the republicans didn't have a budget in '02, '04, '06.
the republicans didn't have a budget in '02, '04, '06.
an interview on abc's this week''


































12376.json	false	says ted strickland admits his record on jobs and taxes is mixed and spotty.	job-accomplishments,state-finances,voting-record	fighting-ohio-pac		ohio	republican	0	1	0	0	0	fighting for ohio pac ad


































3682.json	true	china now owns $1.1 trillion of our debt, our trade deficit last year with them was a quarter of a trillion dollars.	china,deficit,trade	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	an appearance on msnbc's hardball with chris matthews.


































2458.json	false	on the success of cash for clunkers	economy	tom-ganley	businessman	ohio	republican	1	0	0	1	0	an interview with the plain dealer


































4205.json	true	medicaid is the primary source of health insurance for 41.7 percent of hispanic children in georgia.	health-care	la-raza			none	0	0	0	0	0	newscast


































3670.json	barely-true	we just fought a republican budget that ends medicare as we know it.	medicare	david-cicilline	mayor of providence	rhode island	democrat	7	4	5	4	1	a television interview


































7715.json	mostly-true	the internal revenue code has ballooned to a 5,600-page, 4 million-word complicated mess that is seven times as long as the bible with none of the good news.	taxes	leonard-lance			republican	0	0	1	2	0	a press release


































9469.json	true	a record number of immigrants not from mexico are being apprehended at the border.	crime,immigration	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an interview on fox & friends


































9956.json	false	social security and medicare are a ponzi scheme.	medicare,social-security	carlos-curbelo	miami-dade school board member	florida	republican	0	1	0	1	0	a speech to a college gop group


































1871.json	pants-fire	my opponent in november of 2008 sent a missive to the white house, to president obama-elect, and said, heres how you need to sell cap-and-trade to the american people.	cap-and-trade,climate-change	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a speech


































8580.json	barely-true	florida remains the top travel destination across the world.	tourism	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a news release about florida's tourism statistics


































1223.json	false	the majority actually want single-payer health care.	health-care	michael-moore	documentary filmmaker		none	2	5	1	6	0	an appearance on larry king live


































10892.json	pants-fire	america has already taken in one-fourth of mexicos entire population.	immigration	ann-coulter	columnist and author	new york	republican	2	3	3	0	4	an interview on america with jorge ramos


































5645.json	false	right now we have sufficient reserves to take care of tennessees lottery scholarship students for a few years more.	deficit,lottery,state-finances	dolores-gresham	state senator	tennessee	republican	0	2	0	0	0	an interview with reporters following presentation of improved lottery revenues.


































373.json	false	hillary clinton believed nafta was a 'boon' to our economy.	economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a flier sent to voters in ohio


































1917.json	false	thurbert baker kept a teen in jail who didn't even commit a felony.	legal-issues	concernedcitizen4u			none	0	1	0	0	0	a video


































10500.json	pants-fire	a texas law says that you cant shoot bears out of the second floor of a window.	animals,government-regulation,guns	alcee-hastings	u.s. representative	florida	democrat	1	0	1	0	2	a telephone interview with cnn


































8194.json	barely-true	three years after getting the $100 million (from mark zuckerberg), less than two-thirds of students in cory bookers newark graduate.	education	bookerfail			none	1	0	1	0	0	a youtube video


































12964.json	half-true	milwaukee has the highest incarceration rate among african-american men in the country.	crime,criminal-justice,urban	gwen-moore	u.s. house member -- 4th district	wisconsin	democrat	3	4	4	3	1	an interview


































803.json	false	under john mccain's health care plan, people get a $5,000 tax credit to buy a $12,000 health care policy, and that's a loss for you.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a debate in hempstead, n.y.


































3971.json	false	who are the most consistently misinformed media viewers? fox viewers, consistently, every poll.	polls,pundits	jon-stewart			none	0	2	1	1	1	an interview on fox news sunday


































3758.json	barely-true	the (border) fence is now basically complete.	immigration	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in el paso


































3361.json	mostly-true	under gov. scott walkers proposals, money is being taken away from workers, and the tax breaks given to major corporations.	corporations,message-machine,state-budget,taxes,workers	progressive-change-campaign-committee			none	0	1	1	1	1	a television ad


































6376.json	true	there are close to 900,000 unemployed veterans in america right now.	economy,military,veterans	sanford-bishop	congressman	georgia	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	an online video of an earlier speech


































10688.json	false	virginia house speaker bill howell is allied to group pushing mixed sex bathrooms in stafford schools.	children,education,gays-and-lesbians,sexuality	susan-stimpson		virginia	republican	0	1	0	1	0	a facebook post.


































2226.json	half-true	republicans are now taking credit for provisions of the health care bill that they had tried to derail.	health-care	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an op ed article


































8926.json	half-true	300,000 floridians will lose their current health plans because of obamacare, a plan alex sink supports.	health-care	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a television ad


































5118.json	barely-true	rob cornilles is a tea party candidate.	abortion,message-machine-2012,campaign-advertising	democratic-party-oregon	political party	oregon	democrat	1	1	2	0	0	campaign material


































2224.json	barely-true	lincoln chafee voted with president george w. bush and the conservative leadership 76% of the time.	bipartisanship,candidates-biography,voting-record	democratic-governors-association			democrat	1	0	0	0	2	a statement on a dga-created website


































9632.json	mostly-true	there are fewerwars, there are fewerpeople dying in wars now than there have been in quite some time.	foreign-policy,history,military	stu-burguiere	writer, glenn beck program		none	0	0	0	1	0	comments on the glenn beck radio program


































9739.json	barely-true	so far, the war in gaza has left more than 1,800 palestinians dead -- the population equivalent to 100 9/11s.	israel,terrorism	joy-reid	host, the reid report		none	1	0	0	0	0	comments on her msnbc show


































13473.json	false	says scott walker left college under an ethical cloud for having tried to fix the election for student body president.	candidates-biography,education,elections,ethics	howard-dean	democratic national committee chairman	vermont	democrat	1	4	1	2	0	an interview


































8614.json	false	only 25 percent of what people buy is subject to rhode islands sales tax.	economy,state-finances,taxes	joseph-henchman	policy analyst, the tax foundation		newsmaker	0	1	0	0	0	hearing testimony


































8548.json	true	says the affordable care act has already reduced the number of uninsured in oregon by 10 percent.	health-care,public-health	jeff-merkley	u.s. senator	oregon	democrat	0	1	3	6	0	a newspaper article.


































1359.json	mostly-true	the post-soviet industrial meltdown is responsible for most of the progress in reducing carbon emissions that europe is able to claim.	climate-change,environment,pundits	eugene-robinson			none	0	0	0	2	0	a washington post column


































8431.json	false	says 74 percent of small-business people believe that obamacare is a bad idea.	health-care	larry-elder	radio talk show host		talk-show-host	1	3	0	0	0	an interview


































7660.json	half-true	the immigration proposal from the gang of eight is not amnesty.	immigration	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview on fox news sunday


































1554.json	true	texas has installed more wind power than any other state, and all but four countries.	energy	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a press release


































3387.json	barely-true	says florida gov. rick scotts cuts to education are the same as his proposedcorporate income tax rate reduction.	education,state-budget,taxes	alan-grayson	u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	comments on msnbc.


































4943.json	half-true	the study of the savannah river estuary . . . clearly demonstrates the project can be constructed and [environmental] impacts will be mitigated.	environment,transportation	curtis-foltz	executive director, georgia ports authority		none	0	0	1	0	0	an op-ed in the atlanta journal-constitution


































6721.json	barely-true	we have more natural gas than saudi arabia has oil.	energy,environment,transportation	tommy-thompson		wisconsin	republican	6	8	2	5	3	a speech


































8180.json	barely-true	says president barack obama could basically legalize all immigrants here illegally by the sign of a pen.	immigration	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a radio interview


































5502.json	false	after president barack obamas health care law takes full effect, 100 percent of americans will depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them.	children,families,health-care,medicaid,medicare	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a campaign speech in steubenville, ohio


































6846.json	mostly-true	says texas lawmakers last year expanded public educations share of state spending.	education,state-budget,state-finances	joe-straus	texas house speaker	texas	republican	0	0	2	1	0	a breakfast at the texas tribune festival.


































11198.json	half-true	there has been a 100 percentincrease in student debt under this democratic white house.	debt,education	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a twitter exchange


































4705.json	pants-fire	under barack obamas watch, we have expended $805 billion to liberate the people of iraq and, more importantly, 4,400 american lives.	federal-budget,iraq,military	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	an interview with cnn's wolf blitzer


































5794.json	barely-true	says she made a cold call and persuaded an illinois company to relocate to wisconsin.	corrections-and-updates,jobs	rebecca-kleefisch	candidate for lieutenant governor	wisconsin	republican	1	3	4	0	1	a radio interview


































8099.json	false	the sequester has already lost 1.6 million jobs.	deficit,federal-budget,jobs	harry-reid	senate democratic leader	nevada	democrat	4	5	3	7	3	a media availability with reporters


































1036.json	barely-true	sotomayor ruled against the white firefighter ricci and other white firefighters just on the basis that she thought women and minorities should be given a preference because of their skin color and because of the history of discrimination in the past. the law was totally disregarded.	pundits,sotomayor-nomination,supreme-court	rush-limbaugh	radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	his radio program


































3788.json	mostly-true	a gallon (of gasoline) delivered to the front lines for our troops in afghanistan cost more than $400.	afghanistan,energy	marcy-kaptur	representative from ohio's ninth congressional district	ohio	democrat	0	2	4	4	0	an article in politico


































2530.json	false	arkansas democratic congressional candidate chad causey was a washington, d.c. bureaucrat.	candidates-biography,message-machine	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a campaign commercial


































6622.json	true	says milken institute rated san antonio as nations top-performing local economy.	economy	julian-castro	mayor, san antonio	texas	democrat	0	0	3	3	0	keynote address at democratic national convention.


































10378.json	true	a private company building a natural gas pipeline into florida is being forced to spend months under the review of six federal agencies.	energy,government-regulation	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	his book ‘american dreams’


































7564.json	half-true	says new york mayor michael bloomberg says we can only have three bullets and the nra wants firearms with nukes on them.	candidates-biography,civil-rights,guns	wayne-lapierre			none	3	1	3	1	0	an interview on nbc’s meet the press


































1723.json	barely-true	everyone in this country has access to health care.	health-care	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an interview with the texas tribune and newsweek


































9222.json	false	social science is irrefutable that children are better off being raised by a mom and a dad.	children,gays-and-lesbians,marriage	ralph-reed			republican	0	2	1	0	0	an interview on abc's 'this week'


































3323.json	mostly-true	twelve percent of the garbage collected in those solv cleanups, by volume, is plastic bags.	environment	mark-hass	state representative	oregon	democrat	0	1	1	1	0	a legislative hearing


































13163.json	half-true	if you look at any real analysis, the trans-pacific partnership is going to generate better-paying jobs that are more stable.	trade	kasim-reed	atlanta mayor 	georgia	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a white house press conference


































10529.json	false	say george washington said that when government takes away citizens right to bear arms it becomes citizens duty to take away governments right to govern.	guns,history	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a meme on social media


































4518.json	half-true	it costs more money to put a person on death row than it does to lock them up for the rest of their lives because of attorney fees.	criminal-justice,new-hampshire-2012	gary-johnson	presidential candidate	new mexico	libertarian	3	2	5	6	0	a meeting with the nashua telegraph editorial board


































6592.json	false	says gov. chris christie has embarked on a tour to demand that new jerseys democratic legislature approve an immediate tax cut that would disproportionately benefit the wealthiest.	taxes	barbara-buono	state senator	new jersey	democrat	3	1	4	4	1	an op-ed in politico


































6253.json	mostly-true	sherrod browns approval rating has plummeted to 38 percent among ohio voters in a poll by a democratic pollster.	elections,job-accomplishments,campaign-advertising	josh-mandel	ohio treasurer	ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a fundraising email


































3858.json	mostly-true	oil companies are able to sell oil that costs no more to produce today than it did one year ago.	energy,gas-prices	jeff-merkley	u.s. senator	oregon	democrat	0	1	3	6	0	a speech on the senate floor


































51.json	true	currently, we're at 36 percent of our children born out of wedlock.	families	sam-brownback	u.s. senator	kansas	republican	1	1	0	0	0	a debate in durham, n.h.


































692.json	half-true	barack obama supports plans to raise income taxes ... payroll taxes.	taxes	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a speech in st. paul, minn.


































5527.json	false	says over 1 million signatures were submitted in attempt to recall gov. scott walker.	elections	state-democratic-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	democrat	5	7	2	2	7	a video and multiple other instances


































8702.json	true	60 percent of the jobs lost in the 2008 recession were living-wage jobs. of the jobs weve gotten back, only 40 percent are living-wage.	jobs	jeff-merkley	u.s. senator	oregon	democrat	0	1	3	6	0	a talk to the human services coalition of oregon


































9240.json	half-true	over 20 percent of the electorate is hispanic in florida.	elections	annette-taddeo-goldstein	miami-dade county democratic chair	florida	democrat	1	0	1	0	0	an interview on msnbc


































657.json	mostly-true	as a state senator in illinois, obama made sure women got equal pay for equal work.	workers	michelle-obama		illinois	democrat	0	2	1	4	0	her address at the democratic national convention.


































6618.json	half-true	says mittromneys tax plans would give an additional $250,000 tax cut to millionaires and billionaires while raising taxes on the middle class.	taxes	ted-strickland	former ohio governor	ohio	democrat	2	6	7	4	1	a campaign speech


































8593.json	false	theaffordable care actalters the sensible doctor-patient-relationship-centered health care program ... we see today.	health-care	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	comments on fox's fox news sunday


































8475.json	mostly-true	says mike enzi is getting about 84 percent of his campaign funds from washington-based pacs. thats more than any senator of either party.	campaign-finance	dick-cheney			republican	5	4	2	2	1	an interview on this week


































9525.json	barely-true	an average of nine children a day in the u.s. die of gunshot wounds.	guns,public-safety	brady-campaign-prevent-gun-violence			none	1	1	0	0	0	a gun-control rally claim


































12374.json	true	austin is number one in texas in startups, venture capital and patents.	city-government,economy,small-business,technology	steve-adler	mayor of austin	texas	democrat	1	1	1	2	1	speaking against proposition 1 on austin's may 7, 2016 ballot


































5454.json	mostly-true	in some communities, for $10,000 worth of (pip) coverage its $1,500 a year.	states,transportation	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	an interview with wtsp


































13160.json	half-true	saysgary johnson and the libertarian party want to get rid of the public school system.	candidates-biography,children,education,families,government-regulation,history	chelsea-clinton			democrat	1	0	1	0	0	an interview with cosmo


































5386.json	mostly-true	theyre saying that 40 percent of the traffic that goes over [the sakonnet river bridge is from] out of state.	state-budget,transportation	john-g-edwards	state representative	rhode island	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	a radio interview


































4818.json	true	(stimulus money) went to critically important projects like studying ants in africa.	message-machine-2012,stimulus	crossroads-gps	conservative advocacy group		republican	9	1	4	1	2	a tv ad


































3568.json	true	there used to be 16 workers for every one person on social security. ... now its three.	deficit,federal-budget	mark-warner	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	3	1	6	3	0	a meeting with the atlanta journal-constitution editorial board


































12388.json	half-true	there are more than twice as many (crisis pregnancy centers) as there are legitimate abortion providers in the united states.	abortion,families,government-regulation,health-care,public-health,public-safety,religion,science,state-budget,women	vicki-saporta	president, national abortion federation		activist	0	0	1	0	0	an episode of full frontal with samantha bee


































12264.json	barely-true	washington politicians are paid over $200,000 an hour for speeches.	campaign-finance,congress,congressional-rules,ethics,financial-regulation	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a television ad


































4271.json	true	certainly were going to be the most restrictive state in the land in terms of who can get medical marijuana, how it will be prescribed and how it will be achieved in terms of moving it into the marketplace.	drugs,government-regulation,marijuana,public-health	nicholas-scutari	state senator	new jersey	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	in a njtoday interview


































1751.json	false	klein did not hold a single town hall meeting (on health care) where the general public was invited to ask questions or present their views.	health-care	allen-west	u.s. representative, florida district 22	florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	press release


































11052.json	false	wisconsins economy has tanked under gov. scott walker andso far in 2015 over 6,685 people have been laid off, already more than in all of 2014.	economy,jobs	american-bridge-21st-century			democrat	2	1	0	3	0	a website posting


































9083.json	barely-true	in virginias medicaid program, approximately 30 percent, or $2.7 billion a year, is lost to waste, fraud and inefficiencies.	health-care,medicaid	jimmy-massie	state delegate	virginia	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a facebook post.


































