providence is one of the busiest fire departments for its relative size in the country.
providence is one of the busiest fire departments for its relative size in the country.
an appearance on wpri's newsmakers.


































583.json	half-true	we now have a pro-american president in france, which shows if you live long enough, anything can happen in this world.	foreign-policy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a speech in south portland, maine


































11742.json	barely-true	says chris christie instituted an internet sales tax.	economy,government-regulation,state-budget,states,taxes	conservative-solutions-pac		florida	organization	3	0	1	0	0	an attack ad


































5018.json	pants-fire	no federal official at any level is currently allowed to say merry christmas.	religion	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a campaign event in davenport, iowa


































169.json	false	obama refused to not only put his hand on his heart during the pledge of allegiance, but refused to say the pledge.	patriotism	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	an e-mail circulated by many people.


































8759.json	barely-true	i started the whole year as a senior on the university of illinois football team and led the team in interceptions and tackles from defensive back.	candidates-biography,education,sports	scott-turner	businessman, motivational speaker	texas	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a speech


































7298.json	half-true	people committed involuntarily for 72 hours under the baker act will get their guns back automatically and immediately upon discharge....and their commitment is never entered into a background check database.	guns,health-care	mike-ryan	mayor	florida	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a column in a political blog


































4582.json	half-true	says he never called teachers thugs and has said nothing but great things about them during the fight over his curbs on unions	education,labor,state-budget	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a television interview


































13055.json	half-true	nevada republican senate nominee joe heck voted to criminalize abortion for rape victims.	abortion,women	planned-parenthood-votes	political action committee	new york	none	0	0	1	0	0	an ad


































3069.json	false	in wisconsin, 98 percent of all small businesses will qualify for income-tax relief under my plan, freeing them to expand and create jobs.	small-business,taxes	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a news release


































11569.json	barely-true	the democratic party is getting smaller and smaller and smaller.	elections	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview on fox news


































10939.json	barely-true	says hillary clintons been very clear where she stands on trade.	trade	john-podesta	chairman, hillary clinton for president campaign	illinois	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	comments on nbc's meet the press


































13143.json	false	says to hillary clinton, you heard what i said about (the trans-pacific partnership trade deal), and all of a sudden you were against it.	candidates-biography,economy,foreign-policy,history,trade	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a presidential debate


































10586.json	false	on the status of illegal immigrants	immigration	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview


































941.json	mostly-true	a new presidential helicopter is now going to cost as much as air force one.	federal-budget	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a white house forum on fiscal responsibility.


































4409.json	half-true	utah was the no. 1 job creator in this country during my years of service as governor, with a 5.9 percent increase in jobs.	economy,jobs,states	jon-huntsman		utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	a republican presidential debate at the reagan presidential library


































12755.json	true	an amendment, pushed by lyndon johnson many years ago, threatens religious institutions with a loss of their tax-exempt status if they openly advocate their political views.	history,human-rights,legal-issues,religion,taxes	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech at the republican convention


































5773.json	half-true	in 1993 the republicans embraced a health platform that proudly features an individual mandate as its main component.	health-care,history,message-machine-2012	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a facebook post


































8709.json	false	(jack kingston) had more earmarks at one time than every member of the georgia delegation put together.	federal-budget	paul-broun	congressman	georgia	republican	4	8	3	2	1	an interview


































7202.json	mostly-true	you see 34 people (are) murdered every single day by gunfire in america.	crime,guns	cory-booker	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	0	4	2	8	0	a roundtable discussion on abc’s this week with george stephanopoulos


































11703.json	false	one of the most troubling aspects of the rubio-schumer gang of eight bill was that it gave president obama blanket authority to admit refugees, including syrian refugees, without mandating any background checks whatsoever.	foreign-policy,immigration	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a republican presidential debate in las vegas


































3022.json	true	i stopped requesting earmarks in 2008.	federal-budget,transparency	michael-mccaul	congressman	texas	republican	1	0	1	4	0	a newsletter


































11976.json	half-true	says he supported the 1994 crime bill because there is a ban on assault weapons in that bill.	candidates-biography,guns	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	comments on meet the press


































12016.json	barely-true	says donald trump bans disabled veterans from his high rise.	veterans	conservative-solutions-pac		florida	organization	3	0	1	0	0	a tv ad


































11208.json	true	youre more likely to get struck by lightning in texas thanfind in-person voter fraud.	elections	cory-booker	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	0	4	2	8	0	an interview on abc's this week.


































10824.json	barely-true	once again, a police officer has been killed with an illegal gun from georgia a state that last year did the nras bidding and weakened its already lax gun laws.	crime,guns	everytown-gun-safety	advocacy group	new york	none	3	0	1	0	0	a press release


































10675.json	mostly-true	georgia has one of the nations highest jet fuel taxes.	state-budget,state-finances,transportation	trebor-banstetter	delta spokesman	georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	a newspaper article


































12815.json	false	on whether the federal government should set a minimum wage	economy,workers	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a news conference


































13495.json	mostly-true	in 2015 roughly 10,000 political arrests occurred in cuba. that is five times as many as occurred in 2010, when there were only about 2,000.	foreign-policy,human-rights,legal-issues	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview on abc's this week


































973.json	mostly-true	obama's proposed budget doubles the debt in five years, triples it in 10 years.	federal-budget	judd-gregg	u.s. senator		republican	0	0	0	1	0	in a fox news interview.


































2749.json	barely-true	of the states that have a lieutenant governor, many are currently discussing the need for such an obsolete office.	government-efficiency	robert-healey	lawyer	rhode island	independent	1	0	0	0	0	a commentary in the providence journal


































10907.json	true	since 2010, eight children in georgia have died due to vehicular heatstroke.	children	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	press conference


































7225.json	mostly-true	every day, 34 americans are murdered with guns.	crime,criminal-justice,government-regulation,guns	pardeep-kaleka			activist	0	0	0	1	0	an online video


































6888.json	barely-true	says bill nelson sold agricultural land for home development, pocketing at least $1.4 million.	agriculture,taxes	american-crossroads			republican	5	5	4	0	0	a tv commercial


































11478.json	mostly-true	says john kerry is the first secretary of state to rely primarily on a government account.	foreign-policy,technology	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a house hearing on benghazi


































10124.json	barely-true	u.s. troops are getting only 4 hours of ebola training before deployment to liberia.	ebola,foreign-policy,military,public-health	allen-west	u.s. representative, florida district 22	florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	a tweet


































13095.json	false	says eight americans died in a knife attack at a minnesota mall.	guns,terrorism	tom-tancredo	u.s. representative	colorado	republican	2	4	1	1	0	a fundraising email 


































6478.json	half-true	says paul ryan wants to cut pell grant scholarships for nearly 10 million students.	education,federal-budget	eva-longoria			democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a tweet


































9139.json	false	says he has engaged in the political process only in the past decade.	campaign-finance,corporations	charles-koch	koch industries	kansas	none	1	1	0	0	0	a wall street journal op-ed


































9218.json	mostly-true	one thing that is much more unpopular than the affordable care act is repealing the affordable care act.	congress,health-care,polls	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	an interview on cnn's state of the union.


































11693.json	false	says carpet bombing means bombing not a city, but the location of the troops, with embedded special forces to direct the air power.	corrections-and-updates,history,military,terrorism	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a republican presidential debate in las vegas


































12365.json	half-true	the brady campaign has given me a 100 percent, not 99, 100 percent rating.	guns	loretta-sanchez	member of congress	california	democrat	0	1	1	0	1	a debate


































7428.json	half-true	if the sequester hits, hundreds of thousands of americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings.	children,federal-budget,health-care,public-health	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in washington, d.c.


































8020.json	barely-true	a little-known unit of the department of justice, the community relations service, was deployed to sanford, fl, following the trayvon martin shooting to help organize and manage rallies and protests against george zimmerman.	criminal-justice	judicial-watch			organization	1	1	0	0	0	a press release


































10375.json	mostly-true	the cia paid two psychologists $81 million to develop and run their torture program.	afghanistan,human-rights,iraq,terrorism	doonesbury			none	0	0	2	4	0	the sunday comics


































5216.json	mostly-true	[n]early one in three primary care doctors are forced to limit the number of medicare patients they see.	health-care	tom-price	congressman	georgia	republican	1	2	5	3	0	op-ed


































11195.json	barely-true	says marco rubios proposed college affordability overhaul would specifically benefit for-profit colleges.	education	american-bridge-21st-century			democrat	2	1	0	3	0	a press release


































628.json	barely-true	on obama, the press warns the 'taxman cometh.'	taxes	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	


































12781.json	mostly-true	human trafficking is the third-biggest criminal enterprise in the world.	crime,human-rights	amy-klobuchar	u.s. senator	minnesota	democrat	0	0	0	2	0	a speech at the democratic national convention


































1786.json	half-true	on the arizona immigration law.	immigration	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	comments to the conservative website human events.


































601.json	half-true	on offshore drilling.	energy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	flip-o-meter


































12739.json	half-true	every single strawberry that is served to members of congress will have passed through the rough hands of an undocumented immigrant.	agriculture,immigration,jobs,labor	luis-gutierrez	u.s. house of representatives	illinois	democrat	0	0	2	3	0	in a speech


































10275.json	true	too many tattoos on visible body parts keepsome applicants out of the military.	military	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a 'wall street journal' ceo council event


































7649.json	half-true	a proposed bill in the florida legislature would authorize the public hoarding of cats by feral cat activists.	animals,crime	american-bird-conservancy		virginia	none	0	0	1	0	0	a press release


































1181.json	false	you lie! (in response to president obama saying health reform would not insure illegal immigrants.)	health-care,immigration	joe-wilson	congressman	south carolina	republican	0	1	0	0	0	the audience at a joint session of congress


































11393.json	pants-fire	pope francis uses a modest compact car to get around, while creflo dollar drives an expensive sports car.	religion	viral-image			none	5	5	0	3	15	facebook posts


































4279.json	mostly-true	tax increases could come into play as a result of the debt ceiling deal.	federal-budget,taxes	phil-gingrey	u.s. congressman	georgia	republican	2	5	2	1	1	a press release


































7871.json	half-true	my judicial nominees have waited three times longer to receive confirmation votes than those of my republican predecessor.	legal-issues	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	remarks in the white house rose garden


































4026.json	mostly-true	says president barack obama said that if he doesnt turn the economy around after three years in office, hell be a one-term president.	economy	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	several speeches and interviews


































6595.json	barely-true	president barack obama has weakened the respect for america abroad.	foreign-policy,polls	callista-gingrich	wife of former presidential candidate newt ginrgich	georgia	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a speech at the republican national convention in tampa


































283.json	true	the fact is it's not amnesty.	immigration	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a debate in manchester, n.h.


































670.json	half-true	the average american family saw income rise $7,500 under bill clinton and decline $2,000 under george bush.	economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	denver


































9824.json	false	i was able to go and buy an automatic weapon most people can go out and buy an automatic weapon.	guns	don-lemon	cnn anchor	georgia	journalist	0	1	0	1	0	a live broadcast on cnn


































12315.json	true	after my first year as governor, i was one of the most unpopular governors, maybe the most unpopular governor in the country. ... it changed.	elections,job-accomplishments,polls	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	comments on face the nation


































3973.json	half-true	when mitt romney was governor, massachusetts ranked 47th out of 50 states in job creation.	economy,jobs	david-axelrod			democrat	2	1	6	7	0	a cnn interview


































11949.json	half-true	people (are) paying more in taxes than they will for food, housing and clothing combined.	taxes	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a web video


































11561.json	false	the democrats plan to raise your tax rates to 70 or 80 percent.	taxes	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	the fourth gop undercard debate.


































9194.json	barely-true	a lot of the move to free the slaves ... did not come from the federal government. it came from a growing movement among the people, particularly people of faith.	history,religion	jim-demint	president, heritage foundation	south carolina	republican	4	4	0	0	1	a broadcast of vocal point


































4065.json	false	says many public-employee unions falsely told their wisconsin members his budget-repair bill sought 12 percent to 13 percent of their incomes for health insurance premiums.	labor,state-budget	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a television interview


































9473.json	barely-true	$3 billion over the next five years will be taken out of our public schools and be put into vouchers.	children,education,poverty	nan-rich	candidate for governor	florida	democrat	1	0	1	3	0	a speech


































13121.json	false	says hillary clintons energy agenda will cost the u.s. economy over $5 trillion	energy	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech in roanoke, va.


































8713.json	mostly-true	republican state lawmakers are refusing to give the people of their own states their own tax dollars back in the form of (expanded) medicaid.	health-care,taxes	thom-hartmann	radio/tv host		none	0	0	0	1	1	a broadcast of the big picture


































5208.json	pants-fire	says the d.c.citycouncilpasseda lawbanninglethalrat trapping.	animals,city-government	ken-cuccinelli	attorney general	virginia	republican	1	10	3	2	1	an interview. 


































12066.json	half-true	roy cooper wont say how he will pay for free college tuition.	education,state-budget,taxes	pat-mccrory	governor of north carolina	north carolina	republican	5	2	3	0	1	a post on his facebook page


































7112.json	true	says fran dewines made-from-scratch dinner rolls are a delicious favorite in a traditional thanksgiving dinner.	families	mike-dewine	ohio attorney general	ohio	republican	2	0	3	1	0	a news release


































11340.json	mostly-true	california has more kids in poverty ... than virtually any other state.	children,poverty	common-sense-kids-action			none	0	0	0	1	0	a press release


































2953.json	barely-true	the obama-gop compromise raises taxes, it raises the death tax.	federal-budget,taxes	jim-demint	president, heritage foundation	south carolina	republican	4	4	0	0	1	a radio interview


































1275.json	half-true	husbands rarely beat up their wives. single women get beaten up more.	crime,pundits	ann-coulter	columnist and author	new york	republican	2	3	3	0	4	an interview on sean hannity's show on the fox news channel


































10855.json	barely-true	says jeb bush once held $1 million in family planning grants hostage until the programs receiving the money agreed not to discuss birth control at all.	education,women	emilys-list			organization	1	0	3	2	0	a column on medium


































8206.json	mostly-true	the r.i. turnpike and bridge authority was supposed to exist only until the bonds used to build the newport bridge were paid off through tolls. once the bonds were paid, the newport bridge was to be transferred to the state of rhode island and become toll-free.	history,infrastructure,legal-issues,transportation	steven-frias	lawyer	rhode island	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a providence journal commentary


































3239.json	false	over the last two years since president obama has taken office, the federal government has added 200,000 new federal jobs.	federal-budget,workers	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a press conference


































11203.json	false	on unemployment rates: we have counties in southwest virginia that are well into double digits and some that are pushing 20 percent.	energy,environment,government-regulation,jobs	israel-oquinn			republican	0	1	0	0	0	a speech.


































