the federal government only ordered bp to pay to do one of those six segments of sand barriers for louisiana.
the federal government only ordered bp to pay to do one of those six segments of sand barriers for louisiana.
an interview on abc news this week''


































10761.json	mostly-true	the recently passed transportation funding bill is a billion-dollar tax increase for georgians.	state-budget,taxes,transportation	debbie-dooley		georgia	tea-party-member	0	1	1	1	0	a twitter post


































11143.json	pants-fire	austin is effectively imposing a ban on barbecue restaurants.	environment,food-safety	rush-limbaugh	radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	an episode of the rush limbaugh show


































2512.json	false	ron klein sponsored an amendment that specifically allows price gouging.	candidates-biography	we-love-usa-pac			none	0	1	0	0	0	a website


































10289.json	barely-true	female students at uva have a 20 percent chance of being sexually assaulted.	crime,public-safety	richard-saslaw	state senate minority leader	virginia	democrat	2	3	0	0	1	a presentation.


































10919.json	true	we reduced the government workforce by 13,000, 11 percent, during my eight years.	florida,jobs,state-budget	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a speech at gov. rick scott's economic growth summit in orlando


































4162.json	barely-true	federal law requires that hospitals treat people whether or not they can pay. so someone (who) doesnt have health insurance -- they can go to the hospital and get free care.	health-care,new-hampshire-2012	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a town hall in wolfeboro, n.h.


































11396.json	half-true	380 americans have been killed in 294 mass shootings in 2015 alone.	guns	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	a tweet


































6144.json	half-true	atlanta tea party co-founder debbie dooley wants gas taxes raised.	transportation	citizens-transportation-mobility		georgia	none	1	0	2	1	0	a press release


































4081.json	false	china owns more of our bonds than do americans.	china,deficit,economy	george-allen	consultant	virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a tv interview.


































13514.json	barely-true	nafta allows a lot of trucks from mexico, for example, to leave there and ... drive straight through without even being inspected.	corrections-and-updates,homeland-security,immigration,transportation	roger-williams	businessman	texas	republican	3	2	2	0	1	an interview with mcclatchy's washington bureau


































2629.json	pants-fire	under the new health care law, the first person (a) patient has to go to is a bureaucrat. that is called a panel.	health-care,message-machine	john-raese	ceo of greer industries	west virginia	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a debate


































5097.json	half-true	as a result of welfare reform, poverty levels went down to the lowest level ever for ... african-american children.	children,families,poverty,welfare	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a new hampshire town hall with voters


































9114.json	pants-fire	wisconsin wages are declining at double the rate of other states.	economy,income,jobs	mary-burke	madison school board member	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	11	8	3	a jobs proposal


































12835.json	barely-true	says barack obama said black males are two times more likely to be shot by a law enforcement officer than white males and that is a lie because there is no data.	crime,criminal-justice,guns,population	david-clarke-jr	milwaukee county sheriff	wisconsin	democrat	3	5	2	1	0	an interview


































2059.json	barely-true	i said no to higher taxes and fees.	candidates-biography,taxes	ellyn-bogdanoff	state representative	florida 	republican	1	1	1	0	0	a tv ad


































690.json	true	governor palin is the most popular governor in the country.	candidates-biography	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a campaign news release.


































33.json	false	i'm pro-life. he's not.	abortion	sam-brownback	u.s. senator	kansas	republican	1	1	0	0	0	


































1790.json	half-true	john mica's brother is an oil lobbyist and his daughter represents the natural gas industry.	candidates-biography,energy	heather-beaven		florida	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an e-mail to supporters.


































11819.json	barely-true	last year, there were an additional 81,000 pages of government regulations. if you stack that up, it would be a three-story building.	debates,government-regulation,market-regulation	ben-carson			republican	7	12	3	2	4	a republican debate


































4808.json	barely-true	the largest number of gamblers are from the poorest segments of the population.	gambling,poverty	john-stemberger		florida	republican	1	2	0	0	0	a website


































4330.json	mostly-true	says gov. rick scott cut state funding for pbs.	state-budget	florida-voter		florida	none	0	1	0	1	0	a robocall from the pink slip rick website, played on msnbc's rachel maddow show.


































9712.json	half-true	attorney general eric holders own justice department precleared the voting changes in the 2011 law about early voting in florida.	elections	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a press statement


































7615.json	half-true	the city of nelson, ga., is quieter than mayberry.	crime,guns	b-heath-mitchell	nelson, ga. police chief	georgia	none	0	0	1	0	0	newspaper article


































8518.json	half-true	says chris christie fired 6,000 teachers.	education	ed-schultz	msnbc television host		none	3	1	4	1	2	a broadcast of the ed schultz show


































7981.json	half-true	currently, it takes up to 25 years to obtain u.s. citizenship legally but the senate bill would allow immigrants who came to the united states illegally to obtain citizenship in just 13 years.	immigration	jim-sensenbrenner	member of congress	wisconsin	republican	2	4	1	0	0	an op-ed article


































10546.json	half-true	homeopathy, acupuncture and aromatherapy have been given elevated legitimacy under the affordable care act.	corrections-and-updates,health-care	jonah-goldberg	senior editor for national review	washington, d.c.	none	0	0	1	0	0	a column in national review


































12429.json	half-true	says will hurd cosponsored a bill that would militarize our border and allow 200 miles of new roads to be built in the big bend region -- cutting up our beloved park.	congress,corrections-and-updates,drugs,elections,immigration	pete-gallego	former legislator and u.s. house member	texas	democrat	1	1	2	2	0	pete gallego campaign press release


































10178.json	barely-true	attorney general candidate brad schimel is in cahoots with wisconsin right to life to make abortion a crime in wisconsin.	abortion,government-regulation,legal-issues,states	chris-taylor			democrat	1	0	0	1	0	an interview


































10712.json	false	the founders of new hampshire came up with the motto live free or die.	history,patriotism,states	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a town hall meeting in milford, nh


































7992.json	true	economic development commission executive director keith stokes sent me a letter and he said the taxpayers will never be on the hook for these bonds for 38 studios.	bankruptcy,corporations,debt,economy,history,jobs,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	charlene-lima	educator	rhode island	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a speech on the floor of the rhode island house


































1788.json	true	bill mccollum explained his lack of action on mortgage fraud by saying, you can't do everything.	housing	florida-democratic-party		florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	an e-mail press release


































8687.json	mostly-true	the united states is behind many countries in europe in terms of the ability of every kid in america to get ahead.	economy	steven-rattner			democrat	0	0	0	2	0	a segment on msnbc's morning joe


































156.json	true	the alternative minimum tax...was created by congress in 1969 to affect 155 wealthy americans. because it was never indexed for inflation, those original 155 taxpayers has increased to affect about 3.5-million in 2006.	taxes	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a newspaper column


































6066.json	half-true	says we are overcharging students . . . to help pay for the health care law.	congressional-rules,education,federal-budget,health-care	lamar-alexander			republican	1	2	2	0	0	a speech on the senate floor.


































5777.json	half-true	says ellen rosenblum has said over and over again that this is a job where 80 percent of the job is being the governments lawyer.	candidates-biography,message-machine-2012	dwight-holton			democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a radio interview


































7430.json	mostly-true	new jersey has lost over half of our pharmaceutical jobs to states you know, not low-tax states like in the south, but high-tax states like new york.	jobs	barbara-buono	state senator	new jersey	democrat	3	1	4	4	1	an interview on njtoday


































1711.json	true	if the space-shuttle program is terminated, russia and china will be the only nations ...with the capability to launch humans into space.	science	kay-bailey-hutchison	u.s. senator	texas	republican	2	4	4	3	0	a press release.


































10453.json	barely-true	the super bowl has one of the highest levels of human sex trafficking activity of any event in the country.	crime,sports	john-cornyn	senator	texas	republican	5	3	6	2	1	a press conference


































4619.json	mostly-true	says the reforms in state issue 2 will save taxpayer dollars	labor,state-budget,unions	building-better-ohio		ohio	none	1	0	0	1	0	a campaign commercial


































11371.json	barely-true	says scott walker said he wouldnt touch the state civil service system but now supports overhauling it.	labor,legal-issues,state-budget,unions,workers	jon-erpenbach	state senator, district 27	wisconsin	democrat	3	0	0	1	0	an interview


































1326.json	false	says she couldn't take stimulus money because it required universal building codes.	energy,federal-budget,stimulus	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	her book, going rogue


































12099.json	mostly-true	senate democrats have never held up a supreme court nomination.	congress,congressional-rules	harry-reid	senate democratic leader	nevada	democrat	4	5	3	7	3	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































3970.json	true	almost 10 percent of canadians came to visit florida last year ... (canadians) buy 7.4 percent of our homes in the state.	housing,tourism,trade	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a tallahassee press conference


































11868.json	barely-true	regarding the iraq war, i was the one that said, dont go, dont do it, youre going to destabilize the middle east.	debates,iraq	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a republican presidential debate in manchester, n.h.


































11286.json	false	the iran deal trusts the iranians to inspect themselves.	foreign-policy,nuclear	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a speech to the greater houston partnership


































2237.json	half-true	more than three-quarters of the oil is gone.	oil-spill	carol-browner			none	0	0	1	0	0	nbc's today show.


































10901.json	pants-fire	were the only nation in the world that does not use the military to secure our border.	homeland-security,immigration,military	gary-painter	midland county sheriff	texas	republican	0	0	0	0	1	as quoted in a midland reporter-telegram news story


































4913.json	barely-true	we have more natural gas in this country than saudi arabia has oil.	energy,new-hampshire-2012	jon-huntsman		utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	an editorial board meeting with the nashua telegraph


































6067.json	barely-true	massachusetts is reporting a trend far below the national trend in the escalation of health-care costs in this year.	health-care,medicaid,medicare,public-health	elizabeth-roberts	lieutenant governor	rhode island	democrat	1	0	2	0	0	a debate on state of the state


































6523.json	true	initial efforts to strip airport contractors of their special diversity status has no effect on the contracts or the citys diversity goals.	diversity	sonji-jacobs	director of communications, office of atlanta mayor kasim reed	georgia	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	


































10027.json	true	more women were killed by their husbands or boyfriends since sept. 11 than all the americans who were killed by 9/11 or in afghanistan and iraq.	crime,terrorism,women	gloria-steinem			none	0	0	0	0	0	an ap interview


































11890.json	pants-fire	while states used to have regulatory power over fishing, federal law now regulates down to the tenth of the inch the minimum size of fish that anglers can keep.	market-regulation,states	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	a 90-page manifesto decrying federal overreach


































8535.json	barely-true	social security took seven years before anybody got the first check.	corrections-and-updates,health-care,social-security	jay-leno			none	1	0	0	0	0	a broadcast of the tonight show


































2534.json	false	in most muslim countries, we cant have a church. were not able to build synagogues. its forbidden.	foreign-policy,religion,abc-news-week	franklin-graham			none	1	1	0	0	0	abc's this week


































10990.json	barely-true	says barack obama told the u.s. coast guard academy that the number one threat to the military and the world today is global warming.	climate-change,environment,foreign-policy,homeland-security,military,terrorism	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a speech


































10519.json	false	says award-winning milwaukee public schools teacher megan sampson was laid off because gov. scott walker cut state aid to education.	education,labor	gail-collins	columnist for the new york times	new york	journalist	2	1	1	3	0	a column


































8856.json	half-true	says marshawn lynch is second all-time in terms of average yards per rush only to terrell davis.	sports	joel-klatt			none	0	0	1	0	0	a fox sports panel about super bowl xlviii


































5847.json	half-true	when housing and transportation costs are combined, atlantas cost of living -- typically perceived as relatively low -- ranks as 7th worst out of 51 metros nationally.	transportation	citizens-transportation-mobility		georgia	none	1	0	2	1	0	an ad


































3635.json	half-true	over the last 10 years, georgias public health has declined.	public-health	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a speech


































2027.json	half-true	at his fathers bank, alexi made tens of millions in risky loans to convicted mobsters. then, the bank collapsed.	candidates-biography,crime,economy,message-machine	mark-kirk	u.s. senator	illinois	republican	2	1	2	0	0	a campaign video


































12103.json	mostly-true	north carolina spends $855 less per student than it did before the great recession, and we have one of the lowest per pupil spending levels in the nation.	education,state-budget	roy-cooper	attorney general	north carolina	democrat	1	0	3	1	0	his education plan


































5503.json	barely-true	the fact is 90-percent of down syndrome children were aborted in this country.	abortion,health-care	mike-dewine	ohio attorney general	ohio	republican	2	0	3	1	0	an interview with msnbc


































8321.json	mostly-true	over the past 35 years, florida families have paid into the (national flood insurance program) over $16 billion, four times more than the amount they have received in claim reimbursements.	environment,housing,states,weather	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a letter to florida's u.s. senators


































9499.json	false	says president barack obama said when we got bin laden, terrorism problem solved.	terrorism	dick-cheney			republican	5	4	2	2	1	an interview on abc's this week


































12013.json	half-true	every year there is a slightly smaller percentage of american households owning guns.	guns	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	a campaign rally.


































13315.json	half-true	a world health organization report shows that more people are dying of tb.	public-health	doctors-without-borders			none	0	0	1	1	0	a press release


































5117.json	half-true	more than a quarter of mortgage borrowers are underwater, and 11 percent of all homes are vacant.	economy,housing	marcia-fudge	representative from ohio's 11th congressional district	ohio	democrat	0	1	2	4	0	a speech in the house of representatives


































7604.json	mostly-true	paul ryans budget keeps the obamacare taxes and spending cuts that paid for obamacare, but then cuts all of the benefits.	congress,federal-budget,health-care,taxes	bobby-scott	u.s. congressman	virginia	democrat	1	2	1	5	0	a radio interview.


































10361.json	mostly-true	agriculture contributes $71 billion to georgias economy annually, making it the states largest industry.	agriculture,economy,state-budget	georgia-farm-bureau		georgia	organization	0	0	0	1	0	a statement on the georgia farm bureau website


































6856.json	barely-true	if gov. romneys plan goes into effect the average senior would have to pay $460 a year more in tax for their social security.	social-security,taxes	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a campaign rally in boca raton, fla.


































2687.json	true	says lloyd doggett voted for the health care, stimulus and cap-and-trade bills.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,economy,health-care,message-machine	donna-campbell	physician	texas	republican	0	1	0	1	0	an ad


































8137.json	half-true	twenty four states have voter id or comparable restrictions; before barack obama was elected, it was two.	civil-rights,elections,history,human-rights,legal-issues	james-vincent	president, providence naacp	rhode island	newsmaker	0	0	1	0	0	an appearance on wpri-tv's newsmakers.


































10299.json	half-true	on timing of right to work legislation	workers	robin-vos	wisconsin assembly speaker	wisconsin	republican	0	3	2	5	1	various interviews


































5728.json	pants-fire	president obamas refusal to grant permits for offshore drilling is one reason gasoline prices are soaring.	energy,environment,gas-prices,pundits	mike-huckabee	author	arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	a robocall


































13079.json	false	on whether barack obama was born in the united states.	obama-birth-certificate	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	comments at a speech


































10428.json	true	the merger of georgia state university and georgia perimeter college will make gsu one of the largest universities in the nation, with more than 54,000 students.	education	gsu-alumni-association			none	0	0	0	0	0	mass email


































12626.json	barely-true	says hillary clinton savaged the dignity of people who accused bill clinton of sexual harassment or assault and shamed them.	candidates-biography,history,women	america-rising-now	pro-trump super pac		organization	2	0	0	0	0	an advertisement against hillary clinton


































11504.json	barely-true	in florida, we have the lowest in-state tuition of any state.	education	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	the cnbc gop presidential debate


































11587.json	pants-fire	in japan, permanent residency is not given to muslims, the propagation of islam is banned, one cannot import a koran published in the arabic language, and muslims cannot even rent a house.	diversity,religion	viral-image			none	5	5	0	3	15	posts on the internet


































1482.json	mostly-true	despite touting the economic stimulus as a great triumph, the very same report, however, notes that unemployment will average 10 percent for the rest of the year.	economy,stimulus	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a press release


































7625.json	mostly-true	pasco county has the second highest population of homeless in all of florida.	housing	brian-anderson	homeless advocate	florida	none	0	0	0	1	0	a senate rules committee meeting


































4255.json	barely-true	says his twitter account has 1.3 million followers.	candidates-biography	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a newspaper interview


































11958.json	false	you are three times more likely to be able to get a mortgage if youre a white applicant than if youre black or hispanic, even if you have the same credentials.	diversity,financial-regulation,housing	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an msnbc-telemundo town hall


































1927.json	barely-true	for six years, i served our community as a conservative state legislator. in every one of those years, i helped balance the state's budget.	state-budget	clay-cox			republican	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign mailer.


































3019.json	mostly-true	the richest 1 percent of america will get a bigger tax cut through this bill than the family income of the average family here in central texas.	taxes	lloyd-doggett	texas congressman in the u.s. houst of representatives	texas	democrat	1	0	2	7	0	an interview.


































6666.json	mostly-true	says president barack obama gives students the right to repay (federal) loans as a clear, fixed, low percentage of their income for up to 20 years.	candidates-biography,education	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	a speech at the democratic national convention in charlotte, n.c.


































6143.json	barely-true	since the beginning of the economic downturn in fy 2008, the state workforce has been reduced by 12.4 percent as part of overall cost savings measures to balance the budget to reduce revenues.	state-budget	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a press release


































5849.json	mostly-true	the united states already has the highest corporate tax rate in the world.	corporations,taxes	scott-desjarlais	4th congressional district's congressman	tennessee	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a blog post on his website.


