10320.json	mostly-true	says 3,000 americans died of gunfire between the time of the ebola scare in dallas and the midterm elections.	guns,public-health	doonesbury			none	0	0	2	4	0	the sunday comics


































11653.json	barely-true	last year, i stopped an obamacare bailout and saved taxpayers $2.5 billion.	federal-budget,health-care,taxes	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a tweet


































722.json	false	holding up a blackberry, mccain campaign adviser says, youre looking at the miracle john mccain helped create.	candidates-biography,technology	douglas-holtz-eakin			republican	0	1	0	0	0	a conversation with reporters.


































776.json	mostly-true	obama held one of the first meetings of his political career in bill ayers's home. and they've worked together on various projects in chicago.	candidates-biography	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	clearwater, fla.


































13150.json	half-true	says most illegal immigrants draw welfare benefits, theyre sending their kids to school, theyre using the public services.	education,immigration,welfare	tom-delay	former u.s. house member	texas	republican	1	0	1	1	1	an interview on msnbc


































6042.json	mostly-true	says trimet now spends $1.63 in benefits for every $1.00 spent on wages.	transportation	john-charles	president and ceo of cascade policy institute	oregon	libertarian	0	0	1	1	0	a blog post.


































10306.json	half-true	when colorado eased its medical marijuana laws, fatal accidents involving pot-using drivers soared while overall traffic fatalities decreased.	marijuana,public-safety	charles-chuck-spahos			none	0	0	1	0	0	a joint legislative hearing


































11804.json	false	a lot of student loans are already refinanced by the federal government.	debt,education,federal-budget,financial-regulation	dale-kooyenga	state representative	wisconsin	republican	1	1	2	2	0	a radio interview


































1749.json	mostly-true	were making more than ever off oil and gas right now, but its no secret that oil production in texas peaked in the 1970s.	children,education,energy	jerry-patterson	state land commissioner	texas	republican	1	1	1	3	0	a newspaper column


































3793.json	half-true	says that several times in the last 15 years, austin city council candidates have won seats after trailing by more than 4,000 votes in the election prompting the runoff.	city-government,elections,history	randi-shade	member, austin city council	texas	democrat	0	0	1	2	0	a statement.


































5598.json	false	did you know obamacare will cost nearly twice as much as initially expected -- $1.8 trillion?	health-care	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a tweet.


































4037.json	barely-true	says $6 billion projected to accumulate in the states rainy day fund is already used.	state-budget,state-finances	charles-perry	cpa	texas	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a texas tribune interview.


































2668.json	barely-true	says julie parrish is one of sarah palins mama grizzlies.	elections	future-pac-oregon-house-democrats	campaign committee	oregon	democrat	3	0	0	0	1	a campaign mailer


































12030.json	mostly-true	almost every poll has shown that sanders vs. trump does a lot better than clinton vs. trump and, thats true nationally.	polls	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a democratic presidential debate in flint, mich.


































9262.json	barely-true	greenlight pinellas wont take existing lanes from other vehicles.	transportation	friends-greenlight			none	1	0	0	0	0	an email to voters


































4097.json	pants-fire	there are 30,000 people that have been killed with seat belts.	government-regulation,public-safety,market-regulation	joseph-trillo	minority whip, rhode island house of representatives	rhode island	republican	0	0	1	0	1	a house debate over mandatory seat belt use


































10346.json	barely-true	regarding sexual assault against women, its actually safer not to be in college than it is to be in college.	crime,education	mark-warner	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	3	1	6	3	0	an interview.


































9601.json	barely-true	perdue mismanaged pillowtex, and nearly 8,000 people got laid off.	economy	jack-kingston	u.s. representative	georgia	republican	3	1	4	3	0	an ad


































6725.json	half-true	seven times obama could have stopped chinas cheating. seven times, he refused.	china,foreign-policy,job-accomplishments,jobs,message-machine-2012,trade	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	in a tv ad


































11294.json	true	im the only governor in america ... who signed a law that says there needs to be an independent investigation any time theres a death of someone in police custody.	criminal-justice	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview on cnn's state of the union


































12503.json	barely-true	austin isd has the highest graduation rate of every major city in texas.	children,education	austin-independent-school-district	school district	texas	none	1	0	0	0	0	an advertisement spotted at the site of high school graduation ceremonies


































11570.json	barely-true	we now know these firms areunwilling to put up any private money, for californias high-speed rail project.	state-finances,transportation	jim-patterson	state assemblyman	california	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a news article


































3142.json	barely-true	the economy we preside over today is better than the one we inherited.	economy	hank-johnson	u.s. congressman	georgia	democrat	3	0	4	3	0	an online posting


































11214.json	true	says ron johnson opposes entirely a federal minimum wage, except perhaps for guest workers.	agriculture,economy,government-regulation,jobs,labor,unions,workers	russ-feingold		wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	a speech


































11481.json	mostly-true	says marco rubio opposes abortioneven in the case of rape and incest.	abortion,candidates-biography	jennifer-granholm	former governor of michigan	michigan	democrat	1	0	3	2	0	comments on abc's this week


































12663.json	mostly-true	says donald trump has bankrupt four separate businesses.	bankruptcy,candidates-biography,gambling	mark-warner	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	3	1	6	3	0	a tv interview.


































532.json	false	we must deal with the here and now and assure affordable fuel for america by increasing domestic production.	energy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	houston, texas


































8810.json	false	for the past year, i was censored and muzzled.	congress,congressional-rules,ethics	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	an email blast


































9088.json	half-true	for educational testing, florida has chosen a company that has a significant history of promoting identification of the glbt lifestyle for children as young as seven years old.	education,gays-and-lesbians	florida-stop-common-core-coalition		florida	none	0	0	1	0	1	a letter to supporters


































1365.json	half-true	when charlie crist was elected governor, florida ranked 31st in k-12 education. last year ... we went from 31st to 14. and this year, the top 10 in america.	education,florida	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a meeting of florida republicans


































8495.json	mostly-true	due to obamacare, arkansas has covered almost 14 percent of its uninsured already.	health-care,states	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in boston


































2682.json	false	middle-class families throughout america (would) have to pay $6,000 per year to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.	federal-budget,taxes	kendrick-meek		florida	democrat	2	6	1	4	1	a debate


































5842.json	barely-true	says williamson county district attorney john bradley reduces 36 percent of felonies to misdemeanors and hands them off to her.	crime	jana-duty	williamson county attorney	texas	republican	1	0	0	0	0	 as quoted in austin american-statesman news article.


































12878.json	barely-true	says rep.mike coffman istheone who said he would support trump.	campaign-advertising	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	an ad 


































8315.json	mostly-true	according to the congressional budget office, repealing obamacare would increase the budget deficit.	deficit,federal-budget,health-care	carol-shea-porter	retired social worker	new hampshire	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	a press release


































91.json	mostly-true	today new mexico (has) the sixth-fastest growing economy.	economy	bill-richardson	governor	new mexico	democrat	1	2	3	8	1	a debate at dartmouth college in hanover, n.h.


































10432.json	false	the texas leg of the keystone pipeline has already created 4,800 jobs in just the year its been up and running.	energy,jobs	john-cornyn	senator	texas	republican	5	3	6	2	1	a post on his u.s. senate website


































11816.json	barely-true	a third of the budget for the city of ferguson (missouri) was being reaped by civil fines.	city-budget,civil-rights,crime,criminal-justice,public-safety,urban	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a republican debate


































3163.json	half-true	says 25 percent of austins public school buildings are underutilized.	education	janet-mitchell	volunteer task force co-chair	texas	none	0	0	1	0	0	an interview.


































2199.json	false	mccain opposed the border fence.	immigration,message-machine	jd-hayworth		arizona	republican	0	1	1	1	2	a tv ad against john mccain


































10742.json	mostly-true	saysloretta lynchs nomination has been now sitting there longer than the previous seven attorney general nominees combined.	congressional-rules,criminal-justice	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference


































12916.json	false	i had previously said that nato was obsolete because it failed to deal adequately with terrorism. since my comments, they have changed their policy and now have a new division focused on terror threats.	foreign-policy,military,terrorism	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech on foreign policy in youngstown, ohio


































2273.json	mostly-true	taxpayer money will provide ipod touch devices to high school students in utah, blackberry smart phones to smokers who kick the habit and funding for a study of exotic ants in east africa.	stimulus	john-cornyn	senator	texas	republican	5	3	6	2	1	a press release


































13267.json	true	says over 90 percent of travis countys eligible residents have registered to vote.	elections	bruce-elfant	constable, travis county, precinct 5	texas	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a press conference


































6109.json	mostly-true	says mitt romney has said we dont need more firemen, more policemen, more teachers.	economy,education,jobs	tennessee-democratic-party		tennessee	democrat	1	1	0	2	0	a press release.


































200.json	true	in the african-american community today, 68 percent of kids born are born out of wedlock.	families	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	st. petersburg, fla.


































3374.json	pants-fire	says union bosses bused protesters to acentral florida education protest.	education,labor,state-budget	florida-chamber-commerce		florida	none	0	1	1	2	1	a radio ad.


































13442.json	pants-fire	says that at a campaign rally president barack obama spent so much time screaming at a protester, and frankly it was a disgrace.	elections	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in hershey, pa. 


































1756.json	false	on transparency in dealing with the republican party of florida's financial issues.	transparency	bill-mccollum		florida	republican	2	1	2	0	1	interviews with florida media.


































5136.json	mostly-true	says a drug test can be performed for just $4 or $5.	drugs,welfare	stacey-campfield	state senator	tennessee	republican	0	1	0	1	1	interview with knoxville news sentinel's tom humphrey.


































5347.json	mostly-true	oregon house republicans jobs plan could generate more than 50,000 jobs over five years.	jobs	kevin-cameron		oregon 	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a news release


































4303.json	half-true	says that before rick perry became governor, only 4 percent of our total labor force was a minimum wage job ... today, that number has more than doubled (to) 9.5 percent.	economy,jobs	mike-villarreal	small business owner	texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	0	a texas capitol rally.


































13309.json	pants-fire	when hillary clinton ran the state department, $6 billion was missing. how do you miss $6 billion? you ran the state department, $6 billion was either stolen they dont know.	candidates-biography,corrections-and-updates,foreign-policy	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	the third presidential debate


































10099.json	pants-fire	prayer rugs have recently been found on the texas side of the border in the brush.	immigration,religion,terrorism	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a speech in washington, d.c.


































7504.json	true	more than 80 percent of americans believe we need to have universal background checks.	guns	nan-orrock		georgia	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a speech


































6179.json	half-true	the transportation tax is regressive, and emory university is literally getting its own transit line at virtually no cost to itself.	transportation	georgia-green-party			none	0	0	1	0	0	georgia green party flier


































11746.json	mostly-true	we have cut our deficits by almost three-quarters.	deficit,economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the state of the union address


































4047.json	half-true	says that in 2009, jon huntsman said that the recovery act wasnt large enough and as governor he asked for $14.4 billion in federal stimulus funds. now hes saying that he never supported it.	economy,new-hampshire-2012,stimulus	richard-swett	former u.s. representative	new hampshire	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a conference call with reporters.


































8589.json	false	on changing the rules for filibusters on presidential nominees	congressional-rules	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	speeches


































5668.json	true	more children die in agricultural jobs than in any other industry.	children,labor	rashad-taylor		georgia	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a speech


































11106.json	half-true	the united states isfighting with iraqis to defeat isis along with iran. but in yemen were fighting iran with iraqis and saudis.	iraq,military	jon-stewart			none	0	2	1	1	1	an interview on the daily show


































5289.json	barely-true	gov. romney cut off kosher meals for jewish senior citizens who were on medicaid to save $5 a day.	medicaid,religion,retirement	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a speech in tampa, fla.


































2275.json	half-true	since february 2009, the private sector has lost millions of jobs while the federal government has grown by hundreds of thousands of workers.	economy,government-efficiency,stimulus	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a speech at the city club of cleveland


































5086.json	half-true	oregons per capita income is 9 percent below the national average and getting worse. this is a state thats actually getting poorer.	economy,income,jobs,poverty,workers	matt-wingard	state representative	oregon	republican	1	0	1	0	0	a news story online


































1383.json	half-true	most of the people that work in finance make $70,000, $80,000 a year.	corporations	michael-bloomberg		new york	independent	0	2	2	3	0	an interview on 'meet the press.'


































9184.json	barely-true	a grant for $5,000 [from the governors workforce board] went to teach an employee at a company that makes ornamental business card holders how to use facebook and twitter.	economy,federal-budget,government-efficiency,small-business,state-budget,state-finances,taxes,workers	mike-stenhouse	chief executive officer, r.i. center for freedom and prosperitystate policy research institute	rhode island	newsmaker	1	1	1	0	1	a commentary in the providence journal


































7602.json	false	says rabid animals from other states carry different strains of rabies that florida vaccines and serums dont affect.	animals	marion-hammer	executive director, unified sportsmen of florida	florida	none	0	1	0	2	0	a committee hearing


































3891.json	mostly-true	assaults on wisconsin law enforcement officers are up 224 percent statewide since 2005	crime,state-budget	wisconsin-professional-police-association		wisconsin	none	1	0	0	1	0	a press release


































7987.json	half-true	were already seeing bakers and florists and photographers forced to participate in same-sex marriages under the threat of law and in some cases even jail.	gays-and-lesbians	tony-perkins			republican	0	1	1	0	0	a tv interview


































117.json	false	we spent $223-million on a bridge in alaska to an island with 50 people on it.	federal-budget	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a speech in nashua, n.h.


































3475.json	pants-fire	withheld union dues fund half of dem (democratic) campaigns in florida.	labor	grover-norquist	president, americans for tax reform		republican	0	3	0	2	1	a post on twitter.


































10331.json	true	my wife is going to be the first hispanic first lady in the history of texas.	candidates-biography,history,women	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	an interview on meet the press


































2841.json	mostly-true	eliminating earmarks does not reduce spending.	federal-budget	richard-lugar	u.s. senator	indiana	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a prepared statement


































12884.json	mostly-true	half of all nc legislative candidates are unopposed because of gerrymandering.	elections,legal-issues,redistricting,states	common-cause			organization	0	0	0	1	0	an online video ad


































6237.json	false	the health care law is the largest tax [increase] in the history of our country	health-care,taxes	phil-gingrey	u.s. congressman	georgia	republican	2	5	2	1	1	a radio interview


































7920.json	false	a study ranked florida no. 1 in government corruption under gov. rick scott.	ethics	florida-democratic-party		florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	a web video


































7560.json	half-true	rhode island is the last state still using the optech iii p voting machines and they dont meet suggested federal standards.	elections	robert-kando	executive director of the rhode island board of elections.	rhode island	state-official	0	0	1	0	0	testimony before the r.i. house oversight committee


































3909.json	half-true	obamacare cuts $500 billion in future medicare funding in order to fund the new constitutionally questionable government mandate, even going so far as to scuttle medicares most popular (and successful) part, medicare advantage.	health-care,medicare	mike-haridopolos	florida senate president	florida	republican	0	3	1	1	0	an 'orlando sentinel' op-ed


































7729.json	barely-true	broward county was one of three counties in the nation pivotal to an obama victory in 2012.	elections	broward-democratic-executive-committee		florida	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a press release


































13360.json	half-true	says an election clerk in green bay refused to allow early voting on the uw-green bay campus because she was afraid it would help democrats, showing outrageous partisan bias.	bipartisanship,city-government,education,elections	our-democracy-2020			organization	0	0	1	0	0	a news release


































1263.json	half-true	the baucus health care bill would drastically restrict the use of flexible spending accounts (fsas) in order to help pay for health care reform.	taxes	save-flexible-spending-plans			none	0	0	1	0	0	a news release


































3166.json	false	nevada will be energy independent within the immediate future.	energy,environment	harry-reid	senate democratic leader	nevada	democrat	4	5	3	7	3	an interview on face to face with jon ralston


































5049.json	false	says there were only about eight or 10 inflammatory sentences in his newsletters.	candidates-biography	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a radio interview


































10074.json	mostly-true	raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour will destroy between half a million and one million jobs.	income,jobs,message-machine-2014	mitch-mcconnell	senate minority leader	kentucky	republican	7	6	5	7	0	a debate


































499.json	true	ten years ago, john mccain offered a bill that said he would ban a candidate from paying registered lobbyists.	ethics	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	tampa, fla.


































11216.json	half-true	zero planned parenthood facilities are licensed to do mammograms. planned parenthood, women dont need you!	abortion	alliance-defending-freedom			none	0	0	1	0	0	a twitter post


































6375.json	half-true	under the obama administrations bailout of general motors, ohio dealerships were forced to close.	economy,jobs,message-machine-2012	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a campaign commercial


































6696.json	true	says if current trends continue, by 2040, one out of three texas workers will not have a high school diploma.	education,population	bill-hammond	ceo, president, texas association of business & chambers of commerce	texas	republican	1	0	0	1	0	an opinion article in the houston chronicle.


































