obamas approval numbers are in the low 40s.
obamas approval numbers are in the low 40s.
a roundtable discussion on abc's this week with christiane amanpour''


































19.json	pants-fire	the president is brain-dead.	bush-administration	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	des moines, iowa.


































11924.json	mostly-true	barack obama will somehow manage to add more than $8 trillion to the national debt, which is more debt than the 43 presidents who held office before him compiled together.	debt,deficit,federal-budget	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a column posted on medium.com


































8081.json	false	rhode island has the highest percentage of lawyers per capita in the country.	legal-issues	helio-melo	state representative	rhode island	democrat	0	1	0	0	1	a newspaper interview


































102.json	false	i was the first presidential candidate to lay out a specific, truly universal health care plan.	health-care	john-edwards	former senator	north carolina	democrat	0	2	4	4	1	hanover, n.h.


































801.json	half-true	he voted twice for a budget resolution that increases the taxes on individuals making $42,000 a year.	taxes	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a debate in hempstead, n.y.


































1024.json	mostly-true	democrats have failed to answer the most basic question of how they want to pay for the more than $1 trillion of health care spending.	health-care	roy-blunt	senator	missouri	republican	2	1	0	1	1	a news release


































8839.json	half-true	over the past eight years, the united states has reduced our total carbon pollution more than any other nation on earth.	energy,environment,foreign-policy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the state of the union address


































537.json	true	more than half of all black children live in single-parent households, a number that has doubled doubled since we were children.	families	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at a chicago church


































7574.json	pants-fire	says the democrats told the catholic church that theyll use federal powers to shut down church charities and hospitals if the church doesnt change its beliefs.	health-care,religion,sexuality	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a speech at the conservative political action conference


































3311.json	mostly-true	the richest 400 taxpayers are taxed at a lower rate than a $29,000-a-year worker	income,taxes	sheldon-whitehouse	u.s. senator	rhode island	democrat	2	3	2	7	0	a speech 


































9429.json	mostly-true	our trade with mexico is $720 million a day; thats our no. 1 trading partner.	economy,foreign-policy,trade	leticia-van-de-putte	pharmacist	texas	democrat	2	2	4	1	1	an interview


































3124.json	barely-true	the health care law is accelerating our country toward bankruptcy.	federal-budget,health-care	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	the gop response to the state of the union


































6365.json	pants-fire	foreign chinese prostitution money is allegedly behind the groups funding congressman scott desjarlaiss (tn-04) republican majority.	campaign-finance	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	campaign news release


































10595.json	barely-true	the state department asked all secretaries of state to send their emails over. hillary clintonsthe only one whos done it.	elections,foreign-policy,transparency	charles-schumer	senator	new york	democrat	2	2	2	3	0	comments on cbs' face the nation


































3285.json	barely-true	when it comes to urgency on passing a budget repair bill, theres no rush on this thing because the fiscal year doesnt end until june 30, 2011.	labor,state-budget	jon-erpenbach	state senator, district 27	wisconsin	democrat	3	0	0	1	0	a television interview


































12489.json	half-true	under (obamacare), you cant reward a person for better behavior. you cant have incentives to be healthier.	health-care	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a town hall at georgetown university institute of politics and public service


































12763.json	false	says unlike tim kaine, who investedin education, indiana gov. mike pence slashed education funding.	education,state-budget	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a campaign rally in miami, fla.


































8116.json	half-true	the federal deficit is growing.	deficit,federal-budget	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	an interview on fox news sunday


































7319.json	half-true	says the new years day fiscal cliff deal reduces the deficit.	congress,deficit,federal-budget,taxes	sherrod-brown	u.s. senator	ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	a news release


































8177.json	pants-fire	obamacare provision will allow forcedhome inspections by government agents.	civil-rights,health-care,privacy,public-health	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	blog posts


































7381.json	false	throughout, we have kept congress fully informed of our efforts to create a legal framework on counterterrorism.	legal-issues,terrorism	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the state of the union address


































2098.json	mostly-true	the arizona law basically parrots the federal immigration law.	immigration	tom-ganley	businessman	ohio	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a statement posted to his website


































10454.json	half-true	more than 80 percent of sex trafficking victims in america are u.s. citizens.	crime,criminal-justice	john-cornyn	senator	texas	republican	5	3	6	2	1	a senate floor speech


































2231.json	half-true	kathryn starkey aided and abetted the continued taxation on residents properties over 70 percent of the time by seconding motions and voting to keep the millage rate the same.	candidates-biography,environment,taxes	committee-protect-florida		florida	none	0	1	1	2	0	in a mailer


































4381.json	mostly-true	h.b. 194, the voter suppression bill, invalidates a vote where a voter properly marks the ballot in support of a particular candidate, but also writes in the name of that same candidate.	elections	marcia-fudge	representative from ohio's 11th congressional district	ohio	democrat	0	1	2	4	0	an e-mail to democratic supporters


































7316.json	true	approximately 43 percent of all college grades today are as, an increase of 28 percentage points since 1960.	education	thomas-lindsay	director, center for higher education, texas public policy foundation	texas	none	0	0	0	0	0	an opinion column.


