10732.json	half-true	says hillary clinton took money from kings of saudi arabia and morocco and oman and yemen.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography,foreign-policy,military,campaign-advertising	reince-priebus	chairman, republican national committee	wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	an interview


































6402.json	false	says that president obama said that small businesses succeed because of government.	government-regulation,infrastructure,small-business	chuck-fleischmann	congressman	tennessee	republican	0	1	0	0	0	in a blog post on his campaign website.


































82.json	half-true	the republican governor who stood up and cut spending instead of raising taxes.	taxes	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a television ad.


































12868.json	mostly-true	because of the trans-pacific partnership weve got a country like malaysia taking really serious efforts to crack down on human trafficking.	human-rights,trade	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	at the white house


































7267.json	half-true	kohls department stores in 2012 announced the creation of 3,000 new jobs.	corporations,economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a speech


































12660.json	barely-true	says ron johnson supported a plan to cut benefits and raise the retirement age for social security.	social-security	state-democratic-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	democrat	5	7	2	2	7	a radio ad


































254.json	mostly-true	mitt romney says the next president doesn't need foreign policy experience.	foreign-policy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a web ad


































1298.json	mostly-true	the gop health care plan would allow health insurance companies to continue engaging in unfair and discriminatory practices like denying coverage to people because of a pre-existing medical condition.	health-care	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	a press release


































5292.json	mostly-true	says we brought crime rate down by 30 percent when he was mayor of dallas.	city-budget,crime,federal-budget	tom-leppert	businessman	texas	republican	0	1	0	1	0	a u.s. senate debate hosted by empower texans and the texas public policy foundation


































3319.json	half-true	says floridas pension plan faces the same long-term funding problems as social security.	retirement,social-security,state-budget	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	comments to employees at the department of business and professional regulation.


































10179.json	false	in k-12 education, our kids are scoring at the bottom of science and mathematics right now in the industrialized world -- at the bottom.	education	dave-brat	college professor	virginia	republican	2	5	0	2	0	a debate


































4474.json	half-true	says new jerseys $1 billion horse racing industry employs 13,000 individuals and ensures the preservation of 176,000 acres of horse farmland.	environment,gambling,jobs,state-finances	raymond-lesniak			democrat	0	0	2	0	0	an opinion article


































1767.json	false	royalties foroil and other energy sources are the second-largest revenue source to the federal government after the irs.	energy,federal-budget	darrell-issa	u.s. house of representatives	california	republican	0	3	0	0	0	an interview with dylan ratigan on msnbc


































8718.json	barely-true	the no. 2 owner of fox news is prince alwaleed bin talal, who said, a strong american government is not good for us.	pop-culture	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a facebook post


































5360.json	barely-true	says the congressional budget office said unemployment could top 9 percent in 2013	economy,jobs,message-machine-2012	us-chamber-commerce			none	6	3	3	1	1	a video ad


































61.json	half-true	when nafta was passed, there was an acceleration of immigration from mexico because people were in search of jobs.	immigration	dennis-kucinich	u.s. representative	ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	a debate in miami, fla.


































11416.json	true	sen. sanders did vote five times against the brady bill.	guns	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the first democratic debate


































1117.json	half-true	under president george w. bush, the u.s. spent $1.3 trillion on tax cuts for the wealthy and trillions each on a war and on medicare drug benefits.	federal-budget,iraq,medicare,military,taxes	donna-brazile	political commentator	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	1	4	7	0	cnn's state of the union with john king


































11429.json	pants-fire	says bernie sanders once said, instead of removing the conditions that make people depressed, modern society gives them antidepressant drugs.	health-care	viral-image			none	5	5	0	3	15	a graphic circulating on the internet


































11822.json	mostly-true	i have never supported cap and trade.	candidates-biography,cap-and-trade,florida	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a republican debate in iowa on fox news


































5754.json	barely-true	the non-partisan congressional budget office concluded obamacare will cost the u.s. more than 800,000 jobs.	health-care,job-accomplishments,jobs	roger-williams	businessman	texas	republican	3	2	2	0	1	a campaign mailer.


































471.json	barely-true	there are prototype cars that get between 100 and 150 miles per gallon and we could have those cars in your garages in a couple of years.	energy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech at a democratic party dinner


































12502.json	mostly-true	30,000 arizonans may have no choice on affordable care act coverage.	health-care	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a campaign advertisement


































3424.json	true	there are corporations in this nation, some of the biggest corporations in this nation, who do not pay taxes.	corporations,federal-budget,taxes	marcia-fudge	representative from ohio's 11th congressional district	ohio	democrat	0	1	2	4	0	an interview on c-span


































1331.json	half-true	the united states has a supply of more than 100 years of natural gas.	energy	american-natural-gas-alliance			none	0	0	1	0	0	a television ad


































9283.json	mostly-true	says virginia house republicans are sacrificing $5 million a day in u.s. funds by refusing to expand medicaid.	federal-budget,medicaid	democratic-party-virginia		virginia	democrat	2	1	1	3	0	a tweet.


































3006.json	false	i represent the fourth-poorest (congressional) district in the nation.	census,income,poverty	gwen-moore	u.s. house member -- 4th district	wisconsin	democrat	3	4	4	3	1	an interview with a weekly newspaper


































8727.json	half-true	the federal health care law tells the american people precisely what type of coverage they have to have.	health-care	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	comments on fox's fox news sunday


































7774.json	mostly-true	ohios lost more jobs in march than any other state in the nation.	economy,jobs	mike-foley	state representative	ohio	democrat	0	0	0	2	0	news release


































13245.json	false	says patrick murphy wrongly conveyed rubios stance on abortion for women infected by zika.	abortion,candidates-biography,corrections-and-updates	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a spanish-language campaign ad


































11551.json	half-true	income inequality seems to be worst in cities run by democrats.	economy,income	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a republican presidential debate


































1360.json	false	a recent drop in the unemployment rate is questionable because it was calculated over two days of the thanksgiving week.	economy,pundits,workers	rush-limbaugh	radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	his radio show


































10030.json	half-true	the states that have raised the minimum wage (this year) have had faster job growth than the states that havent raised the minimum wage.	economy,states,workers	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in princeton, ind.


































6603.json	true	in his first tv interview as president, obama said we should talk to iran.	foreign-policy	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	remarks at the republican national convention in tampa


































1341.json	false	i have never voted for a tax increase.	florida,taxes	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	his campaign web site


































9163.json	barely-true	says u.s. reps. phil gingrey and jack kingston have even changed votes to what i voted, multiple times.	voting-record	paul-broun	congressman	georgia	republican	4	8	3	2	1	an interview


































405.json	barely-true	hillary clinton and barack obama want to raise taxes on dividends, a move that would crash the stock market.	taxes	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































6193.json	false	(environmentalists) said were only going to stop coal mining above 2,000 feet. ... well guess where all the coal in the state of tennessee is? above 2,000 feet.	energy,environment	ron-ramsey	speaker of the tennessee senate	tennessee	republican	0	2	0	0	1	rally for coal miners


































4726.json	barely-true	proof of citizenship isnt necessary before you register to vote in florida.	elections,immigration,redistricting	alan-hays	state senator	florida	republican	2	1	0	0	0	a senate committee meeting


































3665.json	half-true	says florida is one of a few or perhaps the only state that has a statewide review of local land use and zoning decisions.	environment,transportation	chris-dorworth	state representative	florida	republican	0	0	1	0	0	comments on the house floor.


































7089.json	false	says that with president obamas re-election, state and federal income tax rates for some taxpayers will rise to roughly 65 percent.	income,jobs,taxes,workers	mike-white			business-leader	0	1	0	0	0	an email to employees


































168.json	half-true	my husband has not withheld a single document.	legal-issues	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	clinton, iowa


































5714.json	pants-fire	why was there no news coverage of this raid on the arizona border? seizure was just five days ago. right on the arizona border!	immigration	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	an email


































6107.json	mostly-true	say portland public schools central administration makes up less than 4 percent of the staff.	education	portland-public-schools	school district	oregon	none	0	0	1	1	0	a guest column


































4870.json	false	says mitt romney has changed his position on supporting the tarp program.	economy,message-machine-2012	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a web ad


































10604.json	mostly-true	if president barack obama strikes a nuclear deal with iran, the next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time.	foreign-policy,legal-issues	tom-cotton	u.s. house of representatives	arkansas	republican	3	4	2	3	1	a letter to iranian leaders


































4877.json	false	the st. norbert college/wisconsin public radio poll has been wrong in almost every election.	polls	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a television interview


































6734.json	barely-true	president obama has no plan to reduce the deficit, let alone pay down the debt.	debt,deficit,federal-budget	connie-mack	u.s. representative from fort myers	florida	republican	3	3	1	3	1	an op-ed in 'the hill'


































13317.json	half-true	says electric utilities are trying to fool you into amending your state constitution in a way that gives them the authority to shut down net metering.	corrections-and-updates,energy,florida-amendments	al-gore	cofounder of generation investment management and current tv, visiting professor and author	tennessee	democrat	0	0	3	0	0	a campaign speech


































11440.json	false	wisconsins government accountability board wanted to consider mickey mouse and adolf hitler as valid signatures on recall petitions.	elections,legal-issues	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a tweet


































10669.json	mostly-true	theres just one piece of legislation that is now law with sen. ted cruzsname on it.	candidates-biography	dana-bash	cnn host		none	0	0	0	1	0	comments on cnn's state of the union


































5697.json	true	an effort to repeal voting-reform legislation would be the first time in ohio history where a bill has been passed to stop a referendum.	elections,government-regulation	eric-kearney	minority leader in the ohio senate	ohio	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a speech in the ohio senate


































484.json	false	they (clinton and obama) have never to my knowledge been involved in legislation nor hearings nor engagement on this issue (climate change).	environment	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	north bend, wash.


































8633.json	half-true	fact: repealing obamacare would be easier than repealing prohibition.	congressional-rules,health-care	heritage-foundation	think tank	washington, d.c.	none	0	0	1	0	0	a tweet


































6598.json	half-true	the majority of americans now doubt that our children will have a better future.	polls	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a convention speech


































672.json	barely-true	mccain said no to higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars.	energy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech to the democratic national convention in denver


































3259.json	half-true	the constitution doesnt allow the governor to not-spend appropriations funds.	ethics,state-budget,transportation	jd-alexander	state senator	florida	republican	0	1	1	1	1	reaction to gov. rick scott’s decision to kill the high-speed rail project.


































12962.json	barely-true	one third of all federal prisoners today are illegal immigrants.	crime,criminal-justice,immigration	lamar-smith	congressman	texas	republican	2	5	1	3	0	remarks to the texas delegation to the republican national convention


































7986.json	mostly-true	says under the senate immigration bill, newly legalized immigrants will pay every tax possible, but you dont get a single benefit for 10 years.	immigration,welfare	luis-gutierrez	u.s. house of representatives	illinois	democrat	0	0	2	3	0	an interview with cnn


































9826.json	barely-true	each georgia taxpayer would have to send $5,000 to the treasury to cover the states debt.	pensions,state-budget,taxes	truth-accounting			none	1	0	0	0	0	a recent report


































4476.json	barely-true	says mitt romney wrote that if social security was done in the private sector, it would be called criminal.	social-security	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a republican presidential debate in tampa, florida.


































3056.json	mostly-true	a record number of hispanics were elected to the u.s house of representatives...	diversity,elections	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	an opinion article in the 'miami herald'


































8113.json	true	theyve seen employer-supported coverage increase in massachusetts after this law (romneycare) was implemented.	health-care	elizabeth-roberts	lieutenant governor	rhode island	democrat	1	0	2	0	0	a tv interview


































12490.json	half-true	says its not true that florida black bears are an apex predator.	animals,environment,florida	stacy-white	hillsborough county commissioner	florida	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a hillsborough county commission meeting


































4731.json	false	a state bill would end a longstanding requirement that local governments repair highways and sidewalks -- and block injured citizens from suing over neglected maintenance.	county-government,legal-issues	wisconsin-association-justice		wisconsin	organization	0	1	0	0	0	a news release


































9865.json	true	miller brewing is not a u.s. company any more. neither is anheuser-busch.	alcohol,corporations,taxes	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a speech


































11417.json	half-true	says as secretary of state she was reserving judgment about the trans-pacific partnership and hoped it would be the gold standard.	trade	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the first democratic debate


































1261.json	false	an iowa policy provides for a state round up of iowa citizens who might be exposed to the swine flu virus.	health-care	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































4859.json	half-true	says u.s. sen. bill nelson voted with the democrats in congress nearly 95 percent of the time.	pundits,voting-record	sean-hannity	radio/tv host		none	3	5	3	2	1	a tv interview with u.s. connie mack


































7945.json	true	says proposed teacher contract would layer on more restrictive rules.	education	portland-public-schools	school district	oregon	none	0	0	1	1	0	an opinion piece.


































10643.json	mostly-true	weve got 40 years of study now that show that, with a good preschool start, youre less likely to be on public dole, youre less likely to be in prison.	children,crime,education,welfare	ken-plum	state delegate	virginia	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	


































5674.json	half-true	richard hayne, president and ceo of urban outfitters (is) a supporter of rick santorum and donated over $13,000 to him.	candidates-biography,elections,families,pop-culture	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a post on facebook


































5767.json	true	congress as a whole is less popular than its been since polling was invented.	congress,polls	jim-cooper	congressman	tennessee	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	an op-ed published in the hill.


































