says an estimate that texas will face an $18 billion budget gap is a number that somebody just reached up in the air and grabbed.	state-budget	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an interview


































6569.json	barely-true	the health care law imposes a federal mandate requiring middle-class americans to buy health insurance whether they can afford it or not.	health-care	artur-davis		alabama	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a speech at the republican national convention in tampa


































1667.json	mostly-true	the most private question on this years form asks for an individuals race, and that question has been asked by every census since the 1790 census conducted under then-president george washington.	census	patrick-mchenry	u.s. congressman	north carolina	republican	0	1	0	2	0	an op ed article


































4694.json	false	on whether he would run for u.s. senate in 2012.	elections	connie-mack	u.s. representative from fort myers	florida	republican	3	3	1	3	1	news reports


































9205.json	half-true	says opposing the paycheck fairness act is part of the koch brothers agenda.	congress,income,women	gary-peters	u.s. representative	michigan	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a press release


































4499.json	barely-true	says he never said he wanted to move social security back to the states.	social-security	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a republican presidential debate in orlando


































833.json	mostly-true	mccain called for less regulation21 times just this year.	economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	north carolina


































4169.json	half-true	this past (legislative) session, we passed out of the legislature a resolution requiring congress to pass a balanced-budget amendment to the (u.s.) constitution.	deficit,federal-budget	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a campaign video.


































2432.json	mostly-true	our tax rates are lower now than they were under ronald reagan. theyre much lower than they were under dwight eisenhower.	history,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a televised town hall


































4307.json	false	thirty-seven percent of central falls retired police officers and firefighters are out on disability pensions; in most municipalities, about 5 percent of retirees collect disability pensions.	city-budget,city-government,disability,government-efficiency,labor,public-safety,retirement,unions	stephen-lisauskas	consultant	massachusetts	newsmaker	0	1	0	0	0	a public meeting


































6132.json	true	in 2008, 33.2 percent of those who voted early on the last sunday before election day were african-american, while 23.6 percent were hispanic.	elections	corrine-brown	u.s. representative	florida	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a press release


































3815.json	half-true	theres a 1.5 percent to 2 percent overhead in medicare. the insurance companies have a 20 percent to 30 percent overhead.	health-care,medicare	barbara-boxer	u.s. senator	california	democrat	2	0	3	4	1	an interview with msnbc's chris matthews


































7883.json	true	47 - new provisions obamacare charges the irs with implementing, according to the government accountability office.	health-care,taxes	dave-joyce	member of congress	ohio	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a tweet


































4292.json	half-true	josh mandel used to be pro-choice, now hes anti-choice. he used to be sympathetic towards gay and lesbians and now hes [not].	abortion,gays-and-lesbians	ted-strickland	former ohio governor	ohio	democrat	2	6	7	4	1	an interview with politico


































11465.json	true	brewpubs cant sell growlers of their beer to customers.	alcohol,market-regulation,states	slice-pint-brewpub			none	0	0	0	0	0	the fall menu


































7205.json	true	did u know? block island wind farm would mean 40% est. drop in bi electric rates.	energy,infrastructure	deepwater-wind			none	0	0	0	0	0	a tweet


































8212.json	barely-true	obamacare-caused paperwork will annually absorb 190 million hours or more--and mount rushmore could be built 1,547 times over with the paperwork.	federal-budget,health-care	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a senate floor colloquy


































3542.json	barely-true	fifty percent of our students who enter higher education need to take remedial courses because they are not prepared for college-level work.	education,state-budget	donna-howard	texas house representative	texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	0	remarks on the house floor


































7474.json	true	we have over 300,000,000 weapons, firearms in this country. thats almost as big as the population.	guns	james-florio	former governor of new jersey	new jersey	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on governors' perspective


































11725.json	barely-true	both cruz andrubio are missing the vast majority of their votes.	congress,voting-record	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































9397.json	mostly-true	the five taliban detainees being released from guantanamo in exchange for captured army sgt. bowe bergdahl are the hardest of the hard-core. these are the highest high-risk people.	foreign-policy,military,terrorism	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	an interview on cbs' face the nation


































10640.json	barely-true	says israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu didnt change his position on a two-state solution.	israel	ron-dermer	israeli ambassador to the united states		none	2	0	0	0	0	comments on nbc's meet the press


































3394.json	mostly-true	says women who need a sonogram in the eighth to 10th week of pregnancy have to get a transvaginal sonogram.	abortion,health-care,women	carol-alvarado	texas house representative	texas	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	remarks on the house floor


































2210.json	false	theres still about $400 billion or $500 billion of the stimulus plan that has not been spent. why dont we stop it.	federal-budget,stimulus,taxes	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	an interview on nbc's 'meet the press'


































8515.json	barely-true	says alex sink supported a $5.2 billion increase in floridas debt.	debt,economy,state-finances	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a youtube attack ad


































3126.json	mostly-true	of the topfive cities for staged automobile accidents, three are in florida. we rank no. 1 in the country in staged auto accidents.	consumer-safety,crime	jeff-atwater	state senator	florida	republican	0	1	1	1	0	a meeting with reporters in tallahassee


































6954.json	barely-true	frank guinta voted to make middle class taxpayers pay over a $1,000 more a year in taxes.	taxes	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	an ad, “regular,” 


































1602.json	half-true	for years now, we have spent more money than we have taken in.	economy	annise-parker	mayor of houston	texas	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a newspaper article


































3445.json	barely-true	senate democrats who left the state for weeks to delay a vote on union bargaining power exercised a wisconsin filibuster provided by the states constitution.	state-budget	chris-larson	wisconsin senate minority leader	wisconsin	democrat	6	5	0	1	1	a statement to a tv reporter


































7896.json	true	the pink pony club in dekalb county has never been cited for any violation of an ordinance or state law.	legal-issues	pink-pony			none	0	0	1	0	0	an interview


































11673.json	true	since 2008, gwinnett countys population has grown 15 percent, while the county government staff has increased only 1 percent.	census,county-budget,county-government,economy,jobs,public-safety,public-service,workers	charlotte-nash		georgia	republican	1	0	1	2	0	a statement


































8594.json	true	harry reid was against (the nuclear option) before he was for it. mitch mcconnell was for it before he was against it. president obama was against it before he was for it.	congressional-rules	matthew-dowd	commentator	texas	independent	0	0	2	4	0	comments on abc's this week


































9611.json	pants-fire	north korea is telling its people that their mens national team is in the world cup final.	foreign-policy,sports	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	a post on the blog outside the beltway


































11107.json	true	says david jolly refused to cut spending for a national greenhouse in d.c.	federal-budget	club-growth			none	4	5	4	2	0	a statement


































8363.json	half-true	says david dewhurst went out for drinks during senate debate on abortion bill.	abortion,corrections-and-updates	todd-staples	state agriculture commissioner	texas	republican	0	1	4	3	1	an interview on a lubbock radio station


































8284.json	half-true	the cdc issued a report commissioned by president obama just earlier this year, and it found some very inconvenient facts. armed citizens are less likely harmed by attackers. effectiveness of gun control laws is mixed. gun buybacks dont work.	guns,health-care,public-safety,pundits	se-cupp	co-host of cnn's crossfire		republican	0	0	1	0	0	a discussion on cnn's crossfire


































12059.json	true	the walton family of walmart ... this one family owns more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of the american people.	economy,wealth	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a campaign rally.


































8290.json	barely-true	cuccinelli wants to make all abortion illegal, even in cases of rape and incest, even to protect a womans health.	abortion	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a tv ad.


































2473.json	false	says rand paul thinks drug-dealing, theft, burglary and prostitution should be decriminalized.	crime,message-machine	jack-conway	kentucky attorney general	kentucky	democrat	0	1	0	2	0	a campaign video


































12386.json	half-true	by the time you drink your coffee, an elephant is killed for its ivory tusks.	animals,environment,trade	minka-kelly			newsmaker	0	0	1	0	0	a post on instagram


































12250.json	half-true	the overwhelming amount of the money that were raisingis not going to hillary (clinton) to run for president. ...its going to the congressmen and senators to try to take back congress.	campaign-finance,corrections-and-updates	george-clooney	actor	california	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































676.json	false	when sarah palin was in government, barack obama was a community organizer.	candidates-biography	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	pittsburgh, pa. 


































4880.json	false	says his 9-9-9 tax reform plan is not regressive.	taxes	herman-cain		georgia	republican	4	11	5	3	3	several public statements


































9017.json	half-true	about half the people who would qualify for medicaid expansion in florida can buy a health care plan for $30 a month on the federal health care exchange.	health-care,medicaid	will-weatherford	state representative	florida	republican	2	3	4	3	0	an interview with the tampa bay times


































11752.json	pants-fire	until the new iran deal, china and russia have never voted with us at the u.n. on any sanctions on iran in the past.	china,history,job-accomplishments,nuclear	nancy-pelosi	house minority leader	california	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	an interview on cnn


































1195.json	false	insurers delayed an illinois man's treatment, and he died because of it.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech to a joint session of congress


































12753.json	mostly-true	says hillary clinton supported north american free trade agreement), and she supported chinas entrance into the world trade organization. she supported the job-killing trade deal with south korea. she supported the trans-pacific partnership.	candidates-biography,trade	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech at the republican national convention


































3248.json	mostly-true	says there are ohio turnpike workers getting paid $66,000 a year to collect tolls that machines might collect.	government-efficiency,state-budget	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a newspaper column


































11159.json	half-true	fox changed around their poll eligibility criteria on the day they announced who is in and out of their debate.	debates	rachel-maddow	msnbc host		none	6	6	4	6	1	a segment on her msnbc show


































2336.json	barely-true	since being elected, (tom barrett) has dumped 8.2 billion gallons of raw sewage into lake michigan.	environment	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	campaign news releases in the wake of sewage dumping


































10821.json	true	an audit shows there are 6.5 million people who have active social security numbers who are 112 years of age or older,	social-security	mark-warner	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	3	1	6	3	0	a news release.


































16.json	half-true	both china and japan have surpassed us, with japanese cars now getting an average of 45 miles to the gallon.	energy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	detroit, mich.


































9706.json	pants-fire	this administration is slashing the navy to pay for more obamacare.	health-care,message-machine-2014,military	ed-gillespie	republican strategist	washington, d.c.	republican	2	3	2	2	1	a debate.


































5730.json	half-true	since president obama took office, our federal spending has increased by nearly 30 percent and our national debt has increased by almost 50 percent.	deficit,federal-budget	jim-renacci	u.s. representative 	ohio	republican	5	3	4	1	1	a campaign email


































563.json	barely-true	mccain will give more tax breaks to big oil.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	


































5446.json	half-true	since president obama took full control of washington, every day, 13,000 more people have been put on food stamps.	economy,message-machine-2012,poverty	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	an advertisement


































7689.json	half-true	the election bill allows persons to correct an absentee ballot if they did not sign it and requires an extra two hours a day for early voting. everything else in this bill is discretionary.	elections	christopher-l-smith	state senator	florida	democrat	0	0	2	1	0	a column in the south florida sun sentinel


































11632.json	true	says president barack obama will not utter the words radical islamic terrorism and as matter of policy, nobody in the administration will say the words radical islamic terrorism.	islam,terrorism	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a news conference.


































7511.json	true	more than 64 percent of minimum-wage earners are women.	workers	nancy-pelosi	house minority leader	california	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	a news conference


































3757.json	half-true	president barack obama deserves to be called the most successful food stamp president in american history because 47 million americans are on food stamps.	economy,families,hunger	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































7020.json	barely-true	says maggie hassan pays zero property taxes on her $500,000 home.	taxes	republican-governors-association		washington, d.c.	republican	5	1	6	4	2	republican governor's association says nh candidate for governor maggie hassan pays no taxes


































950.json	false	under the obama plan . . . all the health care in this country is eventually going to be run by the government.	health-care	tom-coburn	u.s. senator	oklahoma	republican	2	3	3	2	0	an interview on the fox news channel.


































7621.json	mostly-true	says obama called medicaid broken four years ago.	health-care,medicaid	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a speech at the conservative political action conference


































10327.json	mostly-true	in the u.s. agreement with the cuban government, no commitment was made to allowing the establishment of political parties or to even begin the semblance of a transition to a democracy.	foreign-policy,human-rights	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a press conference


































9245.json	false	ryan sittons company accepted over $650,000 in obama stimulus dollars.	candidates-biography,small-business,stimulus	young-conservatives-texas	political group	texas	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a press release


































693.json	barely-true	for four days in denver, the democrats were afraid to use the words 'islamic terrorism.'	terrorism	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a speech at the republican national convention.


































1115.json	half-true	a former clinton administration official and other economists agree that if you keep extending these temporary unemployment benefits, youre just going to extend joblessness even more.	economy,pundits,stimulus	michelle-malkin	blogger and commentator	colorado	none	0	1	1	0	0	on this week with george stephanopoulos


































3303.json	half-true	in the past decade, k-12 funding has grown six times faster than the rate of enrollment.	education,state-budget	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	comments to the richmond times-dispatch


































2927.json	barely-true	cities like seattle have decided to ban food carts.	food-safety,market-regulation	randy-leonard	portland city commissioner	oregon	none	1	0	0	0	0	a city council meeting


































3955.json	mostly-true	creating 25 jobs in umatilla county has the same impact as 500 jobs in the metro region.	economy,jobs	john-kitzhaber	governor of oregon	oregon	democrat	1	1	4	4	0	a press release


































12139.json	half-true	will (hb2)threaten federal funding for public schools under title ix? no, according to a federal court which has looked at a similar issue.	education,gays-and-lesbians,government-regulation,sexuality	pat-mccrory	governor of north carolina	north carolina	republican	5	2	3	0	1	a list of rebuttals to criticism over the law


































11179.json	false	some of the things that (megyn kelly) said, i didnt say.	women	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a meet the press interview


































4459.json	true	says an amendment specifying when military members may use deadly force does nothing to change existing rules of engagement for american service members.	afghanistan,iraq,legal-issues,voting-record	david-cicilline	mayor of providence	rhode island	democrat	7	4	5	4	1	a letter posted on a blog 


































3804.json	true	sometimes i was the only no vote on the entire board.	voting-record	jeff-brandes	director of real estate at tibbetts holdings llc, his family's business	florida	republican	0	0	1	1	0	response to a question about his voting record.


