6216.json	true	says tenure still exists but its been overhauled for teachers in new jersey.	education	stephen-sweeney	state senator		democrat	1	2	3	1	0	an interview on wnyc’s the brian lehrer show


































8313.json	half-true	says president barack obama has amended, delayed, or repealed 19 components of his very own (health care) law.	health-care	tom-graves			republican	1	0	5	0	1	an interview on abc's this week


































7897.json	false	on the coal industry	energy	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	an interview.


































4987.json	half-true	if congress does not pass the renewal of the payroll tax cut before the end of the year, nearly 160 million working families will see their taxes go up by roughly $1,000.	jobs,taxes	charlie-gonzalez	u.s. house member	texas	democrat	0	1	1	0	0	a press release.


































3378.json	barely-true	secretly, unbeknownst to members of congress, over $105 billion was hidden in the obamacare legislation.	federal-budget,health-care	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































5003.json	mostly-true	says 77 percent of portlands students finish elementary school without taking even one art class.	education	creative-advocacy-network		oregon	none	0	0	1	1	0	a tweet


































4246.json	half-true	the governments twice the size it was 10 years ago. its 30 percent bigger than it was when (barack) obama became president.	deficit,federal-budget,government-efficiency	tom-coburn	u.s. senator	oklahoma	republican	2	3	3	2	0	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































5073.json	half-true	president barack obama put in place historic fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks to lower costs at the pump and reduce dependence on foreign oil.	energy,message-machine-2012	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an obama for america video


































5398.json	true	florida ranks 45th in the nation for tuition.	education,state-budget	denise-grimsley	state representative	florida	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a statement


































9126.json	half-true	charlie crist signed into law an automatic 15 percent annual tuition increase that put college further out of reach for many floridians.	education,state-budget	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	an email from his campaign


































11843.json	false	the debt comes up all the time in town meetings ... but its never asked in the debates. its really weird. it hasnt been brought up.	debt,federal-budget	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	 an appearance at franklin pierce university in rindge, n.h.


































7568.json	false	an annual income of $500,000 in manhattan, believe it or not, is middle class.	economy	sal-albanese	new york city mayoral candidate	new york	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a joint mayoral candidates' appearance on msnbc


































6723.json	half-true	says romney and ryan both backed proposals that would outlaw abortions even in cases of rape or incest.	abortion,corrections-and-updates,message-machine-2012	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign ad


































7955.json	half-true	seventy-four percent of rhode islanders support [a] national popular vote [for president] because they, as i, believe in one person-one vote.	elections,history,polls	raymond-gallison	lawyer	rhode island	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a house floor debate


































5220.json	false	when i was speaker, we had four consecutive balanced budgets.	federal-budget,history,job-accomplishments	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a republican presidential debate in tampa


































3935.json	true	then-sen. barack obama refused to raise the debt ceiling because he said president bush had failed in leadership.	candidates-biography,federal-budget	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a debate in new hampshire


































940.json	false	the congressional budget office has found that (the stimulus) bill will lead to a real 0.1 to 0.3 percent reduction in gross domestic product by 2019.	federal-budget,stimulus	mark-sanford	governor	south carolina	republican	0	2	0	0	0	an op-ed article in the washington post.


































5534.json	barely-true	says david rivera allowed house republican leaders to strip key provisions from the stock act that would crack down on insider trading by members of congress.	candidates-biography,ethics	luis-garcia	state representative	florida	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a campaign press release


































8887.json	false	any floridian who has ever requested an absentee ballot henceforth gets one automatically.	elections	george-will	columnist	maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	a washington post column


































7637.json	true	in rhode island, 28 percent of adults released from state prisons are re-incarcerated within a year.	crime,criminal-justice,economy,government-regulation,jobs,legal-issues,privacy,public-safety	ban-the-box-ri		rhode island	organization	0	0	0	0	0	a video posted on youtube


































12035.json	mostly-true	when john kasich became governor of ohio, there was an $8 billion budget deficit and now theres a $2 billion surplus.	economy,state-finances	arnold-schwarzenegger	actor	california	republican	0	0	0	1	0	an endorsement speech in columbus, ohio.


































1277.json	true	a request for an increase in troops sat on desks in this white house (during the presidency of george w. bush), including the vice president's, for more than eight months, a resource request filled by president obama in march.	afghanistan,foreign-policy,military	robert-gibbs	former white house press secretary		democrat	1	1	0	1	0	the daily white house press conference


































2745.json	false	democratic u.s. house candidate julie lassa pushed for a canadian-style government takeover of health care.	health-care,message-machine	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a campaign tv ad


































8951.json	half-true	the medical marijuana ballot initiative doesnt require a physician writing a prescription and can be for conditions like having a back that needs to be scratched.	florida-amendments,health-care,marijuana	don-gaetz	state senator	florida	republican	1	0	3	1	0	a florida face to face interview


































11880.json	false	says milwaukee county executive chris abele once proposed a plan to end county funding to homeless shelters.	county-budget	chris-larson	wisconsin senate minority leader	wisconsin	democrat	6	5	0	1	1	a facebook post


































3894.json	mostly-true	we have the highest per-pupil cost in the country.	education,taxes	steve-oroho	state senator	new jersey	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a story in the star-ledger


































5508.json	mostly-true	in texas, there are 668 democratic hispanic elected officials to the 60 in the republican party.	candidates-biography,diversity,elections,history	texas-democratic-party	political party	texas	democrat	0	1	0	2	0	a quoted comment.


































9581.json	false	without the financial resources provided by hunters to protect habitat and stop poachers, there would be no infrastructure for wildlife management.	corrections-and-updates,environment,sports	kendall-jones			none	0	1	0	0	0	a facebook post


































3382.json	true	hitler didnt want unions. stalin didnt want unions. mubarak didnt want independent unions. these autocrats in history dont want independent unions.	jobs,labor,message-machine	sherrod-brown	u.s. senator	ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	a speech in the senate


































1300.json	false	health care reform establishes a new board of federal bureaucrats (the 'health benefits advisory committee') to dictate the health plans that all individuals must purchase.	health-care	house-republicans			republican	0	3	4	0	1	a news release


































10949.json	half-true	the united states still ranks 20th in the world in access to broadband -- over 50 percent below the best nations.	economy,infrastructure,technology	russ-feingold		wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	a speech at the state democratic party convention


































8939.json	half-true	when union membership goes down, so do (middle class) wages.	income,unions	ed-schultz	msnbc television host		none	3	1	4	1	2	a broadcast of the ed show


































1717.json	barely-true	obama did not open new lands to offshore drilling all of these areas were already open for drilling once congress and president bush lifted the moratorium in 2008. instead, president obama yesterday announced what areas he would close to offshore drilling.	economy,energy,environment,florida,transportation	house-natural-resources-committee-republicans			republican	1	0	0	0	0	a news release posted on his website.


































1844.json	half-true	the democratic congress has already taken significant steps to create jobs and jump-start the economy, resulting in the lowest tax rates in over 50 years and the creation of over 500,000 new jobs so far this year.	economy,job-accomplishments,taxes	mark-critz	u.s. representative	pennsylvania	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a speech on the house floor


































2054.json	half-true	secretary of state a. ralph mollis wrongly takes credit for small-business program	candidates-biography,small-business	leonidas-raptakis	state senator	rhode island	democrat	0	1	1	0	0	 announcing his campaign for secretary of state


































1865.json	half-true	our school test scores are right at the bottom.	education	thurbert-baker	attorney general	georgia	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a speech


































174.json	half-true	there was a report that came out from the fbi a warning, not a report ... saying that, in fact, al-qaida was planning to attack malls during the christmas holidays.	terrorism	tom-tancredo	u.s. representative	colorado	republican	2	4	1	1	0	an interview on cnn.


































4755.json	true	the problem with invasive species today in the great lakes isnt ballast water.	environment,jobs,transportation	steve-latourette	former u.s. representative from ohio's 11th district	ohio	republican	0	0	3	1	0	a speech in the house of representatives


































9332.json	false	dan branch once lobbied for the afl-cio.	candidates-biography,economy,labor	ken-paxton	attorney general-elect	texas	republican	0	2	0	1	0	a news story


































11537.json	mostly-true	our state has no major rivers to produce big hydropower.	energy,nuclear,water	tim-echols	public service commissioner	georgia	republican	0	0	1	1	0	an opinion piece in a trade magazine


































9583.json	barely-true	sayscongressman jack kingston voted to raise his pay seven times.	congress	david-perdue	u.s. senate candidate	georgia	republican	5	1	4	5	1	radio and television ad


































10186.json	true	kansas has not elected somebody other than a republican (to the u.s. senate) since before the wizard of oz hit the movie theaters.	elections	jonathan-karl	abc news chief white house correspondent		journalist	0	0	0	0	0	comments on abc's this week


































8422.json	barely-true	common core means there are over 300 data elements the government is going to be collecting about your children and about you.	education	tim-curtis	9-12 member in tampa	florida	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a meeting about common core in tampa


































1081.json	false	obamas justice-designate sotomayor threw out (the new haven firefighters) lawsuit in a sneaky, unsigned opinion -- the judicial equivalent of talk to the hand.	legal-issues,pundits,sotomayor-nomination,supreme-court	ann-coulter	columnist and author	new york	republican	2	3	3	0	4	a column in human events.


































9488.json	pants-fire	says of flood of non-mexicans being apprehended at the border: these are people that are coming from states like syria that have substantial connections back to terrorist regimes and terrorist operations.	immigration,terrorism	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an interview on fox & friends


































11619.json	half-true	29 mass shootings have been committed by concealed carriers since 2007, while during this period only one (1) licensed civilian meaningfully intervened in a mass shooting.	guns	gun-free-ut-gun-free-ut		texas	none	0	0	1	0	0	web site blog post


































10889.json	true	for the first time in 35 years, we have more businesses dying than we do starting.	economy,small-business	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a speech in orlando, fla.


































7841.json	mostly-true	the uk has an unarmed police force and a firearm fatality rate that is 40 times lower per capita than in the u.s.	crime,criminal-justice,education,guns,public-safety	peter-nightingale	physicist	rhode island	newsmaker	0	0	0	1	0	a web commentary


































8512.json	pants-fire	says barack obama knew half of the population of the united states would lose their health insurance.	health-care	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	a broadcast of the glenn beck show


































5859.json	true	say that under state law, systems development charges can only be spent on capital investment.	infrastructure,message-machine-2012	charlie-hales	senior vice president, hdr engineering	oregon	none	1	1	0	0	0	a debate


































6429.json	false	says mitt romney and bain capital are to blame in a womans premature death when they closed the plant where her husband worked.	economy,message-machine-2012	priorities-usa-action			democrat	3	1	4	2	1	campaign ad


































3498.json	barely-true	public sentiment in favor of collective bargaining and in favor of the unions has actually gone up as these governors, i think, have overreached and gone too far and tried to destroy the labor movement.	labor,polls,unions,workers	george-nee	president of the rhode island afl-cio	rhode island	labor-leader	2	0	1	0	0	a television interview


































9570.json	half-true	another great endorsement! barrow journal explains the difference between me and jody hice.	elections	mike-collins	co-owner, collins industries	georgia	republican	1	0	1	1	0	a twitter post


































1534.json	half-true	charlie crist was the only prominent republican in the country to campaign with barack obama before the stimulus passed, on behalf of the stimulus.	stimulus	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview with fox news


































5376.json	false	on resigning from the texas railroad commission.	elections	elizabeth-ames-jones		texas	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a statement announcing her departure from the commission


































1127.json	half-true	if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a town hall meeting


































7757.json	half-true	says the idea of one casino per tribe is a false one.	gambling	ken-tanner			none	0	0	1	0	0	a radio news interview


































11849.json	false	the 2013 immigration bill expanded president obamas ability to bring syrian refugees to this country without mandating any meaningful background checks.	immigration	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a town hall event in windham, n.h.


































5141.json	true	suzanne bonamici was the only no vote on a 2009 bill cracking down on drunk drivers.	crime,criminal-justice,message-machine-2012,voting-record	rob-cornilles	consultant	oregon	republican	1	1	3	1	1	a debate


































12039.json	barely-true	regarding her state department email practices, my predecessors did the same thing.	technology	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a univision/washington post democratic debate


































1505.json	false	we were promised (the stimulus) would provide 'green jobs' for americans, but 80% of the $2 billion they spent on alternative energy went to purchase wind turbines built in china!	energy,stimulus	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a facebook post


































8078.json	barely-true	says the reasoning behind portlands high water and sewer rates is all kinds of pet projects unrelated to the core function of the water and sewer bureaus	city-government,government-efficiency,water	portlanders-water-reform		oregon	none	1	0	0	0	0	a fundraising letter.


































13070.json	half-true	says marco rubio wanted to cut social security and medicare because he said theyre bankrupting our country.	medicare,social-security	senate-majority-pac	political action committee	washington, d.c. 	democrat	3	4	4	1	0	a tv ad


































8059.json	half-true	the fl guard has defended our freedom in afghanistan, iraq, and put their lives at risk; now the fed govt is going to cut their pay 20%.	afghanistan,federal-budget,iraq,military	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a tweet


































1455.json	false	federal employees are making twice as much as their private counterparts.	economy	scott-brown		new hampshire	republican	2	2	1	3	1	an interview with barbara walters


































9616.json	false	latinos now make up the majority population in texas.	education,legal-issues,population,states	roberto-alonzo	attorney	texas	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a press release


































4713.json	true	under a law proposed by wisconsin gov. scott walker, businesses that move into wisconsin dont have to pay any taxes on their income for two years.	jobs,taxes	mahlon-mitchell			democrat	0	0	0	1	0	remarks


































3847.json	pants-fire	we are only inches away from ceasing to be a free market economy.	economy,market-regulation	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a speech announcing his presidential campaign


































6970.json	mostly-true	i went to the olympics that was out of balance, and we got it on balance.	candidates-biography	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	the third presidential debate in boca raton, fla.


































9572.json	mostly-true	as jim doyles commerce secretary, mary burke spent $12.5 million dollars to buy a vacant lot for a company that said it had no plans to create jobs in wisconsin and had laid off 800 workers.	jobs,state-budget	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a campaign tv ad


































11951.json	mostly-true	there is great disparity, tremendous disparity, in the (capital) funding on a per-student basis between our traditional public schools and our charter public schools.	education,state-budget,taxes	janet-adkins	state representative	florida	republican	1	0	1	1	0	a house appropriations committee meeting


































2292.json	true	(i) helped to invent a system that saved over a billion dollars on welfare.	candidates-biography,economy,families,federal-budget,government-efficiency,poverty	kenneth-block	businessman		republican	0	3	2	3	0	a tv and internet commercial


































1958.json	half-true	my opponent here has accepted money from freddie mac, fannie mae (and) hosted subprime mortgage seminars.	economy,housing	jeff-greene		florida	democrat	3	1	3	0	0	a public debate in west palm beach


































11552.json	true	there are more words in the irs code than there are in the bible.	taxes	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	the republican presidential debate in milwaukee, wis.


































5021.json	mostly-true	says mitt romney raised business taxes 20 percent in massachusetts.	message-machine-2012,taxes	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an iowa tv ad.


































2478.json	mostly-true	says with the ongoing economic downturn, child abuse is on the rise.	children,economy,families	jeff-merkley	u.s. senator	oregon	democrat	0	1	3	6	0	a press release


































8477.json	true	most voters prefer zombies to the current u.s. congress.	congress	ed-lindsey	state representative	georgia	republican	0	0	0	2	0	a press release


































7751.json	half-true	the labor market is weak because if you count the unemployed, underemployed, and those whove stopped looking for work, the unemployment rate actually went up last month to 13.5 percent.	jobs,pundits,workers	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a discussion on nbc's meet the press


































5822.json	barely-true	some 20,000 delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions as a result of political favoritism and backroom deals.	corporations,economy	michael-turner	representative from ohio's 3rd congressional district	ohio	republican	1	0	2	0	0	a statement supporting mitt romney


































10563.json	true	six of the nations 10 wealthiest counties, according to median income, are in and around the washington, d.c. area.	economy,federal-budget,income,population,wealth	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a speech


































3305.json	barely-true	if theres a government shutdown, people dont get their social security checks.	federal-budget,social-security	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference


































2578.json	half-true	just like the u.s. chamber of commerce, the afl-cio receives dues from foreign entities associated with it.	campaign-finance,corporations,abc-news-week,transparency	george-will	columnist	maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	abc's this week


































556.json	half-true	says obama opposes lower gas taxes, nuclear power, new offshore drilling and doesn't have new solutions to the energy crisis.	energy	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	a tv ad.


































5923.json	true	obama promised to cut the deficit by half by the end of his first term but he hasnt even come close.	deficit,message-machine-2012	crossroads-gps	conservative advocacy group		republican	9	1	4	1	2	a tv ad.


