3472.json	half-true	about 22 percent of adults in rhode island and approximately 30 percent of youth (ages 10-17) are considered obese.	children,public-health	joseph-mcnamara	house member	rhode island	democrat	0	2	1	0	0	a news release


































12191.json	barely-true	last year (the u.s. womens soccer team) generated $20 million more than the mens team and were paid almost four times less.	income,sports,women	other-98			democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a facebook image


































10408.json	true	america is no. 1one in oil and gas.	energy,gas-prices	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	his 2015 state of the union address


































11152.json	false	almost 95 percent of all (planned parenthood) pregnancy services were abortions.	abortion	sandra-smith	reporter		journalist	0	1	0	0	0	an interview with mike huckabee


































3085.json	false	there was no panhandling when i left office.	crime,poverty	bob-buckhorn		florida	none	2	1	2	1	0	a radio interview on wfla-am 970


































3139.json	mostly-true	the republican party raffled off an ar-15 assault rifle at the 2010 oregon state fair.	guns	suzanne-devlin	letter writer	oregon	none	0	0	0	1	0	a letter to the editor


































10274.json	half-true	the number of killings of citizens by police is at a two-decade high.	crime,criminal-justice	marc-morial	president of the national urban league	louisiana	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an appearance on 'fox news sunday'


































1125.json	false	during the 2005 fight over social security, there were noisy demonstrations but they were outside the events, and opponents were not disruptive crowds booed lines they didnt like, but that was about it.	health-care,pundits	paul-krugman	new york times columnist		none	0	2	3	4	0	a blog posting.


































261.json	true	there are 7,000 kids in new hampshire who have health care because i helped to create the children's health insurance program.	health-care	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a debate in manchester, n.h.


































1920.json	false	georgia secretary of state brian kemp is a career politician.	public-service	doug-macginnitie	sandy springs city councilman	georgia	republican	1	1	0	0	0	a campaign flier


































1083.json	half-true	a new rasmussen poll shows people oppose (sotomayor's) confirmation. only 37 percent support it.	sotomayor-nomination,supreme-court	jon-kyl	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	0	2	4	3	0	a television interview


































8801.json	mostly-true	we had 6,000 oil and gas spills in 2012 with more oil and gas spreading in the united states than the entire exxon valdez spill.	energy,oil-spill	josh-fox			none	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on msnbc's melissa harris-perry


































4025.json	true	says states that passed anti-illegal-immigrant legislation also had few hispanic legislators.	immigration	women-wall			none	0	0	0	0	0	a texas capitol rally.


































6960.json	half-true	president barack obama (is) the first president in history to cut medicare by $700 billion.	health-care,medicare	ohio-republican-party		ohio	republican	2	2	2	1	0	an election flier 


































7614.json	false	expanding medicaid will worsen health care options for the most vulnerable among us in texas.	health-care,medicaid,poverty	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	remarks in austin, texas


































3923.json	false	we have unemployment that rivals the great depression.	economy,jobs	reince-priebus	chairman, republican national committee	wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































597.json	false	sen. mccain would occupy iraq indefinitely, against their wishes.	iraq	votevetsorg			none	0	1	1	0	0	a tv ad


































6769.json	half-true	says scientists predict sometime in the future, an event that will kill somewhere between 80 and 90 million people.	public-health	john-sharp	chancellor of the texas a&m university system	texas	none	0	0	1	0	0	a speech in austin


































11372.json	true	since 2008, u.s. crude oil output has increased by over 80 percent, an increase of over 4 million barrels a day. that is the fastest increase in u.s. history.	energy	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	his energy plan


































11727.json	half-true	says missouri needs a voter i.d. law because theres over 16 people in the state of missouri who have been convicted of some type of voter fraud.	elections,legal-issues	will-kraus	state senator	missouri	republican	0	0	1	0	0	an episode of this week in missouri politics


































11086.json	true	the actual deportations from the interior of the country are way down under president obama.	immigration	bob-goodlatte	u.s. congressman	virginia	republican	0	1	4	3	0	an interview


































3721.json	mostly-true	says businesses already pay most of the taxes.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	steve-ogden	oil and gas producer	texas	republican	0	0	1	1	0	comments to reporters on texas senate floor


































3748.json	pants-fire	president obamas health care law represents a government takeover of health care.	health-care	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a speech in ann arbor, mich.


































3763.json	mostly-true	on taxes, president barack obama wants to raise the top rate to 44.8 percent.	taxes	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a speech in chicago


































2862.json	half-true	since the fed was created in 1913, the u.s. dollar has lost 98% of its purchasing power.	economy,financial-regulation,income	virginia-tea-party-patriots			none	0	0	2	0	0	a letter to congress.


































5341.json	half-true	says milwaukee blacks have 55 percent male unemployment, 60 percent truancy, a 50 percent graduation rate, the worst reading scores and lead in infant mortality.	children,education,health-care,jobs,urban	david-clarke-jr	milwaukee county sheriff	wisconsin	democrat	3	5	2	1	0	remarks 


































4623.json	half-true	the health care law was a 2,733-page bill! . . . no amendments!	health-care	joe-pitts	congressman	pennsylvania	republican	0	0	1	1	0	a capitol hill press conference


































9560.json	half-true	the obama administration estimates the number of children at the border is going to increase to 150,000 to 200,000 next year.	children,immigration	raul-labrador	u.s. representative	idaho	republican	1	0	1	0	0	an interview on meet the press


































7192.json	false	says texas economy is about 30 percent larger than australias.	economy,states	larry-kilgore			republican	0	1	0	0	0	a new york times news story


































4319.json	true	hair stylists are required to undergo more government scrutiny than foreclosure consultants.	consumer-safety,housing	gary-schaer	state assemblyman	new jersey	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a press release


































5595.json	false	ninety percent of the people who work in this country work for companies under 100 people, maybe even less than that.	jobs,small-business	bill-pascrell	u.s. house of representatives	new jersey	democrat	0	3	4	4	0	a video posted on youtube


































57.json	true	thirty-four percent of hispanics don't have any health care at all, don't have any health insurance.	health-care	dennis-kucinich	u.s. representative	ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	a debate in miami, fla.


































7404.json	true	says wrestling was a favorite sport of abraham lincoln.	history,sports	donald-rumsfeld	former defense secretary		republican	0	0	0	0	0	an op-ed in the washington post


































1197.json	false	the obama administrations cap-and-trade plan would create a $1,761 yearly energy tax.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,energy,environment	lamar-alexander			republican	1	2	2	0	0	a press release


































3491.json	half-true	regime change (in iraq) took eight years	foreign-policy,military	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a televised address


































9537.json	mostly-true	women of childbearing age spend 68 percent more in out-of-pocket health care costs than men.	health-care,women	ruth-bader-ginsburg	associate justice of the supreme court		none	0	0	0	1	0	a dissenting opinion in burwell vs. hobby lobby


































13115.json	false	says hillary clintons plan would bring in 620,000 refugees in her first term, alone, with no effective way to screen or vet them. her plan would cost $400 billion in terms of lifetime welfare and entitlement costs.	immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech in north carolina


































6021.json	mostly-true	weve seen property taxes go down for the first time in 12 years on a median valued home.	taxes	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a recall debate


































5007.json	false	rhode island is leading our nation in foreclosures.	bankruptcy,economy,government-regulation,housing,poverty,states	theresa-price	board member, direct action for rights and equality (dare)	rhode island	activist	0	1	0	0	0	a speech during a rally on homelessness


































6186.json	false	president obamas health-care law will add trillions of dollars in debt.	deficit,federal-budget,health-care,taxes	barry-hinckley		rhode island	republican	0	4	1	2	2	a fundraising letter


































8447.json	pants-fire	about 47 percent of able-bodied people in the state of maine dont work.	disability,jobs,states,workers	paul-lepage	governor	maine	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a speech in falmouth, maine


































5905.json	true	when these [undocumented] students graduate from college, theyre still illegal aliens. they cannot get a job.	children,civil-rights,education,human-rights,immigration,legal-issues,poverty,state-budget,welfare,workers	terry-gorman	president, rhode islanders for immigration law enforcement	rhode island	newsmaker	1	0	0	0	1	a house committee hearing


































6638.json	mostly-true	women receive only 77 cents for every dollar a man earns.	jobs,women	diana-degette			democrat	0	0	1	1	0	a democratic national convention speech


































10591.json	true	research performed by economists has shown no consistent, positive impact on jobs, income or tax revenues arising from stadiums or sports franchises.	baseball,economy,recreation,sports	steven-frias	lawyer	rhode island	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a newspaper commentary


































1589.json	pants-fire	my border security efforts have led to a 60 percent decrease in border crime.	crime	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a web post


































6901.json	false	says when i voted against [an increase in the minimum wage], it was in the 80s.	candidates-biography,income,voting-record	joseph-kyrillos	state senator	new jersey	republican	3	3	2	2	1	a debate on new jersey 101.5-fm


































5879.json	pants-fire	says that rep. betty sutton would rather riot with occupy (wall street) than stand up for ohio families.	economy,jobs,poverty,wealth	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	an email statement


































9599.json	half-true	we spend $18 billion a year on making sure that the federal government has immigrant enforcement agents. thats more than dea and the atf and the fbi and all the other enforcement (agencies) combined.	federal-budget,immigration,legal-issues	luis-gutierrez	u.s. house of representatives	illinois	democrat	0	0	2	3	0	an interview on cbs' face the nation


































1110.json	mostly-true	forty-five percent of americans went without needed care because of costs in 2007.	health-care	bill-pascrell	u.s. house of representatives	new jersey	democrat	0	3	4	4	0	a speech on the house floor


































3266.json	half-true	lyme disease is one of the fastest growing infectious diseases in the united states, and rhode island has the second-highest incidence of this disease in the country.	public-health,public-safety	susan-sosnowski	state senator	rhode island	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a news release


































2153.json	mostly-true	says president barack obama initially said the national health-care mandate isnt a tax, but his administration now says it is a tax.	health-care,taxes	republican-party-texas		texas	republican	3	1	1	3	1	a message on twitter


































9113.json	half-true	there are still more people uninsured today than when obama was elected president.	health-care	jack-kingston	u.s. representative	georgia	republican	3	1	4	3	0	an interview


































5771.json	true	the federal government owns tens of thousands of properties that are vacant or underused.	federal-budget,government-efficiency	tom-graves			republican	1	0	5	0	1	a press release


































12130.json	false	says her representation of an ex-boyfriend who was then my friend in a family law case is something that lawyers do on a regular basis.	candidates-biography,children,ethics,families,legal-issues	rebecca-bradley			none	0	1	0	1	0	a radio interview


































1258.json	barely-true	you dont know if this (the h1n1 vaccine) is gonna cause neurological damage like it did in the 1970s.	health-care,pundits	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	his radio program.


































5351.json	false	you cant pass a budget in the senate of the united states without 60 votes.	congressional-rules,federal-budget	jack-lew	treasury secretary 	washington, d.c. 	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	an interview on cnn's state of the union with candy crowley


































463.json	true	hillary clinton advocates a freeze on foreclosures. barack obama said no.	economy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	in a television ad


































7213.json	true	our pension system is the only one in the country thats 100 percent funded.	pensions,state-budget,state-finances,states	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a speech


































11757.json	mostly-true	we have the lowest percentage of americans working today of any year since 1977.	economy,jobs	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	the fox business network debate


































7760.json	false	in 2010, everybody said you cant dare let guns go into the national parks, and of course the rapes, murders, robberies and assaults are down about 85 percent since we did that.	guns,recreation	tom-coburn	u.s. senator	oklahoma	republican	2	3	3	2	0	an interview with msnbc's morning joe


































13466.json	true	newt gingrich has been a proponent of selecting a president by popular vote instead of the electoral college.	elections	various-media-reports	reporting	georgia	none	0	0	0	0	0	news media reports


































350.json	false	barack obama said he's going to attack pakistan and embrace (iranian president mahmoud) ahmadinejad.	foreign-policy	george-w-bush	president	texas	republican	0	1	1	1	0	camp david


































4356.json	mostly-true	every 1 percent increase in the number of ohioans with bachelors degrees means economic activity growing the next year and for each year thereafter (by) $2.5 billion dollars.	economy,education,income	jim-petro	chancellor of ohio board of regents	ohio	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a speech at ohio state university


































7370.json	true	says, since 1994 when vawa was first passed, incidents of domestic violence have dropped more than 50 percent.	congress,women	jeff-merkley	u.s. senator	oregon	democrat	0	1	3	6	0	a press call 


































2064.json	half-true	illegal aliens are costing georgia taxpayers over a billion dollars every year.	immigration,message-machine	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a tv campaign commercial


































13391.json	false	says gerald daugherty is endorsed by the austin american-statesman.	county-government,elections	austin-board-realtors-pac	advocacy group	texas	none	0	1	0	0	0	a mailer spotted by an austin voter


































8327.json	false	under cuccinellis tax cut plan, school divisions across virginia could be forced to fire over 8,000 teachers.	education,state-budget,taxes	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	website posting.


































7519.json	half-true	there are 3 million jobs available in america that are not filled because too many of our people dont have the skills for those jobs.	economy,jobs	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a speech at the conservative cpac conference


































10565.json	barely-true	rhode island has invested less in tourism, economic development and economic development personnel than four nearby states.	economy,government-efficiency,jobs,small-business,state-budget,state-finances,states,taxes,tourism,workers	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	rhode island	democrat	2	1	2	5	1	a presentation


































5204.json	half-true	president obama has said he is going to cut veterans benefits.	deficit,veterans	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a republican presidential primary debate


































10133.json	half-true	says scott walker is forcing some women to undergo a transvaginal probe to get an abortion.	abortion,health-care,message-machine-2014,public-health,technology,women	emilys-list			organization	1	0	3	2	0	a tv ad


































10718.json	mostly-true	ninety percent of american workers dont own their own business.	small-business,workers	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	an interview on face the nation.


































4027.json	pants-fire	protesters caused $7.5 million in damage to the wisconsin state house	labor,state-budget	dan-kapanke	state senator, district 32	wisconsin	republican	0	0	0	0	2	in a fundraising email


































8485.json	false	the insurance industry is actually run by mostly democrats.	health-care	dana-perino	co-host on fox news channel's the five		republican	1	1	0	0	1	comments on fox news channel's the five.


































9621.json	half-true	says a 9-year-old girl was recently raped in austin, texas, by a guy previously caught four times and released.	children,crime,criminal-justice,immigration	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	an interview of gov. rick perry


































11572.json	half-true	in a period of roughly 72 hours, a small group of angry black students managed to force the resignation of the two highest ranking officials at that school.	education,human-rights	megyn-kelly	host of the kelly file		talk-show-host	0	1	2	0	0	a broadcast of the kelly file on fox news


































6673.json	barely-true	weve doubled our use of renewable energy.	energy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in seminole, fla.


































12116.json	mostly-true	over the last 30 years, extreme poverty has been cut in half.	foreign-policy,poverty	gayle-smith			democrat	0	0	1	2	0	a speech on capitol hill


































12797.json	barely-true	in 2009, his first year as mayor, julin castro received a seven-figure referral fee that smells like a dirty financial gift from notorious personal injury lawyer mikal watts, a major obama donor.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography,ethics	matt-mackowiak	consultant	texas	republican	2	1	0	0	0	a commentary in the austin american-statesman


































3701.json	mostly-true	house republican plan would increase costs for oregon seniors by $6,000 with health care vouchers instead of medicare	federal-budget,medicare	david-wu	u.s. representative	oregon	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a press release


































1206.json	mostly-true	our own national security agency says that (iran's) nuclear ambitions are advancing, and at the same time ... we are slashing our own nuclear arsenal.	military,pundits	sean-hannity	radio/tv host		none	3	5	3	2	1	his fox news program


































9043.json	barely-true	in the recent house special election in florida, democrats got outspent in a republican district.	campaign-finance	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a fundraising email


































8003.json	mostly-true	says a growing number of extremely premature babies survive into healthy childhood.	abortion,children,women	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	


































12192.json	barely-true	when mentioning villanovas buzzer-beating win in the national championships, hillary clinton said: i love those come-from-behind victories.	sports	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech to the afl-cio convention


































4782.json	half-true	by 2014, there will be one administrator for every teacher on college campuses in the united states.	education	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a republican presidential debate in michigan


































5934.json	false	says as we sit right now, medicare, if we do nothing, will be gone in eight years, if we do nothing to it.	health-care,medicare	jon-runyan	congressman	new jersey	republican	1	3	0	0	0	an interview on njtv’s “on the record”


































10728.json	barely-true	says howard zinn, an anti-american marxist, wrote the most popular textbook thats taught in our high schools in america.	education,history	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a speech to the nra


































8671.json	mostly-true	says harry reid has a better voting attendance record than these three congressmen!	candidates-biography	eugene-yu		georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	a website


































11824.json	false	we now have more jobs in solar than we do in oil.	economy,energy,environment,jobs,labor	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an editorial board interview with the concord monitor


































10522.json	barely-true	isis is now the predominantislamist group in benghazi.	foreign-policy,terrorism	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a radio interview


































3114.json	mostly-true	as many as a quarter of our students arent even finishing high school.	education	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the state of the union address


































8203.json	half-true	in the wisconsin health insurance exchange, the society of actuaries points out that therell be, according to them, an 82 percent increase in individual premiums over the next couple years under obamacare.	health-care	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview with fox news


































2709.json	false	rick perry is taking money away from hurricane victims and diverting it to remodel the governors mansion.	ethics,federal-budget,message-machine,state-budget	back-basics		texas	democrat	0	2	1	1	0	a tv ad.


