8836.json	pants-fire	monica wehby and jason conger are causing devastating consequences for nearly 23,000 oregonians looking for work.	workers	justin-barasky	democratic senatorial campaign committee press secretary	washington d.c.	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a dscc news release


































3655.json	pants-fire	after the u.s.-led military alliance ejected saddam husseins forces from kuwait in 1991, the kuwaitis never paid us.	foreign-policy,history,military	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a press conference


































5537.json	half-true	the total (state) payroll has gone down. the total amount of the number of workers in the state has gone down. i like the fact that the bulk of that is just by retirements.	government-efficiency,state-budget,state-finances	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a session with reporters


































9135.json	barely-true	says the estate tax is a threat to family farms.	agriculture,taxes	kentucky-opportunity-coalition		kentucky	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign ad


































13433.json	false	we can fix our roads without raising taxes.	taxes,transportation	citizens-protect-transportation-funding	group pushing a safe roads constitutional amendment	illinois	organization	0	1	0	0	0	a tv ad


































9144.json	pants-fire	says michelle obama waved red communist flags on her trip to china.	foreign-policy,pop-culture	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email


































5764.json	mostly-true	only 14 percent of catholics agree with the vaticans position that abortion should be illegal.	abortion,polls,religion,women	jon-obrien	president, catholics for choice		activist	0	0	0	1	0	written testimony at a house hearing


































12711.json	barely-true	says donald trump is against minimum wage.	economy,jobs,workers	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a speech.


































9134.json	barely-true	less than 1 percent of 1 percent of the american population has given an amount over $200 to a federal political campaign.	elections	heather-mcghee	president, demos		none	1	0	1	0	0	an interview on msnbc


































522.json	false	obama couldn't have afforded his home without rezko's help.	ethics	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	in a news release


































84.json	true	obama skips out on condemning left-wing attacks on gen. petraeus despite casting other 'important votes' earlier and later in the day.	iraq	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	


































10195.json	half-true	americas least-trusted news sources are also its most popular.	polls,pundits	leonard-pitts-jr			democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a column in the miami herald


































8328.json	half-true	among the nations 51 largest metropolitan areas, milwaukee is the only one where the poverty rate is more than four times greater in the city than it is in the suburbs.	city-budget,city-government,income,jobs,poverty	tom-barrett	mayor of milwaukee	wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	an interview


































7591.json	barely-true	only three in 10 texas doctors are currently accepting new medicaid patients.	federal-budget,health-care,medicaid,public-health,state-budget	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a press release jointly issued with u.s. sens. john cornyn and ted cruz.


































1006.json	half-true	obama's first call (as president) to any head of state was to mahmoud abbas, leader of fatah party in the palestinian territory.	foreign-policy	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































131.json	false	the clintons now charge the secret service $10,000 monthly rent for the use of (a) secret service residence and that rent is just about equal to their mortgage payment.	candidates-biography	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	an e-mail message circulated by many people.


































6504.json	false	says an appointed board created under obamacare will have the ability to come between you and your doctor in determining the best treatment options for you!	health-care	john-carter	u.s. house of representatives	texas	republican	0	3	1	2	2	a letter to constituents.


































7081.json	barely-true	says that over the past 20 years, texas public school spending rose 142 percent and per-pupil spending more than tripled when adjusted for inflation.	education,state-budget	jason-isaac	transportation consultant	texas	republican	2	0	1	0	1	a league of women voters guide for texas and austin voters


































6710.json	false	david cicilline is the 5th most liberal person in the house of representatives.	candidates-biography,job-accomplishments	bernard-jackvony	attorney	rhode island	republican	1	1	0	0	0	an appearance on a lively experiment.


































5284.json	mostly-true	says u.s. senate democrats have gone without any budget at all for more than 1,000 days.	federal-budget	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a news release


































10859.json	barely-true	saysthe state department has had half a year to respond to a benghazi document request, yet i have not gotten a single, solitary scrap of paper.	congress,terrorism	trey-gowdy	u.s. house of representatives	south carolina	republican	1	1	0	0	0	an interview on fox news


































953.json	barely-true	republican leaders said no to tax cuts for 95% of working americans.	stimulus,taxes	americans-united-change			none	1	4	4	1	0	a cable tv ad


































6882.json	barely-true	we confer more phds each year than any other university in america except berkeley.	education	bill-powers	president, university of texas at austin	texas	none	1	0	0	0	0	his state of the university address.


































1397.json	half-true	the obama administration raised discretionary spending by 24 percent from president george w. bushs last full-year budget and will run up more debt by october than bush did in eight years.	federal-budget,stimulus	karl-rove		texas	republican	2	5	2	8	0	the washington post


































10530.json	half-true	200,000 students attempt suicide every year on college campuses.	education,guns,health-care,public-health	marjorie-sanfilippo	eckerd college psychology professor	florida	none	0	0	1	0	0	a florida senate criminal justice committee hearing


































7483.json	mostly-true	for the first time in eight years, our budget also increases funding for persons with disabilities by $36 million to help more disabled people receive community-based services.	disability,medicaid,state-budget	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a state of the state speech


































11595.json	barely-true	taking all the money of the top 1 percent wouldnt keep medicare going for three years.	education,health-care,taxes	neil-cavuto			republican	1	0	0	0	0	a broadcast of cavuto coast to coast on fox business network


































7408.json	mostly-true	the majority of (the american people) voted for a democratic house.	congress,elections	steny-hoyer	house majority leader	maryland	democrat	0	1	3	4	0	a media availability with reporters


































4566.json	true	we have the highest corporate tax rate in the world. its 35 percent.	corporations,jobs,taxes	jim-sensenbrenner	member of congress	wisconsin	republican	2	4	1	0	0	an interview


































5039.json	half-true	newt balanced the federal budget.	federal-budget,message-machine-2012	winning-our-future			none	2	2	3	1	0	a video ad


































11329.json	mostly-true	says donald trump was forced to file for bankruptcy not once, not twice, four times.	candidates-biography	carly-fiorina		california	republican	5	5	4	3	2	the cnn debate


































2968.json	true	says that in his first 17 months as president, the united states doubled its world-leading $500 million a year commitment to fighting global aids.	federal-budget,foreign-policy,health-care	george-w-bush	president	texas	republican	0	1	1	1	0	his book, decision points.


































11325.json	half-true	the cost of fire in rhode island is anywhere from 33 percent to 100 percent more expensive than anywhere else we could find.	city-budget,city-government,county-budget,county-government,public-safety	kenneth-block	businessman		republican	0	3	2	3	0	tv interview


































223.json	barely-true	iranian mullahs took american hostages and they held the american hostages for 444 days. ...the one hour in which they released them was the one hour in which ronald reagan was taking the oath of office 	foreign-policy	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a tv ad


































1495.json	barely-true	mayor white has major stake in barnett shale production company.	economy,energy,environment,transparency	farouk-shami	businessman	texas	democrat	1	2	2	0	1	a press release


































4015.json	barely-true	rep. jim renaccis plan to end medicare also puts nursing home care for 3,000 seniors in the district in immediate jeopardy.	health-care,medicaid,medicare	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	a news release


































5607.json	true	when we passed (the stand your ground law), we said it portends horrific events when peoples lives were put into these situations.	crime,criminal-justice	arthenia-joyner	state senator	florida	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an interview


































6227.json	mostly-true	the federal government has made investments in science and technology inventing the products that led to the creation of google.	technology	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech


































5298.json	true	weve seen more anti-womens choice bills introduced in the first half of this session than weve seen in the last three general assemblies.	abortion	armond-budish	minority leader in the ohio house of representatives	ohio	democrat	0	1	2	3	0	a news conference


































6942.json	half-true	says his administration put more border patrol agents on the u.s.-mexico border than at any time in history, and the flow of undocumented workers across the border is actually lower than its been in 40 years.	immigration	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the second presidential debate


































9023.json	barely-true	on syria, alot of the allies signed on. at the last minute, obama backed off.	foreign-policy	dick-cheney			republican	5	4	2	2	1	a broadcast of cbs' face the nation


































10576.json	true	already this calendar year, since january 1, we have had more than 20,000 people come across the border, apprehended, unauthorized.	crime,criminal-justice,immigration	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	an interview on cbs's face the nation


































6975.json	true	jim renacci tried to avoid paying taxes on nearly $14 million that he made.	message-machine-2012,campaign-advertising,taxes	betty-sutton	u.s. representative from ohio's 13th district	ohio	democrat	0	2	1	2	1	a campaign commercial


































442.json	true	barack obama accepted $200,000 from executives and employees of oil companies.	energy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a tv ad airing in pennsylvania.


































13031.json	false	in an interview with the chicago tribuneseditorial board, comptroller leslie munger says that in order to balance a budget, the state would have to cut social services completely.	elections,state-budget	seiu-healthcare-illinois-indiana			organization	0	1	0	0	0	a youtube video 


































45.json	pants-fire	iowa, for good reason, for constitutional reasons, for reasons related to the lord, should be the first caucus and primary.	elections	bill-richardson	governor	new mexico	democrat	1	2	3	8	1	


































10752.json	true	the unemployment rate among blacks in texas is 9.5% -- far more than double white unemployment -- and wages have fallen for black workers in texas since 2000.	economy,education,jobs	texas-organizing-project	membership-based group	texas	none	0	0	0	0	0	a press release


































5955.json	barely-true	obamacare could cause 20 million people to lose their current coverage.	health-care,message-machine-2012	us-chamber-commerce			none	6	3	3	1	1	tv commercial


































9592.json	barely-true	children are crossing the border because president barack obama said if you come, youre going to be able to stay, because were not going to enforce the law.	immigration	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	comments on nbc's meet the press


































4480.json	false	says u.s. rep. tammy baldwin is backing president barack obamas plan to pass a $1.5 trillion tax increase.	deficit,federal-budget,taxes	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	a news release


































3555.json	mostly-true	over the past decade, the big five oil companies --- bp, chevron, conocophillips, exxonmobil and shell -- made a total profit of nearly $1 trillion.	corporations,energy,taxes	jim-moran	u. s. congressman	virginia	democrat	2	1	1	6	1	a news release.


































6034.json	half-true	when mitt romney was governor, the fact is that the average income for a family in massachusetts went up by $5,500.	income	ed-gillespie	republican strategist	washington, d.c.	republican	2	3	2	2	1	a fox news sunday interview


































12032.json	half-true	twenty million americans are out of work.	economy,jobs	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a television ad


































11575.json	mostly-true	net immigration from mexico last year was zero. fact-check me.	immigration	martin-omalley	maryland governor	maryland	democrat	3	1	10	4	0	a democratic debate in des moines


































2878.json	mostly-true	the republican plan for tax cuts is to give each millionaire -- the top 1 percent of income in this country -- $83,347 a year in tax cuts.	taxes	alan-grayson	u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	a speech on the house floor.


































3432.json	false	a proposed revenue smart cap gives floridians a voice, requiring a 60 percent vote by citizens in order to impose a new tax, fee, license, fine, charge or assessment.	state-budget,taxes	andy-gardiner	senate majority leader	florida	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a press statement.


































10775.json	barely-true	eighty-five percent of every dollar donated to the clinton foundation ended up either with the clintons or with their staff to pay for travel, salaries, and benefits. fifteen cents of every dollar actually went to some charitable beneficiary.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography,human-rights	rush-limbaugh	radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	a monologue on his radio show


































7170.json	true	fourteen million americans mortgages are greater than the value of their homes.	economy,housing	dennis-kucinich	u.s. representative	ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	a speech on the house floor


































8060.json	half-true	the u.s. postal service doesnt run on your tax dollars. its funded solely by stamps and postage.	debt,federal-budget	american-postal-workers-union			none	0	0	1	0	0	television advertisement


































1030.json	half-true	cheney is disagreeing with president bush's policy. president bush stated repeatedly to international audiences and to the country that he wanted to close guantanamo.	military	colin-powell			republican	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on cbs's face the nation


































1003.json	half-true	barack obama's nominee for 'regulatory czar' has advocated a 'fairness doctrine' for the internet that would require links to opposing opinions.	legal-issues,technology	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	


































2431.json	true	weve created more than 850,000 jobs, more than all the other states combined.	economy,message-machine	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a tv ad


































7095.json	half-true	there is no reason to allocate 60 percent of bridge space to satisfy two percent of all travelers.	county-budget,transportation	john-charles	president and ceo of cascade policy institute	oregon	libertarian	0	0	1	1	0	an online post


































8145.json	pants-fire	a united nations working group has adopted a proposed agenda to enable member nations to disarm civilians within their borders.	guns	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a document shared via email and social media


































5711.json	barely-true	says she balanced a $10 billion budget shortfall without raising taxes.	message-machine-2012,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	elizabeth-ames-jones		texas	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a web video.


