12477.json	half-true	says donald trump says he has foreign policy experience because he ran the miss universe pageant in russia.	candidates-biography,foreign-policy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a foreign policy speech 


































10149.json	half-true	says scott walker gave $6 million in tax breaks to a corporation and told them that they can keep that money even if they lay off half their workforce.	economy,infrastructure,jobs,state-budget,taxes,workers	mary-burke	madison school board member	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	11	8	3	a speech


































1874.json	half-true	halliburton defrauded american taxpayers of hundreds of millions of dollars in iraq.	corporations,government-efficiency,legal-issues,military,pundits,abc-news-week	arianna-huffington	founder, the huffington post		none	0	0	2	3	0	an interview on this week.


































7697.json	false	abortionists have reduced our black population by more than 25 percent since 1973.	abortion	charles-van-zant	member of florida house of representatives	florida	republican	0	1	1	0	1	house floor debate on hb 845


































4358.json	true	weve had 11,000 attempts to amend the constitution since 1789.	legal-issues	xavier-becerra	u.s. representative	california	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a press conference


































10868.json	pants-fire	democrat russ feingold announced his wisconsin senate run today fromcalifornia.	elections	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	a tweet


































11295.json	barely-true	inspections of abortion centers around virginia have found multiple violations of parental consent laws but gov. terry mcauliffe and his administration have done nothing.	abortion	victoria-cobb			activist	1	0	0	0	0	a speech.


































5692.json	false	says gubernatorial recall candidate tom barrett supported passage of gov. scott walkers bill stripping collective bargaining of state employees.	labor,state-budget	afscme			none	3	1	2	3	0	a web site posting


































3262.json	half-true	says some in congress are trying to create a separate government for those with a drop of native hawaiian blood.	diversity,legal-issues	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a book


































8265.json	barely-true	says he opposed the presidents decision to go into iraq in 2003.	bush-administration,congress,foreign-policy,iraq,military,voting-record	john-kerry	secretary of state	massachusetts	democrat	3	2	2	5	0	an interview on msnbc’s “all in”


































1604.json	barely-true	the federal reserve system has presided over about a 95... percent decline in the u.s. dollar.	economy,education	barbara-cargill	state board of education member	tennesse	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a state board of education meeting


































1757.json	mostly-true	numbers on illegal immigrants are down in terms of apprehensions, which indicates fewer illegal crossings, but also up in terms of actual enforcement actions.	homeland-security,immigration,abc-news-week	janet-napolitano	secretary of homeland security 		democrat	1	0	1	1	1	an interview on abc's 'this week'


































8232.json	pants-fire	says gov. scott walker hasnt done a public event this entire year.	state-budget,transparency	chris-larson	wisconsin senate minority leader	wisconsin	democrat	6	5	0	1	1	an interview


































530.json	mostly-true	obama wants a windfall profits tax on oil to go along with the new taxes he also plans for coal and natural gas.	energy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a speech on energy in houston


































1764.json	true	if you will go look up the definition of act of god, weve used it in legal terms for a long time in this state.	energy,market-regulation	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	remarks to texas reporters


































10520.json	half-true	monarch butterflies are becoming extinct because of increased use of crops genetically modified to withstand pesticides.	agriculture,animals,environment,food-safety,public-health	peter-defazio	u.s. representative	oregon	democrat	1	1	1	2	0	an interview on msnbc


































5807.json	false	president obama gave egypts muslim brotherhood one and a half billion dollars.	deficit,economy,federal-budget,foreign-policy,human-rights,israel	barry-hinckley		rhode island	republican	0	4	1	2	2	an interview on state of the state


































12102.json	false	says donald trump promised to take care of everybody (through government-run healthcare and) the governments going to pay for it.	drugs,economy,federal-budget,health-care,poverty,public-health	club-growth			none	4	5	4	2	0	a political ad


































12266.json	false	says professional football coach rex ryan won championships in new york.the afc, i think, twice.	sports	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	in a speech


































12747.json	mostly-true	says hillary clinton wants sanctuary cities.	crime,immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech at the republican convention


































1931.json	mostly-true	health reform eliminates co-pays, deductibles, and other costs for preventative care and provides for free annual wellness checkups starting next year.	health-care	jane-kidd			democrat	0	1	0	1	0	an op-ed. 


































7317.json	true	says according to the fbi, more people are killed each year with hammers and clubs than rifles.	crime,guns	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	a tweet


































8524.json	mostly-true	says rick scott cut education by $1.3 billion in his first year, then in his second year he decreases funding by $300 million to our state universities.	education,state-budget,stimulus	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	an interview on msnbc


































12396.json	half-true	trade deals are negotiated in secret and, unlike corporate interests,politicians never invite the leaders of the afl-cio or steelworkers or the mine workers to come in and sit down in these meetings.	labor,trade	ted-strickland	former ohio governor	ohio	democrat	2	6	7	4	1	a campaign stop at steelworkers 1104 in lorain, ohio


































11696.json	half-true	regarding the usa freedom act, there is nothing we are allowed to do under this bill that we could not do before.	privacy,terrorism	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a republican presidential debate in las vegas


































2351.json	pants-fire	our law enforcement agencies have found bodies in the desert, either buried or just lying out there, that have been beheaded.	immigration	jan-brewer		arizona	republican	3	1	1	0	1	a tv interview


































2483.json	barely-true	says he took down the mob in northeast ohio	crime	tom-ganley	businessman	ohio	republican	1	0	0	1	0	an appearance at the plain dealer


































9667.json	false	the state of new york is the worst in the nation in economic recovery.	economy,jobs,states	rob-astorino	westchester county (n.y.) executive	new york	republican	0	1	0	0	0	an interview on fox & friends


































9764.json	mostly-true	says he invested over $100 million in worker training.	education,job-accomplishments,jobs,state-budget	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a tv ad


































9688.json	barely-true	says rep. bruce braley, d-iowa, skipped an important va reform hearing to attend three fundraisers.	congress,veterans	concerned-veterans-america			organization	1	0	0	1	0	a television ad


































11457.json	false	says cia director george tenet told the bush administration that the sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack was coming. so they did have advanced notice.	terrorism	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on cnn's new day


































12895.json	false	says hillary clinton doesnt believe in your right to keep a gun at home for self-defense.	bush-administration,guns,campaign-advertising,supreme-court	national-rifle-association			none	3	5	1	5	3	


































7507.json	mostly-true	says jennifer horn, chairwoman of the n.h. republican party, owes $92,000 in back taxes.	taxes	new-hampshire-democratic-party		new hampshire	democrat	4	0	3	3	0	a written statement


































8900.json	half-true	the median net worth of american households hasnt changed much over the past decades, its about $20,000 ... but congress average median net worth has ballooned, more than doubled.	congress,wealth	ari-melber			none	0	0	2	0	0	a broadcast of msnbc's the cycle


































11903.json	pants-fire	scott fisher tried to expand obamacare in texas and even voted for an official resolution to force 1 million texans into obamacare.	candidates-biography,federal-budget,health-care,public-health	jonathan-stickland	state representative	texas	republican	1	0	0	0	1	a tv ad


































11250.json	true	saudi arabia has the third-largest military budget in the entire world.	military	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	comments on abc's this week


































4767.json	half-true	in april 2009 the democrats were in control, and the congressional (approval) rating was 40 percent.	polls	nancy-pelosi	house minority leader	california	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	an interview with jon stewart on the daily show


































2909.json	mostly-true	barack obamas health care bill is nothing new. mitt romney signed one just like it four years before.	health-care	howard-dean	democratic national committee chairman	vermont	democrat	1	4	1	2	0	a klru interview


































13399.json	barely-true	says that hes responsible for austinincluding anderson mill road in the citys proposed transportation bond package.	candidates-biography,city-budget,city-government,transportation	jimmy-flannigan	small business owner	texas	none	1	0	0	0	0	an austin monitor interview that day plus forums later


































4889.json	barely-true	says the department of defense changed its definitions of al-qaeda and the taliban making it so almost anybody can be loosely associated with the groups.	civil-rights,criminal-justice,terrorism	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	the cnn republican presidential debate.


































6443.json	mostly-true	art robinson says social security should be ended through attrition.	social-security	peter-defazio	u.s. representative	oregon	democrat	1	1	1	2	0	


































7351.json	mostly-true	tide gauges measuring sea level in rhode island since 1930 have risen maybe about 10 inches since that time.	climate-change,environment,science	janet-freedman	geologist	rhode island	state-official	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on 10 news conference


































11488.json	barely-true	unlike benghazi, there were no investigations of the 1983 beirut barracks bombing, none about key aspects of the 9/11 attacks and the iraq war, and none about embassy attacks under george w. bush.	congress,foreign-policy,military	viral-image			none	5	5	0	3	15	posts on the internet


































4427.json	mostly-true	$360 million of our tax dollars went straight to ... the taliban.	afghanistan,government-efficiency,iraq,military	alan-grayson	u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	an e-mail to supporters about his opposition to the iraq and afghanistan wars


































1463.json	false	on whether he supports 'don't ask, don't tell.'	gays-and-lesbians,military	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	comments at a congressional hearing.


































8574.json	false	a census bureau worker says he was told to skew information to bring the unemployment rate down as we headed into an election season.	census,jobs	elisabeth-hasselbeck	host, fox and friends		none	0	1	0	0	0	comments on fox news channel's fox and friends


































11534.json	half-true	says that in polls about 2016 candidate leadership skills, he comes out two and three and four times higher than anybody else.	polls	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	comments on state of the union


































10490.json	true	the 2012 national survey on drug use and health found that up to half of daily marijuana smokers become addicted -- an estimated 2.7 million people in the u.s.	drugs,marijuana	susan-shapiro			activist	0	0	0	0	0	a newspaper commentary


































6062.json	mostly-true	when i started in ohio it was terrible. now, were getting bipartisan support for our bills. and thats called leadership.	bipartisanship	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	an appearance on nbc's meet the press.


































3896.json	false	says gov. chris christies decision to close the elizabeth mvc saved no money.	state-budget	joseph-cryan	state assemblyman	new jersey	democrat	1	1	0	0	0	a press release


































7074.json	true	sixty percent of new jersey doctors do not accept medicaid patients.	medicaid	steve-lonegan	conservative activist	new jersey	republican	1	2	2	0	0	an op-ed on the asbury park press' website


































2074.json	mostly-true	as a congressman, j.d. hayworth was an avid earmarker who supported such pork as $220,000 to renovate a maine blueberry farm and $5.8 million for a vermont snowmobile trail.	federal-budget,message-machine	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a political ad


































6526.json	mostly-true	says cities save an estimated $38 in dental costs for every $1 invested in fluoridation.	city-government	nick-fish	portland city commissioner	oregon	none	0	1	0	1	0	a statement.


































23.json	true	at least obama didn't marry his cousin, as giuliani did.	candidates-biography	obama-girl			none	0	0	0	0	0	a youtube video.


































3644.json	mostly-true	gov. (rick) perry helped balance his budget with about $6 billion worth of federal help, which he happily took, and then started blaming the members of congress who had offered that help.	state-budget,stimulus	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview


































3310.json	barely-true	president obama came to ohio 12 times to try to defeat me and guess what? he didnt win.	elections	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a cnn interview


































6307.json	half-true	on suspending system development charges for two years.	taxes	charlie-hales	senior vice president, hdr engineering	oregon	none	1	1	0	0	0	a newspaper article


































9166.json	half-true	of all the jobs president obama claims to have created since he started, only 38.5 percent are women. so 61.5 percent have gone to men.	economy,jobs,women	eric-bolling	co-host on fox news channel's the five		none	2	1	1	1	0	a discussion on fox news' the five


































5492.json	barely-true	if you look up the dictionary definition of happiness at the time of our founders happiness was not doing what you want to do but doing what you ought to do.	history	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a speech near knoxville, tenn.


































10216.json	mostly-true	amendment 2 on medical marijuana won a higher percentage of the vote than the last six florida governors, including jeb bushs 2002 landslide.	florida-amendments	united-care			organization	1	0	0	1	0	a tweet


































4570.json	true	health care is the greatest contribution to spending increases in the state budget.	health-care,medicaid,state-budget,state-finances	nick-tsiongas	physician	rhode island	newsmaker	0	0	0	0	0	newspaper commentary


































5743.json	mostly-true	the buffett rule raises virtually no money, maybe a day and a half of our borrowing per year.	deficit,economy,federal-budget,taxes	barry-hinckley		rhode island	republican	0	4	1	2	2	a campaign event.


































2340.json	half-true	georgias u.s. senators voted for legislation that would gut clean air protections and increase oil dependence.	energy,environment	stephen-kretzmann			none	0	0	1	0	0	a website


































4647.json	true	romneycare was model for obamacare.	health-care	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a tweet.


































6711.json	mostly-true	the providence economic development partnership . . .which you [cicilline] chaired, loaned $103,000 in taxpayer funds to one of your campaign workers. the worker never paid back the loan.	city-government,corporations,corrections-and-updates,legal-issues	brendan-doherty		rhode island	republican	1	2	1	1	0	in a news conference


































8410.json	pants-fire	no doctors who went to an american medical school will be accepting obamacare.	health-care,pundits	ann-coulter	columnist and author	new york	republican	2	3	3	0	4	a column


































4121.json	false	the $290 million structural surplus in the 2011-13 wisconsin budget is not real because it is based on the assumption that congress will reinstate the estate tax.	state-budget	donna-seidel	state assembly, district 85	wisconsin	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	an interview


































9207.json	pants-fire	dan patrick changed his name from danny goeb to hide from his debts.	bankruptcy,candidates-biography	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a video ad


































3545.json	mostly-true	were paying out-of-state residential facilities hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not more, to house children in state custody	children,families,state-budget	roberto-dasilva	police officer	rhode island	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a news release


































9730.json	barely-true	the per-pupil cost in the [blackstone valley prep] mayoral academy far outweighs the per-pupil cost in cumberland public schools.	city-budget,debates,education	ralph-mollis	secretary of state	rhode island	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a tv debate


































12354.json	true	before april 22, we have restored the rights of more than 18,000 individuals, which is more than the past seven governors combined in their four-year terms.	crime,history	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a speech.


