12181.json	half-true	says bernie sanders fundamentally changed the lives of immokalee farm workers in florida for the better.	agriculture,human-rights,poverty,workers	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a tv ad 


































8888.json	false	says president barack obama carried congressional district 13 by 8.2 points in 2008 and 5.6 points in 2012.	elections	george-will	columnist	maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	a washington post column


































8436.json	barely-true	according to a federal report, obamacare will increase the long-term federal deficit by $6.2 trillion.	deficit,federal-budget,health-care	paul-broun	congressman	georgia	republican	4	8	3	2	1	a newspaper op-ed


































8459.json	barely-true	in florida, 300,000 people are going to lose their individual coverage because of obamacare. now those people next year, they dont have health insurance.	health-care	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview on the o'reilly factor.


































1526.json	half-true	says he never donates to democrats while paul workman contributes to democrat kirk watson and other democrats running against republicans.	elections	david-sewell	lawyer	texas	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a campaign flier


































6629.json	barely-true	says house republicans tried to change the definition of rape.	abortion,crime,criminal-justice	gwen-moore	u.s. house member -- 4th district	wisconsin	democrat	3	4	4	3	1	a speech at the democratic national convention


































10077.json	barely-true	republicans made it easier to buy a gun in states they won in 2010.	guns	mark-shields	columnist and commentator	washington, d.c.	none	1	0	0	0	0	a broadcast of pbs' newshour


































9990.json	barely-true	we have a goal of 10 percent of [city of providence] contracts going to women and minority businesses. in reality, less than 1 percent of contracts go to women and minority businesses.	city-government,debates,jobs,women	jorge-elorza	law professor	rhode island	democrat	1	1	0	2	0	a radio debate


































3767.json	pants-fire	the $1.8 billion in [transportation] bonding, we dont have a repayment mechanism.	state-budget,state-finances,transportation	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a speech.


































10019.json	half-true	hospitals have already begun layoffs, a direct result of republican inaction on medicaid expansion.	health-care,medicaid,state-budget	democratic-party-virginia		virginia	democrat	2	1	1	3	0	a news release.


































2950.json	mostly-true	the bush-era tax cuts failed to increase employment and work-force participation fell in 2001 and has never returned to the record level set in 2000.	jobs,taxes	jim-moran	u. s. congressman	virginia	democrat	2	1	1	6	1	a news release.


































10848.json	half-true	on whether the iraq war was a mistake.	foreign-policy,iraq	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview on fox news


































6250.json	false	we are not producing jobs. we created 80,000 jobs last month. we dont talk about the jobs that we lost. the net of it all is that we lost jobs.	economy,jobs,taxes	joseph-kyrillos	state senator	new jersey	republican	3	3	2	2	1	an interview on wnyc’s the brian lehrer show


































2401.json	barely-true	says he created more than 500 american jobs.	candidates-biography,economy,message-machine	bill-flores	businessman	texas	republican	2	0	0	0	0	a tv ad


































3131.json	true	were borrowing 40 cents of every dollar we spend.	federal-budget,abc-news-week	kent-conrad	u.s. senator	north dakota	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on this week with christiane amanpour.


































7119.json	true	says delta air lines has once again broken a promise they made to me and to the people of memphis.	government-regulation,market-regulation	steve-cohen	u.s. representative	tennessee	democrat	0	0	1	0	1	a press release.


































2334.json	half-true	on hearings about automatic citizenship provision in u.s. constitution.	immigration	john-cornyn	senator	texas	republican	5	3	6	2	1	a border stop.


































7247.json	true	seven of americas 10 wealthiest counties are in the washington, d.c., area.	deficit,federal-budget	jim-jordan	u.s. representative	ohio	republican	1	0	3	3	0	an interview on fox news sunday


































6681.json	barely-true	voter identification laws make it complicated and expensive to get an id, essentially instituting a modern-day poll tax.	elections	american-civil-liberties-union		the united states	organization	1	0	0	0	0	newsletter


































5404.json	pants-fire	says the tennessee wildlife resources agency brought coyotes into the state to try to keep the deer population down.	agriculture,animals	frank-niceley	state house representative	tennessee	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a house conservation and environment committee meeting


































4465.json	barely-true	says that even if you have no children, under obamacare, you would still have to carry insurance that covers pediatric, maternity and newborn care even though you do not need it.	health-care	mary-taylor	lieutenant governor of ohio	ohio	republican	1	0	1	0	0	an opinion column


































13254.json	true	refugees are subject to more rigorous screening than the average tourist in the u.s.	foreign-policy,homeland-security,immigration,terrorism	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech to the leader's summit on refugees


































5989.json	true	water transportation is the most fuel efficient, least polluting, safest, and least expensive means of moving cargo.	economy,transportation	bob-gibbs	representative from ohio's 18th congressional district	ohio	republican	0	0	0	1	1	a committee hearing in the house of representatives


































12525.json	half-true	of all the people in federal prison for possession of illegal substances, 77 percent of them are not citizens of the united states.	crime,criminal-justice,drugs	louie-gohmert	u.s. house member	texas	republican	2	6	1	0	1	house floor remarks


































2766.json	false	in fact, 85 percent of oregonians voted in 2008.	voting-record	democratic-party-oregon	political party	oregon	democrat	1	1	2	0	0	a doorknob flier


































4684.json	mostly-true	says adding toll lanes on i-95 in broward county improved rush-hour traffic for non-toll lanes from 25 mph to 45 mph.	transportation	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a radio show interview


































4360.json	half-true	says potential gop u.s. senate candidate tommy thompson supported obamacare	bipartisanship,health-care,public-health	club-growth			none	4	5	4	2	0	a tv ad


































4903.json	pants-fire	sen. sherrod brown has chosen to side with washington bureaucrats and fringe extremists in the attacks on our natural resources.	energy,environment	josh-mandel	ohio treasurer	ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a newspaper column


































7817.json	mostly-true	says health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius told insurance companies they couldnt inform their policyholders of what they thought the impact of obamacare would be on them.	corrections-and-updates,medicare	mitch-mcconnell	senate minority leader	kentucky	republican	7	6	5	7	0	an interview on meet the press


































4618.json	barely-true	says there are now occupy wall street camps in hundreds of cities across the united states.	city-government,occupy-wall-street	sam-adams	mayor of portland	oregon	democrat	3	2	5	2	0	in a press conference


































8646.json	half-true	the cbo just said if we cut this (unemployment benefits) extension, we will kill jobs, because those people who are looking for work wont have any money to spend.	economy,jobs	david-madland	director, american worker project		none	0	0	1	0	0	a broadcast of cnn's crossfire


































694.json	pants-fire	sarah palin got more votes running for mayor of wasilla, alaska, than joe biden got running for president of the united states.	elections	mike-huckabee	author	arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	a speech at the republican national convention


































7353.json	mostly-true	when total sandy spending is added up, its more than the annual budget for the u.s. department of homeland security. and its more than twice the annual budget of the u.s. energy department.	government-efficiency	kelly-ayotte	u.s. senator	new hampshire	republican	2	1	1	4	0	a guest commentary


































10103.json	mostly-true	in 1968 the average corporate ceo made 20 times the average workers pay. today that multiple is about 350.	corporations,workers	jim-webb	writer	virginia	democrat	1	0	1	5	0	a speech.


































6395.json	true	says about 7 in 10 of oregons inmates are in prison for violent crimes and serious sex offenses.	crime,criminal-justice,public-safety,state-budget	steve-doell	executive diretor of the truth in sentencing project	oregon	newsmaker	0	0	0	1	0	a press release


































695.json	true	senate majority leader harry reid said, quote, 'i can't stand john mccain.' 	candidates-biography	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a speech at the republican national convention


































11001.json	pants-fire	the civil war wasnt about slavery.	history	gavin-mcinnes			none	0	1	0	0	1	a tweet


































2215.json	half-true	hank johnson voted against legislation to help first responders, teachers, vets and troops.	voting-record	liz-carter		georgia	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a press release


































3686.json	false	says he has exposed plans by wisconsin gov. scott walker to push legislation that would allow the state to declare financial martial law and take over municipal governments.	city-government,government-efficiency,labor,state-budget	ed-garvey	attorney, blogger	wisconsin	democrat	0	2	0	0	0	a blog posting


































202.json	barely-true	no, i did not (have illegal immigrants working at his mansion).	immigration	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	st. petersburg, fla.


































11662.json	half-true	in texas, weve had three isis-related incidents already.	criminal-justice,immigration,islam	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	network tv interview


































295.json	false	when the fair tax becomes law, it will be like waving a magic wand releasing us from pain and unfairness.	taxes	mike-huckabee	author	arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	


































730.json	half-true	john mccain would reduce oversight of health insurance.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a tv ad.


































10835.json	half-true	proposed fast-track legislation allows presidents to easily use a future trade deal to override our domestic financial rules.	financial-regulation,foreign-policy,trade	elizabeth-warren	u.s. senator	massachusetts 	democrat	0	0	3	3	0	remarks at the institute for new economic thinking


































10129.json	true	governor carcieri has not been campaigning with me.	candidates-biography,debates,campaign-advertising	allan-fung	mayor, city of cranston, r.i.	rhode island	republican	2	2	0	2	1	a providence journal-wpri-12 debate


































8395.json	false	says u.s. rep. steve daines, r-mont., opposes a vote on his own legislation that he proposed just a few months ago.	federal-budget	democratic-senatorial-campaign-committee			democrat	1	2	3	1	0	a press release


































4200.json	half-true	our government has spent $2.6 million to teach chinese prostitutes how to drink responsibly.	federal-budget,government-efficiency	judson-phillips			none	0	0	1	0	0	a washington post opinion piece


































1694.json	true	crist sent his top policy staffer to the house committee to testify in support of the proposal, then vetoed the bill.	education	adam-hasner		florida	republican	2	1	4	4	0	a press release.


































1205.json	false	recent census data shows that the average american family spends over $13,000 a year for health care coverage.	health-care	bruce-braley	u.s. house of representatives	iowa	democrat	0	2	0	1	0	a speech on the house floor


































268.json	false	i supported the surge when you didn't.	iraq	mike-huckabee	author	arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	a debate in manchester, n.h.


































205.json	false	i spend a lot of time in iowa, and believe it or not, in ottumwa, iowa, this is the heartland, the newspaper, the regular newspaper for ottumwa, iowa, is (a) bilingual newspaper.	immigration	tom-tancredo	u.s. representative	colorado	republican	2	4	1	1	0	fox news interview


































5977.json	barely-true	since scott walker took office as governor in january 2011, there has been an increase of 33,200 jobs in wisconsin.	job-accomplishments,jobs,message-machine-2012	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a television ad


































12748.json	true	forty-three million americans are on food stamps.	welfare	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	the 2016 republican national convention


































7795.json	true	buono voted 154 times to raise our taxes -- like the sales tax, the income tax, health care taxes, even small business taxes.	taxes	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a gubernatorial campaign television ad


































5067.json	half-true	we havent had any legislation which took away one gun in the past 20 years from anybody in this country--not one.	guns	bill-pascrell	u.s. house of representatives	new jersey	democrat	0	3	4	4	0	a speech on the house floor


































2220.json	pants-fire	phoenix, ariz., is the no. 2 kidnapping capital of the world.	immigration	courtney-combs	state representative	ohio	republican	0	0	0	0	1	an appearance at the cleveland city club


































12799.json	mostly-true	says donald trump games the u.s. visa system so he can hire temporary foreign workers at low wages.	immigration	michael-bloomberg		new york	independent	0	2	2	3	0	a speech at the democratic convention


































9477.json	barely-true	the senate proposal to restore emergency unemployment benefits for five months was fully paid for.	congress,congressional-rules,debt,deficit,economy,federal-budget,income,jobs,labor,taxes,workers	jack-reed	u.s. senator	rhode island	democrat	1	0	2	1	0	senate floor speeches and during a news conference


































9189.json	true	from 1972 until 2011, the number of epa employees increased by 107 percent while the number of total federal personnel decreased by 15 percent.	environment,jobs	morgan-griffith	u.s. congressman	virginia	republican	3	2	1	0	0	congressional testimony.


































7010.json	mostly-true	we got back every dime used to rescue the banks.	financial-regulation	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign speech in manchester, n.h.


































9797.json	barely-true	while arkansas seniors depend on social security and medicare, sen. mark pryor supports an overhaul so they couldnt get social security until they turn 68 or 69.	medicare,message-machine-2014,retirement,social-security	crossroads-gps	conservative advocacy group		republican	9	1	4	1	2	a campaign ad


































1256.json	true	a report by the health insurance industry ignores some of the key policies that are part of the senate finance committee bill.	health-care	nancy-ann-deparle	white house office of health reform director		democrat	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on the newshour


































6671.json	true	wayne powell has a stated position of having no objection to taking `in god we trust off of u.s. currency.	religion	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	an email.


































7805.json	half-true	there are about 120,000 solar energy jobs in the united states, but only 1,700 of them are in georgia.	energy	tim-echols	public service commissioner	georgia	republican	0	0	1	1	0	a twitter post


































12576.json	pants-fire	we dont know anything about hillary in terms of religion. now, shes been in the public eye for years and years, and yet theres no theres nothing out there.	religion	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a meeting with christian leaders


































2198.json	true	police officers in this state have that right, to check the immigration status of people they arrest.	civil-rights,homeland-security,immigration	bill-mccollum		florida	republican	2	1	2	0	1	televised candidates' debate


































5622.json	barely-true	says only seven percent of 2009s stimulus bill went toward transportation projects, yet they created over one-third of the bills total jobs.	stimulus,transportation	peter-defazio	u.s. representative	oregon	democrat	1	1	1	2	0	an online blog


































2748.json	false	says russ feingold voted to give social security benefits to illegal immigrants	immigration,message-machine	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	an automated phone message, as well as a radio ad, news releases and debates


































11634.json	true	twenty-five percent of our kids in foster care are there because their parents are involved in drugs.	children,drugs,poverty	vicky-hartzler	u.s. representative	missouri	republican	1	0	1	0	0	an interview on abc's this week


































2267.json	false	over 81 percent of the babies that are born at lbj hospital right here in houston are born of women who are not here legally.	children,families,health-care,immigration,terrorism	debbie-riddle	state representative	texas	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a television interview


































7017.json	pants-fire	under president obama: $4,000 tax hike on middle-class families.	message-machine-2012,taxes	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a campaign ad


































5954.json	barely-true	betty sutton gutted medicare by $500 billion with her vote for the presidents health care bill.	health-care,medicare,voting-record	jim-renacci	u.s. representative 	ohio	republican	5	3	4	1	1	a campaign website posting


































11728.json	pants-fire	a trump television ad shows mexicans swarming over our southern border.	immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a television ad


































919.json	mostly-true	in chicago, school is never canceled because of winter weather.	education	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	in a meeting with business leaders


































12071.json	mostly-true	california cut about $1.3 billion in child care (during the recession). weve only reinvested about $300 million.	children,state-finances	anthony-rendon	assembly speaker	california	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a news conference


































6300.json	true	donna shalala left me with 12 million doses of smallpox vaccine and i created enough to vaccinate every man, woman and child against smallpox in america.	federal-budget,homeland-security,public-health,terrorism	tommy-thompson		wisconsin	republican	6	8	2	5	3	a speech


































9039.json	false	president barack obama shut down nasa space flights and turned the agency into a muslim outreach department.	islam,space	rush-limbaugh	radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	a segment on 'the rush limbaugh show'


































5748.json	barely-true	this rule could prevent children under 18 from using such tools as a power screwdriver, a milking machine or something as simple as a wheelbarrow on the family farm . . .	agriculture,children,labor	lamar-alexander			republican	1	2	2	0	0	a press release.


































2959.json	true	under the compromise tax agreement, 99.7% of american families will not pay 1 nickel in an estate tax.	taxes	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a twitter message


































11076.json	half-true	its commercial vehicles, 18 wheelers and above that cause 90 plus percent of the damages on our highways and bridges.	infrastructure,transportation	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	rhode island	democrat	2	1	2	5	1	news conference


































5389.json	pants-fire	says he was exonerated in every single case in 1990s ethics violations charges.	ethics	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a radio interview


































4682.json	half-true	after every major conflict ... what happened was that we ultimately hollowed out the force, largely by doing deep, across-the-board cuts.	corrections-and-updates,federal-budget,history,military	leon-panetta	director of the central intelligence agency	california	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	congressional testimony


































9029.json	false	millennials are more pro-life than baby boomers and older americans.	abortion	ralph-reed			republican	0	2	1	0	0	a broadcast of nbc's meet the press


































2045.json	mostly-true	republicans extended unemployment insurance under president bush when he asked to extend unemployment insurance.	abc-news-week,workers	david-axelrod			democrat	2	1	6	7	0	an interview on this week.


































