the democrats have over 20 field agents to our zero.	campaign-finance,elections,job-accomplishments	tom-mechler	president, manna services inc.	texas	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a press release


































2517.json	false	social security is a ponzi scheme.	social-security	john-loughlin	owner, media-rite llc	rhode island	republican	1	2	0	0	1	a meet-the-candidates forum


































9904.json	half-true	says nick rahall voted with obama 94 percent of the time.	voting-record	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a campaign ad


































8469.json	barely-true	in 2011, texting surpassed alcohol as the leading contributing factor in teen driving deaths.	public-safety	maria-sachs	florida senator	florida	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a press conference at autonation in fort lauderdale


































11609.json	false	the vast majority of (syrian) refugees are young, able-bodied men looking for work.	foreign-policy,immigration	carly-fiorina		california	republican	5	5	4	3	2	a campaign stop in concord, n.h. 


































2753.json	half-true	the republican leader of the senate said his main goal after this election is simply to win the next one.	bipartisanship,economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	his weekly address


































8100.json	barely-true	rick scott increased tuition at our state colleges and universities by double digits.	education,state-budget	florida-democratic-party		florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	the realrickscott.com website


































9932.json	false	our men and women of the guard have been forced to contact food banks to feed themselves.	hunger,immigration,poverty	leticia-van-de-putte	pharmacist	texas	democrat	2	2	4	1	1	a press release


































11075.json	true	says scott walkers views on abortion are more restrictive than any republican president in recent times.	abortion,candidates-biography,civil-rights,legal-issues,women	tammy-baldwin	u.s. representative	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	an interview


































9992.json	pants-fire	the non-profit groupfeeding america is lying when it claimsthat one in five kids is fighting starvation daily in the united states.	children,hunger,poverty	william-benson-huber			tea-party-member	0	0	0	0	1	an op-ed in the new york post


































1763.json	pants-fire	up until two weeks ago, john mccain was a leading proponent of amnesty. now with me challenging him, suddenly he has changed.	immigration	jd-hayworth		arizona	republican	0	1	1	1	2	an interview on the fox business network


































9566.json	barely-true	an image of nine white, blondwomen shows the amazing diversity of fox news anchors.	diversity,women	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a facebook post


































3834.json	false	the medicare proposal by rep. paul ryan, r-wis., would allow insurance companies to deny you coverage and drop you for pre-existing conditions.	corrections-and-updates,federal-budget,health-care,medicare	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview on cbs' face the nation


































8674.json	true	of the four statewide races this century within a 300-vote margin, three have been overturned in a recount.	elections	mark-obenshain	state senator	virginia	republican	1	0	1	2	0	a statement.


































829.json	pants-fire	michelle obama ordered $400 worth of lobster and caviar at a new york hotel.	candidates-biography	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































5243.json	mostly-true	says newt gingrich said spanish is the language of the ghetto.	elections,immigration,message-machine-2012	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a spanish-language radio ad


































10503.json	false	when i came into office, our vaccination rate in texas was 65 percent. when i left two weeks ago, it was 95 percent.	corrections-and-updates,health-care,public-health	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an interview with the texas tribune and washington post.


































3470.json	true	central health is the only hospital district in texas that spends taxpayer dollars on abortions.	abortion	wayne-christian	texas house representative	texas	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a press release


































7670.json	half-true	the decision to remove chick-fil-a from emory university was based solely on student feedback.	gays-and-lesbians	david-furhman	emory university food service administration director	georgia	none	0	0	1	0	0	an interview


































6946.json	barely-true	women who have miscarriages could be investigated by police under legislation supported by republican state senate candidate rick gudex.	abortion,message-machine-2012	greater-wisconsin-political-fund		wisconsin	none	3	3	3	1	1	a television ad


































8916.json	half-true	businesses will be required to certify to the irs under penalty of perjury that obamacare was not a motivating factor for cutting staff.	health-care,jobs	chris-stirewalt			none	0	0	1	0	0	a daily summary of news fox news first


































7853.json	false	on restoring voting rights to non-violent felons.	criminal-justice,elections	ken-cuccinelli	attorney general	virginia	republican	1	10	3	2	1	news conference.


































1372.json	pants-fire	president obama doesn't ... want to admit we're at war.	terrorism	dick-cheney			republican	5	4	2	2	1	a statement to politico.


































6080.json	half-true	says barack obamas regulatory adviser cass sunstein, wants to ban hunting and says animals should be represented in court.	guns	national-rifle-association			none	3	5	1	5	3	a mailer


































3659.json	false	says stories about his birth certificate drowned out media coverage of the republican and white house budget plans the week of april 11.	deficit,federal-budget,obama-birth-certificate	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference


































5269.json	true	chesterfield has eliminated more positions from its general government operations than the commonwealth has from the entire state government since (fiscal) 2009.	county-government,jobs,state-budget	james-stegmaier	chesterfield county administrator	virginia	none	0	0	0	0	0	a speech.


































12816.json	true	the koch network (is) spending more money (in a senate race) in ohio than anywhere else in the country.	campaign-finance,elections	sherrod-brown	u.s. senator	ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	fundraising email


































8790.json	half-true	in russia all people are absolutely equal regardless of their religion, sex, ethnicity, or sexual orientation, while 70 countries of the world have criminal liability for homosexuality.	civil-rights	vladimir-putin	president of russia		none	0	1	1	0	0	comments on abc's this week


































4616.json	barely-true	says texas senate hopeful donna campbell doesnt live in the district shes hoping to win in 2012.	candidates-biography	burnt-orange-report			democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a blog post.


































10400.json	mostly-true	the state covered a smaller percentage of the cost of k-12 education in 2013 than it did in 2002.	children,education,state-finances	claire-suggs	education analyst	georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	at media symposium


































8247.json	true	the government does not need a warrant to read your old emails.	privacy	tom-graves			republican	1	0	5	0	1	a news release


































7110.json	barely-true	says gov. scott walker has led people to believe that if wisconsin doesnt implement a (health-care) exchange, obamacare doesnt happen here.	federal-budget,health-care,state-budget	jon-erpenbach	state senator, district 27	wisconsin	democrat	3	0	0	1	0	a press release


































5613.json	true	the poorest in this country are women.	families,poverty,women	marcy-kaptur	representative from ohio's ninth congressional district	ohio	democrat	0	2	4	4	0	an interview on politicsnation with al sharpton on msnbc


































6187.json	false	says dow chemical decided to build a plant in saudi arabia rather than oklahoma due to the impact of environmental regulations on the supply of natural gas.	energy,government-regulation	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a speech to the business roundtable in frankenmuth, mich.


































2743.json	half-true	says richard devlin 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


































13076.json	false	the head of the irs ordered 24,000 emails erased before congress could review them, making sure the american people will never know the real truth.	congress,taxes,technology,transparency	john-fleming	u.s. representative	louisiana	republican	0	2	0	0	0	a radio ad


































5099.json	false	says in newark were paying 80 percent of the school budget from local property taxes.	education,taxes	ronald-rice	state senator	new jersey	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a state senate budget committee hearing


































9190.json	mostly-true	georgia has the nations fifth largest women, infants and children (wic) supplemental nutrition program, serving more than 270,000 mothers, babies and children every day.	welfare	georgia-department-public-health			none	0	0	0	1	0	department blog post


































5662.json	barely-true	says she created the first felony deferred prosecution program for nonviolent first-offenders in texas.	county-government,crime,criminal-justice,legal-issues,public-safety	rosemary-lehmberg	travis county district attorney	texas	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	campaign video


































12783.json	barely-true	says when an interviewer asked donald trump if he treats women with respect, trump replied, i cant say that.	history,women	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a video shown at the democratic convention


































12241.json	half-true	we spend about 75 percent of the entire cost of the military aspect of nato.	foreign-policy,military	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	the democratic debate in brooklyn, n.y.


































6809.json	true	in every state, women are paid less than men.	income,women,workers	national-womens-law-center			organization	0	0	0	0	0	press release


































11547.json	half-true	theres only one of us whos actually cut government spending -- not two, theres one and youre looking at him.	state-budget,state-finances	bobby-jindal	governor of louisiana	louisiana	republican	0	1	4	4	0	the fourth gop undercard debate.


































2725.json	half-true	the health care bill cuts the deficit by over $1 trillion dollars.	federal-budget,health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an appearance on comedy central's the daily show


































4851.json	false	says newt gingrich has said that we should make the 11 million illegal workers that are in this country legal.	immigration	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	an interview


































4678.json	half-true	in 2008, when flint had 265 sworn officers on their police force, there were 35 murders and 91 rapes in this city. in 2010, when flint had only 144 police officers, the murder rate climbed to 65, and rapes climbed to 229.	crime	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	flint, mich.


































7940.json	mostly-true	says he can be on the ballot for congress while serving time in jail.	elections	stephen-nodine	inmate	alabama	republican	0	0	0	1	0	statements to the media


































6140.json	barely-true	says a national coca-cola study showed texans love texas more than residents of any other state love their state; wisconsinites ranked second.	history	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a speech to the republican party of texas convention in fort worth.


































382.json	false	obama only wants your children to have health insurance.	health-care	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a campaign event in hanging rock, ohio.


































10838.json	half-true	the fair tax proposal encourages innovation and investment level the playing field for american companies to compete globally.	taxes	david-perdue	u.s. senate candidate	georgia	republican	5	1	4	5	1	his debut senate floor speech


































7455.json	barely-true	says the federal government is earning more tax revenue now than any other time.	economy,federal-budget,taxes	kevin-mccarthy	u.s. representative and house majority whip	california	republican	1	1	0	0	0	an interview on fox news


































10066.json	barely-true	the united states was not one of 16 countries where david perdue said in his pillowtex deposition that he created jobs.	elections,job-accomplishments	michelle-nunn	chief executive officer, points of light foundation	georgia	democrat	3	0	1	2	0	a u.s. senate debate


































13148.json	mostly-true	maggie hassan missed nearly every university system board meeting.	education,voting-record	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	an ad


































12774.json	half-true	donald trump said he was excited for the 2008 housing crash that devastated millions of american families, because he thought it would help him scoop up more real estate on the cheap.	debt,economy,history,housing	elizabeth-warren	u.s. senator	massachusetts 	democrat	0	0	3	3	0	a speech at the democratic convention


































5941.json	false	says josh mandel opposed federal loans to the auto industry.	economy,jobs,campaign-advertising	sherrod-brown	u.s. senator	ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	an email campaign statement


































5838.json	true	says in our gun laws were allowing domestic abusers to sidestep this ban on getting a gun. the loophole allows a convicted abuser to walk into a gun show and walk out with a gun, no questions asked.	crime,guns,women	frank-lautenberg	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	2	0	2	1	0	a speech on the senate floor


































4000.json	barely-true	a substantial number of probationers participating in a pilot project to ease the farm labor shortage are able to finish the work.	immigration	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a radio interview


































4823.json	barely-true	says the simpson-bowles deficit reduction proposal urged raising $2 trillion in new revenue.	federal-budget,taxes	john-kerry	secretary of state	massachusetts	democrat	3	2	2	5	0	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































3342.json	false	the high-speed rail project would create 60,000-plus jobs for floridians.	jobs,stimulus,transportation	corrine-brown	u.s. representative	florida	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	an interview with wesh-tv


































2148.json	true	today almost half our debt is owned by foreigners.	federal-budget,foreign-policy,history	jeb-hensarling	u.s. congressman	texas	republican	0	2	1	0	1	a speech


































12300.json	true	says he was the only republican to vote against creating a house panel to investigate planned parenthood.	abortion,congress	david-jolly		florida	republican	4	0	1	1	0	an orlando debate


































11939.json	barely-true	so far in 2015, there have been more mass shootings than days.	guns	gavin-newsom	california lt. governor	california	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	a campaign email


































2650.json	half-true	republican candidate for governor nathan deal fought to weaken georgias rape shield law.	criminal-justice,women	roy-barnes	attorney	georgia	democrat	0	0	3	3	1	a tv commercial


































11834.json	pants-fire	nothing was done. i mean, $25 million was spent, but we dont have that (gun ownership)database.	guns	loretta-sanchez	member of congress	california	democrat	0	1	1	0	1	a capital public radio interview


































6424.json	mostly-true	aaron bean voted to give illegal immigrants in-state tuition.	immigration	floridians-ethics-and-truth-politics		florida	republican	0	1	0	1	0	a campaign commercial


































2759.json	false	says he has a track record of not raising taxes.	taxes	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an interview


































11274.json	half-true	almost 40 percent of all (undocumented)immigrants come by plane and they overstay their visas.	corrections-and-updates,immigration	jorge-ramos	news anchor for univision	florida	journalist	1	0	2	1	0	an interview on the o'reilly factor on fox news


































9433.json	half-true	last year, obama administration officials released into our neighborhoods more than 36,000 criminal immigrants who had nearly 88,000 convictions. the crimes included hundreds of convictions for murder, rape and kidnapping and thousands of drug-related crimes.	crime,criminal-justice,immigration	lamar-smith	congressman	texas	republican	2	5	1	3	0	a letter to the editor of the san antonio express-news


































3913.json	half-true	commercial buses in the united states have a stellar safety record, a safety record that exceeds that of any other commercial mode or surface transportation mode.	public-safety,transportation	peter-pantuso	president and ceo, american bus association	washington, d.c.	none	0	0	1	0	0	a speech at a press conference.


