9759.json	false	if 20 million illegals vote, you can kiss the second amendment goodbye.	guns,immigration,message-machine-2014	joe-miller		alaska	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign mailer


































11397.json	false	planned parenthood has now (been) found to also illegally sell baby parts.	abortion	john-stemberger		florida	republican	1	2	0	0	0	a letter to gov. rick scott


































11790.json	true	anyone can die of a toothache.	health-care,medicaid	john-cortes	district 43 state representative	florida	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a house health innovation subcommittee meeting


































6303.json	true	says jim frishe wanted to tax us for doing our taxes through an accountant.	message-machine-2012,taxes	accountability-government		florida	none	0	0	0	0	0	a tv ad


































9162.json	mostly-true	when republicans last controlled the presidency and congress, the number of people on food stamps (and) the number of people in low-income housing went through the roof.	bush-administration,housing,hunger,poverty,welfare	glenn-grothman	state senator, 20th district	wisconsin	republican	2	4	1	1	0	a radio interview


































10105.json	barely-true	this year, the austin city council granted a small homestead property tax exemption of $5,000... applied equally to everyone. and we also granted an exemption for the elderly and the disabled members of the community.	taxes	sheryl-cole	attorney	texas	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a ballot boxing candidate forum


































2511.json	false	perry pushed for a law that lets insurance companies raise homeowners rates without having to justify the increase.	candidates-biography,consumer-safety,message-machine	back-basics		texas	democrat	0	2	1	1	0	a tv ad


































9792.json	true	jason carter backed three of nathan deals budgets but accuses the governor of underfunding education.	education	john-padgett	party chair	georgia	republican	0	0	0	0	0	press release


































1058.json	barely-true	says president obama was wrong about muslims historical contributions to mankind, such as algebra (actually that was the ancient babylonians), the compass (that was the chinese), pens (the chinese again) and medical discoveries.	pundits	ann-coulter	columnist and author	new york	republican	2	3	3	0	4	a column.


































6383.json	half-true	as a congressman, mark neumann voted four times to increase our debt.	debt,deficit,federal-budget,message-machine-2012	eric-hovde			republican	2	3	3	0	0	a television ad


































8912.json	true	on oil drilling off floridas coast	environment,oil-spill	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	newspaper articles


































824.json	half-true	if parents don't have health insurance that senator obama wants them to have (for their children), they will be fined.	health-care	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	waterloo, iowa


































10792.json	pants-fire	the projected revenue from the mayweather/pacquiao fight is larger than the annual gdp of 29 different countries.	economy,sports	jim-lampley	boxing announcer		none	0	0	0	0	1	comments before the mayweather vs. pacquiao fight


































5407.json	false	says sixty-two percent of small businesses over the last five years went under because they couldnt pay their health care bills.	health-care,small-business	bill-pascrell	u.s. house of representatives	new jersey	democrat	0	3	4	4	0	a speech on the house floor


































11991.json	mostly-true	since (welfare reform) was signed into law, the number of families living in extreme poverty has more than doubled.	welfare	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a news conference


































7457.json	barely-true	theres a tax credit of $2,400 to bond [former inmates] that an employer would get for hiring a convicted felon. theres a federal bonding program -- you can get $5,000 to $25,000 in federal money to hire a convicted felon. and theres federal grants for felons to set up their own small businesses.	civil-rights,crime,criminal-justice,economy,poverty,public-safety,workers	carolyn-medeiros	executive director, alliance for safe communities	rhode island	newsmaker	1	0	0	0	0	a radio interview


































11267.json	false	jesus was an undocumented immigrant.	immigration	ryan-eller			activist	0	1	0	0	0	a cnn interview


































7931.json	false	on gay marriage	gays-and-lesbians,marriage,voting-record	mark-herring	state senator	virginia	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a debate


































6691.json	false	ann kuster supports the government takeover of healthcare, which robs medicare of over $700 billion.	health-care,message-machine-2012	charles-bass	u.s. representative 	new hampshire	republican	3	2	0	0	0	an august 27, 2012 advertisement, “not working,” aired in and around new hampshire.”


































4976.json	mostly-true	(the opportunity scholarship act) would be funded directly from public school budgets. so it would absolutely take money out of the public school system to transfer to private and religious schools.	education	julia-sass-rubin	education advocate	new jersey	none	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on news 12 new jersey’s power & politics show


































12453.json	half-true	while rob portman relies on his super pac and a handful of billionaires to do his dirty work, we dont have a super pac, and quite frankly, we dont want one that spends millions to spew out lies and distortions.	campaign-finance,wealth	ted-strickland	former ohio governor	ohio	democrat	2	6	7	4	1	a fundraising email by campaign manager


































10100.json	barely-true	this (ebola) is not as bad as sarswas in 2003.	ebola,health-care,public-health	tavis-smiley	television and radio host	california	none	1	0	1	0	0	comments on abc's this week


































11965.json	pants-fire	a couple of debates ago, (donald trump) said if you dont support socialized health care, youre heartless.	health-care	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	the republican debate in houston, texas


































13348.json	false	its four or five states where the number of insurance options have narrowed under the affordable care act.	health-care	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview on cnn


































4002.json	barely-true	ethanol reduced gas prices by 89 cents per gallon in 2010, and if ethanol disappeared, gas prices could rise by as much as 92 percent.	agriculture,energy	renewable-fuels-association	trade association	washington, d.c.	none	1	0	0	0	0	an advertisement in washington, d.c., metro stations


































7421.json	mostly-true	the sequester wont consider whether were cutting some bloated program that has outlived its usefulness, or a vital service that americans depend on every single day. it doesnt make those distinctions.	federal-budget	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in washington, d.c.


































13461.json	pants-fire	final election 2016 numbers: trump won the popular vote.	elections	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	web posts


































7735.json	half-true	says opponents of proposed austin school district bonds say the districts debt load doubles with these new bonds.	debt,education,taxes	league-women-voters-austin-area		texas	organization	0	0	2	0	0	a voters guide.


































2543.json	pants-fire	says campaign contributions to her rival for a state house seat was money intended for schoolchildren.	campaign-finance	jill-chambers	state house representative	georgia	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a recorded telephone message


































5356.json	true	says a 1915 referendum on womens right to vote went down in new jersey. and it took the legislature to pass it.	women	loretta-weinberg	state senator		democrat	1	2	0	1	0	an interview on njtv


































9880.json	false	says u.s. house candidate carlos curbelo supported ending the medicare guarantee.	medicare	joe-garcia	lawyer	florida	democrat	0	2	0	0	0	a web ad


































1188.json	false	the obama administration was successful in rushing a massive spending bill through congress in just two days after which it sat on the president's desk for three days, while he was away on vacation.	economy,health-care,pundits	thomas-sowell	columnist and fellow, hoover institution, stanford university		none	0	1	0	0	0	a column in investor's business daily.


































797.json	false	in 1992, barack obama directed project vote - an arm of acorn that also encouraged voter registration.	candidates-biography	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a memo on campaign web site


































2304.json	half-true	in this country, we have a 25 percent dropout rate.	education,abc-news-week	arne-duncan	u.s. secretary of education	illinois	democrat	1	2	1	2	0	an interview on abc's this week with christiane amanpour


































10913.json	mostly-true	in the last seven years of my tenure, texas created 1.5 million new jobs. as a matter of fact, without texas, america would have lost 400,000 jobs.	corrections-and-updates,economy,jobs,states	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	his speech declaring his candidacy for president


































7609.json	pants-fire	a report by the us general accountability office (gao) in 2008 found that the disposal of katrina wastes by ashbritt in the south resulted in the creation of contaminated sites along the gulf coast and two new superfund sites in new orleans.	environment	jeff-tittel	director of the new jersey sierra club		none	0	1	1	0	1	an opinion column for njtoday.net


































9085.json	half-true	every 20 seconds, a child dies because they lack access to clean water and sanitation.	water	matt-damon			none	0	0	1	0	0	comments on abc's this week


































8221.json	true	fleeing syria, a million children are now refugees.	foreign-policy,military	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	an interview on face the nation


































12594.json	half-true	right now, our corrections department charges taxpayers between $30,000 and $40,000 a year per person we lock up, she said. thats actually cheap when you compare us to the rest of the country.	criminal-justice	rebecca-kleefisch	candidate for lieutenant governor	wisconsin	republican	1	3	4	0	1	a radio interview


































9041.json	barely-true	says his patient option act is the only republican plan that completely repeals obamacare and it takes the federal bureaucrat out of decisions for you.	health-care	paul-broun	congressman	georgia	republican	4	8	3	2	1	a candidate forum


































5090.json	mostly-true	says federal spending has increased 21 percent over the past three years.	deficit,economy,federal-budget	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a news release


































8310.json	true	if the government shuts down, all military personnel will continue to serve and accrue pay but will not actually be paid until appropriations are available.	federal-budget,military	cw-bill-young	u.s. representative, florida district 10	florida	republican	0	1	1	0	1	a house address


































8496.json	true	rand pauls speech ... on gattaca was totally ripped off of wikipedia.	candidates-biography,health-care,pundits	rachel-maddow	msnbc host		none	6	6	4	6	1	comments on her tv show


































10760.json	mostly-true	more astronauts have been to the moon than farmers who paid the inheritance tax in 2013.	taxes	bill-maher	host of real time with bill maher	california	independent	0	3	1	5	0	his monologue on real time


































6073.json	half-true	portland, ore., has never gotten over 12 to 15 percent ridership of its public transit system in the past 12 years.	transportation	steve-brown	fayette county commissioner	georgia	republican	0	1	1	0	0	


































4775.json	half-true	solar and wind energy are both cheaper than nuclear right now.	energy,environment	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	an interview on the daily show


































8723.json	half-true	says new jersey has the highest unemployment rate in the region and stagnant job growth.	jobs	marie-corfield		new jersey	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a column on bluejersey.com


































11929.json	mostly-true	says hillary clinton wonhealth care for 8 million children.	health-care,public-health	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a tv ad 


































5361.json	pants-fire	says abortion is the most common surgery in our country.	abortion	patrick-johnston	director of personhood ohio	ohio	none	0	0	0	0	1	a radio interview


































11010.json	mostly-true	income disparities in the united states are the worst since the 1920s.	income,wealth	bobby-scott	u.s. congressman	virginia	democrat	1	2	1	5	0	a news release.


































3329.json	barely-true	the stimulus bill promised to keep unemployment under 8%.	economy,jobs,stimulus	george-allen	consultant	virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a press release.


































8522.json	mostly-true	the university of texas is starting the first medical school at a major tier one university in the last 50 years.	education,health-care,public-health	steve-leslie	assistant to university of texas president	texas	none	0	0	0	1	0	remarks at an austin town hall about the dell medical school


































12974.json	false	none of the polls being conducted right now have us on the top line. none of them. its always trump and clinton and then second question, third question. ... if we were included in the top line, as johnson/trump/clinton, wed be at 20 percent.	elections,polls	gary-johnson	presidential candidate	new mexico	libertarian	3	2	5	6	0	media appearances


































5719.json	true	98 percent of american families make under $250,000 a year.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at florida atlantic university in boca raton, fla. 


































13018.json	barely-true	the clinton foundation gives less than 10(percent in direct aid). in 2013, they raised 140 million bucks, gave $9 million to people in direct aid.	candidates-biography	alex-castellanos	gop consultant		republican	1	0	0	0	0	a panel on meet the press


































1832.json	false	sen. barbara boxer passed only three bills in 18 years into law.	job-accomplishments,legal-issues,message-machine	carly-fiorina		california	republican	5	5	4	3	2	a web ad


































3290.json	mostly-true	state employees havent received a raise in five or six years.	state-budget	florida-department-corrections-worker		florida	none	0	0	0	1	0	a question to gov. rick scott.


































4217.json	mostly-true	says more than eight countries lead the united states in the percentage of college graduates.	education	cory-booker	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	0	4	2	8	0	a round table discussion on meet the press


































8157.json	half-true	since the passage of the affordable care act, u.s. health care spending grew at 3.9 percent for the last three years, the lowest growth rate in over 50 years.	federal-budget,government-regulation,health-care	ron-kind	u.s. representative	wisconsin 	democrat	0	0	2	0	0	a speech


































12653.json	half-true	sanctuary cities such as philadelphia refuse to cooperate with the federal government in locating suspected terrorists who are in their custody and are in the country illegally.	immigration,terrorism	pat-toomey	candidate for u.s. senate	pennsylvania	republican	3	2	2	1	0	a statement


































10603.json	mostly-true	georgia is one of only five states where breweries cant sell you a pint of beer to drink on premise or sell you a six-pack to go.	alcohol,government-regulation,legal-issues	georgia-craft-brewers-guild		georgia 	none	0	0	0	1	0	a statement


































7297.json	false	under president barack obama, 8.3 (million) fewer americans are working today than there were four years ago.	economy,jobs,pundits	sean-hannity	radio/tv host		none	3	5	3	2	1	his fox news show


































11333.json	mostly-true	under republicans, recessions happen four times as frequently as under democrats.	economy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	remarks at the 2015 new hampshire democratic party state convention


































9600.json	half-true	teenage births cost texas taxpayers $1.1 billion in health care, foster careand lost tax revenue in 2010 alone.	abortion,sexuality	michael-eric-dyson			none	1	0	1	0	0	comments on msnbc's ed show


































8999.json	half-true	says she made an accurate prediction that if barack obama were elected it would encourage russia to invade ukraine.	foreign-policy	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a post on facebook


































10655.json	barely-true	today roughly half of born-again christians arent voting. theyre staying home.	corrections-and-updates,elections,religion	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	


































13200.json	half-true	says donald trump, in his campaign announcement speech, also said, and many of them (mexicans) are good people. you keep leaving that out of your quote.	candidates-biography,diversity,immigration	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	the vice presidential debate in farmville, va.


