7469.json	half-true	new hampshire is currently the only state in the nation that does not have a full-service veterans hospital or equivalent access.	veterans	carol-shea-porter	retired social worker	new hampshire	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	a press release 


































9617.json	mostly-true	says rick scotts per-pupil education spending is about $200 less than what it was under charlie crist during the recession.	education,state-budget	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a tampa bay times editorial board interview


































9856.json	barely-true	says sen. jeanneshaheens wealth has surged while in public office.	congress,income,message-machine-2014,campaign-advertising	ending-spending-action-fund			independent	4	0	0	2	0	a campaign ad


































10537.json	true	a bill to eliminate delta air lines jet fuel tax breaks violates federal law and puts the state at risk of losing critical funding from the federal aviation administration.	corporations,gas-prices,government-regulation,state-budget,taxes	trebor-banstetter	delta spokesman	georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	in a statement


































9156.json	true	says he was the only statewide elected official to speak in favor of a federal guest worker plan at the 2012 republican party of texas convention.	economy,immigration,workers	jerry-patterson	state land commissioner	texas	republican	1	1	1	3	0	a news story


































10248.json	half-true	austin mayoral candidate steve adler opposed an injunction to stop a company from dumping petrochemicals directly into the barton springs aquifer.	city-government,corrections-and-updates,environment	brad-rockwell	attorney	texas	none	0	0	1	0	0	a press conference including mayoral candidate mike martinez


































4613.json	mostly-true	the (florida) casino proposed by malaysian gambling conglomerate genting would be nearly double the size of the largest casino in the world.	gambling	no-casinos		florida	none	0	0	0	3	0	a statement on their website


































4925.json	half-true	suzanne bonamici votes with her party a partisan 98 percent of the time.	bipartisanship,message-machine-2012,voting-record	rob-cornilles	consultant	oregon	republican	1	1	3	1	1	in a debate


































2138.json	half-true	since the democrats stimulus went into effect last year, ohio has lost about 150,000 jobs.	economy,jobs,stimulus	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a news release


































7840.json	true	the obama administration has put out more of these major rules than the clinton administration or the bush administration during comparable times.	market-regulation	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	 conference call with reporters


































2642.json	barely-true	says marco rubio sold a home to a chiropractor who had been lobbying him on automobile insurance legislation and once he sold the home, for $380,000 cash, the speakers position on the issue changed.	ethics	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a leadership florida/florida press association debate


































8905.json	false	on the cuba embargo	foreign-policy	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	an interview on hbo's real time


































7879.json	false	says democratic party created planned parenthood	history,sexuality	stephen-martin	state senator	virginia	republican	0	2	0	0	0	an interview.


































12031.json	barely-true	as governor, kasich delivered the largest tax cut in the nation.	job-accomplishments,taxes	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a kasich for america ad, progress


































1318.json	pants-fire	in the health care bill, were now offering insurance for dogs.	health-care,pundits	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	his radio program


































9236.json	mostly-true	in 2013 we had the largest, the best, private sector job growth weve had in this state since the 1990s.	economy,jobs	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a radio interview


































3123.json	barely-true	the federal government now tells us which light bulbs to buy.	energy,market-regulation	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a response to the state of the union address


































8201.json	barely-true	congressman patrick murphy voted to keep the scandal-ridden irs in charge of enforcing obamacare.	health-care	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a youtube video


































7658.json	mostly-true	we really do have the highest corporate tax rate in the world.	taxes	tax-foundation			none	0	0	2	1	0	a press release


































13052.json	true	heroin comes in the united states from the southern border.	drugs	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on cnbc


































5507.json	barely-true	a socially conservative group sponsored a prayer vigil to stop people from buying girl scout cookies because it thinks the girl scouts are affiliated with planned parenthood.	abortion,families,religion,women	hank-johnson	u.s. congressman	georgia	democrat	3	0	4	3	0	a congressional hearing


































6440.json	false	says ron saunders made the choice to stand with rick scott on expanding school vouchers, restricting scholarships and giving tax breaks to the wealthy.	candidates-biography,children,education,taxes	tomorrows-vision-florida		florida	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a mailer


































6876.json	half-true	since president obama took office, there are over 450,000 more unemployed women.	economy,jobs,message-machine-2012,women	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a campaign ad


































2130.json	barely-true	people in the top tax bracket, these so-called wealthy, most of them are small-business owners.	small-business,taxes,abc-news-week	stephen-hayes	senior writer for the weekly standard		none	2	0	1	1	0	on abc news' this week.


































633.json	false	barack obama has pledged to reduce the size of the military.	military	jerome-corsi	author	new jersey	constitution-party	0	2	0	0	1	his book <i>the obama nation</i>. 


