1989.json	true	were no. 1 in child hunger.	children	carol-morgan	career counselor	texas	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a speech at the texas democratic convention


































10616.json	barely-true	here, we have thanksgiving, we have christmas, we have the 4th of july. every year in iran, they celebrate death to america day.	foreign-policy,history,nuclear	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview with hugh hewitt


































9849.json	mostly-true	the pension fund in the city of providence is only 30 percent funded, about the same level as when he [taveras] took office.	debates,debt,deficit,economy,job-accomplishments,campaign-advertising,pensions,unions,workers	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	rhode island	democrat	2	1	2	5	1	a debate


































10833.json	mostly-true	florida sends $135 billion and d.c. returns $150 billion.	federal-budget,medicaid,state-budget,taxes	debbie-mayfield			republican	0	0	0	1	0	a tweet


































4374.json	pants-fire	says president barack obama delivered $2 billion to brazil to help with offshore drilling projects.	energy,foreign-policy,new-hampshire-2012	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a speech at a house party in new hampshire.


































9829.json	true	opponent glenn hegar expressed pride in legislated cuts to public school funding.	education,state-budget,state-finances	mike-collier		texas	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a video ad


































3492.json	pants-fire	one. thats the number of new drilling permits under the obama administration since they came into office.	energy,oil-spill	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a speech at the conservative principles pac conference


































7294.json	pants-fire	we just had someone last week in neenah near a school kill someone with a bow and arrow.	guns	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a news conference


































1080.json	false	the obama administration offered $900 million to hamas, a recognized terrorist organization, to rebuild gaza.	foreign-policy,terrorism	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	a gop survey


































4897.json	false	says wisconsin gov. scott walker is making voting more difficult by closing department of motor vehicles offices where low-income voters live.	elections,poverty	chris-bowers			none	0	1	0	0	0	an interview


































7750.json	half-true	university of wisconsin systems reserves are in the mid- to low-range of comparable university systems.	education,state-budget,state-finances,states	kevin-reilly	president of the university of wisconsin system	wisconsin	state-official	0	0	1	0	0	a legislative meeting


































199.json	half-true	i won the south carolina primary in 2004, and i was way behind in the polls at this stage in 2004.	elections	john-edwards	former senator	north carolina	democrat	0	2	4	4	1	nashua, n.h.


































12673.json	barely-true	(big banks) have invested over $300,000 in (joe heck), and heck has sponsored $44 million dollars in tax breaks for banks.	campaign-finance	senate-majority-pac	political action committee	washington, d.c. 	democrat	3	4	4	1	0	a television ad first airing on july 1


































3238.json	false	the alternative to higher state worker pension and health care payments is to look at 1,500 layoffs of state employees or close to 200,000 children who would be bumped off medicaid-related programs.	labor,state-budget	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a news conference


































10592.json	true	contrary to popular belief, we actually dont have that many public employeeswe are well below average in the number of public employees.	economy,labor,state-budget,state-finances,workers	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	rhode island	democrat	2	1	2	5	1	a news conference


































5956.json	mostly-true	right now, we have the lowest gas tax of anywhere in the country.	taxes,transportation	colleen-kiernan		georgia	none	0	0	0	2	0	an interview


































13120.json	half-true	says hillary clinton and tim kaine want to shut down shale, and shut down natural gas.	climate-change,economy,energy,environment,jobs,public-health,market-regulation,water	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech


































11543.json	half-true	when president obama was running for re-election senator sanders was trying to find someone to primary him.	candidates-biography	martin-omalley	maryland governor	maryland	democrat	3	1	10	4	0	the first in the south democratic presidential forum.


































6650.json	mostly-true	providence has amongst the highest tax rate(s) in the entire country.	taxes	anthony-gemma	owner media peel, former president and ceo of gem plumbing	rhode island	democrat	0	2	0	2	1	a candidates debate


































11521.json	half-true	there was never a single shred of evidence presented to anyone thatthe attacks in benghazi, libya, were spontaneous, and in fact, the cia themselves understood that early on.	foreign-policy,terrorism	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview on cnn


































6003.json	mostly-true	to help balance the 2011-13 budget, gov. scott walker used a credit card approach that pushed over $500 million in debt onto our children and our grandchildren costing state taxpayers more than $150 million in interest.	state-budget	tom-barrett	mayor of milwaukee	wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	a debate


































10670.json	half-true	saysbarack obama voted for the very same language ofindianas religious freedom restoration act when he was in the illinois state senate. sexual orientation doesnt have anything to do with this law.	civil-rights,diversity,families	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	comments on abc's this week


































468.json	half-true	if senator clinton or john mccain had stood up in previous years for increases in fuel efficiency standards . . . then we would not be in this same situation in the first place.	energy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an appearance on nbc's meet the press.


































1487.json	half-true	among the money spent on health care in the united states, 46 cents on every dollar spent is through medicare and medicaid.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	an interview on nbc's 'meet the press'


































4283.json	barely-true	says democratic state sen. jim holperin voted against a property tax freeze in 2009 and then voted for a $1.5 billion property tax hike.	state-budget,taxes	kim-simac	leader of recall effort against wisconsin state sen. jim holperin	wisconsin	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a letter and news release


































6360.json	true	today the walton family of walmart own more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of america.	economy	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a message on twitter


































7060.json	mostly-true	says mitt romney was director of a company that stole millions from medicare.	medicare	priorities-usa-action			democrat	3	1	4	2	1	a campaign ad


































10429.json	half-true	middle-class americans pay a higher tax rate than millionaires and billionaires.	income,taxes,wealth,workers	tammy-baldwin	u.s. representative	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	a news release


































3263.json	false	on high-speed rail.	corrections-and-updates,stimulus,transportation	mike-haridopolos	florida senate president	florida	republican	0	3	1	1	0	a press statement.


































12327.json	mostly-true	winning enough pledged delegates is not impossible.	elections	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	an interview on cbs news' face the nation


































8171.json	mostly-true	atlanta now has as many visitors as las vegas, san diego and los angeles. orlando, fla., and new york city still have more visitors.	tourism	kasim-reed			democrat	1	0	5	7	1	a radio interview


































2170.json	half-true	the bush administration pulled the troops out of afghanistan, pulled the resources away, because they wanted to invade iraq instead.	afghanistan,iraq,military,abc-news-week	paul-krugman	new york times columnist		none	0	2	3	4	0	on this week with christiane amanpour.


































6258.json	barely-true	bill obriens tea party legislature tried to repeal kindergarten and compulsory education, defund planned parenthood and eliminate insurance coverage for birth control.	abortion,education,health-care	new-hampshire-democratic-party		new hampshire	democrat	4	0	3	3	0	a web advertisement titled “college vs. smokes.”


































13162.json	barely-true	says proposition 205 blocks market entry for new marijuana dispensaries.	marijuana	arizonans-responsible-drug-policy			none	1	0	1	0	0	a political advertisement


































8032.json	barely-true	this is the same (farm) bill we voted on a few weeks ago, with the exception of one or two sentences.	agriculture,federal-budget	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a news conference


































3477.json	true	says none of the government programs targeted for elimination or severe cutback in house republican spending plans appeared on the gaos list of government programs at high risk of waste, fraud and abuse.	deficit,federal-budget,government-efficiency	dennis-kucinich	u.s. representative	ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	a house committee hearing


































2630.json	barely-true	we refused to balance the budget on the backs of our children.	education	casey-cagle			republican	1	0	0	2	0	a television ad


































3514.json	mostly-true	a majority of the american people opposed the health care law when it was signed and still oppose it today.	health-care	george-allen	consultant	virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a blog post.


































11544.json	barely-true	when chuck schumer and marco rubio tried to push amnesty, it was ted cruz who stopped them.	immigration	courageous-conservatives-pac			republican	2	0	0	0	0	a radio ad


































12847.json	false	hillary clinton has already said shes going to wipe out the second amendment. she doesnt believe in the first amendment. and, she also believes in big government, which flies in the face of the 10th amendment	campaign-finance,guns,supreme-court	chris-collins	congressman for ny-27	new york	republican	0	1	0	0	0	an interview on msnbc.


































2172.json	half-true	ohio lost 400,000 jobs on his (ted stricklands) watch.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	republican-governors-association		washington, d.c.	republican	5	1	6	4	2	a television campaign ad


































7535.json	mostly-true	says virginia, florida and georgia are the three states that are the principal source for gun trafficking.	crime,guns	jim-moran	u. s. congressman	virginia	democrat	2	1	1	6	1	house debate


































13383.json	pants-fire	says hillary clinton shows up in broward county and had a private meeting with elections supervisor brenda snipes.	elections	roger-stone	political consultant	florida	libertarian	0	0	0	0	1	an interview on alex jones' radio show


































6212.json	false	voter fraud provided a portion of the margin of victory of democrat john lehman over republican sen. van wanggaard in a state senate recall election.	elections	robin-vos	wisconsin assembly speaker	wisconsin	republican	0	3	2	5	1	a television interview


































2384.json	half-true	clayton county has employed 1,300 people over the past seven months through the neighborhood stabilization program.	economy,housing	mickie-williams			none	0	0	1	0	0	a presentation


































1367.json	half-true	health care reform plans being consided in congress will finally reduce the costs of health care.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	remarks at the white house


































5701.json	half-true	mayor tom barretts policies drove unemployment up 27 percent in milwaukee, pushing it to one of americas 10 worst cities for unemployment.	city-budget,economy,jobs	republican-governors-association		washington, d.c.	republican	5	1	6	4	2	a television ad


































11932.json	half-true	two-thirds of our kids cant read at grade level.	education	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a column posted on medium.com


































7573.json	mostly-true	our debt now is about $140,000 per household.	debt,taxes	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a speech on the senate floor


































7175.json	half-true	under charlie crist, florida lost 825,000 jobs and the unemployment rate increased from 3.5 percent to 11.1 percent.	economy,jobs	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a news conference


































4404.json	pants-fire	the massachusetts health care plan dealt with 8 percent of our population, far less than the 100 percent of american people affected by president barack obamas health care law.	health-care	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a republican candidates' forum in south carolina


































4038.json	false	georgias illegal immigration crackdown laws should be called the brown codes because of their similarity to the black codes governing blacks after the civil war.	history,immigration	robert-brown	state senator	georgia	democrat	1	1	0	0	0	a press release


































8324.json	half-true	says ken cuccinelli tried to make it more difficult for mothers to obtain divorces.	families,marriage	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a tv ad


































1761.json	true	incoming house speaker dean cannon and incoming senate president mike haridopolos have said they plan to champion efforts next legislative session to allow oil rigs off florida's coast.	energy,environment,oil-spill	progress-florida			none	0	0	0	0	0	a press release.


