12036.json	half-true	republican bob donovan has run as a republican time and again.	candidates-biography,city-government,elections	tom-barrett	mayor of milwaukee	wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	a radio ad


































12224.json	false	hedge fund managers and others in private equity pay much lower (tax) rates on their income than do truck drivers and teachers and nurses.	labor,taxes	tammy-baldwin	u.s. representative	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	a television interview


































8859.json	false	it still had not gotten terrible on the roads by 2 to 3 p.m. tuesday.	weather	charley-english	georgia emergency management agency director	georgia	none	0	1	0	0	0	a press conference


































6020.json	barely-true	we came out against deepwater and everybody is now paying for [the project] in their electric bills.	energy,environment	lisa-blais	member, board of directors, ocean state tea party in action	rhode island	ocean-state-tea-party-action	1	0	0	0	0	a radio interview


































1373.json	barely-true	americans admire glenn beck more than they admire the pope.	pundits,religion	dana-milbank	columnist for the washington post	washington, d.c.	none	2	0	0	1	0	a column in the washington post


































10836.json	half-true	due to over-incarceration in 1950, two out of three young black men were in the workforce. today, its one out of three black men are in the workforce.	criminal-justice,diversity,economy,jobs	thomas-perez	secretary of labor	maryland	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	an interview on msnbc's morning joe


































9413.json	true	four (maybe five) latinos have served on the austin city council.	city-government,history	mike-martinez	member, austin city council	texas	democrat	1	0	1	1	1	remarks at a gathering


































11532.json	false	i am the only person in this field who is against amnesty. every other person in this field wants to allow people who are here illegally to be able to stay here, in one form or another.	immigration	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a speech at the republican party of iowa's growth and opportunity party in des moines


































11067.json	mostly-true	says because of his actions, wisconsin property taxes today are lower than they were four years ago.	candidates-biography,city-government,education,state-finances,taxes	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a speech


































2142.json	true	democratic candidate jeff greene ran for congress as a california republican.	candidates-biography,elections,message-machine	kendrick-meek		florida	democrat	2	6	1	4	1	a television ad


































3595.json	false	says gov. rick scotts approval ratings are up.	polls,pundits	brian-kilmeade	fox and friends co-host		none	0	2	0	0	1	comments on 'fox and friends'


































8007.json	mostly-true	says obama administration delay of health care laws employer mandate affects about 1 percent of the american workforce.	health-care	robert-menendez	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	1	3	1	3	0	an interview on nbc’s “meet the press”


































10733.json	false	says all my grandparents immigrated to america.	candidates-biography,immigration	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a roundtable chat in iowa


































4152.json	barely-true	said his mother had to fight with health insurance companies for treatment because of a pre-existing condition.	candidates-biography,health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a town hall in new hampshire


































11011.json	mostly-true	says jeb bush oversaw (an) average in-state tuition increase of 48.2 percent during his tenure.	education	florida-democratic-party		florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	a press release


































3462.json	true	the entire state of florida led the nation last year with the most prison inmates committing tax fraud.	corrections-and-updates,crime,taxes	bill-nelson		florida	democrat	3	1	8	10	0	a letter to irs commissioner douglas shulman


































12864.json	mostly-true	mike pence voted against expanding the childrens health insurance program, which hillary helped to start.	federal-budget,health-care,medicaid,medicare,poverty,public-health	howard-dean	democratic national committee chairman	vermont	democrat	1	4	1	2	0	in a speech at the democratic national convention


































3193.json	true	most state employees could pay twice as much toward their health care premiums and it would still be half the national average	health-care,state-budget	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	the state of the state speech


































3634.json	false	mickey mouse was registered to vote (in florida).	elections	eric-eisnaugle	state representative	florida	republican	0	1	0	0	0	comments made on the house floor


































3756.json	pants-fire	very, very, very few people get a pat-down when they go through airport security.	homeland-security	janet-napolitano	secretary of homeland security 		democrat	1	0	1	1	1	atlanta press club speech


































3140.json	barely-true	in september, the department of business and consumer services enacted a sudden 39% workers compensation premium assessment by rule with little notice to the public.	labor,workers	oregon-senate-republicans		oregon	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a press release


































6082.json	mostly-true	giving the facts: 73,000 jobs created ... since 11. do you know how many direct jobs in the auto industry? 1,800.	economy,jobs	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	an appearance on nbc's meet the press.


































12767.json	barely-true	says hillary clinton and ralph northam label police as racists.	public-safety	corey-stewart	chairman, prince william county board of supervisors	virginia	republican	2	1	0	0	0	a facebook post.


































1407.json	true	most texans aren't millionaires.	economy,elections	linda-chavez-thompson	labor organizer	texas	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a speech


































8657.json	mostly-true	the town of cumberland has its highest bond rating in history.	city-budget,debt,job-accomplishments	daniel-mckee	mayor	rhode island	democrat	0	0	1	2	0	a campaign speech


































2057.json	half-true	since february 2009, our economy has lost roughly 3 million private sector jobs while the federal government has grown by more than 400,000 jobs.	economy,government-efficiency,job-accomplishments	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	an op-ed in the detroit news


































132.json	mostly-true	i've seen (life) from the factory floor when i was working the graveyard shift ...and i'd be ankle-deep in water at the murray ohio bicycle plant where i was running a machine that was so loud i couldn't hear myself yell if i wanted to.	candidates-biography	fred-thompson	actor	tennessee	republican	1	4	3	3	0	des moines, iowa


































5786.json	barely-true	says dwight holton has never set foot in an oregon courtroom.	candidates-biography,message-machine-2012	ellen-rosenblum			democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a news story 


































9115.json	half-true	state medicaid expansion will save our treasury $1 billion over the next eight years.	medicaid,state-budget	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a radio interview.


































10442.json	pants-fire	the u.s. unemployment rate has been massaged, its been doctored.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a breakfast talk in iowa


































3296.json	true	if you printed a $1 bill for the entirety of the $14.1 trillion national debt, the resulting pile of money would weigh more than 136 aircraft carriers.	deficit	michael-sullivan	president and ceo, empower texans	texas	republican	1	0	3	1	0	an e-mail blast


































6278.json	mostly-true	eighty out of 82 counties in ohio ... have an auto manufacturing facility.	economy,jobs	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview on fox news sunday


































11227.json	false	under scott walker, the wisconsin middle class is shrinking at a faster rate than any other state in the country.	economy,families,income	rachel-maddow	msnbc host		none	6	6	4	6	1	a television show


































3604.json	half-true	what we have done with the patriot act, weve given the government enormous powers. weve given the government the right to reach deeply into peoples private lives, into their business affairs, without a court order.	criminal-justice,terrorism	dennis-kucinich	u.s. representative	ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	a speech in the house of representatives


































7705.json	mostly-true	one in five women in the military are receiving unwanted sexual contact, as are 3.3 percent of men.	crime,military,women	kirsten-gillibrand	u.s. senator	new york	democrat	0	0	1	3	0	an interview with msnbc


































7274.json	true	virginia spends less per student today than we did in 2008.	education,state-budget	david-toscano	house minority leader 	virginia	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a speech.


































2839.json	false	the economic impact of atlantas 2000 super bowl was $292 million.	economy	atlanta-sports-council			none	0	1	0	0	0	a study


































7711.json	half-true	do you know those former soviet bloc countries have all moved to flat taxes?	taxes	rob-woodall	u.s. representative	georgia	republican	0	0	2	0	0	a speech


































2861.json	true	more people hunt and fish in texas in a given year than attend the... games of the dallas cowboys, the dallas mavericks, the houston texans and the houston rockets combined.	environment,recreation	todd-staples	state agriculture commissioner	texas	republican	0	1	4	3	1	an interview.


































3368.json	half-true	georgia legislation on immigration is a copycat of an arizona immigration bill.	immigration	georgia-association-latino-elected-officials			none	0	0	1	0	0	an email newsletter


































2261.json	barely-true	a new york imam wants tohave a mosque at ground zero.	homeland-security,patriotism,religion	rick-lazio			republican	1	0	0	0	0	fox news hannity program.


































2471.json	false	one of the other inaccuracies ...is that we have raised taxes multiple times and run up the budget. absolutely not true. one tax increase since ive been in office. it was a quarter mill tax in the unincorporated area only.	job-accomplishments,taxes,voting-record	susan-latvala	pinellas county commissioner	florida	none	0	1	0	0	0	a candidates forum in dunedin


































4911.json	barely-true	some billionaires have a tax rate as low as 1 percent.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in osawatomie, kan.


































10930.json	false	the profit [from automated traffic enforcement cameras] is going to the private corporations, not to the city or state.	city-budget,city-government,civil-rights,crime,debt,history,legal-issues,public-safety,state-budget,state-finances	hillary-davis	policy analyst aclu	rhode island	organization	0	1	0	0	0	a hearing at the general assembly 


































10421.json	mostly-true	our unemployment rate is now lower than it was before the financial crisis.	economy,jobs	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the state of the union address


































3102.json	barely-true	it is estimated that every $100 million spent on construction generates 3,000 new jobs.	economy,jobs,transportation	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	the state of the commonwealth address


































3707.json	mostly-true	we have the highest corporate income tax in the world right now.	taxes	gary-johnson	presidential candidate	new mexico	libertarian	3	2	5	6	0	a republican presidential debate


































4.json	mostly-true	i used tax cuts to help create over 80,000 jobs in new mexico.	taxes	bill-richardson	governor	new mexico	democrat	1	2	3	8	1	a tv ad.


































2611.json	barely-true	says scott walker tried to pass a law to allow pharmacists to block womens access to birth control.	health-care,message-machine,women	planned-parenthood			none	1	0	1	0	1	a direct mail campaign piece


































8928.json	mostly-true	the only time over the last 25 years when the states unemployment rate exceeded the u.s. average was when (mary) burke was commerce secretary.	candidates-biography,economy,job-accomplishments,jobs,labor,state-budget	republican-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	republican	4	3	2	3	0	a news release


































3344.json	false	were broke. we dont have any more money.	labor,state-budget	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a news conference and many other venues


































439.json	true	again today (ahmadinejad) made light of 9/11, and said that he's not even sure it happened and that people actually died.	foreign-policy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a television debate in philadelphia.


































4350.json	barely-true	says direct shipment of wine makes underage drinking as simple as a mouse click.	alcohol,government-regulation	joseph-cryan	state assemblyman	new jersey	democrat	1	1	0	0	0	an op-ed piece published on courierpostonline.com


































4013.json	barely-true	under barack obama the last two years, the number of federal limousines for bureaucrats has increased 73 percent.	federal-budget,government-efficiency,new-hampshire-2012,transportation	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	cbs' face the nation


































10651.json	barely-true	obama has been sending taxpayer dollars, at least $350,000 to fund anti-likud, anti-netanyahu groups in israelfor (the) election.	foreign-policy,israel	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	a blog post


































6052.json	false	when i was u.s. attorney we wound up putting 10 percent of the state legislature in jail during my seven years.	crime,job-accomplishments	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a town hall meeting


































13105.json	mostly-true	sixty percent of americans now support legalizing marijuana.	legal-issues,marijuana,polls,states	gary-johnson	presidential candidate	new mexico	libertarian	3	2	5	6	0	an interview


































2532.json	true	since being elected in 2002, scott walker has given back over $370,000 of his salary to the county.	county-budget,job-accomplishments	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a statement on campaign web site


































1535.json	mostly-true	florida has the second-highest foreclosure rate in the nation.	economy,housing	kendrick-meek		florida	democrat	2	6	1	4	1	a statement on his web site


































10412.json	true	the religious liberty bill proposed in the georgia house of representatives does not specifically exclude corporations, which means they can legally claim a religious exemption.	gays-and-lesbians,legal-issues,religion	jeff-graham			independent	0	0	0	0	0	an interview with wabe radio


































13314.json	mostly-true	says saudi arabia, a u.s. ally, has paid to export throughout the world wahhabism -- an extreme form of islam that basically teaches americans are the devil.	foreign-policy,islam,religion	russ-feingold		wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	an interview


































7028.json	mostly-true	bill clinton presided over the biggest expansion of the american economy since world war ii.	economy,job-accomplishments	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a debate.


































11964.json	barely-true	when they passed obamacare, they put a bailout fund in obamacare. we led the effort and wiped out that bailout fund.	health-care	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	comments during the houston gop debate


































5769.json	false	david dewhurst has never once cut one penny from the state budget.	state-budget	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a republican us senate debate at wfaa-tv, channel 8, in dallas.


