2782.json	mostly-true	the amount of the revenue required by the state (for the construction of high-speed rail) is around 10 percent.	stimulus,transportation	bill-nelson		florida	democrat	3	1	8	10	0	an orlando rail conference.


































3497.json	mostly-true	ultimately, after an exhaustive investigation, the national transportation safety board concluded that a minneapolis bridge collapsed in 2007 because of an original design flaw dating back to the 1960s.	transportation	tim-pawlenty			republican	2	3	3	6	1	his book, courage to stand: an american story


































7031.json	true	the truth is david cicilline voted for tougher laws against child abusers, domestic abusers and abusers of the elderly.	children,crime,message-machine-2012,voting-record	david-cicilline	mayor of providence	rhode island	democrat	7	4	5	4	1	a tv ad


































155.json	false	i had prostate cancer, five, six years ago. my chance of surviving prostate cancer, and thank god i was cured of it, in the united states, 82%. my chances of surviving prostate cancer in england, only 44% under socialized medicine.	health-care	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	


































6507.json	barely-true	your congressman, charlie bass, took over $166,000 from big oil.	campaign-finance	friends-democracy			none	1	0	0	0	0	an advertisement aired in and around new hampshire


































2829.json	mostly-true	weve been able to create about 60,000 net new jobs in virginia since february.	jobs	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	a tv interview


































561.json	false	if you have an investment for your child's education or own a mutual fund or a stock in a retirement plan, (obama) is going to raise your taxes.	taxes	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	denver, co.


































7.json	true	corporate profits are up, ceo pay is up, but average wages of americans are flat.	economy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	washington, dc


































362.json	mostly-true	i have 35 years' experience making change.	candidates-biography	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a tv ad airing in iowa and new hampshire.


































5812.json	false	personal income is growing faster in tennessee on average than any other state in the country.	economy,income	bill-haslam	governor	tennessee	republican	0	1	1	0	0	a speech to carter county republican party


































6057.json	true	says barack obama has played nearly 100 rounds of golf as president.	recreation	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a speech to the republican party of texas convention in fort worth.


































639.json	pants-fire	obama wants to increase the size of government by 23 percent.	federal-budget	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a radio ad called millions


































1582.json	pants-fire	bill white ... supports the obamacare socialized medicine plan, as well as cap and trade legislation that would kill thousands of texas jobs.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,health-care	cathie-adams	chair, republican party of texas	texas	republican	1	1	1	0	1	a fund-raising letter


































3341.json	true	says the army is spending $7 million to sponsor a nascar team.	federal-budget,military	betty-mccollum	u.s. representative	minnesota	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	press release, rep. betty mccollum


































513.json	true	obama voted to support president bush between 40 and 50 percent of the time over the past two years.	bush-administration	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a campaign e-mail


































11194.json	half-true	f: the grade given to florida for college affordability under jeb bushs leadership.	education,state-budget	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a twitter exchange


































1023.json	false	the democrats propose a government-controlled health care plan that will deprive roughly 120 million americans of their current health care coverage.	health-care	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	an e-mail


































8880.json	false	says milwaukee mayor tom barrett is responsible for the roughly $7,800 i pay in property taxes per year.	city-budget,city-government,county-budget,county-government,taxes	david-clarke-jr	milwaukee county sheriff	wisconsin	democrat	3	5	2	1	0	an interview


































1492.json	false	as houstons mayor, i helped our area lead the nation in job growth.	economy,job-accomplishments	bill-white	former mayor of houston	texas	democrat	2	3	5	7	3	a questionnaire 


































9228.json	half-true	americans will spend more on taxes in 2014 than they will on food, clothing and housing combined.	taxes	tax-foundation			none	0	0	2	1	0	a facebook post


































3658.json	pants-fire	president obama was raised muslim.	religion	gordon-robertson	chief executive officer, christian broadcast network	virginia	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a tv interview.


































5304.json	half-true	says gov. scott walker made more than $70 million in cuts to job training programs through (wisconsins) technical colleges.	education,jobs,state-budget	fred-clark	state assembly member, 42nd district	wisconsin	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	a democratic party radio address


































11814.json	false	neighbors of the san bernardino shooters knew that they were talking about trying to take our country and attack it.	terrorism	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	the republican debate in des moines, iowa


































2333.json	barely-true	ron johnson is willing to hand over the great lakes to the oil companies.	energy,environment,message-machine	russ-feingold		wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	a campaign ad


































11872.json	mostly-true	there really isnt any kind of foreign policy network that is supporting and advising sen. sanders.	foreign-policy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	comments on meet the press


































7069.json	barely-true	says ovide lamontagne wants to eliminate kindergarten.	education	new-hampshire-democratic-party		new hampshire	democrat	4	0	3	3	0	a campaign mailer to new hampshire residents 


































9785.json	false	heroin and prescription opioids are the number one cause of accidental or preventable death in wisconsin.	crime,drugs,health-care,public-health	brad-schimel			republican	0	2	1	0	0	an interview


































747.json	mostly-true	you know, we spent $3-million to study the dna of bears in montana.	federal-budget	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	in debate in oxford, miss.


































1697.json	false	when you look at the nearly 150 men and women who have served us on the texas supreme court, more than half of them had zero prior judicial experience.	candidates-biography,legal-issues	rick-green			republican	0	1	1	0	0	a youtube video


































3873.json	mostly-true	over the last 15 months, weve added more than 2 million jobs in the private sector. thats far in excess of what it was in the comparable period after the last recession.	economy,history,abc-news-week	austan-goolsbee	chair of the council of economic advisers	illinois	democrat	0	1	0	3	0	an interview on abc's this week with christiane amanpour


































7527.json	false	the incidents of threats against (president barack obama) are greater than for any other president in modern times.	public-safety	julian-bond	american university adjunct professor		none	0	1	0	0	0	an interview


































12685.json	half-true	john faso took money from fossil fuel companies as they tried to take your land by eminent domain for a fracked gas pipeline.	congress,environment	zephyr-teachout	candidate for congress	new york	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	her victory speech after winning the democratic primary.


































1166.json	barely-true	it took obama six months to pick out a family dog, but he's cramming health care reform down the country's throat in a fraction of that time.	health-care	haley-barbour	governor	mississippi	republican	1	1	0	0	0	an op-ed in the washington examiner


































165.json	mostly-true	mayor giuliani's lawsuit killed the line-item veto.	federal-budget	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	


































6494.json	mostly-true	while (barack) obama preaches we are our brothers keeper, his brother and aunt live in real poverty in kenya.	candidates-biography,poverty,religion	bill-zedler	state representative	texas	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a twitter post.


































2303.json	half-true	1 in 4 rhode islanders under the age of 65 does not have health insurance.	health-care	frank-caprio	r.i. general treasurer	rhode island	democrat	0	0	4	0	0	his campaign website


































12640.json	barely-true	during my administration, for example, we boosted u.s. exports to canada and mexico by about 50 percent. that supports about 2.8 million american jobs.	trade	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference at the north american leaders summit


































5819.json	half-true	says mitt romneys comments indicated he would not have pursued osama bin laden.	candidates-biography,message-machine-2012,terrorism	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a web ad


































3214.json	barely-true	if you shut down amtraks northeast corridor, its estimated youd have to add seven new lanes to i-95 to accommodate the increased traffic.	census,transportation	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a speech in philadelphia


































1442.json	true	president obama's proposed 'spending freeze' will only reduce the $42 trillion in government spending proposed between 2011 and 2020 by little more than one-half of 1 percent.	economy,federal-budget	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a blog post


































10995.json	half-true	as governor, maggie hassan first proposed a $1 billion spending increase.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	impact-america			organization	0	0	1	0	0	an ad


































5818.json	false	just on jan. 1 of this year, there were 40,000 new laws put on the books in one day.	legal-issues,states	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a speech at texas a&m university.


































3680.json	mostly-true	one of three patients hospitalized (is) harmed by the care they receive.	health-care	kathleen-sebelius	u.s. health and human services secretary	kansas	democrat	1	0	1	3	1	a speech


































12540.json	half-true	there are 500 failing schools in north carolina	children,education,poverty	americans-prosperity-north-carolina-chapter			organization	0	0	1	0	0	an official statement


































9450.json	true	at the beginning of world war ii, we had a relatively small army, smaller than portugals.	history,military	ken-paxton	attorney general-elect	texas	republican	0	2	0	1	0	a speech at the republican party of texas convention


































12956.json	barely-true	says hillary clinton wantsillegal immigrants collectingsocial security benefits.	economy,immigration,retirement,social-security	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a campaign ad


































3561.json	pants-fire	﻿says joanne kloppenburgs side had a 3-to-1 money advantage in the wisconsin supreme court campaign.	campaign-finance	charlie-sykes	talk show host for wtmj-am in milwaukee	wisconsin	talk-show-host	0	1	0	0	2	comments made during his radio show


































12320.json	half-true	bernie sanders voted with republicans to protect the minutemen, a hate group that used military tactics against our community.	immigration	julian-castro	mayor, san antonio	texas	democrat	0	0	3	3	0	hillary clinton campaign news release


































9545.json	half-true	since the governor took office, oregons unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest point in three years.	economy,jobs	john-kitzhaber	governor of oregon	oregon	democrat	1	1	4	4	0	a website statement


































10136.json	barely-true	rep. carol shea-porter votes with nancy pelosis democrats 95 percent of the time, but frank guinta will take on both parties and has independent new hampshire values.	voting-record	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	an ad


































3742.json	true	were within 600 miles of 60 percent of america. were in a perfect location.	economy,jobs	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a speech to the ohio chamber of commerce


































12764.json	mostly-true	says debbie wasserman schultz has voted for huge subsidies for the sugar industry ... as well as for delays in cleanups.	environment	tim-canova	nova southeastern university law professor	florida	democrat	0	0	1	2	0	a post on medium


































4833.json	false	state budget cuts for local schools resulted in nearly 4,000 educator layoffs	education,state-budget	wisconsin-education-association-council		wisconsin	organization	0	1	0	0	0	a news release


































7651.json	false	says a gun bill before the senate is proposing the universal registration of all firearms and their owners.	civil-rights,guns	arizona-citizens-defense-league			organization	0	1	1	0	0	an email to supporters


































6644.json	mostly-true	says charlie crist was pro-life, pro-gun and vehemently anti-tax.	abortion,candidates-biography,guns,taxes	george-lemieux		florida	republican	4	1	6	4	0	an op-ed in the tampa bay times


































5686.json	true	we were the no. 1 job creator in america in february and we are now the no. 4 job creator in the last year.	economy,jobs	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	an interview with fox news


































8330.json	mostly-true	up to half of all americans have a pre-existing condition.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech about the affordable care act


































10928.json	half-true	a republican budget proposal would have wisconsin have the weakest standards for who can be a teacher in the classroom in the country.	children,education,government-regulation,state-budget,states	mike-tate			democrat	1	2	2	1	0	a speech


































8645.json	half-true	defensive medicine costs georgia up to $14 billion a year.	health-care,legal-issues	doctors-healthy-georgia			none	0	0	1	0	0	its website


































4686.json	barely-true	you are prohibited from walking into the capitol with a gun, but you can go after the county commission or the school board.	government-regulation,guns	jim-waldman	state representative	florida	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a news blog


































2100.json	barely-true	of all the illegals in america, more than half come through arizona.	immigration,message-machine	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a campaign ad


































9104.json	true	georgia has recovered more than $60 million that was lost to medicaid fraud	medicaid	ed-lindsey	state representative	georgia	republican	0	0	0	2	0	press release


































11969.json	false	this is a test of the fact-checking widget.	candidates-biography	my-city-bikes			none	0	1	0	0	1	a test of the fact-checking widget


































7953.json	barely-true	says unsuccessful texas abortion legislation was supported by a majority of texans.	abortion,polls	jerry-patterson	state land commissioner	texas	republican	1	1	1	3	0	an email blast.


































7451.json	barely-true	says did you know that the #keystonexl project is expected to create 20,000 american jobs, including more than 800 in oregon?	climate-change,energy,environment,jobs,workers	greg-walden	u.s. representative	oregon	republican	3	0	1	0	0	a tweet


































158.json	false	in the 1990s, the biden crime bill added 100,000 cops to america's streets. as a result, murder and violent crime rates went down eight years in a row.	crime	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	statement on web site


































2548.json	barely-true	says that 93 percent of the time john boccieri voted with nancy pelosi.	message-machine,voting-record	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a television election ad


































11222.json	half-true	rhode island will become just the second state to mandate the vaccine and the only state to do so by regulatory fiat, without public debate, and without consideration from the elected representatives of the people.	government-regulation,health-care	rhode-island-center-freedom-and-prosperity		rhode island	organization	1	0	1	0	0	news release


































12586.json	barely-true	says paul ryan shut off the c-span cameras when the democrats started their sit-in.	government-regulation,guns,history,public-safety,pundits	stephen-colbert			none	1	0	0	2	0	a comedy sketch


































10433.json	mostly-true	the right to vote in this country has never been intrinsically tied to citizenship.	diversity,elections,history,immigration,legal-issues	ron-hayduk	professor of political science, queens college	new york	activist	0	0	0	1	0	a newspaper commentary


































4936.json	false	only one president has ever cut medicare for seniors in this country . . . barack obama.	medicare	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a republican presidential primary debate


































4754.json	half-true	in georgia, hard-earned lottery dollars are doled out to the scion[s] of wealthy families.	education	rainbowpush-coalition			democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a press release


































9752.json	false	having a baby is aleading cause of poverty spells in the united states.	jobs,poverty,women	moms-rising			democrat	0	1	0	1	0	a tweet


































12614.json	barely-true	david jolly has used money and power to try to drill off our beaches.	candidates-biography	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a fundraising email


































8296.json	true	you have to get a license to fish on our beaches.	government-regulation,recreation	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a conversation with workers


































12597.json	mostly-true	says gov. doug ducey wants to use taxpayer dollars to increase the salaries of private prison guards.	criminal-justice	arizona-house-democrats		arizona	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a blog post


































9022.json	mostly-true	the president won the youth vote 3 to1, but his numbers have dropped 20, 30 percent among the youth.	elections,polls	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a 'fox news sunday' interview


































10772.json	false	minnesotas advantage in economic growth has been having republicans in charge of at least one part of government for all but two years, while wisconsin democrats for many years before 2011 controlled both legislative chambers and the governorship.	economy,history	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview


































2612.json	pants-fire	says tom barrett supports a government takeover of our health care	health-care,message-machine	rebecca-kleefisch	candidate for lieutenant governor	wisconsin	republican	1	3	4	0	1	a campaign tv ad


































2031.json	false	rhode island voters are moving away from the democratic party to non-affiliation	elections,history	anthony-gemma	owner media peel, former president and ceo of gem plumbing	rhode island	democrat	0	2	0	2	1	a speech at the state democratic convention


































8444.json	half-true	gov. lincoln chafee has imposed a mandatory abortion fee on all rhode islanders who buy health insurance through the states obamacare exchange.	abortion,government-regulation,health-care,public-health,religion	barth-bracy	executive director, rhode island right to life	rhode island	activist	1	0	1	0	0	a news release


































1946.json	true	in the last 6 years, there have been 420 elections for state senator and state representative. only three incumbents have been defeated!	elections,florida-amendments,redistricting	fair-districts-florida		florida	organization	0	0	0	0	0	on the fair districts florida website


































5638.json	half-true	says mitt romney said we are going to have to live with high gas prices, its a good thing because it will reduce consumption, we dont want to produce any more gasoline.	gas-prices	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a campaign appearance in wisconsin


































6672.json	mostly-true	were seeing now 30 straight months of private-sector job growth, 4.6 million jobs created.	economy,jobs	julian-castro	mayor, san antonio	texas	democrat	0	0	3	3	0	an interview on meet the press.


































6850.json	false	says president obama has doubled the deficit.	debates,deficit,federal-budget	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	the first presidential debate in denver


































581.json	true	mccain has switched to obama's position on more troops to afghanistan.	foreign-policy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an e-mail from obama spokesman bill burton to reporters


































4494.json	pants-fire	the federal government has not engaged in (border security) at all.	immigration	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	 in the fox news google debate in orlando


































3824.json	false	most of your serial killers, most of your people who commit domestic violence, they start off by abusing animals.	animals,children,crime,public-safety	ej-finocchio	president, rhode society for the prevention of cruelty to animals	rhode island	newsmaker	0	1	0	0	0	a television interview


































11102.json	half-true	one of the reasons i believe were in trouble in yemen is we lost the population on drone strikes issues. thats what stirred up the population. thats what is happening in yemen.	terrorism	lincoln-chafee		rhode island	democrat	3	5	3	4	0	campaign speech 


































6599.json	pants-fire	barack obama began his presidency with an apology tour.	foreign-policy	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	 remarks at the republican national convention in tampa


































12708.json	pants-fire	says president barack obama is absolutely a muslim.	religion	antonio-sabato-jr			none	0	0	0	0	1	an interview with abc news


































13073.json	false	says ted strickland supported giving $150 billion to iranian regime that persecutes women, christians and gays.	human-rights,islam,nuclear	american-unity-pac			republican	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign ad


































2963.json	false	on the question on the dream act, no -- no to granting lower tuition to illegals.	education,immigration	john-mica	u.s. representative	florida	republican	0	1	1	1	1	an interview with msnbc.


































