead with jake tapper


































9167.json	mostly-true	young women today in metropolitan areaswho are childless and single are out-earning childless, single young males.	income,jobs,women	genevieve-wood	senior contributor to the foundry		republican	0	0	0	1	0	comments on cnn


































8144.json	half-true	says virginia saved $300 million by rebidding a metrorail construction project to exclude guaranteed union contracts.	transportation,unions	ken-cuccinelli	attorney general	virginia	republican	1	10	3	2	1	a radio interview.


































2649.json	half-true	you worked hard for your money and you paid your taxes when you earned it. now, (indiana republican congressional candidate) todd young wants to tax it again when you spend it.	message-machine,retirement,taxes	service-employees-international-union-committee-po		washington, d.c.	newsmaker	1	1	2	0	0	a campaign commercial


































4441.json	mostly-true	in terms of the wealthiest americans, were at the lowest tax rate since the 1950s.	taxes	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview before the cnn/tea party express gop debate in tampa


































3848.json	false	no one thought we could get a bipartisan bill (medicaid) passed. we did in the florida senate.	health-care,medicare,state-budget	mike-haridopolos	florida senate president	florida	republican	0	3	1	1	0	tv interview


































4274.json	pants-fire	were inches away from no longer having a free economy.	economy,market-regulation	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	the republican debate in ames, iowa


































6037.json	half-true	florida election officials requests to some residents to submit proof of citizenship is a backdoor poll tax.	elections,immigration,poverty	alcee-hastings	u.s. representative	florida	democrat	1	0	1	0	2	a press conference


































6102.json	barely-true	romneycare covers abortion, illegal immigrants and has a public option. obamacare does not.	abortion,health-care,immigration	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a facebook post


































10810.json	barely-true	not a single republican candidate, announced or potential, is clearly and consistently supporting a path to citizenship. not one.	immigration	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an appearance at a high school in las vegas, nev.


































8126.json	mostly-true	obamacare carries on even under a government shutdown.	federal-budget,government-efficiency,health-care	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	an interview on cbs' face the nation


































4235.json	false	atlanta public schools 2011 crct tests were given under the strictest security possible.	education	beverly-hall			none	0	2	0	0	1	a mailer


































5504.json	false	says barack obama promised gasoline at $2.50 a gallon.	energy,gas-prices,transportation	lenny-curry	chairman of the republican party of florida	florida	republican	2	1	2	0	0	an interview on political connections


































11468.json	half-true	even after syrian troops began to shoot protesters in the streets with live ammunition in 2011, clinton labeled bashar al-assad a reformer.	foreign-policy	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an op-ed in breitbart


































8749.json	barely-true	when i was mayor of south pasadena, we actually reduced the property taxes we collected.	taxes	kathleen-peters	district 69 state representative	florida	republican	1	1	0	1	0	a campaign mailer


































6646.json	true	says u.s. rep. paul ryan attacked the president for the same amount of medicare savings that (ryan) had in his own budget.	federal-budget,medicare	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	a speech at the democratic national convention in charlotte, n.c.


































4079.json	true	were losing almost 6,000 state jobs.	jobs,state-budget	eddie-rodriguez	texas house representative	texas	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	remarks to the central texas democratic forum


































8234.json	mostly-true	about 40 percent of u.s. illegal immigrants came in on an airplane, with a legal visa, and just overstayed their visa and have never gone home.	immigration	john-carter	u.s. house of representatives	texas	republican	0	3	1	2	2	a news article


































1578.json	barely-true	the obama administration spent more money on the cash for clunkers program than the space program.	space	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a news account of a speech


































13349.json	pants-fire	wikileaks also shows how john podesta rigged the polls by oversampling democrats, a voter suppression technique.	polls	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in florida


































6471.json	true	florida has more concealed weapons permits than any other state.	guns	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a fox news interview


































11556.json	barely-true	says hillary clinton told her daughter and a government official that benghazi was a terrorist attack, and then tells everybody else that it was a video.	foreign-policy,terrorism	ben-carson			republican	7	12	3	2	4	the fox business network debate


































12630.json	barely-true	google search spike suggests many people dont know why they voted for brexit.	technology	daily-mail			organization	1	0	0	0	0	a headline


































1795.json	mostly-true	i got a letter from 20 people who said they wanted their money back, 14 never gave me a penny.	campaign-finance	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a meeting with the st. petersburg times editorial board.


































8768.json	pants-fire	scott walkers income tax plan is a tax hike. it increases taxes for nearly 80% of the people in the state.	income,jobs,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	mary-burke	madison school board member	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	11	8	3	an interview


































9760.json	barely-true	gov. kitzhaber oversaw creation of the oregon driver card law behind closed doors without allowing any input from citizens who represent the public interest.	immigration	protect-oregon-driver-licenses	advocacy	oregon	organization	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign website statement


































292.json	false	so that 2005 energy bill was a big step backwards on the path to clean, renewable energy. that's why i voted against it.	energy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	debate in las vegas


































8256.json	half-true	there are 500 registered republicans moving to texas every day.	population	steve-munisteri	attorney	texas	republican	0	0	2	0	0	an interview on austin's ynn


































6972.json	half-true	says an arts tax would provide funding for certified arts and music teachers for every elementary school serving portland residents.	taxes	creative-advocacy-network		oregon	none	0	0	1	1	0	a radio interview


































10052.json	half-true	every year the average woman loses around $11,000 to the wage gap, which amounts to a $500,000 vagina tax over her working career.	income,women	sarah-silverman	comedian		democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a video for the national women's law center


































7368.json	true	says abortions are decreasing.	abortion	donna-howard	texas house representative	texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	0	a texas tribune interview.


































3814.json	true	abraham lincoln (once) jumped out of a window in the illinois legislature in order to deny a quorum.	history,labor,state-budget	mark-miller	state senator, district 16	wisconsin	democrat	1	1	0	0	0	remarks to reporters


































2984.json	pants-fire	those who fail to buy health insurance under obamacare face the threat of jail time.	health-care	bob-marshall	state delegate	virginia	republican	0	2	0	0	1	a news release.


































9128.json	mostly-true	since december 2010 florida has created 540,000 new jobs.	jobs	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	an online ad


































6183.json	pants-fire	people who wash cars at home will use approximately 80 percent more water than they do in a car wash.	environment,state-budget,taxes,water	helio-melo	state representative	rhode island	democrat	0	1	0	0	1	a house floor debate


































9651.json	mostly-true	the u.s. court of appeals for the fourth circuit compared the health care law to buying a pepperoni and ham pizza from dominos or pizza hut.	health-care	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview with a las vegas news network


































3032.json	false	on choosing a texas house speaker	elections,states	warren-chisum	state representative	texas	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a press release


































357.json	true	she flunked the d.c. bar exam.	candidates-biography	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail based on an article written by dick morris


































5548.json	mostly-true	because of the new health care law, 2.5 million young adults now have coverage.	health-care,job-accomplishments,message-machine-2012	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the campaign film the road we've traveled


































12277.json	mostly-true	pennsylvania has lost 35 percent of its manufacturing jobs since 2001 and harrisburg has lost 40 percent of its manufacturing jobs since 2001.	jobs	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a campaign rally speech


































1649.json	true	farouk is on fire.	job-accomplishments	j-xavier	musician	texas	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a song for farouk shami's gubernatorial campaign


































13042.json	barely-true	says patrick murphy was named one of americas least effective congressmen.	congress	american-future-fund			organization	3	2	0	0	0	a tv ad


































6175.json	false	obamacare adds trillions to our deficits and to our national debt.	federal-budget,health-care	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a press conference


































12326.json	pants-fire	frankly, (hillary clinton) doesnt do very well with women.	polls,women	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on cnn's new day


































13351.json	false	says democratic u.s. senate candidate russ feingold voted over 250 times to raise taxes.	taxes	americans-prosperity			none	6	7	2	1	2	a web ad


































11431.json	false	the gun industry isthe only business in america that is wholly protected from any kind of liability.	guns,legal-issues	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a town hall-style campaign event in iowa


































2702.json	true	your tellers were paid kickbacks for directing elderly consumers from ... safe deposits to risky ones.	candidates-biography,ethics,financial-regulation,legal-issues	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a cnn/st. petersburg times debate.


































2691.json	half-true	says peter defazio votes with nancy pelosi 86 percent of the time.	message-machine,voting-record	concerned-taxpayers-america	political group	oregon	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a television ad


































3702.json	barely-true	the only people in this town that have voted to cut medicare spending are the people who voted in favor of obamacare. thats a fact.	medicare	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview on nbc's 'meet the press'


































185.json	half-true	america never made up for the gutting of the intelligence services that bill clinton did. i think those are (former cia director george) tenet's words ... that bill clinton gutted american intelligence.	terrorism	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a television interview.


































2256.json	true	says barack obama didnt keep his promise to have an immigration bill in his first year.	immigration	jerry-patterson	state land commissioner	texas	republican	1	1	1	3	0	a speech


































4585.json	barely-true	in the early 1960s, all levels of government were consuming about 27 percent of the u.s. economy, a number that has risen to 37 percent today. with that trendline, we cease at some point to be a free economy.	economy,federal-budget,new-hampshire-2012,market-regulation	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a republican presidential debate in hanover, n.h.


































329.json	true	hillary clinton actually differed with (john mccain) by arguing for exceptions for torture before changing positions.	terrorism	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	denver


































7546.json	true	the hole in the earth thats going to be dug (for the proposed gogebic mine) is bigger than my entire district.	environment	evan-goyke	state assembly, 18th district	wisconsin	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a speech


































1098.json	false	health insurance companies are making record profits, right now.	corporations,health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference


































3990.json	mostly-true	every 10th dollar spent by the social security administration on its program for the poor is waste, or fraud, they cant validate that the people should have gotten it, totaling about $8 billion a year.	federal-budget,social-security	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	in an interview on the “the neal boortz radio show” on atlanta’s am 750 and 95.5 fm 


































10944.json	barely-true	says bill clinton gave a speech in 1996 about iraq having wmds and said we needed a regime change, even though everyone blamed those things on george w. bush.	foreign-policy,history,military	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a social media post


































8708.json	half-true	this governor has given us continual balanced budgets without raising taxes.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	david-rible	assembly conference leader	new jersey	republican	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on njtv's 'on the record' with michael aron program


































6335.json	false	president obama was saying success is the result of government, not hard-working people, when he said, if youve got a business, you didnt build that. somebody else made that happen.	economy	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an introduction to a web video


































10028.json	mostly-true	says thom tillis refuses to say what we should do to combat isis.	military,terrorism	kay-hagan	former u.s. senator	north carolina	democrat	1	0	1	2	0	a news release


































9882.json	false	fox admits they lie and, under the first amendment, have the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on public airwaves.	civil-rights,corporations,ethics,food-safety,pundits,transparency	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	posts on facebook


































9335.json	false	idaho was the only republican-led state in the nation that chose to partner with president obama by creating a state-based marketplace under the affordable care act.	health-care	russ-fulcher	state senator	idaho	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a gubernatorial debate


































9875.json	mostly-true	federal investigators found a company that (david perdue) ran discriminated against women -- paid them less than men for the same work.	women,workers	emilys-list			organization	1	0	3	2	0	television attack ad


































5152.json	half-true	says weve accomplished balancing two budgets without raising taxes. weve now created 60,000 new private-sector jobs. weve made government smaller.	job-accomplishments,jobs,state-budget,state-finances	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a video 


































8715.json	mostly-true	(the farm bill) has aprovision that would in many ways reduce the deficit.	agriculture,deficit	donna-brazile	political commentator	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	1	4	7	0	a discussion on cnn's state of the union


































2150.json	pants-fire	nobodys invited us to the obama events in atlanta.	elections	chris-carpenter	campaign manager for roy barnes	georgia	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	radio news story


































11829.json	false	a (state) trooper with 10 years on the force is getting $500 a year more than a trooper with 10 minutes on the force.	public-safety	thomas-garrett-jr	state senator	virginia	republican	2	1	0	0	0	a radio interview.


































2039.json	true	only about a third of texans who enroll in college graduate.	education	scott-hochberg	state representative 	texas	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a speech at a caucus at the texas democratic convention


































8332.json	mostly-true	for the last decade, floridians salaries have shrunk substantially when adjusted for inflation.	economy,jobs	dan-gelber		florida	democrat	2	2	1	3	0	an op-ed


































986.json	true	congress shoveled $700 billion into the troubled assets relief program, $325 billion of which has been spent without purchasing any toxic assets.	economy,pundits	george-will	columnist	maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	a column published by the washington post and other news organizations.


































6875.json	barely-true	says bill nelson cast the deciding vote for obamacare cutting medicare spending by $700 billion and letting an unelected board decide what gets covered here.	health-care,medicare,message-machine-2012	american-crossroads			republican	5	5	4	0	0	a television ad


































5030.json	true	christmas trees are grown in all 50 states.	agriculture,states	jeff-merkley	u.s. senator	oregon	democrat	0	1	3	6	0	in a press release 


































6778.json	barely-true	barack hussein obama will .. force christian organizations to pay for abortions.	abortion,message-machine-2012	government-not-god-pac			none	1	2	0	0	3	a newspaper ad


































6384.json	true	tim kaine, as governor, proposed tax increases on people earning as little as $17,000.	state-budget,taxes	george-allen	consultant	virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a debate.


































11734.json	barely-true	when we held recent economic dialogues with china, we agreed on over 100 different things including wildlife trafficking and volcano research. none of these 100-plus points of agreement addressed cybersecurity.	china,crime,criminal-justice,foreign-policy,infrastructure	carly-fiorina		california	republican	5	5	4	3	2	a column posted on medium


































4109.json	half-true	says the u.s. borrows 42 cents of every dollar washington spends today and about half of that comes from countries like china.	deficit,federal-budget	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a radio interview


































6779.json	false	barack hussein obama will ... force christian schools to hire non-christian teachers.	legal-issues,religion	government-not-god-pac			none	1	2	0	0	3	a newspaper advertisement


































616.json	barely-true	obama promises more taxes on small business, seniors, your life savings, your family.	taxes	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a television ad


































7762.json	false	on an early date for floridas presidential primary	elections	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a position on legislation


































1901.json	barely-true	alex sink was the first official who said that bp should pay $25 million for an ad campaign to promote florida tourism.	oil-spill	james-carville	political consultant	louisiana	democrat	2	1	0	1	0	a fundraising letter


































13373.json	false	says drug dealers have overdosed on purpose to avoid prosecution.	crime,drugs,legal-issues	chris-sununu	executive councilor	new hampshire	republican	0	1	1	0	1	a no labels forum


































8771.json	mostly-true	texas is experiencing the fastest population growth in the country, adding more than 1,000 people a day.	energy,population	texans-reliable-power			none	0	0	0	1	0	an advertisement


































3855.json	pants-fire	a few months into office, (president barack obama) traveled around the globe to apologize for america.	foreign-policy	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a speech announcing his presidential campaign


































1637.json	false	the average cost for health insurance in florida went from about $600 a month for an individual to about $150 a month.	health-care	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a u.s. senate primary debate on fox news sunday


































75.json	half-true	her health care plan will cost $110-billion in the first year, which can be paid for with savings.	health-care	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech in des moines, iowa.


































8540.json	half-true	georgia has lost 14 percent of its jobs paying more than $50,000 a year and added 15 percent to its medicaid rolls during the recovery.	economy,medicaid	michael-mule		georgia	republican	0	0	1	0	0	an interview


































12618.json	half-true	the orlando shooter used a weapon of war.	guns	tammy-baldwin	u.s. representative	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	a radio interview


































5255.json	true	says ohio has 77 job training programs spread across 13 state agencies.	economy,jobs	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	an interview with the plain dealer


































11104.json	false	the five guantanamo detainees swapped for bowe bergdahl are right now back on the battlefield.	terrorism	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a campaign rally in south carolina


































374.json	true	clinton said great things about nafta until she started running for president.	economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	lorain, ohio


































8748.json	true	members of the military dont contribute toward their pension.	deficit,federal-budget,military,pensions,retirement	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	an interview


































13233.json	barely-true	these are radical islamic terrorists, and (hillary clinton) wont even mention the word.	terrorism	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	the second presidential debate


































191.json	barely-true	gov. romney's own health care plan in massachusetts ... requires by law that a representative from planned parenthood sit on the masshealth advisory board.	abortion	fred-thompson	actor	tennessee	republican	1	4	3	3	0	an email press release


































4397.json	half-true	we [the city of atlanta] are overbuilt on housing.	housing	yolanda-adrean	atlanta city councilwoman	georgia	none	0	0	1	0	0	website


































924.json	false	there are no earmarks in the stimulus bill.	economy,stimulus	robert-gibbs	former white house press secretary		democrat	1	1	0	1	0	a comment at the daily white house press briefing.


































12923.json	false	under those eight years before (barack)obama came along, we didnt have any successful radical islamic terrorist attack in the united states since sept. 11, 2001.	terrorism	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a speech in youngstown, ohio


































7021.json	half-true	says new jersey lost private-sector jobs between 2000 and 2009 because democrats increased taxes, fees, regulations and state spending.	jobs	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a campaign event in new hampshire


































2306.json	mostly-true	forty-five percent of those whove been unemployed, theyve been unemployed for six months or longer.	economy,pundits,abc-news-week,workers	donna-brazile	political commentator	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	1	4	7	0	a roundtable discussion on abc's this week with christiane amanpour


































9677.json	half-true	the obama administrations policies have reduced minority dropout rate by 25 percent.	education	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a speech to the naacp in las vegas


































4531.json	half-true	says his administration balanced two budgets with over $13 billion in deficits without raising taxes.	deficit,state-budget	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a speech at the ronald reagan presidential library


































11975.json	barely-true	the every student succeeds act did away basically with common core.	education	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a newspaper interview


































13177.json	true	says senate candidate katie mcginty made thousands from companies she previously regulated.	transparency	freedom-partners-action-fund			organization	1	1	1	0	0	in a political ad


































2310.json	barely-true	congress and president obama have accumulated more debt since he took office than the total amount of debt accumulated during the first 200 years of the united states existence.	federal-budget	chip-rogers	state senator	georgia	republican	1	0	1	1	0	a campaign flyer


































12876.json	mostly-true	says hillary clinton tripled the number of people with aids whose lives are being saved .. and it did not cost you any more money.	foreign-policy,public-health	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	a post on medium


































2390.json	true	florida ranks last in the ratio of employees to residents...and florida is dead last in the nation in state employee payroll expenditures per resident.	state-budget	alex-sink		florida	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	a campaign website


































7181.json	barely-true	president barack obamas fiscal year 2013 budget proposal couldnt get support from either party in the house or the senate.	federal-budget	kelly-ayotte	u.s. senator	new hampshire	republican	2	1	1	4	0	in an interview on cnn’s state of the union.


































8295.json	false	every engine manufacturer in the united states is now in the state of texas.	jobs,states	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a discussion on cnn's crossfire


































3466.json	barely-true	wisconsin was embroiled in a constitutional crisis brought on by the democratic senators fleeing the state for illinois to block gov. scott walkers budget-repair bill.	labor,legal-issues,state-budget	scott-fitzgerald	state senator, 13th district	wisconsin	republican	1	2	1	0	0	a statement at a news conference


































9941.json	false	in 2011, (the islamic state) attempted to attack fort knox.	terrorism	peter-king	u.s. house of representatives	new york	republican	0	1	1	2	1	an interview on fox news sunday


































6005.json	half-true	thanks to our policies, for the first time in state history, we have put millions of dollars into our rainy day fund in consecutive years.	state-budget	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a blog post on campaign website


































6798.json	half-true	says lois frankel took a 40 percent pay raise as mayor while west palm beach lost jobs.	candidates-biography,message-machine-2012	yg-action-fund			republican	0	0	1	0	0	a television ad


































13169.json	true	undocumented immigrants pay $12 billion of taxes every single year.	immigration,social-security,taxes	maria-teresa-kumar			none	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on meet the press


































7858.json	false	the average student comes out of college hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt.	debt,economy,education	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	rhode island	democrat	2	1	2	5	1	an interview with wjar-tv


































13178.json	half-true	says gop congressional candidate scott jones wants to build a wall. he wants to round people up and deport folks.	immigration	ami-bera	u.s. house of representatives	california	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	an interview.


































13371.json	barely-true	says austin mayor steve adlers transportation plans linked to proposition 1 on the ballot remove 27+ miles of traffic lanes around the city, replacing them with lanes dedicated to usage by bicycles and buses.	city-budget,city-government,corrections-and-updates,elections,transportation	sensible-transportation-solutions-austin-pac	advocacy group	texas	none	1	0	0	0	0	an ad in the austin american-statesman


































5918.json	pants-fire	20 million people could lose their current coverage including our senior citizens who are on medicare.	health-care,medicare,message-machine-2012,10-news-tampa-bay	us-chamber-commerce			none	6	3	3	1	1	a tv ad


































615.json	false	fully inflating tires is a step that every expert says would absolutely reduce our oil consumption by 3 to 4 percent.	energy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a town hall in berea, ohio.


































7012.json	pants-fire	if buehler were elected, our vote-by-mail system would be at risk.	elections,message-machine-2012	bill-bradbury		oregon	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a campaign fundraising letter


































2350.json	pants-fire	lindsey graham endorsed charlie crist for u.s. senate.	elections	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	postings on twitter


































8865.json	half-true	since i took office in january 2011, we have created 11,100 rhode island-based jobs.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	lincoln-chafee		rhode island	democrat	3	5	3	4	0	his state of state speech


































6708.json	mostly-true	tennessees appeals court judges were selected by a handful of party officials in nashville before the system of merit selection was put into effect.	legal-issues	paul-summers	retired	tennessee	none	0	0	0	1	0	in an op-ed article written for tennessee newspapers.


































9886.json	false	over the next two years, this $1.8 billion deficit will cost individual wisconsinites $300 each, or $1,200 for families of four.	deficit,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	chris-larson	wisconsin senate minority leader	wisconsin	democrat	6	5	0	1	1	a news release


































5969.json	false	says new figures he released showing wisconsin job gains for 2011 are the final job numbers.	job-accomplishments,jobs,message-machine-2012,workers	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a tv ad


































9417.json	half-true	sen. mcconnell says its not his job to bring jobs to kentucky.	economy,jobs,states	alison-lundergan-grimes	secretary of state	kentucky	democrat	2	2	3	1	0	a radio ad


































9086.json	mostly-true	says he forced washington to open up the arctic ocean to oil drilling.	energy,environment	mark-begich	senator	alaska	democrat	0	0	0	2	1	a tv ad


































2886.json	pants-fire	new food safety legislation will regulate backyard gardening.	agriculture,food-safety,market-regulation	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	postings to the internet


































4398.json	mostly-true	a bipartisan payroll tax cut championed by the white house has meant that the average family has an extra $1,000 in their pocket this year.	economy,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a labor day speech in detroit


































12104.json	true	according to the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc), about 120 americans on average die from a drug overdose every day. overall, drug overdose deaths now outnumber deaths from firearms.	drugs,guns,health-care,public-health	joe-pitts	congressman	pennsylvania	republican	0	0	1	1	0	a medium post


































8263.json	mostly-true	the united nations has conducted 172 successful peacekeeping missions and negotiations.	foreign-policy,military,pundits	van-jones	co-host of cnn's crossfire	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	1	2	2	0	a discussion on cnn's crossfire


































9188.json	barely-true	the insurance risk corridors arent going broke like republicans predicted.	health-care	james-carville	political consultant	louisiana	democrat	2	1	0	1	0	comments on abc's this week


































7875.json	mostly-true	ripta has really some of the fullest buses for its transit agency size around the country.	economy,energy,environment,infrastructure,state-budget,transportation	abel-collins	program manager, sierra club of rhode island	rhode island	independent	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on wjar-tv's 10 news conference.


































6316.json	barely-true	says michael cargill was arrested and incarcerated in bell county.	candidates-biography	ballesteros	constable, travis county, precinct 2	texas	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a political flier


































1344.json	barely-true	although democrats represent only 10 of florida's 25 districts, their districts received 60 percent of the stimulus funds.	economy,stimulus,workers	jeff-miller	u.s. congressman	florida	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a newsletter


































9195.json	barely-true	every one of more than 30 federal judges who have considered the issue of gay and lesbian rights since last june ruled that marriage is a constitutional right and you cannot deprive individual citizens of that right based on their sexual orientation.	civil-rights,gays-and-lesbians,legal-issues,marriage	david-boies	chairman, boies, schiller & flexner llp	new york	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	the civil rights summit at the lyndon b. johnson presidential library


































3925.json	mostly-true	the obama administration has cut taxes on small businesses 17 times.	health-care,small-business,stimulus,taxes	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview on nbc's 'meet the press'


































5457.json	half-true	one out of four of our young people say they are victims of this (dating) violence.	criminal-justice,human-rights,women	beatrice-lanzi	state senator	rhode island	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an appearance on a lively experiment.


































11994.json	false	every republican senate candidate has now announced whether or not they support the senate taking up the supreme court vacancyexcept for congressman heck.	supreme-court	nevada-state-democratic-party		nevada	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a press release


































2043.json	barely-true	says democratic opponent is too republican to stand up for us.	elections	vincent-fort	state senator	georgia	democrat	1	0	2	1	1	mailer


































4196.json	barely-true	says that when he was governor of utah, he worked with the state legislature to create a flat tax that cut income taxes by 30 percent.	new-hampshire-2012,taxes	jon-huntsman		utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	a house party in belmont, n.h. 


































1130.json	true	the health care plan for members of congress is no better than the janitor who cleans their offices.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a town hall meeting.


































5703.json	false	on most things except witch trials, virginia will always have been first.	history,states	morgan-griffith	u.s. congressman	virginia	republican	3	2	1	0	0	an interview.


































2119.json	half-true	because of union rules, cooks helpers moved into dmv jobs they were not trained for	government-efficiency	john-robitaille		rhode island	republican	0	1	2	0	0	a comment on newsmakers


































13501.json	pants-fire	lady gaga announced she would cover her face until trump gets fired from office.	fake-news	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	posts on the internet


































2544.json	mostly-true	dan webster would force victims of rape and incest to bear their attackers child.	abortion,message-machine,women	alan-grayson	u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	a campaign commercial


































2312.json	mostly-true	the great lakes compact has a loophole. and the loophole is that while you cannot remove the water in a big transport, you can remove it in containers of 5.7 gallons or less.	environment	dennis-kucinich	u.s. representative	ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	a video posted online


































13463.json	barely-true	americas tax code hasnt been updated in 30 years.	taxes	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a tweet


































11811.json	half-true	says u.s. sen. ron johnson wants to put 100,000 troops, including 25,000 americans, into the area where isis is.	foreign-policy,iraq,military,terrorism	russ-feingold		wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	an interview


































2710.json	half-true	rick boucher helped write the cap-and-trade bill	cap-and-trade,climate-change,energy,environment	morgan-griffith	u.s. congressman	virginia	republican	3	2	1	0	0	a tv ad


































8543.json	false	in july 2010 the government said small businesses -- 60 percent -- will lose their health care, 45 percent of big business and a large percentage of individual health.	health-care	sean-hannity	radio/tv host		none	3	5	3	2	1	comments on fox news channel


































4528.json	mostly-true	if our recovery were more typical of the postwar era . . . we would have 14 million more jobs today.	economy,jobs	herman-cain		georgia	republican	4	11	5	3	3	an op-ed


































1725.json	mostly-true	the banking committee voted a 1,336-page bill out of committee in 21 minutes with no amendments, with the understanding that before the bill came to the floor, we would reach this bipartisan agreement.	financial-regulation,abc-news-week	bob-corker			republican	1	0	0	2	0	an interview on abc's this week


































10583.json	false	a majority of our students are trapped in underperforming schools.	education,state-budget,state-finances	george-p-bush	vice president, charter holdings real estate investment partnership	texas	republican	1	1	0	1	0	remarks at a school choice rally outside the texas capitol


































3271.json	barely-true	road construction bids are coming in at the lowest in the modern era.	infrastructure,transportation	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	a speech.


































11281.json	pants-fire	says scott walker said labor unions dont deserve to have a national holiday due to their damage to the economy. and the holiday should be replaced by patriots day, celebrated every year on 9/11.	labor	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a facebook post


































2327.json	false	alex sink wants to cut medicare.	health-care,medicare	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a statement.


































6475.json	mostly-true	says mitt romney and paul ryan want to turn medicare into a voucher system.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	remarks at a campaign event


































467.json	true	every family health insurance policy has a $900 hidden tax to subsidize health care costs of the uninsured.	health-care	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	south bend, ind.


































327.json	half-true	let's not blame president bush for all of this. we've got a congress who sat around on their hands and done nothing but spend a lot of money ... leaving us $9-trillion in debt that we're passing on to our grandchildren.	federal-budget	mike-huckabee	author	arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	a debate in simi valley, calif.


































7002.json	barely-true	says tammy baldwin had the opportunity to vote to honor the victims of 9/11 and she voted against it.	patriotism,terrorism	tommy-thompson		wisconsin	republican	6	8	2	5	3	a television ad


































13195.json	false	in her campaign for president, hillary clinton has received $100 million in contributions from wall street and hedge funds.	campaign-finance,corporations,wealth	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech


































588.json	false	says obama flip-flopped on withdrawing troops from iraq.	iraq	let-freedom-ring			none	0	2	1	0	0	a tv ad airing on cable networks such as fox and mtv.


































6607.json	true	federal law adopted under tommy thompsons watch prohibits the government from negotiating for better prices on prescription drugs for senior citizens	drugs,health-care,medicare	tammy-baldwin	u.s. representative	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	an interview


































1936.json	barely-true	jeff greene is the king of the undercover credit default swap that brought about the destruction of our economy that we have right now.	candidates-biography,financial-regulation,housing	kendrick-meek		florida	democrat	2	6	1	4	1	a democratic u.s. senate debate


































5038.json	true	after filing a lawsuit in rhode island, we reached an agreement with state agencies that resulted in more voters being registered in the first full month after our lawsuit than in the entire previous two-year reporting period.	civil-rights,elections,legal-issues	eric-holder	attorney general	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a speech


































3187.json	pants-fire	foreign trade zones allow u.s. land to be inhabited by chinese communists -- communists straight from china! they are to set up little towns and live here.	foreign-policy,trade	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































3912.json	false	non-defense discretionary spending has increased by over 80 percent in the last two years.	deficit,federal-budget,stimulus	robert-hurt	u.s. congressman	virginia	republican	2	4	1	0	0	an e-mail newsletter.


































5980.json	pants-fire	claims credit for food tax reductions that previous democrat regimes refused to make.	taxes	ron-ramsey	speaker of the tennessee senate	tennessee	republican	0	2	0	0	1	a newsletter.


































11795.json	true	two million new jobs have been created, in california since 2011.	economy,jobs	jerry-brown		california	democrat	0	0	3	2	0	a state of the state address


































2321.json	half-true	the states that actually have lots of teachers in teacher unions tend to be the states that have done the best in terms of academic success in this country.	education,abc-news-week	randi-weingarten			none	1	0	1	0	0	abc's this week


































11028.json	true	replacing 100,000 old toilets with water-efficient models has saved 2.4 million gallons of water every day.	environment,water	metropolitan-north-georgia-water-planning-district			none	0	0	0	0	0	a press release


































2875.json	false	[georgia] republicans have mismanaged unemployment benefits.	jobs	democratic-party-georgia-georgia			democrat	1	1	1	0	0	a facebook post


































3347.json	half-true	gov. bob mcdonnell in 2010 did not even create enough jobs to keep pace with population growth in virginia.	jobs	brian-moran	state democratic chairman	virginia	democrat	0	0	1	0	1	a news release.


































13513.json	barely-true	we would be just like north carolina with hb2-like (transgender bathroom) legislation. it actually passed our chamber and i vetoed it.	gays-and-lesbians,religion,sexuality	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a radio interview.


































1840.json	mostly-true	the interior department has only 30 days to review an exploration plan submitted by an oil company. that leaves no time for the appropriate environmental review. the result is, they are continually waived.	energy,environment,oil-spill	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference at the white house


































7114.json	barely-true	says because of hurricane sandy in atlantic city much of that boardwalk no longer exists -- just the pillars where the boardwalk used to be.	tourism,weather	frank-lautenberg	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	2	0	2	1	0	a speech on the senate floor


































7708.json	false	says the fertilizer plant that exploded in west, texas,had not been inspected by the state of texas since 2006.	crime,economy,public-safety,public-service	jack-ohman	editorial cartoonist	california	none	0	1	0	0	0	a column on an editorial cartoon.


