3272.json	pants-fire	wisconsin gov. scott walkers move to limit collective bargaining rights has led to riots at the capitol -- its like cairo has moved to madison these days.	labor,state-budget	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	an appearance on a tv interview program


































3936.json	mostly-true	an amendment inserted by lawmakers into the state budget exempts scientific researchers from all state animal cruelty laws.	animals,state-budget	wisconsin-humane-society	outside group 	wisconsin	organization	0	0	0	1	0	a news release


































2919.json	half-true	its illegal for a state to say were simply going to cut off (union contract) negotiations. theres a legal requirement that you are involved in good faith bargaining.	state-budget	jim-doyle	lawyer	wisconsin	democrat	1	1	1	1	0	a program at the marquette university law school


































2296.json	true	in rhode island there are 150 different pension plans for public workers.	economy,public-service,retirement,state-budget,workers	kernan-kerry-king		rhode island	republican	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on wpri-tv's newsmakers
says an estimate that texas will face an $18 billion budget gap is a number that somebody just reached up in the air and grabbed.	state-budget	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an interview


































6569.json	barely-true	the health care law imposes a federal mandate requiring middle-class americans to buy health insurance whether they can afford it or not.	health-care	artur-davis		alabama	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a speech at the republican national convention in tampa


































1667.json	mostly-true	the most private question on this years form asks for an individuals race, and that question has been asked by every census since the 1790 census conducted under then-president george washington.	census	patrick-mchenry	u.s. congressman	north carolina	republican	0	1	0	2	0	an op ed article


































4694.json	false	on whether he would run for u.s. senate in 2012.	elections	connie-mack	u.s. representative from fort myers	florida	republican	3	3	1	3	1	news reports


































9205.json	half-true	says opposing the paycheck fairness act is part of the koch brothers agenda.	congress,income,women	gary-peters	u.s. representative	michigan	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a press release


































4499.json	barely-true	says he never said he wanted to move social security back to the states.	social-security	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a republican presidential debate in orlando


































833.json	mostly-true	mccain called for less regulation21 times just this year.	economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	north carolina


































4169.json	half-true	this past (legislative) session, we passed out of the legislature a resolution requiring congress to pass a balanced-budget amendment to the (u.s.) constitution.	deficit,federal-budget	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a campaign video.


































2432.json	mostly-true	our tax rates are lower now than they were under ronald reagan. theyre much lower than they were under dwight eisenhower.	history,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a televised town hall


































4307.json	false	thirty-seven percent of central falls retired police officers and firefighters are out on disability pensions; in most municipalities, about 5 percent of retirees collect disability pensions.	city-budget,city-government,disability,government-efficiency,labor,public-safety,retirement,unions	stephen-lisauskas	consultant	massachusetts	newsmaker	0	1	0	0	0	a public meeting


































6132.json	true	in 2008, 33.2 percent of those who voted early on the last sunday before election day were african-american, while 23.6 percent were hispanic.	elections	corrine-brown	u.s. representative	florida	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a press release


































3815.json	half-true	theres a 1.5 percent to 2 percent overhead in medicare. the insurance companies have a 20 percent to 30 percent overhead.	health-care,medicare	barbara-boxer	u.s. senator	california	democrat	2	0	3	4	1	an interview with msnbc's chris matthews


































7883.json	true	47 - new provisions obamacare charges the irs with implementing, according to the government accountability office.	health-care,taxes	dave-joyce	member of congress	ohio	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a tweet


































4292.json	half-true	josh mandel used to be pro-choice, now hes anti-choice. he used to be sympathetic towards gay and lesbians and now hes [not].	abortion,gays-and-lesbians	ted-strickland	former ohio governor	ohio	democrat	2	6	7	4	1	an interview with politico


































11465.json	true	brewpubs cant sell growlers of their beer to customers.	alcohol,market-regulation,states	slice-pint-brewpub			none	0	0	0	0	0	the fall menu


































7205.json	true	did u know? block island wind farm would mean 40% est. drop in bi electric rates.	energy,infrastructure	deepwater-wind			none	0	0	0	0	0	a tweet


































8212.json	barely-true	obamacare-caused paperwork will annually absorb 190 million hours or more--and mount rushmore could be built 1,547 times over with the paperwork.	federal-budget,health-care	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a senate floor colloquy


































3542.json	barely-true	fifty percent of our students who enter higher education need to take remedial courses because they are not prepared for college-level work.	education,state-budget	donna-howard	texas house representative	texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	0	remarks on the house floor


































7474.json	true	we have over 300,000,000 weapons, firearms in this country. thats almost as big as the population.	guns	james-florio	former governor of new jersey	new jersey	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on governors' perspective


































11725.json	barely-true	both cruz andrubio are missing the vast majority of their votes.	congress,voting-record	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































9397.json	mostly-true	the five taliban detainees being released from guantanamo in exchange for captured army sgt. bowe bergdahl are the hardest of the hard-core. these are the highest high-risk people.	foreign-policy,military,terrorism	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	an interview on cbs' face the nation


































10640.json	barely-true	says israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu didnt change his position on a two-state solution.	israel	ron-dermer	israeli ambassador to the united states		none	2	0	0	0	0	comments on nbc's meet the press


































3394.json	mostly-true	says women who need a sonogram in the eighth to 10th week of pregnancy have to get a transvaginal sonogram.	abortion,health-care,women	carol-alvarado	texas house representative	texas	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	remarks on the house floor


































2210.json	false	theres still about $400 billion or $500 billion of the stimulus plan that has not been spent. why dont we stop it.	federal-budget,stimulus,taxes	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	an interview on nbc's 'meet the press'


































8515.json	barely-true	says alex sink supported a $5.2 billion increase in floridas debt.	debt,economy,state-finances	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a youtube attack ad


































3126.json	mostly-true	of the topfive cities for staged automobile accidents, three are in florida. we rank no. 1 in the country in staged auto accidents.	consumer-safety,crime	jeff-atwater	state senator	florida	republican	0	1	1	1	0	a meeting with reporters in tallahassee


































6954.json	barely-true	frank guinta voted to make middle class taxpayers pay over a $1,000 more a year in taxes.	taxes	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	an ad, “regular,” 


































1602.json	half-true	for years now, we have spent more money than we have taken in.	economy	annise-parker	mayor of houston	texas	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a newspaper article


































3445.json	barely-true	senate democrats who left the state for weeks to delay a vote on union bargaining power exercised a wisconsin filibuster provided by the states constitution.	state-budget	chris-larson	wisconsin senate minority leader	wisconsin	democrat	6	5	0	1	1	a statement to a tv reporter


































7896.json	true	the pink pony club in dekalb county has never been cited for any violation of an ordinance or state law.	legal-issues	pink-pony			none	0	0	1	0	0	an interview


































11673.json	true	since 2008, gwinnett countys population has grown 15 percent, while the county government staff has increased only 1 percent.	census,county-budget,county-government,economy,jobs,public-safety,public-service,workers	charlotte-nash		georgia	republican	1	0	1	2	0	a statement


































8594.json	true	harry reid was against (the nuclear option) before he was for it. mitch mcconnell was for it before he was against it. president obama was against it before he was for it.	congressional-rules	matthew-dowd	commentator	texas	independent	0	0	2	4	0	comments on abc's this week


































9611.json	pants-fire	north korea is telling its people that their mens national team is in the world cup final.	foreign-policy,sports	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	a post on the blog outside the beltway


































11107.json	true	says david jolly refused to cut spending for a national greenhouse in d.c.	federal-budget	club-growth			none	4	5	4	2	0	a statement


































8363.json	half-true	says david dewhurst went out for drinks during senate debate on abortion bill.	abortion,corrections-and-updates	todd-staples	state agriculture commissioner	texas	republican	0	1	4	3	1	an interview on a lubbock radio station


































8284.json	half-true	the cdc issued a report commissioned by president obama just earlier this year, and it found some very inconvenient facts. armed citizens are less likely harmed by attackers. effectiveness of gun control laws is mixed. gun buybacks dont work.	guns,health-care,public-safety,pundits	se-cupp	co-host of cnn's crossfire		republican	0	0	1	0	0	a discussion on cnn's crossfire


































12059.json	true	the walton family of walmart ... this one family owns more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of the american people.	economy,wealth	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a campaign rally.


































8290.json	barely-true	cuccinelli wants to make all abortion illegal, even in cases of rape and incest, even to protect a womans health.	abortion	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a tv ad.


































2473.json	false	says rand paul thinks drug-dealing, theft, burglary and prostitution should be decriminalized.	crime,message-machine	jack-conway	kentucky attorney general	kentucky	democrat	0	1	0	2	0	a campaign video


































12386.json	half-true	by the time you drink your coffee, an elephant is killed for its ivory tusks.	animals,environment,trade	minka-kelly			newsmaker	0	0	1	0	0	a post on instagram


































12250.json	half-true	the overwhelming amount of the money that were raisingis not going to hillary (clinton) to run for president. ...its going to the congressmen and senators to try to take back congress.	campaign-finance,corrections-and-updates	george-clooney	actor	california	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































676.json	false	when sarah palin was in government, barack obama was a community organizer.	candidates-biography	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	pittsburgh, pa. 


































4880.json	false	says his 9-9-9 tax reform plan is not regressive.	taxes	herman-cain		georgia	republican	4	11	5	3	3	several public statements


































9017.json	half-true	about half the people who would qualify for medicaid expansion in florida can buy a health care plan for $30 a month on the federal health care exchange.	health-care,medicaid	will-weatherford	state representative	florida	republican	2	3	4	3	0	an interview with the tampa bay times


































11752.json	pants-fire	until the new iran deal, china and russia have never voted with us at the u.n. on any sanctions on iran in the past.	china,history,job-accomplishments,nuclear	nancy-pelosi	house minority leader	california	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	an interview on cnn


































1195.json	false	insurers delayed an illinois man's treatment, and he died because of it.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech to a joint session of congress


































12753.json	mostly-true	says hillary clinton supported north american free trade agreement), and she supported chinas entrance into the world trade organization. she supported the job-killing trade deal with south korea. she supported the trans-pacific partnership.	candidates-biography,trade	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech at the republican national convention


































3248.json	mostly-true	says there are ohio turnpike workers getting paid $66,000 a year to collect tolls that machines might collect.	government-efficiency,state-budget	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a newspaper column


































11159.json	half-true	fox changed around their poll eligibility criteria on the day they announced who is in and out of their debate.	debates	rachel-maddow	msnbc host		none	6	6	4	6	1	a segment on her msnbc show


































2336.json	barely-true	since being elected, (tom barrett) has dumped 8.2 billion gallons of raw sewage into lake michigan.	environment	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	campaign news releases in the wake of sewage dumping


































10821.json	true	an audit shows there are 6.5 million people who have active social security numbers who are 112 years of age or older,	social-security	mark-warner	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	3	1	6	3	0	a news release.


































16.json	half-true	both china and japan have surpassed us, with japanese cars now getting an average of 45 miles to the gallon.	energy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	detroit, mich.


































9706.json	pants-fire	this administration is slashing the navy to pay for more obamacare.	health-care,message-machine-2014,military	ed-gillespie	republican strategist	washington, d.c.	republican	2	3	2	2	1	a debate.


































5730.json	half-true	since president obama took office, our federal spending has increased by nearly 30 percent and our national debt has increased by almost 50 percent.	deficit,federal-budget	jim-renacci	u.s. representative 	ohio	republican	5	3	4	1	1	a campaign email


































563.json	barely-true	mccain will give more tax breaks to big oil.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	


































5446.json	half-true	since president obama took full control of washington, every day, 13,000 more people have been put on food stamps.	economy,message-machine-2012,poverty	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	an advertisement


































7689.json	half-true	the election bill allows persons to correct an absentee ballot if they did not sign it and requires an extra two hours a day for early voting. everything else in this bill is discretionary.	elections	christopher-l-smith	state senator	florida	democrat	0	0	2	1	0	a column in the south florida sun sentinel


































11632.json	true	says president barack obama will not utter the words radical islamic terrorism and as matter of policy, nobody in the administration will say the words radical islamic terrorism.	islam,terrorism	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a news conference.


































7511.json	true	more than 64 percent of minimum-wage earners are women.	workers	nancy-pelosi	house minority leader	california	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	a news conference


































3757.json	half-true	president barack obama deserves to be called the most successful food stamp president in american history because 47 million americans are on food stamps.	economy,families,hunger	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































7020.json	barely-true	says maggie hassan pays zero property taxes on her $500,000 home.	taxes	republican-governors-association		washington, d.c.	republican	5	1	6	4	2	republican governor's association says nh candidate for governor maggie hassan pays no taxes


































950.json	false	under the obama plan . . . all the health care in this country is eventually going to be run by the government.	health-care	tom-coburn	u.s. senator	oklahoma	republican	2	3	3	2	0	an interview on the fox news channel.


































7621.json	mostly-true	says obama called medicaid broken four years ago.	health-care,medicaid	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a speech at the conservative political action conference


































10327.json	mostly-true	in the u.s. agreement with the cuban government, no commitment was made to allowing the establishment of political parties or to even begin the semblance of a transition to a democracy.	foreign-policy,human-rights	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a press conference


































9245.json	false	ryan sittons company accepted over $650,000 in obama stimulus dollars.	candidates-biography,small-business,stimulus	young-conservatives-texas	political group	texas	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a press release


































693.json	barely-true	for four days in denver, the democrats were afraid to use the words 'islamic terrorism.'	terrorism	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a speech at the republican national convention.


































1115.json	half-true	a former clinton administration official and other economists agree that if you keep extending these temporary unemployment benefits, youre just going to extend joblessness even more.	economy,pundits,stimulus	michelle-malkin	blogger and commentator	colorado	none	0	1	1	0	0	on this week with george stephanopoulos


































3303.json	half-true	in the past decade, k-12 funding has grown six times faster than the rate of enrollment.	education,state-budget	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	comments to the richmond times-dispatch


































2927.json	barely-true	cities like seattle have decided to ban food carts.	food-safety,market-regulation	randy-leonard	portland city commissioner	oregon	none	1	0	0	0	0	a city council meeting


































3955.json	mostly-true	creating 25 jobs in umatilla county has the same impact as 500 jobs in the metro region.	economy,jobs	john-kitzhaber	governor of oregon	oregon	democrat	1	1	4	4	0	a press release


































12139.json	half-true	will (hb2)threaten federal funding for public schools under title ix? no, according to a federal court which has looked at a similar issue.	education,gays-and-lesbians,government-regulation,sexuality	pat-mccrory	governor of north carolina	north carolina	republican	5	2	3	0	1	a list of rebuttals to criticism over the law


































11179.json	false	some of the things that (megyn kelly) said, i didnt say.	women	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a meet the press interview


































4459.json	true	says an amendment specifying when military members may use deadly force does nothing to change existing rules of engagement for american service members.	afghanistan,iraq,legal-issues,voting-record	david-cicilline	mayor of providence	rhode island	democrat	7	4	5	4	1	a letter posted on a blog 


































3804.json	true	sometimes i was the only no vote on the entire board.	voting-record	jeff-brandes	director of real estate at tibbetts holdings llc, his family's business	florida	republican	0	0	1	1	0	response to a question about his voting record.


