9872.json	false	says his comment about extremists being a jv team wasnt specifically referring to islamic state.	foreign-policy,terrorism	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview on meet the press.


































2588.json	mostly-true	one man (new castle, del., county executive, chris coons) thought property taxes should be hiked almost 50 percent.	message-machine,taxes	christine-odonnell	candidate for u.s. senate	delaware	republican	1	0	0	1	2	a campaign video


































12934.json	barely-true	nafta, signed by bill clinton, has been a disaster for pennsylvania.	trade	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview with tv station wjac


































7159.json	barely-true	social security has not contributed to the debt and the deficits.	social-security	jeanne-shaheen	senator	new hampshire	democrat	3	0	4	2	0	an interview on msnbc’s jansing and co. 


































1851.json	half-true	the american power act would cut our dependence on oil in half.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,energy,oil-spill	votevetsorg			none	0	1	1	0	0	a tv ad


































12445.json	false	texas is one of only a handful of states that does not have an equal pay law.	economy,history,legal-issues,states,women	wendy-davis	state senator	texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	an interview with texas monthly


































9238.json	pants-fire	says charlie crists campaign bashedsen. bill nelsons big-government solutions.	elections	msnbc			none	0	0	0	0	1	a graphic during the daily rundown


































9308.json	half-true	there is no incontrovertible proof that speed, in and of itself, is the contributing factor to increasing (vehicular) fatalities.	public-safety,transportation	matt-caldwell	district 79 representative	florida	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a florida house discussion of sb 392


































8008.json	half-true	says proposed anti-abortion legislation would force women facing the most personal of health decisions to endure a transvaginal ultrasound.	abortion,health-care	ohio-democratic-party		ohio	democrat	4	1	2	2	2	an emailed statement


































10884.json	half-true	two of the top three (rated) public high schools in wisconsin ronald reagan college prep and rufus king international are mps schools.	education	david-bowen	member of state assembly	wisconsin	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a news release


































9438.json	true	by 2009, dozens of senior terrorists had been taken off the battlefield by drones.	afghanistan,foreign-policy,iraq,legal-issues,military,terrorism	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	her book, hard choices


































6438.json	false	says tommy thompson favors obamas health care mandate, was publicly thanked by obama for health reform support and that thompson says we cant repeal obamacare.	health-care,message-machine-2012,public-health	eric-hovde			republican	2	3	3	0	0	a radio ad


































2004.json	mostly-true	says state rep. jim keffer, a gop lieutenant to house speaker joe straus, did mail pieces for democrat mark strama to help him defeat a republican.	bipartisanship	david-barton	president, wallbuilders	texas	republican	1	0	1	2	0	an open letter


































1404.json	half-true	on abortion rights.	abortion	harold-ford-jr			democrat	0	0	0	0	0	comments on the subject over the past 10 years.


































1039.json	half-true	the department of justice, under the obama administration, disagrees with the decision judge sotomayor made in the ricci vs. destefano case.	sotomayor-nomination,supreme-court	mitch-mcconnell	senate minority leader	kentucky	republican	7	6	5	7	0	a cnn interview


































7464.json	half-true	says that since 1975, redistricting by texas lawmakers has always been found in violation of section 5 of the voting rights act.	history,redistricting	trey-martinez-fischer	lawyer	texas	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	press conference in the texas house speaker’s committee room.


































13493.json	pants-fire	there was serious voter fraud in new hampshire.	elections,government-regulation,voting-record	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a tweet


































3512.json	mostly-true	tallahassee is the ninth-rainiest (city) in the nation.	weather	john-buss	city of tallahassee, water resources manager	florida	none	0	0	0	1	0	comments before a state house subcommittee


































7445.json	mostly-true	knopp says he upheld a campaign promise not to join the public employees retirement system (pers).	elections,pensions,retirement,state-budget,state-finances,transparency	tim-knopp			republican	0	0	1	1	0	a press release


































10419.json	mostly-true	the united states is the only advanced country on earth that doesnt guarantee paid maternity leave to our workers.	jobs,women,workers	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the state of the union address


































7188.json	true	faculty salaries at uw system institutions have now fallen more than 18 percent below the national average.	education,state-budget,state-finances	kevin-reilly	president of the university of wisconsin system	wisconsin	state-official	0	0	1	0	0	public remarks


































13332.json	half-true	isis is in 32 countries.	foreign-policy,history,homeland-security,terrorism	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a presidential debate


































1843.json	half-true	after the oil spill, congressman adam putnam doubled down saying all energy sources, including oil drilling in the gulf, should be considered just days after the oil spill started.	oil-spill	scott-maddox	attorney	florida	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	email to supporters


































8183.json	half-true	global surface temperatures have been flat for 16 years.	climate-change,energy,environment,government-regulation,history,science,weather	steve-goreham	executive director, climate science coalition of america	illinois	activist	0	0	1	0	0	a commentary in the providence journal


































11783.json	false	says the democratic party createda debate schedule to maximize the opportunity for voters to see our candidates.	debates,elections	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview on cnn reliable sources


































5071.json	half-true	says he lived up to a 2008 promise when he closed corporate tax loopholes that were sending profits overseas.	corporations,economy,job-accomplishments,message-machine-2012,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a web video advertisement


































7256.json	mostly-true	the united states has an immigration system where only 6.5 percent of people who come here, come here based on labor and skill.	immigration	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview


































2815.json	true	we now consume at the federal level 25 percent of the gross domestic product. historically we were at 20 percent. so weve taken 5 percent away from the private sector.	economy,federal-budget	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	an interview on cbs' face the nation


































9528.json	half-true	the export-import bank doesnt cost taxpayers anything.	congress,corporations,deficit,economy,federal-budget,financial-regulation,foreign-policy,taxes	vicky-hartzler	u.s. representative	missouri	republican	1	0	1	0	0	a roll call interview


































4322.json	false	says gov. rick scott is spending a quarter of a million of our tax dollars to robocall people.	state-budget	florida-voter		florida	none	0	1	0	1	0	a robocall from the pink slip rick website, played on msnbc's rachel maddow show.


































6834.json	half-true	obama says hes put forward a specific $4 trillion deficit reduction plan.	debates,deficit,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the first presidential debate


































11171.json	barely-true	on allowing abortion in cases of rape or incest, i have never said that or advocated that.	abortion	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	comments at a gop debate in cleveland


































7977.json	true	in south florida, weve had nine inches of sea-level rise since the 1920s.	environment	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview with fox news


































1427.json	mostly-true	inequality in texas is steadily getting worse, with very few rich people, a great many poor people, and fewer and fewer in the middle.	census,economy,families	ronnie-earle	candidate	texas	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a speech


































6234.json	true	says mitt romney has a corporation in bermuda (but) failed to disclose that on seven different financial disclosures.	candidates-biography,corrections-and-updates,taxes	robert-gibbs	former white house press secretary		democrat	1	1	0	1	0	an interview on cnn's state of the union


































999.json	true	washing your hands and covering your mouth when you cough makes a huge difference in reducing transmission of the flu.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference


































72.json	mostly-true	half of all personal bankruptcies in america are caused by medical bills.	health-care	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech in des moines, iowa.


































10211.json	true	the president of the united states came in the tuesday before the election in a ward that went 99% for him in the last election and they couldnt even (increase) the vote there.	elections	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview


































11997.json	barely-true	spending on welfare, on prisons, and education, all of those have dropped by hundreds of millions of dollars because of arizonas immigration laws that drove outundocumented immigrants.	immigration	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	remarks during the gop debate at the university of houston


































7501.json	barely-true	over the last 20 years, the world has changed. it used to be that one could make a career out of working for one company. today, the average worker stays at his or her job for barely four years.	economy,jobs	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a speech.


































5687.json	false	we gave every public employee in the state the freedom to choose whether or not they want to be in a union.	labor,state-budget	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a television interview


































8699.json	barely-true	scott walker raises nearly 70 percent of his money from out of state	elections	mary-burke	madison school board member	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	11	8	3	an interview


































11676.json	barely-true	david simpson actually voted for drivers licenses for illegal immigrants.	immigration,transportation,voting-record	bryan-hughes	attorney	texas	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign press release


































5174.json	false	saysproposal to boostteacherpension fundputs no mandate on local government.	city-budget,county-budget,education,pensions,state-budget	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	a speech.


































13232.json	false	says after hillary clinton helped a man accused of raping a 12-year-old, shes seen laughing on two separate occasions, laughing at the girl who was raped.	candidates-biography,corrections-and-updates,criminal-justice,women	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	the second 2016 presidential debate


































5926.json	false	says gov. scott walker said no to equal pay for equal work for women.	jobs,legal-issues,message-machine-2012,women,workers	tom-barrett	mayor of milwaukee	wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	a tv ad


































2108.json	half-true	says bill whites program to bring dropouts back to school was so successful that almost every city in our state has replicated it.	education	leticia-van-de-putte	pharmacist	texas	democrat	2	2	4	1	1	a speech at the texas democratic party convention


































6904.json	barely-true	we werent told they wanted more security for diplomatic facilities in libya.	foreign-policy,terrorism	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	the vice presidential debate


































9325.json	false	says hillary clinton spent 30 days in the hospital in 2012 and appeared wearing glasses that are only for people who have traumatic brain injury.	elections	karl-rove		texas	republican	2	5	2	8	0	a panel discussion


































3902.json	mostly-true	when i became president and ceo of godfathers pizza, it was supposed to go bankrupt . . . we turned it around with common-sense business principles.	candidates-biography,corporations	herman-cain		georgia	republican	4	11	5	3	3	a youtube video


































11765.json	barely-true	in houston, texas, today, there are no homeless veterans.	homeless	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	remarks at a florida campaign stop


































4736.json	false	says the city of portland alone has 84 public relation representatives on payroll which cost taxpayers over $6.2 million (a year).	city-government,government-efficiency	taxpayer-association-oregon	political action committee	oregon	none	0	1	2	0	0	a newsletter


































4845.json	half-true	since obama took office, a net of 540,000 additional black americans obamas strongest supporters have lost their jobs.	jobs	new-jersey-tea-party	conservative political group	new jersey	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a retweet


































2314.json	barely-true	charlie crists personal approval numbers are plummeting.	elections,pundits	steven-schale		florida	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a blog post.


































4178.json	mostly-true	most countries have no debt ceiling.	deficit,economy,pundits,abc-news-week	arianna-huffington	founder, the huffington post		none	0	0	2	3	0	a roundtable segment on abc's this week with christiane amanpour


































13112.json	half-true	my opponent was on both the city of chicago payroll and the state of illinois payroll simultaneously, taking full salary, funding her full pension benefits both as a city worker and as a state worker for 10 years.	pensions	leslie-geissler-munger	comptroller 		republican	0	0	1	0	0	a chicago sun-times editorial board debate 


































9830.json	mostly-true	says he holds the record for most appearances on meet the press.	history,pop-culture,pundits	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	comments on msnbc's daily rundown


































10308.json	false	says saddam hussein had a 10-year relationship with al-qaida.	afghanistan,ethics,human-rights,iraq,military,terrorism	dick-cheney			republican	5	4	2	2	1	comments on nbc's meet the press


































7622.json	barely-true	congresswoman frederica wilson successfully postpones closure of the north perry airport tower.	federal-budget,transportation	frederica-wilson	u.s. representative, florida district 17	florida	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	a press release


































7561.json	barely-true	every day, about 100 people will be arrested for possession of marijuana in georgia.	criminal-justice,drugs,marijuana	james-bell	director, georgia c.a.r.e.	georgia	none	1	0	0	0	0	press release


































7212.json	half-true	says that according to many reports and even our own data, the state of texas spent more through medicaid on orthodontia than all other states combined.	health-care,medicaid,public-health	lois-kolkhorst	businesswoman	texas	republican	1	0	1	0	0	a breakfast at the texas tribune festival.


