1016.json	pants-fire	the federal hate crimes prevention act bill would create special protection for pedophiles.	crime	steve-king		iowa	republican	1	1	1	0	1	a fox news interview


































3521.json	pants-fire	says wisconsin supreme court candidate joanne kloppenburg put an 80-year-old farmer in jail for refusing to plant native vegetation on his farm.	candidates-biography,legal-issues	citizens-strong-america		wisconsin	none	0	0	0	0	1	a tv ad


































2241.json	true	in 1935, more than 50% of the elderly population lived in poverty. today that poverty rate stands officially at 9.4%.	social-security	eddie-bernice-johnson	u.s. representative 	texas	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a speech on the house floor.


































12111.json	mostly-true	superdelegates have never been a determining factor in who our nominee is since theyve been in place since 1984.	elections	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview on fox business news


































1908.json	mostly-true	says the republican state convention is actually larger than the republican national convention.	bipartisanship,economy,message-machine	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a campaign video


































8055.json	barely-true	in his book, (ken) cuccinelli questions whether medicare and social security should exist.	medicare,social-security	democratic-party-virginia		virginia	democrat	2	1	1	3	0	a tv ad.


































4311.json	mostly-true	there are 500 million internet users and 80 million bloggers who are driving discussions in china. so youve got a lot of people voicing frustration and discontent.	china,foreign-policy,new-hampshire-2012	jon-huntsman		utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	a campaign appearance in milford, n.h.


































4664.json	mostly-true	my son had to resign his job because of federal regulations that washington has put on us.	candidates-biography,pensions	anita-perry	first lady of texas	texas	republican	0	0	1	1	0	a campaign stop.


































1337.json	true	the senate health care bill would leave 24 million people without insurance coverage.	health-care	mike-enzi		wyoming	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a press release


































7997.json	false	more americans receive food aid than work in (the) private sector.	jobs,poverty,pundits,workers	allen-west	u.s. representative, florida district 22	florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	a tweet


































12699.json	mostly-true	illegal tobacco sales, price driven too high, has been connected to at least several cases of funding terrorism against us in multi-year investigations over the last decade and a half.	taxes,terrorism	rick-saccone		pennsylvania	republican	0	0	0	1	0	floor remarks during a house session


































3316.json	barely-true	some of our states educational administrators joined the feds in seeking to mandate arabic classes for texas children.	education	chuck-norris		texas	republican	1	0	0	0	0	an opinion column


































1392.json	pants-fire	says land commissioner jerry patterson threatened to shoot him.	guns	hector-uribe	attorney	texas	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a press release


































10985.json	true	between 1980 and 2010, water usage in georgia dropped even as the states population grew.	environment,water	athens-banner-herald			none	0	0	0	0	0	a news report


































8788.json	true	the general assembly has no explicit constitutional authority to impose income, sales, estate and the myriad of other taxes upon us.	history,taxes	nicholas-gorham	lawyer	rhode island	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a newspaper commentary


































1041.json	pants-fire	inside the stimulus package is anti-christian legislation that will stop churches from using public schools for meeting on sundays, as well as boy scouts and student bible study groups.	economy,religion,stimulus	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	an e-mail


































7767.json	mostly-true	a wisconsin bill to limit use of food stamps for junk food would also prevent -- or limit -- the extent to which food stamps could be used for organic foods.	federal-budget,poverty,states,welfare	fred-clark	state assembly member, 42nd district	wisconsin	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	a legislative meeting


































12459.json	half-true	were losing thousands of (veterans) waiting on line because they cant get speedy health care from the veterans administration.	health-care,veterans	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a news conference


































3562.json	false	the newly proposed house republican budget abolishes medicare within 10 years.	federal-budget,medicare	moveon			democrat	2	4	3	0	0	an email blast to supporters


































3932.json	mostly-true	says george lemieux falsely attacked marco rubio.	candidates-biography	adam-hasner		florida	republican	2	1	4	4	0	an internet ad


































12775.json	mostly-true	there are fewer people crossing (the southwest) border than in the last 30 years.	immigration	luis-gutierrez	u.s. house of representatives	illinois	democrat	0	0	2	3	0	an interview on fox news' the o'reilly factor


































9980.json	barely-true	health insurance costs for floridians are up 30 percent or more.	health-care	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a tv ad


































8974.json	false	says lamar smith sponsored the bill that funded obamacare.	federal-budget,health-care,space	texas-liberty-pac	super pac	texas	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a sign spotted outside a polling place in austin


































8382.json	half-true	on responding to chemical weapon use in syria	foreign-policy,military	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a press release


































12559.json	true	the lgbt community is more often the victims of hate crimes than any other recognized group.	crime,gays-and-lesbians	loretta-lynch	u.s. attorney general		democrat	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on fox news sunday


































520.json	mostly-true	obama has maintained a friendship with a now convicted felon.	ethics	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	a news release


































6280.json	barely-true	says mitt romneys carried interest income was a tax trick.	candidates-biography,message-machine-2012,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign ad


































5307.json	false	since obamacare and the stimulus passed, the unemployment rate in the u.s. has increased.	corrections-and-updates,economy,jobs,message-machine-2012	pete-koekstra		michigan	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a website linked to a campaign ad


































5474.json	half-true	in 2011, there were more than 28,000 new tennessee jobs created and over $4 billion in capital investment. our jobs4tn plan is working.	economy,jobs	bill-haslam	governor	tennessee	republican	0	1	1	0	0	his state of the state address.


































3647.json	true	each day our nation pays communist china $73.9 million in interest on our debt.	china,deficit,military	randy-forbes	representative	virginia	republican	1	0	4	3	0	a press release.


































2965.json	false	sen. jim webb persists on negating sen. mark warners votes	voting-record	george-allen	consultant	virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a news release.


































2529.json	true	rhode island has a very generous unemployment compensation rate compared to most other states.	economy,states,workers	john-robitaille		rhode island	republican	0	1	2	0	0	an interview on whjj's helen glover show


































11066.json	true	says she called for addressing risks of derivatives, cracking down on subprime mortgages and improving financial oversight early on in the financial crisis.	candidates-biography,economy,financial-regulation	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	remarks in manhattan


































8365.json	true	there is a constitutional issue that affects the paychecks of members of congress during a shutdown.	congress,congressional-rules,federal-budget	mario-diaz-balart	u.s. representative	florida	republican	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on cnn


































3133.json	half-true	no one in the private sector gets unlimited accruals of vacation and sick leave.	government-efficiency,public-service,retirement	ed-turanchik			none	0	0	1	0	0	an interview with 'creative loafing'


































586.json	true	says obama has flip-flopped on public campaign financing.	ethics	let-freedom-ring			none	0	2	1	0	0	a tv ad airing on cable networks such as fox and mtv.


































8619.json	pants-fire	back door gun control is in full effect in the united states due to obamas environmental protection agency.	environment,guns,health-care,public-health	allen-west	u.s. representative, florida district 22	florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	a blog on his website


































9814.json	mostly-true	the obama administration originally wanted 10,000 troops to remain in iraq -- not combat troops, but military advisers, special operations forces, to watch the counterterrorism effort.	iraq	martha-raddatz	abc news		journalist	0	0	0	1	0	comments on abc's this week


































13235.json	barely-true	ice just endorsed me.	homeland-security,immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	the second presidential debate


































4236.json	barely-true	tax increases under michigan gov. jennifer granholm led to state unemployment going from 6.8 percent to 15.3 percent.	economy,jobs,state-budget,state-finances,states,taxes	raul-labrador	u.s. representative	idaho	republican	1	0	1	0	0	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































7833.json	false	ronald reagans signature on the 1986 amnesty act gave barack obama about 15 million additional hispanic votes in 2012.	elections,immigration	steve-king		iowa	republican	1	1	1	0	1	a house floor speech


































12143.json	false	nevada lawmakers permanently cut taxes for over 95 percent of nevadas businesses.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	michael-roberson	state senate majority leader	nevada	republican	0	1	1	0	0	in a candidate forum on march 3, 2016


































2383.json	barely-true	says texas u.s. rep. pete sessions said the gops goal is to go back to the same exact policies that were in place before this president took office... policies that crashed the economy.	bipartisanship,economy	david-axelrod			democrat	2	1	6	7	0	an interview


































12034.json	false	says donald trump said the government is going to pay for everybody to have health care.	health-care	keep-promise-1-pac			republican	0	1	1	0	0	an attack ad


































7240.json	pants-fire	says 11 states have more people on welfare than employed.	welfare	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	an email sent to politifact texas


































9625.json	pants-fire	says former federal reserve chairman alan greenspan said that if the workers are more insecure, thats very healthy for the society because theyll serve the masters gladly and passively.	economy,labor,workers	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a meme on social media


































9988.json	half-true	on the economic stimulus.	economy	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	in an interview on cnn


































12727.json	barely-true	neighborhoods have become more violentunder president barack obamas watch.	crime	darryl-glenn	el paso county commissioner 	colorado 	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a speech at the republican convention


































9868.json	false	obama admin gutted @projchildsafe budget to provide trigger locks and safety kits.	guns	dana-loesch	radio talk show host		republican	1	2	0	0	0	a tweet


































209.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. 


































9099.json	half-true	our high school graduation rate is the highest on record.	children,corrections-and-updates,education	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in orlando


































4384.json	pants-fire	say ohio reps. marcia fudge, marcy kaptur and dennis kucinich are socialists who are openly serving in the u.s. congress.	candidates-biography	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	web pages


































2080.json	half-true	were not engaged in nation-building in afghanistan.	foreign-policy,military,abc-news-week	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	an interview on abc's this week


































3104.json	barely-true	says the defense department shrink-wrapped $10.8 billion in american money, loaded it on 175 pallets and put it on a transport plane to iraq where they passed out $100 bills and no one has any receipts.	government-efficiency,iraq	dennis-kucinich	u.s. representative	ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	a foxnews interview


































2667.json	barely-true	says he stood up to his own party by voting against the budget to stop runaway government spending.	message-machine,state-budget	jim-sullivan	former state senator, 5th district	wisconsin	democrat	1	2	2	0	0	campaign literature distributed to district residents


































9202.json	barely-true	democrats very much are in the pocket of the nra.	campaign-finance,guns	nia-malika-henderson	reporter, washington post		none	1	0	0	0	0	comments on msnbc


































8599.json	mostly-true	floridas proposed amendment for medical marijuana would allow people who alleged minor ailments such as muscle spasms, neck pain, back pain and even menstrual cramps (to qualify) for government-sanctioned pot-smoking.	drugs,health-care,marijuana	grady-judd	polk county sheriff	florida	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a sun-sentinel editorial


































10101.json	false	some doctors say ebola can be transmitted through the air by a sneeze or some cough.	ebola,health-care,public-health	george-will	columnist	maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	comments on fox news sunday


































8621.json	true	we, the bishops of the united states -- can you believe it -- in 1919 came out for more affordable, more comprehensive, more universal health care.	health-care,religion,sexuality	timothy-dolan	cardinal	new york	none	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































5932.json	false	on support for ronald reagans policies	history	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	comments during his campaigns


































12088.json	false	says supreme court nominee merrick garlandvoted, so the folks know, in washington, d.c., to keep guns away from private citizens.	guns,supreme-court	bill-oreilly	fox news channel host		none	4	6	3	5	1	an episode of the o'reilly factor


































8812.json	pants-fire	forty years ago, hardly anybody in the country had health insurance.	health-care	louie-gohmert	u.s. house member	texas	republican	2	6	1	0	1	an interview on fox news


































10403.json	true	supreme court 15 times over the last 120 years has said marriage is a fundamental right and never said it had to be between a man and a woman.	gays-and-lesbians,marriage,supreme-court	ted-olson	attorney		republican	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on fox news sunday


































8825.json	mostly-true	says alex sink supported more taxes on water and tv.	taxes	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a campaign commercial


































11889.json	half-true	im self-funding my own campaign.	campaign-finance	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a campaign rally in iowa


































9284.json	pants-fire	for every kentuckian that has enrolled in obamacare, 40 have been dropped from their coverage.	corrections-and-updates,health-care	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a newsletter


































5150.json	barely-true	more americans have lost their jobs under barack obama than any president in modern history.	economy,history,jobs	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a tweet


































6276.json	false	says the money is in the budget to give a tax break to everyone, including people making more than $1 million.	state-budget,taxes	lou-greenwald	state assemblyman	new jersey	democrat	0	1	1	2	2	an interview on 6abc’s “inside story”


































7396.json	half-true	says 2012 was the first year in american history that more minorities are being born than people in the majority.	census,diversity,population	cory-booker	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	0	4	2	8	0	an appearance on bill maher overtime


































10477.json	half-true	on the status of illegal immigrants	immigration	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview


































5430.json	half-true	its going to be harder to vote in virginia than it is now to buy a gun...	elections,guns	janet-howell	state senator	virginia	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a tv interview.


































9471.json	true	says dan patrick has called immigration into texas an invasion and said immigrants coming into texas bring third-world diseases.	crime,immigration,public-health	battleground-texas		texas	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on bloomberg tv


































2554.json	barely-true	harry reid voted to use taxpayer dollars to pay for viagra for convicted child molesters and sex offenders.	crime,federal-budget,health-care,message-machine	sharron-angle	republican nominee for nevada u.s. senate seat	nevada	republican	3	1	1	0	0	a campaign commercial


































12638.json	mostly-true	the average time someone used to hold a share of stock back in the 60s was eight years. now, the average time is four months.	corporations,economy,wealth	mark-warner	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	3	1	6	3	0	a radio interview.


