8550.json	mostly-true	given how expansive our program already was, expanding medicaid in new jersey due to obamacare was a relatively small expansion.	corrections-and-updates,health-care,medicaid,state-budget	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	an interview on abc's this week


































10330.json	mostly-true	the reason why cubans dont have access to 21st century telecommunications like smart phones, like access to the internet is because it is illegal in cuba.	economy,foreign-policy,technology	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	


































10420.json	half-true	since 2010, america has put more people back to work than europe, japan, and all advanced economies combined.	economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	his 2015 state of the union address


































8577.json	half-true	says barack obamas approval rating is right in the average for second-term presidents at this point.	polls	ari-melber			none	0	0	2	0	0	a talk on msnbc's the cycle


































12914.json	true	50% of hispanic students count on pell grants to pay for college.	education,federal-budget	ruben-hinojosa	u.s. house member	texas	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a tweet


































4727.json	false	on george allens u.s. senate candidacy.	job-accomplishments	corey-stewart	chairman, prince william county board of supervisors	virginia	republican	2	1	0	0	0	tv and newspaper interviews.


































11640.json	half-true	says there are ample means to tell when someone is a christian in the middle east ... by name, by where theyre born, their birth certificates.	foreign-policy,religion	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a radio interview in new hampshire


































5268.json	barely-true	in 2006, i went out and authored a letter with 24 other senators asking for major reform of freddie and fannie, warning of a meltdown and a bubble in the housing market.	candidates-biography,economy,financial-regulation,housing	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a republican presidential debate in jacksonville, fla.


































9551.json	false	justin amash is rated michigans no. 1 conservative by national right to life.	abortion	justin-amash	u.s. house of representative	michigan	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign ad


































5916.json	pants-fire	says marcy kaptur has attacked his military service and training in the air force, showing disrespect for veterans.	elections,campaign-advertising	samuel-wurzelbacher	republican candidate for congress	ohio	republican	0	1	0	1	1	a news release


































11193.json	half-true	emails released to the public show hillary clinton discussed the location of ambassador stevens, who of course was murdered, in libya.	candidates-biography,terrorism	andrew-napolitano	judge		republican	3	0	2	0	3	in an interview on fox's hannity


































3173.json	pants-fire	the city building code violations on my properties only involve exterior issues; within the households, its fine.	candidates-biography,housing	lee-holloway	chairman, milwaukee county boaerd of supervisors	wisconsin	none	1	2	0	1	1	a statement at a candidate forum


































4878.json	pants-fire	people can use food stamps for anything, including to go to hawaii, and even millionaires can qualify.	poverty	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a speech in council bluffs, iowa


































5104.json	half-true	you can hire lots of bureaucrats. thats what the presidents done. hes added 135,000 people to the government workforce.	jobs,new-hampshire-2012,workers	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a town hall meeting in peterborough, n.h.


































7286.json	mostly-true	the milwaukee county boards staff grew from four workers to 38 over four decades and now costs taxpayers a lot more, while the total county workforce was more than cut in half in the same period.	county-budget,county-government	chris-abele	philanthropist	wisconsin	none	3	5	4	4	2	an interview


































10010.json	half-true	under rick scott, there has been a historic $20 billion in funds for education.	corrections-and-updates,education	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a tv ad


































9976.json	mostly-true	says president barack obama has launched twice as many strikes (on)countries that are predominantly muslim than president george w. bush.	iraq,military,religion,terrorism	lz-granderson			none	0	0	0	1	0	comments on cnn's state of the union


































10535.json	false	nine hundred people have been fired since i became secretary (of veterans affairs). weve got 60 people that we fired who have manipulated wait times.	veterans	robert-mcdonald	secretary of veteran affairs		none	0	1	0	0	0	an appearance on nbc's 'meet the press'


































6194.json	false	president obamashealth care law is a government takeover of healthcare.	health-care,market-regulation	george-allen	consultant	virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a speech.


































5408.json	half-true	says private-sector job growth in 2011 places new jersey in the top third among all of the states.	jobs	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	his budget speech


































9193.json	half-true	in rhode island, nearly 9 percent of covered employees go out on short term disability every year, with an average outage from work of almost 12 weeks each.	disability,government-efficiency,labor,workers	kenneth-block	businessman		republican	0	3	2	3	0	a campaign website


































11637.json	mostly-true	the milwaukee county executive can sell the public museum, the airport and the zoo -- all on his own, without county board approval	animals,county-government,legal-issues,state-budget,transportation	chris-larson	wisconsin senate minority leader	wisconsin	democrat	6	5	0	1	1	an interview


































524.json	false	sen. obama wants to enact the single largest tax increase since the second world war.	taxes	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	washington, d.c.


































8792.json	barely-true	in 2011, carlos lpez-cantera staunchly supported a florida bill modeled after arizonas immigration law	immigration	democratic-hispanic-caucus-florida-miami-dade-coun		florida	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	


































3083.json	mostly-true	says that data from the center on budget and policy priorities suggest that the texas budget gap is worse than new yorks, about as bad as californias, but not quite up to new jersey levels.	state-budget,taxes	paul-krugman	new york times columnist		none	0	2	3	4	0	an op-ed column.


































9129.json	mostly-true	two-thirds of the people who receive the minimum wage are female.	economy,women	cokie-roberts	npr contributor, abc commentator	maryland	journalist	1	0	2	2	0	an interview on npr's morning edition


































11285.json	half-true	any republican that has led for two months and led every state has won the gop nomination.	elections	matthew-dowd	commentator	texas	independent	0	0	2	4	0	a panel discussion on abc news' this week with george stephanopoulos


































400.json	false	both mccain and bush favor tax breaks for oil companies.	energy	campaign-defend-america		washington, d.c.	none	0	1	0	2	0	a television ad


































8277.json	false	1 percent of candidates that (the national rifle association) endorsed in 2012 won.	campaign-finance,guns,pundits	van-jones	co-host of cnn's crossfire	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	1	2	2	0	a discussion on cnn's crossfire


































11304.json	false	says donald trumps polling numbers show that hes the highest with hispanics that any republican has ever been.	polls	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	an interview on cnn


































2535.json	half-true	marco rubio wants to raise the social security retirement age, and cut benefits.	message-machine,social-security	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a tv ad.


































3513.json	half-true	discretionary spending has increased over 20-some percent in two years if you dont include the stimulus. if you put in the stimulus, its over 80 percent.	economy,federal-budget,stimulus	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a tv interview.


































12377.json	pants-fire	the university of wisconsin-milwaukee has 2.8 students per faculty member, tied for second-lowest in its history since 1994.	education,government-efficiency,labor,state-budget,unions	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a news release


































3267.json	half-true	oregon health plan rations covered procedures under certain circumstances	health-care	wesley-smith	commentator	oregon	none	0	0	1	0	0	an article in the weekly standard


































12913.json	half-true	on the iran nuclear deal	foreign-policy,israel,nuclear	tim-canova	nova southeastern university law professor	florida	democrat	0	0	1	2	0	a campaign mailer


































5052.json	true	georgias unemployment rate has exceeded the national rate for 50 consecutive months.	jobs	buddy-carter			republican	0	0	0	0	0	a column


































2481.json	false	on charging a toll for motorists to use ga. 400 after it was slated to expire	transportation	georgia-state-road-and-tollway-authority			none	0	0	0	0	0	a vote


































8397.json	pants-fire	a $10 million fire fee proposal in st. petersburg was inspired by gov. rick scott.	city-budget,city-government,taxes	fact-check-florida	electioneering communications organization	florida	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a flier


































9750.json	half-true	the startup rate of hispanic businesses is three times the national rate.	immigration,small-business	libre-initiative			organization	0	0	1	1	0	a facebook post


































593.json	barely-true	he made time to go to the gym, but canceled a visit with wounded troops. seems the pentagon wouldn't allow him to bring cameras.	military	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a tv ad


































1774.json	half-true	says he cut 'tax rates five times'	message-machine,taxes	bill-white	former mayor of houston	texas	democrat	2	3	5	7	3	a television ad


































2655.json	false	bruce starr was the only senator to vote for stronger ethics laws and greater accountability.	ethics,message-machine	bruce-starr	state senator	oregon	republican	0	1	0	1	0	a television ad


































7130.json	half-true	the broward republican executive committee had the liberal league of women voters guide removed from the broward supervisor of elections website.	elections	broward-republican-executive-committee		florida	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a post on its website


































1032.json	half-true	judge sotomayor has said that policy is made on the u.s. court of appeals.	sotomayor-nomination,supreme-court	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	a talking points memo


































8807.json	barely-true	people on potshoot each other ...stab each other ...strangle each other, drive under the influence, kill families.	crime,drugs,marijuana	nancy-grace			none	2	0	0	0	0	a segment on 'nancy grace'


































7305.json	true	since taking office in january 2011, the rainy day fund has increased by 226 percent.	state-budget	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a speech


































6581.json	false	says that as providences mayor, david cicilline said the city had a world-class school system. not only did providence not have a world-class school system but as measured, was amongst the last school system in the entire country.	education,job-accomplishments	anthony-gemma	owner media peel, former president and ceo of gem plumbing	rhode island	democrat	0	2	0	2	1	a tv debate


































5895.json	barely-true	georgia crackdown on illegal immigration costs state farmers $400 million last year.	immigration	charlie-flemming	atlanta-north georgia labor council president	georgia	none	1	0	0	0	0	a speech


































1695.json	mostly-true	americans now spend 100 days out of the year working for government before we even start working for ourselves.	taxes	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a speech at a tea party rally in boston


































2200.json	barely-true	ive shut down pill mills.	crime,health-care	pam-bondi		florida	republican	2	2	0	4	0	a speech.


































12707.json	barely-true	we defied the stand-down orders during the benghazi attack.	foreign-policy,history,terrorism	mark-geist			newsmaker	1	0	0	0	0	a speech at the republican convention


































8868.json	half-true	in 2002, iran was more or less an american ally.	foreign-policy	andrea-mitchell			none	0	0	1	1	0	a broadcast of msnbc's andrea mitchell reports


































10389.json	barely-true	about 30 percent of those released from guantanamo have re-entered the fight.	terrorism	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a press conference


































11019.json	true	says his release of 33 years of tax returns is more than any presidential candidate in history.	candidates-biography	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	an announcement on his website


































1985.json	half-true	he stood up to barack obama by passing legislation that prevents you from being forced to join government health plans or buy health insurance against your will.	health-care	judson-hill			republican	1	0	1	0	0	a campaing mailer


































3014.json	true	i never proposed privatizing the (milwaukee county) airport.	transportation,voting-record	jeff-stone	member of state assembly, 82nd district	wisconsin	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a news conference with reporters


































5246.json	true	before this day is out, 18 more veterans will have taken their own lives. that is the daily average, it is intolerable, and it has to stop.	veterans	rush-holt			democrat	0	1	2	1	0	a press release


































8680.json	half-true	greg abbott defended more than $5 billion in public school funding cuts in fighting hundreds of school districts in court.	education,state-budget,state-finances	wendy-davis	state senator	texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	a post on her campaign website


































11467.json	false	the word progressive...was created as a substitute forcommunist.	history	jon-voight			republican	0	1	0	0	0	an interview with cigar aficianado


































8787.json	true	(m)ore georgians have jobs than at any other time since october 2008.	economy,jobs	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a speech


































5948.json	mostly-true	a florida judge ruled parts of obamacare unconstitutional.	health-care,legal-issues,message-machine-2012	us-chamber-commerce			none	6	3	3	1	1	attack ad for tv


































4288.json	false	when standard poors dropped our credit rating, what they said is, we dont have an ability to repay our debt. ... i was proved right in my position that the debt ceiling should not have been raised.	deficit,federal-budget	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a debate in ames, iowa


































6452.json	half-true	we do know that romney personally approved over $70 million in fictional losses to the irs as part of the notorious son of boss tax scandal, one of the largest tax avoidance schemes in history.	ethics,message-machine-2012,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign ad


































5715.json	pants-fire	president barack obama has doubled the size of government since he took office.	corrections-and-updates,federal-budget	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a congressional web page


































11021.json	true	the house of representatives just voted 300-131 to remove country-of-origin labeling on chicken, pork, and beef sold in the u.s.	agriculture,trade	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	social media posts.


































7377.json	half-true	says his administration has made progress on border enforcement by putting more boots on the southern border than at any time in our history and reducing illegal crossings to their lowest levels in 40 years.	immigration	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the state of the union address


































11567.json	false	the chinese are there in syria.	foreign-policy,military	ben-carson			republican	7	12	3	2	4	the fourth gop debate.


































10144.json	true	says sen. rand pauls 2011 budget included a big cut in the cdc.	ebola,federal-budget,public-health	doug-muder			democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a post on the weekly sift blog


































8547.json	half-true	youve seen where were now going from a $700 million surplus to getting into the next biennium with almost a $750 million deficit.	state-budget,state-finances	mary-burke	madison school board member	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	11	8	3	an interview


































9843.json	barely-true	russia has more diversity in its governmental representation than we do in texas.	bipartisanship,corrections-and-updates,foreign-policy	lon-burnam	state representative	texas	democrat	1	1	0	0	0	telephone press conference


































11604.json	half-true	says russ feingold wanted to get money out of politics. now hes profiting from that same dark money.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography,elections	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	a tv ad


































2387.json	barely-true	dewine took $1.9 million from big banks, supported legislation that helped bernie madoff make millions and protected predatory lenders while families lost their homes.	campaign-finance,economy,job-accomplishments	ohio-democratic-party		ohio	democrat	4	1	2	2	2	an election ad


































11232.json	pants-fire	says bobby jindals parents used his birthright citizenship to become americans, making him an anchor baby.	immigration	occupy-democrats			organization	0	4	3	1	4	a facebook post


































4848.json	true	the u.s. would gainrevenue by cutting personal income tax rates in half and ending tax breaks.	deficit,taxes	mark-warner	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	3	1	6	3	0	a tv interview.


































7221.json	half-true	says detroit dumping a bunch of sewage in lake erie causes big problems for ohio.	agriculture,environment,water	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a news conference


































7648.json	false	under obamacare, virginia taxpayers would have been forced to pay for abortions if the general assembly had not recently intervened.	abortion,health-care,taxes	virginia-society-human-life		virginia	none	0	1	0	0	0	a statement.


































13067.json	false	says patrick murphy is the only candidate to have voted against every measure to fund zika.	congress,public-health,voting-record	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a statement by a spokeswoman


































150.json	true	we had a no child left behind a similar piece of legislation in our state a number of years ago, well before the federal law. and it's had a big impact here. it's improved schools.	education	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an interview


































13027.json	mostly-true	classified material has a header which says top-secret, secret, confidential. nothing, and i will repeat this and this is verified in the report by the department of justice, none of the emails sent or received by me had such a header.	candidates-biography,corrections-and-updates	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the nbc commander-in-chief forum 


































3867.json	false	were the seventh highest taxed state in america. and thats not just state, its local as well.	taxes	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a public appearance


































3167.json	mostly-true	says he predicts the weather better than punxsutawney phil.	weather	general-beauregard-beau-lee	groundhog, weather prognosticator	georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	his website


































6297.json	false	says stimulus money went to buy electric cars from finland as a payback to obama supporters.	energy,message-machine-2012,stimulus	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a campaign commercial


































2398.json	false	allen west called social security a ponzi scheme and said this countrys got to get on sound footing by destroying it.	message-machine,social-security	ron-klein		florida	democrat	0	2	0	1	0	a campaign ad


































12592.json	false	on eliminating the influence of money in policy campaigns	campaign-finance,city-government,ethics	jim-kenney	philadelphia mayor	pennsylvania	democrat	1	0	1	0	0	


































4683.json	mostly-true	says it wasnt until he and a senate colleague were able to wrangle the actual streaming video from bp that scientists were able to calculate the oil spill flow.	energy,environment,oil-spill	bill-nelson		florida	democrat	3	1	8	10	0	a senate floor speech


































7843.json	mostly-true	a bag of cheetos costs less to buy than an apple, and in some milwaukee neighborhoods good luck trying to find an apple or a banana or some sort of healthy option	public-health,welfare	mike-tate			democrat	1	2	2	1	0	a radio interview


































11914.json	barely-true	under virginia law, if you are a non-federally licensed (gun) dealer, you cannot get a background check even if you want one.	guns	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a tv interview.


































12138.json	mostly-true	says the gop is helping pay for justice rebecca bradleys campaign and she recently skipped court to attend an event paid for by scott walkers lobbyist friends.	candidates-biography,legal-issues,supreme-court	joanne-kloppenburg	state appeals court judge	wisconsin	none	2	1	0	2	1	tv ad


































3241.json	true	senator webb was a reliable vote for president obama and senator harry reid.	voting-record	jamie-radtke		virginia	republican	1	1	1	2	0	a press release.


