10979.json	mostly-true	says hillary clinton was completely exonerated, when i was in the white house by an officialinquiryon whitewater.	candidates-biography,history	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	comments on cnn's state of the union


































10923.json	mostly-true	former gov. rick perry signed a law that a federal court said was actually written with the purpose of discriminating against minority voters.	civil-rights,corrections-and-updates,elections,legal-issues	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech


































6268.json	true	federal regulations required the changes to georgias drivers license renewal process.	homeland-security,market-regulation	david-ralston		georgia	republican	1	1	0	1	0	an article


































12726.json	false	hillary clinton invented isis with her stupid policies. she is responsible for isis.	foreign-policy,terrorism	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on 60 minutes


































1941.json	false	fifty-three percent of teens in central falls are getting pregnant.	children,economy,education,families,health-care,women	lincoln-chafee		rhode island	democrat	3	5	3	4	0	a candidate forum


































6937.json	false	says mitt romney called the arizona law a model for the nation.	immigration,legal-issues	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the second presidential debate


































11278.json	half-true	contrary to media reports, georgias gas tax change led to no price increase at the pump.	gas-prices,taxes	e-frank-stephenson			none	0	0	1	0	0	a georgia public policy foundation blog post


































3569.json	false	there was some sort of informal commitment to build a (psychiatric) building in downtown cleveland.	state-budget	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	his state of the state speech


































1658.json	true	snitker has been virtually ignored by the major media.	elections	alexander-snitker	salesman	florida	libertarian	0	0	0	0	0	alexander snitker in a campaign press release


































5226.json	true	there are 86 languages spoken at miami dade college.	diversity,education,immigration	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a debate


































13216.json	barely-true	chris jacobs has been financed by the same men who are now facing charges in one of western new yorks largest public corruption schemes	campaign-finance	matt-tighe	campaign manager for amber small	new york	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a story in the buffalo news


































1345.json	barely-true	ninety-eight percent of the american people will not see their taxes go up due to the house health care bill.	health-care,pundits,taxes	ed-schultz	msnbc television host		none	3	1	4	1	2	msnbc's the 'ed show'


































4577.json	half-true	more than 25 million americans are unemployed. more than 50 million live without health insurance. perhaps 100 million live in poverty.	economy,health-care,jobs,occupy-wall-street,poverty,workers	occupied-wall-street-journal	newspaper	new york	none	0	0	1	0	0	an article


































910.json	true	the capitol was built by slaves.	history	nancy-pelosi	house minority leader	california	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	a speech.


































4206.json	false	on applying prosecutorial discretion to immigration cases.	immigration	lamar-smith	congressman	texas	republican	2	5	1	3	0	a legislative proposal.


































13008.json	barely-true	says hillary clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide obamacare, social security, and medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget.	children,debt,deficit,economy,families,federal-budget,health-care,history,homeland-security,immigration,jobs,legal-issues,medicaid,medicare,retirement,social-security	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech


































6785.json	half-true	says ronald reagan was behind in the polls in 1980 going into the debate with jimmy carter and then turned around 10 days later and won 40 states.	elections,polls	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a news conference


































12145.json	mostly-true	its actually easier for the united states to get flight manifests from e.u. nations than it is for e.u. nations to get them from their own neighbors, thanks to an agreement the u.s. negotiated when i was secretary of state.	foreign-policy,terrorism	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	remarks at stanford university


































5012.json	mostly-true	says oregon canned blueberries will be cheaper in south korea thanks to a trade agreement.	trade	ron-wyden	u.s. senator	oregon	democrat	0	1	0	3	0	a speech


































9456.json	half-true	says hillary clintons approval rating went from 70 percent to 52 percent in 18 months.	candidates-biography,polls	reince-priebus	chairman, republican national committee	wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	interview on face the nation.


































8899.json	pants-fire	john cornyn voted twice in 2013 to back obamas amnesty plan.	immigration,voting-record	steve-stockman	u.s. representative	texas	republican	1	3	0	0	1	a campaign email blast


































11789.json	false	under barack obama, the fewest number of adults are working since jimmy carters presidency.	economy,jobs	roger-williams	businessman	texas	republican	3	2	2	0	1	response to president barack obama's state of the union address


































287.json	true	i'm proud of the fact that i've raised more money from small donors than anybody else, and that we're getting $25, $50, $100 donations, and we've done very well doing it that way.	ethics	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	debate in las vegas


































9302.json	mostly-true	says u.s. senate candidate david perdue flip-flopped on releasing his tax returns.	taxes	karen-handel			republican	2	0	3	3	1	a press release


































4270.json	pants-fire	says he helped bring uline company to kenosha area, creating 800 local jobs.	jobs,workers	bob-wirch	state senator, 22nd district	wisconsin	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	campaign mail piece


































8435.json	mostly-true	half of all ceos say that the shutdown and the threat of shutdown set back their plans to hire over the next six months.	economy,small-business	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a public address


































6930.json	true	sherrod brown failed to pay his own taxes three separate times.	message-machine-2012,taxes	josh-mandel	ohio treasurer	ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a campaign commercial


































4349.json	mostly-true	the central falls fire department is one of the lowest, if not the lowest, paid fire departments in the state and entire region.	city-budget,labor,unions	joseph-andriole	vice president, rhode island state association of firefighters	rhode island	labor-leader	0	0	0	1	0	a tv story


































5682.json	mostly-true	says ronald reagan understood repeatedly that when the deficit started to get out of control, that for him to make a deal he would have to propose both spending cuts and tax increases.	history,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	remarks to the newspaper association of america


































4460.json	barely-true	two-thirds of granite staters oppose the tea party and its agenda on labor unions.	labor,new-hampshire-2012,polls	new-hampshire-democratic-party		new hampshire	democrat	4	0	3	3	0	a news release


































10671.json	barely-true	since president obama took office in january 2009, the federal government has issued more than 468,500 pages of regulations.	market-regulation	dave-brat	college professor	virginia	republican	2	5	0	2	0	a news release.


































10677.json	half-true	people buy more items during georgias sales-tax holidays, boosting economic activity.	state-budget,taxes	rick-mcallister	president, georgia retailers association	georgia	none	0	0	1	0	0	a news report


































11856.json	half-true	americans are working longer hours for low wages . . . and yet almost all new income and wealth is going to the top 1 percent.	economy,income,workers	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a democratic debate on msnbc


































8579.json	mostly-true	no one in the country has ever built a brand new sports facility and created this kind of development at the same time.	economy,sports	mike-plant	atlanta braves executive vice president mike plant	georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	an interview


































5994.json	barely-true	a government analysis shows under a proposed transportation tax, metro atlanta will create or support an additional 200,000 new jobs, including jobs that are maintained year over year.	transportation	citizens-transportation-mobility		georgia	none	1	0	2	1	0	in an advertisement


































7052.json	mostly-true	says connie mack was the only member of the florida delegation that voted against a bill to help nasa.	space,voting-record	bill-nelson		florida	democrat	3	1	8	10	0	a debate


































5258.json	mostly-true	the u.s. gun homicide rate is 20 times the combined rate of other western nations.	crime,guns	jim-moran	u. s. congressman	virginia	democrat	2	1	1	6	1	a newspaper column.


































8006.json	false	miami-dade has the nations highest-rated tap water.	county-budget,environment,water	miami-dade-county		florida	none	0	1	0	0	0	a county budget document


































5678.json	false	says barack obama is the only president to ever cut $500 billion from medicare.	candidates-biography,health-care,medicare	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a speech to the newspaper association of america


































416.json	half-true	mccain's plan for the economy is to extend george bush's tax cuts for billionaires and give a $100-billion additional corporate tax cut.	taxes	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	philadelphia.


































12937.json	barely-true	medical-grade marijuana alonewill not get that patient high, no matter what level of thc, cbd or any other compound is found in the plant.	marijuana,public-health	united-care			organization	1	0	0	1	0	a newspaper op-ed


































12632.json	true	the united states is the oldest democracy in the world.	history	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a tv interview


































1568.json	false	in the senate version of the health reform bill, every enrollee in the office of personnel management enrolled plan, every enrollee has to pay a minimum of $1 per month towards reproductive rights, which includes abortion.	abortion,health-care	bart-stupak	member of congress	michigan	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	a good morning america interview


































6880.json	mostly-true	says she oversaw an audit that won the city $2 million in franchise fees.	city-budget,city-government	amanda-fritz	portland city commissioner		democrat	1	1	0	2	0	a campaign mailer.


































5739.json	half-true	together we added more jobs than any other area while i was dane county executive.	county-budget,county-government,economy,jobs,message-machine-2012	kathleen-falk			democrat	1	3	3	1	0	a television ad


































13010.json	mostly-true	sen. rubio has the worst vote attendance record of any florida senator in nearly 50 years.	voting-record	patrick-murphy		florida	democrat	2	1	4	5	0	a statement


































236.json	barely-true	i can't sign money. that's illegal.	legal-issues	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a comment to a shopper at a supermarket in des moines, iowa.


































1972.json	pants-fire	justice antonin scalia agreed for the supreme court to hear a case about whetherbarack obama is eligible to be president.	candidates-biography,obama-birth-certificate,supreme-court	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































5291.json	mostly-true	united states of america is twenty-sixth in school performance in the world.	education	jim-whelan			democrat	0	0	2	1	0	a speech on the state senate floor


































3922.json	true	the average person will pay $6,000 more a year under rep. paul ryans medicare proposal.	deficit,federal-budget,health-care,medicare	tim-ryan	u.s. representative 	ohio	democrat	0	0	0	5	1	a speech in the house of representatives


































12421.json	mostly-true	the university of wisconsin system budget is the biggest it has ever been.	education,state-budget,taxes	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview


































8318.json	true	there are still tens of thousands of missing service members from previous and current conflicts that our nation is working to find and repatriate.	afghanistan,families,government-efficiency,homeland-security,iraq,military,veterans	john-scocos			state-official	0	0	0	0	0	a statement


































7454.json	mostly-true	property taxes had increased 70 percent in the previous 10 years.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a budget speech to the state legislature


































281.json	pants-fire	barack obama's middle name is mohammed and he's a covert muslim.	religion	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	


































596.json	true	wild bill hickok had his first duel in the town square here. and the family legend is that he is a distant cousin of mine.	history	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	springfield, mo.


































1847.json	pants-fire	under the new health care law, the elderly will be denied care when they have passed the age limit for treatment.	health-care,medicare,message-machine	dan-fanelli		florida	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a video on his campaign website


































11266.json	half-true	the nuclear agreement with iran never sunsets. theres no sunset in this agreement.	foreign-policy,nuclear	john-kerry	secretary of state	massachusetts	democrat	3	2	2	5	0	an interview on msnbc's morning joe


































11674.json	false	mike morell testified and told congress that the reason obama has not bombed isisoil fields is theyre concerned about global warming.	climate-change,energy,foreign-policy,terrorism	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview with npr


































7391.json	true	ohio companies export more goods and services globally than 41 other states.	health-care,income,labor,public-health,workers	keith-faber	state senator	ohio	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a news conference


































12403.json	barely-true	says awho proposal portrays milk and dairy products as an obstacle to a healthy start in life.	agriculture,children,public-health,trade	us-dairy-export-council			none	1	0	0	0	0	a press release


































5959.json	false	says jon runyan voted to end programs to aid homeless veterans.	veterans,voting-record	shelley-adler			democrat	1	2	0	0	0	an interview on njtv’s “on the record”


































2429.json	half-true	julie lassa willingly took a hefty pay raise at a time when people throughout her district and the state were losing their jobs.	state-budget	sean-duffy	member of the u.s. house	wisconsin	republican	5	1	6	1	2	a campaign news release


































632.json	false	barack obama openly supported (opposition leader) raila odinga during his visit to africa in 2006.	foreign-policy	jerome-corsi	author	new jersey	constitution-party	0	2	0	0	1	his book <i>the obama nation</i>. 


































4922.json	mostly-true	more hispanics have been elected statewide (in texas) on the republican ticket than on the democratic ticket.	history,redistricting	republican-party-texas		texas	republican	3	1	1	3	1	an email blast.


































13189.json	true	richard nixon released tax returns when he was under audit.	taxes,transparency	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a debate


































7641.json	mostly-true	says texas lawmakers in 2011 ordered school districts to test every student on their respiratory system and weight.	children,education,public-health,recreation	mike-villarreal	small business owner	texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	0	texas house debate on state budget.


































7996.json	false	im the only candidate for governor whos rolled out any policies so far.	elections	ken-cuccinelli	attorney general	virginia	republican	1	10	3	2	1	a news conference.


































1430.json	false	on a government spending freeze.	federal-budget,government-efficiency	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a state of the union speech


































13413.json	half-true	richard burr voted to protect tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas but voted against a tax break to help working people.	corporations,economy,taxes,workers	deborah-ross	democratic candidate for u.s. senate	north carolina	democrat	0	0	3	0	0	a tv ad


































3924.json	half-true	workers who pick produce in georgias fields can make $12 to $18 an hour.	immigration	gary-black	commissioner of agriculture	georgia 	republican	0	0	1	1	0	interview


































3467.json	mostly-true	the hope scholarship has helped turn our university system into one of the best in the southeast, with two institutions ranked in the top 20 of public universities in the country.	education	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	an op-ed in the atlanta journal-constitution


































12579.json	barely-true	barack obama issued a decree demanding that every public school now allow grown men and boys into the little girls bathroom.	children,education,legal-issues,sexuality	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	his speech at the republican party of texas convention


































11508.json	half-true	there have been more than 300 mass shootings in the united states this year more than any other country in the world.	guns,public-safety	david-cicilline	mayor of providence	rhode island	democrat	7	4	5	4	1	a speech


































5380.json	mostly-true	says in his years as a texas legislator, we passed three pay increases for teachers and provided them with health insurance.	education	paul-sadler	lawyer	texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	1	a post on his campaign's facebook page


































5488.json	pants-fire	ronald reagans philosophy of peace through strength is why the iranians released the hostages on the same day and at the same hour that reagan was sworn in.	foreign-policy,history	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a speech to the american-israel public affairs committee


































3154.json	false	says gun ownership information could be recorded and collected by the federal government and insurance companies as part of the federal health care law.	guns,health-care,privacy	jason-brodeur	state representative	florida	republican	0	1	0	0	0	comments published in the fort myers news-press.


































7322.json	mostly-true	says since australia passed tough gun laws, homicides by firearm have declined almost 60 percent.	crime,government-regulation,guns,public-safety	stephen-king			democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a kindle single essay, 'guns'


































6728.json	half-true	under obama, families have lost over $4,000 a year in income.	economy,income,message-machine-2012	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a campaign ad


































2497.json	true	exit polls indicate that democrats get over 70 percent of lgbt votes in federal elections.	bipartisanship,elections,gays-and-lesbians	mark-hinkle	businessman	california	libertarian	0	0	0	0	0	a press release.


































12785.json	mostly-true	as secretary of state, (hillary clinton) worked hard to get strong sanctions against irans nuclear program and got russia and china to support them.	candidates-biography,foreign-policy,nuclear	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	remarks at the democratic national convention in philadelphia


































1478.json	barely-true	taxpayers even footed the bill for perrys trip to a bachelor party in las vegas.	ethics,taxes,transparency,transportation	kay-bailey-hutchison	u.s. senator	texas	republican	2	4	4	3	0	a video


































13182.json	barely-true	says iraq has been overrun by isis because hillary clinton failed to renegotiate . . . a status of forces agreement.	foreign-policy,iraq,military,terrorism	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	the 2016 vice presidential debate


































3690.json	mostly-true	the federal government borrows $4 billion every day.	deficit,federal-budget	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	an automated political phone call


































7207.json	true	connecticut has the fifth toughest gun control laws in the country, including an assault weapons ban that bans 35 different weapons.	guns	jack-kingston	u.s. representative	georgia	republican	3	1	4	3	0	


































5854.json	false	under the romney/ryan budget, interest rates on federal student loans would be allowed to double.	education	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a graphical tool on the campaign website


































5468.json	false	says we had to cut 13 billion dollars in state spending over two years.	deficit,state-budget,state-finances	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	an interview on cnn’s “piers morgan tonight”


































1402.json	mostly-true	obamas job approval rating is up.	job-accomplishments,pundits	donna-brazile	political commentator	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	1	4	7	0	on abc's this week


































7917.json	pants-fire	rhode island didnt ratify the 13th amendment to the constitution to pay federal income taxes. so rhode island doesnt even have to pay federal income taxes.	history,taxes	charlene-lima	educator	rhode island	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a speech on the floor of the rhode island house of representatives


































11013.json	half-true	says amazon has removed aneducational game about gettysburg.	diversity	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	comments on nbc's meet the press


































5525.json	pants-fire	president barack obamas policies have forced many parts of the country to experience rolling blackouts.	energy	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a op-ed posted on his website


































13243.json	barely-true	says ive been proven right about hillary clintons radical call for open borders, meaning anyone in the world can enter the united states without any limit at all.	immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in ambridge, pa.


































7359.json	false	when the affordable care act was signed, 17 million american children had a pre-existing condition and were uninsurable.	children,families,health-care	tammy-baldwin	u.s. representative	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	a speech


































5453.json	true	says local texas chambers of commerce were granted exemptions from paying property taxes on their headquarter properties.	congress,drugs,economy,jobs	becky-moeller	president, texas afl-cio	texas	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a press statement.


































5346.json	false	preventive care saves money, for families, for businesses, for government, for everybody.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a briefing at the white house


































13290.json	half-true	gov. (pat) mccrory took $500,000 directly out of the disaster relief fund. and you know what its for? house bill 2.	gays-and-lesbians,natural-disasters,sexuality,state-budget,state-finances,states,weather	roy-cooper	attorney general	north carolina	democrat	1	0	3	1	0	a debate


































3552.json	true	in florida, its not illegal for an immediate family member of state officials to prosper from legislation supported by a spouse.	ethics,florida,health-care,legal-issues	broward-county-medical-association		florida	organization	0	0	0	0	0	an e-mail regarding gov. rick scott


































4763.json	half-true	the unemployment rate among (the) non-college-educated is well into the double digits in america. its 4 percent or 5 percent for people who have college degrees.	jobs,workers	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a republican presidential debate in michigan


































4099.json	false	says scientists are in dispute over whether being gay is a choice.	gays-and-lesbians,science	tim-pawlenty			republican	2	3	3	6	1	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































10841.json	false	the proportion of rhode islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years.	consumer-safety,crime,criminal-justice,drugs,economy,government-regulation,history,marijuana,public-health,public-safety,recreation,market-regulation,small-business,state-finances,taxes	kathleen-sullivan	substance abuse coordinator in warren, r.i.	rhode island	activist	0	1	0	0	0	testimony before the house judiciary committee


































9178.json	false	says the koch brothers want to protect tax cuts for companies that ship our jobs overseas.	congress,economy,jobs,taxes	senate-majority-pac	political action committee	washington, d.c. 	democrat	3	4	4	1	0	a campaign ad


































11302.json	barely-true	says missouri democratic senate candidatejason kander is attending fancy dinners all over the country.	elections	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	


































11643.json	mostly-true	15 years ago, cancer drugs cost an average of $10,000 a year. now its $10,000 a month.	health-care	bill-maher	host of real time with bill maher	california	independent	0	3	1	5	0	an episode of hbo's real time with bill maher


































2781.json	false	anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the irs knows that raising income tax rates will likely actually reduce federal revenues.	taxes,abc-news-week	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	an interview on this week with christiane amanpour.


































7409.json	true	there are 3 million jobs that go vacant each month in this country.	jobs	dave-joyce	member of congress	ohio	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a radio interview


































2129.json	half-true	for every dollar we put in unemployment, it pays back about $1.60.	economy,stimulus	jeanne-shaheen	senator	new hampshire	democrat	3	0	4	2	0	an msnbc interview


































3530.json	mostly-true	since 1990, in inflation-adjusted dollars, per-student funding of the (florida) state university system from general revenue has dropped by about $4,000.	education,state-budget	bob-graham		florida	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	a op-ed in the 'st. petersburg times'


































11894.json	false	kasichs budget raised taxes by billions, hitting businesses hard and the middle class even harder.	state-budget,taxes	american-future-fund			organization	3	2	0	0	0	a campaign ad


































320.json	true	romney used to favor gun control, and said he didn't want to go back to reagan-bush.	guns	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	an ad on the internet


































1626.json	false	joe, i keep hearing you every morning talking about the biggest tax increase in history, but you don't mention it's also the biggest tax cut in history.''
says she was the the only democrat who voted against the wall street bailout.	candidates-biography	kathy-castor	member, u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an interview with the tampa tribune


































12426.json	mostly-true	california has the same water infrastructure from when we were 16 million people.	infrastructure,water	dianne-feinstein	u.s. senator	california	democrat	1	1	0	4	0	a newspaper q&a


































11141.json	half-true	97 percent of the work that planned parenthood does is about mammograms and preventative health.	abortion,public-health	martin-omalley	maryland governor	maryland	democrat	3	1	10	4	0	a new hampshire interview


































9840.json	true	al sharpton went to ferguson, mo., and is declaring as a matter of fact that ...michael brown didnt use any deadly force or posed no deadly threat to the officer.	criminal-justice,public-safety	megyn-kelly	host of the kelly file		talk-show-host	0	1	2	0	0	a segment on the o'reilly factor


































11933.json	mostly-true	why are muslim armies so useless against isis? ... there are 20,000 or 30,000 (isis fighters). the countries surrounding isis have armies totaling 5 million people.	foreign-policy,iraq,military,terrorism	bill-maher	host of real time with bill maher	california	independent	0	3	1	5	0	an essay in the hollywood reporter


































7597.json	true	says carbon monoxide is still employed to euthanize dogs and cats in 29 texas animal shelters.	animals,crime	kirk-watson	lawyer	texas	democrat	0	0	0	2	0	a news article.


































6093.json	false	says joe kyrillos voted to raid the states pension funds by $2.8 billion that is costing new jersey taxpayers still today to the tune of nearly $15 billion dollars to repay that money.	deficit,message-machine-2012,pensions,state-finances	robert-menendez	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	1	3	1	3	0	an interview on njtv’s “on the record”


































768.json	barely-true	john mccain said he wouldn't even sit down with the government of spain, a nato ally that has troops in afghanistan with us now.	foreign-policy	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	st. louis


































746.json	true	john mccain wants to give oil companies another $4-billion in tax breaks.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	oxford, miss.


































9264.json	barely-true	under greg abbott, texas four-year-olds would be forced to undergo standardized tests.	children,corrections-and-updates,education	wendy-davis	state senator	texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	an online post


































11277.json	half-true	i cut state spending more than anybody (in the 2016 gop field).	candidates-biography,state-budget	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	comments on twitter.


































8418.json	false	since mr. fosters been mayor, we have less small businesses in the city of st. petersburg.	economy,small-business	rick-kriseman	state representative	florida	democrat	0	2	1	1	0	in a mayoral forum


































11897.json	mostly-true	in america, we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs.	economy,health-care	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a pbs democratic debate


































10354.json	pants-fire	newly elected republican senators sign pledge to eliminate food stamp program in 2015.	federal-budget,hunger,welfare	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	social media postings


































13074.json	mostly-true	mark kirks claim of national security expertise is based on his military record which he lied about at least 10 times.	military	tammy-duckworth	u.s. representative 	illinois	democrat	1	1	0	1	0	in a speech


































1009.json	mostly-true	the republican party has 21 percent party id and shrinking.	elections	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a web ad.


































12306.json	false	i was totally against the war in iraq, saying for many years that it would destabilize the middle east.	foreign-policy,iraq	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a major foreign policy speech


































2144.json	false	claims that rep. sanford bishop votes similar to house speaker nancy pelosi are inaccurate.	voting-record	sanford-bishop	congressman	georgia	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	a statement


































8920.json	half-true	large parts of florida have experienced years of below average rainfall.	environment	associated-industries-florida		florida	organization	0	0	1	0	1	a press release


































8989.json	true	crimea was part of russia until 1954, when it was given to the soviet republic of the ukraine.	corrections-and-updates,history,military	mike-rogers	national security commentator for cnn	michigan	republican	1	1	1	2	1	in comments on fox's fox news sunday


































4379.json	pants-fire	president barack obama has virtually no one in his cabinet with private-sector experience.	corporations,economy	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a campaign event


































1453.json	half-true	florida still averages more students in its classrooms than any other state in the southeast.	education,florida	franklin-sands	florida democratic house leader	florida	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a press release


































10874.json	false	florida was the only state during my eight years to go from aa to aaa in its bond rating.	state-finances	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	 a meeting with business leaders in portsmouth, n.h.


































1502.json	half-true	the stimulus includes $7 million to build a bridge in thedford, nebraska, to help 168 residents avoid a 30-second wait at a local train crossing. not one full-time job will be created.	stimulus	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a press release


































11558.json	pants-fire	obamacare isnt helping anyone.	health-care	carly-fiorina		california	republican	5	5	4	3	2	a republican presidential debate in milwaukee


































77.json	mostly-true	sixty-one percent of our active military are currently listed as overweight.	military	mike-huckabee	author	arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	a television interview.


































13447.json	mostly-true	nearly one in four people in their prime working years are not working.	economy,jobs,workers	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in atkinson, n.h.


































3317.json	mostly-true	under former president george w. bushs administration while the population in that period grew by 10 percent, the number of jobs in the nation grew by 1 percent.	bush-administration,economy,jobs,labor	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a speech at the jefferson-jackson dinner.


































5497.json	mostly-true	a little less than 50 percent of the people in this country depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them.	children,families,federal-budget,medicaid,medicare,social-security,veterans	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a campaign speech in steubenville, ohio


































11463.json	mostly-true	says hillary clinton couldnt bring herself to say we need to separate commercial banking and speculative banking, namely reinstating glass-steagall.	financial-regulation	martin-omalley	maryland governor	maryland	democrat	3	1	10	4	0	comments on the daily show


































1118.json	true	a loophole still exists which allows members of congress and high-powered executive branch appointees to exploit 'insider' knowledge of the financial industry in order to turn personal profit.	crime	public-citizen			none	0	0	0	0	0	an email to supporters


































1057.json	false	why do we have automatic citizenship upon birth? were the only country in the world that has it.	immigration,pundits	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	his fox news program


































9626.json	true	there are approximately 20,000 annual gun purchases in rhode island.	crime,guns	brett-smiley		rhode island	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a campaign brochure


































12969.json	barely-true	the hollywood celebrities endorsing hillary clinton are in many cases celebrities that arent very hot anymore.	candidates-biography	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	at a rally in tampa, fla.


































9168.json	false	before congress, (tom) cotton got paid handsomely working for insurance companies and corporate interests.	candidates-biography,corporations,health-care	senate-majority-pac	political action committee	washington, d.c. 	democrat	3	4	4	1	0	a tv ad


































10445.json	false	it will cost $50,000 per enrollee in obamacare over the next 10 years.	health-care,taxes	stuart-varney			republican	0	1	0	0	0	an interview on fox news' america's newsroom


































10307.json	false	according to hud, it is patently unfair and socially unjust that wealthy people can live in an exclusive neighborhood.	city-government,civil-rights,diversity,government-regulation,housing,poverty,market-regulation,urban,wealth	mike-stenhouse	chief executive officer, r.i. center for freedom and prosperitystate policy research institute	rhode island	newsmaker	1	1	1	0	1	a radio interview


































5899.json	true	says when he was governor,we expanded participation in virginia in early childhood programs by nearly 40 percent.	children,education	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a policy paper.


































7239.json	pants-fire	members of congress can retire with the same pay after only one term in office	congress,retirement	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email message


































10112.json	false	the next state budget will begin with a surplus of over half a billion dollars -- $535 million to be exact.	job-accomplishments,state-budget,state-finances	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a debate


































7789.json	mostly-true	a 0.05 standard for drunken driving means having a glass of wine at dinner could make a person drunk.	alcohol,crime,criminal-justice,public-safety,transportation	tavern-league-wisconsin			organization	0	0	0	1	0	an interview


































7825.json	half-true	says that since he took office, there have been no large-scale attacks on the united states.	foreign-policy,homeland-security,terrorism	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at the national defense university in washington, d.c.


































6332.json	true	twenty two years ago, when he was running for governor, bill nelson missed 56 percent of his votes in the u.s. house.	candidates-biography,voting-record	connie-mack	u.s. representative from fort myers	florida	republican	3	3	1	3	1	a letter from the campaign to the tampa bay times


































6959.json	half-true	says the university of texas can afford to build a medical school because it has a $7 billion endowment and its football program had a $50 million profit last year.	education,health-care,taxes	rob-moshein	wine writer and consultant	texas	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a letter to the editor.


































9508.json	barely-true	under governor crist, 3,000 teachers laid off.	economy,education,jobs,stimulus	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a tv ad


































9799.json	true	texas prosecutor rosemary lehmberg purchased 72 bottles of vodka in just one store alone, in just over a year.	alcohol,candidates-biography	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a commentary


































6589.json	barely-true	president obama funneled $716 billion out of medicare at the expense of the elderly.	federal-budget,medicare	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a speech at the republican national convention


































6958.json	mostly-true	george bush never suggested that we eliminate funding for planned parenthood.	abortion,corrections-and-updates,debates	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	in a town hall debate


































9408.json	pants-fire	saysmichele bachmann said on fox news, this country could use a president like benjamin franklin again.	history	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	posts on facebook


































11093.json	half-true	by declaring that pluto was no longer a planet, the (international astronomical union) put into place a planetary definition that would have even declassified earth as a planet if it existed as far from the sun as pluto does.	space	other-space			none	0	0	1	0	0	in a change.org petition


































3944.json	barely-true	the president came in and campaigned against me 12 times.	elections,job-accomplishments	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	an interview on fox news


































11176.json	barely-true	i was appointed u.s. attorney by president bush on sept. 10, 2001.	debates,job-accomplishments,public-safety,terrorism	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	comments in a gop debate in cleveland


































13465.json	half-true	says there are probably 2 million, it could be even 3 million criminal immigrants in the country illegally.	homeland-security,immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a 60 minutes interview


































9822.json	true	says president barack obama released a statement on the death of brother robin williams before ... a statement on brother michael brown.	criminal-justice	cornel-west			none	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on salon


































4389.json	true	i became a republican sooner in my life than ronald reagan did in his.	history	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a radio interview


































1688.json	half-true	(pete) sessions has held at least two fundraisers at adult-themed clubs and made no apologies.	ethics	lone-star-project		washington	democrat	0	1	2	1	0	a press release 


































8642.json	barely-true	the most popular name is no longer john or steven. its jose, camilo and maria.	diversity,families,immigration	jorge-ramos	news anchor for univision	florida	journalist	1	0	2	1	0	a broadcast of the daily show


































5538.json	half-true	says the governor took away a billion dollars of rebates, so in real dollars, our property taxes have gone up 20 percent.	state-budget,taxes	john-mckeon	state assemblyman	new jersey	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on my9 news' “new jersey now”


































39.json	false	english is our national language...if it becomes official, that means in a place like new york city you can't print ballots in any other language.	immigration	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	new hampshire.


































11809.json	true	when a gallup poll asked about presidential candidate characteristics, when they get to the question on, would you vote for a socialist, it is even less popular than voting for atheists.	candidates-biography,gays-and-lesbians,history,campaign-advertising,polls,pundits,abc-news-week,women	jennifer-granholm	former governor of michigan	michigan	democrat	1	0	3	2	0	an appearance on abc's 'this week'


































7618.json	true	says in chicago, we take more guns off the streets than new york or l.a.	crime,guns	rahm-emanuel	mayor of chicago	illinois	democrat	1	1	1	2	0	a cnn interview


































3992.json	barely-true	under randi shade, austin has had the highest cost of living of any large texas city.	economy	better-austin-today-political-action-committee			none	1	1	0	0	0	a campaign mailer.


































7096.json	half-true	says that under the new healthcare law, full- and part-time workers will be required to buy insurance costing $375 to $1,000 a month, starting in 2014.	health-care	county-line			none	0	0	1	0	0	an open letter to employees.


































4926.json	true	newt gingrich has suggested building a mirror system in space could improve the earths habitability.	history,science,space	david-brooks			none	0	0	2	0	0	a column in the new york times


































10680.json	false	by allowing brewpubs to sell beer, georgia could become like mexico with only a couple of manufacturers controlling all aspects of market.	alcohol,state-finances	martin-smith	lobbyist	georgia	none	0	1	0	0	0	subcommittee hearing


































7773.json	barely-true	says did you know that if you accepted the districts proposal today you would have no pay increase for 4 years? seven years of frozen wages = disrespect.	education,unions	portland-association-teachers			organization	1	0	1	0	0	a newsletter


































11589.json	barely-true	says a car driving former university of missouri system president tim wolfe ran through the students, hit one of them at the mu homecoming parade.	pundits	juan-williams	pundit, fox news		none	2	0	2	1	0	episode of fox news' the five


































4247.json	half-true	today we stand as the highest-performing urban school district in america.	education	alberto-carvalho	miami-dade schools superintendent	florida	none	0	0	1	0	0	comments to the miami-dade legislative delegation


































1521.json	mostly-true	the cbo found that the house republican health care plan would lower premiums by up to about 10 percent and, for purchasers in the individual market, those cost savings could even be higher.	health-care	charles-boustany		louisiana	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a comment at the president's health care reform summit


































1134.json	half-true	i just want to assure [you] were not talking about cutting medicare benefits.	health-care,medicare	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a town hall meeting.


































11408.json	mostly-true	when we had a conservative republican president we were losing 750,000 jobs a month.	economy,jobs	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	comments on state of the union


































6480.json	mostly-true	after one year, tennessees students made their biggest single-year jump in achievement ever recorded in the state.	education	arne-duncan	u.s. secretary of education	illinois	democrat	1	2	1	2	0	column in the huffington post


































2070.json	barely-true	bill mccollum diverted a state plane to his home 53 times. a state auditor called it: likely a misuse of state resources.	ethics,legal-issues,state-budget,transparency	lets-get-work		florida	republican	1	0	0	0	0	in a tv ad.


































1714.json	true	no member of the american public has ever been killed by commercial nuclear power a record unmatched by other fuels.	energy,nuclear	lamar-alexander			republican	1	2	2	0	0	an op-ed article


































12218.json	barely-true	poll after poll after poll shows me beating hillary.	polls	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview on cnn


































4591.json	true	the people in massachusetts like (the state health care plan) by about a 3-1 margin.	health-care,polls,states	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a republican presidential debate in hanover, n.h.


