2088.json	true	since 1904, the ohio victor has won the presidency 25 out of 27 times	elections,history	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a statement posted to his website


































8165.json	true	under obamacare, members of congress are required to purchase their health insurance from the new exchanges.	congress,congressional-rules,health-care	james-langevin	congressman	rhode island	democrat	1	1	2	1	0	an interview on wpro-am


































8834.json	pants-fire	25% of human trafficking victims are located in texas.	crime,labor	john-cornyn	senator	texas	republican	5	3	6	2	1	an online commentary


































8207.json	mostly-true	while fat-cat bureaucrats at the department of education are getting paid an average salary of $102,000 a year, teachers in georgia are getting paid half of that.	education,federal-budget	paul-broun	congressman	georgia	republican	4	8	3	2	1	a press release


































6956.json	barely-true	says chris christie was behind in the polls against jon corzine during the 2009 governors race.	polls	joseph-kyrillos	state senator	new jersey	republican	3	3	2	2	1	an interview on njtoday


































12628.json	mostly-true	says donald trump spent the least amount of money of any of the competitive primary contenders that he beat so badly.	campaign-finance,elections	michael-caputo	adviser	new york	republican	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on capital tonight, time warner cable news.


































1845.json	half-true	a houston school district analysis found that the (state board of education) more than quadrupled the number of historical figures students must learn about.	education	kathy-miller	president, texas freedom network		none	0	0	1	0	0	an op-ed article


































8182.json	half-true	floridas high school graduation rates continue to increase at the fastest rate in the nation, with florida leading the nation in the rate of hispanic graduates.	diversity,education	pam-stewart	interim commissioner of education	florida	state-official	0	0	2	0	0	a letter to the editor in the miami herald


































7333.json	pants-fire	says his plan to raise car registration to $56 would still leave virginia with a fee thats equal to or lower than most states.	taxes,transportation	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	a news conference.


































4749.json	barely-true	we spend half a trillion dollars a year in tax preparation.	taxes	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a speech in manchester, n.h.


































3201.json	false	for [gm] to pay back everything it owes, it would have to sell its shares at $143 a share . . . where the highest value of a general motors share ever was $43, $44, $46, whatever the dollars were . . .	economy,federal-budget	jim-renacci	u.s. representative 	ohio	republican	5	3	4	1	1	an interview on wcpn 90.3 fm


































6992.json	mostly-true	theres 21 congressmen and senators that have been convicted of felonies that still get their retirement, even in jail. they dont have to wait until theyre 65.	congress,crime,pensions,retirement	jesse-ventura	author	minnesota	independent	0	0	0	1	1	an interview on mycentraljersey.com


































6458.json	barely-true	says mitt romney said at a january 2012 debate that under paul ryans tax plan, id have paid no taxes in the last two years.	corrections-and-updates,taxes	paul-begala	affiliated professor of public policy at georgetown university's public policy institute	texas	democrat	1	2	0	0	0	a twitter post.


































1217.json	half-true	house republicans pledged to introduce a bill to reform americas health care system, but the 'party of no' has . . . failed to produce legislation.	health-care	steny-hoyer	house majority leader	maryland	democrat	0	1	3	4	0	a news release


































5646.json	mostly-true	polls show americans are overwhelmingly opposed to obamacare, especially the individual mandate.	health-care	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	an op-ed in u.s. news & world report


































3278.json	true	the house of delegates budget bill cuts $50 million from education.	corrections-and-updates,education,state-budget	virginia-senate-democratic-caucus		virginia	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a press release.


































4316.json	false	in texas, we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools.	education,science	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	remarks during a campaign stop in new hampshire


































3364.json	false	a telecom bill could keep the state corporation commission from getting rate-of-return information from electric utilities.	market-regulation	ward-armstrong	minority leader, house of delegates	virginia	democrat	0	3	0	0	1	a house floor speech.


































2987.json	barely-true	portland public schools invites well-paid, well-fed school bureaucrats, administrators, teachers, other staff, non-needy students, affluent parents of students, and other adults, including on the other extreme the adult homeless, illegal aliens, fanatical muslim terrorists, or drug addicted street people, to enjoy cheap breakfasts in taxpayer-paid school facilities amidst school children.	education,government-efficiency	rees-lloyd	attorney	oregon	none	1	0	0	0	0	a website posting


































529.json	mostly-true	mccain lobbied for (a) $10-million pork project honoring conservative justice.	federal-budget	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign e-mail to reporters


































8844.json	barely-true	we have been confronted with an unexpected storm that has hit the metropolitan area.	weather	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	an interview


































11507.json	half-true	among manufacturers with fewer than 50 employees, the average cost in terms of regulations is $34,000 per employee.	market-regulation,small-business	ben-carson			republican	7	12	3	2	4	a republican presidential debate


































1555.json	half-true	the health care bill will create 4 million jobs, 400,000 jobs almost immediately.	economy,health-care	nancy-pelosi	house minority leader	california	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	a statement at the health care summit


































7531.json	pants-fire	u.s. rep. scott rigell wants gun owners in a federal registration system.	guns	national-association-gun-rights			none	0	0	0	0	1	a tv ad.


































5485.json	false	says pension contributions under gov. chris christie would represent 75 percent of the total contribution made between the years 1995 and 2010. thats right, in 15 years, total state contribution was only $2.1 billion.	retirement,state-budget	gary-chiusano	state assemblyman	new jersey	republican	0	1	0	0	0	an interview on my9 news' “new jersey now”


































4497.json	mostly-true	the water quality in the ocean is perfect. its been tested up and down every ocean shore in new jersey.	environment,water	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a press conference at point pleasant beach


































4990.json	false	i balanced the budget for four straight years, paid off $405 billion in debt.	deficit,federal-budget,history	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a republican presidential debate in sioux city, iowa


































4126.json	half-true	sherrod brown was just voted two years in a row the most liberal senator in the united states of america and is more liberal than sen. bernie sanders.	job-accomplishments	josh-mandel	ohio treasurer	ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a radio interview


































9911.json	barely-true	greg abbott did nothing to pursue reports of the sexual abuse of boys at a west texas state-run school.	children,crime,criminal-justice	wendy-davis	state senator	texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	a tv ad


































10587.json	barely-true	the governor must inform the senate president about his or her absence from the state.	government-efficiency,legal-issues	jennifer-horn	chairman, new hampshire republican party	new hampshire	republican	2	0	1	1	0	in a press release


































2160.json	pants-fire	we have my opponent sam olens to thank for [the arizona immigration ruling] since he was on the team that got clinton elected.	elections,immigration	preston-smith		georgia	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a news release


































9321.json	false	a majority of americans since harry truman days support single-payer health insurance, or full medicare for all.	federal-budget,health-care,history,medicare,polls,public-health	ralph-nader	attorney, activist	connecticut	independent	1	1	0	1	0	a radio interview


































11842.json	half-true	says ohio gov. john kasich had the worst rating on spending of any governor in the country, republican or democrat.	candidates-biography,state-budget	right-rise			republican	0	0	1	0	0	a tv ad


































11369.json	false	the benghazi probe is the longest-running congressional investigation ever.	congress,history,terrorism	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a campaign tweet


































7076.json	barely-true	says jeb bush extended early voting after seeing long lines.	elections	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a tv interview


































4800.json	barely-true	says president barack obama thinks americans are lazy.	economy,message-machine-2012	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a television ad


































5856.json	half-true	says gov. scott walker has caused wisconsin to lose more jobs than any other state in the country.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs,workers	tom-barrett	mayor of milwaukee	wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	a tweet


































10894.json	false	a measure to repeal the states prevailing wage law would make it easier for state contractors to hire illegal workers for wisconsin construction jobs through an illegal worker loophole in the state budget.	labor	protect-american-jobs			organization	0	1	0	0	0	a television ad


































6814.json	mostly-true	almost 400 arrests in the city last year for panhandling-related offenses involved just 78 suspects, an indication that the same people are panhandling over and over.	crime,urban	michael-julian-bond			none	0	0	0	1	0	atlanta city council meeting


































2453.json	half-true	says more than 2 million oregonians have received important medical services because of his health plan.	health-care	john-kitzhaber	governor of oregon	oregon	democrat	1	1	4	4	0	a radio interview


































8258.json	half-true	pending a federal waiver, the 2013 legislature eliminated the overtesting of students in grades 3-8 by decreasing the number of tests from 17 to 8.	education	jason-isaac	transportation consultant	texas	republican	2	0	1	0	1	a published commentary


































4509.json	barely-true	we have asked public employees to pay 10 percent of the costs of their guaranteed pension and 15 percent of the cost of their health care. ... the leadership of those public employees unions dont want to pay anything.	labor,state-finances,unions	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a television interview


































7961.json	true	(t)he united states government and its constitution says that people can be put to death.	criminal-justice	jimmy-carter		georgia	democrat	3	0	2	2	0	an interview


































149.json	half-true	obama spokesman bill burton says clinton gave bush a blank check on a critical foreign policy issue.	foreign-policy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	


































11091.json	barely-true	a law was passed, apparently in the clinton administration, about whether, in recruiting offices marines or other military should be able to have guns. apparently it is prohibited.	guns,military	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a town hall in carson city, nevada


































13100.json	mostly-true	we had the democratic governors association and the obama political machine come into a republican primary to try and rig the election by spending $1 million against me in the last couple of days.	campaign-finance	eric-greitens	gubernatorial candidate	missouri	republican	1	1	2	1	0	an interview on fox & friends


































4507.json	false	stimulus money funded a government board that made recommendations that would cost 378,000 jobs and $28.3 billion in sales.	children,health-care	paul-broun	congressman	georgia	republican	4	8	3	2	1	a tweet


































6229.json	pants-fire	in the last 10 years, only one piece of legislation has been cosponsored and passed by john duncan jr.	voting-record	nick-ciparro	student	tennessee	republican	0	0	0	0	1	posted by ciparro's website


































4269.json	true	there are cities and counties in georgia that dont have websites, and where elected officials dont have email addresses.	infrastructure,technology	sam-olens		georgia	republican	0	1	1	1	0	a talk at the atlanta press club


































8446.json	barely-true	i never was in favor of shutting down the government. (i) voted to fund the government fully.	federal-budget,health-care	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview on fox news sunday


































4756.json	half-true	the confederate battle flag never flew over texas, but... you might soon see it on our license plates.	history	progress-texas		texas	none	3	0	1	0	2	an opinion column.


































7631.json	half-true	says peta is using this really fancy drone to follow hunters around in some places in other countries.	animals,public-safety,technology	joe-negron	state senator	florida	republican	0	0	1	1	0	a gaggle of reporters


































3174.json	false	united states students are achieving at number 25 out of 29 developing countries when it comes to science and math.	education	rebecca-kleefisch	candidate for lieutenant governor	wisconsin	republican	1	3	4	0	1	a news conference


































6328.json	pants-fire	says mitt romney backed a bill that outlaws all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest.	abortion,message-machine-2012	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a tv ad


































12741.json	mostly-true	says north carolina is home of the largest military installations in the world.	homeland-security,military,patriotism,states	north-carolina-republican-party		north carolina	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a roll call at the republican national convention


































9564.json	pants-fire	in the last three years alone, 13 times, the supreme court, unanimously, 9-0, including all of the presidents liberal picks, have struck down the presidents executive orders.	supreme-court	sean-spicer	communications director for the republican national committee		republican	0	0	0	0	1	an appearance on cnn's state of the union


































4730.json	mostly-true	in libya, america spent $2 billion total and didnt lose a single life.	military,new-hampshire-2012	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a talk at plymouth state university in plymouth, n.h.


































9350.json	false	20 percent of the time (smart guns) wont work.	guns,technology	larry-pratt	executive director, gun owners of america		none	0	1	1	0	0	an interview on 'all in with chris hayes'


































10494.json	mostly-true	if you look at the income of average americans...theyre absolutely flat in constant dollars since 1979.	income,workers	don-beyer	8th district congressional candidate	virginia	democrat	1	2	1	3	0	a speech.


































9261.json	true	the rhode island parole board never received an objection from the attorney general to the parole of convicted murder alfred brissette.	crime,criminal-justice,public-safety	dawson-hodgson	state senator	rhode island	republican	1	1	0	0	0	a tv interview


































11945.json	half-true	its highly unusual to have a supreme court confirmation in a presidential election year. the last one was 1940.	history,supreme-court,voting-record	bob-goodlatte	u.s. congressman	virginia	republican	0	1	4	3	0	a tv interview.


































11723.json	true	guantanamo has never been a key component of isis or al-qaida propaganda.	terrorism	stephen-hayes	senior writer for the weekly standard		none	2	0	1	1	0	on fox news sunday


































1085.json	false	rep. adam putnam was silent when rush limbaugh called sonia sotomayor a racist.	sotomayor-nomination,supreme-court	presente			none	0	1	0	0	0	a radio ad


































4788.json	false	george allens flat tax plan would actually shrink revenues further thanthe perry (flat tax) plan.	taxes	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a news release.


































7616.json	true	right now, texas doesnt have an income tax and oklahomas lowering their income tax rates, and guess what their severance tax is? sky high.	state-budget,taxes	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a television interview


































677.json	true	sarah palin has had 12 years of elected office experience.	candidates-biography	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	pittsburgh, pa. 


