13255.json	barely-true	just like hillary clinton, russ feingold had a run-in with corruption and scandal by using a personal slush fund -- a.k.a. the feingold foundation -- while plotting another run for u.s. senate.	campaign-finance,ethics,foreign-policy	republican-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	republican	4	3	2	3	0	a web ad


































3396.json	true	we know that every 85 visitors create one florida job.	economy,jobs,tourism	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a press release touting a state tourism program


































12384.json	mostly-true	since 2009, after-tax incomes are up nearly 14 percent.	economy	penny-pritzker	u.s. secretary of commerce	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a medium post


































12054.json	true	we understand that this heroin is primarily coming from mexico, over the border.	drugs	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	department of homeland security hearing


































9078.json	true	ted cruz has been to iowa four times. rio grande valley of texas -- just once.	candidates-biography	jim-moore	pundit and communications consultant	texas	none	0	0	0	0	0	a tweet


































8738.json	pants-fire	says the media created the term polar vortex and the cold air proves the ice isnt melting.	climate-change,weather	rush-limbaugh	radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	comments on his radio show


































6254.json	false	new jersey today has fewer employees in state government than it had when christie whitman left office in january of 2001, and i think thats good. and we did it without any layoffs. we did it through attrition.	jobs	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	an appearance at the brookings institution


































4419.json	true	over the past 10 years, the number of people living in lower manhattan has nearly doubled. in fact, lower manhattan has added more people over the last 10 years than atlanta, dallas and philadelphia combined.	housing,terrorism	michael-bloomberg		new york	independent	0	2	2	3	0	a speech in lower manhattan


































2729.json	half-true	before we even passed health care, 4 millions kids got health insurance that didnt have it before, through the childrens health insurance program.	families,health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview on the daily show.


































11293.json	mostly-true	the top man at yale law school came out ... with just a raging report about former hp ceo carly fiorina,saying she isone of the worst executives in his memory in history running the company.	candidates-biography	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on face the nation


































9058.json	false	the american slave trade caused 5 million deaths or more.	history	jon-stewart			none	0	2	1	1	1	a broadcast of the daily show


































1425.json	barely-true	last week, the supreme court reversed a century of law that i believe will open the floodgates for special interests including foreign corporations to spend without limit in our elections.	corporations,supreme-court	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the state of the union address


































3409.json	mostly-true	says texas colleges and universities may opt to allow guns on campuses.	education,guns	eddie-rodriguez	texas house representative	texas	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	an interview on cnn


































12467.json	half-true	the vast majority of minimum wage workers get a raise within a year.	economy,jobs,poverty	nfederation-o-independent-business-virginia			organization	0	0	1	0	0	a website post.


































1358.json	false	i'm predicting (the saints) will go not only undefeated, but all the way through the super bowl -- something that's never been done before.	recreation	bobby-jindal	governor of louisiana	louisiana	republican	0	1	4	4	0	a radio interview


































7922.json	true	we have one of the most expensive general assemblies, per capita, in the entire country.	state-budget,state-finances,states,taxes	john-loughlin	owner, media-rite llc	rhode island	republican	1	2	0	0	1	an appearance on wpro.


































1634.json	true	since that famous day in february where the governor campaigned with barack obama on behalf of the stimulus program, 211,000 floridians have lost their jobs.	economy,stimulus	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a u.s. senate primary debate on fox news sunday


































192.json	half-true	barack obama's health care plan would leave 15 million americans out.	health-care	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	las vegas, nev. 


































7554.json	mostly-true	says of 80,000 people who were denied a firearm in 2012 due to a failed background check, only 44 were prosecuted.	guns	kelly-ayotte	u.s. senator	new hampshire	republican	2	1	1	4	0	 an editorial board meeting


































2084.json	barely-true	the health care numbers are going up.	health-care,abc-news-week	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	an interview on abc's this week


































6968.json	true	while i was mayor of the city of providence we had the lowest crime rate in 30 years.	crime	david-cicilline	mayor of providence	rhode island	democrat	7	4	5	4	1	a debate


































13365.json	half-true	weve spent $6 trillion on the wars in the middle east.	federal-budget,military	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in charlotte, n.c.


































7734.json	half-true	says proponents of a bond package for the austin school district say the district has the second-lowest bond tax rate among the central texas area school districts.	education,taxes	league-women-voters-austin-area		texas	organization	0	0	2	0	0	a voters guide.


































9392.json	half-true	400,000 oregonians have gained access to health care through the affordable care act.	health-care	jeff-merkley	u.s. senator	oregon	democrat	0	1	3	6	0	an interview


































10050.json	false	20,000 kansans lost their health insurance because of (obamacare).	health-care,message-machine-2014	pat-roberts	u.s. senator	kansas	republican	1	1	0	0	0	a web video


































1850.json	false	once the u.s. government signs a u.n. treaty on conventional arms, all u.s. citizens will be subject to those gun laws created by foreign governments.	foreign-policy,guns,legal-issues	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail circulated on the internet


































678.json	half-true	drilling in anwr would have minimal impact, covering only 2,000 out of 20-million acres.	energy	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	an interview on cnbc


































8280.json	pants-fire	warren buffett recently said scrap obamacare and start all over.	health-care,pundits	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	posts on the internet


































5102.json	barely-true	when georgia tightened its voter identification laws, the state sent a van and photographer to the homes of people who needed photo ids and made them for free.	civil-rights,elections	phil-gingrey	u.s. congressman	georgia	republican	2	5	2	1	1	an online news story


































9905.json	mostly-true	over 40 of our 100 (house of) delegates seats go uncontested every year, and over 40 percent of our state senate seats go uncontested every year.	elections	robert-sarvis	lawyer, businessman	virginia	libertarian	0	0	0	1	0	a speech


































10137.json	barely-true	says jeanne shaheen voted to pave the way for a new national energy tax.	energy,voting-record	scott-brown		new hampshire	republican	2	2	1	3	1	a debate


































8424.json	false	since obamacare became law, most of our new jobs have been part-time jobs.	health-care,jobs,workers	ken-cuccinelli	attorney general	virginia	republican	1	10	3	2	1	a speech.


































3170.json	mostly-true	says that in ohio right now, you could be 8 months pregnant and have an abortion for no reason.	abortion	lorraine-fende	state representative	ohio	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an interview with the columbus dispatch


































1483.json	false	we have killed lots of innocent people in the state of texas.	crime,legal-issues	farouk-shami	businessman	texas	democrat	1	2	2	0	1	a democratic debate


































1202.json	true	in some states, it is still legal to deny a woman coverage because she's been the victim of domestic violence.	health-care	michelle-obama		illinois	democrat	0	2	1	4	0	a speech


































7533.json	pants-fire	of every three dollars in food stamps for the needy, seven dollars in salaries and pensions (go to) the bureaucrats who are supposed to be taking care of the poor.	federal-budget,poverty	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a speech at the conservative cpac conference


































4690.json	pants-fire	former alaska governor sarah palin was right that president barack obamas health care bill created what would, in effect, be death panels.	health-care	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a republican presidential debate


































1959.json	pants-fire	bill mccollum has accepted thousands from lobbyists for planned parenthood.	abortion,candidates-biography,message-machine	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a campaign mail piece.


































2219.json	pants-fire	cap and trade legislation that zack space supported would cost the average household approximately $1,761 per year in increased energy rates.	cap-and-trade,climate-change	bob-gibbs	representative from ohio's 18th congressional district	ohio	republican	0	0	0	1	1	an issue statement posted to his website


































13445.json	false	the declaration of independence was written on paper made out of hemp.	history	kai-degner	harrisonburg city councilman	virginia	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a debate.


































10096.json	false	jason carters plan: increase spending by $12.5 billion.	education,medicaid,state-budget	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	television attack ad


































2713.json	false	dan seals has been running for office since before there were, like, ipods.	candidates-biography,message-machine	robert-dold	u.s. representative	illinois	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign commercial


































10647.json	half-true	whales live as long at seaworld as they do in the wild.	animals,science,tourism	seaworld	theme park company	florida	none	0	0	1	0	0	an ad


































6148.json	barely-true	women earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men in the same position.	income,jobs,poverty,women,workers	david-cicilline	mayor of providence	rhode island	democrat	7	4	5	4	1	a news release


































7681.json	false	the miami dolphins are the only nfl team in the entire nation that pays property taxes.	county-budget,sports,taxes	carlos-gimenez	mayor	florida	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a county commission meeting


































5378.json	pants-fire	says texas legislators in 2011 increased state spending on education.	education,state-budget	myra-crownover		texas	republican	0	0	0	0	1	her campaign website.


































2377.json	half-true	while many of his colleagues turned down a $2,500 pay raise ... (jeff) plale pocketed the extra money.	message-machine,state-budget	citizens-progressive-wisconsin		wisconsin	none	0	0	1	0	0	campaign literature distributed by an outside group


































1421.json	true	u.s. sen. kay bailey hutchison has voted nine separate times to raise the national debt ceiling.	economy	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a press release


































8537.json	true	things went wrong with the medicare prescription d plan that george bush rolled out.	health-care,medicare,retirement,technology	steve-israel	u.s. representative	new york	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on msnbc


































13009.json	true	child care costs in some states now exceed the average price tag for college tuition.	children,education,families	donna-howard	texas house representative	texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	0	a press conference by austin democrats


































9511.json	half-true	u.s. senate candidate michelle nunn has avoided taking a stand on obamacare.	health-care	washington-examiner			none	0	0	1	0	0	opinion piece


































11192.json	barely-true	there is debate among constitutional scholars about whether the first amendment will continue to protect faith leaders from being forced to perform marriages against their religious beliefs.	gays-and-lesbians,legal-issues,marriage,religion,supreme-court	david-ralston		georgia	republican	1	1	0	1	0	an interview


































3416.json	mostly-true	last year, american oil production reached its highest level since 2003.	economy,energy,history	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference


































11686.json	barely-true	the head of the fbi has told congress they cannot vet those (syrian) refugees.	foreign-policy	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a gop debate on cnn


































4467.json	false	[eighty-five percent] of the funds collected in each county will be redistributed elsewhere -- not spent in the county in which it is collected.	taxes,transportation	debbie-dooley		georgia	tea-party-member	0	1	1	1	0	an op-ed


































12175.json	half-true	weve rebuilt china.	china,foreign-policy,trade	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview with the new york times


































4574.json	false	say the ratio of ceo pay to average worker pay in the u.s. is 475 to 1.	corporations,economy,labor,occupy-wall-street,workers	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	postings on facebook, blogs, and social-media sites


































11241.json	half-true	in the year 2013, the obama administration released 104,000 criminal illegal aliens. they released 196 murderers people with homicide convictions, who are here illegally.	crime,criminal-justice,immigration	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	answering a reporter in iowa


































11776.json	false	more than 100,000 women in texas have attempted to self-induce abortion in the past year alone.	abortion	tarina-keene	executive director, naral pro-choice virginia	virginia	organization	0	1	0	0	0	a news conference


































11940.json	mostly-true	says missouri families earning power is about $5,000 less today than it was at the turn of the century.	economy,income	todd-richardson	state house speaker	missouri	republican	0	0	0	1	0	comments on “this week in missouri politics
the democrats have over 20 field agents to our zero.	campaign-finance,elections,job-accomplishments	tom-mechler	president, manna services inc.	texas	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a press release


































2517.json	false	social security is a ponzi scheme.	social-security	john-loughlin	owner, media-rite llc	rhode island	republican	1	2	0	0	1	a meet-the-candidates forum


































9904.json	half-true	says nick rahall voted with obama 94 percent of the time.	voting-record	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a campaign ad


































8469.json	barely-true	in 2011, texting surpassed alcohol as the leading contributing factor in teen driving deaths.	public-safety	maria-sachs	florida senator	florida	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a press conference at autonation in fort lauderdale


































11609.json	false	the vast majority of (syrian) refugees are young, able-bodied men looking for work.	foreign-policy,immigration	carly-fiorina		california	republican	5	5	4	3	2	a campaign stop in concord, n.h. 


