5877.json	true	says he is the only candidate in the race for clackamas county chair who will refuse to join the public employees retirement system.	county-budget,county-government,message-machine-2012,workers	john-ludlow	businessman		republican	1	0	1	0	0	campaign material 


































10495.json	barely-true	92 million americans arent working.	economy,jobs	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview on cnn's state of the union


































8065.json	false	homicides against blacks have tripled since floridas stand your ground law has been in existence.	crime,criminal-justice,diversity	jesse-jackson	civil rights leader	illinois	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	an interview on cnn


































13347.json	mostly-true	says donald trump is the first person running for president, republican or democrat, who refused to say that he would respect the results of this election.	elections,history	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a rally in new hampshire


































2472.json	false	the downsizing of pinellas county government resulted in about 1,200 people being laid off in a 12 percent unemployment market. i can tell you that every one of them was hired from the time that ms. latvala went into office in 2000.	county-budget,government-efficiency	bob-hackworth	xx	florida	none	0	1	0	0	0	a candidates forum in dunedin


































5880.json	true	says austin mayor lee leffingwell voted for a toll lane on mopac.	transportation	brigid-shea	principal, carbon shrinks llc	texas	democrat	0	0	1	1	0	an austin mayoral debate on kxan-tv


































1789.json	mostly-true	in the last 10 years we've only had 7,000 barrels of oil spilled in the gulf ... not counting hurricanes. this well is spewing that amount every day and a half.	energy,oil-spill	mary-landrieu	u.s. senator	louisiana	democrat	0	1	0	2	0	an interview on cnn


































226.json	half-true	thanks to president bush's policies....the income gap is now higher than at any time since the great depression.	economy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	knoxville, iowa


































5057.json	half-true	santorum also voted for a teapot museum in north carolina.	federal-budget,message-machine-2012,new-hampshire-2012	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a web ad


































4765.json	half-true	in wisconsin, gov. scott walker has created a manufacturing-led jobs recovery. 30,000 new jobs were created this year, with 15,000 created in the struggling manufacturing sector.	jobs,message-machine-2012	state-tea-party-express-state-tea-party-express			organization	0	0	1	0	0	a television ad


































10998.json	half-true	polls indicate that white people think that black people are less intelligent. they think theyre less trustworthy, less patriotic.	civil-rights	juan-williams	pundit, fox news		none	2	0	2	1	0	a broadcast of the five on fox news


































1945.json	half-true	if every small business in our state, on average, was able to create one new job we would cut our unemployment rate in half.	economy,small-business	frank-caprio	r.i. general treasurer	rhode island	democrat	0	0	4	0	0	speeches and on his campaign website


































8453.json	barely-true	congress, criminals, scientologists and other groups are exempt from obamacare.	health-care,religion	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	facebook posts


































8675.json	mostly-true	about 40 percent of workers dont ... have a single paid sick day.	labor,public-health	vicki-shabo	director of work and family programs, director of work and family programs		none	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on msnbc's the cycle


































10203.json	true	ill be the only economist in the (u.s.) house.	candidates-biography	dave-brat	college professor	virginia	republican	2	5	0	2	0	a speech.


































12553.json	mostly-true	al-qaida operatives, have said, hey, we want you to use this loophole (for purchasing guns despite being on a watch list) to attack and kill americans.	crime,government-regulation,guns,public-safety,market-regulation,terrorism	cory-booker	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	0	4	2	8	0	an interview on msnbc


































10360.json	barely-true	estimates say individuals who escaped these high tax states have taken with them around $2 trillion in adjusted gross income.	taxes	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	his second inaugural address


































1069.json	pants-fire	the aclu has filed a suit to have all military cross-shaped headstones removed.	civil-rights,legal-issues,military,religion	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	an e-mail received by many people.


































2938.json	half-true	an overwhelming majority of americans support passage of the dream act, which would provide a path to citizenship for undocumented youth willing to work for a college degree or serve in our armed forces.	education,families,immigration,military	organizing-america			democrat	0	0	2	0	1	a press release.


































11514.json	false	says ohio gov. john kasich got lucky with a thing called fracking, which is why ohio is doing well.	energy,environment,state-finances	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	comments during the cnbc debate.


































6754.json	barely-true	james langevin has received almost $20 million from taxpayers and special interests to use at his own discretion to supposedly champion rhode islands needs.	campaign-finance,congress,congressional-rules,job-accomplishments,message-machine-2012,campaign-advertising	michael-riley		rhode island	republican	2	1	1	0	0	a radio ad


































1621.json	true	the associated press called charlie crist's attacks over the top, out of context, and not true.	candidates-biography	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a tv advertisement.


































11318.json	mostly-true	were the only major oil-producing nation in the world with a self-imposed ban on exporting our crude oil to other nations.	energy,trade	barry-duval	president and ceo of the virginia chamber of commerce	virginia	organization	0	0	0	1	0	an interview


































6800.json	false	says 7,000 millionaires gamed the system to pay no income taxes.	federal-budget,income,taxes	tammy-baldwin	u.s. representative	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	a campaign email


































3336.json	false	says barack obama grew up in kenya.	candidates-biography,obama-birth-certificate	mike-huckabee	author	arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	an interview on a radio show


































8564.json	half-true	the state budget has actually grown by $4.6 billion under gov. scott walkers actions.	debt,medicaid,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	mary-burke	madison school board member	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	11	8	3	an interview


































3657.json	true	90 percent of babies with down syndrome are aborted.	abortion	richard-corcoran	state representative	florida	republican	1	0	0	0	0	comments during house floor debate


































5250.json	false	says steve jobs was responsible for creating more jobs than the stimulus bill.	jobs	mitch-daniels	governor	indiana	republican	0	3	0	0	1	a republican response to the state of the union address


































6775.json	false	says that you cant destroy the guns purchased in a (gun) buyback program as the city (of memphis) wants to do.	city-government,guns	stacey-campfield	state senator	tennessee	republican	0	1	0	1	1	a post on his blog.


































3920.json	true	taxpayers pay for roughly 45 percent of all births in wisconsin! and 60 percent of the births in milwaukee!!!	health-care,medicaid	michelle-litjens	state representative	wisconsin	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a tweet


































3033.json	true	new provisions of the health care law bar the use offlexible spending accounts and health savings accounts to pay for aspirin and other non-prescription health needs.	health-care	pat-mullins	chairman, republican party of virginia 	virginia	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a letter. 


































9660.json	half-true	says rick scott cut bright futures scholarships in half.	education	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a tv ad


































1253.json	mostly-true	the baucus health care bill would require taxes on medical devices such as x-ray machines, female condoms, hiv tests and surgical needles.	health-care,taxes	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	a posting on the conservative web site townhall.com


































11759.json	half-true	says president barack obama appointed eric holder as attorney general. eric holder said he viewed his mission as brainwashing the american people against guns.	crime,criminal-justice,guns	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a republican presidential debate in north charleston, s.c.


































11211.json	false	says patrick murphy hasnt passed a single bill out of committee.	congress	alan-grayson	u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	a press release


































5829.json	true	wisconsin lost more jobs over the past 12 months than any other state.	jobs	barbara-buono	state senator	new jersey	democrat	3	1	4	4	1	a news release


































13165.json	false	no fracking waste is being dumped in new york state	energy,environment	basil-seggos	ny department of environmental conservation commissioner	new york	none	0	1	0	0	0	a response at a legislative hearing on water quality and contamination


































3874.json	barely-true	we have the best schools in the united states.	education	charlotte-nash		georgia	republican	1	0	1	2	0	a speech


































7314.json	half-true	says oak grove is one of the largest cities in oregon and is the biggest city in clackamas county and its not a city.	census,city-government,county-government,population	charlotte-lehan	chair of the clackamas county board of commissioners	oregon	none	1	0	1	0	0	in an interview


































5051.json	true	taxpayers earning $1 million pay an effective tax rate that is about four times what taxpayers earning $100,000 pay.	taxes	declan-oscanlon	state assemblyman	new jersey	republican	0	0	0	0	0	an opinion piece in the star-ledger


































1273.json	barely-true	health proposal would create a 40% tax on health care benefits of middle-class workers.	health-care,taxes	health-care-america-now	health care reform advocacy group	washington, d.c.	none	2	1	0	0	0	a television ad


































10404.json	half-true	says mitt romney pays less tax than the guys who installed his car elevators.	taxes	jennifer-granholm	former governor of michigan	michigan	democrat	1	0	3	2	0	an interview on abc's this week


































11907.json	barely-true	since january 2015, the majority of our austin city council meetings have extended past 10 p.m. and many of our meetings have gone past midnight.	city-government,history	sheri-gallo	owner, private properties, inc.	texas	none	1	0	1	0	1	an austin city council meeting


































7736.json	half-true	six out of 10 of the highest unemployment rates are also in so-called right to work states.	jobs,workers	chris-redfern	chairman of the  ohio democratic party	ohio	democrat	0	0	2	4	0	a fundraising email


































1349.json	barely-true	under the democratic health plan, families will be forced to spend an additional $2,100 a year to keep their current health care.	health-care	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	a press release


































2913.json	half-true	the city of atlanta ranks 25th among u.s. cities with the highest crime rates.	crime	cq-press-city-crime-rankings-2010-2011			none	0	0	1	0	0	a book


































6878.json	pants-fire	says mitt romney plans to fire big bird.	federal-budget	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign event outside speaker john boehner press conference in derry, nh


































9552.json	mostly-true	says greg abbott has lost in court four times in just the past few days.	candidates-biography,criminal-justice,education,environment,legal-issues	wendy-davis	state senator	texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	her speech to the texas democratic party state convention


































13491.json	half-true	study after study have shown that sanctuary cities do not lead to an increase in crime because of the presence of people that are undocumented.	homeland-security,immigration	javier-m-gonzales	santa fe mayor	new mexico	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on the kelly file


































1916.json	pants-fire	without representation, (the irs) can increase taxes.	health-care,message-machine,taxes	rick-barber		alabama	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a political ad


































9710.json	false	so many people were critical of secretary (john) kerry going to paris and talking with hamas, because kerry was seen as supporting hamas to the exclusion of the arab league.	foreign-policy,israel	greta-van-susteren	fox news host		none	0	1	0	1	0	comments on abc's this week


































8393.json	false	its been 4 and a half years since the united states senate passed a budget.	congress,federal-budget	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	a tv interview.


































1304.json	false	the republicans' alternative health care plan will still let insurers raise premiums four times faster than wages.	health-care	americans-united-change			none	1	4	4	1	0	a tv ad


































1973.json	pants-fire	a transcript released by occidental college proves that barack obama was an indonesian citizen.	candidates-biography,obama-birth-certificate	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































6380.json	mostly-true	one out of every two kids who are graduating college right now cant find a job.	economy,message-machine-2012	republican-jewish-coalition	advocacy group	washington, d.c.	republican	0	0	0	2	0	a campaign ad


































9883.json	half-true	wisconsin does not have a deficit. thanks to republican reforms, the 2014 budget will begin with a $443 million surplus.	deficit,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	alberta-darling	state senator, 8th district	wisconsin	republican	1	1	2	1	1	a news release


































1669.json	pants-fire	the path to obamacare becoming law all started with charlie crist supporting president obama's $787 billion stimulus.	health-care,stimulus	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	in a fundraising e-mail.


































5792.json	half-true	the university of florida announced this past week that it was dropping its computer science department ... meanwhile, the athletic budget for the current year is $97.7 million, an increase of more than $2 million from last year.	education,sports,state-budget	forbes-blog			none	0	0	1	0	0	a blog post


































4688.json	half-true	says texas unemployment is dire in various ways such as a doubling in the jobless rate during rick perrys governorship. also, the texas rate has increased faster than the national rate during barack obamas presidency.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a press release.


































8876.json	barely-true	the cbo now says the presidents health care law will cut the number of full-time jobs in the united states by 2.3 million by 2021.	economy,health-care,jobs	gretchen-carlson	co-anchor on fox & friends	minnesota	none	1	1	0	0	1	a broadcast of fox news' the real story


































9695.json	barely-true	we did not seek an impeachment of president bush.	congress,legal-issues	sheila-jackson-lee	congresswoman	texas	democrat	2	1	0	0	0	a house floor speech


































2319.json	half-true	buck wants to privatize social security.	message-machine,social-security	michael-bennet		colorado	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a campaign ad


































9282.json	barely-true	in discussing the attacks on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya,ms. rice did say a terrorist attack. its not that she put the whole thing on the video.	terrorism	cokie-roberts	npr contributor, abc commentator	maryland	journalist	1	0	2	2	0	comments on abc's this week


































8629.json	true	by the time she turns 3 years old, a child born into a low-income home hears 30 million fewer words than a child from a well-off family.	children,corrections-and-updates,education,income	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech


































2480.json	half-true	the gops pledge to america includes a 20 percent cut ... for education. ... eight million kids would have their college aid slashed under this budget.	education,federal-budget,abc-news-week	david-axelrod			democrat	2	1	6	7	0	an interview on abc's this week with christiane amanpour


































5618.json	false	says when he was governor, wisconsin cut unemployment to 2.1 percent and the states unemployment rate was the lowest in the country for 40 consecutive months.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	tommy-thompson		wisconsin	republican	6	8	2	5	3	a speech


































6453.json	pants-fire	says josh mandel bet against ohio families	debt,economy,message-machine-2012	workers-voice	political action committee	district of columbia	none	0	2	0	0	2	an online ad


































3907.json	pants-fire	says u.s. rep. paul ryan promised to end health care for our seniors.	health-care,medicare	sandy-pasch	state assembly member, 22nd district	wisconsin	democrat	0	0	0	2	1	an online chat


































11331.json	half-true	the obama administrations own environmental protection agency has said its clean power plan will have a marginal impact on climate change.	climate-change,energy,environment,government-regulation	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a debate


































6476.json	false	13,000 floridians are able to vote -- but their governor wont tell them.	elections	aclu-florida		florida	none	0	1	1	1	0	an email to subscribers


































8441.json	barely-true	woodrow wilson borrowed $30 billion to fund world war i in 1917. that money has not been paid back. and we are still paying interest on it.	debt,deficit,federal-budget,history,pundits	andrew-napolitano	judge		republican	3	0	2	0	3	an interview on fox and friends


































4490.json	barely-true	says credit rating agencies realize that our instability stems in large part from oregons kicker system.	state-budget,state-finances	brent-barton			democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a guest column


































9457.json	mostly-true	more than 1.5 million people moved into georgia between the past two census counts, and a majority consider themselves, african-american, latino or asian-american.	census	stacey-abrams	house minority leader, georgia general assembly		democrat	0	0	0	2	0	in an article


































6609.json	mostly-true	says under the romney-ryan budget ... the american opportunity tax credit for college tuition would be eliminated.	education	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign email to new hampshire press aug. 21


































7071.json	mostly-true	the higher the education level, the more likely they are to vote democratic.	elections,voting-record	larry-sabato	national political expert		none	0	0	0	1	0	an article


































7584.json	barely-true	says u.s. greenhouse gas emissions are at 20-year lows.	climate-change,corrections-and-updates,energy,science	joe-barton	u.s. representative	texas	republican	3	1	0	0	0	in reaction to president barack obama's state of the union address.


































13136.json	true	according to independent experts, donald trumps tax plan would blow up the debt by over $5 trillion and would in some instances disadvantage middle-class families compared to the wealthy.	debt,deficit,taxes	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a presidential debate at hofstra university


































5615.json	half-true	says he and president barack obama have the same position on gay marriage.	gays-and-lesbians,marriage	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	an interview on msnbc's morning joe program


































2191.json	false	democrats do not have a plan for extending the bush tax cuts.	taxes	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a note on facebook.


































7752.json	mostly-true	then-gov. carl sanders put 56 percent of the state budget into education, a figure that has not been achieved since.	education,state-budget	zell-miller		georgia	none	0	1	0	2	0	an article


































10288.json	mostly-true	says president barack obama has lost more members of the house and more members of the senate than any president ever has lost in modern times.	elections	matthew-dowd	commentator	texas	independent	0	0	2	4	0	comments on abc's this week


































3143.json	half-true	president barack obama supports immigration amnesty.	immigration	paul-broun	congressman	georgia	republican	4	8	3	2	1	a tweet during the state of the union address


































4401.json	true	says the federal government is the largest energy user in the country.	energy	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a newspaper column


































12233.json	half-true	tax dodging costs developing countries $200 billion every year.	legal-issues,taxes	actionaid-k			none	0	0	1	1	0	a website post


































2207.json	half-true	the border security plan of sens. mccain and kyl called for 3,000 additional troops to keep us safe. president obama says hell send 524.	homeland-security,immigration,message-machine	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a campaign commercial


































4406.json	half-true	sherrod brown has stood side by side with president barack obama, presiding over the most rapid increase in the debt over the last 2.5 years and hurtling toward the worst jobs record in the modern era.	deficit,economy,jobs	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	a news release


































11470.json	mostly-true	georgia has the highest flu activity in the country.	drugs,health-care,public-health,states	centers-disease-control	federal agency	georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	map


































5986.json	true	says one in four women and one in seven men have been victims of domestic violence in their lifetime.	crime,women	suzanne-bonamici	state senator	oregon	democrat	0	3	0	0	1	a house floor debate


































4669.json	half-true	during sherrod browns past decade as a d.c. politician, more than one out of every four jobs that has left america, left from ohio. ... sherrod brown will own these horrendous ohio job numbers next year.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	josh-mandel	ohio treasurer	ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a news release


































4501.json	barely-true	says that romney touted the massachusetts health plan for the nation in his hardcover book but then deleted it for the paperback edition.	health-care	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a republican presidential debate in orlando


































6651.json	barely-true	the auditor [for the city of providence] was not locked out of access to the citys finances.	city-budget,city-government,debt,deficit,economy,job-accomplishments,legal-issues,transparency	david-cicilline	mayor of providence	rhode island	democrat	7	4	5	4	1	a debate


































10559.json	half-true	says he often appeared on the oreilly factorand often was praised bybilloreilly.	ethics	david-corn			democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on the rachel maddow show on msnbc


































8289.json	half-true	there are more guns than there are people in the united states.	guns	eleanor-holmes-norton	delegate to the u.s. congress	district of columbia	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a press conference


































11155.json	half-true	since i took office, wisconsin now has the 2nd highest health care quality ranking in the country.	health-care,job-accomplishments	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a statement on twitter


































9614.json	barely-true	the obama administration is suing a wisconsin company for forcing employees to speak english.	labor,workers	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	blog postings


































9861.json	pants-fire	mcdonalds hamburgers are only 15 percent real beef. the other 85 percent is meat filler cleansed with ammonia, which causes stomach and intestinal cancer.	food-safety	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a facebook meme


































11622.json	barely-true	the united states has 10,000 irs agents making sure that you dont take an improper charity deduction, but to fight terrorism, it has less than two dozen people focusing on countering violent extremism at home.	homeland-security,taxes,terrorism	martha-mcsally			republican	1	0	0	0	0	a news conference


































555.json	half-true	throughout his time in elected office, barack obama has taken multiple positions on banning handguns and the d.c. handgun ban.	guns	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	


































1260.json	pants-fire	the obama white house is renaming christmas trees holiday trees.	religion	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































7304.json	false	a paul ryan-scott walker (or scott walker-paul ryan) ticket for the white house in 2016 would be unconstitutional because both men live in wisconsin.	elections	internet-commenters		wisconsin	none	0	2	0	0	0	website comments


































8255.json	false	one out of every three students currently today is ready for college before they go there.	education	will-weatherford	state representative	florida	republican	2	3	4	3	0	at suncoast tiger bay luncheon


































9111.json	true	todays marijuana is 300 percent to 800 percent more potent than the pot of yesteryear.	drugs,marijuana,recreation,science	heidi-heilman	president, massachusetts prevention alliance	massachusetts	activist	0	0	0	0	0	a commentary in the providence journal


































949.json	false	in just one month, the democrats have spent more than president bush spent in seven years on the war in iraq, the war in afghanistan and hurricane katrina combined.	afghanistan,federal-budget,iraq	mitch-mcconnell	senate minority leader	kentucky	republican	7	6	5	7	0	a speech at the conservative political action conference


































8123.json	barely-true	texas women make an average of $8,355 less per year than men doing the very same job.	economy,jobs,women,workers	wendy-davis	state senator	texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	an email blast.


