7522.json	half-true	dep has 2,812 employees, the lowest level since the mid-80s.	climate-change,environment,state-budget,workers	jeff-tittel	director of the new jersey sierra club		none	0	1	1	0	1	an op-ed column on nj.com


































12519.json	half-true	there are tens of thousands of homes right here in california where you turn on the faucet but you cant drink the water.	agriculture,consumer-safety,environment,public-health,water	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a news conference


































6351.json	half-true	the largest number of bankruptcies in our country are really as a result of health care.	bankruptcy,economy,health-care	patrick-kennedy	congressman	rhode island	democrat	0	1	2	1	0	a radio interview


































11999.json	mostly-true	marco rubio has the no. 1absentee record in the united states senate.	voting-record	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a gop debate hosted by fox


































8494.json	barely-true	if your plan is the result of collective bargaining, no subsequent changes by anybody -- insurance companies, obamacare -- can force your grandfathered policy to change.	health-care,unions	rush-limbaugh	radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	comments on his radio show


































4890.json	barely-true	oregon has the sixth highest combined death tax rate in the country.	federal-budget,state-budget,states,taxes	oregon-transformation-project			republican	1	0	0	0	0	online post


































10782.json	barely-true	the man who killed a motorist who fatally struck a 2-year-old was back on the street because he had received a 13-year sentence for bank robbery but only served two years.	crime,criminal-justice,guns	david-clarke-jr	milwaukee county sheriff	wisconsin	democrat	3	5	2	1	0	an interview


































9939.json	half-true	when i left office, there was a $7-million surplus in providence, but in 2008, the city had a $110-million deficit.	candidates-biography,city-budget,city-government,job-accomplishments,message-machine-2014	vincent-buddy-cianci		rhode island	independent	0	2	1	2	1	a tv commercial


































6058.json	half-true	more hispanics have fallen into poverty under obama.	message-machine-2012,poverty	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a web ad


































8364.json	half-true	this year, the federal government will have more revenue than any year in the history of our country.	economy,federal-budget,taxes	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	an interview on abc's this week


































1151.json	half-true	any government-run 'public' plan ... creates an entitlement that will cost another $1 trillion over the next 10 years.	health-care	ginny-brown-waite	congresswoman	florida	republican	2	0	2	0	0	a mailing


































10877.json	true	if you count united states airstrikes against isis, 75 percent of those combat missions return to base without having fired a weapon.	foreign-policy,military,terrorism	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	an interview on cbs' face the nation


































10426.json	barely-true	says president barack obama is not paying women equally by his own measures in his own white house.	jobs,women	carly-fiorina		california	republican	5	5	4	3	2	a broadcast of msnbc's morning joe


































8909.json	barely-true	says that as a u.s. senator, scott brown delivered for wall street, saving big banks $19 billion in taxes.	financial-regulation,taxes	senate-majority-pac	political action committee	washington, d.c. 	democrat	3	4	4	1	0	a campaign ad


































5015.json	half-true	the fact is, over 2.4 million jobs have been lost since the stimulus bill was signed into law in february of 2009.	jobs,stimulus	steve-southerland	u.s. representative, florida district 2	florida	republican	1	2	1	1	0	in direct mail


































11202.json	mostly-true	the rate in which people are working (in wisconsin) is almost five points higher than it is nationally.	jobs,labor,states	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a debate


































43.json	false	if african-americans vote their percentage of the population in 2008, mississippi is suddenly a democratic state.	elections	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	new hampshire


































12590.json	barely-true	hillary clinton surged the trade deficit with china 40% as secretary of state, costing americans millions of jobs.	economy,foreign-policy,jobs,trade	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a tweet


































6189.json	false	says ann kuster said the debate over americas debt limit is not an important issue of the day.	debt	charles-bass	u.s. representative 	new hampshire	republican	3	2	0	0	0	an email to the press on june 8, 2012


































2216.json	half-true	on whether to eliminate the state income tax.	economy,state-budget,taxes	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	


































10527.json	mostly-true	isissends out 90,000 social (media)messages a day.	islam,terrorism	hillary-mann-leverett			none	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on cnn


































2995.json	pants-fire	unemployment and the housing and auto industry crises can be fixed by giving a million dollars to every worker over age 50 to retire.	deficit,economy,housing,jobs,stimulus	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a message via the internet


































11538.json	half-true	north koreahas over two-dozennuclear warheads.	nuclear	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	remarks during a campaign event in sioux city, iowa


































11233.json	false	the federal government right now does not deport criminals.	immigration	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a town hall in new hampshire


































5949.json	half-true	on president barack obamas stimulus	economy,federal-budget,stimulus,taxes	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	statements to the media


































8462.json	mostly-true	emergency rooms account for 2 percent of all health care spending.	health-care,pundits	nick-gillespie	editor of reason.com	washington, d.c.	none	0	0	0	1	0	a discussion on cnn's crossfire


































12721.json	true	says hillary clinton said all work-related emails were sent back to the state department. the fbi director said, thats not true.	foreign-policy,history,job-accomplishments,technology,transparency	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a speech at the republican convention


































5447.json	true	says mitt romney said he does not line up with the nra.	guns,message-machine-2012	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a television ad


































6928.json	barely-true	says patrick murphy is trying to hide his drunken assault of a police officer.	alcohol,candidates-biography,crime	allen-west	u.s. representative, florida district 22	florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	an ad


































3853.json	barely-true	we had (a bill) in florida where we now are prohibiting doctors to talk -- particularly pediatricians -- to talk to their patients about gun safety in the home.	guns,health-care	bob-graham		florida	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	an interview on msnbc's hardball.


































4422.json	half-true	when you look at what we have done over the last decade, we created 1 million jobs in the state of texas. at the same time, (the rest of) america lost 2.5 million.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a republican presidential debate.


































6139.json	barely-true	most of ted cruzs money comes from washington, from outside the state of texas.	campaign-finance	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a radio interview.


































10837.json	half-true	the 2005 round of military base closings has not yet resulted in savings.	federal-budget,military	rob-wittman	congressman	virginia	republican	0	1	1	1	0	a news release.


































8686.json	barely-true	florida has experienced positive job growth for 39 consecutive months.	economy,jobs	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a facebook post


































5273.json	true	in 1992, mitt romney gave money to democrats for congress.	bipartisanship,campaign-finance,candidates-biography	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	an interview


































796.json	barely-true	aig executives ... (took) a junket for over $400,000. twice.	economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	cincinnati, ohio


































4201.json	false	harry reids plan is basically giving the president a blank check.	deficit,federal-budget	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a tv interview.


































2254.json	half-true	jim renacci supports a national sales tax of 23 percent.	federal-budget,message-machine,taxes	afscme			none	3	1	2	3	0	a television election ad


































9243.json	pants-fire	over 300k home owner suicides attributed to foreclosures.	economy,health-care,housing,public-health	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a meme shared on social media


































5927.json	half-true	on gun policy	guns	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	various public statements


































13401.json	half-true	chris koster opposed protecting the women of missouri because he was one of only four senators to vote against a bill ending the practice of making rape victims pay for their own rape kits.	crime,women	eric-greitens	gubernatorial candidate	missouri	republican	1	1	2	1	0	a press release


































465.json	pants-fire	obama ... gave almost a million dollars to the (kenya) opposition campaign who just happened to be his cousin, raila odinga.	candidates-biography	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	


































12865.json	false	says he saw videotape of the people taking the money off the plane to pay ransom to iran for hostages.	foreign-policy	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in daytona beach, fla.


































5002.json	true	says there have been no cases of wolves killing people in rocky mountain states.	environment	oregon-department-fish-and-wildlife			none	0	0	0	0	0	a news story


































11483.json	false	sixty-one percent of our bridges are in trouble.	infrastructure,transportation	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech


































1911.json	mostly-true	oil companies showered regulators (at the minerals management service) with gifts and favors, and were essentially allowed to conduct their own safety inspections and write their own regulations.	corporations,energy,environment,ethics,government-efficiency,oil-spill,market-regulation	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech from the oval office


































4164.json	mostly-true	theres pretty much no question that [the curfew ordinances] arent effective in either reducing crime or preventing harm to young people.	criminal-justice	mike-males	researcher, center on juvenile and criminal justice		none	0	0	0	1	0	an article 


































9368.json	false	jeff merkley was the deciding vote on obamacare, which in oregon has been an unmitigated disaster.	health-care	monica-wehby	pediatric neurosurgeon	oregon	republican	0	3	0	0	0	a campaign news release


































3766.json	half-true	the new beverage tax will increase the cost of sodas, juice drinks, sports drinks, iced teas, and flavored water up to 50%.	health-care,public-health,taxes	american-beverage-association	lobbying / trade group	washington, d.c.	organization	0	0	1	0	0	a placard


































5851.json	barely-true	says an unchecked democratic majority in trenton is responsible for years of diversions from the states unemployment insurance trust fund.	state-budget	anthony-bucco	state senator	new jersey	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a news release


































10171.json	mostly-true	nathan deal saved the hope scholarship program.	education	zell-miller		georgia	none	0	1	0	2	0	television ad


































12918.json	half-true	legal prescription drugs statistically kill 100,000 people a year, (but) there are no documented deaths due to marijuana.	drugs,marijuana	gary-johnson	presidential candidate	new mexico	libertarian	3	2	5	6	0	a town hall meeting


































234.json	barely-true	the estate tax, which came into being by republicans like teddy roosevelt and others ... is there for a real simple reason: in america, we've never liked the idea of massive inherited wealth.	taxes	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a town hall meeting in derry, n.h.


































2952.json	true	a 5 percent increase in domestic production would increase the world supply by less than 1 percent and do almost nothing to our dependence on foreign oil. this would also have virtually no effect on the price of gas at the pump.	environment,oil-spill	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	a press release


































5765.json	false	every time the price of gasoline rises 1 cent, its abillion dollarsout of our economy that goes to saudi arabia.	corrections-and-updates,economy,energy,iraq	tommy-thompson		wisconsin	republican	6	8	2	5	3	a campaign speech


































7318.json	barely-true	i had to lay off 48 people last year, which has exacerbated the lack of law enforcement officers in the county that respond quickly to crime calls.	county-budget,county-government,crime,criminal-justice,guns	david-clarke-jr	milwaukee county sheriff	wisconsin	democrat	3	5	2	1	0	a radio interview


































7249.json	half-true	the fiscal cliff deal increased spending.	federal-budget	tom-price	congressman	georgia	republican	1	2	5	3	0	a radio interview


































12123.json	mostly-true	today, the united states has, sadly, one of the lowest voter turnouts of any major country on earth.	elections	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a campaign speech


































1490.json	true	during the recent global warming summit in copenhagen, nancy pelosi and others stayed at a five-star hotel on a trip costing nearly $10,000 per person.	transportation	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	an e-mail blast.


































3503.json	half-true	says that during the first 19 months of the obama administration, the u.s. detained people from nations designated as state sponsors of terrorism on the southwestern border.	immigration,terrorism	john-cornyn	senator	texas	republican	5	3	6	2	1	a hearing


































1586.json	mostly-true	rubio admitted he would have accepted the stimulus money.	economy	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a news release


































10965.json	half-true	as a senator, hillary clinton has her name on three laws in eight years.	candidates-biography	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	an interview with sean hannity on fox news


































13197.json	false	says donald trump hasnt broken his promise to release his tax returns.	candidates-biography,taxes	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	the vice presidential debate


































1435.json	true	we cut taxes for 95 percent of working families.	economy,stimulus,taxes,workers	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a state of the union speech


































11784.json	false	the united states has a record number of abortions year after year after year.	abortion	carly-fiorina		california	republican	5	5	4	3	2	an iowa right to life event in des moines


































9161.json	true	drone technology now allows an individual to be recorded in their homes by drones as small as birds and immediately uploaded to the internet.	crime,privacy	chris-taylor			democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a news release


































3094.json	false	says the first word spoken from the moon was houston.	space	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	his inauguration address


































830.json	barely-true	mccain is selectively editing joe biden's words...biden actually said about barack obama: 'they're gonna find out this guy's got steel in his spine.'	foreign-policy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a television advertisement


































13386.json	half-true	donald trumps strategy is pretty simple. they have even said in his campaign its to get women to stay home, get young people to stay home, get people of color to stay home, and get a lot smart, intelligent men to stay home, too.	elections	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a rally in daytona beach, fla.


































5452.json	half-true	the u.s. has a record number of oil rigs operating right now more working oil and gas rigs than the rest of the world combined.	energy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in miami


































6659.json	mostly-true	ive cut taxes for ... middle-class families, small businesses.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at the democratic national convention in charlotte, n.c.


































13132.json	true	the gun epidemic is the leading cause of death of young african-american men, more than the next nine causes put together.	diversity,guns,public-health	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a presidential debate at hofstra university


































2167.json	mostly-true	mortgage fraud is up 400 percent in the last five years.	financial-regulation,housing	pam-bondi		florida	republican	2	2	0	4	0	a bay news 9/cfn 13 debate.


































456.json	mostly-true	bill clinton invited him (the rev. wright) to the white house when he was having his personal crises.	candidates-biography	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	philadelphia


































7797.json	mostly-true	says fulton county government hasnt raised its millage rate since 1991.	taxes	john-eaves	fulton county board of commissioners chairman	georgia	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an interview


































13525.json	mostly-true	under obamacare, premiums have doubled and tripled in wisconsin.	health-care	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	a debate


































371.json	mostly-true	we have seen hate crimes skyrocket in the wake of the immigration debate.	legal-issues	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a debate in austin, texas.


































5481.json	barely-true	connie macks only real job in the real world was as events coordinator for hooters!	candidates-biography	george-lemieux		florida	republican	4	1	6	4	0	a web ad


































452.json	pants-fire	denies that he said the obama campaign played the race card.	elections	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	pittsburgh


































13363.json	half-true	paul ryans already spent millions to try and permanently derail brad (schneider)s progressive, energized campaign.	campaign-finance,elections	barney-frank	u.s. representative	massachusetts	democrat	1	0	2	0	0	a fundraising email supporting illinois' 10th house district democratic nominee brad schneider 


































6689.json	mostly-true	$50,000. thats what every child owes today because washington politicians have run up a huge spending tab and left our kids the bill.	debt	frank-guinta	u.s. congress, nh-first district	new hampshire	republican	1	1	1	1	0	a television ad, “future.”


