2753.json	half-true	the republican leader of the senate said his main goal after this election is simply to win the next one.	bipartisanship,economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	his weekly address


































8100.json	barely-true	rick scott increased tuition at our state colleges and universities by double digits.	education,state-budget	florida-democratic-party		florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	the realrickscott.com website


































9932.json	false	our men and women of the guard have been forced to contact food banks to feed themselves.	hunger,immigration,poverty	leticia-van-de-putte	pharmacist	texas	democrat	2	2	4	1	1	a press release


































11075.json	true	says scott walkers views on abortion are more restrictive than any republican president in recent times.	abortion,candidates-biography,civil-rights,legal-issues,women	tammy-baldwin	u.s. representative	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	an interview


































9992.json	pants-fire	the non-profit groupfeeding america is lying when it claimsthat one in five kids is fighting starvation daily in the united states.	children,hunger,poverty	william-benson-huber			tea-party-member	0	0	0	0	1	an op-ed in the new york post


































1763.json	pants-fire	up until two weeks ago, john mccain was a leading proponent of amnesty. now with me challenging him, suddenly he has changed.	immigration	jd-hayworth		arizona	republican	0	1	1	1	2	an interview on the fox business network


































9566.json	barely-true	an image of nine white, blondwomen shows the amazing diversity of fox news anchors.	diversity,women	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a facebook post


































3834.json	false	the medicare proposal by rep. paul ryan, r-wis., would allow insurance companies to deny you coverage and drop you for pre-existing conditions.	corrections-and-updates,federal-budget,health-care,medicare	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview on cbs' face the nation


































8674.json	true	of the four statewide races this century within a 300-vote margin, three have been overturned in a recount.	elections	mark-obenshain	state senator	virginia	republican	1	0	1	2	0	a statement.


































829.json	pants-fire	michelle obama ordered $400 worth of lobster and caviar at a new york hotel.	candidates-biography	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































5243.json	mostly-true	says newt gingrich said spanish is the language of the ghetto.	elections,immigration,message-machine-2012	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a spanish-language radio ad


































10503.json	false	when i came into office, our vaccination rate in texas was 65 percent. when i left two weeks ago, it was 95 percent.	corrections-and-updates,health-care,public-health	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an interview with the texas tribune and washington post.


































3470.json	true	central health is the only hospital district in texas that spends taxpayer dollars on abortions.	abortion	wayne-christian	texas house representative	texas	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a press release


































7670.json	half-true	the decision to remove chick-fil-a from emory university was based solely on student feedback.	gays-and-lesbians	david-furhman	emory university food service administration director	georgia	none	0	0	1	0	0	an interview


































6946.json	barely-true	women who have miscarriages could be investigated by police under legislation supported by republican state senate candidate rick gudex.	abortion,message-machine-2012	greater-wisconsin-political-fund		wisconsin	none	3	3	3	1	1	a television ad


































8916.json	half-true	businesses will be required to certify to the irs under penalty of perjury that obamacare was not a motivating factor for cutting staff.	health-care,jobs	chris-stirewalt			none	0	0	1	0	0	a daily summary of news fox news first


































7853.json	false	on restoring voting rights to non-violent felons.	criminal-justice,elections	ken-cuccinelli	attorney general	virginia	republican	1	10	3	2	1	news conference.


































1372.json	pants-fire	president obama doesn't ... want to admit we're at war.	terrorism	dick-cheney			republican	5	4	2	2	1	a statement to politico.


































6080.json	half-true	says barack obamas regulatory adviser cass sunstein, wants to ban hunting and says animals should be represented in court.	guns	national-rifle-association			none	3	5	1	5	3	a mailer


































3659.json	false	says stories about his birth certificate drowned out media coverage of the republican and white house budget plans the week of april 11.	deficit,federal-budget,obama-birth-certificate	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference


































5269.json	true	chesterfield has eliminated more positions from its general government operations than the commonwealth has from the entire state government since (fiscal) 2009.	county-government,jobs,state-budget	james-stegmaier	chesterfield county administrator	virginia	none	0	0	0	0	0	a speech.


































12816.json	true	the koch network (is) spending more money (in a senate race) in ohio than anywhere else in the country.	campaign-finance,elections	sherrod-brown	u.s. senator	ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	fundraising email


































8790.json	half-true	in russia all people are absolutely equal regardless of their religion, sex, ethnicity, or sexual orientation, while 70 countries of the world have criminal liability for homosexuality.	civil-rights	vladimir-putin	president of russia		none	0	1	1	0	0	comments on abc's this week


































4616.json	barely-true	says texas senate hopeful donna campbell doesnt live in the district shes hoping to win in 2012.	candidates-biography	burnt-orange-report			democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a blog post.


































10400.json	mostly-true	the state covered a smaller percentage of the cost of k-12 education in 2013 than it did in 2002.	children,education,state-finances	claire-suggs	education analyst	georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	at media symposium


































8247.json	true	the government does not need a warrant to read your old emails.	privacy	tom-graves			republican	1	0	5	0	1	a news release


































7110.json	barely-true	says gov. scott walker has led people to believe that if wisconsin doesnt implement a (health-care) exchange, obamacare doesnt happen here.	federal-budget,health-care,state-budget	jon-erpenbach	state senator, district 27	wisconsin	democrat	3	0	0	1	0	a press release


































5613.json	true	the poorest in this country are women.	families,poverty,women	marcy-kaptur	representative from ohio's ninth congressional district	ohio	democrat	0	2	4	4	0	an interview on politicsnation with al sharpton on msnbc


































6187.json	false	says dow chemical decided to build a plant in saudi arabia rather than oklahoma due to the impact of environmental regulations on the supply of natural gas.	energy,government-regulation	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a speech to the business roundtable in frankenmuth, mich.


































2743.json	half-true	says richard devlin 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


































13076.json	false	the head of the irs ordered 24,000 emails erased before congress could review them, making sure the american people will never know the real truth.	congress,taxes,technology,transparency	john-fleming	u.s. representative	louisiana	republican	0	2	0	0	0	a radio ad


































5099.json	false	says in newark were paying 80 percent of the school budget from local property taxes.	education,taxes	ronald-rice	state senator	new jersey	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a state senate budget committee hearing


































9190.json	mostly-true	georgia has the nations fifth largest women, infants and children (wic) supplemental nutrition program, serving more than 270,000 mothers, babies and children every day.	welfare	georgia-department-public-health			none	0	0	0	1	0	department blog post


































5662.json	barely-true	says she created the first felony deferred prosecution program for nonviolent first-offenders in texas.	county-government,crime,criminal-justice,legal-issues,public-safety	rosemary-lehmberg	travis county district attorney	texas	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	campaign video


































12783.json	barely-true	says when an interviewer asked donald trump if he treats women with respect, trump replied, i cant say that.	history,women	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a video shown at the democratic convention


































12241.json	half-true	we spend about 75 percent of the entire cost of the military aspect of nato.	foreign-policy,military	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	the democratic debate in brooklyn, n.y.


































6809.json	true	in every state, women are paid less than men.	income,women,workers	national-womens-law-center			organization	0	0	0	0	0	press release


































11547.json	half-true	theres only one of us whos actually cut government spending -- not two, theres one and youre looking at him.	state-budget,state-finances	bobby-jindal	governor of louisiana	louisiana	republican	0	1	4	4	0	the fourth gop undercard debate.


































2725.json	half-true	the health care bill cuts the deficit by over $1 trillion dollars.	federal-budget,health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an appearance on comedy central's the daily show


































4851.json	false	says newt gingrich has said that we should make the 11 million illegal workers that are in this country legal.	immigration	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	an interview


































4678.json	half-true	in 2008, when flint had 265 sworn officers on their police force, there were 35 murders and 91 rapes in this city. in 2010, when flint had only 144 police officers, the murder rate climbed to 65, and rapes climbed to 229.	crime	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	flint, mich.


































7940.json	mostly-true	says he can be on the ballot for congress while serving time in jail.	elections	stephen-nodine	inmate	alabama	republican	0	0	0	1	0	statements to the media


































6140.json	barely-true	says a national coca-cola study showed texans love texas more than residents of any other state love their state; wisconsinites ranked second.	history	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a speech to the republican party of texas convention in fort worth.


































382.json	false	obama only wants your children to have health insurance.	health-care	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a campaign event in hanging rock, ohio.


































10838.json	half-true	the fair tax proposal encourages innovation and investment level the playing field for american companies to compete globally.	taxes	david-perdue	u.s. senate candidate	georgia	republican	5	1	4	5	1	his debut senate floor speech


































7455.json	barely-true	says the federal government is earning more tax revenue now than any other time.	economy,federal-budget,taxes	kevin-mccarthy	u.s. representative and house majority whip	california	republican	1	1	0	0	0	an interview on fox news


































10066.json	barely-true	the united states was not one of 16 countries where david perdue said in his pillowtex deposition that he created jobs.	elections,job-accomplishments	michelle-nunn	chief executive officer, points of light foundation	georgia	democrat	3	0	1	2	0	a u.s. senate debate


































13148.json	mostly-true	maggie hassan missed nearly every university system board meeting.	education,voting-record	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	an ad


































12774.json	half-true	donald trump said he was excited for the 2008 housing crash that devastated millions of american families, because he thought it would help him scoop up more real estate on the cheap.	debt,economy,history,housing	elizabeth-warren	u.s. senator	massachusetts 	democrat	0	0	3	3	0	a speech at the democratic convention


































5941.json	false	says josh mandel opposed federal loans to the auto industry.	economy,jobs,campaign-advertising	sherrod-brown	u.s. senator	ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	an email campaign statement


































5838.json	true	says in our gun laws were allowing domestic abusers to sidestep this ban on getting a gun. the loophole allows a convicted abuser to walk into a gun show and walk out with a gun, no questions asked.	crime,guns,women	frank-lautenberg	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	2	0	2	1	0	a speech on the senate floor


































4000.json	barely-true	a substantial number of probationers participating in a pilot project to ease the farm labor shortage are able to finish the work.	immigration	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a radio interview


































4823.json	barely-true	says the simpson-bowles deficit reduction proposal urged raising $2 trillion in new revenue.	federal-budget,taxes	john-kerry	secretary of state	massachusetts	democrat	3	2	2	5	0	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































3342.json	false	the high-speed rail project would create 60,000-plus jobs for floridians.	jobs,stimulus,transportation	corrine-brown	u.s. representative	florida	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	an interview with wesh-tv


































2148.json	true	today almost half our debt is owned by foreigners.	federal-budget,foreign-policy,history	jeb-hensarling	u.s. congressman	texas	republican	0	2	1	0	1	a speech


































12300.json	true	says he was the only republican to vote against creating a house panel to investigate planned parenthood.	abortion,congress	david-jolly		florida	republican	4	0	1	1	0	an orlando debate


































11939.json	barely-true	so far in 2015, there have been more mass shootings than days.	guns	gavin-newsom	california lt. governor	california	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	a campaign email


































2650.json	half-true	republican candidate for governor nathan deal fought to weaken georgias rape shield law.	criminal-justice,women	roy-barnes	attorney	georgia	democrat	0	0	3	3	1	a tv commercial


































11834.json	pants-fire	nothing was done. i mean, $25 million was spent, but we dont have that (gun ownership)database.	guns	loretta-sanchez	member of congress	california	democrat	0	1	1	0	1	a capital public radio interview


































6424.json	mostly-true	aaron bean voted to give illegal immigrants in-state tuition.	immigration	floridians-ethics-and-truth-politics		florida	republican	0	1	0	1	0	a campaign commercial


































2759.json	false	says he has a track record of not raising taxes.	taxes	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an interview


































11274.json	half-true	almost 40 percent of all (undocumented)immigrants come by plane and they overstay their visas.	corrections-and-updates,immigration	jorge-ramos	news anchor for univision	florida	journalist	1	0	2	1	0	an interview on the o'reilly factor on fox news


































9433.json	half-true	last year, obama administration officials released into our neighborhoods more than 36,000 criminal immigrants who had nearly 88,000 convictions. the crimes included hundreds of convictions for murder, rape and kidnapping and thousands of drug-related crimes.	crime,criminal-justice,immigration	lamar-smith	congressman	texas	republican	2	5	1	3	0	a letter to the editor of the san antonio express-news


































3913.json	half-true	commercial buses in the united states have a stellar safety record, a safety record that exceeds that of any other commercial mode or surface transportation mode.	public-safety,transportation	peter-pantuso	president and ceo, american bus association	washington, d.c.	none	0	0	1	0	0	a speech at a press conference.


