8806.json	half-true	says david jollys former firm lobbied for hundreds of millions (of dollars) for a dictator in pakistan.	congress,foreign-policy	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	a campaign commercial


































3171.json	pants-fire	says getting ex-cons to successfully return to society is important so we are not always faced constantly with recidivism, which is a big problem in the penitentiary today in the 70 to 80 percent range.	crime,criminal-justice,state-budget	bill-batchelder	state representative	ohio	republican	0	1	1	1	3	an interview on wcpn 90.3 fm


































2671.json	false	on possibly raising the social security retirement age.	social-security	bill-flores	businessman	texas	republican	2	0	0	0	0	in a tv interview


































8072.json	false	the republican-authored state budget includes a provision forcing people earning as little as $12,000 to buy private health insurance that could cost them as much as $4,000 per year.	health-care,state-budget	dave-hansen	state senator	wisconsin	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a news release


































12607.json	half-true	as bernie sanders said, hillary clinton voted for virtually every trade agreement that has cost the workers of this country millions, millions of jobs.	jobs,trade	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech in monessen, penn.


































2243.json	mostly-true	most ags dont go to court..	public-service	holly-benson		florida	republican	0	0	0	2	0	a debate.


































5465.json	barely-true	says state comptroller matthew boxer pointed out that many towns are artificially lowering the real estate values that they report to trenton in order to get hundreds of millions of dollars of additional school aid. this is the kind of fraud that needs to be addressed immediately.	education,taxes	michael-doherty			republican	1	3	1	1	0	an interview on njtoday


































10382.json	half-true	milwaukee incarcerates 1.2% of white men and has incarcerated over 50% of black men in their 30s.	census,civil-rights,criminal-justice,occupy-wall-street,urban	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a meme circulated on facebook


































5588.json	half-true	we have $60 billion in 2010 in medicare fraud.	health-care,medicare	brendan-doherty		rhode island	republican	1	2	1	1	0	a tv news show.


































1449.json	false	on a bipartisan task force on ways to improve fiscal policy.	federal-budget	mitch-mcconnell	senate minority leader	kentucky	republican	7	6	5	7	0	a speech on the senate floor


































5778.json	true	in the past three years, weve added enough new oil and gas pipeline to circle the earth and then some.	climate-change,energy,gas-prices	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a rose garden speech


































687.json	barely-true	obama is the senate's most liberal.	candidates-biography	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a tv ad


































182.json	true	three out of the 18 benchmarks of the (gao) have been fulfilled. even among republican math, that is a failing grade.	iraq	bill-richardson	governor	new mexico	democrat	1	2	3	8	1	las vegas, nev.


































7238.json	half-true	the fiscal cliff deal ultimately raised taxes.	federal-budget,taxes	tom-price	congressman	georgia	republican	1	2	5	3	0	a radio interview


































11580.json	true	when president barack obama said isis, or isil, was contained, he was responding very specifically to the geographic expansion of isil in iraq and syria.	terrorism	ben-rhodes	deputy national security adviser		democrat	0	0	0	0	0	comments on abc's this week


































6374.json	barely-true	u.s. olympic medal winners will owe up to $9,000 to the irs.	sports,taxes	americans-tax-reform			none	4	0	1	1	1	a blog post


































3454.json	mostly-true	eleven years ago, the city of detroit lifted the residency requirement for police officers and today, 53 percent of officers live outside of the city. if we want the tax base of milwaukee to resemble the tax base of detroit, this is the way to go.	labor,state-budget,urban	tom-barrett	mayor of milwaukee	wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	a newspaper interview


































1559.json	half-true	texas is the fastest growing state with the most fortune 500 companies.	job-accomplishments	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a web ad


































10862.json	pants-fire	there was a 57-percent decrease in fireworks-related injuries in 2000 [after connecticut legalized sparklers] compared to the 14 years prior.	consumer-safety,government-regulation,history,legal-issues,public-safety	eric-turner	director of governmental affairs for american promotional events	indiana	business-leader	0	0	0	0	1	testimony before the senate judiciary committee.


































955.json	false	look, the earmarks have come down significantly, 75 percent.	federal-budget	peter-orszag	director of the office of management and budget		democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a tv interview.


































2151.json	half-true	dave aronberg was the first to demand that bp create a billion-dollar fund to pay for the devastation.	message-machine,oil-spill	dave-aronberg	state senator	florida	democrat	1	0	1	0	0	a mailer


































3070.json	false	says 2010 was the worst year ever for americas doctors reimbursed by medicare.	health-care	michael-burgess	u.s. house member	texas	republican	1	1	0	0	0	an interview.


































12889.json	mostly-true	says carlos beruff supported (charlie) crist even after he switched parties.	candidates-biography	florida-first-project		florida	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a campaign ad


































8981.json	mostly-true	we have more women living in poverty in this state than almost anywhere else.	economy,population,poverty	maxey-scherr	lawyer	texas	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an interview


































11815.json	barely-true	i have not insulted donald personally.	candidates-biography	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	comments during the iowa republican presidential debate


































6955.json	false	regulations have quadrupled. the rate of regulations quadrupled under this president.	corrections-and-updates,market-regulation	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	town hall presidential debate


































11517.json	half-true	under his tax plan, the greatest gains, percentage-wise, will be at the lower end of our plan.	taxes	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a republican presidential debate in boulder, colo.


































5137.json	half-true	mitt romney is worth at least a quarter billion dollars and the bulk of his wealth remains in blind trusts and overseas bank accounts.	candidates-biography,corrections-and-updates,message-machine-2012	winning-our-future			none	2	2	3	1	0	the online video king of bain


































9661.json	mostly-true	u.s. senate candidate michelle nunn earned as much as $300,000 running a nonprofit that had laid off 90 workers.	job-accomplishments	ending-spending-action-fund			independent	4	0	0	2	0	television attack ad


































7863.json	mostly-true	barbara buono by the numbers: as a trenton politician, she voted to raise taxes 154 times. under her, property taxes up 70 percent. backed a 16 percent sales tax increase. utilities, nursing homes, cell phones, parking lots, lottery wins, gyms she taxed them all. architect of corzines budget, she drove new jersey $2 billion into debt. barbara buono by the numbers: taking new jersey backwards.	debt,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	republican-governors-association		washington, d.c.	republican	5	1	6	4	2	a gubernatorial campaign tv ad


































7169.json	barely-true	in recent years, menhaden numbers along our coast have plummeted by 90 percent.	animals,economy,environment,market-regulation	pew-environment-group			organization	1	0	0	0	0	a newspaper advertisement


































395.json	false	you don't even have to go outside obama's campaign to find advisers who are anti-israel.	israel	tennessee-republican-party		tennessee	republican	1	2	0	0	0	in a press release


































3113.json	true	two years after the worst recession most of us have ever known ... corporate profits are up.	corporations,economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the state of the union address


































6196.json	barely-true	tim kaine made virginia the best state for business four years in a row.	job-accomplishments	majority-pac			democrat	1	0	1	0	0	a tv ad.


































13284.json	barely-true	during his 18-year senate career, (russ feingold) supported judges who voted to deny your individual second amendment right. (he) promises to protect those rights, but thats not what his record shows.	guns	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	a tv ad


































2849.json	barely-true	says gov. rick perrys administration has proposed ending immunizations for 113,000 kids.	children,health-care,state-budget	mike-villarreal	small business owner	texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	0	a press release


































1031.json	half-true	walking in the door (sonia sotomayor) would bring more experience on the bench, and more varied experience on the bench, than anyone currently serving on the united states supreme court had when they were appointed.	candidates-biography,sotomayor-nomination,supreme-court	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at the white house.


































5475.json	false	[r]emember, the president proposed eliminating charitable deductions for higher-income taxpayers.	taxes	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a speech


































12696.json	half-true	granite state shipbuilders . . . built the first ship that sailed into battle under a new american flag.	history,military	frank-guinta	u.s. congress, nh-first district	new hampshire	republican	1	1	1	1	0	an email


































11866.json	half-true	says goldman sachs ceo said congress would have to cut social security, medicare and medicaid and give huge tax breaks to the wealthy and the large corporations.	campaign-finance,congress,financial-regulation,government-regulation	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a campaign event in keene, n.h.


































6498.json	barely-true	days after the (osama bin laden) raid, hollywood was invited into the white house so that they could receive a briefing that revealed intelligence sources and methods.	foreign-policy,message-machine-2012,military,terrorism	special-operations-opsec-education-fund			none	1	1	1	0	0	a web video


































6277.json	true	says mitt romney had millions in the cayman islands, a tax haven.	message-machine-2012,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a tv ad


































3762.json	half-true	a large number of the uninsured earn $75,000 or more a year.	health-care	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	in an interview on nbc's meet the press


































2281.json	true	there is already a mosque four blocks away.	homeland-security,religion	michael-bloomberg		new york	independent	0	2	2	3	0	a speech


































7813.json	mostly-true	if you are black or brown, you are nine times more likely to be stopped and frisked in new york city.	civil-rights	lynn-derbyshire	faculty member, university of rhode island	rhode island	newsmaker	0	0	0	1	0	the providence journal


































9122.json	mostly-true	says rick scott presided over cuts to the bright futures college scholarship program.	education	american-bridge-21st-century			democrat	2	1	0	3	0	an online video


































10458.json	mostly-true	today the top 1 percent earn a higher share of our national income than any year since 1928.	income	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview with fox news


































297.json	false	he reformed welfare before others tried.	job-accomplishments	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a tv ad


































778.json	false	1.3-million people in america make their living off ebay.	economy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	nashville, tenn.


































9131.json	mostly-true	under mary burkes leadership, commerce department business-incentive programs had major shortcomings and 40 percent of jobs...didnt materialize.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	republican-governors-association		washington, d.c.	republican	5	1	6	4	2	a campaign tv ad


































7193.json	true	northern virginia is the most heavily trafficked place in the country.	transportation	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	a news conference.


































3621.json	false	under a proposal by rep. paul ryan, people on medicare will only have $15,000 from the federal government to spend on their health care.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare,pundits	bill-maher	host of real time with bill maher	california	independent	0	3	1	5	0	an episode of hbo's real time with bill maher


































1281.json	true	a fairly limited number of people, 25 million to 30 million, will be allowed to access a national health insurance exchange.	health-care	claire-mccaskill	u.s. senator	missouri	democrat	1	1	0	0	0	an interview on this week with george stephanopolous.


































9715.json	true	its been 17 years that weve had unemployment higher than the national average in oregon.	economy,jobs	dennis-richardson	state representative	oregon	republican	0	4	1	2	0	a campaign debate


































11160.json	half-true	says scott walkers defunding of planned parenthood left women across the state stranded with nowhere else to turn for cancer screenings, breast exams and birth control.	abortion,families,health-care,public-health,sexuality,state-budget,women	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a video


































3230.json	pants-fire	the people that went to school with (barack obama), they never saw him, they dont know who he is.	candidates-biography,education,obama-birth-certificate	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech at the cpac conference


































607.json	false	john mccain will keep the estate tax at 0 percent, the same as it is now.	taxes	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































6336.json	true	in 2010, mr. [anthony] gemma described himself as a pro-life candidate. now, he claims to be pro-choice.	abortion,candidates-biography,health-care,legal-issues,women	naral-pro-choice		washington, d.c.	organization	2	1	0	0	1	a news release


































7694.json	barely-true	in barely four years in office, five jihadists have reached their targets in the united states under barack obama, compared to zero in over seven years after 9/11 under george w. bush.	terrorism	tom-cotton	u.s. house of representatives	arkansas	republican	3	4	2	3	1	a house floor speech


































5056.json	half-true	wisconsins monthly job reports have a margin of error of 75 percent and were way off in eight of first 10 months of 2011.	economy,jobs,labor	rebecca-kleefisch	candidate for lieutenant governor	wisconsin	republican	1	3	4	0	1	an interview


































6105.json	barely-true	says he has nearly 200 delegates bound to support his candidacy at the republican national convention.	candidates-biography	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	an online message to supporters.


































9846.json	false	says rick scott has teamed up with a felon convicted of running a ponzi scheme to smear charlie crist.	campaign-finance,crime	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a tv ad


































10759.json	mostly-true	the castro regime violated international norms by secretly shipping weapons to north korea in violation of a u.n. embargo.	congress,terrorism	david-perdue	u.s. senate candidate	georgia	republican	5	1	4	5	1	press release


































6907.json	true	theres not one democrat who endorses the romney-ryan medicare plan.	bipartisanship,debates,medicare	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a debate in danville, ky.


































4341.json	true	the united states death rate is two-and-a-half times higher for those who do not have a high school education.	education,health-care	regina-benjamin	u.s. surgeon general		none	0	0	0	0	0	a radio interview


































6550.json	pants-fire	says that tennessee gov. bill haslam has made it clear by his repeated actions that he will pursue a policy that promotes the interest of islamist (sic) and their radical ideology as long as he is governor.	afghanistan,islam,religion,terrorism	billhislamcom		tennessee	none	0	0	0	0	1	a web posting


































13341.json	half-true	donald trump says hed deport 16 million people.	immigration	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a tweet from her campaign


































1536.json	mostly-true	the republicans have repeatedly said that they agree with 80 percent of what's in our bill.	health-care	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	a roundtable segment on nbc's meet the press


































4873.json	mostly-true	a part-time congress with half the pay would still make $38,000 a year more than the average american family.	income	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a letter to nancy pelosi


































8735.json	true	nearly 40 percent of his mcallen-area constituents suffer from obesity.	poverty,public-health	eddie-lucio-jr	advertising executive	texas	democrat	0	0	1	1	0	remarks at southern obesity summit


































8216.json	half-true	minnesota, michigan, iowa already have 70 mph speed limits on rural interstates, and we see that theyve been able to do it safely.	transportation	robin-vos	wisconsin assembly speaker	wisconsin	republican	0	3	2	5	1	an interview


































12133.json	pants-fire	says barack obama was happily photographed holding a t-shirt with revolutionary ernesto che guevaras face on it.	terrorism	sid-miller	state agriculture commissioner	texas	republican	1	2	2	0	1	a facebook post


































1176.json	true	switzerland and the netherlands . . . cover all their citizens using private insurers, and they do so for much less cost.	health-care	matt-miller	management consultant	california	none	0	0	0	1	0	a washington post op-ed


































12978.json	mostly-true	says donald trump himself contributed $100,000 to the clinton foundation.	candidates-biography	david-plouffe	senior adviser to the president		democrat	1	0	0	2	0	an interview on meet the press


































13107.json	pants-fire	our african-american communities are absolutely in the worst shape theyve ever been in before. ever. ever. ever.	diversity,economy,education,history,public-health	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech in kenansville, n.c.


































13358.json	half-true	global warming leads to much quicker spread of the zika virus because the increased temperature, makes mosquitoes mature faster, . . . bite more due to having a higher metabolism, and makes the zika virus inside of them incubate faster.	climate-change,florida,public-health,science	al-gore	cofounder of generation investment management and current tv, visiting professor and author	tennessee	democrat	0	0	3	0	0	a speech


































2949.json	false	last year, exxonmobil made $19 billion in profit. guess what. they paid zero in taxes. they got a $156 million refund from the irs.	corporations,taxes	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a senate floor speech


































6918.json	false	signs letter saying consumer product safety commission is acting without consultation or input from the company to stop the sale of buckyballs.	consumer-safety,government-regulation,public-safety,market-regulation	phil-roe	u.s. rep. --- tn 1st congressional district	tennessee	republican	0	1	0	0	0	in a letter co-signed with others in congress.


































5353.json	true	we arent the only state cutting back on public television.	education,state-budget	richard-licht	state director of administration in rhode island	rhode island	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a television interview


































7864.json	barely-true	during the bush administration, liberal groups were targeted by the irs, similar to recent targeting.	bush-administration,taxes	jim-mcdermott	u.s. representative	washington state	democrat	1	1	1	0	0	a house ways and means hearing


































10492.json	true	there are countries in africa where they have higher vaccination rates than here in the united states.	health-care,public-health	katty-kay	bbc world news america anchor		none	0	0	0	0	0	comments on nbc's meet the press


































12474.json	mostly-true	says donald trump says climate change is a hoax invented by the chinese.	climate-change,foreign-policy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a foreign policy speech 


































7137.json	mostly-true	democratic party candidates for the state assembly actually received 200,000 more votes statewide than their republican counterparts in the 2012 election	elections	sandy-pasch	state assembly member, 22nd district	wisconsin	democrat	0	0	0	2	1	a radio address


































680.json	false	on support for the bridge to nowhere.	federal-budget,transportation	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	


































13158.json	half-true	amendment 2 will bring kid-friendly pot candy to florida.	marijuana	vote-no-2		florida	none	1	0	2	0	0	a mailer


































12700.json	true	for decades, the states gas tax has been among the highest in the nation.	taxes,transportation	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a letter to department of transportation officials


































990.json	half-true	more than 90 percent of the guns recovered in mexico come from the united states.	guns	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a news conference.


