12589.json	barely-true	the united states is the only major country that taxes its own exports.	federal-budget,taxes	kevin-brady	u.s. house member	texas	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a press conference for republican tax reform


































12629.json	false	as secretary of state, hillary clinton laundered money to bill clinton through laureate education, while bill clinton was an honorary chairman of the group.	candidates-biography,ethics	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an email


































4130.json	true	the black unemployment rate (has) increased since the recovery has begun.	economy,jobs,workers	marc-morial	president of the national urban league	louisiana	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































10909.json	mostly-true	the convention center was sold as a building that would never cost taxpayers a dime.	deficit,economy,history,state-budget,state-finances	patricia-morgan	financial adviser	rhode island	republican	1	0	1	1	0	a news conference


































8107.json	mostly-true	says about nsa data collection: every member in both parties who served on the intelligence committee voted in favor of this.	civil-rights,congress,homeland-security,privacy,terrorism	tom-cole		oklahoma	republican	0	0	0	1	0	an msnbc interview


































12874.json	true	says the media distortedwhat happened with a baby at his rally.	candidates-biography,children	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a tweet


































4830.json	half-true	when you sanction the iranian central bank, that will shut down (irans) economy.	economy,foreign-policy	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	the cnn republican presidential debate


































4375.json	half-true	on milwaukee county governments debt burden	county-budget,county-government	chris-abele	philanthropist	wisconsin	none	3	5	4	4	2	an interview 


































6075.json	true	says only 18 percent of portland elementary schools have art instruction compared to 83 percent nationally.	education	sam-adams	mayor of portland	oregon	democrat	3	2	5	2	0	in a tweet.


































2422.json	false	after hurricane katrina, dallas and san antonio took in 5,000 to 10,000 refugees each, but (bill) white brought in 250,000 and put them up in his buddies empty apartment buildings and let the federal government pay their rents for over two years. they did not return to new orleans, most of them are on welfare.	candidates-biography,ethics,natural-disasters	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	an e-mail


































12567.json	half-true	says ron johnson referred to the lego movie as an insidious anti-business conspiracy.	corporations,small-business	russ-feingold		wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	a speech


































3641.json	false	says salaries and benefits for wisconsin state employee comprised 8.5 percent of the 2009-2011 state budget.	labor,state-budget	mark-pocan	state assembly member, 78th district	wisconsin	democrat	1	2	2	3	0	a blog post


































9684.json	false	mary burke wasted 12.5 million dollars on a vacant lot in a move that could cost taxpayers nearly $25 million.	government-efficiency,jobs,state-budget	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a campaign tv ad


































4471.json	half-true	more private-sector jobs were created in the second year of the obama administration than in the eight years of the bush administration.	economy,history,jobs	nancy-pelosi	house minority leader	california	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	an interview on msnbc's up with chris hayes


































3733.json	true	american oil production is at its highest level since 2003.	energy	jim-moran	u. s. congressman	virginia	democrat	2	1	1	6	1	a press release.


































8665.json	half-true	a gun background check is futile. something like 42 (people during the) last year were prosecuted for trying to buy a gun with a criminal record out of 11 million.	guns	larry-pratt	executive director, gun owners of america		none	0	1	1	0	0	in comments on fox's fox news sunday


































11599.json	mostly-true	says david vitter answered a prostitutes call minutes after he skipped a vote honoring 28 soldiers who gave their lives in defense of our freedom.	candidates-biography,military,sexuality	john-bel-edwards	state representative	louisiana	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a campaign ad


































7914.json	barely-true	if gov. rick scott activates the national guard in anticipation of a federal disaster, the states costs, including the costs to recall any furloughed guardsmen, will be fully reimbursable by fema.	federal-budget,public-safety,state-budget	bill-nelson		florida	democrat	3	1	8	10	0	a letter to gov. rick scott


































1912.json	half-true	if you read the arizona (immigration) law, what it says is if you are stopped for violating the law and they have a suspicion that you're illegal, they can ask you if you're legal.	immigration	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a cbs4 interview


































8672.json	mostly-true	floridas proposed medical marijuana amendment would make florida one of the most lenient medical-marijuana states, allowing use for limitless other conditions specified by any physician.	drugs,health-care,marijuana,states	pam-bondi		florida	republican	2	2	0	4	0	an initial brief to the florida supreme court


































6540.json	barely-true	the state government workforce grew when tim kaine was governor.	government-efficiency,job-accomplishments,workers	george-allen	consultant	virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a debate.


































8175.json	mostly-true	says unions call obamacare bad for workers.	health-care,unions	mike-lee	u.s. senator	utah	republican	0	0	1	1	0	a 'usa today' op-ed


































6030.json	true	president obama budget request for veterans ismore than double the amount in constant dollars appropriated in 1980, when the veterans population was larger by a third.	federal-budget,veterans	jim-webb	writer	virginia	democrat	1	0	1	5	0	an interview.


































10886.json	half-true	today in america, 70 percent of us are earning the same or less than we were 12 years ago, and this is the first time that that has happened this side of world war ii.	economy,income	martin-omalley	maryland governor	maryland	democrat	3	1	10	4	0	his presidential announcement speech


































7241.json	half-true	says chuck hagel opposed sanctions against iran.	foreign-policy	ileana-ros-lehtinen	u.s. representative	florida	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a press release


































7898.json	false	seventy percent of the people in the state of new jersey want marriage equality.	gays-and-lesbians,marriage	stephen-sweeney	state senator		democrat	1	2	3	1	0	an interview on njtv's 'on the record with michael aron' 


































12680.json	true	says gop senate nominee darryl glenn said he wants to see ted cruz appointed to the u.s. supreme court.	supreme-court	michael-bennet		colorado	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a campaign email 


































11926.json	true	people have actually broken down the transcripts for oral arguments and (antonin scalia) told more jokes and got more laughs than any of the other justices.	supreme-court	stephen-colbert			none	1	0	0	2	0	comments on the late show


































3227.json	barely-true	governors proposed budget raids k-12 school funds to grow dhs again.	education,state-budget	dan-lucas	information technology manager	oregon	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a website


































12531.json	mostly-true	according to pew research, 99 percent of the people in afghanistan support oppressive sharia law.	immigration,islam	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech responding to the orlando shooting


































3216.json	barely-true	says milwaukee county elected officials drive around in luxury cars on your dime.	county-budget	chris-abele	philanthropist	wisconsin	none	3	5	4	4	2	a campaign mailer


































6596.json	half-true	in massachusetts, gov. romney narrowed the gap between students of different races.	education	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a convention speech


































8976.json	pants-fire	ive been a cop in lake county, michigan, since 1982 thereabout. i conduct federal raids with the dea and atf and u.s. marshals and the fbi and texas rangers.	candidates-biography,guns	ted-nugent	musician	texas	republican	0	0	2	0	2	comments on cnn


































8281.json	half-true	an average of seven children in america are killed by guns every day.	guns	mayors-against-illegal-guns			organization	0	0	3	0	0	a press release


































1627.json	pants-fire	the bill also provides full federal funding for abortions	abortion,health-care	john-carter	u.s. house of representatives	texas	republican	0	3	1	2	2	a press release


































649.json	true	we spend more on health care than any other country, but we're ranked 47th in life expectancy and 43rd in child mortality.	health-care	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	the democratic party platform


































1713.json	true	thanks to you, in under one week we have the largest gop (facebook) page in the governor's race!	candidates-biography,elections,pop-culture	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a post on facebook.


































3212.json	true	says ohio is one of just 17 states with an estate tax, and it has the lowest threshold in the nation.	taxes	jay-hottinger	state representative	ohio	republican	0	1	0	0	1	


































8815.json	half-true	volunteer firefighters and communities they serve in georgia and elsewhere are being devastated by obamacare.	health-care	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	press release


































4470.json	true	[the state ethics commission] took absolutely the same percent of cuts as most other state agencies. they were somewhere in the 7 percent range same as the governors office.	ethics	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	an interview


































12452.json	mostly-true	i believe we should have tax on carbon and deal aggressively with climate change. that is not (hillary clintons)position.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,energy,environment	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	an interview on meet the press


































3693.json	true	rep. paul ryans budget proposal cuts nothing from medicare, social security or defense in the next two to three years, and in three years, he does not cut one dime from the debt.	deficit,federal-budget,medicare,military,social-security,abc-news-week	david-stockman		connecticut	republican	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on 'this week with christiane amanpour'


































12568.json	false	says hillaryclintons immigration platform would create totally open borders.	immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech


































8360.json	half-true	only four countries in the world allow abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.	abortion	anita-perry	first lady of texas	texas	republican	0	0	1	1	0	an interview at the texas tribune festival


































4478.json	pants-fire	wisconsin is broke, and state government is $3 billion in debt.	state-budget	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a fund-raising letter


































11821.json	mostly-true	today russia holds many of our most precious national security satellites at risk before they ever get off the ground.	space	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a committee hearing


































12343.json	half-true	says paul ryan backs a proposal that would be a bailout of puerto rico.	bankruptcy,debt,federal-budget,financial-regulation,retirement	center-individual-freedom			organization	0	0	1	0	0	a tv ad


































7300.json	pants-fire	religious groups like knights of columbus have been forced to allow same-sex marriage ceremonies in their facilities, against their beliefs.	diversity,families,gays-and-lesbians,legal-issues,marriage,religion	national-organization-marriage	nonprofit organization	rhode island	organization	0	1	0	0	1	a newspaper ad


































7011.json	barely-true	says u.s. senate opponent tommy thompson personally made over $3 million from a federal contract granted to his healthcare company, but left 9/11 first responders without the care they were promised.	federal-budget,health-care,terrorism	tammy-baldwin	u.s. representative	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	a tv ad


































1105.json	pants-fire	the senate voted this week to allow illegal aliens access to social security benefits.	immigration	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email


































997.json	true	in iraq, civilian deaths, incidents of bombings, etc., remain very low relative to what was going on last year.	iraq	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a news conference


































10397.json	half-true	obamacare has caused millions of full-time jobs to become part-time.	economy,health-care,jobs	andy-puzder	ceo of cke restaurants	california	none	0	0	1	0	0	an op-ed in the wall street journal


































7530.json	half-true	in the period from 2007 to 2011, the office of health insurance commissioner reported an 18 percent decline in the states total medical spending.	health-care	joshua-miller	restaurateur	rhode island	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a news release


































12017.json	true	like marco rubio, sen. barack obama had one of the worst attendance records in the senate.	candidates-biography,congress,florida,foreign-policy,history,job-accomplishments,campaign-advertising,voting-record	right-rise			republican	0	0	1	0	0	a television ad.


































7437.json	half-true	says if congress doesnt avoid the sequester, tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find child care for their kids.	bipartisanship,children,congress,corrections-and-updates,debt,deficit,families,federal-budget	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in washington, d.c.


































1193.json	half-true	obama used to be a lawyer for acorn.	candidates-biography	karl-rove		texas	republican	2	5	2	8	0	an interview on fox news


































3441.json	mostly-true	lake erie supports nearly 10 percent of ohios jobs and generates $750 million in state and local taxes.	economy,environment,federal-budget,tourism	betty-sutton	u.s. representative from ohio's 13th district	ohio	democrat	0	2	1	2	1	a house committee hearing


































10258.json	half-true	citing his efforts to secure the border, obama said, overall, the number of people trying to cross our border illegally is the lowest it has been since the 1970s.	immigration	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech


































11045.json	pants-fire	jay-z and beyonce attempt to buy rights to confederate flag to prevent further use.	history	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	a website post


































4377.json	pants-fire	say texas u.s. reps. eddie bernice johnson and sheila jackson lee are among open socialists in congress.	candidates-biography	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	on web pages.


































10845.json	false	state legislators quietly shifted $2 billion from education to road building in 2013.	education,state-budget,transportation	alex-mcmurtrie-jr	lawyer	virginia	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign flyer.


































11095.json	barely-true	if women seeking an abortion see their ultrasound, the odds are pretty high theyre going to keep the baby.	abortion,children,health-care,public-health,technology,women	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview


































8781.json	pants-fire	the average rate of fraud in the earned income tax credit, medicare, medicaid and food stamps programs is 20 to 25 percent.	crime,federal-budget,government-efficiency,medicaid,medicare,taxes,welfare	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	a speech


































9148.json	barely-true	gov. mcauliffes budget would raid school, other $$ 4 obamacare in va.	medicaid,state-budget	republican-party-virginia		virginia	republican	2	0	0	0	1	a tweet.


































6957.json	half-true	says connie mack voted to redefine rape as forcible rape.	abortion,corrections-and-updates,debates,women	bill-nelson		florida	democrat	3	1	8	10	0	the florida u.s. senate debate


































3191.json	mostly-true	i lowered taxes over the last two years.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview on super bowl sunday


































9723.json	true	san antonio is now the largest city in the united states ever to have an african american woman mayor.	city-government,history,population	henry-cisneros	businessman	texas	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a statement after ivy taylor's selection as mayor of san antonio


































13392.json	half-true	says catherine cortez masto indicted (brian krolicki), who was an innocent man, in order to save harry reids political career	candidates-biography,crime	joe-heck	congressman	nevada	republican	0	0	2	0	0	a political ad.


