1989.json	true	were no. 1 in child hunger.	children	carol-morgan	career counselor	texas	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a speech at the texas democratic convention


































10616.json	barely-true	here, we have thanksgiving, we have christmas, we have the 4th of july. every year in iran, they celebrate death to america day.	foreign-policy,history,nuclear	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview with hugh hewitt


































9849.json	mostly-true	the pension fund in the city of providence is only 30 percent funded, about the same level as when he [taveras] took office.	debates,debt,deficit,economy,job-accomplishments,campaign-advertising,pensions,unions,workers	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	rhode island	democrat	2	1	2	5	1	a debate


































10833.json	mostly-true	florida sends $135 billion and d.c. returns $150 billion.	federal-budget,medicaid,state-budget,taxes	debbie-mayfield			republican	0	0	0	1	0	a tweet


































4374.json	pants-fire	says president barack obama delivered $2 billion to brazil to help with offshore drilling projects.	energy,foreign-policy,new-hampshire-2012	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a speech at a house party in new hampshire.


































9829.json	true	opponent glenn hegar expressed pride in legislated cuts to public school funding.	education,state-budget,state-finances	mike-collier		texas	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a video ad


































3492.json	pants-fire	one. thats the number of new drilling permits under the obama administration since they came into office.	energy,oil-spill	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a speech at the conservative principles pac conference


































7294.json	pants-fire	we just had someone last week in neenah near a school kill someone with a bow and arrow.	guns	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a news conference


































1080.json	false	the obama administration offered $900 million to hamas, a recognized terrorist organization, to rebuild gaza.	foreign-policy,terrorism	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	a gop survey


































4897.json	false	says wisconsin gov. scott walker is making voting more difficult by closing department of motor vehicles offices where low-income voters live.	elections,poverty	chris-bowers			none	0	1	0	0	0	an interview


































7750.json	half-true	university of wisconsin systems reserves are in the mid- to low-range of comparable university systems.	education,state-budget,state-finances,states	kevin-reilly	president of the university of wisconsin system	wisconsin	state-official	0	0	1	0	0	a legislative meeting


































199.json	half-true	i won the south carolina primary in 2004, and i was way behind in the polls at this stage in 2004.	elections	john-edwards	former senator	north carolina	democrat	0	2	4	4	1	nashua, n.h.


































12673.json	barely-true	(big banks) have invested over $300,000 in (joe heck), and heck has sponsored $44 million dollars in tax breaks for banks.	campaign-finance	senate-majority-pac	political action committee	washington, d.c. 	democrat	3	4	4	1	0	a television ad first airing on july 1


































3238.json	false	the alternative to higher state worker pension and health care payments is to look at 1,500 layoffs of state employees or close to 200,000 children who would be bumped off medicaid-related programs.	labor,state-budget	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a news conference


































10592.json	true	contrary to popular belief, we actually dont have that many public employeeswe are well below average in the number of public employees.	economy,labor,state-budget,state-finances,workers	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	rhode island	democrat	2	1	2	5	1	a news conference


































5956.json	mostly-true	right now, we have the lowest gas tax of anywhere in the country.	taxes,transportation	colleen-kiernan		georgia	none	0	0	0	2	0	an interview


































13120.json	half-true	says hillary clinton and tim kaine want to shut down shale, and shut down natural gas.	climate-change,economy,energy,environment,jobs,public-health,market-regulation,water	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech


































11543.json	half-true	when president obama was running for re-election senator sanders was trying to find someone to primary him.	candidates-biography	martin-omalley	maryland governor	maryland	democrat	3	1	10	4	0	the first in the south democratic presidential forum.


































6650.json	mostly-true	providence has amongst the highest tax rate(s) in the entire country.	taxes	anthony-gemma	owner media peel, former president and ceo of gem plumbing	rhode island	democrat	0	2	0	2	1	a candidates debate


































11521.json	half-true	there was never a single shred of evidence presented to anyone thatthe attacks in benghazi, libya, were spontaneous, and in fact, the cia themselves understood that early on.	foreign-policy,terrorism	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview on cnn


































6003.json	mostly-true	to help balance the 2011-13 budget, gov. scott walker used a credit card approach that pushed over $500 million in debt onto our children and our grandchildren costing state taxpayers more than $150 million in interest.	state-budget	tom-barrett	mayor of milwaukee	wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	a debate


































10670.json	half-true	saysbarack obama voted for the very same language ofindianas religious freedom restoration act when he was in the illinois state senate. sexual orientation doesnt have anything to do with this law.	civil-rights,diversity,families	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	comments on abc's this week


































468.json	half-true	if senator clinton or john mccain had stood up in previous years for increases in fuel efficiency standards . . . then we would not be in this same situation in the first place.	energy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an appearance on nbc's meet the press.


































1487.json	half-true	among the money spent on health care in the united states, 46 cents on every dollar spent is through medicare and medicaid.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	an interview on nbc's 'meet the press'


































4283.json	barely-true	says democratic state sen. jim holperin voted against a property tax freeze in 2009 and then voted for a $1.5 billion property tax hike.	state-budget,taxes	kim-simac	leader of recall effort against wisconsin state sen. jim holperin	wisconsin	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a letter and news release


































6360.json	true	today the walton family of walmart own more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of america.	economy	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a message on twitter


































7060.json	mostly-true	says mitt romney was director of a company that stole millions from medicare.	medicare	priorities-usa-action			democrat	3	1	4	2	1	a campaign ad


































10429.json	half-true	middle-class americans pay a higher tax rate than millionaires and billionaires.	income,taxes,wealth,workers	tammy-baldwin	u.s. representative	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	a news release


































3263.json	false	on high-speed rail.	corrections-and-updates,stimulus,transportation	mike-haridopolos	florida senate president	florida	republican	0	3	1	1	0	a press statement.


































12327.json	mostly-true	winning enough pledged delegates is not impossible.	elections	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	an interview on cbs news' face the nation


































8171.json	mostly-true	atlanta now has as many visitors as las vegas, san diego and los angeles. orlando, fla., and new york city still have more visitors.	tourism	kasim-reed			democrat	1	0	5	7	1	a radio interview


































2170.json	half-true	the bush administration pulled the troops out of afghanistan, pulled the resources away, because they wanted to invade iraq instead.	afghanistan,iraq,military,abc-news-week	paul-krugman	new york times columnist		none	0	2	3	4	0	on this week with christiane amanpour.


































6258.json	barely-true	bill obriens tea party legislature tried to repeal kindergarten and compulsory education, defund planned parenthood and eliminate insurance coverage for birth control.	abortion,education,health-care	new-hampshire-democratic-party		new hampshire	democrat	4	0	3	3	0	a web advertisement titled “college vs. smokes.”


































13162.json	barely-true	says proposition 205 blocks market entry for new marijuana dispensaries.	marijuana	arizonans-responsible-drug-policy			none	1	0	1	0	0	a political advertisement


































8032.json	barely-true	this is the same (farm) bill we voted on a few weeks ago, with the exception of one or two sentences.	agriculture,federal-budget	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a news conference


































3477.json	true	says none of the government programs targeted for elimination or severe cutback in house republican spending plans appeared on the gaos list of government programs at high risk of waste, fraud and abuse.	deficit,federal-budget,government-efficiency	dennis-kucinich	u.s. representative	ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	a house committee hearing


































2630.json	barely-true	we refused to balance the budget on the backs of our children.	education	casey-cagle			republican	1	0	0	2	0	a television ad


































3514.json	mostly-true	a majority of the american people opposed the health care law when it was signed and still oppose it today.	health-care	george-allen	consultant	virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a blog post.


































11544.json	barely-true	when chuck schumer and marco rubio tried to push amnesty, it was ted cruz who stopped them.	immigration	courageous-conservatives-pac			republican	2	0	0	0	0	a radio ad


































12847.json	false	hillary clinton has already said shes going to wipe out the second amendment. she doesnt believe in the first amendment. and, she also believes in big government, which flies in the face of the 10th amendment	campaign-finance,guns,supreme-court	chris-collins	congressman for ny-27	new york	republican	0	1	0	0	0	an interview on msnbc.


































2172.json	half-true	ohio lost 400,000 jobs on his (ted stricklands) watch.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	republican-governors-association		washington, d.c.	republican	5	1	6	4	2	a television campaign ad


































7535.json	mostly-true	says virginia, florida and georgia are the three states that are the principal source for gun trafficking.	crime,guns	jim-moran	u. s. congressman	virginia	democrat	2	1	1	6	1	house debate


































13383.json	pants-fire	says hillary clinton shows up in broward county and had a private meeting with elections supervisor brenda snipes.	elections	roger-stone	political consultant	florida	libertarian	0	0	0	0	1	an interview on alex jones' radio show


































6212.json	false	voter fraud provided a portion of the margin of victory of democrat john lehman over republican sen. van wanggaard in a state senate recall election.	elections	robin-vos	wisconsin assembly speaker	wisconsin	republican	0	3	2	5	1	a television interview


































2384.json	half-true	clayton county has employed 1,300 people over the past seven months through the neighborhood stabilization program.	economy,housing	mickie-williams			none	0	0	1	0	0	a presentation


































1367.json	half-true	health care reform plans being consided in congress will finally reduce the costs of health care.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	remarks at the white house


































5701.json	half-true	mayor tom barretts policies drove unemployment up 27 percent in milwaukee, pushing it to one of americas 10 worst cities for unemployment.	city-budget,economy,jobs	republican-governors-association		washington, d.c.	republican	5	1	6	4	2	a television ad


































11932.json	half-true	two-thirds of our kids cant read at grade level.	education	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a column posted on medium.com


































7573.json	mostly-true	our debt now is about $140,000 per household.	debt,taxes	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a speech on the senate floor


































7175.json	half-true	under charlie crist, florida lost 825,000 jobs and the unemployment rate increased from 3.5 percent to 11.1 percent.	economy,jobs	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a news conference


































4404.json	pants-fire	the massachusetts health care plan dealt with 8 percent of our population, far less than the 100 percent of american people affected by president barack obamas health care law.	health-care	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a republican candidates' forum in south carolina


































4038.json	false	georgias illegal immigration crackdown laws should be called the brown codes because of their similarity to the black codes governing blacks after the civil war.	history,immigration	robert-brown	state senator	georgia	democrat	1	1	0	0	0	a press release


































8324.json	half-true	says ken cuccinelli tried to make it more difficult for mothers to obtain divorces.	families,marriage	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a tv ad


































1761.json	true	incoming house speaker dean cannon and incoming senate president mike haridopolos have said they plan to champion efforts next legislative session to allow oil rigs off florida's coast.	energy,environment,oil-spill	progress-florida			none	0	0	0	0	0	a press release.


