10367.json	true	colorado raked in $60 million in marijuana taxes and licensing fees in the past year.	drugs,legal-issues,marijuana,taxes	james-aubin		rhode island 	activist	0	0	0	0	0	a newspaper commentary


































10650.json	false	small businesses (are) going out of business in record numbers.	economy,small-business	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a speech at liberty university


































1464.json	barely-true	we're also cutting a forest service economic development program that strayed so far from any mission that it funded a music festival.	federal-budget	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	remarks on the budget


































7912.json	true	some of these members of the house of representatives get hundreds of thousands of dollars in farm subsidies but want to cut food stamps.	agriculture,federal-budget,poverty,welfare	sherrod-brown	u.s. senator	ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	a conference call with reporters


































7177.json	half-true	says massachusetts has three state-mandated student tests and finland just one.	corrections-and-updates,education,states	thomas-ratliff	lobbyist	texas	republican	0	0	1	0	0	an opinion column.


































11956.json	mostly-true	says donald trump wants to keep big government in charge of federally-owned land.	environment	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a campaign ad


































4046.json	false	u.s. reps. john barrow and sanford bishop and their fellow democrats went on a spending spree and now their credit card is maxed out.	federal-budget	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	press releases


































62.json	mostly-true	congress only funded half the wall between mexico and the united states.	immigration	bill-richardson	governor	new mexico	democrat	1	2	3	8	1	a debate in miami, fla.


































322.json	barely-true	gasoline would rise in price by approximately 50 cents a gallon if the mccain-lieberman bill became law.	energy	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	west palm beach, fla.


































10255.json	true	turkeys today weigh 29.8 pounds. in the 30s, they weighed 13.2 pounds.	agriculture,animals,food-safety,public-health,science	mother-jones			none	0	0	0	0	0	a facebook post


































6317.json	pants-fire	the health care law includes a 3.8% sales tax on all real estate transactions.	health-care,taxes	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email


































10753.json	half-true	america has lost over 50,000 manufacturing factories on other trade deals.	jobs,trade	ed-schultz	msnbc television host		none	3	1	4	1	2	a broadcast of msnbc's the ed show


































402.json	barely-true	the board of a nonprofit organization on which obama served as a paid director ... granted funding to a controversial arab group.	israel	tennessee-republican-party		tennessee	republican	1	2	0	0	0	a news release


































11456.json	mostly-true	we lose an average of 90 americans every day because of guns.	crime,criminal-justice,guns	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech in san antonio


































491.json	half-true	mccain voted against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded president bush for vetoing that ban.	foreign-policy	moveon			democrat	2	4	3	0	0	an e-mail


































5207.json	half-true	says 282 texas school districts have requested emergency waivers to increase elementary school class sizes because of unprecedented fiscal challenges.	education,state-budget,state-finances	silvestre-reyes	u.s. house member	texas	democrat	0	0	2	1	1	a press release


































11891.json	mostly-true	we bailed out johnson controls when we saved the auto industry and now they want to avoid paying taxes.	corporations,federal-budget,taxes,technology,transportation	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a debate


































10803.json	false	amendments (hillary clinton) supported and voted for in 2006, she no longer supported in 2008, showing she changed positions on an india nuclear deal.	candidates-biography,nuclear,voting-record	peter-schweizer			none	0	1	0	0	0	an interview with nbc's andrea mitchell


































7216.json	mostly-true	the so-called doc fix in the fiscal cliff deal will cut payments for treating illnesses disproportionately impacting minorities, including end stage renal disease and diabetes.	federal-budget,health-care,medicaid,medicare	marcia-fudge	representative from ohio's 11th congressional district	ohio	democrat	0	1	2	4	0	a news release


































3777.json	pants-fire	the democrats have already voted to ban our conventional light bulbs ... in favor of dangerous fluorescent light bulbs.	consumer-safety,energy,market-regulation	ameripac			none	1	0	1	0	1	a fundraising letter


































6094.json	pants-fire	says barack obama admits hes coming for our guns, telling sarah brady, we are working on (gun control), but under the radar.	guns	national-rifle-association			none	3	5	1	5	3	a mailer


































7480.json	false	of $60 billion congress approved in response to hurricane sandy, only 10 percent was for disaster relief.	federal-budget	al-cardenas	chair of the american conservative union		republican	0	1	0	0	0	an interview on msnbc’s morning joe


































10342.json	true	the president has decided to move forward with executive actions on immigration that he has said on numerous occasions that he didnt have the constitutional power to take.	immigration	bob-goodlatte	u.s. congressman	virginia	republican	0	1	4	3	0	a news release.


































7666.json	half-true	says abraham lincoln supported an agreement that allowed slavery in new mexico and a law to return runaway slaves to their owners.	abortion,civil-rights,history,human-rights	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a speech


































606.json	false	on public financing of his campaign.	ethics	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	


































4306.json	true	the mega-rich pay about 15 percent in taxes, while the middle class fall into the 15 percent and 25 percent income tax brackets, and then are hit with heavy payroll taxes to boot.	taxes	warren-buffett		nebraska	none	0	0	0	0	0	a new york times op-ed


































3322.json	false	wisconsin gov. scott walkers estimate of a $3.6 billion state budget deficit is manufactured and a bogus figure.	labor,state-budget	mark-pocan	state assembly member, 78th district	wisconsin	democrat	1	2	2	3	0	a blog posting


































1922.json	barely-true	rob teilhet, just another career politician.	public-service	ken-hodges	dougherty county district attorney	georgia	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign flier


































2450.json	true	children born today will carry a $30,000 share of the national debt.	bankruptcy,economy,federal-budget,history,job-accomplishments,marriage,message-machine	citizens-republic	conservative advocacy group	virginia	none	0	0	0	0	0	a campaign commercial


































216.json	true	a ham and cheese sandwich on one slice of bread is the responsibility of the usda ... but a ham and cheese sandwich on two slices of bread is the responsibility of the food and drug administration.	consumer-safety,market-regulation	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech in shenandoah, iowa


































3412.json	mostly-true	tapping the strategic petroleum reserve would immediately lower gasoline prices	energy	jeff-merkley	u.s. senator	oregon	democrat	0	1	3	6	0	a letter to president barack obama


































11382.json	false	among syrian refugees, there arent that many women, there arent that many children.	foreign-policy,immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on abc this week


































5787.json	true	the buffett rule will bring in less than $5 billion per year. ... enough to pay one weeks interest on the national debt.	deficit,federal-budget,taxes	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a column in politico


































4520.json	half-true	we have had over 40 days this summer where it was unsafe to breathe the air.	environment,transportation	jennette-gayer			none	0	0	1	1	0	a meeting


































2510.json	false	says will rasmussen supported a sales tax as recently as last spring.	taxes	promote-oregon-leadership-pac-oregon-house-republi	political action committee	oregon	republican	1	1	1	0	0	an e-mail


































5040.json	half-true	on instances when abortions should be allowed.	abortion	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	iowa


































1292.json	false	one-third of the health care dollar goes to no such thing as health care; it goes to the insurance companies.	corporations,health-care	patrick-kennedy	congressman	rhode island	democrat	0	1	2	1	0	a speech on the house floor. 


































11108.json	false	the texas capitol faces south toward goliad, in memory of the most horrific battle of the texas revolution.	history,states	christine-gilbert	artist	texas	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a letter to the editor of the austin american-statesman


































13429.json	barely-true	says mike coffman said two different things: stop the deportationsin a spanish-language debate and youre going to be deportedin an english-language tv interview.	immigration	morgan-carroll	colorado state senator 	colorado	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a news release


































2331.json	half-true	both the state and federal governments make more per gallon in gas taxes than the oil companies make themselves for doing all the work.	energy,taxes	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	a speech at a tea party rally in oshkosh


































7364.json	mostly-true	says austin trains are full at rush hour and packed for special events.	transportation	lee-leffingwell	austin mayor	texas	democrat	1	0	4	1	0	


































1126.json	pants-fire	seniors and the disabled will have to stand in front of obamas death panel so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their level of productivity in society, whether they are worthy of health care.	health-care	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a message posted on facebook


































9349.json	half-true	governor scott cut taxes 40 times for florida families	taxes	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a campaign tweet


































1954.json	half-true	every day, oil continues to pour into the gulf of mexico. ... even with disaster on our coast..., richard burr voted to let big oil off the hook.	climate-change,energy,environment,message-machine,oil-spill	americans-united-change			none	1	4	4	1	0	a tv commercial


































2018.json	half-true	today, florida is in 50th place in spending on education.	education	bud-chiles		florida	independent	0	0	1	0	0	a statement on his campaign website


































3229.json	mostly-true	since sept. 11, 2001, 270,000 americans were killed by gunfire at home.	guns,pundits	doonesbury			none	0	0	2	4	0	a comic strip


































1808.json	false	on returning republican campaign contributions.	campaign-finance,elections	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	statements to the press


































6235.json	half-true	montana democratic sen. jon tester is the largest recipient of lobbyist money.	campaign-finance,message-machine-2012	americans-prosperity			none	6	7	2	1	2	a campaign ad


































9790.json	mostly-true	a regulatory thing means you cant show someone drinking beer on camera.	pop-culture	heineken			none	0	0	0	1	0	a tv ad


































5875.json	mostly-true	says mitt romney has refused to say whether he would have vetoed or signed the lilly ledbetter fair pay act.	candidates-biography,civil-rights,supreme-court,women	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a graphical tool on the campaign website


































4039.json	pants-fire	says wisconsins 2011-13 state budget contains no fee increases	state-budget,state-finances	jeff-fitzgerald	incoming speaker of state assembly	wisconsin	republican	2	0	1	2	2	an interview


































11719.json	false	existing law right now requires 700 miles of double-layered border fencing on the mexico border.	immigration	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a radio interview.


































7190.json	true	among milwaukee public schools students, 86 percent are behind in reading and 80 percent are behind in math.	city-government,education,poverty	don-pridemore			republican	0	0	0	0	0	a news conference


































10430.json	mostly-true	online voter registration is a more secure way of doing voter registration.	crime,elections,technology	jeff-clemens	state senator	florida	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a senate ethics and elections committee hearing


































8861.json	half-true	says alex sink even supported a tax on homeowners insurance policies.	state-finances	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a campaign website


































5111.json	barely-true	whats clear is (romney) likes firing people.	candidates-biography,economy,jobs	jon-huntsman		utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	comments to reporters in concord, n.h.


































12440.json	half-true	today, it is more difficult to enlist in the u.s. military than it is to enroll in college.	education,military,public-health	dale-kooyenga	state representative	wisconsin	republican	1	1	2	2	0	a constituent newsletter


































13440.json	barely-true	democrat stephen webber voted to allow sex offenders to be within 500 feet of childcare centers and playgrounds, and even voted to allow sex offenders to be coaches.	candidates-biography,children,crime	caleb-rowden	state representative	missouri	republican	1	0	1	1	0	a youtube video


































1639.json	barely-true	according to the nonpartisan congressional budget office, the irs would need to hire over 16,000 people ... to audit the american people and impose the new taxes and mandates of the health care bill.	federal-budget,health-care,taxes	mark-kirk	u.s. senator	illinois	republican	2	1	2	0	0	a floor speech in the house


































5669.json	mostly-true	tim kaine reduced higher education funding by 25 percent when he was governor, driving up tuition...	education,state-budget	scott-lingamfelter	state delegate	virginia	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a news release.


































4555.json	true	today, you have six financial institutions, the largest six, that have assets that are the equivalent of 60 percent of the gdp of the united states of america.	financial-regulation,new-hampshire-2012,occupy-wall-street	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	an interview with msnbc


































5116.json	pants-fire	mitt romney, rick perry, and newt gingrich all say they would cut foreign aid to israel and every other country to zero.	federal-budget,foreign-policy,israel,message-machine-2012	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a page on the obama campaign website


































5801.json	false	says bus riders subsidize the expensive, romanticized leander-to-austin train.	corrections-and-updates,transportation	clay-dafoe			none	0	1	0	0	0	a mayoral candidate debate on kxan-tv


































9676.json	half-true	having an active father makes children 98 percent more likely to graduate from college.	children,education,gays-and-lesbians,marriage	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a speech at catholic university


































10659.json	half-true	dallas african-american and hispanic students pass ap exams at a higher rate than any other place in america.	education	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	his state of the state address


































3384.json	true	we ... sold the state airplanes as i had promised.	state-budget	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	his state of the state speech.


































10726.json	mostly-true	in wisconsin, a second arrest for carrying pot is a felony, but a second or subsequent arrest for carrying a gun illegally is a misdemeanor.	crime,criminal-justice,drugs,guns,legal-issues	edward-flynn			none	1	0	3	2	0	a news conference


































10239.json	barely-true	keystone xl allows canada to pump their oil, send it through our land, down to the gulf, where it will be sold everywhere else.	energy,gas-prices	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference in burma


































3684.json	false	drilling for oil on the outer continental shelf and in parts of alaska will immediately reduce our dangerous dependence on foreign oil.	economy,energy	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	an online column


































10130.json	true	a lawyer demanded several houston pastors hand over to the city government many of their private papers, including their sermons.	city-government,legal-issues,religion	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	a letter to david feldman, houston's city attorney


































4779.json	mostly-true	more than half of the people on food stamps today are children.	federal-budget,poverty	marcia-fudge	representative from ohio's 11th congressional district	ohio	democrat	0	1	2	4	0	an msnbc interview with al sharpton


































8071.json	true	says our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years.	deficit	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at knox college in illinois


































8611.json	true	just days ago, irans supreme leader (ali) khamenei, who will oversee implementation of this agreement, was calling israel a rabid dog and accusing the united states of war crimes.	foreign-policy,nuclear	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a press release


































12866.json	barely-true	we know this now. the banks no longer loan (donald trump) money because hes a terrible risk. so he goes to these (russian) oligarchs and borrows money.	corrections-and-updates,economy,history,income,job-accomplishments,transparency,wealth	anthony-weiner		new york	democrat	2	1	2	0	0	an appearance on hbo's real time with bill maher


































12417.json	false	let me say that i dont think (bernie sanders has) had a single negative ad ever run against him.	corrections-and-updates,elections,campaign-advertising	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an interview on meet the press


































13425.json	pants-fire	fbi confirms evidence of huge underground clinton sex network.	candidates-biography,children,congress,criminal-justice,history,human-rights,women	conservative-daily-post		nevada	organization	0	0	0	0	1	a posting on the internet


































2041.json	true	attorney general mccollum, speaker-designate cannon, senate president-designate haridopolos and i stood up to governor crist and worked to remove jim greer as chairman because of his mismanagement of the party.	legal-issues	john-thrasher	republican party of florida chairman	florida	republican	2	1	0	0	1	a press release sent by the republican party of florida


































7374.json	false	on his definition of takers and makers	federal-budget,medicare,social-security,welfare	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	interviews


































6499.json	mostly-true	thirty percent of [sheldon whitehouse campaign] money is coming from special interests.	campaign-finance	barry-hinckley		rhode island	republican	0	4	1	2	2	a news conference


































2736.json	mostly-true	lizbeth benacquistos supporters would make (abortion) illegal in all cases, including rape, incest, even to save a womans life.	abortion,message-machine,women	kevin-rader		florida	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a campaign tv ad


































8208.json	mostly-true	we are about halfway to the presidents goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions and about half of that is because of the substitution of natural gas for coal in the power sector.	energy,environment	ernest-moniz	u.s. secretary of energy	massachusetts	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a question and answer session at columbia university


































1821.json	half-true	the primary election results show democrats are strong in kentucky because the democratic candidates both got more votes than rand paul did.	elections,abc-news-week	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	an interview on abc's 'this week.'


































3962.json	mostly-true	says 11 percent of the nations fatal car crashes in 2009 were attributed to distracted driving.	public-safety	judith-zaffirini	texas state senator	texas	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	remarks on the senate floor


































8945.json	mostly-true	most folks wages havent gone up in over a decade.	corporations,economy,income,jobs,workers	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech


































3519.json	half-true	says a photo id voting law in georgia didnt dissuade black voters from participating in voting. it hasnt, it doesnt, and apparently, if you do cause and effect in that state, its been helpful.	elections	bill-batchelder	state representative	ohio	republican	0	1	1	1	3	a news conference


































3537.json	half-true	the ratio of people working for the government and working in manufacturing today is an almost exact reversal of the situation in 1960.	economy,federal-budget,history,jobs,labor	steve-moore			none	1	1	1	0	0	a column in the wall street journal


































7973.json	false	says terry mcauliffe opposes virginias right-to-work law.	labor,legal-issues,unions	ken-cuccinelli	attorney general	virginia	republican	1	10	3	2	1	a radio interview.


