232.json	half-true	i'm prolife. i'm not going to apologize for becoming prolife. ronald reagan followed that same course, as did henry hyde and george herbert walker bush. and i'm proud to be prolife.	abortion	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	debate in johnston, iowa


































4575.json	false	not a single segment of the proposed beltline intersects the marta system at marta stations.	transportation	eva-galambos	mayor of sandy springs		none	0	1	0	0	0	an op-ed


































3499.json	pants-fire	says the patient protection and affordable care act adopted last year contains a series of slush funds, set up to stay on the books automatically, with little or no oversight.	health-care	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	video


































10262.json	true	wisconsin is below the national average in wage growth and job growth.	economy,income,job-accomplishments,jobs,workers	chuck-todd	msnbc political reporter		none	0	0	1	1	0	an interview


































9288.json	mostly-true	roughly 500,000 georgians -- or about 5 percent of the states residents -- have gone through a background check to legally obtain a georgia weapons carry license.	guns	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a press conference


































9958.json	mostly-true	under scott walker, right now, were 46th in the country in terms of new businesses started.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs,small-business	mary-burke	madison school board member	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	11	8	3	an interview


































4238.json	barely-true	says sen. luther olsen, his recall opponent, supported the sale of state-owned power plants not to the highest bidder, but to the biggest donors with no oversight.	energy,state-budget	fred-clark	state assembly member, 42nd district	wisconsin	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	a television ad


































11253.json	false	we have 93 million people out of work. they look for jobs, they give up, and all of a sudden, statistically, theyre considered employed.	economy,jobs	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview with sarah palin


































11257.json	true	of the 25 wealthiest nations, were the only one that doesnt provide basic health coverage.	health-care	dan-gecker	chesterfield county supervisor	virginia	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a candidates' forum.


































9558.json	half-true	13 percent of americans, the lowest ever, are without health care.	health-care,polls,public-health	donny-deutsch			none	0	0	1	0	0	comments on msnbc's morning joe


































7059.json	false	says romney supported a law that could have made most common forms of birth control illegal.	abortion,sexuality	florida-democratic-party		florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	a mailer to voters


































4768.json	mostly-true	no other public or private business in america except for the u.s. postal service must fund 100 percent of employee retirement and retirement health costs in advance.	federal-budget,pensions	sanford-bishop	congressman	georgia	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	a letter to the the postal regulatory commission chairwoman


































3225.json	false	the most significant driver of out-migration [from rhode island] is the estate tax.	economy,state-budget,states,taxes	ocean-state-policy-research-institute		rhode island	organization	0	2	0	0	1	a report


































9808.json	barely-true	congress is on vacation.	congress,congressional-rules	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a saturday broadcast address


































5024.json	false	scott walkers school-aid cuts were so devastating that students are without chairs and a government survey found 47 kids in a classroom.	education,state-budget	greater-wisconsin-political-fund		wisconsin	none	3	3	3	1	1	a television ad


































9272.json	false	says attorney general eric holder recently revealed this idea to have government have gun owners wear special bracelets that would identify you as a gun owner.	government-regulation,guns	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	speech to the nra convention


































2402.json	true	ed schultz said alan grayson is what its all about.	message-machine,pundits	alan-grayson	u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	a tv ad.


































961.json	true	aig said they were giving $57 million (in retention payments) to people who were being terminated.	economy	elijah-cummings	u.s. representativej	maryland	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	in a tv interview


































11205.json	half-true	says if the (iran nuclear) deal gets rejected, they still get $150 billion.	foreign-policy,nuclear	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on meet the press


































13253.json	barely-true	new york state has been horribly, horribly hurt by nafta	trade	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on live from the state capitol


































217.json	barely-true	for every single illegal immigrant family in this country, it costs $20,000 it costs us $20,000; $20,000 in infrastructural costs. they pay about $10,000 in taxes.	immigration	tom-tancredo	u.s. representative	colorado	republican	2	4	1	1	0	detroit


































9636.json	half-true	im running the second-largest county district attorneys office at 1985 staffing levels.	county-government,crime,criminal-justice,government-efficiency,job-accomplishments	ismael-ozanne			democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a speech


































13462.json	false	the @nytimes states today that djt believes more countries should acquire nuclear weapons. how dishonest are they. i never said this!	nuclear	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a tweet


































11515.json	barely-true	the cnbc debate was supposed to be three hours, and he renegotiated it down to two hours.	debates	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	the cnbc debate


































3781.json	half-true	we bring in enough tax revenue to service our debt, pay for medicare and medicaid and social security, and then still have about $300 (billion) or $400 billion left over.	deficit,federal-budget,medicare,social-security,taxes,colbert-report	amy-kremer	chair, tea party express	georgia	tea-party-member	0	1	1	0	0	an interview on the colbert report


































9860.json	mostly-true	mcdonalds workers in denmark have a union. earn $45,000/year.	income,jobs,workers	other-98			democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a facebook post


































11120.json	mostly-true	since 2009, weve cut homelessness (among veterans) by a third.	housing,veterans	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an online interview with the daily show


































2933.json	pants-fire	the cost-saving measures we put into place at columbia/hca drove down national health care inflation from 18% to 8% in seven years.	health-care	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a speech


































8080.json	false	we have no idea what is contained in [electronic cigarette] vapor.	children,consumer-safety,government-regulation,legal-issues,public-health	teresa-tanzi	state representative	rhode island	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a house debate


































5647.json	false	says new estimates from the congressional budget office conclude the final price-tag for the health care law will exceed $2 trillion more than double what was initially reported.	health-care	frank-lobiondo			republican	0	1	0	0	0	a letter to the editor


































11881.json	mostly-true	saysruben kihuen only managed in the minority to get one bill passed out of the eight to 10 he introduced during the 2015 legislative session.	candidates-biography	lucy-flores	private attorney	nevada	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a congressional candidate forum in pahrump, nev.


































11835.json	pants-fire	this is the true picture of milwaukees renaissance after 12 years of mayor tom barretts leadership.	city-government,housing,poverty,public-safety,urban	bob-donovan	member of milwaukee common council	wisconsin	none	0	0	0	1	1	a facebook post


































3135.json	mostly-true	says president barack obama revealed in his state of the union address that he now is against earmarks.	federal-budget	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a senate tea party caucus meeting


































6385.json	half-true	guns have murdered more americans here at home in recent years than have died on the battlefields of iraq and afghanistan.	guns	frank-lautenberg	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	2	0	2	1	0	an op-ed on northjersey.com


































2921.json	mostly-true	there are polls showing right now that the american people for the most part think its a bad idea to provide tax cuts to the wealthy.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference


































2003.json	half-true	texas state reps. dan branch and jim pitts, lieutenants to house speaker joe straus, are helping democrat ellen cohen against her republican challenger, doing events with her in her district.	bipartisanship	david-barton	president, wallbuilders	texas	republican	1	0	1	2	0	an open letter


































5886.json	barely-true	says he did not vote for nancy pelosi for speaker of the house.	voting-record	joe-donnelly		indiana	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	an interview with indiana public media


































11279.json	barely-true	unions did not create the eight-hour work day and the 40-hour work week. henry ford did.	history,jobs,labor	viral-image			none	5	5	0	3	15	a facebook post


































228.json	true	five percent of americans pay over half the income taxes in this country. forty percent of americans pay no income taxes at all.	taxes	fred-thompson	actor	tennessee	republican	1	4	3	3	0	debate in johnston, iowa


































4241.json	mostly-true	as a percentage of our gross domestic product, the defense budget remains just 3.6 percent. this figure is low by all historical standards.	deficit,federal-budget,military	randy-forbes	representative	virginia	republican	1	0	4	3	0	an opinion column. 


































10533.json	true	last year, we saw the first reduction in the federal prison population in 32 years.	corrections-and-updates,crime,criminal-justice	eric-holder	attorney general	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	remarks at the national press club


































2486.json	pants-fire	it takes as much energy to make a solar panel as it likely generates in its entire life.	energy,environment	jd-alexander	state senator	florida	republican	0	1	1	1	1	a news article


































5020.json	true	says america spends over 17 percent of its gdp on health care costs when our closest competitor nations are spending about 12.	economy,health-care	cory-booker	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	0	4	2	8	0	a speech in new hampshire


































7000.json	true	connecticuts take on slot machines is 25 cents on the dollar. and the states take on table games: zero.	economy,gambling,state-budget,state-finances	diane-hurley	chief executive officer of newport grand	rhode island	business-leader	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on 10 news conference


































2282.json	mostly-true	bill lynch told three lies in ten seconds	campaign-finance,candidates-biography	anthony-gemma	owner media peel, former president and ceo of gem plumbing	rhode island	democrat	0	2	0	2	1	a news release following a candidate debate


































9498.json	mostly-true	says milwaukee county sheriff david clarke has deputies collecting overtime while sitting passively in chairs watching courthouse security personnel work.	county-budget,county-government,crime,criminal-justice	john-chisholm			democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a letter


































12675.json	half-true	independent analysts say (donald trump) would add $30 trillion to the national debt.	debt,deficit,economy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech in portsmouth, n.h.


































503.json	true	sen. obama has been to iraq once.	iraq	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a town hall meeting in reno, nev.


































8129.json	barely-true	unemployment has been on the rise throughout wisconsin as paul ryan stepped up his advocacy of immigration increases.	economy,immigration,jobs	federation-american-immigration-reform			organization	1	0	1	0	0	a news release


































13124.json	mostly-true	says donald trump was one of the people who rooted for the housing crisis. he said back in 2006, gee, i hope it does collapse because then i can go in and buy some and make some money.	economy,history,housing,market-regulation	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a presidential debate


































996.json	half-true	the geneva convention did not apply, until 2005, to the war on terror.	military	lindsey-graham	u.s. senator	south carolina	republican	2	2	4	2	0	a tv interview


































10766.json	barely-true	the money the clinton foundation took from from foreign governments while hillary clinton was secretary of state is clearly illegal. the constitution says you cant take this stuff.	foreign-policy	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	comments on abc's this week


































160.json	true	dodd brought both parties together to pass the family and medical leave act.	job-accomplishments	chris-dodd	u.s. senator	connecticut	democrat	0	0	3	3	0	a tv ad airing in iowa and new hampshire.


































3854.json	barely-true	planned parenthood raked in more than $300 million in profits over the past four years.	abortion	marjorie-dannenfelser			newsmaker	1	0	0	0	0	a blog


































5123.json	false	mitt romney has 15 homes.	candidates-biography,message-machine-2012	winning-our-future			none	2	2	3	1	0	the video, when mitt romney came to town


































6391.json	half-true	says romney would add trillions to the deficit while obama would cut the deficit by $4 trillion.	corrections-and-updates,debt,federal-budget,message-machine-2012	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a tv ad


































9347.json	mostly-true	canadian middle class incomes are now higher than in the united states. they are working fewer hours for more pay, living longer on average, and facing less income inequality.	health-care,income,labor	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech at the new america foundation


































8745.json	true	the obama administration has used the espionage act to go after whistleblowers who leaked to journalists ... more than all previous administrations combined.	crime,homeland-security,legal-issues	jake-tapper	host of cnn's the lead		journalist	0	0	0	1	0	a broadcast of cnn's the lead with jake tapper


































11934.json	mostly-true	in sauk city, wisconsin, the id office that provides identification for voting is only open on the fifth wednesday of every month -- a total of four days in 2016.	civil-rights,elections,states,transportation	john-oliver	host, last week tonight		none	0	0	2	4	0	a tv show


































4986.json	true	nevada has been recently ranked no. 1 in unemployment, foreclosures, violent crime, personal bankruptcy and divorce.	gambling	florida-chamber-commerce		florida	none	0	1	1	2	1	a news article


































2259.json	mostly-true	republican candidate for georgia governor dabbled in birther conspiracy theories.	obama-birth-certificate	liberal-bloggers			democrat	0	0	0	1	0	liberal blogs


































8559.json	true	says new jersey has gained 143,000 new private-sector jobs.	jobs	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	interviews on four sunday morning news shows


































1092.json	half-true	the obama administration has spent millions of taxpayer dollars for roadside signs to tout the economic stimulus.	economy,stimulus,transportation	robert-bennett	u.s. senator	utah	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a news release.


































1728.json	pants-fire	links jailed lobbyist jack abramoff to rep. c.w. bill young.	candidates-biography,elections,message-machine	charlie-justice			democrat	0	0	1	0	1	a web ad.


































7536.json	half-true	wall street megabanks that received bailouts in 2009 now get taxpayer-funded advantages not available to community banks in ohio.	financial-regulation	sherrod-brown	u.s. senator	ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	a news release


































10174.json	half-true	says rick scott spent $800,000 of your tax dollars upgrading the governors mansion.	government-efficiency,housing	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	in a campaign ad


































5979.json	barely-true	prince william county has cut violent crime in half since instituting a crackdown on illegal immigration.	crime,immigration	corey-stewart	chairman, prince william county board of supervisors	virginia	republican	2	1	0	0	0	a tv interview.


































3876.json	pants-fire	says the ohio consumers council office employs 74 lawyers and that the funding them is wasteful duplication.	government-efficiency,state-budget	bill-batchelder	state representative	ohio	republican	0	1	1	1	3	an appearance on the ohio news network


































10755.json	half-true	americans will spend more on taxes in 2015 than on food, clothing and housing combined.	federal-budget,state-budget,taxes	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a twitter post


































4635.json	barely-true	i dont think ive ever hired an illegal in my life.	immigration	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a republican presidential primary debate


































6770.json	pants-fire	says obama sent $450 million to china to build a wind farm in texas.	china,jobs,message-machine-2012,stimulus	americans-tax-reform			none	4	0	1	1	1	a mailer to voters


































7185.json	true	says the portland childrens levy holds its administrative expenses to less than 5 percent.	children,city-government	dan-saltzman	portland city commissioner 	oregon	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a television news interview 


































6808.json	mostly-true	george allen voted to end pell grants for 84,000 students.	education	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a news release.


































8659.json	pants-fire	school children can earn higher grades by studying islam under a new nationwide muslim outreach program announced by president barack obama.	education,islam	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	viral posts on the internet


































11311.json	mostly-true	amajority of the men and women on this stage have previously and publicly embraced amnesty. i am the only candidate on this stage who has never supportedamnesty.	immigration	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	comments during the cnn debate


































10679.json	half-true	despite raising taxes on the wealthy and hiking the minimum wage, minnesota is creating jobs at a record pace, unemployment is at a historic low, median income is skyrocketing, and (the) state has a billion-dollar surplus.	economy,income,jobs,state-budget	occupy-democrats			organization	0	4	3	1	4	a meme on social media


































8417.json	barely-true	we went from $160 billion deficit spending in (president george w.) bushs last year to $1.6 trillion the following year.	debt,deficit,economy,federal-budget	louie-gohmert	u.s. house member	texas	republican	2	6	1	0	1	an interview with fox news


































5264.json	barely-true	a proposed mine in wisconsin is about two-thirds the size of lake winnebago.	environment,water	penny-bernard-schaber			democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a legislative hearing


































7116.json	half-true	says president barack obama did not come into office with the economy in a free fall.	economy	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	a television interview


































3389.json	half-true	says rick scotts proposed budget would lay off 20,000 teachers.	education,state-budget	rod-smith	florida democratic party chairman	florida	democrat	0	1	1	1	0	a statement responding to gov. rick scott's state of the state speech.


































4758.json	barely-true	a bill supported by gov. scott walker makes it so that drunk drivers who kill have an easier time of it.	alcohol,legal-issues	state-democratic-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	democrat	5	7	2	2	7	a campaign news release


































4222.json	mostly-true	there are no tax increases in this debt limit bill. period.	federal-budget,taxes	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a message on twitter


































2960.json	false	[state rep. doug mckillips] donors deserve a refund.	campaign-finance,elections	jane-kidd			democrat	0	1	0	1	0	press release


































10581.json	barely-true	sayspresident obama is using executive actions to impose gun control on the nation, targeting the top-selling rifle in the country ... with a ban on one of the most-used assault rifle bullets.	guns	paul-bedard			republican	1	0	0	0	0	an opinion piece in the washington examiner


































5421.json	barely-true	without u.s. senate action, texas will have more federal judicial vacancies this year than any other state.	criminal-justice,states	progress-texas		texas	none	3	0	1	0	2	a web page post.


