3632.json	true	large majorities of the public oppose major changes to medicare and favor higher taxes on the wealthy.	federal-budget,medicare,polls,pundits,taxes	paul-krugman	new york times columnist		none	0	2	3	4	0	a newspaper column


































510.json	pants-fire	fidel castro endorses obama.	foreign-policy	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	an e-mail.


































7983.json	true	says spending in the fiscal 2009 budget was lower than spending in the fiscal 2014 budget	state-budget,state-finances	barbara-buono	state senator	new jersey	democrat	3	1	4	4	1	a state senate budget hearing


































7919.json	false	there is no statistical evidence that bail bonds increase the likelihood of those awaiting trial returning to court for their scheduled hearings.	criminal-justice	lena-taylor	state senator, district 4	wisconsin	democrat	1	1	0	1	1	an op-ed article


































12752.json	mostly-true	household incomes are down more than $4,000 since the year 2000.	economy,income	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	his acceptance speech at the republican natiional convention in cleveland


































3984.json	true	the u.s. is spending one out of every six defense department dollars on afghanistan.	afghanistan,federal-budget,military	jon-huntsman		utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	an interview on morning joe.


































9985.json	half-true	says personhood legislation she sponsored would not have restricted access to reproductive services and was simply a statement that i support life.	abortion,women	joni-ernst	u.s. senator	iowa	republican	2	1	1	1	0	a debate


































1825.json	true	the republican party fought very hard in the '60s to get the civil rights bill passed, as well as the voting rights bill.	civil-rights,elections,history,legal-issues,abc-news-week	michael-steele	chairman of the republican national committee	maryland	republican	0	1	1	0	2	an interview on abc's this week


































1888.json	false	a major part of the climate change bill sponsored by sens. john kerry and joe lieberman was essentially written by bp.	climate-change,corporations,energy,environment,oil-spill	mitch-mcconnell	senate minority leader	kentucky	republican	7	6	5	7	0	a senate floor speech


































11864.json	false	ohios credit rating is as high as you can get, aa+.	state-budget	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	comments on fox news


































8231.json	false	says every day of a special session costs taxpayers $40,000.	government-efficiency	sal-esquivel	state representative	oregon	republican	0	1	0	0	0	an opinion article


































1431.json	false	we've excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs.	ethics	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	his state of the union address


































11101.json	half-true	the federal deficit would pay for 40 gallons of new hampshire maple syrup for everyone in the united states.	deficit,population,states	kelly-ayotte	u.s. senator	new hampshire	republican	2	1	1	4	0	a town hall meeting in colebrook, n.h.


































5885.json	false	says george flinn has been a no show at scheduled forums.	campaign-advertising	charlotte-bergmann	candidate	tennessee	republican	0	2	0	0	1	in a press release calling for debates.


































4104.json	half-true	social security and other federal checks may not go out on aug. 3 if the debt ceiling is not increased.	deficit,federal-budget,social-security	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview with cbs news


































2981.json	half-true	tsa started off with 16,500 screeners and the agency has mushroomed to 67,000 employees with 3,590 administrative people ... making over $105,000 per year on average.	homeland-security,transportation	john-mica	u.s. representative	florida	republican	0	1	1	1	1	a fox news interview.


































1271.json	mostly-true	the proposed excise tax on cadillac health plans will hit those making less than $200,000 the hardest.	health-care,taxes	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a note on facebook


































278.json	false	i supported (the surge), i argued for it. i'm the only one on this stage that did.	iraq	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a debate in myrtle beach, s.c.


































7013.json	barely-true	says u.s. rep. charles bass wants to privatize social security.	social-security	ann-mclane-kuster	attorney	new hampshire	democrat	2	1	3	0	0	an ad, “janice,” released september 6, 2012


































8716.json	half-true	more americans believe the moon landing was fake than believe obamacare is affordable.	health-care	tom-graves			republican	1	0	5	0	1	a tweet


































2661.json	pants-fire	in the past two years, democrats have spent more money than this country has spent in the last 200 years combined.	federal-budget,history	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	an interview on comedy central's daily show with jon stewart


































3419.json	half-true	for the first time in more than a decade, imports accounted for less than half of (the oil) we consumed.	energy,oil-spill,trade	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference


































12548.json	mostly-true	says donald trump has bankrupted his companies not once, not twice but four times.	candidates-biography	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech on the economy


































401.json	true	john mccain and george bush have absolutely no plan for universal health care.	health-care	campaign-defend-america		washington, d.c.	none	0	1	0	2	0	a television ad


































1055.json	false	a new poll shows 62 percent support the president's plan to reform health care. that means ... letting you choose between keeping the private insurance you have and a public health insurance plan.	health-care	americans-united-change			none	1	4	4	1	0	an internet ad.


































9117.json	barely-true	no one claims the report vindicating new jersey gov. chris christie in the bridge scandal is conclusive.	candidates-biography,infrastructure	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	comments on nbc's meet the press


