9872.json	false	says his comment about extremists being a jv team wasnt specifically referring to islamic state.	foreign-policy,terrorism	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview on meet the press.


































2588.json	mostly-true	one man (new castle, del., county executive, chris coons) thought property taxes should be hiked almost 50 percent.	message-machine,taxes	christine-odonnell	candidate for u.s. senate	delaware	republican	1	0	0	1	2	a campaign video


































12934.json	barely-true	nafta, signed by bill clinton, has been a disaster for pennsylvania.	trade	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview with tv station wjac


































7159.json	barely-true	social security has not contributed to the debt and the deficits.	social-security	jeanne-shaheen	senator	new hampshire	democrat	3	0	4	2	0	an interview on msnbc’s jansing and co. 


































1851.json	half-true	the american power act would cut our dependence on oil in half.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,energy,oil-spill	votevetsorg			none	0	1	1	0	0	a tv ad


































12445.json	false	texas is one of only a handful of states that does not have an equal pay law.	economy,history,legal-issues,states,women	wendy-davis	state senator	texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	an interview with texas monthly


































9238.json	pants-fire	says charlie crists campaign bashedsen. bill nelsons big-government solutions.	elections	msnbc			none	0	0	0	0	1	a graphic during the daily rundown


































9308.json	half-true	there is no incontrovertible proof that speed, in and of itself, is the contributing factor to increasing (vehicular) fatalities.	public-safety,transportation	matt-caldwell	district 79 representative	florida	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a florida house discussion of sb 392


































8008.json	half-true	says proposed anti-abortion legislation would force women facing the most personal of health decisions to endure a transvaginal ultrasound.	abortion,health-care	ohio-democratic-party		ohio	democrat	4	1	2	2	2	an emailed statement


































10884.json	half-true	two of the top three (rated) public high schools in wisconsin ronald reagan college prep and rufus king international are mps schools.	education	david-bowen	member of state assembly	wisconsin	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a news release


































9438.json	true	by 2009, dozens of senior terrorists had been taken off the battlefield by drones.	afghanistan,foreign-policy,iraq,legal-issues,military,terrorism	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	her book, hard choices


































6438.json	false	says tommy thompson favors obamas health care mandate, was publicly thanked by obama for health reform support and that thompson says we cant repeal obamacare.	health-care,message-machine-2012,public-health	eric-hovde			republican	2	3	3	0	0	a radio ad


































2004.json	mostly-true	says state rep. jim keffer, a gop lieutenant to house speaker joe straus, did mail pieces for democrat mark strama to help him defeat a republican.	bipartisanship	david-barton	president, wallbuilders	texas	republican	1	0	1	2	0	an open letter


































1404.json	half-true	on abortion rights.	abortion	harold-ford-jr			democrat	0	0	0	0	0	comments on the subject over the past 10 years.


































1039.json	half-true	the department of justice, under the obama administration, disagrees with the decision judge sotomayor made in the ricci vs. destefano case.	sotomayor-nomination,supreme-court	mitch-mcconnell	senate minority leader	kentucky	republican	7	6	5	7	0	a cnn interview


































7464.json	half-true	says that since 1975, redistricting by texas lawmakers has always been found in violation of section 5 of the voting rights act.	history,redistricting	trey-martinez-fischer	lawyer	texas	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	press conference in the texas house speaker’s committee room.


































13493.json	pants-fire	there was serious voter fraud in new hampshire.	elections,government-regulation,voting-record	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a tweet


































3512.json	mostly-true	tallahassee is the ninth-rainiest (city) in the nation.	weather	john-buss	city of tallahassee, water resources manager	florida	none	0	0	0	1	0	comments before a state house subcommittee


































7445.json	mostly-true	knopp says he upheld a campaign promise not to join the public employees retirement system (pers).	elections,pensions,retirement,state-budget,state-finances,transparency	tim-knopp			republican	0	0	1	1	0	a press release


































10419.json	mostly-true	the united states is the only advanced country on earth that doesnt guarantee paid maternity leave to our workers.	jobs,women,workers	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the state of the union address


































7188.json	true	faculty salaries at uw system institutions have now fallen more than 18 percent below the national average.	education,state-budget,state-finances	kevin-reilly	president of the university of wisconsin system	wisconsin	state-official	0	0	1	0	0	public remarks


































13332.json	half-true	isis is in 32 countries.	foreign-policy,history,homeland-security,terrorism	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a presidential debate


































1843.json	half-true	after the oil spill, congressman adam putnam doubled down saying all energy sources, including oil drilling in the gulf, should be considered just days after the oil spill started.	oil-spill	scott-maddox	attorney	florida	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	email to supporters


































8183.json	half-true	global surface temperatures have been flat for 16 years.	climate-change,energy,environment,government-regulation,history,science,weather	steve-goreham	executive director, climate science coalition of america	illinois	activist	0	0	1	0	0	a commentary in the providence journal


































11783.json	false	says the democratic party createda debate schedule to maximize the opportunity for voters to see our candidates.	debates,elections	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview on cnn reliable sources


































5071.json	half-true	says he lived up to a 2008 promise when he closed corporate tax loopholes that were sending profits overseas.	corporations,economy,job-accomplishments,message-machine-2012,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a web video advertisement


































7256.json	mostly-true	the united states has an immigration system where only 6.5 percent of people who come here, come here based on labor and skill.	immigration	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview


































2815.json	true	we now consume at the federal level 25 percent of the gross domestic product. historically we were at 20 percent. so weve taken 5 percent away from the private sector.	economy,federal-budget	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	an interview on cbs' face the nation


































9528.json	half-true	the export-import bank doesnt cost taxpayers anything.	congress,corporations,deficit,economy,federal-budget,financial-regulation,foreign-policy,taxes	vicky-hartzler	u.s. representative	missouri	republican	1	0	1	0	0	a roll call interview


































4322.json	false	says gov. rick scott is spending a quarter of a million of our tax dollars to robocall people.	state-budget	florida-voter		florida	none	0	1	0	1	0	a robocall from the pink slip rick website, played on msnbc's rachel maddow show.


































6834.json	half-true	obama says hes put forward a specific $4 trillion deficit reduction plan.	debates,deficit,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the first presidential debate


































11171.json	barely-true	on allowing abortion in cases of rape or incest, i have never said that or advocated that.	abortion	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	comments at a gop debate in cleveland


































7977.json	true	in south florida, weve had nine inches of sea-level rise since the 1920s.	environment	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview with fox news


































1427.json	mostly-true	inequality in texas is steadily getting worse, with very few rich people, a great many poor people, and fewer and fewer in the middle.	census,economy,families	ronnie-earle	candidate	texas	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a speech


































6234.json	true	says mitt romney has a corporation in bermuda (but) failed to disclose that on seven different financial disclosures.	candidates-biography,corrections-and-updates,taxes	robert-gibbs	former white house press secretary		democrat	1	1	0	1	0	an interview on cnn's state of the union


































999.json	true	washing your hands and covering your mouth when you cough makes a huge difference in reducing transmission of the flu.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference


































72.json	mostly-true	half of all personal bankruptcies in america are caused by medical bills.	health-care	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech in des moines, iowa.


































10211.json	true	the president of the united states came in the tuesday before the election in a ward that went 99% for him in the last election and they couldnt even (increase) the vote there.	elections	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview


































11997.json	barely-true	spending on welfare, on prisons, and education, all of those have dropped by hundreds of millions of dollars because of arizonas immigration laws that drove outundocumented immigrants.	immigration	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	remarks during the gop debate at the university of houston


































7501.json	barely-true	over the last 20 years, the world has changed. it used to be that one could make a career out of working for one company. today, the average worker stays at his or her job for barely four years.	economy,jobs	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a speech.


































5687.json	false	we gave every public employee in the state the freedom to choose whether or not they want to be in a union.	labor,state-budget	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a television interview


































8699.json	barely-true	scott walker raises nearly 70 percent of his money from out of state	elections	mary-burke	madison school board member	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	11	8	3	an interview


































11676.json	barely-true	david simpson actually voted for drivers licenses for illegal immigrants.	immigration,transportation,voting-record	bryan-hughes	attorney	texas	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign press release


































5174.json	false	saysproposal to boostteacherpension fundputs no mandate on local government.	city-budget,county-budget,education,pensions,state-budget	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	a speech.


































13232.json	false	says after hillary clinton helped a man accused of raping a 12-year-old, shes seen laughing on two separate occasions, laughing at the girl who was raped.	candidates-biography,corrections-and-updates,criminal-justice,women	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	the second 2016 presidential debate


































5926.json	false	says gov. scott walker said no to equal pay for equal work for women.	jobs,legal-issues,message-machine-2012,women,workers	tom-barrett	mayor of milwaukee	wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	a tv ad


































2108.json	half-true	says bill whites program to bring dropouts back to school was so successful that almost every city in our state has replicated it.	education	leticia-van-de-putte	pharmacist	texas	democrat	2	2	4	1	1	a speech at the texas democratic party convention


































6904.json	barely-true	we werent told they wanted more security for diplomatic facilities in libya.	foreign-policy,terrorism	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	the vice presidential debate


































9325.json	false	says hillary clinton spent 30 days in the hospital in 2012 and appeared wearing glasses that are only for people who have traumatic brain injury.	elections	karl-rove		texas	republican	2	5	2	8	0	a panel discussion


































3902.json	mostly-true	when i became president and ceo of godfathers pizza, it was supposed to go bankrupt . . . we turned it around with common-sense business principles.	candidates-biography,corporations	herman-cain		georgia	republican	4	11	5	3	3	a youtube video


































11765.json	barely-true	in houston, texas, today, there are no homeless veterans.	homeless	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	remarks at a florida campaign stop


































4736.json	false	says the city of portland alone has 84 public relation representatives on payroll which cost taxpayers over $6.2 million (a year).	city-government,government-efficiency	taxpayer-association-oregon	political action committee	oregon	none	0	1	2	0	0	a newsletter


































4845.json	half-true	since obama took office, a net of 540,000 additional black americans obamas strongest supporters have lost their jobs.	jobs	new-jersey-tea-party	conservative political group	new jersey	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a retweet


































2314.json	barely-true	charlie crists personal approval numbers are plummeting.	elections,pundits	steven-schale		florida	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a blog post.


































4178.json	mostly-true	most countries have no debt ceiling.	deficit,economy,pundits,abc-news-week	arianna-huffington	founder, the huffington post		none	0	0	2	3	0	a roundtable segment on abc's this week with christiane amanpour


































13112.json	half-true	my opponent was on both the city of chicago payroll and the state of illinois payroll simultaneously, taking full salary, funding her full pension benefits both as a city worker and as a state worker for 10 years.	pensions	leslie-geissler-munger	comptroller 		republican	0	0	1	0	0	a chicago sun-times editorial board debate 


































9830.json	mostly-true	says he holds the record for most appearances on meet the press.	history,pop-culture,pundits	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	comments on msnbc's daily rundown


































10308.json	false	says saddam hussein had a 10-year relationship with al-qaida.	afghanistan,ethics,human-rights,iraq,military,terrorism	dick-cheney			republican	5	4	2	2	1	comments on nbc's meet the press


































7622.json	barely-true	congresswoman frederica wilson successfully postpones closure of the north perry airport tower.	federal-budget,transportation	frederica-wilson	u.s. representative, florida district 17	florida	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	a press release


































7561.json	barely-true	every day, about 100 people will be arrested for possession of marijuana in georgia.	criminal-justice,drugs,marijuana	james-bell	director, georgia c.a.r.e.	georgia	none	1	0	0	0	0	press release


































7212.json	half-true	says that according to many reports and even our own data, the state of texas spent more through medicaid on orthodontia than all other states combined.	health-care,medicaid,public-health	lois-kolkhorst	businesswoman	texas	republican	1	0	1	0	0	a breakfast at the texas tribune festival.


