8591.json	false	on changing the rules for filibusters on presidential nominees	congressional-rules	mitch-mcconnell	senate minority leader	kentucky	republican	7	6	5	7	0	speeches


































12930.json	barely-true	gonzales losing campaign against me last spring was funded with more than $1 million from supporters and allies of governor bruce rauner.	campaign-finance	michael-madigan	speaker of the house 	illinois	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a press release 


































2882.json	half-true	over half of the foreign-born population in rhode island is white.	census,immigration	steven-brown	executive director, rhode island affiliate of the american civil liberties union	rhode island	newsmaker	0	0	1	0	0	story in the providence journal


































6698.json	half-true	after hearing the frustrations parents and teachers have with the fcat, next year we begin improving our testing system.	economy	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a television ad


































1068.json	true	every year tobacco kills more americans than did world war ii more than aids, cocaine, heroin, alcohol, vehicular accidents, homicide and suicide combined.	consumer-safety	george-will	columnist	maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	a washington post op-ed


































7035.json	half-true	we borrow $4 billion every single day, much of it from china.	china,debt,economy,federal-budget,foreign-policy,message-machine-2012	clint-eastwood	actor and director		newsmaker	0	0	1	0	0	in a tv ad


































7516.json	mostly-true	there are 3.6 million jobs sitting vacant, in part because there arent enough qualified applicants to fill them.	economy,jobs	virginia-foxx	u.s. representative	north carolina	republican	0	0	0	1	1	a house floor speech


































9226.json	half-true	last election, the koch brothers spent three times what the top 10 unions spent combined.	campaign-finance	doonesbury			none	0	0	2	4	0	the doonesbury comic strip


































8777.json	mostly-true	obama unilaterally announced he was delaying employer mandate through a blog post by a mid-level bureaucrat at the department of treasury.	corrections-and-updates,health-care,legal-issues,taxes	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a speech at a texas public policy foundation forum


































525.json	half-true	john mccain says he never supported the privatization of social security, even though video shows he did.	social-security	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a web ad


































12198.json	false	say bernie sanders won nevada after all.	elections	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	several blog and social media posts


































2846.json	mostly-true	because of (u.s. sen.-elect ron) johnsons leadership, senate republicans adopted a caucus ban on earmarks.	federal-budget,job-accomplishments	republican-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	republican	4	3	2	3	0	a news release


































3061.json	half-true	every dropout costs us $72,000 for the life of that person.	economy,education,taxes	robert-flanders		rhode island	state-official	0	0	1	0	0	an economic forum


































12843.json	false	says donald trump is going to go out and carpet bomb the middle east.	foreign-policy,human-rights,iraq,military,terrorism	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	an appearance on msnbc


































8001.json	barely-true	most americans want traditional marriage, as defined by the defense of marriage act.	families,gays-and-lesbians	bill-johnson	u.s. representative	ohio	republican	2	1	0	0	0	a news release


































7645.json	pants-fire	in 2012, 1 in 4 wisconsin schools had a subpar score on the department of public instructions recent report cards and are failing the children they serve.	education,state-budget	robin-vos	wisconsin assembly speaker	wisconsin	republican	0	3	2	5	1	a video briefing


































388.json	false	we are bogged down in a war that john mccain now suggests might go on for another 100 years.	iraq	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a debate in cleveland, ohio.


































118.json	true	we spent approximately $20-billion of that money on pork barrel, earmark projects. maybe if we had done it right, maybe some of that money would have gone to inspect those bridges and other bridges across the country.	federal-budget	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a comment to a reporter.


































1706.json	barely-true	dubai is the only country with huge amounts of imported workers that's actually passed legislation to give these immigrant workers a better deal in the middle east.	human-rights,immigration,israel,abc-news-week	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	abc's this week


































12018.json	barely-true	nafta, supported by the secretary (clinton), cost us 800,000 jobs nationwide.	jobs,trade	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	the democratic debate in flint, mich.


































1646.json	half-true	cuba wants to let the chinese drill in some of the very parts of the gulf that american producers are currently forbidden to touch, as close as 45 miles off the florida coast.	energy	cliff-stearns	u.s. representative	florida	republican	0	0	2	1	0	a statement on his campaign web site.


































3532.json	half-true	on running for senate if jim webb retires.	elections	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a tv interview


































3862.json	barely-true	democratic reps. cicilline, boswell, carnahan and critz demanded that congress vote to increase the nations debt limit without making any spending cuts.	deficit,federal-budget	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a robo-call


































9638.json	false	last year, i was involved with an effort to to help prosecutors get their first pay raise in more than 10 years.	criminal-justice,job-accomplishments,state-budget,state-finances	jon-richards			democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a video


































9729.json	false	ive either balanced every budget or we turned back a surplus.	county-budget,criminal-justice	david-clarke-jr	milwaukee county sheriff	wisconsin	democrat	3	5	2	1	0	an interview


































10489.json	barely-true	one texas city has a law that says that women can only have six dildos.	sexuality,states,supreme-court	alcee-hastings	u.s. representative	florida	democrat	1	0	1	0	2	an interview with cnn


































4132.json	barely-true	the florida legislature has not filed a lawsuit to fight amendments 5 and 6.	redistricting	alan-hays	state senator	florida	republican	2	1	0	0	0	a public hearing about redistricting


































7121.json	mostly-true	when you look at the number of crashes before the cameras were installed compared to after, theyre virtually the same.	public-safety,transportation	steve-acenbrak	transportation director, city of roswell	georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	an article


































10260.json	mostly-true	our median income here in providence is the same as the median income in mississippi.	economy,income,poverty	jorge-elorza	law professor	rhode island	democrat	1	1	0	2	0	a tv interview


































1426.json	mostly-true	u.s. sen. kay bailey hutchison voted to continue roe v. wade.	abortion	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a republican gubernatorial debate


































5092.json	barely-true	paul ryans medicare plan provides pretty much the same coverage that members of congress receive.	congress,medicare,new-hampshire-2012	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a republican presidential primary debate


































12095.json	true	we do not have an overcrowding problem. as a matter of fact, rhode island has one of the lowest incarceration rates in the country.	criminal-justice	richard-ferruccio	correctional officer	rhode island	newsmaker	0	1	0	0	0	a legislative hearing 


































5064.json	false	says rep. jim renacci was trying to leave town for the holidays without extending your payroll tax cut.	social-security,taxes,voting-record	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	a telephone campaign


































12651.json	barely-true	rather than work to secure the border, (marco rubio) supported obamas amnesty plan for illegal immigrants.	immigration	carlos-beruff	developer	florida	republican	3	1	0	0	0	a statement to press


































13156.json	barely-true	says hillary clinton gave up 20 percent of americas uranium supply to russia.	energy,foreign-policy,military,nuclear	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech


































11787.json	mostly-true	fifty years ago, the average gm employee could pay for a year of a son or daughters college tuition on just two weeks wages.	corporations,corrections-and-updates,education,income,workers	martin-omalley	maryland governor	maryland	democrat	3	1	10	4	0	a column posted on medium.com


































8122.json	mostly-true	on average, college students are taking six years to get a four-year degree.	debt,education,jobs	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	an interview


































5992.json	false	in the state of rhode island 25 percent of our current physicians are graduates of for-profit medical schools.	education,health-care,public-health	joseph-mcnamara	house member	rhode island	democrat	0	2	1	0	0	a house debate


































5642.json	false	medicare will be bankrupt in nine years.	medicare	pat-boone	spokesman for the 60 plus association		none	0	1	0	0	2	a television ad


































4536.json	half-true	when it comes to being effective at creating jobs (chris christie has not had) a record of governing for effectiveness. ... last year, new jersey created no net new jobs.	jobs,states	martin-omalley	maryland governor	maryland	democrat	3	1	10	4	0	an interview on cbs's face the nation


































11767.json	half-true	says hillary clinton called barack obama naive for saying he was would sit down and talk to the iranians during the 2008 democratic primary.	foreign-policy,nuclear	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































5679.json	false	if the supreme court throws out the federal health care law, it would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected congress.	health-care,legal-issues,supreme-court	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a rose garden press conference


































95.json	true	i opposed this war from the beginning. i opposed the war in 2002. i opposed the war in 2003. i opposed it in 2004 and 2005 and 2006.	iraq	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	clinton, iowa


































8095.json	true	says the state department spent $630,000 to get 2 million facebook likes.	deficit	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a news release


































6868.json	half-true	in romneys first budget (in massachusetts), he cut $248.7 million from k-12 education.	candidates-biography,education,state-budget	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a web ad


































2496.json	half-true	we now have our kids go to school about a month less than most other advanced countries.	education	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a tv interview


































2120.json	half-true	says his office has already recovered over $2 billion from wall street for the workers, retirees, and investors who were harmed.	government-efficiency	richard-cordray	former ohio attorney general	ohio	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a statement posted to his website


































13422.json	mostly-true	i had the longest judicial vacancy in the history of the united states.	candidates-biography,history,job-accomplishments,legal-issues,supreme-court	richard-burr	u.s. senator	north carolina	republican	0	0	1	1	0	a private meeting with supporters


































10653.json	mostly-true	says gov. scott walkers proposed reduction in university spending is about the size of the one under democratic gov. jim doyle, but democrats didnt treat doyles cut as so dire.	education	robin-vos	wisconsin assembly speaker	wisconsin	republican	0	3	2	5	1	an interview


































3919.json	true	the average unemployed american has been out of work for almost 40 weeks.	economy,jobs,pundits	paul-krugman	new york times columnist		none	0	2	3	4	0	a new york times column


































1718.json	true	republican challenger bill flores has never once voted in a general election in our district.	candidates-biography,elections,message-machine	chet-edwards	u.s. house member	texas	democrat	0	2	0	0	0	a campaign video


































419.json	false	hillary clintons international travels included no serious diplomacy.	foreign-policy	dick-morris			none	0	2	0	0	0	an opinion article in the new york post


































1792.json	mostly-true	says that when he first ran for office in the late 1980s, there were still folks who didnt have phone service. soon id helped ensure that everyone in north florida could access a dial tone.	elections,message-machine	allen-boyd		florida	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	a tv ad


































10719.json	half-true	this years state budget and my spending proposal for fiscal year 2016 represent an infusion of more than $1 billion in additional money for k-12 education.	education,state-budget,state-finances	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	state of state


































3338.json	mostly-true	says the high-speed rail project provides short-term jobs.	jobs,stimulus,transportation	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	an interview with fox news.


































12211.json	true	polls showhillary clinton wins every time with donald trump as her opponent.	polls	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































2727.json	false	says peter kilmartin has only three years experience in his own law practice.	candidates-biography	christopher-little	lawyer		moderate	0	1	0	0	0	a tv commercial


































8796.json	half-true	during my administration, funding for education has increased by over $930 million.	education,state-budget	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a speech


































12047.json	barely-true	as a legislator, (marco rubio) flipped on a key vote after making a quick $200,000 from selling the house to the mother of the bills lobbyist.	candidates-biography,ethics	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a campaign ad


































2482.json	false	says daniel webster thinks wives should submit to their husbands.	candidates-biography,marriage,message-machine	alan-grayson	u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	a tv ad.


































5967.json	barely-true	says he fought for the repeal of a septic tank inspection program after tallahassee pulled a fast one.	environment,message-machine-2012	don-gaetz	state senator	florida	republican	1	0	3	1	0	a campaign commercial


































10194.json	barely-true	one-hundred times as many people worked their way from poverty into the american middle class during his presidency compared to ronald reagans presidency.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs,poverty,workers	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	a speech


































6038.json	pants-fire	the new hartsfield-jackson international terminal was on time and on budget.	transportation	kasim-reed			democrat	1	0	5	7	1	press conference


































9828.json	barely-true	scott walker has given a $10,000 tax deduction to millionaires who send their kids to exclusive private schools.	education,income,taxes,wealth	wisconsin-state-afl-cio			organization	1	1	0	0	0	a direct-mail piece


































2941.json	false	sheldon whitehouse and 18 other senators voted to censor the internet.	criminal-justice	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	blog postings


































4554.json	mostly-true	we have a $2 trillion to $3 trillion infrastructure deficit. weve got work that needs to get done. weve got people that want to go to work.	economy,infrastructure,jobs	tim-ryan	u.s. representative 	ohio	democrat	0	0	0	5	1	a television interview


































8751.json	false	jobs that involve the minimum wage are overwhelmingly jobs for young people starting out in the workforce.	jobs,labor	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview


































12554.json	false	i was among the earliest to criticize the rush to war (in iraq), and yes, even before the war ever started.	iraq	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech


































3038.json	false	the city of milwaukee uses the building inspection area as a revenue base.	city-budget	lee-holloway	chairman, milwaukee county boaerd of supervisors	wisconsin	none	1	2	0	1	1	a speech at his swearing-in ceremony


































5390.json	mostly-true	the cost ofa gas tank fill-up has risen$30 sincebarack obama became president.	energy,gas-prices	george-allen	consultant	virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	an interview.


































6762.json	barely-true	college tuition costs have risen by 25 percent under the democrats.	education,message-machine-2012	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a spanish-language television ad


































1675.json	pants-fire	obama said troops whine about bearing the costs of going to war.	military,veterans	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	chain e-mail


































12639.json	mostly-true	says donald trumps position isto roll back all of the financial regulations passed after the financial crisis.	financial-regulation	elizabeth-warren	u.s. senator	massachusetts 	democrat	0	0	3	3	0	an interview on the view


































3340.json	mostly-true	says rep. paul ryans budget roadmap doesnt balance the budget until the 2060s and adds an unthinkable $62 trillion to the national debt between now and then.	deficit,federal-budget	matt-miller	management consultant	california	none	0	0	0	1	0	a column in the washington post


































4827.json	pants-fire	says barack obama said, if we keep talking about the economy, were going to lose.	economy,message-machine-2012	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a television ad


































9306.json	pants-fire	wendy davis was just doing a fund-raiser in chicago with the international socialists organization.	candidates-biography,corrections-and-updates	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a roundtable debate with state sen. dan patrick


































11428.json	barely-true	we have the highest funding in (the) k-12 system in the history of the state.	education,state-budget	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a press conference


































11962.json	pants-fire	says ted cruzsaid i was in favor in libya. i never discussed that subject.	foreign-policy	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	comments during the houston gop debate


































6686.json	half-true	with the auto rescue, president barack obama saved more than 1 million middle-class jobs all across america, including more than 28,000 in wisconsin.	federal-budget,jobs,transportation,workers	jennifer-granholm	former governor of michigan	michigan	democrat	1	0	3	2	0	a speech at the democratic national convention


































10278.json	half-true	says barack obama has the worst record of any president when it comes to putting america deeper in debt.	debt,history	reince-priebus	chairman, republican national committee	wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	a speech


































6415.json	barely-true	in june, jobless ranks were higher in nearly 90 percent of u.s. cities.	economy,jobs,message-machine-2012	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a campaign ad


































608.json	true	we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups.	energy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	springfield, mo.


































12921.json	pants-fire	says there was a nato base in turkey being under attack by terrorists.	foreign-policy,terrorism	paul-manafort			republican	0	2	1	0	1	an interview on state of the union


































8805.json	true	in the past three years, state legislatures have enacted more of these restrictions (on abortion) than in the previous 10 years combined.	abortion,health-care,women	patty-murray	u.s. senator	washington	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	an online statement


































10657.json	false	epa wants to regulate the family bbq.	environment,food-safety,government-regulation	allen-west	u.s. representative, florida district 22	florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	a post on his website


































6789.json	pants-fire	barack hussein obama will force doctors to assist homosexuals in buying surrogate babies.	gays-and-lesbians,health-care,religion	government-not-god-pac			none	1	2	0	0	3	a newspaper advertisement


































1540.json	false	he (obama) has done several things well. most of those things are places where he changed his view from where he had during the campaign. so, for instance, he's left our troops in iraq and they're being more successful there. he boosted our effort in afghanistan, which is the right course to take. he did not close guantanamo, thank heavens.	afghanistan,iraq	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a 'today show' interview


































1470.json	half-true	one state even spent a million bucks to put up signs that advertise that they were spending on the federal stimulus projects.	federal-budget,stimulus,transportation	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	an address at the tea party convention 


































3646.json	true	in senate bill 5, there is this new method of evaluating teachers. youre also going to be rated on what the parents think of you and they can send questionnaires and surveys home to parents.	education,labor	tim-grendell	state senator	ohio	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a forum on the state budget


































5628.json	barely-true	says that while president barack obama promised to work with your employer to lower your premiums by $2,500 per family per year, his health care law raises premiums in the individual market by $2,100 per family.	health-care,message-machine-2012	senate-republican-conference	group representing senate republicans	washington, d.c.	republican	1	0	1	0	0	a web video


































4895.json	half-true	says newt gingrich is responsible for the gridlocked politics of washington.	bipartisanship,history	david-axelrod			democrat	2	1	6	7	0	an interview on nbc's the daily rundown


































12162.json	half-true	twenty-seven out-of-state pharmaceutical companies have raised more campaign dollars (against a drug price control measure) than all other state ballot measures have raised to date, combined.	campaign-finance,drugs,elections	californians-lower-drug-prices			organization	0	0	1	0	0	a press release


































3355.json	pants-fire	as part of efforts to rein in protesters, republicans in wisconsin have bolted windows inside the capitol shut.	labor,state-budget	state-democratic-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	democrat	5	7	2	2	7	a news release


































396.json	true	obama says clinton in 2002 suggested there was a connection between al-qaida and the iraqi government.	iraq	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview on msnbc's hardball.


