8836.json	pants-fire	monica wehby and jason conger are causing devastating consequences for nearly 23,000 oregonians looking for work.	workers	justin-barasky	democratic senatorial campaign committee press secretary	washington d.c.	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a dscc news release


































3655.json	pants-fire	after the u.s.-led military alliance ejected saddam husseins forces from kuwait in 1991, the kuwaitis never paid us.	foreign-policy,history,military	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a press conference


































5537.json	half-true	the total (state) payroll has gone down. the total amount of the number of workers in the state has gone down. i like the fact that the bulk of that is just by retirements.	government-efficiency,state-budget,state-finances	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a session with reporters


































9135.json	barely-true	says the estate tax is a threat to family farms.	agriculture,taxes	kentucky-opportunity-coalition		kentucky	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign ad


































13433.json	false	we can fix our roads without raising taxes.	taxes,transportation	citizens-protect-transportation-funding	group pushing a safe roads constitutional amendment	illinois	organization	0	1	0	0	0	a tv ad


































9144.json	pants-fire	says michelle obama waved red communist flags on her trip to china.	foreign-policy,pop-culture	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email


































5764.json	mostly-true	only 14 percent of catholics agree with the vaticans position that abortion should be illegal.	abortion,polls,religion,women	jon-obrien	president, catholics for choice		activist	0	0	0	1	0	written testimony at a house hearing


































12711.json	barely-true	says donald trump is against minimum wage.	economy,jobs,workers	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a speech.


































9134.json	barely-true	less than 1 percent of 1 percent of the american population has given an amount over $200 to a federal political campaign.	elections	heather-mcghee	president, demos		none	1	0	1	0	0	an interview on msnbc


































522.json	false	obama couldn't have afforded his home without rezko's help.	ethics	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	in a news release


































84.json	true	obama skips out on condemning left-wing attacks on gen. petraeus despite casting other 'important votes' earlier and later in the day.	iraq	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	


































10195.json	half-true	americas least-trusted news sources are also its most popular.	polls,pundits	leonard-pitts-jr			democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a column in the miami herald


































8328.json	half-true	among the nations 51 largest metropolitan areas, milwaukee is the only one where the poverty rate is more than four times greater in the city than it is in the suburbs.	city-budget,city-government,income,jobs,poverty	tom-barrett	mayor of milwaukee	wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	an interview


































7591.json	barely-true	only three in 10 texas doctors are currently accepting new medicaid patients.	federal-budget,health-care,medicaid,public-health,state-budget	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a press release jointly issued with u.s. sens. john cornyn and ted cruz.


































1006.json	half-true	obama's first call (as president) to any head of state was to mahmoud abbas, leader of fatah party in the palestinian territory.	foreign-policy	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































131.json	false	the clintons now charge the secret service $10,000 monthly rent for the use of (a) secret service residence and that rent is just about equal to their mortgage payment.	candidates-biography	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	an e-mail message circulated by many people.


































6504.json	false	says an appointed board created under obamacare will have the ability to come between you and your doctor in determining the best treatment options for you!	health-care	john-carter	u.s. house of representatives	texas	republican	0	3	1	2	2	a letter to constituents.


































7081.json	barely-true	says that over the past 20 years, texas public school spending rose 142 percent and per-pupil spending more than tripled when adjusted for inflation.	education,state-budget	jason-isaac	transportation consultant	texas	republican	2	0	1	0	1	a league of women voters guide for texas and austin voters


































6710.json	false	david cicilline is the 5th most liberal person in the house of representatives.	candidates-biography,job-accomplishments	bernard-jackvony	attorney	rhode island	republican	1	1	0	0	0	an appearance on a lively experiment.


































5284.json	mostly-true	says u.s. senate democrats have gone without any budget at all for more than 1,000 days.	federal-budget	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a news release


































10859.json	barely-true	saysthe state department has had half a year to respond to a benghazi document request, yet i have not gotten a single, solitary scrap of paper.	congress,terrorism	trey-gowdy	u.s. house of representatives	south carolina	republican	1	1	0	0	0	an interview on fox news


































953.json	barely-true	republican leaders said no to tax cuts for 95% of working americans.	stimulus,taxes	americans-united-change			none	1	4	4	1	0	a cable tv ad


































6882.json	barely-true	we confer more phds each year than any other university in america except berkeley.	education	bill-powers	president, university of texas at austin	texas	none	1	0	0	0	0	his state of the university address.


































1397.json	half-true	the obama administration raised discretionary spending by 24 percent from president george w. bushs last full-year budget and will run up more debt by october than bush did in eight years.	federal-budget,stimulus	karl-rove		texas	republican	2	5	2	8	0	the washington post


































10530.json	half-true	200,000 students attempt suicide every year on college campuses.	education,guns,health-care,public-health	marjorie-sanfilippo	eckerd college psychology professor	florida	none	0	0	1	0	0	a florida senate criminal justice committee hearing


































7483.json	mostly-true	for the first time in eight years, our budget also increases funding for persons with disabilities by $36 million to help more disabled people receive community-based services.	disability,medicaid,state-budget	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a state of the state speech


































11595.json	barely-true	taking all the money of the top 1 percent wouldnt keep medicare going for three years.	education,health-care,taxes	neil-cavuto			republican	1	0	0	0	0	a broadcast of cavuto coast to coast on fox business network


































7408.json	mostly-true	the majority of (the american people) voted for a democratic house.	congress,elections	steny-hoyer	house majority leader	maryland	democrat	0	1	3	4	0	a media availability with reporters


































4566.json	true	we have the highest corporate tax rate in the world. its 35 percent.	corporations,jobs,taxes	jim-sensenbrenner	member of congress	wisconsin	republican	2	4	1	0	0	an interview


































5039.json	half-true	newt balanced the federal budget.	federal-budget,message-machine-2012	winning-our-future			none	2	2	3	1	0	a video ad


































11329.json	mostly-true	says donald trump was forced to file for bankruptcy not once, not twice, four times.	candidates-biography	carly-fiorina		california	republican	5	5	4	3	2	the cnn debate


































2968.json	true	says that in his first 17 months as president, the united states doubled its world-leading $500 million a year commitment to fighting global aids.	federal-budget,foreign-policy,health-care	george-w-bush	president	texas	republican	0	1	1	1	0	his book, decision points.


































11325.json	half-true	the cost of fire in rhode island is anywhere from 33 percent to 100 percent more expensive than anywhere else we could find.	city-budget,city-government,county-budget,county-government,public-safety	kenneth-block	businessman		republican	0	3	2	3	0	tv interview


































223.json	barely-true	iranian mullahs took american hostages and they held the american hostages for 444 days. ...the one hour in which they released them was the one hour in which ronald reagan was taking the oath of office 	foreign-policy	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a tv ad


































1495.json	barely-true	mayor white has major stake in barnett shale production company.	economy,energy,environment,transparency	farouk-shami	businessman	texas	democrat	1	2	2	0	1	a press release


































4015.json	barely-true	rep. jim renaccis plan to end medicare also puts nursing home care for 3,000 seniors in the district in immediate jeopardy.	health-care,medicaid,medicare	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	a news release


































5607.json	true	when we passed (the stand your ground law), we said it portends horrific events when peoples lives were put into these situations.	crime,criminal-justice	arthenia-joyner	state senator	florida	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an interview


































6227.json	mostly-true	the federal government has made investments in science and technology inventing the products that led to the creation of google.	technology	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech


































5298.json	true	weve seen more anti-womens choice bills introduced in the first half of this session than weve seen in the last three general assemblies.	abortion	armond-budish	minority leader in the ohio house of representatives	ohio	democrat	0	1	2	3	0	a news conference


































6942.json	half-true	says his administration put more border patrol agents on the u.s.-mexico border than at any time in history, and the flow of undocumented workers across the border is actually lower than its been in 40 years.	immigration	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the second presidential debate


































9023.json	barely-true	on syria, alot of the allies signed on. at the last minute, obama backed off.	foreign-policy	dick-cheney			republican	5	4	2	2	1	a broadcast of cbs' face the nation


































10576.json	true	already this calendar year, since january 1, we have had more than 20,000 people come across the border, apprehended, unauthorized.	crime,criminal-justice,immigration	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	an interview on cbs's face the nation


































6975.json	true	jim renacci tried to avoid paying taxes on nearly $14 million that he made.	message-machine-2012,campaign-advertising,taxes	betty-sutton	u.s. representative from ohio's 13th district	ohio	democrat	0	2	1	2	1	a campaign commercial


































442.json	true	barack obama accepted $200,000 from executives and employees of oil companies.	energy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a tv ad airing in pennsylvania.


































13031.json	false	in an interview with the chicago tribuneseditorial board, comptroller leslie munger says that in order to balance a budget, the state would have to cut social services completely.	elections,state-budget	seiu-healthcare-illinois-indiana			organization	0	1	0	0	0	a youtube video 


































45.json	pants-fire	iowa, for good reason, for constitutional reasons, for reasons related to the lord, should be the first caucus and primary.	elections	bill-richardson	governor	new mexico	democrat	1	2	3	8	1	


































10752.json	true	the unemployment rate among blacks in texas is 9.5% -- far more than double white unemployment -- and wages have fallen for black workers in texas since 2000.	economy,education,jobs	texas-organizing-project	membership-based group	texas	none	0	0	0	0	0	a press release


































5955.json	barely-true	obamacare could cause 20 million people to lose their current coverage.	health-care,message-machine-2012	us-chamber-commerce			none	6	3	3	1	1	tv commercial


































9592.json	barely-true	children are crossing the border because president barack obama said if you come, youre going to be able to stay, because were not going to enforce the law.	immigration	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	comments on nbc's meet the press


































4480.json	false	says u.s. rep. tammy baldwin is backing president barack obamas plan to pass a $1.5 trillion tax increase.	deficit,federal-budget,taxes	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	a news release


































3555.json	mostly-true	over the past decade, the big five oil companies --- bp, chevron, conocophillips, exxonmobil and shell -- made a total profit of nearly $1 trillion.	corporations,energy,taxes	jim-moran	u. s. congressman	virginia	democrat	2	1	1	6	1	a news release.


































6034.json	half-true	when mitt romney was governor, the fact is that the average income for a family in massachusetts went up by $5,500.	income	ed-gillespie	republican strategist	washington, d.c.	republican	2	3	2	2	1	a fox news sunday interview


































12032.json	half-true	twenty million americans are out of work.	economy,jobs	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a television ad


































11575.json	mostly-true	net immigration from mexico last year was zero. fact-check me.	immigration	martin-omalley	maryland governor	maryland	democrat	3	1	10	4	0	a democratic debate in des moines


































2878.json	mostly-true	the republican plan for tax cuts is to give each millionaire -- the top 1 percent of income in this country -- $83,347 a year in tax cuts.	taxes	alan-grayson	u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	a speech on the house floor.


































3432.json	false	a proposed revenue smart cap gives floridians a voice, requiring a 60 percent vote by citizens in order to impose a new tax, fee, license, fine, charge or assessment.	state-budget,taxes	andy-gardiner	senate majority leader	florida	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a press statement.


































10775.json	barely-true	eighty-five percent of every dollar donated to the clinton foundation ended up either with the clintons or with their staff to pay for travel, salaries, and benefits. fifteen cents of every dollar actually went to some charitable beneficiary.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography,human-rights	rush-limbaugh	radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	a monologue on his radio show


































7170.json	true	fourteen million americans mortgages are greater than the value of their homes.	economy,housing	dennis-kucinich	u.s. representative	ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	a speech on the house floor


































8060.json	half-true	the u.s. postal service doesnt run on your tax dollars. its funded solely by stamps and postage.	debt,federal-budget	american-postal-workers-union			none	0	0	1	0	0	television advertisement


































1030.json	half-true	cheney is disagreeing with president bush's policy. president bush stated repeatedly to international audiences and to the country that he wanted to close guantanamo.	military	colin-powell			republican	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on cbs's face the nation


































1003.json	half-true	barack obama's nominee for 'regulatory czar' has advocated a 'fairness doctrine' for the internet that would require links to opposing opinions.	legal-issues,technology	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	


































2431.json	true	weve created more than 850,000 jobs, more than all the other states combined.	economy,message-machine	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a tv ad


































7095.json	half-true	there is no reason to allocate 60 percent of bridge space to satisfy two percent of all travelers.	county-budget,transportation	john-charles	president and ceo of cascade policy institute	oregon	libertarian	0	0	1	1	0	an online post


































8145.json	pants-fire	a united nations working group has adopted a proposed agenda to enable member nations to disarm civilians within their borders.	guns	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a document shared via email and social media


































5711.json	barely-true	says she balanced a $10 billion budget shortfall without raising taxes.	message-machine-2012,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	elizabeth-ames-jones		texas	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a web video.


