13255.json	barely-true	just like hillary clinton, russ feingold had a run-in with corruption and scandal by using a personal slush fund -- a.k.a. the feingold foundation -- while plotting another run for u.s. senate.	campaign-finance,ethics,foreign-policy	republican-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	republican	4	3	2	3	0	a web ad


































3396.json	true	we know that every 85 visitors create one florida job.	economy,jobs,tourism	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a press release touting a state tourism program


































12384.json	mostly-true	since 2009, after-tax incomes are up nearly 14 percent.	economy	penny-pritzker	u.s. secretary of commerce	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a medium post


































12054.json	true	we understand that this heroin is primarily coming from mexico, over the border.	drugs	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	department of homeland security hearing


































9078.json	true	ted cruz has been to iowa four times. rio grande valley of texas -- just once.	candidates-biography	jim-moore	pundit and communications consultant	texas	none	0	0	0	0	0	a tweet


































8738.json	pants-fire	says the media created the term polar vortex and the cold air proves the ice isnt melting.	climate-change,weather	rush-limbaugh	radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	comments on his radio show


































6254.json	false	new jersey today has fewer employees in state government than it had when christie whitman left office in january of 2001, and i think thats good. and we did it without any layoffs. we did it through attrition.	jobs	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	an appearance at the brookings institution


































4419.json	true	over the past 10 years, the number of people living in lower manhattan has nearly doubled. in fact, lower manhattan has added more people over the last 10 years than atlanta, dallas and philadelphia combined.	housing,terrorism	michael-bloomberg		new york	independent	0	2	2	3	0	a speech in lower manhattan


































2729.json	half-true	before we even passed health care, 4 millions kids got health insurance that didnt have it before, through the childrens health insurance program.	families,health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview on the daily show.


































11293.json	mostly-true	the top man at yale law school came out ... with just a raging report about former hp ceo carly fiorina,saying she isone of the worst executives in his memory in history running the company.	candidates-biography	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on face the nation


































9058.json	false	the american slave trade caused 5 million deaths or more.	history	jon-stewart			none	0	2	1	1	1	a broadcast of the daily show


































1425.json	barely-true	last week, the supreme court reversed a century of law that i believe will open the floodgates for special interests including foreign corporations to spend without limit in our elections.	corporations,supreme-court	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the state of the union address


































3409.json	mostly-true	says texas colleges and universities may opt to allow guns on campuses.	education,guns	eddie-rodriguez	texas house representative	texas	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	an interview on cnn


































12467.json	half-true	the vast majority of minimum wage workers get a raise within a year.	economy,jobs,poverty	nfederation-o-independent-business-virginia			organization	0	0	1	0	0	a website post.


































1358.json	false	i'm predicting (the saints) will go not only undefeated, but all the way through the super bowl -- something that's never been done before.	recreation	bobby-jindal	governor of louisiana	louisiana	republican	0	1	4	4	0	a radio interview


































7922.json	true	we have one of the most expensive general assemblies, per capita, in the entire country.	state-budget,state-finances,states,taxes	john-loughlin	owner, media-rite llc	rhode island	republican	1	2	0	0	1	an appearance on wpro.


































1634.json	true	since that famous day in february where the governor campaigned with barack obama on behalf of the stimulus program, 211,000 floridians have lost their jobs.	economy,stimulus	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a u.s. senate primary debate on fox news sunday


































192.json	half-true	barack obama's health care plan would leave 15 million americans out.	health-care	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	las vegas, nev. 


































7554.json	mostly-true	says of 80,000 people who were denied a firearm in 2012 due to a failed background check, only 44 were prosecuted.	guns	kelly-ayotte	u.s. senator	new hampshire	republican	2	1	1	4	0	 an editorial board meeting


































2084.json	barely-true	the health care numbers are going up.	health-care,abc-news-week	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	an interview on abc's this week


































6968.json	true	while i was mayor of the city of providence we had the lowest crime rate in 30 years.	crime	david-cicilline	mayor of providence	rhode island	democrat	7	4	5	4	1	a debate


































13365.json	half-true	weve spent $6 trillion on the wars in the middle east.	federal-budget,military	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in charlotte, n.c.


































7734.json	half-true	says proponents of a bond package for the austin school district say the district has the second-lowest bond tax rate among the central texas area school districts.	education,taxes	league-women-voters-austin-area		texas	organization	0	0	2	0	0	a voters guide.


































9392.json	half-true	400,000 oregonians have gained access to health care through the affordable care act.	health-care	jeff-merkley	u.s. senator	oregon	democrat	0	1	3	6	0	an interview


































10050.json	false	20,000 kansans lost their health insurance because of (obamacare).	health-care,message-machine-2014	pat-roberts	u.s. senator	kansas	republican	1	1	0	0	0	a web video


































1850.json	false	once the u.s. government signs a u.n. treaty on conventional arms, all u.s. citizens will be subject to those gun laws created by foreign governments.	foreign-policy,guns,legal-issues	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail circulated on the internet


































678.json	half-true	drilling in anwr would have minimal impact, covering only 2,000 out of 20-million acres.	energy	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	an interview on cnbc


































8280.json	pants-fire	warren buffett recently said scrap obamacare and start all over.	health-care,pundits	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	posts on the internet


































5102.json	barely-true	when georgia tightened its voter identification laws, the state sent a van and photographer to the homes of people who needed photo ids and made them for free.	civil-rights,elections	phil-gingrey	u.s. congressman	georgia	republican	2	5	2	1	1	an online news story


































9905.json	mostly-true	over 40 of our 100 (house of) delegates seats go uncontested every year, and over 40 percent of our state senate seats go uncontested every year.	elections	robert-sarvis	lawyer, businessman	virginia	libertarian	0	0	0	1	0	a speech


































10137.json	barely-true	says jeanne shaheen voted to pave the way for a new national energy tax.	energy,voting-record	scott-brown		new hampshire	republican	2	2	1	3	1	a debate


































8424.json	false	since obamacare became law, most of our new jobs have been part-time jobs.	health-care,jobs,workers	ken-cuccinelli	attorney general	virginia	republican	1	10	3	2	1	a speech.


































3170.json	mostly-true	says that in ohio right now, you could be 8 months pregnant and have an abortion for no reason.	abortion	lorraine-fende	state representative	ohio	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an interview with the columbus dispatch


































1483.json	false	we have killed lots of innocent people in the state of texas.	crime,legal-issues	farouk-shami	businessman	texas	democrat	1	2	2	0	1	a democratic debate


































1202.json	true	in some states, it is still legal to deny a woman coverage because she's been the victim of domestic violence.	health-care	michelle-obama		illinois	democrat	0	2	1	4	0	a speech


































7533.json	pants-fire	of every three dollars in food stamps for the needy, seven dollars in salaries and pensions (go to) the bureaucrats who are supposed to be taking care of the poor.	federal-budget,poverty	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a speech at the conservative cpac conference


































4690.json	pants-fire	former alaska governor sarah palin was right that president barack obamas health care bill created what would, in effect, be death panels.	health-care	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a republican presidential debate


































1959.json	pants-fire	bill mccollum has accepted thousands from lobbyists for planned parenthood.	abortion,candidates-biography,message-machine	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a campaign mail piece.


































2219.json	pants-fire	cap and trade legislation that zack space supported would cost the average household approximately $1,761 per year in increased energy rates.	cap-and-trade,climate-change	bob-gibbs	representative from ohio's 18th congressional district	ohio	republican	0	0	0	1	1	an issue statement posted to his website


































13445.json	false	the declaration of independence was written on paper made out of hemp.	history	kai-degner	harrisonburg city councilman	virginia	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a debate.


































10096.json	false	jason carters plan: increase spending by $12.5 billion.	education,medicaid,state-budget	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	television attack ad


































2713.json	false	dan seals has been running for office since before there were, like, ipods.	candidates-biography,message-machine	robert-dold	u.s. representative	illinois	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign commercial


































10647.json	half-true	whales live as long at seaworld as they do in the wild.	animals,science,tourism	seaworld	theme park company	florida	none	0	0	1	0	0	an ad


































6148.json	barely-true	women earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men in the same position.	income,jobs,poverty,women,workers	david-cicilline	mayor of providence	rhode island	democrat	7	4	5	4	1	a news release


































7681.json	false	the miami dolphins are the only nfl team in the entire nation that pays property taxes.	county-budget,sports,taxes	carlos-gimenez	mayor	florida	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a county commission meeting


































5378.json	pants-fire	says texas legislators in 2011 increased state spending on education.	education,state-budget	myra-crownover		texas	republican	0	0	0	0	1	her campaign website.


































2377.json	half-true	while many of his colleagues turned down a $2,500 pay raise ... (jeff) plale pocketed the extra money.	message-machine,state-budget	citizens-progressive-wisconsin		wisconsin	none	0	0	1	0	0	campaign literature distributed by an outside group


































1421.json	true	u.s. sen. kay bailey hutchison has voted nine separate times to raise the national debt ceiling.	economy	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a press release


































8537.json	true	things went wrong with the medicare prescription d plan that george bush rolled out.	health-care,medicare,retirement,technology	steve-israel	u.s. representative	new york	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on msnbc


































13009.json	true	child care costs in some states now exceed the average price tag for college tuition.	children,education,families	donna-howard	texas house representative	texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	0	a press conference by austin democrats


































9511.json	half-true	u.s. senate candidate michelle nunn has avoided taking a stand on obamacare.	health-care	washington-examiner			none	0	0	1	0	0	opinion piece


































11192.json	barely-true	there is debate among constitutional scholars about whether the first amendment will continue to protect faith leaders from being forced to perform marriages against their religious beliefs.	gays-and-lesbians,legal-issues,marriage,religion,supreme-court	david-ralston		georgia	republican	1	1	0	1	0	an interview


































3416.json	mostly-true	last year, american oil production reached its highest level since 2003.	economy,energy,history	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference


































11686.json	barely-true	the head of the fbi has told congress they cannot vet those (syrian) refugees.	foreign-policy	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a gop debate on cnn


































4467.json	false	[eighty-five percent] of the funds collected in each county will be redistributed elsewhere -- not spent in the county in which it is collected.	taxes,transportation	debbie-dooley		georgia	tea-party-member	0	1	1	1	0	an op-ed


































12175.json	half-true	weve rebuilt china.	china,foreign-policy,trade	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview with the new york times


































4574.json	false	say the ratio of ceo pay to average worker pay in the u.s. is 475 to 1.	corporations,economy,labor,occupy-wall-street,workers	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	postings on facebook, blogs, and social-media sites


































11241.json	half-true	in the year 2013, the obama administration released 104,000 criminal illegal aliens. they released 196 murderers people with homicide convictions, who are here illegally.	crime,criminal-justice,immigration	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	answering a reporter in iowa


































11776.json	false	more than 100,000 women in texas have attempted to self-induce abortion in the past year alone.	abortion	tarina-keene	executive director, naral pro-choice virginia	virginia	organization	0	1	0	0	0	a news conference


































11940.json	mostly-true	says missouri families earning power is about $5,000 less today than it was at the turn of the century.	economy,income	todd-richardson	state house speaker	missouri	republican	0	0	0	1	0	comments on “this week in missouri politics
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