4793.json	barely-true	says 23 percent of ninth graders in newark will graduate with a high school diploma in four years and we spend $100,000 on their education in those four years, more than is spent on any other set of students in the united states.	education	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	an interview at facebook headquarters


































7859.json	false	says president barack obama is trying to pack the d.c. circuit court of appeals.	legal-issues	chuck-grassley	u.s. senator	iowa	republican	0	1	2	0	0	a news release


































13452.json	half-true	anyone who knows you can just look it up to see if you voted.	elections,government-regulation,legal-issues,states	amy-schumer			none	0	0	2	0	0	a video


































7890.json	false	says less than half of 1 percent of all the texas legislators who ever served draw a benefit from pensions tied to the salaries of state district judges.	pensions	doug-miller	businessman	texas	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a texas house floor debate.


































5070.json	barely-true	bob menendez just voted to increase the governments debt ceiling to $1.9 trillion! in his 19 years in congress, menendez has helped overspend america over $15 trillion into debt.	deficit,federal-budget	anna-little	immigration attorney	new jersey	republican	1	1	0	0	0	a message on her campaign website


































9726.json	pants-fire	i havent really proposed (phasing out aid to israel) in the past.	federal-budget,foreign-policy,israel	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	comments to reporters


































12738.json	false	says rep. tammy duckworth has been a staunch supporter of expanding the spending, size and reach of the irs.	taxes	mark-kirk	u.s. senator	illinois	republican	2	1	2	0	0	a website press release


































13387.json	pants-fire	one of george soros companies has provided some of the (voting) machines for some states.	elections	sean-duffy	member of the u.s. house	wisconsin	republican	5	1	6	1	2	an interview on cnn


































5685.json	half-true	says the obama administration will no longer enforce the defense of marriage act (doma).	gays-and-lesbians,marriage	vern-buchanan	u.s. rep.	florida	republican	1	1	1	0	0	a mailer


































5544.json	barely-true	and the revenue generated by drilling off virginias coast? $40 million over 10 years.	energy,state-finances	jim-moran	u. s. congressman	virginia	democrat	2	1	1	6	1	s speech.


































6556.json	true	mitt romney gave away his fathers inheritance.	candidates-biography,wealth	reince-priebus	chairman, republican national committee	wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	a tv interview


































8181.json	half-true	there are only four countries in the world that ... legalize abortion after five months -- china, north korea, canada and the u.s.	abortion	carly-fiorina		california	republican	5	5	4	3	2	an interview on abc's this week


































622.json	half-true	first, he (obama) opposed the surge. then he confidently predicted that it would fail. then he tried to prevent funding for the troops who carried out the surge.	iraq	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a speech in las vegas


































9042.json	barely-true	says cathy jordan was arrested and dragged out of her home by a swat team of hooligans for using medical marijuana.	crime,drugs,health-care,marijuana	john-morgan	attorney	florida	democrat	1	1	0	0	0	a medical marijuana debate at the university of tampa


































4783.json	false	under energy efficiency legislation sponsored by u.s. sen. jeanne shaheen, federal bureaucrats could take over the local building code enforcement in your city if so-called green mandates are not complied with quickly enough.	energy,government-regulation,new-hampshire-2012	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	remarks at the cornerstone action dinner in manchester, n.h.


































10398.json	mostly-true	currently, florida is one of only five states in the nation that prohibit citizens from buying electricity from companies that will put solar panels on your home or business.	energy	floridians-solar-choice		florida	none	0	0	0	1	0	a statement on a website


































11265.json	false	the claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causingclimate change has been debunked by the head of the united nations intergovernmental panel on climate change. that number was pulled out of thin air.	climate-change,corrections-and-updates,polls,science	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	an interview with bill maher


































8570.json	mostly-true	says tom cotton voted to turn medicare into a voucher system.	medicare	mark-pryor	u.s. senator	arkansas	democrat	2	0	0	1	0	a campaign ad


































6702.json	barely-true	the significant drop in floridas unemployment rate is a good economic sign.	economy	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	an enterprise florida meeting


































3428.json	true	federal spending is all discretionary, other than interest on the national debt. social security is discretionary. we have the discretion to change the law. same is true with medicare and medicaid.	federal-budget,pundits,abc-news-week	george-will	columnist	maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	an interview on this week with christiane amanpour.


































10741.json	mostly-true	by age 65, the average woman will have lost $431,000 throughout her working career was a result of the pay gap.	jobs,women,workers	mark-herring	state senator	virginia	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a facebook post.


































13054.json	half-true	says crime is rising in manchester and has gone up 19 percent under mayor ted gatsas.	crime	chris-sununu	executive councilor	new hampshire	republican	0	1	1	0	1	an ad


































11848.json	true	i am the only candidate that has endorsed bernie sanders for president. in pa, ive got bernies back.	elections	john-fetterman	mayor of braddock	pa - pennsylvania	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	in a reddit ama


































703.json	mostly-true	john mccain took on the drug industry.	health-care	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a tv ad


































1620.json	barely-true	war for the soul of the txdems: 57% of dem incumbents for tx house lost their primary.	elections	republican-party-texas		texas	republican	3	1	1	3	1	a twitter post


































4850.json	true	says mitt romney flip-flopped on abortion.	abortion,message-machine-2012	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a campaign ad


































7580.json	true	on recusing herself from cases after receiving a campaign contribution	campaign-finance,legal-issues	patience-roggensack	wisconsin supreme court justice	wisconsin	none	0	0	0	1	0	a radio interview


































4220.json	mostly-true	almost 88,000 united states service members are still missing and unaccounted for, dating back to world war ii.	military	jack-conners			democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an opinion column in the times of trenton


































3687.json	false	says judges are using shariah law in dearborn, mich.	religion	leo-berman	state representative	texas	republican	0	2	0	0	1	a house committee hearing


































270.json	false	john doesn't have a record in the senate. john's only passed four bills. they're all about post offices.	job-accomplishments	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a campaign event in ames, iowa


































8864.json	true	georgia has the fifth-highest number of uninsured people of any state in the union.	medicaid,state-budget	raphael-warnock	senior pastor, ebenezer baptist church	georgia	none	0	0	0	0	0	a speech


































319.json	true	mitt romney previously believed that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. now he is prolife.	abortion	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	an ad on the internet


































10981.json	half-true	two weeks ago, a man entered the worlds busiest airport in atlanta, georgia, carrying a loaded ar-15 automatic weapon with an extended-capacity, 100-round magazine.	guns,public-safety	hank-johnson	u.s. congressman	georgia	democrat	3	0	4	3	0	a house floor speech


































7423.json	true	of six rhode island tax-credit programs worth about $35 million, three companies got 90 percent of that -- cvs and two companies not even located in the state of rhode island.	corporations,debt,deficit,economy,small-business,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	gary-sasse		rhode island	newsmaker	0	0	0	0	0	an appearance on 10 news conference


































4040.json	false	two years ago we had the largest structural deficit ever in wisconsin.	state-budget	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an appearance on national tv


































7586.json	half-true	a study by the university of virginia pulls back the curtain on medicaids tragically bad outcomes, including increased risk of adjusted mortality.	health-care,medicaid	pete-snyder	fox news contributor	virginia	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a website post.


































7745.json	false	says gov. rick scott allowed republican legislators to cut his teacher pay raise proposal by 60 percent.	education,state-budget	allison-tant	florida democratic party chairwoman	florida	democrat	1	1	0	0	0	a florida voices column


































11983.json	false	says the new york times can write a story that they know is false yet they cant basically be sued.	legal-issues	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on fox news sunday


































2665.json	true	more texans have new jobs today than the entire population of fort worth.	economy,jobs	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an ad


































3356.json	half-true	says oregon recyclers cant recycle plastic bags	environment	mark-hass	state representative	oregon	democrat	0	1	1	1	0	a legislative hearing


































10020.json	mostly-true	says mark warner has supported restrictions on veterans second amendment rights.	guns,voting-record	national-rifle-association			none	3	5	1	5	3	a mailer.


































9714.json	false	says u.s. senate candidate joni ernst signed a pledge that protects tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas.	corporations,taxes	next-generation-climate-action-committee			democrat	0	1	0	0	1	a television ad


































2610.json	true	his biography says he was the top rotc officer in the nation.	candidates-biography	john-robitaille		rhode island	republican	0	1	2	0	0	a biography on robitaille's campaign website


































6304.json	barely-true	says he could be the first president in modern history to be outspent.	campaign-finance,history	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a fundraising email


































7808.json	mostly-true	the irs doesnt have to prove something against you ... youve got the burden of proof.	legal-issues,taxes	randy-forbes	representative	virginia	republican	1	0	4	3	0	an interview with fox news


































10523.json	false	florida students take an array of standardized high stakes tests which eat up as much as 45 school days per year.	education	florida-badass-teachers-association		florida	none	0	1	0	0	0	a statement to the miami herald


































11441.json	barely-true	from 2014 to 2015, austins murder rate is up a whopping 83 percent.	city-government,crime,criminal-justice	bill-oreilly	fox news channel host		none	4	6	3	5	1	a commentary


































7980.json	true	it is against the law for the nsa to record or monitor americans phone calls without getting a specific fisa warrant to do so.	privacy,terrorism	lynn-westmoreland			republican	1	1	3	0	0	an article


































28.json	half-true	hillary clinton was against setting a deadline for withdrawal, but now she wants a precipitous withdrawal regardless of conditions on the ground or consequences of a defeat for the united states, an rnc radio ad.	iraq	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	a radio ad.


































2145.json	mostly-true	in 2009, yost spent 2.5 times more money than it took to run the (prosecutors) office before he got there.	job-accomplishments	progressohio	a liberal-oriented advocacy organization	ohio	none	0	0	0	1	0	a video posted online in a blog article


































3612.json	half-true	in this bill that ive just signed, we dont cut anybodys salary. we dont take away their pension. and we dont destroy their health care.	government-efficiency,labor,state-budget	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	an interview on fox news


































438.json	true	the united states is seeing greater income inequality now than any time since the 1920s.	economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	democratic debate in philadephia


































2127.json	mostly-true	my 7-step plan creates 700,000 jobs in 7 years.	economy,government-efficiency,state-budget,taxes	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	campaign materials.


































8644.json	barely-true	(u.s. rep. jack kingston) voted to fund (obamacare).	health-care	paul-broun	congressman	georgia	republican	4	8	3	2	1	a video


































8339.json	barely-true	the united states senate democrats and republicans (voted) to keep our government open.	congressional-rules,federal-budget,health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	remarks at the white house


































9783.json	mostly-true	in ferguson, mo.,youve got threeblack officers and 50 white officers with a town that is 67 percent african-american.	crime,public-safety	andrea-mitchell			none	0	0	1	1	0	an episode of nbc's meet the press


































8546.json	half-true	the $3.6 billion deficit we inherited has turned into more than a half-billion-dollar surplus.	state-budget,state-finances	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a book


































13285.json	half-true	says republican u.s. rep. bob dold continues to side with his republican leadership and the nra in blocking consideration of a bill that would keep firearms out of the hands of people on the terrorist watch list.	guns	brad-schneider		illinois	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a campaign tweet


































4712.json	mostly-true	says some wisconsin state employee contracts gave some employees $4 for bringing in their own lunch.	labor,state-finances	maciver-institute	think tank	wisconsin	independent	1	0	0	1	1	a video


































9607.json	mostly-true	more than 50 percent of immigrants from (el salvador, guatemala and honduras) use at least one major welfare program once they get here.	immigration,welfare	bill-oreilly	fox news channel host		none	4	6	3	5	1	comments on fox news


































5806.json	half-true	in the obama economy ... the youth unemployment rate is double the unemployment rate for all americans.	economy,jobs	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a graphic posted on his website


































5435.json	false	amniocentesis, does, in fact, result more often than not in this country in abortion.	abortion,health-care,public-health	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	an interview on cbs's face the nation


































1096.json	half-true	the government is going to tell americans they need to replace functioning stoves in their homes with government-certified stoves and use taxpayer dollars to do so.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,energy,environment	house-republicans			republican	0	3	4	0	1	the house republicans' web site


































904.json	barely-true	mr. warren compared same-sex couples to incest.	gays-and-lesbians,religion	barney-frank	u.s. representative	massachusetts	democrat	1	0	2	0	0	tv interview


































12048.json	mostly-true	says ted cruzswife heidi will be the very first pro-life first lady.	abortion	james-dobson			republican	0	0	0	1	0	a tv ad


































5610.json	barely-true	says we got a chance to pass what i think is oregons first human trafficking bill which has increased by 66 percent the calls to the human trafficking hotline.	human-rights	jefferson-smith	state representative	oregon	democrat	1	1	0	4	0	an interview.


































496.json	false	iran might not be a superpower, but the threat the government of iran poses is anything but 'tiny,' as obama says.	foreign-policy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	chicago


































1735.json	half-true	gm has repaid our government loan, in full, with interest, five years ahead of the original schedule.	bankruptcy,economy,financial-regulation,transportation	ed-whitacre			none	0	0	1	0	0	a tv ad


































8925.json	true	of minimum wage workers in rhode island only 14 percent serve as sole income earner for their family.	economy,jobs	mike-stenhouse	chief executive officer, r.i. center for freedom and prosperitystate policy research institute	rhode island	newsmaker	1	1	1	0	1	a news release


































9384.json	mostly-true	from the do as i say not as i do department: federal employees owe $3.3 billion in back taxes.	taxes	michael-sullivan	president and ceo, empower texans	texas	republican	1	0	3	1	0	a tweet


































2386.json	false	john boehner has called for repealing the rest of the stimulus, which would raise taxes on 110 million middle class people.	stimulus,taxes,abc-news-week	austan-goolsbee	chair of the council of economic advisers	illinois	democrat	0	1	0	3	0	abc's this week


































10324.json	mostly-true	two-thirds of the federal budget is permanent law ... its permanently appropriated.	debt,federal-budget,health-care,medicaid,medicare,social-security	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	an interview


































11394.json	mostly-true	states with the most gun laws tend to have the fewest gun deaths.	corrections-and-updates,guns	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	remarks following a school shooting in oregon


































5982.json	mostly-true	says obama broke his promise to help homeowners facing foreclosure.	economy,housing,message-machine-2012	crossroads-gps	conservative advocacy group		republican	9	1	4	1	2	a television ad


































5309.json	mostly-true	most women, including 98 percent of catholic women, have used contraception.	families,health-care,religion	cecilia-munoz	director of the domestic policy council		newsmaker	0	0	0	1	0	a post to the white house blog


































7270.json	false	the average age of first marijuana use is 12.	drugs,government-regulation,health-care,legal-issues,marijuana,market-regulation,states	protect-families-first		rhode island	organization	0	1	0	0	0	 a news release


































10804.json	half-true	the united states is 65th out of 142 nations and other territories on equal pay.	jobs,women	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech at the women in the world conference


































6221.json	false	ive never supported a payroll tax.	taxes	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a republican us senate debate at kera-tv, channel 13, in dallas.


































8800.json	mostly-true	since barack obama became president of the united states, 95 percent of economic gains have been made by the richest 1 percent.	income	joe-scarborough	host of a morning show on msnbc		none	1	4	3	3	0	a broadcast of msnbc's morning joe


































578.json	mostly-true	obama never held a single senate hearing on afghanistan.	foreign-policy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a television ad


































4345.json	false	on serving out his gubernatorial term	elections	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	


































151.json	false	more people in this country have seen ufos than i think approve of george bush's presidency.	bush-administration	dennis-kucinich	u.s. representative	ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	a democratic debate in philadelphia, pa.


































2287.json	pants-fire	president obama is a muslim.	candidates-biography,obama-birth-certificate,religion	18-percent-american-public			none	0	0	0	0	1	a pew research center poll


































8283.json	barely-true	says potential democratic opponent mary burke implemented the policies of jim doyle. those are the policies that, in his last term, saw the state lose more than 133,000 jobs.	jobs	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview


































13225.json	half-true	you (hillary clinton) get a subpoena, and after getting the subpoena you delete 33,000 emails.	history,homeland-security,legal-issues,transparency	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	the second 2016 presidential debate


































6215.json	mostly-true	the supreme court said the individual mandate is a tax. so its a tax.	health-care,legal-issues,taxes	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an interview with cbs news


































6113.json	pants-fire	more than 43 percent of all food stamps are given to illegals.	immigration	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	on the internet


































11054.json	mostly-true	the united states ranks second worst in income inequality across developed countries, after taxes and transfers.	economy,income,wealth	bobby-scott	u.s. congressman	virginia	democrat	1	2	1	5	0	a written statement.


































13256.json	true	zephyr teachout says she is against super pacs despite taking money from super pac donors	campaign-finance	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a series of blog posts, ending on sept. 21, 2016


































12556.json	true	says hillary clinton said she was under attack (in bosnia) but the attack turned out to be young girls handing her flowers.	ethics	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech in new york city


































5664.json	pants-fire	says ohio treasurer josh mandel first claimed bank fraud in june 2010 but did nothing for more than a year while raising money for his (republican) senate campaign.	government-efficiency,job-accomplishments	ohio-democratic-party		ohio	democrat	4	1	2	2	2	a news release


































4343.json	false	the studies have shown us that [drug testing for welfare recipients] will be saving us money	children,drugs,economy,families,florida,government-regulation,hunger,marijuana,poverty,state-budget,state-finances	doreen-costa	state representative	rhode island	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a radio interview


































4863.json	mostly-true	says mitt romney has said different things about whether global warming is caused by humans	cap-and-trade,climate-change,energy,environment,message-machine-2012	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a web ad


































12539.json	mostly-true	@realdonaldtrump is coming to san antonio, which is 60% mexican-american.	civil-rights,elections,immigration	joaquin-castro	attorney	texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	0	a tweet


































7902.json	barely-true	this president spends 30 times as much money on global warming research as he does on weather forecasting and warning.	climate-change,federal-budget,science,weather	jim-bridenstine	u.s. house of representatives	oklahoma	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a house floor speech


































12247.json	true	says new hampshires second congressional district includes two counties where almost 5 percent if not more of residents are enrolled in the states expanded medicaid program.	bipartisanship,health-care,medicaid	jack-falanagan	state representative	new hampshire	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a speech 


































71.json	false	dr. paul never votes for legislation unless the proposed measure is expressly authorized by the constitution.	legal-issues	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a statement on his campaign web site.


































4244.json	mostly-true	the deal to raise the federal debt limit created the largest debt ceiling increase in americas history.	federal-budget	saxby-chambliss	u.s. senator	georgia	republican	1	1	3	4	1	a press release


































5370.json	half-true	obamacare (hit) americans with over $500 billion in new taxes.	candidates-biography,federal-budget,health-care,message-machine-2012,taxes	us-chamber-commerce			none	6	3	3	1	1	an ad against sen. jon tester, d-mont.


































1887.json	true	georgia has a dropout rate thats higher than alabama's.	education,message-machine	john-oxendine		georgia	republican	0	0	2	0	0	a campaign video on his website


































567.json	true	says obama flip-flopped on warrantless wiretapping.	terrorism	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a news release from mccain spokesman tucker bounds 


































6203.json	pants-fire	a company with 20 employees could go out of business because of health care law requirements to buy insurance.	health-care,small-business	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a tv interview with greta van susteren


































4369.json	true	a national study of 2,500 charter schools shows that maybe 20 percent do better than the community public schools, 40 percent or so do worse and the rest are not having any significant difference.	education	james-parisi	lobbyst for the rhode island federation of teachers and health professionals	rhode island	labor-leader	0	0	0	0	0	a tv news show


































10083.json	barely-true	3,000 teachers lost their jobs when (crist) was governor.	economy,education,stimulus	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a debate at broward college


































271.json	false	barack obama hasn't passed any (bills).	job-accomplishments	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a campaign event in ames, iowa


































12120.json	true	bernie sanders passed more roll call amendments in a republican congress than any other member.	candidates-biography	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	an a television ad


































8650.json	mostly-true	60 percent of people on food assistance are working.	economy,welfare	barbara-lee	congresswoman from california's 13th district	california	democrat	0	0	0	2	0	an episode of cnn's crossfire


































1001.json	false	on switching parties.	elections	arlen-specter	senator	pennsylvania	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	interviews.


































12997.json	half-true	says gov. pat mccrory tried to cut education funding to its lowest budget share in over 30 years.	candidates-biography,education,campaign-advertising,state-budget,states	roy-cooper	attorney general	north carolina	democrat	1	0	3	1	0	a tv ad


































4723.json	mostly-true	says mitt romney flip-flopped on gun control.	guns,message-machine-2012	jon-huntsman		utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	a web advertisement


































3395.json	barely-true	says texas school districts are the fifth largest employers in the world.	corporations,education,small-business,workers	dan-patrick	lieutenant governor-elect	texas	republican	4	4	3	4	4	a texas tribune article.


































9935.json	barely-true	says rick scott cut education by over a billion dollars, meaning thousands of teachers lost their jobs and class sizes went up.	children,education,message-machine-2014,state-budget	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a tv ad


































68.json	half-true	joe biden is the only candidate with a plan to get us out of iraq and keep us out.	iraq	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a television ad.


































3937.json	barely-true	protesters attacked the groups headquarters with graffiti on the sidewalk and stenciled images smeared on the building and statue.	labor,state-budget	wisconsin-manufacturers-and-commerce		wisconsin	organization	3	0	2	2	0	a news release


































3642.json	mostly-true	says paul ryan voted for two wars that were unpaid for, voted for the bush tax cuts that were unpaid for, voted for the prescription drug bill that cost as much as my health care bill -- but wasnt paid for.	afghanistan,deficit,federal-budget,health-care,iraq,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	remarks at a campaign fundraiser


































11571.json	mostly-true	women fill two-thirds of minimum wage jobs.	workers	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a roundtable event on women's economic security


































2567.json	barely-true	amendment 4 will reduce floridas economic output by $34 billion annually.	economy,elections,florida-amendments	citizens-lower-taxes-and-stronger-economy		florida	none	1	0	2	0	1	the no on 4! website


































5700.json	mostly-true	its the first time in the nation this many members have been drawn (by a legislature) into the same districts where it wasnt a court order.	elections,redistricting	will-weatherford	state representative	florida	republican	2	3	4	3	0	remarks to the press


































3527.json	true	we lost more jobs in this great recession than the last four recessions combined.	economy,jobs,labor,abc-news-week	george-will	columnist	maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	a roundtable segment on abc's this week with christiane amanpour


































3940.json	pants-fire	its just crazy that the government will ... make it illegal to use the old [incandescent] bulbs.	energy,environment	mike-stenhouse	chief executive officer, r.i. center for freedom and prosperitystate policy research institute	rhode island	newsmaker	1	1	1	0	1	an appearance on a talk show


































2798.json	false	mequon and milwaukee have the highest disparity of income in the country.	income	michael-murphy	member of milwaukee common council	wisconsin	none	0	1	0	0	0	comments made during adoption of milwaukee's 2011 city budget


































6477.json	barely-true	says barack obama robbed medicare (of) $716 billion to pay for ... obamacare.	federal-budget,history,medicare,retirement	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an interview on 60 minutes


































11357.json	barely-true	the largest low-wage employer is not mcdonalds or walmart but the u.s. government.	corporations,federal-budget,jobs	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a tweet


































2251.json	barely-true	joe sestak ... even wants to bring back the death tax, letting the irs take half of your savings when you die.	message-machine,taxes	pat-toomey	candidate for u.s. senate	pennsylvania	republican	3	2	2	1	0	a television commercial


































7091.json	true	budget analysts say the looming tax hikes and spending cuts would take us into a recession and kill jobs.	deficit,economy,federal-budget,jobs	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a newspaper interview


































9074.json	mostly-true	florida ranks first in the nation for access to free prekindergarten.	children,education	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a tweet


































952.json	half-true	the average ceo makes $10,000 more every day ... than what the average worker makes every year.	economy	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a speech in miami beach, fla.


































224.json	true	when pakistan erupted in crisis, i spoke to musharraf before bush did.	foreign-policy	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a tv ad


































11646.json	half-true	you go down to miami and when its flooding at high tide on a sunny day, fish are swimming through the middle of the streets.	climate-change	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference


































2795.json	mostly-true	republican plan to extend bush tax cuts would double deficit projections going forward for the next couple of decades.	deficit,federal-budget,taxes	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a tv interview.


































2009.json	false	in rick perry's texas, the governor threatens to leave, to secede from the greatest country in the world.	candidates-biography,foreign-policy,history,states	bill-white	former mayor of houston	texas	democrat	2	3	5	7	3	a speech


































1371.json	barely-true	in florida, sen. bill nelson ... got a $25 billion to $30 billion carve-out for medicare advantage patients in their state.	florida,health-care,medicare	karl-rove		texas	republican	2	5	2	8	0	an interview with fox news


































3456.json	barely-true	says taxpayer resources are being used to facilitate private political agendas through automatic payroll deduction of union dues.	labor,state-budget	john-thrasher	republican party of florida chairman	florida	republican	2	1	0	0	1	comments before a senate committee.


































355.json	pants-fire	rnc version of a hillary clinton valentine: roses are red, violets are blue, i'll raise your taxes and there is nothing you can do.	taxes	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	an rnc web site feature where you can send a gop valentine from your favorite democrat


































2081.json	mostly-true	rob portman has taken more than $125,000 from big oil.	elections	lee-fisher	former lieutenant governor	ohio	democrat	2	1	1	2	0	a news release


































12968.json	mostly-true	chicago public schools lead the country in high school graduation of an urban school system, match the united states of america in kids graduating high school going on to a four-year college, and are producing eighth-grade leaders in the country in math gains, fourth-grade leaders in reading gains.	education	rahm-emanuel	mayor of chicago	illinois	democrat	1	1	1	2	0	a press event


































9645.json	half-true	the states that are doing better are the ones that have no state income tax.	taxes	jamie-weinstein	senior editor, daily caller		none	0	0	1	0	0	comments on hbo's real time with bill maher


































8506.json	half-true	the legislature passed gov. walkers so-called property tax relief bill, but the republicans are still raising your property taxes.	city-government,county-government,education,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	janet-bewley			democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a speech


































9054.json	half-true	says 50 percent of millennials dont associate with any political party.	elections,polls	rock-vote			none	0	0	1	0	0	a tweet


































2417.json	half-true	says ron johnsons company got government loans and a grant to help expand his business	message-machine	russ-feingold		wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	a campaign tv ad


































11706.json	half-true	says the security against foreign enemies act of 2015 would not pause the resettlement of syrian refugees in the united states.	immigration	ann-mclane-kuster	attorney	new hampshire	democrat	2	1	3	0	0	an interview with new hampshire public radio


































3224.json	pants-fire	says travis county, home to austin, is the most liberal county in the united states.	polls	tom-delay	former u.s. house member	texas	republican	1	0	1	1	1	an interview.


































10462.json	barely-true	did you know under president obama family health care premiums have increased $4,154 on the average?	health-care	barbara-comstock	state delegate	virginia	republican	1	1	0	0	0	a tweet.


































7936.json	mostly-true	says the 2014-15 texas budget increases spending by less than the rate of inflation and population growth.	state-budget	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a bill-signing ceremony


































10743.json	half-true	medicaid expansion isnt necessarily a very popular issue on the street.	medicaid	steve-crisafulli			republican	0	0	1	1	0	a radio interview


































577.json	half-true	obama voted against funding our troops.	military	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a television ad


































1680.json	mostly-true	florida statutes require (attorney general bill) mccollum to consult with members of florida's congressional delegation before filing a lawsuit against the health care reform law.	florida,health-care,legal-issues	alex-sink		florida	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	a news release


































13356.json	half-true	in the paula jones case, bill clinton paid an $850,000 penalty.	ethics,legal-issues	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	an interview with fox news' megyn kelly


































8964.json	barely-true	says alex sink supported higher property taxes.	taxes	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	in a campaign mailer


































11484.json	half-true	the top 1 percent pay 45 percent of all taxes in the country.	taxes	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	in a town hall in concord, new hampshire


































2666.json	pants-fire	says john kitzhaber wants a sales tax so people without jobs pay taxes.	jobs,message-machine,taxes	chris-dudley	financial adviser	oregon	republican	0	0	1	1	1	a television ad


































1072.json	half-true	if the united states moves ahead by itself (on cap-and-trade)... after 30 or 40 years, were going to reduce co2 by less than 1 percent.	climate-change,energy,environment	chuck-grassley	u.s. senator	iowa	republican	0	1	2	0	0	interview on this week with george stephanopoulos


































13430.json	true	says russ feingold said that with obamacare, we could keep our doctors and our plans, it was rated as the lie of the year.	candidates-biography,government-regulation,health-care	us-chamber-commerce			none	6	3	3	1	1	an ad


































6355.json	pants-fire	says his patents in ultrasound have revolutionized modern medicine.	health-care	george-flinn	radiologist and radio station owner	tennessee	republican	0	1	0	0	1	in a campaign tv commercial.


































7539.json	false	says houston is home to more doctors, more nurses, more researchers than any other place in the world.	health-care,medicaid,public-health	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	remarks at a washington, d.c. event.


































8681.json	half-true	every dollar spent in the new obamacare system ... goes to private-sector insurance companies.	health-care	chris-matthews	host of msnbc's hardball		none	1	2	2	1	0	a broadcast of hardball


































9924.json	pants-fire	three of five detainees swapped (for bowe bergdahl) are now isis leaders.	foreign-policy,military,terrorism	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	internet posts


































6909.json	half-true	under maggie hassans leadership, we increased state spending in the middle of the great recession by 24 percent leading up to and following it.	state-budget	ovide-lamontagne	attorney	new hampshire	republican	0	0	2	0	0	a debate at rivier university


































12415.json	pants-fire	the first tweet was sent from austin.	city-government,corporations,history,technology	steve-adler	mayor of austin	texas	democrat	1	1	1	2	1	a panel discussion in austin


































11791.json	mostly-true	texas has the sixth-highest property taxes in the nation.	taxes	jeff-judson	business and policy consultant	texas	tea-party-member	0	0	0	1	0	conservatives in action blog post


































6388.json	half-true	says the largest tax increase in american history is set to occur on january 1st unless president obama and congress can come to an agreement.	history,taxes	francisco-quico-canseco	u.s. house member	texas	republican	0	0	1	0	0	an email blast


































2425.json	false	says bill white didnt pay taxes while earning $133,600 annual salary as deputy secretary of energy.	taxes,transparency	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a press release


































3960.json	mostly-true	the tax on job creating businesses is 35 percent in the united states, second worst in the entire world.	corporations,economy,jobs,taxes	george-allen	consultant	virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a speech.


































3882.json	mostly-true	for every $1 spent on mitigation, $4 in post-storm cleanup and rebuilding is saved.	government-efficiency	tom-rooney	congressman	florida	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a press release


































5027.json	false	our tax code is . . . 80,000 pages.	economy,government-efficiency,government-regulation,taxes	barry-hinckley		rhode island	republican	0	4	1	2	2	an appearance on wpri's newsmakers program


































2030.json	pants-fire	blue cross headquarters has a $30,000 granite table.	corporations,economy,health-care	steve-archambault	lawyer	rhode island	democrat	0	0	0	1	1	a speech at the state democratic convention


































5542.json	pants-fire	president barack obama is ending medicare as we know it.	health-care,medicare	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a campaign memo


































4158.json	mostly-true	we jumped 11 places since beginning this year in terms of being job-friendly.	economy	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	an interview on fox news


































9930.json	true	says fox news gave republicansenators twice the air time as democrats during a hearing about theislamic state.	foreign-policy	media-matters			none	0	0	0	0	0	a post on the media matters blog


































12989.json	false	hillary clinton wants to shut down family farms using radical regulation, by raising business tax rates as high as nearly 50 percent and by taxing family farms again at death by as much as 45 percent.	agriculture,economy,government-regulation,taxes,wealth	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech


































2751.json	half-true	rigells car dealership made over $400,000 off the cash for clunkers bailout.	stimulus	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	a tv ad


































8539.json	pants-fire	says the obama administration is handing out a pamphlet titled, what to do when the veteran in your classroom attempts a mass shooting	corrections-and-updates,education,guns,military,veterans	mr-conservative	conservative website	none	none	0	1	0	0	1	a web post


































12773.json	true	speakers at the democratic national convention made zero mentions of the global terrorist threat posed by isis.	terrorism	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	an email to reporters


































6782.json	pants-fire	barack hussein obama will ... force local authorities to allow occupy protesters to live in parks.	occupy-wall-street	government-not-god-pac			none	1	2	0	0	3	a newspaper ad


































10007.json	false	ive been involved in prosecuting a terrorist member of isis.	crime,criminal-justice,foreign-policy,terrorism	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	a debate in the rio grande valley.


































5513.json	mostly-true	it costs about $40,000 a year for a homeless person to be on the streets.	poverty	shaun-donovan	secretary of housing and urban development	new york	democrat	0	0	1	1	0	an interview on the daily show


































8260.json	false	the amount of interest paid on the federal debt exceeds total tax revenue.	corporations,debt,federal-budget,taxes	chris-kapanga			republican	0	1	0	0	0	a newsletter


































3888.json	pants-fire	i did not say that i would not have them [muslims] in my cabinet.	islam,religion	herman-cain		georgia	republican	4	11	5	3	3	an interview on the glenn beck program radio show


































2935.json	true	the national debt grew an estimated$15 billion last weekend.	deficit,economy	mark-warner	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	3	1	6	3	0	a floor speech.


