4034.json	half-true	in may we generated more jobs than all the rest of the country combined: 28,000 jobs in may for the state, 54,000 for the entire country.	jobs	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	comments at a bill signing


































8783.json	true	travis county is surrounded by red counties.	bipartisanship,elections	lloyd-doggett	texas congressman in the u.s. houst of representatives	texas	democrat	1	0	2	7	0	a video


































6578.json	false	says the national health care law puts federal bureaucrats between an american citizen and her doctor.	health-care	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a speech at the republican national convention in tampa


































4251.json	mostly-true	when nancy nusbaum was brown county executive, spending went up nearly 50 percent.	county-budget,taxes	wisconsin-manufacturers-and-commerce		wisconsin	organization	3	0	2	2	0	a television ad


































4732.json	barely-true	rhode island treasurer gina raimondo raised the mortality rate from 65 to 87 and used a 1994 annuity chart to create the pension crisis.	deficit,pensions,retirement,state-budget,unions	paul-valletta	lobbyist, rhode island state association of firefighters	rhode island	labor-leader	1	0	0	0	0	testimony at a general assembly pension hearing


































5858.json	true	says she is co-owner of celilo group media.	job-accomplishments,message-machine-2012	eileen-brady			democrat	0	2	0	1	0	a debate


































13476.json	false	report: 3 million votes in presidential election cast by illegal aliens.	elections,immigration	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	an article on infowars


































7802.json	pants-fire	the irs is going to be in charge of a huge national database on health care that will include americans personal, intimate, most close-to-the-vest-secrets.	health-care,privacy,taxes	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	an interview on fox news' on the record with greta van susteren


































5920.json	half-true	on whether humans contribute to global warming	climate-change,environment	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	various statements


































13307.json	false	the stories from women saying he groped or forced himself on them largely have been debunked.	candidates-biography,crime,history,human-rights,women	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	the third 2016 presidential debate


































11058.json	barely-true	says chris christie vetoed equal pay for women 3 times. he only let the bill pass once it became a damaging campaign issue.	income,women,workers	ultraviolet	liberal advocacy group	washington, d.c.	none	2	0	1	1	0	a facebook meme


































12772.json	mostly-true	says donald trump believes that states should actually have the right to lower the minimum wage below $7.25.	jobs,poverty,workers	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a speech at the democratic national convention


































7262.json	mostly-true	in 2010, 2,694 young people were killed by gunfire. 1,773 were victims of homicide; 67 were elementary school-age children.	children,guns	college-presidents			none	0	0	0	1	0	in a letter


































10148.json	half-true	democrats give newports to the homeless to get them to the polls.	elections	tucker-carlson	editor, daily caller		none	0	0	1	0	1	a broadcast of fox news' outnumbered


































394.json	barely-true	i negotiated open borders to let fleeing refugees into safety from kosovo.	foreign-policy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an interview on cnn's <i>american morning</i>.


































2890.json	true	the tuitions in virginia colleges...have doubled -- 100 percent -- in the last 10 years.	education	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	


































9947.json	half-true	says sen. mark begich is ineffective because he has only passed one bill, the naming of a building.	congress,message-machine-2014	dan-sullivan	alaska department of public resources commissioner	alaska	republican	2	2	1	0	0	a facebook meme


































9474.json	false	the decision to cancel the trademark of the washington redskins is not the patent and trademark office. this is barack obama.	sports	rush-limbaugh	radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	a segment on the rush limbaugh show


































12238.json	half-true	we have tougher standards holding toy gun manufacturers and sellers to account than we do for real guns.	debates,guns,voting-record	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a democratic debate in new york


































3591.json	half-true	in the last decade, the average income of the bottom 90 percent of all working americans actually declined. the top 1 percent saw their income rise by an average of more than a quarter of a million dollars each.	economy,federal-budget	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at george washington university


































9356.json	pants-fire	obamacare is one big fat va system.	health-care,veterans	kimberly-guilfoyle			none	0	1	0	0	1	a broadcast of the five on fox news


































250.json	half-true	he's a good man but he's a pro-life liberal. he's right on the pro-life part, but he's a liberal.	candidates-biography	fred-thompson	actor	tennessee	republican	1	4	3	3	0	a nashville radio interview.


































8534.json	half-true	says the u.s. national debt has tripled during rep. greg waldens time in congress.	debt	dennis-linthicum	chair of the klamath county board of commissioners	oregon	republican	0	0	1	0	0	his campaign website.


































5867.json	half-true	we should be seeing numbers in the 500,000 jobs created per month. (creating 115,000 jobs, the total from april 2012) is way, way, way off from what should happen in a normal recovery.	economy,history,jobs	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an interview on fox & friends


































2456.json	half-true	our county now has the fastest growing airport in america, attracting nearly 1,000 new private sector jobs.	job-accomplishments,transportation	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a primary night victory speech


































2896.json	mostly-true	providence teachers can go five or six years without an evaluation.	education	angel-taveras	mayor of providence	rhode island	democrat	2	1	2	2	0	an appearance on wpri-12's newsmakers


































8196.json	barely-true	i fought hard for that (state senate) seat. i only lost by four points. i raised over $700,000.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography	doug-stoner		georgia	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a speech


































4563.json	half-true	coca-colas ceo said he finds it easier to do work in china than in the united states.	government-regulation,taxes	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a speech


































12081.json	false	under the iran nuclear deal, we give them $150 billion, we get nothing.	foreign-policy,nuclear	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech at mar-a-lago


































6249.json	true	says your kid just ate 16 packs of sugar.	county-government,public-health	multnomah-county			none	0	0	0	0	0	a public health campaign


































1301.json	half-true	research shows the employer mandate in the house health reform bill would place millions 'at substantial risk of unemployment' with minority workers losing their jobs at twice the rate of their white counterparts.	health-care,taxes,workers	house-republicans			republican	0	3	4	0	1	a news release


































11896.json	pants-fire	dont believe those phony numbers when you hear 4.9 and 5 percent unemployment. the numbers probably 28, 29, as high as 35. in fact, i even heard recently 42 percent.	economy,jobs	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a victory speech after the new hampshire primary


































5890.json	barely-true	says in march new jersey was one of only eight states in the nation to lose jobs and the state with the highest loss of jobs in the nation.	jobs	barbara-buono	state senator	new jersey	democrat	3	1	4	4	1	an interview on the dom giordano show


































10771.json	barely-true	its estimated that 40 percent of all the guns that are sold in the united states occur with no background records check.	guns	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a floor speech.


































3178.json	pants-fire	the last christians are about to leave iraq.	iraq,religion	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	an interview on msnbc


































4069.json	true	young veterans have a higher unemployment rate than people who didnt serve.	economy,jobs,military,veterans,workers	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a twitter town hall


































9512.json	true	says iowa senate candidate joni ernst promises to shut down the department of education and abolish the epa.	education,environment	league-conservation-voters			organization	0	0	0	1	0	a tv ad


































10924.json	mostly-true	says scott walker cut back early voting and signed legislation that would make it harder for college students to vote.	civil-rights,education,elections,job-accomplishments,campaign-advertising	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech


































273.json	false	i have never asked for nor received a single earmark or pork barrel project for my state.	federal-budget	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a debate in manchester, n.h.


































10222.json	half-true	the democratic leader in the senate, harry reid, has blocked any vote on the keystone pipeline for years.	congress,congressional-rules,energy,voting-record	chris-wallace	fox news sunday host		none	0	0	3	1	0	comments on fox news sunday


































13157.json	false	says hillary clinton wants to bring in thousands of refugees to america from all around the world without any kind of security screening.	immigration	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a facebook post


































7496.json	mostly-true	the georgia senate ethics resolution doesnt define cap.	ethics	david-ralston		georgia	republican	1	1	0	1	0	a meeting


































10925.json	true	georgia residents file the most insurance claims for lightning strikes in the country.	weather	state-farm-insurance	insurance		none	0	0	0	0	0	televised story


































12859.json	half-true	after initially agreeing with republicans on an amount for zika funding, democrats derailed it.	abortion,public-health	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	an op-ed


































10831.json	mostly-true	we have a legal immigration system in america that accepts 1 million people a year, legally. no other country in the world even comes close to that.	immigration	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	the national review forum


































8142.json	mostly-true	says in oregon today, the average debt upon college graduation is more than $24,000.	debt,education	jeff-merkley	u.s. senator	oregon	democrat	0	1	3	6	0	an opinion article


































6788.json	half-true	says you cannot implement paul ryans plan without allowing for any increases in revenue.	federal-budget	kasim-reed			democrat	1	0	5	7	1	an interview


































8306.json	barely-true	thanks to (rick) perrys bad budgeting, the (texas) highway department has to convert some modern paved state roads back to gravel.	state-budget,state-finances,transportation	texans-americas-future-pac			democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a radio ad


































2931.json	true	ohio is losing over 700 family farms a year, some of them just to pay the inheritance tax.	agriculture,economy,taxes	jim-zehringer	ohio director of agriculture	ohio	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a news conference


































3559.json	barely-true	undocumented students who qualify for in-state oregon tuition are actively working toward u.s. citizenship.	education,immigration	michael-denbrow	state representative	oregon	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a website posting


































10507.json	mostly-true	nearly one in five women in america has been a victim of rape or attempted rape.	crime,criminal-justice,sexuality,women	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a public-service video during the grammys


































10654.json	barely-true	says according to recent polls,no republican candidate is doing better against hillary clinton than myself.	elections,polls	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	an interview on the kelly file


































9994.json	false	i recently had the opportunity to vote to give the president limited authority to begin strikes against terrorists in iraq and syria.	foreign-policy,military,terrorism	bruce-braley	u.s. house of representatives	iowa	democrat	0	2	0	1	0	a debate


































7617.json	half-true	in the last two years, i have supported and proposed $155 billion worth of targeting cuts. dr. gingrey has presented zero.	candidates-biography,federal-budget	paul-broun	congressman	georgia	republican	4	8	3	2	1	a meeting


































564.json	mostly-true	i investigated abramoff and people ended up in jail.	ethics	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	an appearance on fox news' fox and friends


































5724.json	mostly-true	says new jersey devils managing partner jeff vanderbeek froze all those monies during the toughest years in 08-09 and refused to give the charitable dollars that he was required to give by the contract.	city-government	cory-booker	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	0	4	2	8	0	an interview on msnbc’s morning joe


































4675.json	barely-true	﻿﻿since mayor kennedy obrien took office sayreville has issued 22,081 building permits! now obrien is holding secret meetings with big developers.	elections	new-jersey-democratic-state-committee		new jersey	democrat	2	2	1	0	0	a political advertisement


































7582.json	true	in 2011 alone, 269 new jerseyans were killed by gun violence.	guns	sheila-oliver	assemblywoman	new jersey	democrat	0	1	1	3	0	an op-ed column in the times of trenton


































3090.json	false	ben franklin once quipped that only two things in life were certain: death and taxes. i think even he didnt envision that the tax man would visit on the day of your death.	history,state-budget,taxes	jay-hottinger	state representative	ohio	republican	0	1	0	0	1	a speech in the ohio house of representatives


































11535.json	mostly-true	go look on the west point website and youll see those specific words, full scholarship to west point. so even though it is, you know, given as a grant for anybody who gets in, those words are used.	candidates-biography	ben-carson			republican	7	12	3	2	4	comments on abc's this week


































8980.json	false	federal government reneging on medicaid payments to wisconsin caused about $240 million in extra costs in the 2013-15 state budget.	federal-budget,health-care,medicaid,state-budget	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a tv interview


































5119.json	half-true	says rick perry cut taxes.	corrections-and-updates,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	craig-james	former espn analyst	texas	republican	0	0	1	0	1	an online video ad.


































7362.json	mostly-true	there are twice as many gun shops as mcdonalds in the united states.	guns	markel-hutchins		georgia	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an interview


































122.json	true	this (schip) is socialized medicine. it is going to go to families that make $60,000 a year. those aren't poor children.	health-care	duncan-hunter	u.s. representative	california	republican	0	1	0	2	0	des moines, iowa


































11698.json	mostly-true	since 2004, more than 2,000 suspected terrorists have legally purchased weapons in the united states.	guns,terrorism	mike-thompson	u.s. representative	california	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a speech


































5491.json	true	if we keep the minimum wage at the current level, then single-parent families earning the minimum wage at a full-time job will live in poverty in new jersey.	poverty,workers	wayne-deangelo			democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a letter to the editor in the times of trenton


































3116.json	half-true	we are living with a legacy of deficit-spending that began almost a decade ago.	federal-budget	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the state of the union address


































6361.json	false	the presidents first major foreign policy speech in cairo was to apologize for our country.	foreign-policy	kelly-ayotte	u.s. senator	new hampshire	republican	2	1	1	4	0	an interview on cnn’s “state of the union” 


































315.json	true	two-thirds of our economy is a consumer economy.	economy	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	boca raton, fla.


































10364.json	false	the milwaukee bucks are actually younger than the marquette team.	economy,education,recreation,sports	peter-feigin	president, milwaukee bucks		none	0	1	0	0	0	a speech


































5441.json	false	says connie mack failed to pay his child support.	candidates-biography,children,families	george-lemieux		florida	republican	4	1	6	4	0	a web ad


































6966.json	mostly-true	now remember, property taxes went up 70 percent in the 10 years before i became governor.	taxes	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a town hall meeting in west milford


































8870.json	half-true	says david jolly lobbied on a plan by rep. paul ryan that would turn medicare into a voucher program.	medicare	alex-sink		florida	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	a campaign commercial


































489.json	true	nato hasn't provided enough troops (in afghanistan) because they are still angry about us going into iraq.	military	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	cape girardeau, miss.


































13407.json	half-true	says donald trump doesnt believe in equal pay.	economy,women	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a campaign rally in dade city, fla.


































4912.json	true	says our unemployment insurance trust fund is broke. were over a billion dollars in debt to the federal government.	jobs,state-budget	jay-webber	state assemblyman	new jersey	republican	0	0	0	0	0	an njtoday interview


































13276.json	pants-fire	of course, there is large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day.	corrections-and-updates,elections	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a tweet


































1597.json	half-true	st. pete beachs experiences are a fair example of what could happen if amendment 4 passes.	candidates-biography,elections,florida-amendments	citizens-lower-taxes-and-stronger-economy		florida	none	1	0	2	0	1	an interview


































11492.json	false	paul ryan is one of only six house republicans who voted for teddy kennedys bill to force christian employers to hire lgbt employees.	civil-rights,gays-and-lesbians,religion,workers	constitutional-rights-pac			organization	0	1	0	0	0	a news release


































1246.json	mostly-true	forty percent of gross domestic product is state, local, or federal money.	economy,federal-budget,pundits	cokie-roberts	npr contributor, abc commentator	maryland	journalist	1	0	2	2	0	appearance on this week with george stephanopoulos


































4139.json	barely-true	during his first year, president obama said he was going to visit kim jong-ll and ahmadinejad and assad and chavez the worst actors in the world.	foreign-policy,new-hampshire-2012	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a town hall in wolfeboro, n.h.


































1696.json	pants-fire	says republican state leaders are using soviet-style budget management.	state-budget	bill-white	former mayor of houston	texas	democrat	2	3	5	7	3	a public interview


































1720.json	false	the vast majority of the money i got was from small donors all across the country.''