5902.json	mostly-true	says since 2000, austins tax burden rose more than 40 percent while family income rose more than 20 percent.	city-budget,city-government,taxes	dominic-chavez	senior director, external relations, texas higher education coordinating board	texas	none	0	0	0	1	0	a campaign video


































10434.json	true	the republican party has not won a presidential election without either a bush or a nixon on the ticket since 1928.	bush-administration,elections	tweets			none	2	3	1	2	3	various social media postings


































3799.json	pants-fire	says his barehanded catch posted on youtube is real.	baseball	evan-longoria	third baseman for the tampa bay rays	florida	none	0	0	0	0	1	comments to reporters.


































7413.json	false	phoenix is already one of the kidnapping capitals of the world.	crime	wayne-lapierre			none	3	1	3	1	0	an op-ed in the daily caller


































1708.json	barely-true	the health care and education reconciliation act is the largest-ever investment in higher education.	education,federal-budget	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a press release.


































9183.json	mostly-true	seventy-two percent of georgians did not have a chance to finish college.	education	karen-handel			republican	2	0	3	3	1	an email


































4446.json	false	the majority last quarter of sherrod browns campaign contributions came from outside of the state of ohio.	campaign-finance,elections	josh-mandel	ohio treasurer	ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a television interview


































10380.json	mostly-true	says mitch mcconnell credits republicans for recent economic improvements even though they took control of the senate only days ago.	congress,economy,elections,job-accomplishments,jobs	gwen-moore	u.s. house member -- 4th district	wisconsin	democrat	3	4	4	3	1	a tweet


































10789.json	mostly-true	a penn state university study found that electronic cigarettes . . . are far less addictive than cigarettes.	children,consumer-safety,drugs,legal-issues,public-health,public-safety,recreation,market-regulation,science	dino-baccari	founder, white horse vapor	rhode island	activist	0	0	0	1	0	testimony before the senate committee on health & human services.


































8551.json	false	on (the federal minimum wage of) $7.75, you cant even make half the poverty level.	families,poverty,workers	jim-mcdermott	u.s. representative	washington state	democrat	1	1	1	0	0	an interview on msnbc's politics nation


































11042.json	true	jasper county in texas raised property taxes by 7 percent in order to pay for one death penalty case.	crime,criminal-justice,taxes	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	an opinion column


































12714.json	false	the clinton camp was the first to get it out there and try to say there was something untoward about the speech that melania trump gave.	campaign-advertising	paul-manafort			republican	0	2	1	0	1	a press conference


































4258.json	half-true	says that voter identification laws keep poor people from voting, minorities from voting, the elderly from voting, students from voting.	elections	marcia-fudge	representative from ohio's 11th congressional district	ohio	democrat	0	1	2	4	0	a news conference on voting rights


































7542.json	true	nearly 65 percent -- almost two-thirds -- of all new permanent residents obtained that status by virtue of their family status.	immigration	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	in his book 'immigration wars'


































4560.json	barely-true	says that politicians who approved collective bargaining restrictions for public employees exploited a loophole exempting themselves from senate bill 5.	elections,jobs,labor,unions	we-are-ohio		ohio	none	2	0	0	1	0	a campaign commercial


































8627.json	half-true	its a good sign for obamacare that in california, the proportion of kids who are signing up is the proportion of kids in the population.	health-care	ezekiel-emanuel	vice provost for global initiatives and chair of the department of medical ethics and health policy 		democrat	1	0	2	0	0	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































7099.json	false	wisconsin is the only state that allows parents or guardians to purchase alcohol for their children regardless of whether that child is seven or 20 years old at bars and restaurants.	alcohol,public-health	health-first-wisconsin		wisconsin	organization	0	1	0	0	0	a news release


































2700.json	half-true	company may close, all because government essentially says if they dont hire a lifeguard to watch their workers, they cant stay open.	economy,government-efficiency,jobs,legal-issues,message-machine,small-business	jeff-brandes	director of real estate at tibbetts holdings llc, his family's business	florida	republican	0	0	1	1	0	a campaign video


































9650.json	pants-fire	more than 3,000 homicides were committed by illegal aliens over the past six years.	crime,criminal-justice,immigration	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an interview with glenn beck


































9307.json	half-true	explosive growth in medicare is the reason federal deficit spending is predicted to top $1 trillion again after falling to $600 billion annually.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare	sean-duffy	member of the u.s. house	wisconsin	republican	5	1	6	1	2	an interview


































7835.json	barely-true	two weeks after signing a taxpayer protection pledge, (charlie crist) breaks it.	public-health,state-budget,taxes	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a web ad


































6166.json	true	as massachusetts governor, mitt romney used a line-item veto to cut millions of dollars for firefighting equipment, including firefighters coats, pants, helmets and boots.	candidates-biography,labor,public-safety,state-budget,unions,workers	mahlon-mitchell			democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a news release


































4549.json	false	on how he measures his promise to create 700,000 private-sector jobs in seven years.	jobs	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	an answer to reporters


































9963.json	half-true	says rick scott pled the fifth 75 times to avoid jail for medicare fraud.	corrections-and-updates,legal-issues	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a campaign commercial


































2194.json	barely-true	over the time that president obama has been in office, we have lost 2.5 million free enterprise system jobs, and, yet, 500,000 federal government jobs have been added.	economy	pete-sessions	u.s. house representative	texas	republican	1	0	1	0	0	a speech in the u.s. house


































13141.json	barely-true	brock turners early release will be a regular occurrence if prop. 57 passes.	crime,criminal-justice	stop-57-campaign		california	organization	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign press release.


































6797.json	mostly-true	taxes are lower on families than theyve been probably in the last 50 years.	history,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview on cbs' 60 minutes


































2705.json	barely-true	as a state representative, david cicilline argued against megans law and voted against mandatory registration of sex offenders.	children,criminal-justice,campaign-advertising,voting-record	americans-commonsense-solutions			none	1	0	0	0	0	a radio ad


































220.json	true	this guy didn't even support ronald reagan.	elections	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	msnbc's morning joe


































9755.json	half-true	says rick scott is letting duke (energy) keep collecting billions despite troubled power plants.	energy,florida	nextgen-climate			organization	0	0	3	0	0	a campaign ad


































6423.json	half-true	says mitt romney paid only 14 percent in taxes probably less than you.	candidates-biography,message-machine-2012,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign ad


































13340.json	half-true	as executive director of the democratic party of virginia there were 300 people on my payroll in 2008.	job-accomplishments	levar-stoney	richmond mayoral candidate	virginia	democrat	1	1	1	0	0	a debate.


































3159.json	barely-true	the new start treaty was passed despite significant concerns among some people in the state and defense departments.	military,nuclear	bill-janis	lawyer	virginia	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a floor speech in the house of delegates.


































8076.json	pants-fire	u.s. department of homeland security has told banks -- in writing -- it may inspect safe deposit boxes without warrant and seize any gold, silver, guns or other valuables it finds inside those boxes!	homeland-security	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	an email


































12694.json	half-true	do you know what the second sport with the most concussions is? womens soccer and the third most dangerous sport? cheerleading.	health-care,sports,women	drew-brees	quarterback	louisiana	none	0	0	1	0	0	as quoted in an interview with kirk bohls of the austin american-statesman


































10236.json	pants-fire	austin mayoral candidate steve adler has never been active in anything that has to do with city hall.	candidates-biography,city-government,crime,criminal-justice	mike-martinez	member, austin city council	texas	democrat	1	0	1	1	1	an interview for a news story


































1167.json	mostly-true	we waterboard, incidentally, hundreds of our own military personnel. they waterboard themselves in training to toughen themselves up.	military	duncan-hunter	u.s. representative	california	republican	0	1	0	2	0	an interview on msnbc


































10343.json	half-true	graduation rates of players at major football colleges are still twenty points below their male campus peers and worsened in the past three years.	education,sports	jim-moran	u. s. congressman	virginia	democrat	2	1	1	6	1	a facebook post.


































9761.json	pants-fire	the wife of the ferguson, mo., police chief said african-americans in ferguson are feral and violent.	city-government,crime,criminal-justice,families,human-rights,urban	tweets			none	2	3	1	2	3	posts on twitter


































11432.json	barely-true	in milwaukee county, juveniles arrested for car theft get sent immediately home, because under the point system in juvenile court on holding suspects, a stolen car gets zero points.	children,crime,criminal-justice,legal-issues,transportation,urban	edward-flynn			none	1	0	3	2	0	a forum


































237.json	pants-fire	obama was enrolled in a wahabi school in jakarta. wahabism is the radical teaching that is followed by the muslim terrorists who are now waging jihad against the western world.	obama-birth-certificate,religion	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	


































5677.json	true	to get out of the (teachers) union, you pay 85 percent of $731. then youre out of the union, but youve got to pay it every year, also required by statute. thats called a representation fee.	education,unions	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	an appearance at the hoover institution at stanford university


































2789.json	false	were the only system of federalism in the world.	health-care,history,states	pam-bondi		florida	republican	2	2	0	4	0	an interview with fox news.


































11129.json	mostly-true	the top one-tenth of 1 percent of americans own almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent.	economy,income,retirement,social-security,wealth	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a speech


































359.json	false	hillary's main extracurricular activity in law school was helping the black panthers, on trial in connecticut for torturing and killing a federal agent.	candidates-biography	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail based on an article written by dick morris


































13504.json	mostly-true	texans pay the sixth-highest property tax in the nation.	taxes	dan-patrick	lieutenant governor-elect	texas	republican	4	4	3	4	4	a press release


































6027.json	half-true	figures cited by gov. scott walker are not commonly used to measure job creation.	jobs	tom-barrett	mayor of milwaukee	wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	a debate


































1164.json	pants-fire	over the past few months, we've learned that we just can't count on the media to debunk lies about health insurance reform.	health-care,pundits	organizing-america			democrat	0	0	2	0	1	a fundraising e-mail


































4411.json	true	the day president obama took office, gasoline was $1.79 a gallon.	economy,energy,gas-prices	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a republican presidential debate at the reagan presidential library


































3400.json	false	says students who receive free or reduced lunch are performing just as well as students who do not.	education	thad-altman	state senator	florida	republican	0	1	0	0	0	comments while discussing merit pay for teachers


































11818.json	false	i never once asked that (megyn kelly) be removed as a debate moderator.	candidates-biography,debates	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on cnn


































1094.json	half-true	the stimulus has delivered $43 billion in tax relief to american working families and businesses	economy,stimulus,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	his weekly radio address


































8608.json	false	in wisconsin, more than 300,000 people have some kind of addictive gambling problem, whether its pathological or what wed categorize as a problem gambler.	gambling	julaine-appling	executive director, wisconsin family action	wisconsin	none	0	2	0	0	0	a radio interview


































5814.json	half-true	says mitt romneys top five donors are wall street firms, while barack obamas top five are technology companies and universities.	campaign-finance	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a facebook post


































10900.json	barely-true	you dont have to be as smart as a fifth-grader to know what causes the climate is the sun. the sun. i have people tell me, carbon dioxide warms the earth. no, it doesnt. the sun warms the earth.	climate-change,weather	don-zimmerman	computer systems	texas	republican	2	0	0	1	0	an austin city council briefing


































11347.json	mostly-true	every general city of milwaukee employee pays toward his or her pension, but approximately 88 percent of our police officers and firefighters do not.	city-budget,city-government,labor,pensions,public-safety,taxes,unions	tom-barrett	mayor of milwaukee	wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	a speech


































6421.json	false	we actually made history in 2010. we came the closest in 24 years to defeating frank pallone.	elections	anna-little	immigration attorney	new jersey	republican	1	1	0	0	0	an interview on njtoday


































9646.json	barely-true	says a new report shows the devastating tax hikes (in the health care law) will have on middle-class kentuckians.	health-care,taxes	mitch-mcconnell	senate minority leader	kentucky	republican	7	6	5	7	0	a press release


































12744.json	mostly-true	while hillary clinton plans a massive, and i mean massive, tax increase, i have proposed the largest tax reduction of any candidate who has run for president this year, democrat or republican.	taxes	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	his acceptance speech at the republican natiional convention in cleveland


































4407.json	true	the republican-controlled wisconsin assembly approved only one out of 376 amendments offered by assembly democrats in 2011.	bipartisanship	brett-hulsey			democrat	1	3	0	0	0	an opinion column


































12574.json	mostly-true	despite the rhetoric from democrat politicians, more people are employed this year than at any point in the history of wisconsin.	jobs	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a tweet


































13311.json	half-true	there was even a time when (donald trump) didnt get an emmy for his tv program three years in a row and he started tweeting that the emmys were rigged.	candidates-biography,elections,pop-culture	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the third 2016 presidential debate


































10945.json	true	the top25 hedge fund managers (are) making more than all of americas kindergarten teachers combined.	education,income,wealth	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a campaign rally speech


































10692.json	barely-true	under barack obama, the average cost of family health care premiums has increased by $4,154.	children,families,government-regulation,health-care	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a tweet


































11381.json	half-true	we sell 40 percent of our guns without a background check.	guns	mark-kelly			newsmaker	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on state of the union


































6897.json	half-true	on ending the war in iraq, gov. romney said that was a tragic mistake, we should have left 30,000 troops there.	iraq	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	the vice presidential debate


































6653.json	half-true	weve got 7.2 percent unemployment (in ohio), but when you include the folks who have stopped looking for work, its actually over 10 percent.	economy,jobs	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a television interview


































11919.json	mostly-true	says dontre hamilton, who was killed during a confrontation with a milwaukee police officer, was unarmed.	crime,criminal-justice,public-health,public-safety,urban	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a debate


































1108.json	pants-fire	all non-us citizens, illegal or not, will be provided with free health care services.	health-care,immigration	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































12100.json	half-true	requiring photo id would keep about 200,000 missourians from voting.	elections,legal-issues	kip-kendrick	state representative	missouri	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a league of women voters town hall meeting


































9751.json	barely-true	kids coming from an affluent background are taking advantage of all these student loan programs and grants while many middle-class families with no connection to college are picking up the tab.	education,federal-budget	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	statement at a town hall meeting


































178.json	mostly-true	i believe in tax cuts. i believe in being a supply-sider. i cut the income tax i think it was 24 percent. we got 42 percent more revenues.	taxes	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	dearborn, mich.


































10564.json	half-true	at this particular point in time, looking at the field, theres only one individual thats ever had the uniform of his country onand thats me.	candidates-biography,military	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a web ad


































12757.json	mostly-true	nearly 180,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records, ordered deported from our country, are tonight roaming free to threaten peaceful citizens.	immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	in a speech at the republican convention


































625.json	barely-true	john mccain worries about nuclear waste in arizona, but not in nevada.	energy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a television ad


































8396.json	false	rather than prioritize and pass ethics reform measures to restore trust in state government, (democrats) sat on their hands and did nothing when they were the majority.	ethics	gagop			republican	2	1	1	0	0	a press release


































1468.json	false	vice president joe biden's meeting with the transparency and accountability board . . . was closed to the public.	economy,stimulus,transparency	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a speech to members of the tea party


































5299.json	false	says she wiped out the state agriculture departments inspections of eggs at retail sites like grocery stores.	agriculture,market-regulation	susan-combs	state comptroller	texas	republican	0	1	0	0	1	an interview


































10664.json	pants-fire	says ted cruz just flip-flopped about the president needing to be u.s.-born.	candidates-biography	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	an online meme


































13460.json	true	texas spends more per day to house an inmate than we do on a student.	crime,criminal-justice,education,state-budget,state-finances,states	jennie-lou-leeder	head swim coach	texas	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	an interview with the austin american-statesman


































7563.json	true	if you go back to 1999, wayne lapierre testified on behalf of the nra that background checks were appropriate and should be done.	guns	michael-bloomberg		new york	independent	0	2	2	3	0	an appearance on 'meet the press'


































9348.json	mostly-true	the wisconsin school voucher program has no research that shows that its going to improve student learning.	children,education,poverty,religion,state-budget	mary-burke	madison school board member	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	11	8	3	a forum


































8329.json	barely-true	with obamacare, were fixing to get hit with the biggest entitlement program the american taxpayers have ever seen.	federal-budget,health-care	saxby-chambliss	u.s. senator	georgia	republican	1	1	3	4	1	a discussion on cnn's crossfire


































1991.json	false	says his gop challenger, doug macginnitie, hadnt voted in a republican primary for almost 20 years until 2008.