8317.json	true	the u.s. supreme court decided in 1982 that non-citizen children must get free k-12 education.	education,immigration	david-watts	candidate	texas	republican	0	0	0	0	0	an email blast


































8478.json	pants-fire	if i have affordable coverage in my workplace, im not eligible to go into the marketplace. ... its illegal.	health-care	kathleen-sebelius	u.s. health and human services secretary	kansas	democrat	1	0	1	3	1	testimony before congress


































11112.json	true	says donald trump has supported a canadian-style universal health care system.	elections	erick-erickson			republican	1	2	0	0	0	a column on redstate.com


































7558.json	false	says, the democrats proposed budget is also balanced by using more in new tax revenue than in total pers reform or savings.	pensions,state-budget,taxes,unions	bruce-hanna	co-speaker of the oregon house of representatives	oregon	republican	1	1	0	0	0	a floor speech


































6157.json	pants-fire	says a lip-reading instructor at the river school, a washington, d.c., school for the deaf has determined that during 9/11 ceremonies, michelle obama said, all this for a damn flag.	patriotism	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a message forwarded to many people


































6822.json	half-true	says austin voters can approve seven bond propositions without raising taxes.	elections,taxes	lee-leffingwell	austin mayor	texas	democrat	1	0	4	1	0	a unity pac press release.


































8729.json	mostly-true	us: change in income, 2009-13. top 1%: +31.4%. bottom 99%: +0.4%.	economy	ian-bremmer	president and founder of the eurasia group	new york	none	0	0	0	1	0	a tweet


































323.json	true	hillary clinton agreed with (john mccain) on voting for the war in iraq.	iraq	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	denver


































12314.json	mostly-true	says ann kirkpatrick votes with her party nearly 90 percent of the time.	voting-record	arizona-grassroots-action-pac			none	1	0	0	1	0	an online advertisement


































501.json	mostly-true	i had an uncle ... who was part of the first american troops to go into auschwitz and liberate the concentration camps.	candidates-biography	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in las cruces, n.m.


































11240.json	half-true	our companies are moving into mexico more than almost any other place right now.	foreign-policy,trade	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on cnn.


































2192.json	barely-true	allowing all bush income tax cuts to expire on dec. 31 will amount to the largest tax increase in the history of america.	taxes	johnny-isakson	u.s. senator	georgia	republican	2	3	3	2	0	a guest column in the atlanta journal constitution


































12616.json	barely-true	says hillary clintons state department approved the transfer of 20 percent of americas uranium holdings to russia, while nine investors in the deal funneled $145 million to the clinton foundation.	corrections-and-updates,ethics,foreign-policy	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	in a speech critiquing hillary clinton


































3468.json	true	most americans live within 50 miles of a nuclear power plant.	energy,nuclear,public-safety,pundits	lawrence-odonnell			none	2	2	0	3	0	msnbc's last word


































10247.json	barely-true	in the past four or five presidential elections, people who poll high at the beginning are not the people who end up being the nominees.	elections,job-accomplishments,polls	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview


































3735.json	false	under president barack obama, the united states has doubled our exports.	economy,trade	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in austin, texas


































2883.json	half-true	a ban on earmarks greatly weakens the authority congress has over spending, to the benefit of the executive branch.	federal-budget	dave-obey	u.s. house member -- 7th district	wisconsin	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a statement to the milwaukee journal sentinel


































3722.json	false	says president barack obamas debt commission recommended converting medicare to a system where medicare participants are given a voucher to purchase insurance in the private market.	deficit,federal-budget,medicare	tom-petri	u.s. house member -- 6th district	wisconsin	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a constituent newsletter


































10016.json	false	the last time there was a sustained surge of confidence in governments competence was under ronald reagan.	history,polls	george-will	columnist	maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	comments on fox news sunday


































791.json	half-true	on the economic troubles of 2008, really the match that lit this fire was fannie mae and freddie mac.	economy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	nashville, tenn.


































351.json	true	senator obama has, in fact, never had a serious republican challenger.	elections	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a conference call to reporters led by cilnton pollster mark penn


































11341.json	false	the birther movement was started by hillary clinton in 2008. she was all in!	obama-birth-certificate	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a tweet


































10235.json	pants-fire	the kochs stand to make around $100 billion if the government approves the keystone xl pipeline.	energy,environment	thom-hartmann	radio/tv host		none	0	0	0	1	1	a segment on his rt show


































11702.json	true	here in wisconsin, weve put in previous budgets more money into mental health services than any governor has in the last 25 years.	health-care,public-health,state-budget,terrorism	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview


































10328.json	half-true	surveys of teens in high school reveal that knowing a classmate who sells cannabis is 90 times more common than knowing a classmate who sells alcohol.	children,crime,drugs,education,marijuana,polls,public-health,pundits	james-crowley	physician	rhode island	columnist	0	0	1	0	0	a commentary in the providence journal


































12564.json	mostly-true	for every extra year that a girl stays in secondary school, her chance of getting infected with hiv/aids decreases by half.	education,foreign-policy,public-health,women	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a senate hearing


































12909.json	barely-true	in washington, congressman joe heck supports privatizing (social security), turning our savings over to wall street and risking it on the stock market.	social-security	afscme			none	3	1	2	3	0	a television ad


































5247.json	false	the interlink at t.f. green airport is the closest air-rail link in the country.	infrastructure,transportation	lincoln-chafee		rhode island	democrat	3	5	3	4	0	a news conference


































6315.json	barely-true	says texas proved in court that more than 200 dead people voted in the latest texas election.	elections	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	an interview with fox news.


































2528.json	pants-fire	says sal esquivel wants a 5 percent state sales tax on groceries.	taxes	lynn-howe	retired nurse	oregon	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a campaign mailer


































12335.json	mostly-true	this is not a joke: the president wants to house illegal aliens on our nations military installations.	children,immigration,military	john-carter	u.s. house of representatives	texas	republican	0	3	1	2	2	a commentary published in the round rock leader


































12346.json	false	in the united states alone we lose more than 3,000 people a day to cancer.	health-care,public-health,science	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a speech at the vatican


































2853.json	half-true	regulations are an endemic weakness in government -- so old that thomas jefferson listed this problem among his charges against the king of england in the declaration of independence.	government-efficiency,history	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a speech to the council of 100


































12742.json	half-true	says hillary clinton has called for a radical 550 percent increase in syrian ... refugees . . . despite the fact that theres no way to screen these refugees in order to find out who they are or where they come from.	foreign-policy,homeland-security,human-rights,immigration,terrorism	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech at the republican convention


































3884.json	half-true	gov. chris christie caused a 4.1 percent increase in property taxes in 2010, marking the highest increase since 2007.	taxes	new-jersey-assembly-democrats		new jersey	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a press release


































12765.json	pants-fire	unemployment numbers are artificial numbers. these are numbers that are massaged to make the existing economy look good, to make this administration look good when, in fact, its a total disaster.	economy,elections,history,jobs,labor,workers	donald-trump-jr			republican	0	1	0	0	1	an interview on cnn


































3921.json	mostly-true	an iron ore mine in northern wisconsin could operate for 100 years and generate billion of dollars in economic activity.	jobs	wisconsin-manufacturers-and-commerce		wisconsin	organization	3	0	2	2	0	a radio ad


































2799.json	pants-fire	says over 25 percent of the texas budget funds services to non-u.s. citizens.	economy,immigration	kathie-glass	lawyer	texas	libertarian	0	0	0	0	2	a debate.


































12297.json	half-true	says hillary clinton has promised to raise taxes by $1 trillion dollars.	corrections-and-updates,campaign-advertising,pundits,taxes	new-day-america		ohio	organization	0	1	1	0	0	a robocall


































2188.json	half-true	people come here to have babies. they come here to drop a child. its called drop and leave.	health-care,immigration,legal-issues	lindsey-graham	u.s. senator	south carolina	republican	2	2	4	2	0	an interview with fox news' on the record with greta van susteren


































10636.json	barely-true	according to the state of florida, you are almost twice as likely to be attacked by an alligator than by someone who happens to carry a conceal-and-carry permit.	animals,corrections-and-updates,crime,guns	florida-students-concealed-carry		florida	organization	1	0	0	0	0	florida senate higher education committee hearing


































3297.json	false	the five states that outlaw collective bargaining for teachers all rank below 44th in the nation in test scores, while wisconsin ranks 2nd.	education,labor,workers	state-democratic-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	democrat	5	7	2	2	7	in a facebook post


































3770.json	mostly-true	the arab and the muslim nations get twice as much money as israel.	foreign-policy,israel	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a presidential debate


































11610.json	mostly-true	@jorge_elorza still think your plan is safe? rescue captain kenyon just worked 96 hours straight. 96 hours.	public-safety,unions	paul-doughty	president, international association of firefighters local 799	rhode island	labor-leader	0	0	0	1	0	a tweet


































6180.json	half-true	if youre one of the more than 250 million americans who already have health insurance, you will keep your health insurance.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at the white house


































4253.json	barely-true	says state sen. alberta darling is allowing mercury to harm our children because she voted against an electronics recycling bill.	environment	wisconsin-sierra-club		wisconsin	organization	1	0	0	0	0	in campaign fliers


































8661.json	mostly-true	the vast, overwhelming majority of [crimes that occur with a firearm] are committed by people who dont legally possess that firearm in the first place.	crime,criminal-justice,guns	michael-chippendale	state representative	rhode island	republican	1	1	0	1	0	a radio interview


































12263.json	false	the colorado caucus system for selecting republican delegates is rigged.	elections,ethics,campaign-advertising	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a tv interview


































3002.json	mostly-true	over 80 percent of the people want the shot to vote on whether to approve same-sex marriage, according to polls.	civil-rights,gays-and-lesbians,marriage	vincent-buddy-cianci		rhode island	independent	0	2	1	2	1	an abc-6 interview program


































6312.json	half-true	usa is #1 in gun violence.	guns	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a post on the internet


































5592.json	mostly-true	this bill allows virginia to join about 23 other states that have an ultrasound procedure before an abortion.	abortion	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	a tv interview.


































9825.json	false	every 28 hours an unarmed black person is shot by a cop.	crime,diversity,public-safety	marc-lamont-hill			democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a cnn segment


































159.json	barely-true	here's a man who brags about how he made the city safe. it was the biden crime bill that became the clinton crime bill that allowed him to do that.	crime	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	philadelphia


































1064.json	pants-fire	says the constitution only requires her to tell the census how many people are in our home.	census	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a washington times interview


































4240.json	false	you might be surprised to know that 137 billion gallons flows (into lake erie) every day. you might be surprised to know that only 86.3 billion gallons flow out. ... leaving us a net surplus of approximately 50 billion gallons a day.	environment,water	tim-grendell	state senator	ohio	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a speech in the ohio senate


































11651.json	barely-true	from 2010-2014, median household income in wisconsin has actually gone up 7.4 percent.	census,economy,families,income	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a tweet


































10528.json	half-true	georgia lawmaker pushes bill banning creation of glow in the dark human-jellyfish hybrids.	science,states	raw-story			none	0	0	1	0	0	headline over an article on the raw story website


































11613.json	pants-fire	this incident of supposed feces depicting a swastika on the wall of a bathrooms in one of the halls ... has been supported by zero fact.	crime,diversity,education	peter-kinder	lieutenant governor	missouri	republican	0	0	0	1	1	in comments on breitbart


































8784.json	false	san antonio has seen 67% growth in water customers in the last 25 years, 0% more water used.	city-budget,city-government,water	robert-puente	ceo, san antonio water system	texas	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a texas tribune festival panel discussion


































5147.json	mostly-true	says up to a quarter of african americans dont have government photo id.	elections	steny-hoyer	house majority leader	maryland	democrat	0	1	3	4	0	an opinion column.


































8229.json	barely-true	says obamaexempted congress and their staff from the full effect of the (health care) law.	health-care	jim-jordan	u.s. representative	ohio	republican	1	0	3	3	0	a news release


































4644.json	half-true	president obamas uncle and aunt are illegal aliens ... whove been allowed to stay in this country.	immigration	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a republican presidential primary debate


































11065.json	true	despite what donald trump claims, there werent 15,000 people who turned out in phoenix to see trump speak.	elections,pundits	rachel-maddow	msnbc host		none	6	6	4	6	1	a segment on her show


































3557.json	false	abortion services are well over 90 percent of what planned parenthood does.	abortion,federal-budget	jon-kyl	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	0	2	4	3	0	a senate floor speech


































12170.json	barely-true	north carolina spent almost as much as it spends on government rape crisis programs in a year to convene a special session for hb2.	criminal-justice,gays-and-lesbians,state-budget,women	lgbt-progress		washington, d.c.	organization	1	0	0	0	0	a tweet


































2202.json	barely-true	[u]nlike every other major transit system in the nation, marta has never received any significant, dedicated funding from the state of georgia.	transportation	michael-tyler	chariman, metropolitan atlanta rapid transit authority's board of directors	georgia	none	1	0	0	0	0	an op-ed piece in the atlanta journal-constitution


































59.json	half-true	john kerry was at 4 percent in the polls in december of 2003...and he ended up becoming the nominee of the party.	elections	chris-dodd	u.s. senator	connecticut	democrat	0	0	3	3	0	an interview on cnn's <i>the situation room</i>


































10582.json	mostly-true	a federal judge said president barack obamas executive action on immigration is unconstitutional.	homeland-security,immigration	david-jolly		florida	republican	4	0	1	1	0	a speech on the u.s. house floor


































12939.json	mostly-true	at $587 apiece, usa would need to bring home about 33.1 billion gold medals to pay off our national debt.	debt	scott-rigell	u.s. congressman	virginia	republican	2	2	0	1	0	a facebook post


































13202.json	mostly-true	in other states (where illegal immigrants have been allowed to get drivers licenses) their insurance premiums for everybody have gone down.	economy,immigration,public-safety,market-regulation	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	rhode island	democrat	2	1	2	5	1	a television interview


































364.json	half-true	i want to freeze interest rates for five years.	economy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	los angeles, calif.


































4265.json	pants-fire	two elections in a row (waukesha county clerk kathy nickolaus) has screwed up counting the vote	elections	state-democratic-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	democrat	5	7	2	2	7	a television interview


































6927.json	half-true	the georgia department of economic development assisted with the creation of 28,776 jobs, an increase of 29 percent from last fiscal year, and $5.97 billion in investments, a 32 percent increase.	economy,jobs	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	news release


































1282.json	false	for the last decade the climate has been cooling.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,environment,pundits	mary-matalin			republican	1	1	0	0	0	cnn's situation room program


































10842.json	true	accidents are down 50 percent and injury accidents are down 60 percent in the rebuilt marquette interchange in milwaukee.	public-safety,state-budget,transportation	wisconsin-transportation-builders-association		wisconsin	organization	0	0	0	0	0	a radio ad


































547.json	pants-fire	says obama opposes innovation, the electric car and clean, safe, nuclear energy.	energy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a web ad


































5793.json	false	says $57,000 is the mean [income] in our state for a family.	families,income	sheila-oliver	assemblywoman	new jersey	democrat	0	1	1	3	0	an interview on wor-am


































11918.json	barely-true	says the one person (donald trump)has suggested that would make a good justice is his sister, who is a court of appeals judge appointed by bill clinton. she is a hardcore pro-abortion liberal judge.	abortion,supreme-court	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	on abc's this week


































11419.json	mostly-true	today in america, we have more people in jail than any other country on earth.	criminal-justice	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	the first democratic debate


































3234.json	false	the muslim brotherhood has openly stated they want to declare war on israel.	foreign-policy,israel,pundits,terrorism	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	a comment on his television show


































1662.json	mostly-true	on financial reform, there is a million dollars being spent, per congressman, in lobbying expenses on this issue. (the) industry has four lobbyists per member of the house and senate working on this.	corporations,ethics,market-regulation,abc-news-week	lawrence-summers			democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on this week.


































1799.json	barely-true	elena kagan violated the law of the united states at various points with her opposition to military recruiters.	kagan-nomination,military,supreme-court,abc-news-week	jeff-sessions		alabama	republican	2	2	2	1	0	abc's this week


































10904.json	mostly-true	sixty million americans depend on social security, and one-third of all the seniors in america depend on social security for 90 percent of their income.	income,retirement,social-security	mike-huckabee	author	arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	a speech at gov. rick scott's economic summit in orlando


































993.json	barely-true	already we've identified $2 trillion in deficit reductions over the next decade.	federal-budget	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at georgetown university


































9157.json	false	says the medicaid fraud rate in virginia was fact-checked and found to be 0.47 percent.	health-care,medicaid	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a radio interview.


































12476.json	false	the presence of gorillas calls into question the concept of evolution.	science	rush-limbaugh	radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	the rush limbaugh show


































3715.json	true	says milwaukee county spent over $170,000 in salaries in 2010 for employees to participate in union activities such as collective bargaining.	county-government,state-budget,unions	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a news release


































10311.json	true	the u.s. has 5 percent of the worlds population, 25 percent of the worlds known prison population.	criminal-justice	jim-webb	writer	virginia	democrat	1	0	1	5	0	a conference.


































3108.json	true	there have been at least four incidents where bullets from mexico have crossed the border.	crime,immigration,public-safety	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	a press release


































1647.json	true	on oil drilling	energy,environment	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an announcement at andrews air force base 


































12310.json	pants-fire	today president obama said there will not be a national day of prayer in may.	history,religion	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a multitude of facebook posts


































1078.json	barely-true	we were promised. the president said we would keep unemployment under 8.5 percent (if the stimulus passed).	economy,stimulus	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a pbs interview.


































3594.json	true	george allen voted to add $3 trillion to the federal debt, voted to raise the debt ceiling four times and voted for the no child left behind act while he was a senator.	deficit,education,federal-budget	jamie-radtke		virginia	republican	1	1	1	2	0	a blog post.


































6994.json	barely-true	elizabeth townsend runs the elections office that omitted a school board race on a ballot and gave a school board candidate faulty advice.	candidates-biography	shirley-anderson		florida	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign flyer


































2757.json	half-true	says john raese said he wants 1,000 laser systems put in the sky, and we need it right now.	foreign-policy,message-machine,military,technology	joe-manchin	senator from west virginia	west virginia	democrat	0	0	1	1	0	a campaign web ad


































9758.json	mostly-true	the islamic state, or isis, was cast off by al-qaida because it was considered too extreme.	iraq,terrorism	david-gregory	host of nbc's meet the press	washington, d.c.	none	1	0	0	1	0	comments on nbc's meet the press


































8744.json	barely-true	the foundation for government accountability, which supported a florida law requiring drug testing of welfare recipients, is a koch brothers affiliated group.	drugs,florida	rachel-maddow	msnbc host		none	6	6	4	6	1	comments on her show


































8073.json	true	the senate immigration bill is filled with things like rewards for au pair agencies, alaskan seafood processors and vegas casinos.	federal-budget,immigration	karen-handel			republican	2	0	3	3	1	a twitter post


































4636.json	half-true	over the last several years, 40 percent (of) the jobs created in texas were created for illegal aliens.	economy,immigration,jobs	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a republican presidential debate in las vegas


































5976.json	mostly-true	for every one mile of light-rail track that will be built, 16 miles of new road capacity will be built.	transportation	colleen-kiernan		georgia	none	0	0	0	2	0	an interview


































1750.json	half-true	the governor switched his position once again on offshore oil drilling.	energy,environment,oil-spill	kendrick-meek		florida	democrat	2	6	1	4	1	an interview on cnn.


































4363.json	half-true	the united states is the no. 1 country in the world for energy resources. we are the king daddy dogs when it comes to energy.	energy,environment	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a campaign event


































6053.json	pants-fire	says barack obama is a socialist.	candidates-biography	roger-williams	businessman	texas	republican	3	2	2	0	1	an austin appearance with wes riddle, fellow gop hopeful for us house.


































8176.json	half-true	under a new law regulating abortions, even if youre raped, if you dont report it in the first 30 days, the republicans will force you to have an ultrasound.	abortion,health-care,women	peter-barca	state representative	wisconsin	democrat	0	2	2	3	1	an interview


































7611.json	false	assertions that it makes no difference whether children are raised by heterosexual or homosexual parents have been shattered by the latest and best social science and research.	children,diversity,families,gays-and-lesbians,marriage	susan-yoshihara	director of research, catholic family and human rights institute	rhode island	newsmaker	0	1	0	0	0	testimony before a r.i. senate committee


































2193.json	half-true	in my attorney generals office, weve cut the budget 18 percent.	state-budget	bill-mccollum		florida	republican	2	1	2	0	1	a debate.


































10042.json	half-true	in north carolina, now were near the national average for unemployment.	economy,states,workers	thom-tillis	house speaker and u.s. senate candidate	north carolina	republican	2	0	1	1	0	a debate


































8923.json	half-true	obamacare includes a $700 billion cut from medicare for seniors.	elections,health-care,medicare	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a television ad


































12064.json	half-true	the rate of u.s. female homicide victimsoutnumbers 24 other developed countries by more than 2 to 1.	crime,guns,history,public-safety	everytown-gun-safety	advocacy group	new york	none	3	0	1	0	0	a facebook meme


































3720.json	mostly-true	austin energy is considering its first rate increase since 1994.	city-budget,city-government,energy	kathie-tovo	mother	texas	democrat	1	0	0	2	0	“voters guide,” league of women voters of the austin area.


































11342.json	mostly-true	says ronald reagan reversed his worlds largest tax cut and raised taxes when revenues did not match the expectations.	taxes	stephen-colbert			none	1	0	0	2	0	an interview with ted cruz


































8452.json	barely-true	wendy davis is threatening to raise taxes up to $35 billion.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	a facebook page


































8786.json	half-true	alex sink used a taxpayer-funded plane so she could get to a vacation in the bahamas.	ethics,florida	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	in a web campaign ad


































13441.json	barely-true	roy blunt voted to raise his own pay 12 times while in congress.	candidates-biography,voting-record	jason-kander	secretary of state	missouri	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a campaign ad


































318.json	barely-true	mitt romney wants to set a date for withdrawal from iraq.	iraq	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	fort myers, fla.


































12823.json	mostly-true	says donald trump claimed our armed forces are a disaster.	foreign-policy,military	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech at the democratic convention


































6492.json	true	says under wisconsin law, he cannot remove his name from the ballot for re-election to congress.	elections	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a television interview


































3421.json	barely-true	in fighting collective bargaining changes, democrats are trying to protect a system that pays unionized government workers 42 percent more than non-union workers.	labor,state-budget	crossroads-gps	conservative advocacy group		republican	9	1	4	1	2	a television ad


































6836.json	false	under gov. romneys definition ... donald trump is a small business.	debates,small-business,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the first presidential debate in denver


































10550.json	true	the potential iran nuclear agreement would limit iran to the number of centrifuges needed for a weapon but too few for a nuclear power program.	foreign-policy,nuclear	michael-morell			none	0	0	0	1	0	a broadcast of charlie rose


































12836.json	barely-true	in liberia, a girl is more likely to be married by 18 than to know how to read.	children,education,women	tina-rosenberg			columnist	1	0	0	0	0	an article


































443.json	half-true	obama voted for the bush-cheney energy bill that put $6-billion in the pocket of big oil.	energy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a tv ad airing in pennsylvania.


































9461.json	mostly-true	it would be illegal for the fulton county commission to raise the county tax rate.	county-government	john-albers			republican	0	1	0	1	0	in an emai to constituents


































10776.json	barely-true	saidpresident barack obama said he was going to stop (signature strikes).	afghanistan,terrorism	richard-clarke			none	1	0	0	0	0	a panel on abc this week


































4355.json	half-true	says the national debt and president barack obamas refusal to control spending led to our nations credit rating being downgraded for the first time in history.	deficit,economy,federal-budget	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a campaign video on his website


































3620.json	half-true	an internet sweepstakes cafe is a legitimate business that has been vetted and found to be completely legal in the state.	gambling	peter-nehr	state representative	florida	republican	0	0	1	0	0	comments published in the 'st. petersburg times'


































6537.json	true	in 2008, candidate barack obama attacked john mccain for proposing cuts to medicare.	medicare,message-machine-2012	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a campaign ad


































2718.json	mostly-true	donna campbell has called for ending all federal funding for education	education,federal-budget,taxes	lloyd-doggett	texas congressman in the u.s. houst of representatives	texas	democrat	1	0	2	7	0	a campaign mailer


































740.json	true	palin (proposed) a $150 bounty for the severed foreleg of each killed wolf.	environment	defenders-wildlife-action-fund-defenders-wildlife-			none	0	0	0	0	0	a tv ad


































4224.json	false	one of the biggest polluters in our country is the milwaukee metropolitan sewerage district.	environment	jim-sensenbrenner	member of congress	wisconsin	republican	2	4	1	0	0	a discussion at a town hall meeting


































12501.json	barely-true	says the united states has treaties with apparently 69 countries where we are obligated to defend their borders. and these were treaties that were executive treaties, not authorized by congress.	congress,foreign-policy	gary-johnson	presidential candidate	new mexico	libertarian	3	2	5	6	0	an appearance on meet the press


































93.json	true	social security ... is solid through about 2040 without any changes whatsoever.	federal-budget	dennis-kucinich	u.s. representative	ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	hanover, n.h.


































7679.json	mostly-true	says under his utility rate plan, an estimated 50 percent of our residential households will see a decrease in their water and wastewater bills.	city-budget,water	dwight-jones	mayor, city of richmond	virginia	democrat	1	1	1	1	0	a statement.


































6894.json	half-true	says mitt romney and paul ryan would eliminate the guarantee of medicare.	health-care,medicare	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	the vice presidential debate in danville, ky.


































10078.json	mostly-true	weeks after accepting a quarter-million-dollar campaign contribution from a hospital board chairman, greg abbott went to court against victims of a drug-taking neurosurgeon.	campaign-finance,health-care,legal-issues	wendy-davis	state senator	texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	a tv ad


































12852.json	pants-fire	we have a fire marshal that said, oh we cant allow more people ... and the reason they wont let them in is because they dont know what the hell theyre doing.	public-safety	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally speech


































9106.json	barely-true	we have been teaching these (common core) standards in florida schools since 2010.	education	janet-adkins	state representative	florida	republican	1	0	1	1	0	a florida house subcommittee meeting


































6403.json	half-true	says gov. jeb bush vetoed the quiones plan because it was taxation without representation on a large scale.	taxes	alan-grayson	u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	a campaign mailer


































11618.json	pants-fire	says crime statistics show blacks kill 81 percent of white homicide victims.	crime	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a tweet


































4176.json	false	if youre from guatemala and you are found illegally in mexico, you are automatically jailed.	immigration	sam-olens		georgia	republican	0	1	1	1	0	a radio news story


































7852.json	false	on oil drilling off virginias coast.	energy,environment	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a campaign statement.


































7173.json	true	says texas has the 15th largest economy in the world.	economy,states	texas-petition			none	0	0	0	0	0	the white house's we the people petition web site


































6886.json	barely-true	when congress voted to condemn iran for sentencing a christian pastor to death, (u.s. rep. lois) capps was the only member who voted no.	congressional-rules,foreign-policy,human-rights,islam,israel,religion	emergency-committee-israel	advocacy group for u.s. policy toward israel	washington, d.c.	none	2	0	0	0	0	a campaign ad


































770.json	half-true	as mayor, every year i was in office i did reduce taxes.	taxes	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a debate in st. louis


































7058.json	half-true	says mark hass raised your taxes by $1 billion in a single day.	taxes	taxpayer-association-oregon	political action committee	oregon	none	0	1	2	0	0	a campaign mailer.


































3128.json	false	six institutions in our country now control two thirds of the capital.	economy,financial-regulation	marcy-kaptur	representative from ohio's ninth congressional district	ohio	democrat	0	2	4	4	0	an msnbc interview


































12886.json	mostly-true	bruce rauner is of record that he will fully support the trump candidacy. its documented. its available.	elections	michael-madigan	speaker of the house 	illinois	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	interview with wsiu and wbbm, published aug. 1. 


































2454.json	barely-true	state pension fund staffers lost billions. then sink gave them bonuses.	economy,florida,message-machine,retirement	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a television ad


































5726.json	barely-true	the austin school district calendar lists 64 different dates for either a state-mandated test or make-up test.	education	sara-stevenson	librarian	texas	none	1	0	0	0	0	an op-ed column.


































2716.json	mostly-true	most of the newspapers that endorsed alex sink also endorsed barack obama.	elections,pundits	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a debate


































3015.json	half-true	were worse than a third world country in terms of water quality and the way we treat our sewage.	environment,infrastructure	mike-polensek	cleveland city councilman	ohio	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a public meeting


































784.json	mostly-true	john mccain is proposing tax cuts that would give the average fortune 500 ceo an additional $700,000 in tax cuts.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a debate in nashville, tenn.


































6079.json	false	says president barack obama wants to raise the lowest (income) tax rate from 10 to 15 percent.	federal-budget,income,taxes	reince-priebus	chairman, republican national committee	wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	an interview


































2599.json	mostly-true	says scott walker eliminated his own office of economic development in the middle of this recession.	jobs,message-machine	tom-barrett	mayor of milwaukee	wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	a campaign tv ad


































5901.json	barely-true	says schaufler was the only democrat who voted to stop the states health care reform plan.	voting-record	oregon-league-conservation-voters			none	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign mailer


































9212.json	barely-true	typical minimum wage earners in america are teenagers living with their parents in middle class families.	jobs,workers	wisconsin-manufacturers-and-commerce		wisconsin	organization	3	0	2	2	0	an opinion piece


































5419.json	true	all travelers -- even babies -- arriving in the u.s. by air must have a passport.	homeland-security	john-axford	relief pitcher for the milwaukee brewers	wisconsin	none	0	0	0	0	0	a tweet


































11882.json	true	says she is 6th in hard dollars raised and has more cash on hand than governors (john) kasich and (chris) christie combined.	campaign-finance	carly-fiorina		california	republican	5	5	4	3	2	a column posted on medium.com


































3633.json	true	right now we are spending at an all-time high, close to 25 percent of our gdp [is] being spent on the federal government. but our revenues are at an almost all-time low of about 15 percent [of gdp].	deficit,economy,federal-budget,taxes	mark-warner	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	3	1	6	3	0	a tv appearance.


































3926.json	barely-true	earlier this year, the head of the congressional budget office testified before congress that implementation of obamacare would cost 800,000 jobs.	health-care,jobs	adam-hasner		florida	republican	2	1	4	4	0	a press statement


































8227.json	true	according to a recent poll, there are more young republicans enrolled in their parents (health insurance) plans than young democrats.	health-care	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	a speech in little rock, ark.


































3138.json	true	[tailpipe emissions rules], if fully implemented with all the regulations that go with it, they will keep the temperature from rising nearly five one-hundredths of a degree fahrenheit. by 2050.	climate-change,environment,transportation	ken-cuccinelli	attorney general	virginia	republican	1	10	3	2	1	a speech to tea party activists.


































353.json	half-true	on issue after issue that really were hard to explain or understand, you voted present . . . and anytime anyone raises that, there's always some kind of explanation.	candidates-biography	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	myrtle beach, s.c.


































8695.json	half-true	federal law for obamacare navigators does not bar or even require screening for convicted felons, including individuals convicted of identity theft or fraud.	crime,criminal-justice,health-care	pete-sessions	u.s. house representative	texas	republican	1	0	1	0	0	an oped column


































2301.json	true	michael thurmond authored major legislation that has provided more than $250 million in tax relief to georgias senior citizens and working families.	taxes	michael-thurmond	labor commissioner	georgia	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	his campaign website


































4223.json	mostly-true	[t]his breed (of pit bulls) is most often associated with aggressive behavior.	animals	elaine-boyer			republican	0	0	1	1	0	an interview


































13110.json	mostly-true	says marco rubio would take away a womans right to choose for victims of rape or incest.	abortion,voting-record	patrick-murphy		florida	democrat	2	1	4	5	0	a campaign ad


































10488.json	mostly-true	dekalb county has graduated five police academies and three fire academies to help reach its ambitious hiring goals in both departments.	county-budget,public-safety	lee-may		georgia	democrat	0	0	0	2	0	the 2015 state of the county address


































5809.json	false	says president barack obamas parents were communists.	elections	samuel-wurzelbacher	republican candidate for congress	ohio	republican	0	1	0	1	1	a letter published by the christian broadcasting network


































7623.json	half-true	harvard study finds states with most gun laws have fewest gun deaths.	crime,criminal-justice,guns,public-safety	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a facebook post


































10123.json	false	none of $400 million the city of austin proposes to spend on road projects will be used to add new lanes to congested roadways.	corrections-and-updates,transportation	citizens-against-rail-taxes	political action committee	tex	none	0	1	0	0	0	a radio ad


































4211.json	barely-true	(rep. bob goodlattes) balanced budgetamendment does not require a balanced budget.	deficit,federal-budget	bobby-scott	u.s. congressman	virginia	democrat	1	2	1	5	0	a letter.


































9449.json	half-true	it was dan sullivan who wrote a bill to cut alaskans out of those decisions about where they can hunt and fish.	congress,elections,environment,government-regulation,campaign-advertising	put-alaska-first-pac	political action committee	alaska	none	0	0	1	0	0	a television ad


































10681.json	half-true	a school uniform policy helps with school safety, helps with truancy.	education	janet-adkins	state representative	florida	republican	1	0	1	1	0	a discussion about school uniforms


































5048.json	half-true	says constitutional amendment would help to stop unfair, double taxation on real estate.	taxes	yes-on-79		oregon	none	0	0	1	0	1	an ad and on their website


































764.json	false	john mccain accused barack obama of letting infants die.	abortion	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a tv ad


































7026.json	false	sherrod brown voted six times to raise his own pay.	congress,job-accomplishments,message-machine-2012,voting-record	josh-mandel	ohio treasurer	ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a campaign commercial


































2423.json	barely-true	the size of our federal government has more than doubled since the year 2000.	federal-budget	scott-bruun	state representative	oregon	republican	2	1	0	0	0	a statement on his website


































5042.json	false	the latest unemployment numbers have shown that nearly 315,000 americans have simply given up hope when it comes to finding a job.	economy,jobs	paul-broun	congressman	georgia	republican	4	8	3	2	1	a press release


































5624.json	true	the changes to georgias tax and fee structure is an overall tax cut.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	brian-robinson		georgia	republican	1	1	0	2	0	an interview


































823.json	pants-fire	says obama wants to redesign the american flag to better offer our enemies hope and love.	patriotism	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a widely circulated e-mail


































9458.json	false	gun homicide is down 49 percent in the past 12 years.	guns	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a meme on social media


































9569.json	half-true	says he voted for disaster relief and full funding of fema.	candidates-biography,congress,federal-budget,homeland-security,voting-record,weather	tom-cotton	u.s. house of representatives	arkansas	republican	3	4	2	3	1	a television ad


































8411.json	mostly-true	thirteen hundred applicants in rhode island signed up for insurance through obamacare.	health-care,public-health,states	sheldon-whitehouse	u.s. senator	rhode island	democrat	2	3	2	7	0	an appearance on cnn's crossfire.


