9759.json	false	if 20 million illegals vote, you can kiss the second amendment goodbye.	guns,immigration,message-machine-2014	joe-miller		alaska	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign mailer


































11397.json	false	planned parenthood has now (been) found to also illegally sell baby parts.	abortion	john-stemberger		florida	republican	1	2	0	0	0	a letter to gov. rick scott


































11790.json	true	anyone can die of a toothache.	health-care,medicaid	john-cortes	district 43 state representative	florida	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a house health innovation subcommittee meeting


































6303.json	true	says jim frishe wanted to tax us for doing our taxes through an accountant.	message-machine-2012,taxes	accountability-government		florida	none	0	0	0	0	0	a tv ad


































9162.json	mostly-true	when republicans last controlled the presidency and congress, the number of people on food stamps (and) the number of people in low-income housing went through the roof.	bush-administration,housing,hunger,poverty,welfare	glenn-grothman	state senator, 20th district	wisconsin	republican	2	4	1	1	0	a radio interview


































10105.json	barely-true	this year, the austin city council granted a small homestead property tax exemption of $5,000... applied equally to everyone. and we also granted an exemption for the elderly and the disabled members of the community.	taxes	sheryl-cole	attorney	texas	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a ballot boxing candidate forum


































2511.json	false	perry pushed for a law that lets insurance companies raise homeowners rates without having to justify the increase.	candidates-biography,consumer-safety,message-machine	back-basics		texas	democrat	0	2	1	1	0	a tv ad


































9792.json	true	jason carter backed three of nathan deals budgets but accuses the governor of underfunding education.	education	john-padgett	party chair	georgia	republican	0	0	0	0	0	press release


































1058.json	barely-true	says president obama was wrong about muslims historical contributions to mankind, such as algebra (actually that was the ancient babylonians), the compass (that was the chinese), pens (the chinese again) and medical discoveries.	pundits	ann-coulter	columnist and author	new york	republican	2	3	3	0	4	a column.


































6383.json	half-true	as a congressman, mark neumann voted four times to increase our debt.	debt,deficit,federal-budget,message-machine-2012	eric-hovde			republican	2	3	3	0	0	a television ad


































8912.json	true	on oil drilling off floridas coast	environment,oil-spill	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	newspaper articles


































824.json	half-true	if parents don't have health insurance that senator obama wants them to have (for their children), they will be fined.	health-care	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	waterloo, iowa


































10792.json	pants-fire	the projected revenue from the mayweather/pacquiao fight is larger than the annual gdp of 29 different countries.	economy,sports	jim-lampley	boxing announcer		none	0	0	0	0	1	comments before the mayweather vs. pacquiao fight


































5407.json	false	says sixty-two percent of small businesses over the last five years went under because they couldnt pay their health care bills.	health-care,small-business	bill-pascrell	u.s. house of representatives	new jersey	democrat	0	3	4	4	0	a speech on the house floor


































11991.json	mostly-true	since (welfare reform) was signed into law, the number of families living in extreme poverty has more than doubled.	welfare	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a news conference


































7457.json	barely-true	theres a tax credit of $2,400 to bond [former inmates] that an employer would get for hiring a convicted felon. theres a federal bonding program -- you can get $5,000 to $25,000 in federal money to hire a convicted felon. and theres federal grants for felons to set up their own small businesses.	civil-rights,crime,criminal-justice,economy,poverty,public-safety,workers	carolyn-medeiros	executive director, alliance for safe communities	rhode island	newsmaker	1	0	0	0	0	a radio interview


































11267.json	false	jesus was an undocumented immigrant.	immigration	ryan-eller			activist	0	1	0	0	0	a cnn interview


































7931.json	false	on gay marriage	gays-and-lesbians,marriage,voting-record	mark-herring	state senator	virginia	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a debate


































6691.json	false	ann kuster supports the government takeover of healthcare, which robs medicare of over $700 billion.	health-care,message-machine-2012	charles-bass	u.s. representative 	new hampshire	republican	3	2	0	0	0	an august 27, 2012 advertisement, “not working,” aired in and around new hampshire.”


































4976.json	mostly-true	(the opportunity scholarship act) would be funded directly from public school budgets. so it would absolutely take money out of the public school system to transfer to private and religious schools.	education	julia-sass-rubin	education advocate	new jersey	none	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on news 12 new jersey’s power & politics show


































12453.json	half-true	while rob portman relies on his super pac and a handful of billionaires to do his dirty work, we dont have a super pac, and quite frankly, we dont want one that spends millions to spew out lies and distortions.	campaign-finance,wealth	ted-strickland	former ohio governor	ohio	democrat	2	6	7	4	1	a fundraising email by campaign manager


































10100.json	barely-true	this (ebola) is not as bad as sarswas in 2003.	ebola,health-care,public-health	tavis-smiley	television and radio host	california	none	1	0	1	0	0	comments on abc's this week


































11965.json	pants-fire	a couple of debates ago, (donald trump) said if you dont support socialized health care, youre heartless.	health-care	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	the republican debate in houston, texas


































13348.json	false	its four or five states where the number of insurance options have narrowed under the affordable care act.	health-care	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview on cnn


































4002.json	barely-true	ethanol reduced gas prices by 89 cents per gallon in 2010, and if ethanol disappeared, gas prices could rise by as much as 92 percent.	agriculture,energy	renewable-fuels-association	trade association	washington, d.c.	none	1	0	0	0	0	an advertisement in washington, d.c., metro stations


































7421.json	mostly-true	the sequester wont consider whether were cutting some bloated program that has outlived its usefulness, or a vital service that americans depend on every single day. it doesnt make those distinctions.	federal-budget	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in washington, d.c.


































13461.json	pants-fire	final election 2016 numbers: trump won the popular vote.	elections	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	web posts


































7735.json	half-true	says opponents of proposed austin school district bonds say the districts debt load doubles with these new bonds.	debt,education,taxes	league-women-voters-austin-area		texas	organization	0	0	2	0	0	a voters guide.


































2543.json	pants-fire	says campaign contributions to her rival for a state house seat was money intended for schoolchildren.	campaign-finance	jill-chambers	state house representative	georgia	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a recorded telephone message


































5356.json	true	says a 1915 referendum on womens right to vote went down in new jersey. and it took the legislature to pass it.	women	loretta-weinberg	state senator		democrat	1	2	0	1	0	an interview on njtv


































9880.json	false	says u.s. house candidate carlos curbelo supported ending the medicare guarantee.	medicare	joe-garcia	lawyer	florida	democrat	0	2	0	0	0	a web ad


































1188.json	false	the obama administration was successful in rushing a massive spending bill through congress in just two days after which it sat on the president's desk for three days, while he was away on vacation.	economy,health-care,pundits	thomas-sowell	columnist and fellow, hoover institution, stanford university		none	0	1	0	0	0	a column in investor's business daily.


































797.json	false	in 1992, barack obama directed project vote - an arm of acorn that also encouraged voter registration.	candidates-biography	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a memo on campaign web site


































2304.json	half-true	in this country, we have a 25 percent dropout rate.	education,abc-news-week	arne-duncan	u.s. secretary of education	illinois	democrat	1	2	1	2	0	an interview on abc's this week with christiane amanpour


































10913.json	mostly-true	in the last seven years of my tenure, texas created 1.5 million new jobs. as a matter of fact, without texas, america would have lost 400,000 jobs.	corrections-and-updates,economy,jobs,states	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	his speech declaring his candidacy for president


































7609.json	pants-fire	a report by the us general accountability office (gao) in 2008 found that the disposal of katrina wastes by ashbritt in the south resulted in the creation of contaminated sites along the gulf coast and two new superfund sites in new orleans.	environment	jeff-tittel	director of the new jersey sierra club		none	0	1	1	0	1	an opinion column for njtoday.net


































9085.json	half-true	every 20 seconds, a child dies because they lack access to clean water and sanitation.	water	matt-damon			none	0	0	1	0	0	comments on abc's this week


































8221.json	true	fleeing syria, a million children are now refugees.	foreign-policy,military	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	an interview on face the nation


































12594.json	half-true	right now, our corrections department charges taxpayers between $30,000 and $40,000 a year per person we lock up, she said. thats actually cheap when you compare us to the rest of the country.	criminal-justice	rebecca-kleefisch	candidate for lieutenant governor	wisconsin	republican	1	3	4	0	1	a radio interview


































9041.json	barely-true	says his patient option act is the only republican plan that completely repeals obamacare and it takes the federal bureaucrat out of decisions for you.	health-care	paul-broun	congressman	georgia	republican	4	8	3	2	1	a candidate forum


































5090.json	mostly-true	says federal spending has increased 21 percent over the past three years.	deficit,economy,federal-budget	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a news release


































8310.json	true	if the government shuts down, all military personnel will continue to serve and accrue pay but will not actually be paid until appropriations are available.	federal-budget,military	cw-bill-young	u.s. representative, florida district 10	florida	republican	0	1	1	0	1	a house address


































8496.json	true	rand pauls speech ... on gattaca was totally ripped off of wikipedia.	candidates-biography,health-care,pundits	rachel-maddow	msnbc host		none	6	6	4	6	1	comments on her tv show


































10760.json	mostly-true	more astronauts have been to the moon than farmers who paid the inheritance tax in 2013.	taxes	bill-maher	host of real time with bill maher	california	independent	0	3	1	5	0	his monologue on real time


































6073.json	half-true	portland, ore., has never gotten over 12 to 15 percent ridership of its public transit system in the past 12 years.	transportation	steve-brown	fayette county commissioner	georgia	republican	0	1	1	0	0	


































4775.json	half-true	solar and wind energy are both cheaper than nuclear right now.	energy,environment	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	an interview on the daily show


































8723.json	half-true	says new jersey has the highest unemployment rate in the region and stagnant job growth.	jobs	marie-corfield		new jersey	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a column on bluejersey.com


































11929.json	mostly-true	says hillary clinton wonhealth care for 8 million children.	health-care,public-health	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a tv ad 


































5361.json	pants-fire	says abortion is the most common surgery in our country.	abortion	patrick-johnston	director of personhood ohio	ohio	none	0	0	0	0	1	a radio interview


































11010.json	mostly-true	income disparities in the united states are the worst since the 1920s.	income,wealth	bobby-scott	u.s. congressman	virginia	democrat	1	2	1	5	0	a news release.


































3329.json	barely-true	the stimulus bill promised to keep unemployment under 8%.	economy,jobs,stimulus	george-allen	consultant	virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a press release.


































8522.json	mostly-true	the university of texas is starting the first medical school at a major tier one university in the last 50 years.	education,health-care,public-health	steve-leslie	assistant to university of texas president	texas	none	0	0	0	1	0	remarks at an austin town hall about the dell medical school


































12974.json	false	none of the polls being conducted right now have us on the top line. none of them. its always trump and clinton and then second question, third question. ... if we were included in the top line, as johnson/trump/clinton, wed be at 20 percent.	elections,polls	gary-johnson	presidential candidate	new mexico	libertarian	3	2	5	6	0	media appearances


































5719.json	true	98 percent of american families make under $250,000 a year.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at florida atlantic university in boca raton, fla. 


































13018.json	barely-true	the clinton foundation gives less than 10(percent in direct aid). in 2013, they raised 140 million bucks, gave $9 million to people in direct aid.	candidates-biography	alex-castellanos	gop consultant		republican	1	0	0	0	0	a panel on meet the press


































1832.json	false	sen. barbara boxer passed only three bills in 18 years into law.	job-accomplishments,legal-issues,message-machine	carly-fiorina		california	republican	5	5	4	3	2	a web ad


































3290.json	mostly-true	state employees havent received a raise in five or six years.	state-budget	florida-department-corrections-worker		florida	none	0	0	0	1	0	a question to gov. rick scott.


































4217.json	mostly-true	says more than eight countries lead the united states in the percentage of college graduates.	education	cory-booker	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	0	4	2	8	0	a round table discussion on meet the press


































8157.json	half-true	since the passage of the affordable care act, u.s. health care spending grew at 3.9 percent for the last three years, the lowest growth rate in over 50 years.	federal-budget,government-regulation,health-care	ron-kind	u.s. representative	wisconsin 	democrat	0	0	2	0	0	a speech


































12653.json	half-true	sanctuary cities such as philadelphia refuse to cooperate with the federal government in locating suspected terrorists who are in their custody and are in the country illegally.	immigration,terrorism	pat-toomey	candidate for u.s. senate	pennsylvania	republican	3	2	2	1	0	a statement


































10603.json	mostly-true	georgia is one of only five states where breweries cant sell you a pint of beer to drink on premise or sell you a six-pack to go.	alcohol,government-regulation,legal-issues	georgia-craft-brewers-guild		georgia 	none	0	0	0	1	0	a statement


































7297.json	false	under president barack obama, 8.3 (million) fewer americans are working today than there were four years ago.	economy,jobs,pundits	sean-hannity	radio/tv host		none	3	5	3	2	1	his fox news show


































11333.json	mostly-true	under republicans, recessions happen four times as frequently as under democrats.	economy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	remarks at the 2015 new hampshire democratic party state convention


































9600.json	half-true	teenage births cost texas taxpayers $1.1 billion in health care, foster careand lost tax revenue in 2010 alone.	abortion,sexuality	michael-eric-dyson			none	1	0	1	0	0	comments on msnbc's ed show


































8999.json	half-true	says she made an accurate prediction that if barack obama were elected it would encourage russia to invade ukraine.	foreign-policy	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a post on facebook


































10655.json	barely-true	today roughly half of born-again christians arent voting. theyre staying home.	corrections-and-updates,elections,religion	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	


































13200.json	half-true	says donald trump, in his campaign announcement speech, also said, and many of them (mexicans) are good people. you keep leaving that out of your quote.	candidates-biography,diversity,immigration	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	the vice presidential debate in farmville, va.


