13098.json	half-true	says comprehensive immigration reform will add $700 billion to our economy.	economy,immigration	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech at the congressional hispanic caucus institute


































279.json	true	(ronald reagan) raised taxes a billion dollars in his first year as governor of california.	taxes	mike-huckabee	author	arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	a debate in myrtle beach, s.c.


































11747.json	true	our businesses have created jobs every single month since (obamacare) became law.	economy,health-care,jobs	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	his state of the union speech


































11715.json	mostly-true	says bernie sanders voted for regime change with respect to libya.	debates,foreign-policy,terrorism	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a democratic debate in new hampshire


































10415.json	mostly-true	if you ask how many times did ronald reagan attend a fundraiser when he ran for re-election in 1984, the answer is eight times. if you say how many times did barack obama attend a fundraiser in 2012, the answer is 228 times.	campaign-finance	lawrence-lessig	professor at harvard law school	massachusetts	activist	0	0	0	1	0	an editorial board interview with the concord monitor


































4314.json	barely-true	democrats failed to flip the wisconsin state senate because recall elections were in the deepest red districts in the state.	elections	tammy-baldwin	u.s. representative	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	an interview


































925.json	half-true	the senate version of the economic stimulus package includes millions of dollars to world war ii filipino veterans in the philippines.	stimulus,veterans	jon-kyl	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	0	2	4	3	0	in a fox news interview.


































3442.json	mostly-true	thehousebudget plan proposes the largest discretionary spending cut in history.	federal-budget,history	bob-goodlatte	u.s. congressman	virginia	republican	0	1	4	3	0	a column.


































6497.json	barely-true	ted cruz is unknown to the vast majority of texans.	candidates-biography,polls	paul-sadler	lawyer	texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	1	a runoff night statement.


































4654.json	half-true	says anthropology is a stem (science, technology, engineering, math) field.	education,science	frank-brogan	chancellor of the state university system of florida	florida	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a meeting with state legislators


































9796.json	false	when news broke that ferguson 18-year-old michael brown was a suspect in a robbery, msnbc practically went off the air for a while to have behind-closed-doors meetings to figure out how to deal with this new revelation.	criminal-justice,transparency	rush-limbaugh	radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	comments on his radio show


































1591.json	pants-fire	people can't go fishing anymore because of obama.	environment,pundits,recreation,science	rush-limbaugh	radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	his talk show


































4364.json	true	congressional budget office says 8 (percent) unemployment till 2014!	economy,jobs	john-cornyn	senator	texas	republican	5	3	6	2	1	a twitter message.


































13137.json	false	says top clinton advisers were pressing birther movement stories very hard.	obama-birth-certificate	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a presidential debate


































8272.json	half-true	things like having friday classes have been shown to be very effective on college campuses in reducing drinking.	alcohol,education	university-oregon			none	0	0	1	0	0	a radio interview.


































9362.json	barely-true	walmart employees receive roughly $5,800 in public assistance per year.	welfare,workers	ed-schultz	msnbc television host		none	3	1	4	1	2	a segment on the ed show


































12416.json	half-true	when adjusted for inflation, (texas) per-student spending has remained relatively flat over the past 16 years. despite that trend, texas schools in 2017 will receive $381 less per student than they did in 2003.	education,state-budget,state-finances	celia-israel	realtor; texas house member, district 50	texas	democrat	0	0	1	0	1	a press release


































5401.json	half-true	as virginias governor, allen cut spending and waste with bipartisan support.	job-accomplishments,market-regulation,state-budget	us-chamber-commerce			none	6	3	3	1	1	a tv ad.


































10242.json	false	my position hasnt changed on using executive authority to address immigration issues.	immigration,legal-issues	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference in australia.


































8696.json	false	protesters in la crosse blocked an exit and surrounded a state patrol car carrying the governor and were beating on the windows and rocking the vehicle. when the car was extricated from the crowd, a truck blocked a second exit.	labor,state-budget,unions	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a book


































6191.json	true	oregon schools receive millions of dollars per year in federal school lunch assistance and yet they are required to spend that money almost anywhere but oregon.	congress,education,federal-budget	ron-wyden	u.s. senator	oregon	democrat	0	1	0	3	0	in a news release 


































12945.json	true	almost half a million people are still eligible (for daca), particularly in the asian-american and pacific islander community.	immigration	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a post on medium


































485.json	half-true	the pastor mccain calls his 'spiritual guide,' rod parsley, believes america's founding mission is to destroy islam, which he calls a 'false religion.' 	religion	moveon			democrat	2	4	3	0	0	an e-mail message


































13183.json	half-true	first, donald trump said wages are too high, and both donald trump and mike pence think we ought to eliminate the federal minimum wage.	economy,government-regulation,income,labor,poverty,small-business,wealth,workers	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	the 2016 vice presidential debate


































2061.json	barely-true	dan gelbers employment by bps law firm could disqualify him from representing florida against bp as attorney general.	candidates-biography,legal-issues,oil-spill	dave-aronberg	state senator	florida	democrat	1	0	1	0	0	an e-mail to supporters.


































5855.json	false	the congressional district for miami-dade and broward counties has a staggering drop-out rate of almost 61 percent.	children,education	rudy-moise	doctor	florida	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign website


































7373.json	mostly-true	i was never against same-sex marriage.	marriage	leah-ward-sears		georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	newspaper column


































3626.json	pants-fire	says protesters at the wisconsin state capitol on the night the state senate passed collective bargaining changes damaged the windshield of his car.	labor,state-budget	dan-kapanke	state senator, district 32	wisconsin	republican	0	0	0	0	2	interviews with various media outlets


































12317.json	half-true	you can absolutely get a gun if you have several felonies as long as you buy it on the internet or at a gun show.	crime,guns	amy-schumer			none	0	0	2	0	0	an episode of inside amy schumer


































8391.json	barely-true	bill gunter would drain millions from local public schools, and give our tax dollars to private, for-profit schools run by out-of-state corporations.	education,state-budget	florida-democratic-party		florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	a campaign mailer


































2834.json	pants-fire	small businesses that have $250,000 in gross sales for the business. theyre the ones that are looking at massive tax increases.	small-business,taxes	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	an interview on good morning america.


































4414.json	half-true	michael dukakis created jobs three times faster than mitt romney.	jobs	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a debate at the reagan library


































3268.json	pants-fire	our children do not spend any time in school learning about our own u.s. constitution.	education	dan-flynn	state representative	texas	republican	1	0	0	0	1	a column


































11002.json	mostly-true	says hillary clintons rejection of efforts to make it easier to vote and harder to cheat not only defies logic, but the will of the majority of americans.	elections	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a statement


































3611.json	false	every time weve cut taxes, revenues have gone up, the economy has grown.	economy,federal-budget,taxes,abc-news-week	joe-walsh	member of congress	illinois	republican	0	1	0	0	0	an interview on this week with christiane amanpour


































2364.json	true	says state rep. diana maldonado of round rock uses craigslist to hire campaign block walkers.	campaign-finance,workers	larry-gonzales		texas	republican	0	0	0	0	0	an e-mail to supporters


































11321.json	false	says that president barack obama said an attack on syria was going to be a pinprick.	foreign-policy,military	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	the cnn gop presidential debate


































7517.json	half-true	raising taxes on investment income has actually lowered the revenue received from the tax, while cutting capital gains tax rates has increased revenue.	taxes	jim-renacci	u.s. representative 	ohio	republican	5	3	4	1	1	a commentary


































10459.json	barely-true	common welfare programs give income of $43,330 or $20.83 an hour.	children,economy,families,federal-budget,government-regulation,health-care,housing,hunger,income,medicaid,poverty,state-finances,welfare,women,workers	rhode-island-center-freedom-and-prosperity		rhode island	organization	1	0	1	0	0	a tweet


































4572.json	barely-true	senate bill 5 makes it harder for nurses to give the patients the quality care they need.	jobs,labor,unions	we-are-ohio		ohio	none	2	0	0	1	0	a television commercial


































3807.json	half-true	says that tim pawlenty eliminated health insurance for 33,000 to 35,000 people when he was governor of minnesota.	health-care	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a web ad


































1022.json	barely-true	a public option for health care would end private insurance because the private insurance people will not be able to compete with a government option.	health-care	mitch-mcconnell	senate minority leader	kentucky	republican	7	6	5	7	0	an interview on fox news sunday.


































13302.json	mostly-true	says donald trump saidas recently as a few weeks ago in phoenix that every undocumented person would be subject to deportation.	candidates-biography,homeland-security,immigration	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the third 2016 presidential debate


































6885.json	half-true	says his deficit plan made some adjustments to (simpson-bowles), and were putting it forward before congress right now, a $4 trillion plan.	deficit,federal-budget	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a debate


































10996.json	barely-true	says jeb bush appointed a guardian for the fetus of a rape survivor.	abortion	ultraviolet	liberal advocacy group	washington, d.c.	none	2	0	1	1	0	a facebook post


































7174.json	barely-true	thanks to actions by the milwaukee county board on the 2013 budget, the amount of county taxes on the average home in the city of milwaukee would be a $19 decrease.	county-budget,county-government,taxes	marina-dimitrijevic			none	1	1	2	0	0	a radio interview


































7337.json	half-true	eighty percent of those who have applied for licenses have no cancer, no parkinsons disease or glaucoma. they have nothing you would associate [with] the use of medical marijuana.	drugs,health-care,marijuana	patrick-kennedy	congressman	rhode island	democrat	0	1	2	1	0	news story


































12425.json	half-true	says sen. john mccain told dreamers that hell support the dream act, then he voted against it.	immigration	ann-kirkpatrick	u.s. house of representatives	arizona	democrat	0	0	3	0	0	an interview with msnbc's al sharpton


































9309.json	false	the pell bridge is a tourism bridge essentially and not a commuter bridge.	economy,infrastructure,recreation,state-budget,state-finances,tourism	nicholas-mattiello	speaker of the house	rhode island	democrat	0	3	0	0	0	a television interview


































6557.json	mostly-true	says a portfolio managed by the texas general land office earned 22 percent last year while the states emergency reserve account experienced a 1 percent gain.	education,state-budget,state-finances	jerry-patterson	state land commissioner	texas	republican	1	1	1	3	0	a letter.


































8813.json	false	says colorado food stamp recipients can use atms to get cash to buy marijuana.	drugs,marijuana,welfare	brian-kilmeade	fox and friends co-host		none	0	2	0	0	1	a broadcast of fox and friends


































7782.json	half-true	the state of wisconsin thinks you should have to wash your hands at least 28 times to make one peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich.	county-government,food-safety,government-regulation,health-care	jeff-wagner			talk-show-host	0	0	1	0	0	a radio show


































6620.json	false	when social security, medicare and medicaid were created, republicans stood on the sidelines	health-care,history,medicaid,medicare	james-clyburn	u.s. representative	south carolina	democrat	1	1	0	1	0	a speech at the democratic national convention in charlotte, n.c.


































12070.json	true	gun violence is by far the leading cause of death for young african american men, outstripping the next nine causes of death combined.	diversity,guns	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech posted on medium


































5800.json	half-true	under republican economic policies, the typical american family saw their incomes fall by about 6 percent.	economy,families	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in elyria, ohio


































358.json	barely-true	hillary interned with bob treuhaft, the head of the california communist party.	candidates-biography	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail based on an article written by dick morris


































3240.json	false	across the board, violent crime in jurisdictions that recognize the right to carry is lower than in areas that prevent it.	crime,guns	national-rifle-association			none	3	5	1	5	3	a speech by wayne lapierre at the conservative political action conference


































9032.json	half-true	using a surcharge on the cigarette tax to help pay for a new downtown sports arena is not feasible under state law.	taxes	tom-barrett	mayor of milwaukee	wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	an interview


































12899.json	mostly-true	says employers are still allowed to pay people with disabilities below the minimum wage.	civil-rights,disability,income,jobs,market-regulation,workers	tom-harkin	u.s. senator	iowa	democrat	0	1	1	1	0	in a speech at the democratic national convention


































2174.json	false	kendrick meek was named one of the two most corrupt democrats in congress by citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington.	candidates-biography,ethics,message-machine	jeff-greene		florida	democrat	3	1	3	0	0	a campaign mail piece.


































8271.json	half-true	under mayor angel taveras providences bond rating was downgraded from a to bbb, two steps above junk-bond status.	city-budget,job-accomplishments	american-leadhership-pac	political action committee	rhode island	organization	0	0	1	2	0	a website


































3681.json	mostly-true	says using e-verify is a fair amount of cost, about $20 per person that does not match.	immigration	jd-alexander	state senator	florida	republican	0	1	1	1	1	comments to the 'st. petersburg times' and 'miami herald'


































3457.json	barely-true	there is a growing body of evidence that radiation in excess of what the government says are the minimum amounts you should be exposed to are actually good for you and reduce cases of cancer.	nuclear,pundits,science	ann-coulter	columnist and author	new york	republican	2	3	3	0	4	fox's o'reilly factor


































7989.json	barely-true	women in the united states are paid about 70 percent of what men earn for the same work.	jobs,women	jimmy-carter		georgia	democrat	3	0	2	2	0	women's conference session


































7172.json	pants-fire	wisconsin has created just under 100,000 jobs since he took office.	job-accomplishments,jobs	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a speech


































10922.json	mostly-true	in new jersey, gov. christie vetoed legislation to extend early voting.	elections	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech


































11247.json	false	were the most highly taxed nation in the world.	taxes	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on fox & friends


































8131.json	mostly-true	says federal regulations adopted in 2011 increased the cost of each vehicle for his business by $10,000.	environment,market-regulation	mike-collins	co-owner, collins industries	georgia	republican	1	0	1	1	0	an interview


































7248.json	true	even if you took literally every single ounce of platinum in the world, it still wouldnt add up to enough needed to pay down our nations debt.	debt	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a press release


































7605.json	half-true	a new law requires the usda to approve the harvest and sale of crops from genetically modified seed even if a court has ruled against the crop as being dangerous to public safety or the environment.	corrections-and-updates,food-safety,government-regulation	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a facebook post


































6670.json	false	says under oregon law, girls from 15 years of age and up are given complete control over whether to be sterilized or not.	health-care,public-health	cnsnews			organization	0	1	0	0	0	a news article.


































1816.json	half-true	in afghanistan the (military) leadership has proposed a new medal, an award for 'courageous restraint' ... for 'not firing back.' 	afghanistan,military	allen-west	u.s. representative, florida district 22	florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	a blog on his campaign website


































9982.json	false	the justice departments fast and furious gun-walking program started in the bush administration.	guns	jane-harman	wilson center ceo	california	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a panel on fox news sunday


































3704.json	barely-true	says one of austin city council member randi shades biggest contributors is the lobbyist for the formula 1 racetrack planned outside austin.	city-budget,city-government,ethics	kathie-tovo	mother	texas	democrat	1	0	0	2	0	campaign mailers.


































9372.json	false	as unbelievable as it sounds, your tax dollars are funding the federal governments zombie apocalypse plan. i kid you not.	federal-budget	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a facebook post


































2283.json	false	rob portman is the one who actually sucked the jobs out of the (mahoning) valley and sent them to china.	economy	lee-fisher	former lieutenant governor	ohio	democrat	2	1	1	2	0	a campaign speech


































3149.json	pants-fire	gov. scott walker and the republican-controlled state legislature have added over $140 million in new special interest spending	health-care,small-business,taxes	one-wisconsin-now		wisconsin	organization	0	2	2	1	1	a news release


































6002.json	half-true	when it comes to what little bit of job creation was happening in massachusetts (when mitt romney was governor), it was happening in the public sector at six times the rate that it was happening in the private sector.	jobs	martin-omalley	maryland governor	maryland	democrat	3	1	10	4	0	an appearance on meet the press


































6354.json	mostly-true	says former sen. george allen voted four times to raise his own pay.	voting-record	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a debate.


































3754.json	mostly-true	eighty-seven percent of private insurance plans currently include (abortion) coverage.	abortion,health-care	sherrod-brown	u.s. senator	ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	a fundraising letter


































10665.json	mostly-true	rhode island has the second highest per enrollee (medicaid) cost of any state in the country, which is 60 percent higher than the national average.	economy,federal-budget,government-efficiency,health-care,medicaid,poverty,public-health,market-regulation,state-budget,state-finances,states,taxes	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	rhode island	democrat	2	1	2	5	1	a television interview


































5425.json	barely-true	one estimate says there may be three times as much oil in the united states as there is in saudi arabia.	energy,message-machine-2012	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a televised address


































13207.json	mostly-true	says he fought obama at the supreme court and won.	supreme-court	josh-hawley	lawyer	missouri	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a campaign ad


































13515.json	false	says actor dwayne the rock johnson wore a t-shirt stating: we stand for the flag, we kneel for the fallen.	fake-news,pop-culture	sid-miller	state agriculture commissioner	texas	republican	1	2	2	0	1	a facebook post of photo and caption on miller's fan page


































10369.json	half-true	there have been some estimates that if you deported everybody who is in texas illegally, it would create an economic recession for the state.	immigration	chuck-todd	msnbc political reporter		none	0	0	1	1	0	an interview of greg abbott, texas governor-elect


































6509.json	barely-true	tim kaine supported higher energy costs for families.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,energy,message-machine-2012	us-chamber-commerce			none	6	3	3	1	1	a tv ad.


































3483.json	false	ending federal funding for national public radio would jeopardize 9,000 jobs.	jobs	jim-moran	u. s. congressman	virginia	democrat	2	1	1	6	1	a floor speech.


