4229.json	false	theres no money in social security.	economy,federal-budget,social-security,taxes	barry-hinckley		rhode island	republican	0	4	1	2	2	an appearance on channel 6


































5005.json	false	says it cost massachusetts taxpayers $100,000 when mitt romney and his staff purchased computer hard drives.	message-machine-2012,new-hampshire-2012	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a democratic natonal committee advertisement


































7761.json	false	on support for gay marriage	marriage	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a facebook post


































4804.json	true	a republican-led softening of firearms training rules means that untrained individuals would be allowed to carry guns with a state permit.	guns,market-regulation	donna-seidel	state assembly, district 85	wisconsin	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a press release


































6912.json	barely-true	says julie parrish voted to divert $160 million from public schools to private for-profit schools.	education,voting-record	carl-hosticka	metro councilor		democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a guest column


































8286.json	mostly-true	the employer mandate affects only 5 percent of businesses in this country.	health-care,small-business	chris-van-hollen		maryland	democrat	0	0	0	4	0	an interview with fox news


































3717.json	false	the study that states that more than 70 percent of the traffic on the sellwood bridge is to/from clackamas county has been thoroughly debunked by the oregonian.	transportation	john-lee	chair of clackamas county republicans	oregon	republican	0	1	1	0	0	may 17 election voters pamphlet


































4188.json	half-true	recently we have seen our government debt grow by $3.4 trillion during the first 29 months of the obama administration -- the equivalent of about $4 billion per day.	deficit	leonard-lance			republican	0	0	1	2	0	a column


































152.json	mostly-true	clinton has raised the most money from washington lobbyists ... from the health industry, drug companies, health insurance companies (and) the defense industry.	ethics	john-edwards	former senator	north carolina	democrat	0	2	4	4	1	a democratic debate in philadelphia, pa.


































2768.json	false	if all of the [bush-era] tax cuts expire on schedule, the budget will be close to being balanced in four years.	deficit,federal-budget,taxes	bobby-scott	u.s. congressman	virginia	democrat	1	2	1	5	0	a statement in the times-dispatch voters' guide


































9267.json	half-true	says scott browns carrying some big oil baggage because he collected over $400,000 in campaign contributions.	campaign-finance,energy	senate-majority-pac	political action committee	washington, d.c. 	democrat	3	4	4	1	0	a tv ad


































11722.json	mostly-true	more than 60 percent of people in america support planned parenthood and only 11 percent approve of congress.	abortion,congress	cecile-richards	president, planned parenthood federation of america	new york	democrat	0	0	2	2	0	an interview by actress lena dunham


































1295.json	barely-true	there is majority support for the democrats' health care plans.	health-care	valerie-jarrett	senior adviser to president barack obama	illinois	democrat	1	1	0	0	0	an interview on abc's 'this week with george stephanopoulos'


































10063.json	false	we know from the social science that children do best with a mom and a dad.	civil-rights,diversity,families,gays-and-lesbians,marriage	tony-perkins			republican	0	1	1	0	0	comments on fox news sunday


































3550.json	true	from 05 to 09, weve had 1,100 soldiers commit suicide, one every 36 hours.	military	tim-ryan	u.s. representative 	ohio	democrat	0	0	0	5	1	a house committee hearing


































2488.json	half-true	says $30 million gap in stadium funding forced the portland beavers to leave.	baseball	sam-adams	mayor of portland	oregon	democrat	3	2	5	2	0	john canzano's radio show


































194.json	half-true	murder went up when romney was governor. robbery went up. violent crimes went up.	crime	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a newspaper interview.


































9463.json	mostly-true	all 28 members of nato have pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. but only three countries do -- britain, greece and us.	economy,foreign-policy,iraq,military	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a speech


































11735.json	barely-true	under scott walker, wisconsin moved from 16th to third in percentage of people with student loan debt.	education	scot-ross			activist	1	0	0	0	0	a television interview


































8752.json	mostly-true	nine out of the 10 poorest states are red states.	corrections-and-updates,economy,elections,income,poverty,wealth	occupy-democrats			organization	0	4	3	1	4	a facebook post


































3947.json	half-true	the public employee retirement system is making more millionaires than the oregon state lottery.	public-service,retirement,state-finances,workers	ted-ferrioli	state senator	oregon	republican	0	0	1	0	0	an opinion column


































7776.json	half-true	says we have put more boots on the u.s.-mexico border than at any time in our history, and illegal crossings are down by nearly 80 percent from their peak in 2000.	immigration	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	his weekly radio address.


































10238.json	mostly-true	in wisconsin, unions can essentially give unlimited contributions to political parties, but business cant give any.	campaign-finance,corporations,elections,small-business,unions	robin-vos	wisconsin assembly speaker	wisconsin	republican	0	3	2	5	1	an interview


































9906.json	false	i sponsored the new buy american law	elections,job-accomplishments	shemia-fagan	business attorney	oregon	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	an oregon voters' pamphlet statement


































12240.json	barely-true	says bernie sanders has been largely a very reliable supporter of the nra.	candidates-biography,guns	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the democratic debate in new york


































6256.json	false	funding the federal health care law without a tax hike will require the state to cut nearly a quarter of its annual budget.	health-care,medicaid,state-budget	brian-robinson		georgia	republican	1	1	0	2	0	an article


































12862.json	pants-fire	hillary clinton says she wants to, raise taxes on the middle class.	taxes	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a campaign video 


































1004.json	pants-fire	when one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft.	health-care,transportation	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	an interview on the today show


































3099.json	mostly-true	a test last month at the max station at 162nd avenue and east burnside saw crime down 41 percent compared with december 2009	crime,transportation	jefferson-smith	state representative	oregon	democrat	1	1	0	4	0	an article in the oregonian


































7857.json	barely-true	republicans actually doctored emails between administration officials about benghazi. then, they released them to the press, trying to pass them off as real.	foreign-policy,terrorism	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	an email to supporters


































4094.json	false	says new gop wisconsin assembly members voted to take funding away from their public schools in their districts to give it to private milwaukee voucher schools.	education,state-budget	peter-barca	state representative	wisconsin	democrat	0	2	2	3	1	a newspaper column and other statements


































1733.json	mostly-true	gov. lawton chiles said if i were to become ... become speaker of the house it would be (his) worst nightmare.	candidates-biography	daniel-webster	u.s. representative, florida district 8	florida	republican	0	0	0	1	0	announcing his campaign for the u.s. house.


































4748.json	pants-fire	if [atlanta mayor kasim reed] wants to be like bull connor, then so be it.	occupy-wall-street	vincent-fort	state senator	georgia	democrat	1	0	2	1	1	a newspaper column


































1466.json	half-true	the governors not taking his own fiscal advice. ... in the first fiscal quarter of this year, weve seen a 13.5 percent increase in spending, double-digit spending out of the executive branch in the state of texas.	economy,government-efficiency,state-budget	debra-medina	businesswoman	texas	republican	0	1	3	1	0	a republican gubernatorial debate


































3035.json	true	following the 2009 session, texas house speaker joe straus was acknowledged and thanked for his tireless efforts by planned parenthood, the nations premier abortion provider.	abortion	heidi-group	nonprofit group	texas	none	0	0	0	0	0	a letter.


































9381.json	false	says gov. scott walker has made wisconsin 2nd in the nation in losing jobs.	jobs	brett-hulsey			democrat	1	3	0	0	0	a news release


































9486.json	half-true	gov. rick scott signed into law a bill that gives floridas public officials an easy way to avoid disclosing their personal finances.	elections,transparency	bill-nelson		florida	democrat	3	1	8	10	0	his campaign website


































2343.json	true	ohio today has the fewest number of state employees since the reagan administration.	government-efficiency,job-accomplishments,state-budget	yvette-mcgee-brown	ohio supreme court justice	ohio	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a speech at a candidates forum


































4506.json	false	this is the worst jobs recovery since the great depression.	economy	herman-cain		georgia	republican	4	11	5	3	3	an op-ed 


































3753.json	barely-true	if the sellwood bridge is not replaced, it will have to be shut down within eight years.	transportation	charlotte-lehan	chair of the clackamas county board of commissioners	oregon	none	1	0	1	0	0	an opinion column


































2951.json	half-true	says jim renacci ran against the washington establishment in the election, but is now hypocritically embracing it with big money, special interest fundraisers.	campaign-finance,elections	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	a news release


































1210.json	false	on whether the governor of massachusetts should be able to appoint an interim u.s. senator	elections	massachusetts-legislature	making laws	massachusetts	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	votes in 2004 and 2009


































6199.json	barely-true	in 1950, corporations paid $3 in taxes for every $1 by a worker. today, they pay 22 cents for every $1 by a worker.	corporations,income,occupy-wall-street,taxes	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	on the internet


































8532.json	barely-true	in the last four years, our economy has grown on average 0.9 percent a year.	economy	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview on nbc's the tonight show with jay leno


































7019.json	mostly-true	rhode island has taken its federal medicaid funding and shown it can run the program more cost-effectively than the federal government.	federal-budget,government-efficiency,government-regulation,health-care,medicaid,poverty	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a debate


































2409.json	barely-true	harry reid has voted to give illegals social security benefits even for the time they were here illegally.	immigration,message-machine,social-security	sharron-angle	republican nominee for nevada u.s. senate seat	nevada	republican	3	1	1	0	0	a campaign commercial


































4051.json	pants-fire	says that president obama said, nobody made these guys go to war. ... now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice?	military,veterans	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































4621.json	mostly-true	just a little over 60 percent of your electric bill, my electric bill, 60 percent of that is pass-throughs, whether they be for building of nuclear plants or whatever they may be. a planned nuclear plant repair will only increase that percentage.	energy,nuclear	mike-fasano	state senator 	florida 	republican	0	0	0	2	0	a news article


































13298.json	half-true	what the district of columbia was trying to do(with its handgun ban) was to protect toddlers from guns.	criminal-justice,government-regulation,guns,history,supreme-court	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the third 2016 presidential debate


































2156.json	false	theres nothing in the voting instructions that weve been getting in the last several elections that lets you know about the limitations of the master lever.	elections	catherine-taylor	business owner	rhode island	republican	0	1	0	0	0	an appearance on the helen glover show


































7493.json	false	on raising taxes.	taxes,transportation	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	


































5944.json	false	an obamacare slush fund paid to spay and neuter dogs and cats, then counted it as an anti-obesity campaign.	animals,corrections-and-updates,health-care,stimulus	allen-west	u.s. representative, florida district 22	florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	a newsletter


































13414.json	half-true	thousands of americans have been killed by illegal immigrants.	immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a campaign rally in springfield, ohio


































11597.json	barely-true	there is currently no ability to vet these people, referring to syrian refugees.	foreign-policy,homeland-security,immigration,terrorism	ben-carson			republican	7	12	3	2	4	an official statement posted on facebook.


































2492.json	pants-fire	a bill to save teacher jobs is completely paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes.	poverty,voting-record	zack-space	former u.s. representative from ohio's 18th district	ohio	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a letter


































7063.json	false	says during george w. bushs administration we were losing millions of jobs per month, while under barack obama we have three years of gaining hundreds of thousands of jobs per month.	economy,history,jobs	michael-moore	documentary filmmaker		none	2	5	1	6	0	a tweet


































3476.json	pants-fire	a u.s. government accountability office report says planned parenthood federation of america cannot find some $1.3 billion given to it by the federal government from 2002 through 2008.	abortion,federal-budget	worldnetdaily			none	0	1	0	0	1	a news report


































10080.json	barely-true	under the administration of gov. scott walker, northern wisconsins mining economy is moving forward and more people are getting good, high-paying jobs.	jobs	americans-prosperity			none	6	7	2	1	2	a direct mail flier


































9795.json	pants-fire	obamacare prevents (florida) from regulating insurance.	florida,health-care,market-regulation	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a facebook q&a with charlie crist


































5295.json	half-true	we got [the quonset business park] for free and were getting zero dollars out of it into the state coffers other than the fact that it produces the jobs.	economy,gambling,jobs,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	joseph-trillo	minority whip, rhode island house of representatives	rhode island	republican	0	0	1	0	1	a debate


































9931.json	pants-fire	super bowl sunday has the highest rate of domestic violence.	crime,sports	mika-brzezinski	host, morning joe		none	0	0	0	0	1	a segment on msnbc's morning joe


































475.json	mostly-true	more people without health care since george bush took office; more children in poverty since george bush took office.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign speech in williamsport, pa.


































11258.json	true	georgia has the 9th highest rate of adults, ages 18 to 64, without a high school diploma or ged.	education,states	melissa-johnson			none	0	0	0	0	0	a report


































48.json	mostly-true	we've lost over 5,000 americans over there in afghanistan, in iraq, and plus the civilians killed.	iraq	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a debate in durham, n.h.


































1090.json	false	on mandating health care coverage.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a television interview


































6736.json	half-true	since president obama took office, over 88,000 ohio workers have lost their jobs.	debt,deficit,economy,federal-budget,stimulus	americans-tax-reform			none	4	0	1	1	1	an election flier 


































12960.json	false	says ron johnson voted five times for tax breaks that help companies ship wisconsin jobs overseas.	jobs,taxes	russ-feingold		wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	a tv ad


































3026.json	false	says he led the effort to build a new (university of wisconsin-milwaukee) engineering campus in wauwatosa.	job-accomplishments	jim-sullivan	former state senator, 5th district	wisconsin	democrat	1	2	2	0	0	a campaign mailer


































11406.json	mostly-true	there have been seven investigations (of benghazi) led mostly by republicans in the congress that concluded nobody did anything wrong, but there were changes we could make.	congress,terrorism	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	on nbc's today show


































4587.json	half-true	i created a flat tax in the state of utah. it took that state to the number-one position in terms of job creation.	economy,new-hampshire-2012,states,taxes	jon-huntsman		utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	a republican presidential debate in hanover, n.h.


































4799.json	half-true	on using embryonic stem cells for medical research.	health-care	tommy-thompson		wisconsin	republican	6	8	2	5	3	remarks at a vatican conference


































1476.json	mostly-true	one-third of the economic stimulus package was tax cuts.	economy,pundits,stimulus,taxes	jon-stewart			none	0	2	1	1	1	an interview with bill o'reilly


































2393.json	true	taxpayers pay $18,000 a month for house speaker nancy pelosis district office in downtown san francisco.	economy,federal-budget,message-machine,taxes	john-dennis		california	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a campaign commercial


































5680.json	barely-true	sherrod brown opposed blocking a new epa emissions rule, despite acknowledging that the epas cap-and-trade regulations are burdensome and could harm economic growth in ohio.	economy,environment,government-regulation,jobs	josh-mandel	ohio treasurer	ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a news release


































4789.json	barely-true	(president barack obama gave) half a billion in taxpayer money to help his friends at solyndra, a business the white house knew was on the path to bankruptcy.	campaign-finance,corporations,energy,ethics,jobs,stimulus	americans-prosperity			none	6	7	2	1	2	a tv ad


































231.json	false	if we went back to the obesity rates that existed in 1980, that would save the medicare system a trillion dollars.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	johnston, iowa


































12171.json	pants-fire	im the only candidate in the democratic primary, or actually on either side, who wall street financiers and hedge fund managers are actually running ads against.	elections,financial-regulation,campaign-advertising	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	comments on meet the press


































5951.json	half-true	jimmy langevin is having a fundraiser . . . to retire the debt from his campaign for secretary of state, which was 12 years ago.	campaign-finance,legal-issues,campaign-advertising	john-matson		rhode island	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on state of the state


































1644.json	false	the average student will be spending $1,700 to $1,800 more during the life of their loan because of this surcharge.	economy,education,health-care	lindsey-graham	u.s. senator	south carolina	republican	2	2	4	2	0	an appearance on the fox news show on the record with greta van susteren


































4359.json	barely-true	in afghanistan, it is very, very rare that someone who is killed in action is not killed by an improvised explosive device, or ied.	military,veterans	bob-casey	u.s. senator	pennsylvania	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a conference call with reporters


































7227.json	false	says a federal plan to expand medicaid would cost florida taxpayers $26 billion over 10 years.	health-care	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a press conference


































5860.json	mostly-true	says i dont agree with mr. hales that we should give a sweeping break to the developers to allow them to build that infill housing without paying for those very basics.	city-government,government-regulation,housing,infrastructure,message-machine-2012	jefferson-smith	state representative	oregon	democrat	1	1	0	4	0	a debate 


































11259.json	barely-true	the obama administration is proposing to mine another 10 billion tons of wyoming coal, which would unleash three times more carbon pollution than obamas clean power plan would even save through 2030.	climate-change,environment	credo-action			organization	1	0	0	0	0	a youtube video


































3337.json	pants-fire	says wendys founder dave thomas left the state literally on his deathbed to avoid the estate tax.	taxes	jay-hottinger	state representative	ohio	republican	0	1	0	0	1	a radio interview


































392.json	half-true	i helped to bring peace to northern ireland.	foreign-policy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an interview on cnn's american morning.


































11960.json	true	african-americans are more likely to be arrested by police and sentenced to longer prison terms for doing the same thing that whites do.	crime	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a tv ad


































7191.json	half-true	over $1 trillion was spent on anti-poverty programs in 2011, enough to give every single poor american a check for $22,000.	federal-budget	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a speech


































11677.json	mostly-true	i have always opposed drivers licenses for illegal aliens.	immigration,transportation,voting-record	david-simpson	texas house representative	texas	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a campaign press release


































11040.json	half-true	theres now been three independent investigations (into the bridge scandal) all of which have said that christie did not have prior knowledge of or involvement in the lane closures.	candidates-biography	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	an interview on msnbc's morning joe


































2583.json	half-true	says david wu has presided over 137 months in which oregons unemployment rate has been above the national average.	economy,job-accomplishments	rob-cornilles	consultant	oregon	republican	1	1	3	1	1	the oregonian's voter guide


































13406.json	true	wisconsin is one of several states where you can change your early ballot if you think youve made a mistake.	city-government,elections,states	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech


































2619.json	false	says kurt schrader cast the deciding vote that failed to extend tax cuts for oregons middle-class families and small businesses.	taxes	scott-bruun	state representative	oregon	republican	2	1	0	0	0	an e-mail


































6990.json	mostly-true	pakistan has 100 nuclear warheads and theyre rushing to build a lot more. theyll have more than great britain sometime in the relatively near future.	foreign-policy,nuclear	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	the third presidential debate in boca raton, fla.


































12357.json	barely-true	under a new federal regulation, it will cost pinellas county $31 million to fix a single ditch.	environment,government-regulation	david-jolly		florida	republican	4	0	1	1	0	an orlando debate


































5418.json	false	says gov. scott walker is openly backing a move to abolish the state retirement system and convert it to a 401(k)-style plan that will reduce pensions by at least a third for current and retired public employees	pensions,state-budget	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email


































3184.json	half-true	many of the 9/11 conspirators came from the muslim brotherhood, including osama bin laden, ayman zawahiri and khalid sheikh mohammed.	foreign-policy,history,pundits,religion,terrorism	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	his radio program


































8066.json	half-true	gangs have increased by 40 percent since this president was elected.	crime,pundits	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a roundtable discussion on cnn's state of the union


































6104.json	barely-true	the latest evidence of republican success is that since the beginning of the current legislative term, state unemployment has gone down almost 20% to 5% adjusted.	jobs	william-obrien	speaker of the house of representatives	new hampshire	republican	1	2	1	0	0	a letter to the telegraph


































13144.json	barely-true	republican mark kirk is outsourcing his campaign to a super pac funded almost exclusively by a bunch of hedge fund billionaires. ...i dont have a super pac.	campaign-finance	tammy-duckworth	u.s. representative 	illinois	democrat	1	1	0	1	0	an email fundraising letter


































7643.json	barely-true	wisconsin education agency urged white students to wear white wristbands as a reminder about your (white) privilege.	children,diversity,education	george-will	columnist	maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	a column


































11268.json	false	under the nuclear nonproliferation treaty enrichment has been limited to basically the weapons states.	foreign-policy,nuclear	dick-cheney			republican	5	4	2	2	1	an interview on msnbc's morning joe


































9369.json	barely-true	surface temperatures on earth have stabilized.	climate-change,corrections-and-updates,environment	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview with fox news' bill o'reilly


































9780.json	false	sen. jeff merkley voted six times for more debt.	congress,debt,economy	freedom-partners	advocacy group	virginia	none	0	1	0	0	1	a television ad


































11530.json	mostly-true	how many concerts would taylor swift have to perform to pay off one day of interest on our national debt? she would have to perform every day for three years.	debt	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a facebook post


































9354.json	false	congress has cut funding, has slashed funding, for veterans benefits over these last years.	federal-budget,health-care,veterans	katrina-vanden-heuvel			none	0	2	1	0	0	a discussion on cbs' face the nation


































6585.json	half-true	says the united states has the worlds greatest health care system.	health-care	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	the keynote address at the republican national convention


































9533.json	mostly-true	u.s. senate candidate jack kingston requested more earmarks than any other ga congressman and all ga gop members combined.	federal-budget	david-perdue	u.s. senate candidate	georgia	republican	5	1	4	5	1	in a twitter post


































5267.json	false	siemens has been unable to fill approximately 200 skilled trade positions in metro atlanta.	economy,education,jobs	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	his state of the state address


































8730.json	false	fifty-three percent of graduates from liberal arts colleges these days cant find jobs.	education	johnny-isakson	u.s. senator	georgia	republican	2	3	3	2	0	a speech


































7951.json	true	says delaware county has more waterfront property than any other county in the state of ohio	environment,water	kris-jordan	state senator	ohio	republican	0	0	1	1	0	a speech on the senate floor 


































10231.json	barely-true	says he has never received any contributions from the koch brothers.	campaign-finance	john-thrasher	republican party of florida chairman	florida	republican	2	1	0	0	1	forum with florida state students


































774.json	barely-true	john mccain's health care plan leaves you on your own to pay mccains health insurance tax.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	in a television ad


































10207.json	true	georgia has led the nation in student fatalities caused by motorists illegally passing stopped school buses.	education,public-safety	sloan-roach	spokeswoman for gwinnett county schools		none	0	0	0	0	0	a television interview


































9062.json	pants-fire	says president abrahamlincoln tried to arm the slaves.	history	andrew-napolitano	judge		republican	3	0	2	0	3	a broadcast of the daily show


































5088.json	half-true	i delivered a flat tax for my state. i took my state to no. 1 in job creation. with all due respect to what rick perry has said about texas, we did a little bit better.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs,new-hampshire-2012,state-finances,states,taxes	jon-huntsman		utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	a republican presidential debate in manchester, n.h.


































3875.json	barely-true	part of his ride was to warn the british that were already there that, hey, youre not going to succeed.	history,pundits	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	an interview on fox


































109.json	half-true	i cut taxes 23 times when i was mayor of new york city.	taxes	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a debate in dearborn, mich.


































9663.json	false	governing magazine has estimated that in the states that dont expand medicaid, a minimum, they said of 40 percent of rural hospitals will close in those states...	health-care	richard-saslaw	state senate minority leader	virginia	democrat	2	3	0	0	1	a tv interview.


































8346.json	pants-fire	in a sweetheart deal members of congress, thanks to the obama administration, are going to be the only people in america to get subsidies in the obamacare exchanges.	health-care	jeb-hensarling	u.s. congressman	texas	republican	0	2	1	0	1	a house floor speech


































1785.json	barely-true	sen. robert bennett, r-utah, cast votes for tarp, the stimulus, and an individual mandate for health care.	economy,financial-regulation,health-care,pundits	george-will	columnist	maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	a roundtable discussion on abc's this week


































7783.json	mostly-true	under republican governor chris christie, tolls cost more. train and bus rides cost more. college tuition goes up. but christie protected a tax cut for millionaires.	education,state-finances,taxes,transportation	one-new-jersey			democrat	0	0	1	2	0	a radio ad


































8311.json	half-true	some 20,000 delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions as a result of political favoritism and backroom deals.	corporations,economy,financial-regulation,pensions,unions	michael-turner	representative from ohio's 3rd congressional district	ohio	republican	1	0	2	0	0	a news release


































4160.json	true	florida democrats put my social security number and my wifes employment identification number in a mail piece.	campaign-advertising	allen-west	u.s. representative, florida district 22	florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	a fox news interview


































3495.json	mostly-true	says new epa water regulations would force the state to make drainage canals every bit as clean as pristine florida river systems.	environment,water	free-market-florida		florida	none	0	0	0	1	0	a web video.


































1952.json	half-true	sharron angle supported a scientology plan to give massages to prisoners.	crime,message-machine,religion	harry-reid	senate democratic leader	nevada	democrat	4	5	3	7	3	a political ad


































11850.json	barely-true	during eight years under ronald reagan, african-american median income rose by about $5,000.	corrections-and-updates,economy	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a town hall in henniker, n.h.


































8811.json	half-true	the largest enterprise in the world is the federal government of the united states of america	china,corporations,federal-budget,public-service,workers	mark-warner	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	3	1	6	3	0	an interview.


































2838.json	true	says oregon ranks 30th in the nation with regard to its incarceration rate.	crime,criminal-justice	crime-victims-united-oregon	political action committee	oregon	none	0	0	0	0	0	a website


































6661.json	half-true	after 30 years of inaction, we raised fuel standards so that by the middle of the next decade, cars and trucks will go twice as far on a gallon of gas.	energy,environment	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at the democratic national convention in charlotte, n.c.


































10629.json	false	says jeb bush has released 10 percent of his emails.	transparency	james-carville	political consultant	louisiana	democrat	2	1	0	1	0	a broadcast of this week with george stephanopoulos


































2685.json	half-true	more private-sector jobs were created in the first eight months of 2010 than in the eight years of the bush administration.	economy,history,job-accomplishments	nancy-pelosi	house minority leader	california	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	an interview on msnbc's countdown with keith olbermann


































4041.json	true	creeping defense commitments in (the middle east) and globally now consume over half the u.s. discretionary budget annually.	federal-budget,military	marcy-kaptur	representative from ohio's ninth congressional district	ohio	democrat	0	2	4	4	0	a speech in the house of representatives


































2118.json	pants-fire	karen handel would have felt like it was ok to go in and abort sarah palins son trig, who has down syndrome.	abortion	melanie-crozier			none	0	0	0	0	1	a politico article


































5357.json	pants-fire	the u.s. census believes that by 2030 the majority of americans will use spanish as their first language.	census,immigration,pop-culture	glee			none	0	0	0	0	1	an episode on tv


































2413.json	mostly-true	as the ceo of hp, carly fiorina laid off 30,000 workers.	candidates-biography,corporations,job-accomplishments,message-machine,workers	barbara-boxer	u.s. senator	california	democrat	2	0	3	4	1	a political ad


































3578.json	false	politicians and their corporate lobbyists are trying to take away my right to spend my paycheck how i want.	unions	florida-education-association		florida	none	0	2	0	0	0	a campaign-style ad.


































5328.json	true	91 percent of latinos support the dream act, which allows undocumented youth to attend college, but marco rubio opposes it.	education,immigration,message-machine-2012	presente			none	0	1	0	0	0	a television ad


































411.json	pants-fire	i remember landing under sniper fire.	foreign-policy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	washington, d.c.


































4837.json	false	says mahmoud ahmadinejad said that if he has a nuclear weapon he will use it to wipe israel off the face of the earth. he will use it against the united states of america.	foreign-policy,israel,nuclear	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a foreign policy debate in washington, d.c.


































1827.json	false	bill mccollum on the arizona immigration law.	immigration	bill-mccollum		florida	republican	2	1	2	0	1	interviews with florida media.


































983.json	false	there are no similar clips of newt gingrich talking about how ineffective president bush was in trying to control north korea.	foreign-policy,pundits	lawrence-odonnell			none	2	2	0	3	0	an appearance on msnbc.


































3812.json	barely-true	says rick perry is the guy that tracked down democratic legislators who fled texas in 2003.	bipartisanship,candidates-biography,elections,pundits,redistricting	rush-limbaugh	radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	his radio program.


































7984.json	false	rhode islands graduated driving license has saved hundreds of lives.	children,crime,public-safety,market-regulation	joseph-mcnamara	house member	rhode island	democrat	0	2	1	0	0	a speech on the floor of the rhode island house of representatives


































7518.json	barely-true	eighty-five percent of floridians who will benefit from expanding medicaid are single, childless adults.	health-care,medicaid	will-weatherford	state representative	florida	republican	2	3	4	3	0	an interview


































9535.json	false	the wisconsin unemployment rate was higher than the u.s. rate during only three months when mary burke was state commerce secretary.	candidates-biography,economy,jobs,states	joe-zepecki			democrat	0	1	0	0	0	an interview


































3042.json	true	georgia lawmakers fuel up for the session by feasting on wild hogs.	agriculture	new-georgia-encyclopedia		georgia	none	0	0	0	0	0	new georgia encyclopedia entry on hogs in georgia history


































7218.json	pants-fire	switzerland (where the government) issues every household a gun . . . has the lowest gun related crime rate of any civilized country in the world!!!	crime,government-regulation,guns,military,market-regulation	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a facebook posting


































2694.json	true	says will rasmussen falsely claimed he had lived in the west linn district for about a year.	candidates-biography,ethics	promote-oregon-leadership-pac-oregon-house-republi	political action committee	oregon	republican	1	1	1	0	0	a campaign mailer


































8299.json	mostly-true	ninety-five percent of all the wages in texas are above minimum wage.	economy,workers	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an interview on cnn's crossfire


































11059.json	false	we dont have a (military) reserve force if something happens.	immigration,military	joe-theismann		virginia	none	0	1	0	0	0	a discussion on outnumbered


































4118.json	half-true	georgias illegal-immigration legislation simply follows existing federal law.	immigration	jack-murphy	state senator	georgia	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a press release


































11223.json	barely-true	saystheres 400,000 anchor babies born in the united states a year, which areindividuals coming to our country and having their children so their children can be u.s. citizens.	immigration	corey-lewandowski	campaign manager for donald trump		republican	1	2	0	0	0	an interview on cnn's state of the union


































3383.json	false	wisconsin gov. scott walkers budget okays disposing of unclaimed pound dogs to university research facilities.	state-budget	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	various blog postings critical of wisconsin gov. scott walker


































5823.json	barely-true	before the hope scholarship, 70 percent of the high school students who made 1400 or above on their sat left the state of georgia. now, 70 percent of those stay in the state of georgia.	education	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a speech before the atlanta press club


































1390.json	true	no democratic campaign for (fla.) governor has ever had these kinds of resources this early on in an election cycle.	florida	alex-sink		florida	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	response to questions about fundraising totals


































12470.json	barely-true	says hillary clinton has spoken such lies about my foreign policy. they said i want japan to get nuclear weapons. give me a break.	foreign-policy,nuclear	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in sacramento, calif.


































7117.json	false	the error rates for the fulton county elections department are well below the average.	elections	emma-darnell	fulton county commissioner	georgia	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a meeting


































3480.json	mostly-true	oregon concealed gun applications include home phone numbers, home address, social security numbers, what kinds of guns you have in the house whether you were dishonorably discharged from the military, what controlled substances you are taking and were you ever accused of -- accused, mind you -- of stalking.	guns,privacy	kim-thatcher	state representative	oregon	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a house floor session


































1935.json	mostly-true	when i become the nominee, the democratic nominee, i will be the only pro-choice candidate on the ballot.	abortion	kendrick-meek		florida	democrat	2	6	1	4	1	in a democratic u.s. senate debate


































11628.json	mostly-true	while the smoking rate nationally has fallen, more than 18 percent of georgians still light up.	public-health	atlanta-mayor-kasim-reeds-office	spokesperson 	georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	press release


































11405.json	mostly-true	while 38 percent of (firearms) dealers that were inspected in 2011 were noncompliant with federal law, only 0.05 percent of inspected dealers had their licenses revoked.	guns,market-regulation	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	her gun policy platform.


































666.json	half-true	john mccain's tax plan will give no reduction for 100-million american families.	taxes	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	denver


































2937.json	true	i think [a little] less than half of the people in our prisons are in there for less than a year. ... we have people who are check kiters and dont pay child support and we are locking them up in the state pen.	criminal-justice,state-budget	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a gathering with reporters


































2134.json	barely-true	rob portmans plan to tax, slash and privatize social security would devastate ohioans.	bush-administration,economy,trade	lee-fisher	former lieutenant governor	ohio	democrat	2	1	1	2	0	a campaign statement


































138.json	mostly-true	the founders advised non-interventionism.	foreign-policy	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	orlando


































5324.json	false	the state constitution clearly says theres not to be a state income tax in tennessee.	legal-issues,taxes	gerald-mccormick	house majority leader	tennessee	republican	0	1	0	0	0	house floor debate over amending the state constitution to prohibit an income tax.


