12036.json	half-true	republican bob donovan has run as a republican time and again.	candidates-biography,city-government,elections	tom-barrett	mayor of milwaukee	wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	a radio ad


































12224.json	false	hedge fund managers and others in private equity pay much lower (tax) rates on their income than do truck drivers and teachers and nurses.	labor,taxes	tammy-baldwin	u.s. representative	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	a television interview


































8859.json	false	it still had not gotten terrible on the roads by 2 to 3 p.m. tuesday.	weather	charley-english	georgia emergency management agency director	georgia	none	0	1	0	0	0	a press conference


































6020.json	barely-true	we came out against deepwater and everybody is now paying for [the project] in their electric bills.	energy,environment	lisa-blais	member, board of directors, ocean state tea party in action	rhode island	ocean-state-tea-party-action	1	0	0	0	0	a radio interview


































1373.json	barely-true	americans admire glenn beck more than they admire the pope.	pundits,religion	dana-milbank	columnist for the washington post	washington, d.c.	none	2	0	0	1	0	a column in the washington post


































10836.json	half-true	due to over-incarceration in 1950, two out of three young black men were in the workforce. today, its one out of three black men are in the workforce.	criminal-justice,diversity,economy,jobs	thomas-perez	secretary of labor	maryland	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	an interview on msnbc's morning joe


































9413.json	true	four (maybe five) latinos have served on the austin city council.	city-government,history	mike-martinez	member, austin city council	texas	democrat	1	0	1	1	1	remarks at a gathering


































11532.json	false	i am the only person in this field who is against amnesty. every other person in this field wants to allow people who are here illegally to be able to stay here, in one form or another.	immigration	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a speech at the republican party of iowa's growth and opportunity party in des moines


































11067.json	mostly-true	says because of his actions, wisconsin property taxes today are lower than they were four years ago.	candidates-biography,city-government,education,state-finances,taxes	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a speech


































2142.json	true	democratic candidate jeff greene ran for congress as a california republican.	candidates-biography,elections,message-machine	kendrick-meek		florida	democrat	2	6	1	4	1	a television ad


































3595.json	false	says gov. rick scotts approval ratings are up.	polls,pundits	brian-kilmeade	fox and friends co-host		none	0	2	0	0	1	comments on 'fox and friends'


































8007.json	mostly-true	says obama administration delay of health care laws employer mandate affects about 1 percent of the american workforce.	health-care	robert-menendez	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	1	3	1	3	0	an interview on nbc’s “meet the press”


































10733.json	false	says all my grandparents immigrated to america.	candidates-biography,immigration	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a roundtable chat in iowa


































4152.json	barely-true	said his mother had to fight with health insurance companies for treatment because of a pre-existing condition.	candidates-biography,health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a town hall in new hampshire


































11011.json	mostly-true	says jeb bush oversaw (an) average in-state tuition increase of 48.2 percent during his tenure.	education	florida-democratic-party		florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	a press release


































3462.json	true	the entire state of florida led the nation last year with the most prison inmates committing tax fraud.	corrections-and-updates,crime,taxes	bill-nelson		florida	democrat	3	1	8	10	0	a letter to irs commissioner douglas shulman


































12864.json	mostly-true	mike pence voted against expanding the childrens health insurance program, which hillary helped to start.	federal-budget,health-care,medicaid,medicare,poverty,public-health	howard-dean	democratic national committee chairman	vermont	democrat	1	4	1	2	0	in a speech at the democratic national convention


































3193.json	true	most state employees could pay twice as much toward their health care premiums and it would still be half the national average	health-care,state-budget	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	the state of the state speech


































3634.json	false	mickey mouse was registered to vote (in florida).	elections	eric-eisnaugle	state representative	florida	republican	0	1	0	0	0	comments made on the house floor


































3756.json	pants-fire	very, very, very few people get a pat-down when they go through airport security.	homeland-security	janet-napolitano	secretary of homeland security 		democrat	1	0	1	1	1	atlanta press club speech


































3140.json	barely-true	in september, the department of business and consumer services enacted a sudden 39% workers compensation premium assessment by rule with little notice to the public.	labor,workers	oregon-senate-republicans		oregon	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a press release


































6082.json	mostly-true	giving the facts: 73,000 jobs created ... since 11. do you know how many direct jobs in the auto industry? 1,800.	economy,jobs	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	an appearance on nbc's meet the press.


































12767.json	barely-true	says hillary clinton and ralph northam label police as racists.	public-safety	corey-stewart	chairman, prince william county board of supervisors	virginia	republican	2	1	0	0	0	a facebook post.


































1407.json	true	most texans aren't millionaires.	economy,elections	linda-chavez-thompson	labor organizer	texas	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a speech


































8657.json	mostly-true	the town of cumberland has its highest bond rating in history.	city-budget,debt,job-accomplishments	daniel-mckee	mayor	rhode island	democrat	0	0	1	2	0	a campaign speech


































2057.json	half-true	since february 2009, our economy has lost roughly 3 million private sector jobs while the federal government has grown by more than 400,000 jobs.	economy,government-efficiency,job-accomplishments	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	an op-ed in the detroit news


































132.json	mostly-true	i've seen (life) from the factory floor when i was working the graveyard shift ...and i'd be ankle-deep in water at the murray ohio bicycle plant where i was running a machine that was so loud i couldn't hear myself yell if i wanted to.	candidates-biography	fred-thompson	actor	tennessee	republican	1	4	3	3	0	des moines, iowa


































5786.json	barely-true	says dwight holton has never set foot in an oregon courtroom.	candidates-biography,message-machine-2012	ellen-rosenblum			democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a news story 


































9115.json	half-true	state medicaid expansion will save our treasury $1 billion over the next eight years.	medicaid,state-budget	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a radio interview.


































10442.json	pants-fire	the u.s. unemployment rate has been massaged, its been doctored.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a breakfast talk in iowa


































3296.json	true	if you printed a $1 bill for the entirety of the $14.1 trillion national debt, the resulting pile of money would weigh more than 136 aircraft carriers.	deficit	michael-sullivan	president and ceo, empower texans	texas	republican	1	0	3	1	0	an e-mail blast


































6278.json	mostly-true	eighty out of 82 counties in ohio ... have an auto manufacturing facility.	economy,jobs	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview on fox news sunday


































11227.json	false	under scott walker, the wisconsin middle class is shrinking at a faster rate than any other state in the country.	economy,families,income	rachel-maddow	msnbc host		none	6	6	4	6	1	a television show


































3604.json	half-true	what we have done with the patriot act, weve given the government enormous powers. weve given the government the right to reach deeply into peoples private lives, into their business affairs, without a court order.	criminal-justice,terrorism	dennis-kucinich	u.s. representative	ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	a speech in the house of representatives


































7705.json	mostly-true	one in five women in the military are receiving unwanted sexual contact, as are 3.3 percent of men.	crime,military,women	kirsten-gillibrand	u.s. senator	new york	democrat	0	0	1	3	0	an interview with msnbc


































7274.json	true	virginia spends less per student today than we did in 2008.	education,state-budget	david-toscano	house minority leader 	virginia	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a speech.


































2839.json	false	the economic impact of atlantas 2000 super bowl was $292 million.	economy	atlanta-sports-council			none	0	1	0	0	0	a study


































7711.json	half-true	do you know those former soviet bloc countries have all moved to flat taxes?	taxes	rob-woodall	u.s. representative	georgia	republican	0	0	2	0	0	a speech


































2861.json	true	more people hunt and fish in texas in a given year than attend the... games of the dallas cowboys, the dallas mavericks, the houston texans and the houston rockets combined.	environment,recreation	todd-staples	state agriculture commissioner	texas	republican	0	1	4	3	1	an interview.


































3368.json	half-true	georgia legislation on immigration is a copycat of an arizona immigration bill.	immigration	georgia-association-latino-elected-officials			none	0	0	1	0	0	an email newsletter


































2261.json	barely-true	a new york imam wants tohave a mosque at ground zero.	homeland-security,patriotism,religion	rick-lazio			republican	1	0	0	0	0	fox news hannity program.


































2471.json	false	one of the other inaccuracies ...is that we have raised taxes multiple times and run up the budget. absolutely not true. one tax increase since ive been in office. it was a quarter mill tax in the unincorporated area only.	job-accomplishments,taxes,voting-record	susan-latvala	pinellas county commissioner	florida	none	0	1	0	0	0	a candidates forum in dunedin


































4911.json	barely-true	some billionaires have a tax rate as low as 1 percent.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in osawatomie, kan.


































10930.json	false	the profit [from automated traffic enforcement cameras] is going to the private corporations, not to the city or state.	city-budget,city-government,civil-rights,crime,debt,history,legal-issues,public-safety,state-budget,state-finances	hillary-davis	policy analyst aclu	rhode island	organization	0	1	0	0	0	a hearing at the general assembly 


































10421.json	mostly-true	our unemployment rate is now lower than it was before the financial crisis.	economy,jobs	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the state of the union address


































3102.json	barely-true	it is estimated that every $100 million spent on construction generates 3,000 new jobs.	economy,jobs,transportation	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	the state of the commonwealth address


































3707.json	mostly-true	we have the highest corporate income tax in the world right now.	taxes	gary-johnson	presidential candidate	new mexico	libertarian	3	2	5	6	0	a republican presidential debate


































4.json	mostly-true	i used tax cuts to help create over 80,000 jobs in new mexico.	taxes	bill-richardson	governor	new mexico	democrat	1	2	3	8	1	a tv ad.


































2611.json	barely-true	says scott walker tried to pass a law to allow pharmacists to block womens access to birth control.	health-care,message-machine,women	planned-parenthood			none	1	0	1	0	1	a direct mail campaign piece


































8928.json	mostly-true	the only time over the last 25 years when the states unemployment rate exceeded the u.s. average was when (mary) burke was commerce secretary.	candidates-biography,economy,job-accomplishments,jobs,labor,state-budget	republican-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	republican	4	3	2	3	0	a news release


































3344.json	false	were broke. we dont have any more money.	labor,state-budget	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a news conference and many other venues


































439.json	true	again today (ahmadinejad) made light of 9/11, and said that he's not even sure it happened and that people actually died.	foreign-policy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a television debate in philadelphia.


































4350.json	barely-true	says direct shipment of wine makes underage drinking as simple as a mouse click.	alcohol,government-regulation	joseph-cryan	state assemblyman	new jersey	democrat	1	1	0	0	0	an op-ed piece published on courierpostonline.com


































4013.json	barely-true	under barack obama the last two years, the number of federal limousines for bureaucrats has increased 73 percent.	federal-budget,government-efficiency,new-hampshire-2012,transportation	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	cbs' face the nation


































10651.json	barely-true	obama has been sending taxpayer dollars, at least $350,000 to fund anti-likud, anti-netanyahu groups in israelfor (the) election.	foreign-policy,israel	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	a blog post


































6052.json	false	when i was u.s. attorney we wound up putting 10 percent of the state legislature in jail during my seven years.	crime,job-accomplishments	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a town hall meeting


































13105.json	mostly-true	sixty percent of americans now support legalizing marijuana.	legal-issues,marijuana,polls,states	gary-johnson	presidential candidate	new mexico	libertarian	3	2	5	6	0	an interview


































2532.json	true	since being elected in 2002, scott walker has given back over $370,000 of his salary to the county.	county-budget,job-accomplishments	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a statement on campaign web site


































1535.json	mostly-true	florida has the second-highest foreclosure rate in the nation.	economy,housing	kendrick-meek		florida	democrat	2	6	1	4	1	a statement on his web site


































10412.json	true	the religious liberty bill proposed in the georgia house of representatives does not specifically exclude corporations, which means they can legally claim a religious exemption.	gays-and-lesbians,legal-issues,religion	jeff-graham			independent	0	0	0	0	0	an interview with wabe radio


































13314.json	mostly-true	says saudi arabia, a u.s. ally, has paid to export throughout the world wahhabism -- an extreme form of islam that basically teaches americans are the devil.	foreign-policy,islam,religion	russ-feingold		wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	an interview


































7028.json	mostly-true	bill clinton presided over the biggest expansion of the american economy since world war ii.	economy,job-accomplishments	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a debate.


































11964.json	barely-true	when they passed obamacare, they put a bailout fund in obamacare. we led the effort and wiped out that bailout fund.	health-care	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	comments during the houston gop debate


































5769.json	false	david dewhurst has never once cut one penny from the state budget.	state-budget	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a republican us senate debate at wfaa-tv, channel 8, in dallas.


































3272.json	pants-fire	wisconsin gov. scott walkers move to limit collective bargaining rights has led to riots at the capitol -- its like cairo has moved to madison these days.	labor,state-budget	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	an appearance on a tv interview program


































3936.json	mostly-true	an amendment inserted by lawmakers into the state budget exempts scientific researchers from all state animal cruelty laws.	animals,state-budget	wisconsin-humane-society	outside group 	wisconsin	organization	0	0	0	1	0	a news release


































2919.json	half-true	its illegal for a state to say were simply going to cut off (union contract) negotiations. theres a legal requirement that you are involved in good faith bargaining.	state-budget	jim-doyle	lawyer	wisconsin	democrat	1	1	1	1	0	a program at the marquette university law school


































2296.json	true	in rhode island there are 150 different pension plans for public workers.	economy,public-service,retirement,state-budget,workers	kernan-kerry-king		rhode island	republican	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on wpri-tv's newsmakers
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