1484.json	barely-true	the bush administration prosecuted 190 suspected terrorists in federal courts.	homeland-security,legal-issues,military,terrorism	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview on cbs


































8843.json	true	quarterbacks won the (super bowl) mvp more than 50 percent of the time.	sports	marshall-faulk	nfl network analyst		none	0	0	0	0	0	comments on the nfl network


































3950.json	false	this is the slowest job recovery since hoover.	economy,history,jobs	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an appearance at a tampa coffee shop


































4720.json	true	says mitt romney flip-flopped on abortion.	abortion,message-machine-2012	jon-huntsman		utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	a web advertisement


































3160.json	false	in the past, president obama has refused to meet with representatives from cuban exile organizations.	foreign-policy	david-rivera	u.s. representative, florida district 25	florida	republican	0	2	0	0	0	a statement


































4642.json	half-true	we buy 35 percent of all chinese exports.	trade	sherrod-brown	u.s. senator	ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	a news conference


































1111.json	half-true	53 percent of americans cut back on their health care in the last year because of costs.	health-care	bill-pascrell	u.s. house of representatives	new jersey	democrat	0	3	4	4	0	a speech on the house floor


































7237.json	true	says his transportation plan would make virginia the first state in the nation to eliminate the state tax on gasoline.	taxes,transportation	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	a news conference. 


































9110.json	barely-true	wisconsin now ranks among the top 10 states for out-migration.	economy,jobs,population	mary-burke	madison school board member	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	11	8	3	a report


































7105.json	mostly-true	weve outdrawn the super bowl for a little while now in the arenas and stadiums that weve followed them in for the super bowl. weve gone in after [the nfl] and surpassed their ticket sales.	pop-culture,sports	paul-levesque	executive vice president, talent relations and live events	connecticut	none	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on nypost.com


































5830.json	false	wisconsin women are paid 81 cents to the dollar of a man doing the same job.	economy,labor,legal-issues,women	kathleen-falk			democrat	1	3	3	1	0	a newspaper interview


































4273.json	half-true	says the states pension and health benefits reform includes the destruction of public sector collective bargaining rights.	health-care,retirement,state-budget	nj-can	political group	new jersey	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a petition


































5975.json	half-true	says paul workman authored legislation providing amnesty for illegal immigrants.	immigration	ryan-downton	attorney, businessman	texas	republican	0	0	1	0	0	an open letter to voters.


































12269.json	false	steve santarsiero wrote pas gun safety law.	guns	steve-santarsiero	state representative	pennsylvania	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign mailer.


































9658.json	false	says common core is a federal mandate.	children,education,federal-budget,states	joe-leibham			republican	0	1	0	0	0	a news release


































3951.json	false	milwaukees police chief can fire officers for basically no cause.	city-government,state-budget	robin-vos	wisconsin assembly speaker	wisconsin	republican	0	3	2	5	1	a statement at a committee meeting


































8166.json	mostly-true	60 percent of texas 8th graders are not proficient in math. only 26% have a teacher with a undergraduate major in math.	education	george-p-bush	vice president, charter holdings real estate investment partnership	texas	republican	1	1	0	1	0	a twitter post


































3177.json	half-true	ten retired nuns were barred from voting in the 2008 indiana democratic primary.	elections	leticia-van-de-putte	pharmacist	texas	democrat	2	2	4	1	1	remarks on the floor of the texas senate


































8679.json	half-true	goodwill industries international pays workers with disabilities wages as low as pennies per hour.	disability,income,jobs,workers	national-federation-blind		maryland	organization	0	0	1	0	0	a news release


































1900.json	mostly-true	john mccain voted against the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003, wrongly claiming they helped only the rich.	candidates-biography,message-machine,taxes	jd-hayworth		arizona	republican	0	1	1	1	2	a campaign commercial


































11874.json	mostly-true	in virginia, people are going and getting marriage licenses who are 12 and 13, and 14 and 15 years old.	children,marriage	jill-vogel	state senator	virginia	republican	0	0	0	1	0	legislative hearing.


































8605.json	mostly-true	republican ideas on health care dont give people an option to even enroll in something that they can afford.	health-care	donna-brazile	political commentator	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	1	4	7	0	a broadcast of cnn's situation room


































10706.json	true	you cant build a christian church in saudi arabia.	islam,religion	sean-hannity	radio/tv host		none	3	5	3	2	1	a broadcast the sean hannity radio show


































1342.json	false	the congressional budget office -- supposedly non-partisan -- estimates that in just a few years the average cost to every family of four (from cap and trade) will be $6,800 per year.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,energy,environment	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a widely circulated e-mail


































4502.json	true	the federal government is spending $46,000 a year per family (or group of four) and could balance its budget by dropping that to $30,000.	federal-budget	mark-neumann	developer and homebuilder	wisconsin	republican	2	4	1	2	1	a television interview


































9411.json	false	the pentagon made up the since-debunked heroics of pow jessica lynch as she tried to avoid capture in iraq.	iraq,military	rachel-maddow	msnbc host		none	6	6	4	6	1	comments on the rachel maddow show


































330.json	half-true	(romney's) record was that he raised taxes by $730-million.	taxes	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a debate in simi valley, calif.


































9442.json	true	the u.s. military footprint in africa is nearly nonexistent.	foreign-policy,military	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	her book, hard choices.


































2468.json	half-true	on campaign donations from texas capitol lobbyists.	campaign-finance	brian-birdwell	retired army veteran	texas	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a capitol-area fundraiser.


































5305.json	true	in just a few decades, social security, medicare and medicaid, other mandatory spending programs, and paying interest due on the debt will eclipse our entire budget.	federal-budget,medicaid,medicare,social-security	kurt-schrader	u.s. representative	oregon	democrat	0	1	3	0	0	congressional website 


































9754.json	mostly-true	there are only about 10 people in the united states senate who have any real business experience.	congress,job-accomplishments	david-perdue	u.s. senate candidate	georgia	republican	5	1	4	5	1	during an appearance in middle georgia


































2376.json	barely-true	senator jeff plale saved my job -- and some 300 others at bucyrus international.	job-accomplishments,message-machine,trade	american-federation-children			none	1	0	0	0	1	campaign literature distributed by an outside group


































12693.json	half-true	95 percent of the worlds customers are beyond our shores.	economy,trade	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a speech in san diego


































6962.json	barely-true	says he is the reason we do not pay a toll every time we pass over the bridge at mopac and william cannon.	transportation	gerald-daugherty	businessman	texas	republican	1	0	1	0	0	a mailed campaign flier


































5990.json	half-true	says he restored prayer and the pledge in our schools.	education,job-accomplishments,religion	jeff-wentworth	state senator	texas	republican	0	0	1	0	2	a tv ad.


































444.json	mostly-true	barack obama is the only candidate who doesn't take a dime from oil company pacs or lobbyists.	energy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	in a television ad


































13086.json	barely-true	sayspatrick murphys pay more energy agenda means you could pay another $500 a year for your utility bills!	energy,environment	americans-prosperity-florida	advocacy group	florida	none	2	0	0	0	1	a campaign mailer


































11426.json	barely-true	paul ryan is one of less than a dozen republican congressmen to have voted for every bailout to come before congress.	corporations,economy,federal-budget,financial-regulation,housing,transportation	erick-erickson			republican	1	2	0	0	0	a blog post


































6854.json	barely-true	says 50 million people would lose their health insurance if obamacare is repealed.	debates,health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a presidential debate


































9879.json	half-true	virginia democrats recently enforced voter id rules that were considerably more stringent than those contained in the state law they denounce.	elections	mark-obenshain	state senator	virginia	republican	1	0	1	2	0	a newsletter.


































12395.json	true	under donald trumps tax plan, the top 0.1 percent of taxpayers -- people earning multiple millions of dollars a year, on average -- would get more tax relief than the bottom 60 percent of taxpayers combined.	income,taxes,wealth	jennifer-shilling	state assembly member, 95th district	wisconsin	democrat	1	1	0	2	0	a teleconference


































9186.json	barely-true	federal money for medicaid expansion is guaranteed for a few years and then goes away.	federal-budget,medicaid	thomas-garrett-jr	state senator	virginia	republican	2	1	0	0	0	an op-ed.


































819.json	half-true	barack obama will raise social security taxes.	social-security	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	campaign direct mail


































3827.json	pants-fire	obesity kills 34 children per hour.	children,health-care,public-health	rob-eissler	texas house representative	texas	republican	0	0	0	0	1	remarks on the house floor


































6434.json	pants-fire	sherrod brown sent billions of our tax dollars to foreign countries.	congress,federal-budget,foreign-policy,message-machine-2012,stimulus	josh-mandel	ohio treasurer	ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a television ad


































6040.json	false	says politifact listed governor scott walker of wisconsin as the governor who told the most lies and our own untruthful governor chris christie made it into politifacts top five of lie - en governors.	candidates-biography	loretta-weinberg	state senator		democrat	1	2	0	1	0	a column on blue jersey


































2391.json	false	on whether president obamas speeches to school children spread socialist ideology.	education	jim-greer		florida	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a statement to the press


































9633.json	false	the number of jobs created and people lifted out of poverty during bill clintons presidency was a hundred times what it was under president ronald reagan.	economy,history,jobs,poverty	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an interview on pbs' the charlie rose show


































2971.json	pants-fire	already, the mayor of green bay is having ribbon-cutting after ribbon-cutting for economic development around the new va center.	job-accomplishments,veterans	steve-kagen	u.s. house member -- 8th district	wisconsin	democrat	0	0	0	0	2	a newspaper article


































2168.json	true	(bill) mccollum also voted for numerous amendments to weaken the legislation, even voting to make trains less accessible to those in wheelchairs.	disability	florida-democratic-party		florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	a press release


































7934.json	mostly-true	people want the minimum wage, they want marriage equality, they want womens health care. theres issues that actually that really do matter, social issues that matter to the people of this state. so i know barbara would support those issues, i know the governor hasnt. youve seen the actions hes taken on them.	gays-and-lesbians,health-care,marriage,state-budget,state-finances,women,workers	stephen-sweeney	state senator		democrat	1	2	3	1	0	an interview on on the record with michael aron program


































4151.json	pants-fire	dubious taxpayer-funded stimulus spending -- part ii.	economy,federal-budget,government-efficiency,state-finances,stimulus	ocean-state-policy-research-institute		rhode island	organization	0	2	0	0	1	a report


































3994.json	pants-fire	phil puckett voted no on sending the epa a message that theyve gone too far not once, but twice.	energy,environment,government-regulation	republican-party-virginia		virginia	republican	2	0	0	0	1	a blog post.


































4091.json	half-true	a recent study revealed that, across the nation, taxes would have to be increased by an average of $1,300 a year just to support the currently unsustainable public employee pension systems. in florida, that dollar figure translates to $813 a year.	retirement,state-budget,state-finances	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	an e-mail to state employees


































614.json	barely-true	obama voted to raise taxes on people making just $42,000.	taxes	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	in a television ad.


































7208.json	mostly-true	aig has fully repaid the federal government plus a profit of more than $22 billion.	corporations,federal-budget,financial-regulation	american-international-group			none	0	0	0	1	0	a tv ad


































3084.json	barely-true	the financial regulatory bill will kill jobs.	economy,financial-regulation,market-regulation	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	a press release


































642.json	true	says mccain once said that on the most important issues of our day, i've been totally in agreement and support of president bush.	bush-administration	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a speech in springfield, ill.


































6963.json	true	says barack obama said when he was running for office four years ago that he would halve the annual deficit by the end of his first term. that simply has not happened.	deficit,federal-budget	leonard-lance			republican	0	0	1	2	0	a debate


































5355.json	true	says if we raise the number of third-graders who read at a third-grade level, we affect everything, from graduation rates to incarceration rates.	education	ben-cannon	education adviser	oregon	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a portland monthly article.


































12166.json	pants-fire	the 2016 federal omnibus spending bill funds illegal immigrants coming in and through your border, right through phoenix.	immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in fountain hills, ariz. 


































6793.json	half-true	says measures 82 and 83 authorize just one more casino.	gambling,message-machine-2012	yes-82-and-83-campaign			organization	0	0	1	0	0	a campaign ad


































5333.json	barely-true	says as of november, we were ranked 45th in the nation in terms of job creation, according to the u.s. bureau of labor statistics.	jobs	barbara-buono	state senator	new jersey	democrat	3	1	4	4	1	a column


































2577.json	barely-true	john kitzhaber is the only pro-choice candidate in the race for governor.	abortion	planned-parenthood-pac	political action committee	oregon	none	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign mailer


































1287.json	half-true	when it comes to aid, the united states is still about half as what european countries give as a percentage.	foreign-policy,pop-culture	bono			none	0	0	1	1	0	an interview with the associated press


































8732.json	mostly-true	you dont see norway losing population, and its taxes are astronomical.	taxes	jonathan-harris	university professor	rhode island	activist	0	0	0	1	0	a newspaper commentary


































13199.json	half-true	says marijuana use among colorado high school students has not increased since legalization.	marijuana	campaign-regulate-marijuana-alcohol		arizona	none	0	0	1	0	0	a political advertisement


































9565.json	half-true	expanding medicaid would create 63k jobs.	health-care,medicaid,poverty	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a tweet


































9116.json	mostly-true	manufacturing wages today in america on a per-hour basis are actually a bit lower than average wages in the economy as a whole.	economy,jobs,poverty	steven-rattner			democrat	0	0	0	2	0	comments on abc's this week


































5034.json	half-true	florida is considered the fourth-largest gambling state in the nation.	gambling	ellyn-bogdanoff	state representative	florida 	republican	1	1	1	0	0	a newspaper article


































3490.json	barely-true	georgia public sector employees do not have a say in the conditions of their employment, do not have bargaining rights or a say in their working conditions.	unions,workers	calvine-rollins	president, georgia association of educators	georgia	none	1	0	0	0	0	an op-ed


































7583.json	half-true	says that secretary of state jon husted and former secretary jennifer brunner both have supported a provision in senate bill 47 that would limit the days organizers have to collect signatures for initiative and referendum petitions.	elections	bill-seitz	state senator	ohio	republican	0	0	1	1	0	testimony before a house committee


































8350.json	pants-fire	ken cuccinelli tried to shut down state government.	bipartisanship,state-budget	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a debate.


































6087.json	half-true	when mitt romney was governor, massachusetts ... (had) more debt per person than any other state in the country.	deficit,history,state-finances,states	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign ad


































6518.json	mostly-true	says that as massachusetts governor, mitt romney condemned coal-fired plants, saying they kill people.	economy,energy,environment	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a news release


































10446.json	mostly-true	college tuition rates in texas jumped by 55% since 2003.	education,state-budget,state-finances	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	an email blast


































13376.json	true	several elected state officials have opened their homes to children in need of loving families.	children	dan-patrick	lieutenant governor-elect	texas	republican	4	4	3	4	4	a press release titled “lt. governor unveils faith-based initiative on foster care children,”


































2843.json	false	rhode island is one of only six states to use e-verify.	immigration	lincoln-chafee		rhode island	democrat	3	5	3	4	0	comments to reporters following a news conference


































11061.json	barely-true	we know from ... the federal data, that they only stop or apprehend one out of four illegal people crossing our border.	immigration	jan-brewer		arizona	republican	3	1	1	0	1	comments on cnn


































566.json	barely-true	john mccain has given erratic and inconsistent answers on when troops should return from iraq.	iraq	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	in an ad on the internet


































5340.json	barely-true	says he signed legislation leading to 12 texas abortion clinics being closed.	abortion,state-budget,state-finances	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a south carolina forum.


































12434.json	pants-fire	it is hillary clintons agenda to release the violent criminals from jail. she wants them all released.	crime,criminal-justice,legal-issues	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech to the national rifle association


































3692.json	true	youve got each day 10,000 new seniors, baby boomers, becoming eligible for the entitlement programs.	medicare,social-security	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a tv appearance.


































6877.json	barely-true	says economists harvey rosen and martin feldstein have said that paying for (mitt) romneys tax cuts would require large tax increases on families making between $100,000 and $200,000.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an email to supporters


































5153.json	half-true	says mitt romney put planned parenthood on a state medical board but failed to put a pro-life group on the same board.	abortion,message-machine-2012	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a video campaign ad


































3535.json	true	three courts have found the new health care law constitutional and two have found it unconstitutional.	health-care,legal-issues	james-roosevelt	ceo, tufts health plan	rhode island	newsmaker	0	0	0	0	0	a segment of wpri's newsmakers program


































4058.json	half-true	housing prices dropped for the 30 months prior to barack obama taking office, and they have stabilized, theyve been about flat since the president came in.	economy,housing	shaun-donovan	secretary of housing and urban development	new york	democrat	0	0	1	1	0	an interview on cnn's state of the union with candy crowley


































7432.json	mostly-true	you cant bring an ipad or a piece of paper and a pencil in the (wisconsin assembly) gallery to take notes of whats going on, but you can bring a gun up there.	guns,states,technology,transparency	peter-barca	state representative	wisconsin	democrat	0	2	2	3	1	an interview


































1703.json	half-true	passage of clinton budget bill in 1993 led to an enormous flowering of the economy in america.	economy,federal-budget,history,taxes,abc-news-week	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	an interview on abc's this week


































12004.json	mostly-true	says he tore down hundreds of abandoned homes that served as havens for crime and reduce(d) the value of our neighborhoods.	criminal-justice,urban	tim-mcginty	cuyahoga county prosecutor	ohio	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	his campaign website


































3796.json	half-true	compact fluorescent light bulbs are toxic and not environmentally friendly.	consumer-safety,energy,market-regulation	ameripac			none	1	0	1	0	1	a fundraising letter


































10197.json	false	the proposed mine in northern wisconsin would be built without any government oversight, and will be nine miles long.	economy,environment,jobs	bob-seger	rock singer, songwriter	michigan	none	0	1	0	0	0	an interview


































4063.json	true	says car insurance rates have decreased since about a decade ago because of market-based solutions that attracted more auto insurers to new jersey.	transportation	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	an on the line interview with steve adubato


































1755.json	true	at the moment, energy companies spend 0.25 percent on rd.	corporations,energy,oil-spill,pundits,science,technology	katrina-vanden-heuvel			none	0	2	1	0	0	a roundtable discussion on abc's 'this week'


































12410.json	half-true	ohio is probably top five in the country, sadly, in terms of heroin overdoses. its now exceeded car accidents as the no. 1 cause of death in ohio.	drugs,health-care	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a radio interview


































4443.json	mostly-true	the u.s. military is in 130 countries. we have 900 bases around the world.	federal-budget,foreign-policy,military	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a republican presidential debate in tampa


































9006.json	mostly-true	the russians didnt wear uniforms when they came in to ukraine.	foreign-policy,military	chris-matthews	host of msnbc's hardball		none	1	2	2	1	0	a segment on hardball


































4514.json	mostly-true	says that illegal immigrants get a $100,000 break on university of texas tuition over four years.	education,state-budget,state-finances	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a republican presidential debate in orlando.


































9385.json	true	rick perry doesnt think there should be a federal minimum wage.	economy,federal-budget,state-budget	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	an email blast


































9918.json	true	since i took office, wisconsin ranks 11th in the nation in total business establishment growth compared to 47th in the years mary burke was commerce secretary.	economy,job-accomplishments,small-business	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a campaign news release


































9925.json	barely-true	it is truethat we know that isis is present in ciudad juarez (mexico)	homeland-security,immigration,iraq,terrorism	trent-franks	u.s. representative	arizona	republican	2	1	0	0	0	a phone conference


































10319.json	half-true	the home-mortgage deduction is widely thought to be a middle-class benefit. its not -- 73 percent of it goes to people making a quarter-million dollars or more a year.	housing,income,taxes	tom-coburn	u.s. senator	oklahoma	republican	2	3	3	2	0	an interview with cnn


































9057.json	barely-true	a real result of his term is georgia having the lowest taxes per capita of any state.	taxes	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	campaign flyer


































11675.json	half-true	most of the black scientists in this country dont come from schools like the university of texas. they come from lesser schools.	education	antonin-scalia	supreme court associate justice		none	0	0	1	0	0	a supreme court hearing


































1995.json	true	democrats say chafee wants to tax equipment that enables amputee veterans to drive	taxes	democratic-governors-association			democrat	1	0	0	0	2	democratic governors association website


































1060.json	mostly-true	even high estimates for an early draft of the health care plan are less than the $1.8 trillion cost of the bush tax cuts.	economy,health-care,pundits,taxes	paul-krugman	new york times columnist		none	0	2	3	4	0	a column


































1517.json	half-true	bill mccollum cost the rest of us billions as a member of congress, including a national debt that skyrocketed to $4.7 trillion.	candidates-biography	florida-democratic-party		florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	an advertisement by the florida democratic party


































8402.json	pants-fire	the white house had a live video feed of the benghazi attacks as they occurred.	crime,criminal-justice,foreign-policy,terrorism	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	an interview with the texas observer


































2400.json	pants-fire	says a pro-stimulus economist admits it is not working	economy,stimulus	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a posting on facebook


































13352.json	true	says donald trump was asked if he would defend our allies. he said well, first hed want to know if they made any payments to us to defend them.	foreign-policy,homeland-security,military	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a rally in florida


































7140.json	true	in 2008, tourism brought in $38 billion dollars and supported more than 300,000 jobs in the state of new jersey.	jobs,tourism	frank-lautenberg	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	2	0	2	1	0	a speech on the floor of the u.s. senate


































2307.json	true	florida is 49th in per capita spending on mental health care.	health-care	bud-chiles		florida	independent	0	0	1	0	0	a campaign website


































12074.json	barely-true	says president barack obama has been presiding over our jobs going overseas for seven years.	economy,foreign-policy,jobs,trade	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview with nbc's meet the press


































8049.json	mostly-true	the oceans have become 30 percent more acidic.	animals,climate-change,economy,energy,environment,history,public-health,science,weather	sheldon-whitehouse	u.s. senator	rhode island	democrat	2	3	2	7	0	a speech on the floor of the u.s. senate


































8195.json	barely-true	the book little red riding hood is something thats been banned in america, but not assault weapons.	education,guns	moms-demand-action-gun-sense-america	advocacy group	indiana	none	1	0	0	1	0	an ad shared on social media


































1457.json	half-true	thomas jefferson created the marines for the islamic pirates that were happening.	military,pundits	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	his fox news program


































3073.json	barely-true	the nations food supply is 99.99 percent safe.	food-safety	jack-kingston	u.s. representative	georgia	republican	3	1	4	3	0	a newspaper article


































2928.json	true	150,000 (oil spill) claims have been filed by floridians, but only 40 percent of them have been paid.	oil-spill	alex-sink		florida	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	a meeting of the florida cabinet


































9211.json	true	in rhode island today, 25 percent of our households either dont have a bank account at all, or they have a bank account and theyre still relying on high-cost financial services like payday loans, pawn shop check cashing and so on.	debt,economy,families,financial-regulation,income,poverty,wealth,workers	seth-magaziner	investment advisor	rhode island	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an appearance on “10 news conference”


































64.json	half-true	our whole food system in this country...most of it is genetically engineered. and (there is) no testing for the health consequences of this food.	consumer-safety	dennis-kucinich	u.s. representative	ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	a forum on cancer organized by lance armstrong.


































3270.json	false	despite what you may have heard about wisconsins finances, wisconsin is on track to have a budget surplus this year.	labor,pundits,state-budget	rachel-maddow	msnbc host		none	6	6	4	6	1	a segment on her television talk show


































3100.json	mostly-true	weve saved over $100 million of (health care) costs in milwaukee county. i did that.	health-care,job-accomplishments	lee-holloway	chairman, milwaukee county boaerd of supervisors	wisconsin	none	1	2	0	1	1	a meeting with journal sentinel reporters and editors


































6008.json	true	says that from 1992 through 2010, every statewide candidate drawing over 43 percent of the vote in a republican texas primary won the resulting runoff.	history	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a memo from campaign pollster mike baselice.


































4163.json	true	says members of the military have sent him more campaign contributions than theyve sent president barack obama and more than twice what theyve sent other republican presidential candidates.	campaign-finance	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	an interview.


































3183.json	pants-fire	congressman robert hurt has a plan to cut education by 40 percent.	education,federal-budget,state-budget	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	a radio ad.


































2038.json	half-true	to say a family has to buy a product from a private company is clearly beyond the delegated powers of the u.s. constitution.	health-care	john-oxendine		georgia	republican	0	0	2	0	0	a televised debate on fox 5


































8502.json	mostly-true	the federal health care law raises taxes and cuts medicare.	health-care,medicare,taxes	scott-brown		new hampshire	republican	2	2	1	3	1	comments on fox news sunday


































1837.json	true	the president has added close to 68,000 troops in the last year, since he came into office, not just the 30,000 you hear, but the others that were added before that.	afghanistan,foreign-policy,military,abc-news-week	colin-powell			republican	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on abc news' this week


































1518.json	half-true	i vetoed more than $3 billion in spending. lawmakers and i cut taxes for 40,000 small businesses. now texas is no. 1 in job creation. the nations five best housing markets are right here in texas. we balanced five state budgets and we cut state spending.	economy,housing,job-accomplishments,state-budget	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a tv advertisement.


































6296.json	false	says president barack obama has not raised taxes.	taxes	bill-pascrell	u.s. house of representatives	new jersey	democrat	0	3	4	4	0	an interview on c-span’s washington journal


































12577.json	true	saysdonald trump called pregnant employees an inconvenience.	economy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a rally in columbus, ohio


































8341.json	barely-true	every month, we get the reports from the bureau of labor statistics that say even more people have given up looking for work.	economy,health-care,jobs	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	senate floor speech on the obamacare law


































249.json	mostly-true	mccain opposes repeal of the death tax.	taxes	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a tv ad


































3327.json	half-true	says signs posted at projects funded by the federal stimulus act has cost 20 or 40 million dollars.	deficit,federal-budget,stimulus	jim-renacci	u.s. representative 	ohio	republican	5	3	4	1	1	a radio interview 


































9620.json	pants-fire	amid the crisis at our southern border, there are reports of illegal migrants carrying deadly diseases such as ebola virus.	ebola,health-care,immigration,public-health	phil-gingrey	u.s. congressman	georgia	republican	2	5	2	1	1	a letter to the centers for disease control and prevention


































3448.json	mostly-true	says for the equivalent cost of a single mile of freeway, we have a bike infrastructure.	transportation	sam-adams	mayor of portland	oregon	democrat	3	2	5	2	0	a video online


































4221.json	half-true	if the debt ceiling is surpassed, our nation will not go into default as some suggest.	economy,federal-budget	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an e-mail


































4840.json	false	while (chris christie) talks about job creation, we dont see jobs being created in this state.	jobs	john-wisniewski	state assemblyman	new jersey	democrat	2	2	0	1	0	an njtoday interview


































2574.json	half-true	taking the fifth amendment in a deposition about the columbia/hca hospital chain he founded means a truthful answer to the questions that (rick scott) was asked would incriminate him.	health-care,legal-issues,message-machine	florida-democratic-party		florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	a tv ad.


































6633.json	true	we have more scientists and engineers per square mile than anywhere in the world.	economy,jobs,science,workers	choose-new-jersey		new jersey	none	0	0	0	0	0	an advertisement in the wall street journal


































1219.json	mostly-true	the defense department received only one-half of 1 percent of the nearly trillion-dollar stimulus package funding.	military,stimulus	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a speech to investors in hong kong


































3292.json	mostly-true	the (wisconsin) governor has proposed tax giveaways to corporations.	corporations,pundits,taxes,abc-news-week	donna-brazile	political commentator	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	1	4	7	0	an interview on this week with christiane amanpour.


































12828.json	barely-true	bike lanes and sidewalks have been proven to reduce crashes by up to 38 percent on austins streets.	city-government,corrections-and-updates,transportation	bike-austin	advocacy group	texas	none	1	0	0	0	0	a press release


































10596.json	false	every illegal immigrant can be eligible for up to $36,000 to $38,000 in earned income tax credits without paying a dime in.	immigration,taxes	john-fredericks	talks show host	virginia	talk-show-host	0	1	0	0	0	a radio show.


































4942.json	barely-true	you look at defense were spending more than the rest of the world combined.	federal-budget,military,new-hampshire-2012	jon-huntsman		utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	a debate at st. anselm college in manchester, n.h.


































11153.json	false	the navy is bringing charges against a navy officer who shot at the chattanooga shooter for illegally discharging a firearm on federal property.	guns,military,terrorism	allen-west	u.s. representative, florida district 22	florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	a blog on his website


































6718.json	half-true	says when mitt romney was governor, massachusetts was 47th in job creation	jobs	jeanne-shaheen	senator	new hampshire	democrat	3	0	4	2	0	an interview on the daily rundown


































7390.json	true	the 12 hottest years on record have come in the last 15 years.	environment	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the state of the union address


































6796.json	barely-true	says daniel webster used taxpayer funds to build a lobbyist lounge.	message-machine-2012,taxes	val-demings		florida	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign commercial


































6125.json	pants-fire	says 97 cents of every dollar played represents over $500 million dollars that is returned to oregonians every year to help support job creation, schools, state parks and watersheds.	lottery,state-budget,state-finances	oregon-lottery			organization	0	0	1	0	1	an advertisement


































12194.json	mostly-true	we got a million jobs.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a confrontation with a customer at a gainesville, fla., starbucks


































3479.json	barely-true	says wisconsin supreme court justice david prosser has prejudged matters that are likely to come before the court.	legal-issues	joanne-kloppenburg	state appeals court judge	wisconsin	none	2	1	0	2	1	a newspaper interview


































10601.json	mostly-true	says hillary clinton sent a memo to all state department staff that said you should not do state department business on personal email.	ethics,transparency	joe-scarborough	host of a morning show on msnbc		none	1	4	3	3	0	a broadcast of msnbc's morning joe


































1428.json	pants-fire	bill white has presided over the construction of what may be the worlds largest abortion clinic.	abortion	republican-party-texas		texas	republican	3	1	1	3	1	an e-mail.


































5165.json	pants-fire	politifact oregon gave rob cornilles a pants on fire for a claim about taxes and fees.	message-machine-2012,taxes,voting-record	suzanne-bonamici	state senator	oregon	democrat	0	3	0	0	1	a press release


































6997.json	mostly-true	as governor, i cut $5 billion in spending.	job-accomplishments,message-machine-2012,state-budget,state-finances	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a tv ad.


































12419.json	half-true	one in three american women will have had an abortion by the time she reaches the age of 45.	abortion	naral-pro-choice-america			organization	1	0	1	0	0	a website post.


































8398.json	barely-true	ann kuster turned a blind eye to those in need of funding by voting against funding for our nations veterans, low-income women and children, the fda and the national institutes of health.	children,federal-budget,health-care,public-health,science,veterans,women	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	an advertisement


































10863.json	barely-true	one person has been fired at the veterans administration for withholding services.	veterans	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a speech at the iowa gop lincoln day dinner


































10964.json	mostly-true	currently, almost 40 percent of people with hiv are not diagnosed until they already have developed aids. and that can be up to 10 years after they first are infected with hiv.	public-health	fulton-county-health-and-wellness	none	georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	a press release


































1570.json	barely-true	obama has proposed a 1.4% pay increase for active duty military in 2011. this is the lowest since 1973 ... a lower pay increase than welfare recipients!!!	military,workers	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a facebook status update message


































12038.json	barely-true	trump refuses to denounce the kkk.	candidates-biography	conservative-solutions-pac		florida	organization	3	0	1	0	0	a conservative solutions pac ad, first aired on feb. 29


































9394.json	barely-true	says barack obama broke a decades-old policy of not negotiating with terrorists.	foreign-policy,iraq,terrorism	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	comments on abc's this week


































3502.json	half-true	from 1960, the year i was born, until the time i became governor in 2003, the average two-year increase in minnesota state spending was 21 percent. we brought that down dramatically, to about 1.7 percent per year.	state-budget	tim-pawlenty			republican	2	3	3	6	1	his book, courage to stand: an american story


































3526.json	mostly-true	corporate taxes will soon be the highest in the industrialized world.	corporations,taxes	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a “wall street journal” op-ed


































11003.json	false	lincoln was fervently making plans to send all freed slaves to the jungles of central america once the (civil war) was over. the only thing that kept this from happening was his assassination.	diversity,history	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	posts on the internet


































7255.json	false	semi-automatic weapons, whether pistol or rifle, were designed for use by the military on the battlefield.	crime,criminal-justice,government-regulation,guns,military,public-health,recreation,market-regulation	providence-city-council			none	0	1	0	0	0	a council resolution


































4674.json	false	herman cain is a pro-choice candidate.	abortion,message-machine-2012	iowans-some-semblance-christian-decency		iowa	none	0	1	0	0	0	parking lot fliers outside an iowa candidate event


































2025.json	false	subsidies for oil and gas companies make up 88 percent of all federal subsidies. just cutting the oil and gas subsidies out would save the u.s. government $45 billion every year.	energy,federal-budget,oil-spill,pundits,taxes	keith-olbermann	political commentator		none	0	2	3	2	0	a comment on msnbc's 'countdown with keith olbermann'


































4745.json	true	says if elected, he would be the first mayor who lives east of 82nd.	elections	jefferson-smith	state representative	oregon	democrat	1	1	0	4	0	a press release


































4071.json	mostly-true	mitt romney is the first massachusetts politician to run for president and not win the new hampshire primary in a generation.	candidates-biography,elections,new-hampshire-2012	new-hampshire-democratic-party		new hampshire	democrat	4	0	3	3	0	a statement by state democratic chairman ray buckley in a call with reporters


































1500.json	true	in the stimulus, $15 million dollars went to 'build a bigger, better airport' for the town of ouzinkie, alaska, population 165.	stimulus	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a press release


































13221.json	half-true	you would receive a citation for taking a dildo to class at the university of texas.	education,guns,market-regulation	cocks-not-glocks	protest organized by university of texas students in august 2016	texas	none	0	0	1	0	0	a cocks not glocks call to protest on facebook


































11041.json	mostly-true	for african-americans between the ages of 17 and 20, the real unemployment rate is 51 percent.	diversity,economy,jobs	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a rally in portland, maine


































12533.json	half-true	weve seen more manufacturing jobs created since ive been president than anytime since the 1990s. thats a fact.	economy,labor	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	in a town hall


































1374.json	true	president obama has broken his pledge to the american people to be transparent throughout (health care reform negotiations).	florida,health-care	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a written statement


































2066.json	false	the obama administration will give pennsylvania $160 million to pay for health insurance plans that cover any legal abortion.	abortion,health-care,states	national-right-life-committee			none	1	2	1	0	0	a prepared statement


































7978.json	pants-fire	abortion is the second-most conducted surgical procedure in this country.	abortion,health-care	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a radio interview.


































11072.json	true	in new orleans, nearly100 percent of our kids are in charter schools.	education,natural-disasters	bobby-jindal	governor of louisiana	louisiana	republican	0	1	4	4	0	comments on fox news sunday


































12642.json	false	the steel industry is producing as much steel in the united states as it ever was. its just (that) it needs one-tenth of the workers that it used to.	economy,jobs,trade	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	remarks in ottawa, canada


































2614.json	mostly-true	if you want to see the jobs that ive saved and created in this storm he helped create, go anywhere in ohio.	job-accomplishments	lee-fisher	former lieutenant governor	ohio	democrat	2	1	1	2	0	a debate 


































6488.json	true	austin is the largest city in the u.s. or texas with no geographic representation on its city council.	elections	austinites-geographic-representation			none	0	0	0	0	0	a handout.


































115.json	mostly-true	she stood by our national guard and reserve and kept standing till they received health care they deserved.	military	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a tv ad airing in iowa and new hampshire.


































13443.json	true	under donald trumps tax plan, 51 percent of single parents would see their taxes go up.	taxes	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a campaign rally


































11479.json	barely-true	in 40 years, 23,000 chemicals came on the market and only four were regulated.	environment,public-health	sheldon-whitehouse	u.s. senator	rhode island	democrat	2	3	2	7	0	a news conference


































312.json	true	we have more coal reserves in the united states than they have oil reserves in saudi arabia.	energy	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	boca raton.


































4760.json	false	over half of the people who would be taxed under (a millionaire surtax) are, in fact, small businesspeople.	taxes,abc-news-week	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	an abc interview with christiane amanpour


































8571.json	half-true	says senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has blocked the senate over 400 times.	congressional-rules	alison-lundergan-grimes	secretary of state	kentucky	democrat	2	2	3	1	0	a campaign ad


































8312.json	true	mental health provisions related to mass shootings got over 90 votes in the senate.	guns,health-care	kelly-ayotte	u.s. senator	new hampshire	republican	2	1	1	4	0	an interview with cnn's the lead with jake tapper


































9167.json	mostly-true	young women today in metropolitan areaswho are childless and single are out-earning childless, single young males.	income,jobs,women	genevieve-wood	senior contributor to the foundry		republican	0	0	0	1	0	comments on cnn


































8144.json	half-true	says virginia saved $300 million by rebidding a metrorail construction project to exclude guaranteed union contracts.	transportation,unions	ken-cuccinelli	attorney general	virginia	republican	1	10	3	2	1	a radio interview.


































2649.json	half-true	you worked hard for your money and you paid your taxes when you earned it. now, (indiana republican congressional candidate) todd young wants to tax it again when you spend it.	message-machine,retirement,taxes	service-employees-international-union-committee-po		washington, d.c.	newsmaker	1	1	2	0	0	a campaign commercial


































4441.json	mostly-true	in terms of the wealthiest americans, were at the lowest tax rate since the 1950s.	taxes	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview before the cnn/tea party express gop debate in tampa


































3848.json	false	no one thought we could get a bipartisan bill (medicaid) passed. we did in the florida senate.	health-care,medicare,state-budget	mike-haridopolos	florida senate president	florida	republican	0	3	1	1	0	tv interview


































4274.json	pants-fire	were inches away from no longer having a free economy.	economy,market-regulation	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	the republican debate in ames, iowa


































6037.json	half-true	florida election officials requests to some residents to submit proof of citizenship is a backdoor poll tax.	elections,immigration,poverty	alcee-hastings	u.s. representative	florida	democrat	1	0	1	0	2	a press conference


































6102.json	barely-true	romneycare covers abortion, illegal immigrants and has a public option. obamacare does not.	abortion,health-care,immigration	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a facebook post


































10810.json	barely-true	not a single republican candidate, announced or potential, is clearly and consistently supporting a path to citizenship. not one.	immigration	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an appearance at a high school in las vegas, nev.


































8126.json	mostly-true	obamacare carries on even under a government shutdown.	federal-budget,government-efficiency,health-care	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	an interview on cbs' face the nation


































4235.json	false	atlanta public schools 2011 crct tests were given under the strictest security possible.	education	beverly-hall			none	0	2	0	0	1	a mailer


































5504.json	false	says barack obama promised gasoline at $2.50 a gallon.	energy,gas-prices,transportation	lenny-curry	chairman of the republican party of florida	florida	republican	2	1	2	0	0	an interview on political connections


































11468.json	half-true	even after syrian troops began to shoot protesters in the streets with live ammunition in 2011, clinton labeled bashar al-assad a reformer.	foreign-policy	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an op-ed in breitbart


































8749.json	barely-true	when i was mayor of south pasadena, we actually reduced the property taxes we collected.	taxes	kathleen-peters	district 69 state representative	florida	republican	1	1	0	1	0	a campaign mailer


































6646.json	true	says u.s. rep. paul ryan attacked the president for the same amount of medicare savings that (ryan) had in his own budget.	federal-budget,medicare	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	a speech at the democratic national convention in charlotte, n.c.


































4079.json	true	were losing almost 6,000 state jobs.	jobs,state-budget	eddie-rodriguez	texas house representative	texas	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	remarks to the central texas democratic forum


































8234.json	mostly-true	about 40 percent of u.s. illegal immigrants came in on an airplane, with a legal visa, and just overstayed their visa and have never gone home.	immigration	john-carter	u.s. house of representatives	texas	republican	0	3	1	2	2	a news article


































1578.json	barely-true	the obama administration spent more money on the cash for clunkers program than the space program.	space	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a news account of a speech


































13349.json	pants-fire	wikileaks also shows how john podesta rigged the polls by oversampling democrats, a voter suppression technique.	polls	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in florida


































6471.json	true	florida has more concealed weapons permits than any other state.	guns	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a fox news interview


































11556.json	barely-true	says hillary clinton told her daughter and a government official that benghazi was a terrorist attack, and then tells everybody else that it was a video.	foreign-policy,terrorism	ben-carson			republican	7	12	3	2	4	the fox business network debate


































12630.json	barely-true	google search spike suggests many people dont know why they voted for brexit.	technology	daily-mail			organization	1	0	0	0	0	a headline


































1795.json	mostly-true	i got a letter from 20 people who said they wanted their money back, 14 never gave me a penny.	campaign-finance	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a meeting with the st. petersburg times editorial board.


































8768.json	pants-fire	scott walkers income tax plan is a tax hike. it increases taxes for nearly 80% of the people in the state.	income,jobs,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	mary-burke	madison school board member	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	11	8	3	an interview


































9760.json	barely-true	gov. kitzhaber oversaw creation of the oregon driver card law behind closed doors without allowing any input from citizens who represent the public interest.	immigration	protect-oregon-driver-licenses	advocacy	oregon	organization	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign website statement


































292.json	false	so that 2005 energy bill was a big step backwards on the path to clean, renewable energy. that's why i voted against it.	energy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	debate in las vegas


































8256.json	half-true	there are 500 registered republicans moving to texas every day.	population	steve-munisteri	attorney	texas	republican	0	0	2	0	0	an interview on austin's ynn


































6972.json	half-true	says an arts tax would provide funding for certified arts and music teachers for every elementary school serving portland residents.	taxes	creative-advocacy-network		oregon	none	0	0	1	1	0	a radio interview


































10052.json	half-true	every year the average woman loses around $11,000 to the wage gap, which amounts to a $500,000 vagina tax over her working career.	income,women	sarah-silverman	comedian		democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a video for the national women's law center


































7368.json	true	says abortions are decreasing.	abortion	donna-howard	texas house representative	texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	0	a texas tribune interview.


































3814.json	true	abraham lincoln (once) jumped out of a window in the illinois legislature in order to deny a quorum.	history,labor,state-budget	mark-miller	state senator, district 16	wisconsin	democrat	1	1	0	0	0	remarks to reporters


































2984.json	pants-fire	those who fail to buy health insurance under obamacare face the threat of jail time.	health-care	bob-marshall	state delegate	virginia	republican	0	2	0	0	1	a news release.


































9128.json	mostly-true	since december 2010 florida has created 540,000 new jobs.	jobs	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	an online ad


































6183.json	pants-fire	people who wash cars at home will use approximately 80 percent more water than they do in a car wash.	environment,state-budget,taxes,water	helio-melo	state representative	rhode island	democrat	0	1	0	0	1	a house floor debate


































9651.json	mostly-true	the u.s. court of appeals for the fourth circuit compared the health care law to buying a pepperoni and ham pizza from dominos or pizza hut.	health-care	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview with a las vegas news network


































3032.json	false	on choosing a texas house speaker	elections,states	warren-chisum	state representative	texas	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a press release


































357.json	true	she flunked the d.c. bar exam.	candidates-biography	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail based on an article written by dick morris


































5548.json	mostly-true	because of the new health care law, 2.5 million young adults now have coverage.	health-care,job-accomplishments,message-machine-2012	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the campaign film the road we've traveled


































12277.json	mostly-true	pennsylvania has lost 35 percent of its manufacturing jobs since 2001 and harrisburg has lost 40 percent of its manufacturing jobs since 2001.	jobs	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a campaign rally speech


































1649.json	true	farouk is on fire.	job-accomplishments	j-xavier	musician	texas	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a song for farouk shami's gubernatorial campaign


































13042.json	barely-true	says patrick murphy was named one of americas least effective congressmen.	congress	american-future-fund			organization	3	2	0	0	0	a tv ad


































6175.json	false	obamacare adds trillions to our deficits and to our national debt.	federal-budget,health-care	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a press conference


































12326.json	pants-fire	frankly, (hillary clinton) doesnt do very well with women.	polls,women	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on cnn's new day


































13351.json	false	says democratic u.s. senate candidate russ feingold voted over 250 times to raise taxes.	taxes	americans-prosperity			none	6	7	2	1	2	a web ad


































11431.json	false	the gun industry isthe only business in america that is wholly protected from any kind of liability.	guns,legal-issues	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a town hall-style campaign event in iowa


































2702.json	true	your tellers were paid kickbacks for directing elderly consumers from ... safe deposits to risky ones.	candidates-biography,ethics,financial-regulation,legal-issues	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a cnn/st. petersburg times debate.


































2691.json	half-true	says peter defazio votes with nancy pelosi 86 percent of the time.	message-machine,voting-record	concerned-taxpayers-america	political group	oregon	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a television ad


































3702.json	barely-true	the only people in this town that have voted to cut medicare spending are the people who voted in favor of obamacare. thats a fact.	medicare	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview on nbc's 'meet the press'


































185.json	half-true	america never made up for the gutting of the intelligence services that bill clinton did. i think those are (former cia director george) tenet's words ... that bill clinton gutted american intelligence.	terrorism	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a television interview.


































2256.json	true	says barack obama didnt keep his promise to have an immigration bill in his first year.	immigration	jerry-patterson	state land commissioner	texas	republican	1	1	1	3	0	a speech


































4585.json	barely-true	in the early 1960s, all levels of government were consuming about 27 percent of the u.s. economy, a number that has risen to 37 percent today. with that trendline, we cease at some point to be a free economy.	economy,federal-budget,new-hampshire-2012,market-regulation	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a republican presidential debate in hanover, n.h.


































329.json	true	hillary clinton actually differed with (john mccain) by arguing for exceptions for torture before changing positions.	terrorism	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	denver


































7546.json	true	the hole in the earth thats going to be dug (for the proposed gogebic mine) is bigger than my entire district.	environment	evan-goyke	state assembly, 18th district	wisconsin	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a speech


































1098.json	false	health insurance companies are making record profits, right now.	corporations,health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference


































3990.json	mostly-true	every 10th dollar spent by the social security administration on its program for the poor is waste, or fraud, they cant validate that the people should have gotten it, totaling about $8 billion a year.	federal-budget,social-security	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	in an interview on the “the neal boortz radio show” on atlanta’s am 750 and 95.5 fm 


































10944.json	barely-true	says bill clinton gave a speech in 1996 about iraq having wmds and said we needed a regime change, even though everyone blamed those things on george w. bush.	foreign-policy,history,military	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a social media post


































8708.json	half-true	this governor has given us continual balanced budgets without raising taxes.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	david-rible	assembly conference leader	new jersey	republican	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on njtv's 'on the record' with michael aron program


































6335.json	false	president obama was saying success is the result of government, not hard-working people, when he said, if youve got a business, you didnt build that. somebody else made that happen.	economy	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an introduction to a web video


































10028.json	mostly-true	says thom tillis refuses to say what we should do to combat isis.	military,terrorism	kay-hagan	former u.s. senator	north carolina	democrat	1	0	1	2	0	a news release


































9882.json	false	fox admits they lie and, under the first amendment, have the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on public airwaves.	civil-rights,corporations,ethics,food-safety,pundits,transparency	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	posts on facebook


































9335.json	false	idaho was the only republican-led state in the nation that chose to partner with president obama by creating a state-based marketplace under the affordable care act.	health-care	russ-fulcher	state senator	idaho	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a gubernatorial debate


































9875.json	mostly-true	federal investigators found a company that (david perdue) ran discriminated against women -- paid them less than men for the same work.	women,workers	emilys-list			organization	1	0	3	2	0	television attack ad


































5152.json	half-true	says weve accomplished balancing two budgets without raising taxes. weve now created 60,000 new private-sector jobs. weve made government smaller.	job-accomplishments,jobs,state-budget,state-finances	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a video 


































8715.json	mostly-true	(the farm bill) has aprovision that would in many ways reduce the deficit.	agriculture,deficit	donna-brazile	political commentator	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	1	4	7	0	a discussion on cnn's state of the union


































2150.json	pants-fire	nobodys invited us to the obama events in atlanta.	elections	chris-carpenter	campaign manager for roy barnes	georgia	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	radio news story


































11829.json	false	a (state) trooper with 10 years on the force is getting $500 a year more than a trooper with 10 minutes on the force.	public-safety	thomas-garrett-jr	state senator	virginia	republican	2	1	0	0	0	a radio interview.


































2039.json	true	only about a third of texans who enroll in college graduate.	education	scott-hochberg	state representative 	texas	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a speech at a caucus at the texas democratic convention


































8332.json	mostly-true	for the last decade, floridians salaries have shrunk substantially when adjusted for inflation.	economy,jobs	dan-gelber		florida	democrat	2	2	1	3	0	an op-ed


































986.json	true	congress shoveled $700 billion into the troubled assets relief program, $325 billion of which has been spent without purchasing any toxic assets.	economy,pundits	george-will	columnist	maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	a column published by the washington post and other news organizations.


































6875.json	barely-true	says bill nelson cast the deciding vote for obamacare cutting medicare spending by $700 billion and letting an unelected board decide what gets covered here.	health-care,medicare,message-machine-2012	american-crossroads			republican	5	5	4	0	0	a television ad


































5030.json	true	christmas trees are grown in all 50 states.	agriculture,states	jeff-merkley	u.s. senator	oregon	democrat	0	1	3	6	0	in a press release 


































6778.json	barely-true	barack hussein obama will .. force christian organizations to pay for abortions.	abortion,message-machine-2012	government-not-god-pac			none	1	2	0	0	3	a newspaper ad


































6384.json	true	tim kaine, as governor, proposed tax increases on people earning as little as $17,000.	state-budget,taxes	george-allen	consultant	virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a debate.


































11734.json	barely-true	when we held recent economic dialogues with china, we agreed on over 100 different things including wildlife trafficking and volcano research. none of these 100-plus points of agreement addressed cybersecurity.	china,crime,criminal-justice,foreign-policy,infrastructure	carly-fiorina		california	republican	5	5	4	3	2	a column posted on medium


































4109.json	half-true	says the u.s. borrows 42 cents of every dollar washington spends today and about half of that comes from countries like china.	deficit,federal-budget	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a radio interview


































6779.json	false	barack hussein obama will ... force christian schools to hire non-christian teachers.	legal-issues,religion	government-not-god-pac			none	1	2	0	0	3	a newspaper advertisement


































616.json	barely-true	obama promises more taxes on small business, seniors, your life savings, your family.	taxes	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a television ad


































7762.json	false	on an early date for floridas presidential primary	elections	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a position on legislation


































1901.json	barely-true	alex sink was the first official who said that bp should pay $25 million for an ad campaign to promote florida tourism.	oil-spill	james-carville	political consultant	louisiana	democrat	2	1	0	1	0	a fundraising letter


































13373.json	false	says drug dealers have overdosed on purpose to avoid prosecution.	crime,drugs,legal-issues	chris-sununu	executive councilor	new hampshire	republican	0	1	1	0	1	a no labels forum


































8771.json	mostly-true	texas is experiencing the fastest population growth in the country, adding more than 1,000 people a day.	energy,population	texans-reliable-power			none	0	0	0	1	0	an advertisement


































3855.json	pants-fire	a few months into office, (president barack obama) traveled around the globe to apologize for america.	foreign-policy	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a speech announcing his presidential campaign


































1637.json	false	the average cost for health insurance in florida went from about $600 a month for an individual to about $150 a month.	health-care	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a u.s. senate primary debate on fox news sunday


































75.json	half-true	her health care plan will cost $110-billion in the first year, which can be paid for with savings.	health-care	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech in des moines, iowa.


































8540.json	half-true	georgia has lost 14 percent of its jobs paying more than $50,000 a year and added 15 percent to its medicaid rolls during the recovery.	economy,medicaid	michael-mule		georgia	republican	0	0	1	0	0	an interview


































12618.json	half-true	the orlando shooter used a weapon of war.	guns	tammy-baldwin	u.s. representative	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	a radio interview


































5255.json	true	says ohio has 77 job training programs spread across 13 state agencies.	economy,jobs	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	an interview with the plain dealer


































11104.json	false	the five guantanamo detainees swapped for bowe bergdahl are right now back on the battlefield.	terrorism	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a campaign rally in south carolina


































374.json	true	clinton said great things about nafta until she started running for president.	economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	lorain, ohio


































8748.json	true	members of the military dont contribute toward their pension.	deficit,federal-budget,military,pensions,retirement	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	an interview


































13233.json	barely-true	these are radical islamic terrorists, and (hillary clinton) wont even mention the word.	terrorism	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	the second presidential debate


































191.json	barely-true	gov. romney's own health care plan in massachusetts ... requires by law that a representative from planned parenthood sit on the masshealth advisory board.	abortion	fred-thompson	actor	tennessee	republican	1	4	3	3	0	an email press release


































4397.json	half-true	we [the city of atlanta] are overbuilt on housing.	housing	yolanda-adrean	atlanta city councilwoman	georgia	none	0	0	1	0	0	website


































924.json	false	there are no earmarks in the stimulus bill.	economy,stimulus	robert-gibbs	former white house press secretary		democrat	1	1	0	1	0	a comment at the daily white house press briefing.


































12923.json	false	under those eight years before (barack)obama came along, we didnt have any successful radical islamic terrorist attack in the united states since sept. 11, 2001.	terrorism	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a speech in youngstown, ohio


































7021.json	half-true	says new jersey lost private-sector jobs between 2000 and 2009 because democrats increased taxes, fees, regulations and state spending.	jobs	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a campaign event in new hampshire


































2306.json	mostly-true	forty-five percent of those whove been unemployed, theyve been unemployed for six months or longer.	economy,pundits,abc-news-week,workers	donna-brazile	political commentator	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	1	4	7	0	a roundtable discussion on abc's this week with christiane amanpour


































9677.json	half-true	the obama administrations policies have reduced minority dropout rate by 25 percent.	education	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a speech to the naacp in las vegas


































4531.json	half-true	says his administration balanced two budgets with over $13 billion in deficits without raising taxes.	deficit,state-budget	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a speech at the ronald reagan presidential library


































11975.json	barely-true	the every student succeeds act did away basically with common core.	education	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a newspaper interview


































13177.json	true	says senate candidate katie mcginty made thousands from companies she previously regulated.	transparency	freedom-partners-action-fund			organization	1	1	1	0	0	in a political ad


































2310.json	barely-true	congress and president obama have accumulated more debt since he took office than the total amount of debt accumulated during the first 200 years of the united states existence.	federal-budget	chip-rogers	state senator	georgia	republican	1	0	1	1	0	a campaign flyer


































12876.json	mostly-true	says hillary clinton tripled the number of people with aids whose lives are being saved .. and it did not cost you any more money.	foreign-policy,public-health	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	a post on medium


































2390.json	true	florida ranks last in the ratio of employees to residents...and florida is dead last in the nation in state employee payroll expenditures per resident.	state-budget	alex-sink		florida	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	a campaign website


































7181.json	barely-true	president barack obamas fiscal year 2013 budget proposal couldnt get support from either party in the house or the senate.	federal-budget	kelly-ayotte	u.s. senator	new hampshire	republican	2	1	1	4	0	in an interview on cnn’s state of the union.


































8295.json	false	every engine manufacturer in the united states is now in the state of texas.	jobs,states	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a discussion on cnn's crossfire


































3466.json	barely-true	wisconsin was embroiled in a constitutional crisis brought on by the democratic senators fleeing the state for illinois to block gov. scott walkers budget-repair bill.	labor,legal-issues,state-budget	scott-fitzgerald	state senator, 13th district	wisconsin	republican	1	2	1	0	0	a statement at a news conference


































9941.json	false	in 2011, (the islamic state) attempted to attack fort knox.	terrorism	peter-king	u.s. house of representatives	new york	republican	0	1	1	2	1	an interview on fox news sunday


































6005.json	half-true	thanks to our policies, for the first time in state history, we have put millions of dollars into our rainy day fund in consecutive years.	state-budget	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a blog post on campaign website


































6798.json	half-true	says lois frankel took a 40 percent pay raise as mayor while west palm beach lost jobs.	candidates-biography,message-machine-2012	yg-action-fund			republican	0	0	1	0	0	a television ad


































13169.json	true	undocumented immigrants pay $12 billion of taxes every single year.	immigration,social-security,taxes	maria-teresa-kumar			none	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on meet the press


































7858.json	false	the average student comes out of college hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt.	debt,economy,education	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	rhode island	democrat	2	1	2	5	1	an interview with wjar-tv


































13178.json	half-true	says gop congressional candidate scott jones wants to build a wall. he wants to round people up and deport folks.	immigration	ami-bera	u.s. house of representatives	california	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	an interview.


































13371.json	barely-true	says austin mayor steve adlers transportation plans linked to proposition 1 on the ballot remove 27+ miles of traffic lanes around the city, replacing them with lanes dedicated to usage by bicycles and buses.	city-budget,city-government,corrections-and-updates,elections,transportation	sensible-transportation-solutions-austin-pac	advocacy group	texas	none	1	0	0	0	0	an ad in the austin american-statesman


































5918.json	pants-fire	20 million people could lose their current coverage including our senior citizens who are on medicare.	health-care,medicare,message-machine-2012,10-news-tampa-bay	us-chamber-commerce			none	6	3	3	1	1	a tv ad


































615.json	false	fully inflating tires is a step that every expert says would absolutely reduce our oil consumption by 3 to 4 percent.	energy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a town hall in berea, ohio.


































7012.json	pants-fire	if buehler were elected, our vote-by-mail system would be at risk.	elections,message-machine-2012	bill-bradbury		oregon	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a campaign fundraising letter


































2350.json	pants-fire	lindsey graham endorsed charlie crist for u.s. senate.	elections	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	postings on twitter


































8865.json	half-true	since i took office in january 2011, we have created 11,100 rhode island-based jobs.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	lincoln-chafee		rhode island	democrat	3	5	3	4	0	his state of state speech


































6708.json	mostly-true	tennessees appeals court judges were selected by a handful of party officials in nashville before the system of merit selection was put into effect.	legal-issues	paul-summers	retired	tennessee	none	0	0	0	1	0	in an op-ed article written for tennessee newspapers.


































9886.json	false	over the next two years, this $1.8 billion deficit will cost individual wisconsinites $300 each, or $1,200 for families of four.	deficit,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	chris-larson	wisconsin senate minority leader	wisconsin	democrat	6	5	0	1	1	a news release


































5969.json	false	says new figures he released showing wisconsin job gains for 2011 are the final job numbers.	job-accomplishments,jobs,message-machine-2012,workers	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a tv ad


































9417.json	half-true	sen. mcconnell says its not his job to bring jobs to kentucky.	economy,jobs,states	alison-lundergan-grimes	secretary of state	kentucky	democrat	2	2	3	1	0	a radio ad


































9086.json	mostly-true	says he forced washington to open up the arctic ocean to oil drilling.	energy,environment	mark-begich	senator	alaska	democrat	0	0	0	2	1	a tv ad


































2886.json	pants-fire	new food safety legislation will regulate backyard gardening.	agriculture,food-safety,market-regulation	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	postings to the internet


































4398.json	mostly-true	a bipartisan payroll tax cut championed by the white house has meant that the average family has an extra $1,000 in their pocket this year.	economy,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a labor day speech in detroit


































12104.json	true	according to the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc), about 120 americans on average die from a drug overdose every day. overall, drug overdose deaths now outnumber deaths from firearms.	drugs,guns,health-care,public-health	joe-pitts	congressman	pennsylvania	republican	0	0	1	1	0	a medium post


































8263.json	mostly-true	the united nations has conducted 172 successful peacekeeping missions and negotiations.	foreign-policy,military,pundits	van-jones	co-host of cnn's crossfire	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	1	2	2	0	a discussion on cnn's crossfire


































9188.json	barely-true	the insurance risk corridors arent going broke like republicans predicted.	health-care	james-carville	political consultant	louisiana	democrat	2	1	0	1	0	comments on abc's this week


































7875.json	mostly-true	ripta has really some of the fullest buses for its transit agency size around the country.	economy,energy,environment,infrastructure,state-budget,transportation	abel-collins	program manager, sierra club of rhode island	rhode island	independent	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on wjar-tv's 10 news conference.


































6316.json	barely-true	says michael cargill was arrested and incarcerated in bell county.	candidates-biography	ballesteros	constable, travis county, precinct 2	texas	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a political flier


































1344.json	barely-true	although democrats represent only 10 of florida's 25 districts, their districts received 60 percent of the stimulus funds.	economy,stimulus,workers	jeff-miller	u.s. congressman	florida	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a newsletter


































9195.json	barely-true	every one of more than 30 federal judges who have considered the issue of gay and lesbian rights since last june ruled that marriage is a constitutional right and you cannot deprive individual citizens of that right based on their sexual orientation.	civil-rights,gays-and-lesbians,legal-issues,marriage	david-boies	chairman, boies, schiller & flexner llp	new york	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	the civil rights summit at the lyndon b. johnson presidential library


































3925.json	mostly-true	the obama administration has cut taxes on small businesses 17 times.	health-care,small-business,stimulus,taxes	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview on nbc's 'meet the press'


































5457.json	half-true	one out of four of our young people say they are victims of this (dating) violence.	criminal-justice,human-rights,women	beatrice-lanzi	state senator	rhode island	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an appearance on a lively experiment.


































11994.json	false	every republican senate candidate has now announced whether or not they support the senate taking up the supreme court vacancyexcept for congressman heck.	supreme-court	nevada-state-democratic-party		nevada	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a press release


































2043.json	barely-true	says democratic opponent is too republican to stand up for us.	elections	vincent-fort	state senator	georgia	democrat	1	0	2	1	1	mailer


































4196.json	barely-true	says that when he was governor of utah, he worked with the state legislature to create a flat tax that cut income taxes by 30 percent.	new-hampshire-2012,taxes	jon-huntsman		utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	a house party in belmont, n.h. 


































1130.json	true	the health care plan for members of congress is no better than the janitor who cleans their offices.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a town hall meeting.


































5703.json	false	on most things except witch trials, virginia will always have been first.	history,states	morgan-griffith	u.s. congressman	virginia	republican	3	2	1	0	0	an interview.


































2119.json	half-true	because of union rules, cooks helpers moved into dmv jobs they were not trained for	government-efficiency	john-robitaille		rhode island	republican	0	1	2	0	0	a comment on newsmakers


































13501.json	pants-fire	lady gaga announced she would cover her face until trump gets fired from office.	fake-news	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	posts on the internet


































2544.json	mostly-true	dan webster would force victims of rape and incest to bear their attackers child.	abortion,message-machine,women	alan-grayson	u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	a campaign commercial


































2312.json	mostly-true	the great lakes compact has a loophole. and the loophole is that while you cannot remove the water in a big transport, you can remove it in containers of 5.7 gallons or less.	environment	dennis-kucinich	u.s. representative	ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	a video posted online


































13463.json	barely-true	americas tax code hasnt been updated in 30 years.	taxes	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a tweet


































11811.json	half-true	says u.s. sen. ron johnson wants to put 100,000 troops, including 25,000 americans, into the area where isis is.	foreign-policy,iraq,military,terrorism	russ-feingold		wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	an interview


































2710.json	half-true	rick boucher helped write the cap-and-trade bill	cap-and-trade,climate-change,energy,environment	morgan-griffith	u.s. congressman	virginia	republican	3	2	1	0	0	a tv ad


































8543.json	false	in july 2010 the government said small businesses -- 60 percent -- will lose their health care, 45 percent of big business and a large percentage of individual health.	health-care	sean-hannity	radio/tv host		none	3	5	3	2	1	comments on fox news channel


































4528.json	mostly-true	if our recovery were more typical of the postwar era . . . we would have 14 million more jobs today.	economy,jobs	herman-cain		georgia	republican	4	11	5	3	3	an op-ed


































1725.json	mostly-true	the banking committee voted a 1,336-page bill out of committee in 21 minutes with no amendments, with the understanding that before the bill came to the floor, we would reach this bipartisan agreement.	financial-regulation,abc-news-week	bob-corker			republican	1	0	0	2	0	an interview on abc's this week


































10583.json	false	a majority of our students are trapped in underperforming schools.	education,state-budget,state-finances	george-p-bush	vice president, charter holdings real estate investment partnership	texas	republican	1	1	0	1	0	remarks at a school choice rally outside the texas capitol


































3271.json	barely-true	road construction bids are coming in at the lowest in the modern era.	infrastructure,transportation	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	a speech.


































11281.json	pants-fire	says scott walker said labor unions dont deserve to have a national holiday due to their damage to the economy. and the holiday should be replaced by patriots day, celebrated every year on 9/11.	labor	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a facebook post


































2327.json	false	alex sink wants to cut medicare.	health-care,medicare	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a statement.


































6475.json	mostly-true	says mitt romney and paul ryan want to turn medicare into a voucher system.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	remarks at a campaign event


































467.json	true	every family health insurance policy has a $900 hidden tax to subsidize health care costs of the uninsured.	health-care	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	south bend, ind.


































327.json	half-true	let's not blame president bush for all of this. we've got a congress who sat around on their hands and done nothing but spend a lot of money ... leaving us $9-trillion in debt that we're passing on to our grandchildren.	federal-budget	mike-huckabee	author	arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	a debate in simi valley, calif.


































7002.json	barely-true	says tammy baldwin had the opportunity to vote to honor the victims of 9/11 and she voted against it.	patriotism,terrorism	tommy-thompson		wisconsin	republican	6	8	2	5	3	a television ad


































13195.json	false	in her campaign for president, hillary clinton has received $100 million in contributions from wall street and hedge funds.	campaign-finance,corporations,wealth	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech


































588.json	false	says obama flip-flopped on withdrawing troops from iraq.	iraq	let-freedom-ring			none	0	2	1	0	0	a tv ad airing on cable networks such as fox and mtv.


































6607.json	true	federal law adopted under tommy thompsons watch prohibits the government from negotiating for better prices on prescription drugs for senior citizens	drugs,health-care,medicare	tammy-baldwin	u.s. representative	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	an interview


































1936.json	barely-true	jeff greene is the king of the undercover credit default swap that brought about the destruction of our economy that we have right now.	candidates-biography,financial-regulation,housing	kendrick-meek		florida	democrat	2	6	1	4	1	a democratic u.s. senate debate


































5038.json	true	after filing a lawsuit in rhode island, we reached an agreement with state agencies that resulted in more voters being registered in the first full month after our lawsuit than in the entire previous two-year reporting period.	civil-rights,elections,legal-issues	eric-holder	attorney general	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a speech


































3187.json	pants-fire	foreign trade zones allow u.s. land to be inhabited by chinese communists -- communists straight from china! they are to set up little towns and live here.	foreign-policy,trade	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































3912.json	false	non-defense discretionary spending has increased by over 80 percent in the last two years.	deficit,federal-budget,stimulus	robert-hurt	u.s. congressman	virginia	republican	2	4	1	0	0	an e-mail newsletter.


































5980.json	pants-fire	claims credit for food tax reductions that previous democrat regimes refused to make.	taxes	ron-ramsey	speaker of the tennessee senate	tennessee	republican	0	2	0	0	1	a newsletter.


































11795.json	true	two million new jobs have been created, in california since 2011.	economy,jobs	jerry-brown		california	democrat	0	0	3	2	0	a state of the state address


































2321.json	half-true	the states that actually have lots of teachers in teacher unions tend to be the states that have done the best in terms of academic success in this country.	education,abc-news-week	randi-weingarten			none	1	0	1	0	0	abc's this week


































11028.json	true	replacing 100,000 old toilets with water-efficient models has saved 2.4 million gallons of water every day.	environment,water	metropolitan-north-georgia-water-planning-district			none	0	0	0	0	0	a press release


































2875.json	false	[georgia] republicans have mismanaged unemployment benefits.	jobs	democratic-party-georgia-georgia			democrat	1	1	1	0	0	a facebook post


































3347.json	half-true	gov. bob mcdonnell in 2010 did not even create enough jobs to keep pace with population growth in virginia.	jobs	brian-moran	state democratic chairman	virginia	democrat	0	0	1	0	1	a news release.


































13513.json	barely-true	we would be just like north carolina with hb2-like (transgender bathroom) legislation. it actually passed our chamber and i vetoed it.	gays-and-lesbians,religion,sexuality	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a radio interview.


































1840.json	mostly-true	the interior department has only 30 days to review an exploration plan submitted by an oil company. that leaves no time for the appropriate environmental review. the result is, they are continually waived.	energy,environment,oil-spill	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference at the white house


































7114.json	barely-true	says because of hurricane sandy in atlantic city much of that boardwalk no longer exists -- just the pillars where the boardwalk used to be.	tourism,weather	frank-lautenberg	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	2	0	2	1	0	a speech on the senate floor


































7708.json	false	says the fertilizer plant that exploded in west, texas,had not been inspected by the state of texas since 2006.	crime,economy,public-safety,public-service	jack-ohman	editorial cartoonist	california	none	0	1	0	0	0	a column on an editorial cartoon.


































10979.json	mostly-true	says hillary clinton was completely exonerated, when i was in the white house by an officialinquiryon whitewater.	candidates-biography,history	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	comments on cnn's state of the union


































10923.json	mostly-true	former gov. rick perry signed a law that a federal court said was actually written with the purpose of discriminating against minority voters.	civil-rights,corrections-and-updates,elections,legal-issues	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech


































6268.json	true	federal regulations required the changes to georgias drivers license renewal process.	homeland-security,market-regulation	david-ralston		georgia	republican	1	1	0	1	0	an article


































12726.json	false	hillary clinton invented isis with her stupid policies. she is responsible for isis.	foreign-policy,terrorism	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on 60 minutes


































1941.json	false	fifty-three percent of teens in central falls are getting pregnant.	children,economy,education,families,health-care,women	lincoln-chafee		rhode island	democrat	3	5	3	4	0	a candidate forum


































6937.json	false	says mitt romney called the arizona law a model for the nation.	immigration,legal-issues	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the second presidential debate


































11278.json	half-true	contrary to media reports, georgias gas tax change led to no price increase at the pump.	gas-prices,taxes	e-frank-stephenson			none	0	0	1	0	0	a georgia public policy foundation blog post


































3569.json	false	there was some sort of informal commitment to build a (psychiatric) building in downtown cleveland.	state-budget	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	his state of the state speech


































1658.json	true	snitker has been virtually ignored by the major media.	elections	alexander-snitker	salesman	florida	libertarian	0	0	0	0	0	alexander snitker in a campaign press release


































5226.json	true	there are 86 languages spoken at miami dade college.	diversity,education,immigration	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a debate


































13216.json	barely-true	chris jacobs has been financed by the same men who are now facing charges in one of western new yorks largest public corruption schemes	campaign-finance	matt-tighe	campaign manager for amber small	new york	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a story in the buffalo news


































1345.json	barely-true	ninety-eight percent of the american people will not see their taxes go up due to the house health care bill.	health-care,pundits,taxes	ed-schultz	msnbc television host		none	3	1	4	1	2	msnbc's the 'ed show'


































4577.json	half-true	more than 25 million americans are unemployed. more than 50 million live without health insurance. perhaps 100 million live in poverty.	economy,health-care,jobs,occupy-wall-street,poverty,workers	occupied-wall-street-journal	newspaper	new york	none	0	0	1	0	0	an article


































910.json	true	the capitol was built by slaves.	history	nancy-pelosi	house minority leader	california	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	a speech.


































4206.json	false	on applying prosecutorial discretion to immigration cases.	immigration	lamar-smith	congressman	texas	republican	2	5	1	3	0	a legislative proposal.


































13008.json	barely-true	says hillary clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide obamacare, social security, and medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget.	children,debt,deficit,economy,families,federal-budget,health-care,history,homeland-security,immigration,jobs,legal-issues,medicaid,medicare,retirement,social-security	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech


































6785.json	half-true	says ronald reagan was behind in the polls in 1980 going into the debate with jimmy carter and then turned around 10 days later and won 40 states.	elections,polls	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a news conference


































12145.json	mostly-true	its actually easier for the united states to get flight manifests from e.u. nations than it is for e.u. nations to get them from their own neighbors, thanks to an agreement the u.s. negotiated when i was secretary of state.	foreign-policy,terrorism	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	remarks at stanford university


































5012.json	mostly-true	says oregon canned blueberries will be cheaper in south korea thanks to a trade agreement.	trade	ron-wyden	u.s. senator	oregon	democrat	0	1	0	3	0	a speech


































9456.json	half-true	says hillary clintons approval rating went from 70 percent to 52 percent in 18 months.	candidates-biography,polls	reince-priebus	chairman, republican national committee	wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	interview on face the nation.


































8899.json	pants-fire	john cornyn voted twice in 2013 to back obamas amnesty plan.	immigration,voting-record	steve-stockman	u.s. representative	texas	republican	1	3	0	0	1	a campaign email blast


































11789.json	false	under barack obama, the fewest number of adults are working since jimmy carters presidency.	economy,jobs	roger-williams	businessman	texas	republican	3	2	2	0	1	response to president barack obama's state of the union address


































287.json	true	i'm proud of the fact that i've raised more money from small donors than anybody else, and that we're getting $25, $50, $100 donations, and we've done very well doing it that way.	ethics	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	debate in las vegas


































9302.json	mostly-true	says u.s. senate candidate david perdue flip-flopped on releasing his tax returns.	taxes	karen-handel			republican	2	0	3	3	1	a press release


































4270.json	pants-fire	says he helped bring uline company to kenosha area, creating 800 local jobs.	jobs,workers	bob-wirch	state senator, 22nd district	wisconsin	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	campaign mail piece


































8435.json	mostly-true	half of all ceos say that the shutdown and the threat of shutdown set back their plans to hire over the next six months.	economy,small-business	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a public address


































6930.json	true	sherrod brown failed to pay his own taxes three separate times.	message-machine-2012,taxes	josh-mandel	ohio treasurer	ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a campaign commercial


































4349.json	mostly-true	the central falls fire department is one of the lowest, if not the lowest, paid fire departments in the state and entire region.	city-budget,labor,unions	joseph-andriole	vice president, rhode island state association of firefighters	rhode island	labor-leader	0	0	0	1	0	a tv story


































5682.json	mostly-true	says ronald reagan understood repeatedly that when the deficit started to get out of control, that for him to make a deal he would have to propose both spending cuts and tax increases.	history,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	remarks to the newspaper association of america


































4460.json	barely-true	two-thirds of granite staters oppose the tea party and its agenda on labor unions.	labor,new-hampshire-2012,polls	new-hampshire-democratic-party		new hampshire	democrat	4	0	3	3	0	a news release


































10671.json	barely-true	since president obama took office in january 2009, the federal government has issued more than 468,500 pages of regulations.	market-regulation	dave-brat	college professor	virginia	republican	2	5	0	2	0	a news release.


































10677.json	half-true	people buy more items during georgias sales-tax holidays, boosting economic activity.	state-budget,taxes	rick-mcallister	president, georgia retailers association	georgia	none	0	0	1	0	0	a news report


































11856.json	half-true	americans are working longer hours for low wages . . . and yet almost all new income and wealth is going to the top 1 percent.	economy,income,workers	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a democratic debate on msnbc


































8579.json	mostly-true	no one in the country has ever built a brand new sports facility and created this kind of development at the same time.	economy,sports	mike-plant	atlanta braves executive vice president mike plant	georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	an interview


































5994.json	barely-true	a government analysis shows under a proposed transportation tax, metro atlanta will create or support an additional 200,000 new jobs, including jobs that are maintained year over year.	transportation	citizens-transportation-mobility		georgia	none	1	0	2	1	0	in an advertisement


































7052.json	mostly-true	says connie mack was the only member of the florida delegation that voted against a bill to help nasa.	space,voting-record	bill-nelson		florida	democrat	3	1	8	10	0	a debate


































5258.json	mostly-true	the u.s. gun homicide rate is 20 times the combined rate of other western nations.	crime,guns	jim-moran	u. s. congressman	virginia	democrat	2	1	1	6	1	a newspaper column.


































8006.json	false	miami-dade has the nations highest-rated tap water.	county-budget,environment,water	miami-dade-county		florida	none	0	1	0	0	0	a county budget document


































5678.json	false	says barack obama is the only president to ever cut $500 billion from medicare.	candidates-biography,health-care,medicare	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a speech to the newspaper association of america


































416.json	half-true	mccain's plan for the economy is to extend george bush's tax cuts for billionaires and give a $100-billion additional corporate tax cut.	taxes	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	philadelphia.


































12937.json	barely-true	medical-grade marijuana alonewill not get that patient high, no matter what level of thc, cbd or any other compound is found in the plant.	marijuana,public-health	united-care			organization	1	0	0	1	0	a newspaper op-ed


































12632.json	true	the united states is the oldest democracy in the world.	history	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a tv interview


































1568.json	false	in the senate version of the health reform bill, every enrollee in the office of personnel management enrolled plan, every enrollee has to pay a minimum of $1 per month towards reproductive rights, which includes abortion.	abortion,health-care	bart-stupak	member of congress	michigan	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	a good morning america interview


































6880.json	mostly-true	says she oversaw an audit that won the city $2 million in franchise fees.	city-budget,city-government	amanda-fritz	portland city commissioner		democrat	1	1	0	2	0	a campaign mailer.


































5739.json	half-true	together we added more jobs than any other area while i was dane county executive.	county-budget,county-government,economy,jobs,message-machine-2012	kathleen-falk			democrat	1	3	3	1	0	a television ad


































13010.json	mostly-true	sen. rubio has the worst vote attendance record of any florida senator in nearly 50 years.	voting-record	patrick-murphy		florida	democrat	2	1	4	5	0	a statement


































236.json	barely-true	i can't sign money. that's illegal.	legal-issues	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a comment to a shopper at a supermarket in des moines, iowa.


































1972.json	pants-fire	justice antonin scalia agreed for the supreme court to hear a case about whetherbarack obama is eligible to be president.	candidates-biography,obama-birth-certificate,supreme-court	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































5291.json	mostly-true	united states of america is twenty-sixth in school performance in the world.	education	jim-whelan			democrat	0	0	2	1	0	a speech on the state senate floor


































3922.json	true	the average person will pay $6,000 more a year under rep. paul ryans medicare proposal.	deficit,federal-budget,health-care,medicare	tim-ryan	u.s. representative 	ohio	democrat	0	0	0	5	1	a speech in the house of representatives


































12421.json	mostly-true	the university of wisconsin system budget is the biggest it has ever been.	education,state-budget,taxes	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview


































8318.json	true	there are still tens of thousands of missing service members from previous and current conflicts that our nation is working to find and repatriate.	afghanistan,families,government-efficiency,homeland-security,iraq,military,veterans	john-scocos			state-official	0	0	0	0	0	a statement


































7454.json	mostly-true	property taxes had increased 70 percent in the previous 10 years.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a budget speech to the state legislature


































281.json	pants-fire	barack obama's middle name is mohammed and he's a covert muslim.	religion	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	


































596.json	true	wild bill hickok had his first duel in the town square here. and the family legend is that he is a distant cousin of mine.	history	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	springfield, mo.


































1847.json	pants-fire	under the new health care law, the elderly will be denied care when they have passed the age limit for treatment.	health-care,medicare,message-machine	dan-fanelli		florida	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a video on his campaign website


































11266.json	half-true	the nuclear agreement with iran never sunsets. theres no sunset in this agreement.	foreign-policy,nuclear	john-kerry	secretary of state	massachusetts	democrat	3	2	2	5	0	an interview on msnbc's morning joe


































11674.json	false	mike morell testified and told congress that the reason obama has not bombed isisoil fields is theyre concerned about global warming.	climate-change,energy,foreign-policy,terrorism	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview with npr


































7391.json	true	ohio companies export more goods and services globally than 41 other states.	health-care,income,labor,public-health,workers	keith-faber	state senator	ohio	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a news conference


































12403.json	barely-true	says awho proposal portrays milk and dairy products as an obstacle to a healthy start in life.	agriculture,children,public-health,trade	us-dairy-export-council			none	1	0	0	0	0	a press release


































5959.json	false	says jon runyan voted to end programs to aid homeless veterans.	veterans,voting-record	shelley-adler			democrat	1	2	0	0	0	an interview on njtv’s “on the record”


































2429.json	half-true	julie lassa willingly took a hefty pay raise at a time when people throughout her district and the state were losing their jobs.	state-budget	sean-duffy	member of the u.s. house	wisconsin	republican	5	1	6	1	2	a campaign news release


































632.json	false	barack obama openly supported (opposition leader) raila odinga during his visit to africa in 2006.	foreign-policy	jerome-corsi	author	new jersey	constitution-party	0	2	0	0	1	his book <i>the obama nation</i>. 


































4922.json	mostly-true	more hispanics have been elected statewide (in texas) on the republican ticket than on the democratic ticket.	history,redistricting	republican-party-texas		texas	republican	3	1	1	3	1	an email blast.


































13189.json	true	richard nixon released tax returns when he was under audit.	taxes,transparency	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a debate


































7641.json	mostly-true	says texas lawmakers in 2011 ordered school districts to test every student on their respiratory system and weight.	children,education,public-health,recreation	mike-villarreal	small business owner	texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	0	texas house debate on state budget.


































7996.json	false	im the only candidate for governor whos rolled out any policies so far.	elections	ken-cuccinelli	attorney general	virginia	republican	1	10	3	2	1	a news conference.


































1430.json	false	on a government spending freeze.	federal-budget,government-efficiency	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a state of the union speech


































13413.json	half-true	richard burr voted to protect tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas but voted against a tax break to help working people.	corporations,economy,taxes,workers	deborah-ross	democratic candidate for u.s. senate	north carolina	democrat	0	0	3	0	0	a tv ad


































3924.json	half-true	workers who pick produce in georgias fields can make $12 to $18 an hour.	immigration	gary-black	commissioner of agriculture	georgia 	republican	0	0	1	1	0	interview


































3467.json	mostly-true	the hope scholarship has helped turn our university system into one of the best in the southeast, with two institutions ranked in the top 20 of public universities in the country.	education	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	an op-ed in the atlanta journal-constitution


































12579.json	barely-true	barack obama issued a decree demanding that every public school now allow grown men and boys into the little girls bathroom.	children,education,legal-issues,sexuality	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	his speech at the republican party of texas convention


































11508.json	half-true	there have been more than 300 mass shootings in the united states this year more than any other country in the world.	guns,public-safety	david-cicilline	mayor of providence	rhode island	democrat	7	4	5	4	1	a speech


































5380.json	mostly-true	says in his years as a texas legislator, we passed three pay increases for teachers and provided them with health insurance.	education	paul-sadler	lawyer	texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	1	a post on his campaign's facebook page


































5488.json	pants-fire	ronald reagans philosophy of peace through strength is why the iranians released the hostages on the same day and at the same hour that reagan was sworn in.	foreign-policy,history	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a speech to the american-israel public affairs committee


































3154.json	false	says gun ownership information could be recorded and collected by the federal government and insurance companies as part of the federal health care law.	guns,health-care,privacy	jason-brodeur	state representative	florida	republican	0	1	0	0	0	comments published in the fort myers news-press.


































7322.json	mostly-true	says since australia passed tough gun laws, homicides by firearm have declined almost 60 percent.	crime,government-regulation,guns,public-safety	stephen-king			democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a kindle single essay, 'guns'


































6728.json	half-true	under obama, families have lost over $4,000 a year in income.	economy,income,message-machine-2012	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a campaign ad


































2497.json	true	exit polls indicate that democrats get over 70 percent of lgbt votes in federal elections.	bipartisanship,elections,gays-and-lesbians	mark-hinkle	businessman	california	libertarian	0	0	0	0	0	a press release.


































12785.json	mostly-true	as secretary of state, (hillary clinton) worked hard to get strong sanctions against irans nuclear program and got russia and china to support them.	candidates-biography,foreign-policy,nuclear	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	remarks at the democratic national convention in philadelphia


































1478.json	barely-true	taxpayers even footed the bill for perrys trip to a bachelor party in las vegas.	ethics,taxes,transparency,transportation	kay-bailey-hutchison	u.s. senator	texas	republican	2	4	4	3	0	a video


































13182.json	barely-true	says iraq has been overrun by isis because hillary clinton failed to renegotiate . . . a status of forces agreement.	foreign-policy,iraq,military,terrorism	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	the 2016 vice presidential debate


































3690.json	mostly-true	the federal government borrows $4 billion every day.	deficit,federal-budget	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	an automated political phone call


































7207.json	true	connecticut has the fifth toughest gun control laws in the country, including an assault weapons ban that bans 35 different weapons.	guns	jack-kingston	u.s. representative	georgia	republican	3	1	4	3	0	


































5854.json	false	under the romney/ryan budget, interest rates on federal student loans would be allowed to double.	education	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a graphical tool on the campaign website


































5468.json	false	says we had to cut 13 billion dollars in state spending over two years.	deficit,state-budget,state-finances	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	an interview on cnn’s “piers morgan tonight”


































1402.json	mostly-true	obamas job approval rating is up.	job-accomplishments,pundits	donna-brazile	political commentator	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	1	4	7	0	on abc's this week


































7917.json	pants-fire	rhode island didnt ratify the 13th amendment to the constitution to pay federal income taxes. so rhode island doesnt even have to pay federal income taxes.	history,taxes	charlene-lima	educator	rhode island	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a speech on the floor of the rhode island house of representatives


































11013.json	half-true	says amazon has removed aneducational game about gettysburg.	diversity	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	comments on nbc's meet the press


































5525.json	pants-fire	president barack obamas policies have forced many parts of the country to experience rolling blackouts.	energy	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a op-ed posted on his website


































13243.json	barely-true	says ive been proven right about hillary clintons radical call for open borders, meaning anyone in the world can enter the united states without any limit at all.	immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in ambridge, pa.


































7359.json	false	when the affordable care act was signed, 17 million american children had a pre-existing condition and were uninsurable.	children,families,health-care	tammy-baldwin	u.s. representative	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	a speech


































5453.json	true	says local texas chambers of commerce were granted exemptions from paying property taxes on their headquarter properties.	congress,drugs,economy,jobs	becky-moeller	president, texas afl-cio	texas	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a press statement.


































5346.json	false	preventive care saves money, for families, for businesses, for government, for everybody.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a briefing at the white house


































13290.json	half-true	gov. (pat) mccrory took $500,000 directly out of the disaster relief fund. and you know what its for? house bill 2.	gays-and-lesbians,natural-disasters,sexuality,state-budget,state-finances,states,weather	roy-cooper	attorney general	north carolina	democrat	1	0	3	1	0	a debate


































3552.json	true	in florida, its not illegal for an immediate family member of state officials to prosper from legislation supported by a spouse.	ethics,florida,health-care,legal-issues	broward-county-medical-association		florida	organization	0	0	0	0	0	an e-mail regarding gov. rick scott


































4763.json	half-true	the unemployment rate among (the) non-college-educated is well into the double digits in america. its 4 percent or 5 percent for people who have college degrees.	jobs,workers	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a republican presidential debate in michigan


































4099.json	false	says scientists are in dispute over whether being gay is a choice.	gays-and-lesbians,science	tim-pawlenty			republican	2	3	3	6	1	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































10841.json	false	the proportion of rhode islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years.	consumer-safety,crime,criminal-justice,drugs,economy,government-regulation,history,marijuana,public-health,public-safety,recreation,market-regulation,small-business,state-finances,taxes	kathleen-sullivan	substance abuse coordinator in warren, r.i.	rhode island	activist	0	1	0	0	0	testimony before the house judiciary committee


































9178.json	false	says the koch brothers want to protect tax cuts for companies that ship our jobs overseas.	congress,economy,jobs,taxes	senate-majority-pac	political action committee	washington, d.c. 	democrat	3	4	4	1	0	a campaign ad


































11302.json	barely-true	says missouri democratic senate candidatejason kander is attending fancy dinners all over the country.	elections	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	


































11643.json	mostly-true	15 years ago, cancer drugs cost an average of $10,000 a year. now its $10,000 a month.	health-care	bill-maher	host of real time with bill maher	california	independent	0	3	1	5	0	an episode of hbo's real time with bill maher


































2781.json	false	anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the irs knows that raising income tax rates will likely actually reduce federal revenues.	taxes,abc-news-week	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	an interview on this week with christiane amanpour.


































7409.json	true	there are 3 million jobs that go vacant each month in this country.	jobs	dave-joyce	member of congress	ohio	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a radio interview


































2129.json	half-true	for every dollar we put in unemployment, it pays back about $1.60.	economy,stimulus	jeanne-shaheen	senator	new hampshire	democrat	3	0	4	2	0	an msnbc interview


































3530.json	mostly-true	since 1990, in inflation-adjusted dollars, per-student funding of the (florida) state university system from general revenue has dropped by about $4,000.	education,state-budget	bob-graham		florida	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	a op-ed in the 'st. petersburg times'


































11894.json	false	kasichs budget raised taxes by billions, hitting businesses hard and the middle class even harder.	state-budget,taxes	american-future-fund			organization	3	2	0	0	0	a campaign ad


































320.json	true	romney used to favor gun control, and said he didn't want to go back to reagan-bush.	guns	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	an ad on the internet


































1626.json	false	joe, i keep hearing you every morning talking about the biggest tax increase in history, but you don't mention it's also the biggest tax cut in history.''
a comment on the morning joe'' show on msnbc.


































8617.json	barely-true	the administration was kicking and screaming all the way with these sanctions being put in place (on iran).	foreign-policy,nuclear	bob-corker			republican	1	0	0	2	0	an interview on fox news sunday


































7078.json	mostly-true	texas population is projected to double in the next 50 years or so, but our basic amount of water will remain about where it is now.	population,water	kirk-watson	lawyer	texas	democrat	0	0	0	2	0	an answer for the league of women voters, austiin area, voters guide.


































696.json	false	palin had executive experience in the pta.	candidates-biography	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	


































6292.json	true	over the last six months, president barack obama has golfed 10 times and held 106 fundraisers, but his jobs council has never met.	campaign-finance,economy,jobs,message-machine-2012,sports	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	a web video


































4648.json	false	the newly created state immigration enforcement review board can actually prosecute, and get them [violators] into jail, if we bring in the attorney general.	immigration	phil-kent		georgia	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a speech before the north fulton and friends tea party


































4701.json	mostly-true	wisconsins concealed-carry permit rules demand more proof than other states that safety training requirements are met, rendering all existing (training) certificates insufficient as part of the permit application	government-regulation,guns	national-rifle-association			none	3	5	1	5	3	a website alert


































3011.json	mostly-true	the city of atlanta has $56 million in its reserves.	job-accomplishments	kasim-reed			democrat	1	0	5	7	1	a speech


































13517.json	true	even though men comprise 49% of the population, they hold 80% of the lawmaking power in the legislature (144 of 181 seats).	history,states,women	annies-list	political action committee	texas	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a press release


































11585.json	mostly-true	the united states (is) the largest provider of humanitarian assistance to displaced persons and refugees.	foreign-policy,terrorism	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a joint statement with the president of turkey.


































10120.json	half-true	95 percent of job creators say wisconsin is headed in the right direction.	corporations,job-accomplishments,jobs,small-business	republican-state-leadership-committee			republican	0	0	1	0	0	a radio ad


































9380.json	pants-fire	solar panels drain the suns energy.	energy,environment	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	messages on the internet


































4797.json	half-true	solyndrahad robots that whistled disney songs. im not kidding.	corporations,energy,environment,jobs,stimulus	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an americans for prosperity foundation summit speech


































8127.json	pants-fire	says some austin school district classrooms lack electrical outlets.	education,technology	ramey-ko	attorney	texas	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	an austin meeting.


































4561.json	mostly-true	not a single banker, a ceo from wall street, anyone from corporate america nobody, (there was) not one arrest of any of these people who brought down the economy in 2008.	crime,financial-regulation,occupy-wall-street	michael-moore	documentary filmmaker		none	2	5	1	6	0	an interview on democracy now


































10736.json	false	the elimination of essentially every automobile would be offset by one volcano exploding.	climate-change,energy	mike-huebsch	secretary, department of administration	wisconsin	republican	0	1	0	0	1	testimony before a state senate committee


































508.json	barely-true	we are winning the popular vote.	elections	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	san juan, puerto rico


































11660.json	true	since 2008, we have cut 5,000 positions from virginia public schools.	education,jobs,state-budget	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a news conference.


































3286.json	false	the presidents proposed budget will help reduce the deficit by $400 billion over the next decade to the lowest level since dwight eisenhower was president.	deficit,federal-budget,history	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in cleveland, ohio


































9177.json	barely-true	says mark udall decided obamacare. ... he passed obamacare with his vote.	health-care,voting-record	cory-gardner	u.s. house of representatives	colorado	republican	4	1	0	0	0	an interview on fox news


































11729.json	false	the 90 percent statistic ofsupporting background checks, thats been debunked.	guns,polls	laura-ingraham	political commentator and radio talk show host		none	2	5	1	0	1	on fox news sunday


































7972.json	true	bob barr has changed his position on the defense of marriage act over the years.	marriage	ed-lindsey	state representative	georgia	republican	0	0	0	2	0	a news release


































12857.json	false	youth unemployment is through the roof.	economy	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a reddit ask me anything


































7007.json	mostly-true	says 55 percent of council members have come from area where only 10 percent of austinites live.	city-government	gonzalo-barrientos			democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an opinion article in the austin american-statesman


































6294.json	mostly-true	the transportation sales tax would cost the average consumer an estimated $112 a year.	transportation	john-watson		georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	an op-ed


































12349.json	half-true	twenty million americans are out of work.	jobs	tom-marino	u.s. representative	pennsylvania	republican	1	1	1	0	0	an interview on msnbc.


































7048.json	false	says that sherrod brown is an obama rubber stamp for supporting the job-killing cap and trade plan.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,environment,voting-record	josh-mandel	ohio treasurer	ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a radio ad


































11671.json	pants-fire	says marco rubio said we should be considering internment of muslims, and maybe we should close down cafes and diners where muslims gather and in fact compared them to the nazi party.	diversity,homeland-security,religion,terrorism	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview on cnn


































8664.json	barely-true	every major city which has a center of poverty is run by democrats. every major city.	poverty	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	comments on abc's this week


































1.json	pants-fire	the attorney general requires that rape victims pay for the rape kit.	crime,women	barbara-ann-radnofsky			democrat	0	0	0	0	1	in a web site video


































5921.json	pants-fire	says president barack obamas finance team is recommending a 1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution.	social-security,taxes	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































8135.json	mostly-true	says there are half as many students in one georgia technical college than there were two years ago.	education,state-finances	dubose-porter		georgia	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a meeting


































1389.json	pants-fire	a recent obama executive order could lead to a number of investigations by interpol in the united states, potentially aimed at american officials.	foreign-policy,homeland-security	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	an interview on 'the o'reilly factor'


































470.json	false	if you are driving on average in america this summer, you'll save according to department of energy figures about $70.	energy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	indianapolis


































4469.json	false	says we do about 300 investigations a year into housing discrimination and in recent years have put about $150,000 of damages into the pockets of individuals who have been treated unfairly.	civil-rights,housing	brad-avakian			state-official	0	1	0	1	0	a radio interview


































6993.json	false	says jim renacci opposed increasing combat bonuses for our troops.	federal-budget,job-accomplishments,message-machine-2012,military	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	a television ad


































10983.json	true	46 percent of women between the age of 16 to 24 despise sexual contact in japan.	sexuality	aziz-ansari	actor		none	0	0	0	0	0	comments on the daily show


































9494.json	half-true	theres $30 billion in expansion funds that weve paid its our money and nathan deal wants washington to keep it.	medicaid	jason-carter	state senator	georgia	democrat	1	0	2	1	0	in an ajc article


































9233.json	false	the president wants the u.s. to sign on to the u.n.s international criminal court.	foreign-policy,legal-issues	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email


































13508.json	barely-true	obamacare was invented by liberal academic theorists.	health-care	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	an op-ed in usa today


































8556.json	barely-true	florida sheriffs unequivocally support the stand your groundlaw.	crime,guns,legal-issues	larry-ashley	okaloosa sheriff	florida	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a florida house criminal justice subcommittee hearing


































10735.json	barely-true	american families work hard to earn $4,250 a month. obama is spending $18,972 a month on each illegal immigrant child.	federal-budget,immigration	america			none	1	1	0	0	0	a meme on social media


































141.json	mostly-true	mitt romney opposed the gun lobby, even ronald reagan.	guns	log-cabin-republicans			none	0	0	0	2	0	


































1635.json	true	just this week we received the news that for the first time social security is now paying out more in benefits than it's taking in. that was something that was supposed to happen in 2016.	social-security	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a u.s. senate primary debate on fox news sunday


































10762.json	mostly-true	theres no statistical evidence that a waiting period for handgun purchases reduces violence whatsoever.	crime,guns,public-health	van-wanggaard			republican	0	0	1	1	0	a legislative floor debate


































8421.json	true	the u.s. department of homeland security warned that the save database is not a foolproof means of verifying (citizenship on) the voter rolls.	elections	league-women-voters-florida		florida	none	0	0	0	0	0	a statement


































8914.json	pants-fire	says michele bachmann said english was good enough for jesus when he wrote the bible.	patriotism,religion	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a photo-quotation posted to facebook


































8484.json	barely-true	ken cuccinelli would take money away from public schools to fund private schools.	education,state-budget,taxes	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a tv ad.


































4696.json	barely-true	a recent department of labor study guessed wall street fees cost a worker 28 percent of the value of your plan over the span of your career.	economy,pundits,retirement	rachel-maddow	msnbc host		none	6	6	4	6	1	a segment on the rachel maddow show


































10779.json	false	the united states is not modernizing its nuclear weapons.	nuclear	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	faith and freedom summit in iowa


































265.json	pants-fire	i don't describe your plan as amnesty in my ad. i don't call it amnesty.	immigration	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a debate in manchester, n.h.


































8700.json	half-true	this is the first time in texas history -- and only the fourth time in united states history -- that two women are running for the top spots.	elections,women	gilberto-hinojosa	chairman, texas democratic party	texas	democrat	0	4	1	2	1	an email blast


































215.json	true	the oddest thing is he doesn't want to do for america what he did for massachusetts. he did mandate health care for massachusetts, which is hillarycare, and he doesn't want to do that for america.	job-accomplishments	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a washington post interview.


































4031.json	pants-fire	what i have done -- and this is unprecedented ... is ive said to each agency ... look at regulations that are already on the books and if they dont make sense, lets get rid of them.	government-regulation,market-regulation	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference


































2366.json	pants-fire	when the mayor of providences brother wrote over 100 grand in bad checks to the city, joe fernandez didnt have the guts to prosecute him. he let him off the hook.	crime,ethics,message-machine	peter-kilmartin	state representative	rhode island	democrat	0	0	2	1	1	a campaign commercial


































5641.json	pants-fire	says the wisconsin republican party tweeted happy international womens day! you ladies should get paid less and not be able to make health care decisions.	women	graeme-zielinski	spokesman, democratic party of wisconsin	wisconsin	democrat	0	0	0	0	2	a tweet


































8269.json	false	soy ... el nico official estatal quin es un hombre de negocios.	candidates-biography	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	an interview on “conexión texas”


































7029.json	pants-fire	says barack obama sold chrysler to italians who are going to build jeeps in china at the cost of american jobs.	china,jobs,message-machine-2012,workers	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a television ad


































3897.json	false	says rick perry said theres an administrator for every teacher in texas public schools.	education,state-budget,state-finances	doug-otto	superintendent, plano independent school district	texas	none	0	1	0	0	0	a radio interview.


































8896.json	true	its been 14 years since a president or a vice president or a member of their family has not gone and attended at least an event at the olympics.	sports	candy-crowley	cnn host		none	0	0	0	0	0	comments on cnn's state of the union


































7291.json	barely-true	a republican-sponsored wisconsin mining bill will take at least seven years to create jobs.	environment,government-regulation,jobs	chris-larson	wisconsin senate minority leader	wisconsin	democrat	6	5	0	1	1	a speech


































2479.json	barely-true	as milwaukee county executive, scott walker eliminated the waiting list for long-term care for older adults through the family care program.	job-accomplishments	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a statement on campaign web site


































1113.json	false	the congressional budget office most recently came out and analyzed the current (health care) plan and said that it was not only deficit-neutral, but also that over 10 years it would create a $6 billion surplus.	health-care	russ-carnahan	u.s. representative	missouri	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a town hall meeting in missouri.


































1622.json	false	the health care reform bill is the largest tax increase in u.s. history.	health-care,taxes	joe-scarborough	host of a morning show on msnbc		none	1	4	3	3	0	a comment on his morning joe'' program on msnbc