8130.json	true	says florida refused to allow theinsurance commissioner to negotiate lower rates with companies or refuse rates that are too high under obamacare.	health-care,states	ted-deutch		florida	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a letter with other florida lawmakers to hhs secretary kathleen sebelius


































2707.json	false	rick scott has said that he would do away with the department of community affairs.	state-budget	alex-sink		florida	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	a debate


































11620.json	barely-true	oregons umpqua community college where the shooting occurred was a gun-free zone.	guns	greg-steube	sarasota state representative, district 73	florida	republican	1	1	0	0	0	house judiciary committee hearing on his bill allowing concealed carry on college campuses


































7321.json	half-true	as a result of national rifle association and other private-sector (safety-education) programs, fatal firearms accidents are at the lowest level in 100 years.	crime,guns	wayne-lapierre			none	3	1	3	1	0	testimony before the senate judiciary committee


































11299.json	true	georgias crct set some of the lowest expectations for student proficiency in the nation.	education	richard-woods	state superintendent	georgia	republican	0	0	0	0	0	press release


































368.json	true	he's been endorsed by every major newspaper here in the state of texas.	elections	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a debate in austin, texas.


































1314.json	true	the house of representatives does not have a prochoice majority.	abortion	loretta-sanchez	member of congress	california	democrat	0	1	1	0	1	an interview on morning joe


































6072.json	half-true	romney outsourced call center jobs to india.	jobs,message-machine-2012	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign ad


































3797.json	true	to give a sense of how families are struggling, a record four out of every 10 school kids in ohio now qualifies for subsidized lunch.	children,economy,families,poverty	amy-hanauer	executive director of policy matters ohio	ohio	none	0	0	0	0	0	at a rally at the ohio statehouse


































6521.json	barely-true	says obama puts 15 unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats in charge of medicare, who are required to cut medicare ... that will lead to denied care for current seniors.	medicare	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a speech in the villages, fla.


































4898.json	barely-true	president barack obama has now spent three years proving that he kills jobs in energy, he kills jobs in manufacturing.	economy,energy,history,jobs,workers	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a press conference


































13459.json	pants-fire	margaret sanger wanted a black christian leader to be like a judas goat and lead the blacks to genocide. remember that? and they picked martin luther king as their spokesman.	abortion,history,public-health,women	pat-robertson	religious broadcaster	virginia	republican	1	0	0	0	1	a tv broadcast.


































4157.json	pants-fire	virginia state employees pay nothing toward their pensions.	retirement,state-budget	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	a tv interviews


































12869.json	half-true	says barack obama and hillary clinton are responsible for leading america into a deal that will arm iran.	homeland-security,israel,nuclear,terrorism	richard-burr	u.s. senator	north carolina	republican	0	0	1	1	0	a press release


































4111.json	half-true	95 percent of teachers and principals are not implicated in the [atlanta public schools cheating scandal] report at all.	education	shirley-franklin		georgia	democrat	0	0	1	0	1	a television interview


































5423.json	true	florida is the largest dog-racing state in the country.	animals,gambling,tourism	maria-sachs	florida senator	florida	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a press conference


































11145.json	half-true	says donald trump is for a single-payer health care system.	health-care	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an interview on fox news sunday


































2730.json	pants-fire	vows to keep georgias race for governor civil and focused on the positive.	message-machine	nathan-deal-and-roy-barnes			none	0	0	0	0	1	statements to the press


































9863.json	true	we cut our deficits by more than half.	deficit,economy,federal-budget	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in milwaukee


































12199.json	half-true	a study from the massachusetts institute of technology, harvard, and dartmouth concluded that medicaids value to its beneficiaries is significantly lower than the actual cost of the program.	health-care,medicaid	tom-price	congressman	georgia	republican	1	2	5	3	0	a medium post


































11762.json	barely-true	says sen. ted cruz used to be in favor of birthright citizenship but is now against it.	immigration	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a republican presidential debate in north charleston, s.c.


































8416.json	mostly-true	40,000 veterans in texas wont get health care because perry rejected obamacares medicaid expansion.	health-care,veterans	gilberto-hinojosa	chairman, texas democratic party	texas	democrat	0	4	1	2	1	an interview on ynn’s “capital tonight”


































4565.json	mostly-true	u.s. unemployment among people ages 16 to 24 is 18.4 percent, which is a 60-year high.	jobs,occupy-wall-street,workers	matthew-rothschild			none	0	0	0	1	0	an interview


































8188.json	true	says u.s. sen. ron johnson voted to let oil and gas companies emit unlimited carbon pollution into our air	climate-change,energy,environment,transportation	league-conservation-voters			organization	0	0	0	1	0	a tv ad


































10046.json	half-true	an overwhelming majority of republican and democrat law enforcement leaders have endorsed brad schimel.	criminal-justice,elections,job-accomplishments	brad-schimel			republican	0	2	1	0	0	a campaign tv ad


































8753.json	true	what do rutgers university, kean university, montclair state university, new jersey city university, stockton college, rowan university and william paterson all have in common? they all graduate less than 50 percent of their students within four years.	education	joseph-cryan	state assemblyman	new jersey	democrat	1	1	0	0	0	an assembly session


































2082.json	mostly-true	opponent holly benson said that just because youre poor doesnt mean youre unhealthy, it just means you have a lot more time to go running.	candidates-biography,health-care	pam-bondi		florida	republican	2	2	0	4	0	a campaign mail piece.


































9094.json	barely-true	most of the people who have signed up through the obamacare exchanges already had insurance.	health-care	rich-lowry	editor, national review		none	1	0	0	0	0	a broadcast of nbc's meet the press


































13117.json	true	says a change in law he carried stopped a $100 million tax increase in the dallas school district.	education,taxes	paul-bettencourt	state senator	texas	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a press release


































9648.json	mostly-true	weve recovered (from the recession) faster and come farther than almost any other advanced country on earth.	economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in delaware


































2183.json	false	jeff greene on why hewent cuba.	candidates-biography,ethics	jeff-greene		florida	democrat	3	1	3	0	0	comments to the media.


































11758.json	half-true	says hillary clinton isunder investigation with the fbi right now.	criminal-justice,debates	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	the fox business network debate


































3351.json	false	the average (public school) teacher in wisconsins making $89,000 a year in salary and benefits.	education,labor,state-budget	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	an appearance on a tv interview program


































4876.json	mostly-true	(chris christie) has not paid one dollar of state money into our pension system, and then states that the system is broke.	retirement,state-budget	loretta-weinberg	state senator		democrat	1	2	0	1	0	a column on bluejersey.com


































7320.json	mostly-true	states have cumulatively cut over $1.8 billion from their mental health services between 2009 and 2011. this is the largest reduction in state mental health services in half a century.	guns,health-care	marcy-kaptur	representative from ohio's ninth congressional district	ohio	democrat	0	2	4	4	0	a floor speech in the house of representatives


































7638.json	mostly-true	under republican chris christie, new jersey had the highest increase in unemployment in the country last year. nearly 1 in 10 jobless. the worst unemployment in the region. near the bottom in economic growth, yet christie protected a tax cut for millionaires but vetoed a minimum wage hike.	economy,jobs,states	one-new-jersey			democrat	0	0	1	2	0	a tv ad


































6255.json	half-true	mitt romneys companies were pioneers in outsourcing u.s. jobs to low-wage countries.	candidates-biography,economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign commercial


































9327.json	half-true	28 percent of kentuckians dont have any online access.	congress,campaign-advertising,states,technology	john-oliver	host, last week tonight		none	0	0	2	4	0	a segment on last week tonight


































10781.json	barely-true	we spent twice as much per capita for health care in this country as the next closest nation.	health-care	ben-carson			republican	7	12	3	2	4	a speech in manchester n.h.


































6899.json	half-true	the obama administration called bashar assad a reformer when he was turning his russian-provided guns on his own people.	foreign-policy	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	the vice presidential debate in danville, ky.


































4826.json	true	currently it costs more than a penny for the u.s. mint to make a one cent coin and more than a nickel to make the five cent piece.	economy	steve-rothman			democrat	1	2	0	1	1	a statement in the congressional record


































1079.json	barely-true	on the day the house voted on the climate change bill, there was not even a copy of the bill in the well of the house, which is standard. it wasnt even written.	energy,environment,pundits	rush-limbaugh	radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	his radio show


































10876.json	barely-true	says hillary clinton makes more per hour at a speaking gig than the average ceo does in a year.	income,wealth,workers	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	a segment on his radio show


































4424.json	barely-true	says every time the legislature suspended the kicker, most recently the corporate kicker in 2007, salem spent every penny and failed to stabilize the states revenues.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	matt-wand	attorney	oregon	republican	2	0	0	0	0	guest column 


































8862.json	half-true	cuba has a lower child mortality rate than ours. their life expectancy is now greater than ours.	children,foreign-policy,health-care,public-health	tom-harkin	u.s. senator	iowa	democrat	0	1	1	1	0	a press conference


































10778.json	pants-fire	says baltimore police are trained by mossad and shin bet.	israel,public-safety	nation-islam-research-group			none	0	0	0	0	1	a facebook post


































8479.json	barely-true	wisconsin ranks no. 2 in economic growth, according to the federal reserve bank of philadelphia.	economy	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a news release


































6418.json	false	says he never voted for a tax increase.	debt,deficit,taxes	mark-neumann	developer and homebuilder	wisconsin	republican	2	4	1	2	1	campaign website statements


































3589.json	half-true	when we lower tax rates, we generate more in revenues. that happened in 86 with the reagan plan, happened in 2001, following the bush plan.	federal-budget,taxes	saxby-chambliss	u.s. senator	georgia	republican	1	1	3	4	1	an interview


































5483.json	barely-true	the atlanta areas water planning district is now the national leader in conservation.	environment	pat-stevens	director of environmental planning, atlanta regional commission	georgia	none	1	0	0	0	0	a news article


































3439.json	mostly-true	the state of wisconsin pays plumbers, engineers and other attorneys much, much more than it pays attorneys to represent poor people.	legal-issues,state-budget	marla-stephens	head of the appellate division of the wisconsin state public defender’s office	wisconsin	none	0	0	0	1	0	a statement at a candidate forum


































8858.json	mostly-true	says peyton manning struggles in cold weather games.	sports	tweets			none	2	3	1	2	3	comments from sports pundits and fans on twitter


































6634.json	mostly-true	under president bush in eight years, we added $4.9 trillion to the debt. under president obama, weve added $5.3 trillion to the debt in the 3.5 years hes been in office.	debt	kelly-ayotte	u.s. senator	new hampshire	republican	2	1	1	4	0	a town hall meeting in merrimack, n.h.


































6065.json	half-true	minnesota has passed and indiana has passed right to work laws making union membership and dues optional	economy,jobs,labor,state-budget	jeff-fitzgerald	incoming speaker of state assembly	wisconsin	republican	2	0	1	2	2	an interview


































3301.json	true	gov. rick scotts sale of the state planes was not proper.	legal-issues,state-budget	jd-alexander	state senator	florida	republican	0	1	1	1	1	comments at the senate budget committee.


































3078.json	false	the health care law is job killing.	economy,health-care	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a bill introduced on the house floor.


































9400.json	mostly-true	weve seen a remarkable reduction in the number of americans being executed -- its down nearly two-thirds over the past generation.	criminal-justice	david-frum	senior editor, the atlantic		none	0	0	1	1	0	in comments on real time with bill maher


































12948.json	half-true	onthe iran nuclear deal	nuclear	jacky-rosen		nevada	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	in an interview.


































7549.json	pants-fire	q: what do these patriotic americans have in common? a: they are all draft dodgers.	military,patriotism	liberals-are-cool			democrat	0	0	0	0	1	an internet meme


































4326.json	mostly-true	outside of recall elections, theres never been a public official removed from office in wisconsin for anything but malfeasance in office.	alcohol,city-government	bob-ryan			none	0	0	0	1	0	a city council meeting


































10701.json	mostly-true	half of all americans have less than $10,000 in their savings account.	families,income,pensions,poverty,wealth	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a talk in austin


































8572.json	true	says theres no language in the u.s. constitution that prevents someone from running for congress simultaneously in multiple states.	elections	allan-levene		georgia	republican	0	0	0	0	0	an article


































2279.json	mostly-true	the united states is 50th in life expectancy in the world.	health-care	alan-grayson	u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	msnbc's the ed show.


































10143.json	barely-true	ebola is incredibly contagious, very transmissible and easy to catch.	ebola,public-health	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	an interview with a new hampshire radio station


































6382.json	false	in 2010, betty sutton voted to destroy medicare.	health-care,job-accomplishments,medicare	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a news release


































11927.json	barely-true	travis county residents trusted me to take on tom delay and we won.	candidates-biography,crime,criminal-justice	gary-cobb	director, grand jury/intake division, travis county  district attorney's office	texas	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a video ad on his campaign website


































3785.json	mostly-true	the turnout on may 14th was just 7 percent -- the lowest turnout in decades.	city-government,elections	randi-shade	member, austin city council	texas	democrat	0	0	1	2	0	a press release.


































9395.json	barely-true	eric cantor voted to fully fund obamacare in october.	health-care,voting-record	dave-brat	college professor	virginia	republican	2	5	0	2	0	a radio ad.


































10615.json	half-true	on support for ethanol mandates	agriculture,energy,gas-prices	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a speech


































7514.json	false	the fiscal cliff agreement was the largest tax increase in history.	federal-budget,health-care,taxes	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	an interview


































2295.json	true	on the mosque near ground zero.	religion	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a newspaper article


































6985.json	half-true	latin americas economy is almost as big as the economy of china.	economy,foreign-policy	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	the third presidential debate in boca raton, fla.


































417.json	false	obama has no experience or background at all in national security affairs.	foreign-policy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	interview on msnbc's morning joe 


































2125.json	barely-true	jim marshall votes liberal in washington ... and we arent fooled.	voting-record	austin-scott		georgia	republican	1	1	0	0	0	an e-mail to supporters


































6286.json	pants-fire	says its not accidental that the villain in the batman movie is named bane.	pop-culture,pundits	rush-limbaugh	radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	his syndicated radio show


































1071.json	false	white house spokesman robert gibbs lied when he said president obamas birth certificate is posted on the internet.	candidates-biography,obama-birth-certificate	worldnetdaily			none	0	1	0	0	1	an advertisement


































1133.json	false	a provision in the health care reform bill for end-of-life counseling for seniors is not entirely voluntary.	health-care	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	her facebook page


































2501.json	half-true	says scott bruun still believes in the same old direction that george bush had before, which is to privatize social security.	social-security	kurt-schrader	u.s. representative	oregon	democrat	0	1	3	0	0	a debate at the salem city club


































497.json	true	when mccain was questioned about hiring lobbyists to his campaign staff, his top lobbyist actually had the nerve to say, 'the american people won't care about this.' 	elections,ethics	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in tampa, fla.


































10098.json	mostly-true	i was speaking out on pension reform almost 17 years ago.	candidates-biography,debt,deficit,economy,government-regulation,history,job-accomplishments,labor,pensions,retirement,state-budget,state-finances,taxes,unions,wealth,workers	ernest-almonte	auditor	rhode island	independent	0	1	0	1	0	an interview on wlne's on the record


































6151.json	true	three of our cities are among the top five worst cities in the u.s. for asthma.	energy,environment,government-regulation,health-care,public-health,market-regulation	lamar-alexander			republican	1	2	2	0	0	prepared remarks at a congressional field hearing.


































10593.json	barely-true	the labor participation rate is at an all-time low.	economy,jobs	lindsey-graham	u.s. senator	south carolina	republican	2	2	4	2	0	comments on nbc's meet the press


































218.json	mostly-true	mike huckabee supported taxpayer-funded scholarships for illegal aliens.	immigration	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a tv ad


































3624.json	false	for every 33 pregnant women that walk into a planned parenthood clinic, 32 receive an abortion.	abortion,deficit,federal-budget	jean-schmidt	u.s. representative	ohio	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a speech in the house of representatives


































3993.json	true	virginia spends $400,000 on abstinence programs while losing $2.5 million in federal funds due to gov. bob mcdonnells political agenda.	abortion,state-budget	naral-pro-choice-america			organization	1	0	1	0	0	a web video.


































8460.json	mostly-true	nearly 6 in 10 uninsured americanscan get health insurance for what may be the equivalent of your cell phone bill.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a public address


































9562.json	mostly-true	cranstons 2014-2015 budget funds 100 percent of the local police and fire pension and other retiree benefit costs.	economy,income,job-accomplishments,labor,pensions,taxes,unions,workers	allan-fung	mayor, city of cranston, r.i.	rhode island	republican	2	2	0	2	1	a letter to taxpayers


































8108.json	barely-true	says the 2014-15 state budget cut border security and funding to fight criminal gangs.	crime,immigration,state-budget	dan-patrick	lieutenant governor-elect	texas	republican	4	4	3	4	4	a campaign video


































7878.json	false	says democratic party created the ku klux klan.	civil-rights,history	stephen-martin	state senator	virginia	republican	0	2	0	0	0	an interview.


































2527.json	mostly-true	says roy blunt secretly inserts language to benefit tobacco giant philip morris into a national security bill while blunts girlfriend and son are lobbyists for the cigarette company, and just days earlier, 26 philip morris executives wrote checks to blunt totaling $23,000.	campaign-finance,homeland-security,message-machine	commonsense-ten			democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a tv ad


































12508.json	true	says donald trump mocked someone with a disability.	disability	priorities-usa-action			democrat	3	1	4	2	1	a tv ad


































4339.json	half-true	we rank below ethiopia, im told, in terms of our exports per capita, well below any of the other developed countries we trade with, and well below china and (south) korea.	economy,foreign-policy,trade	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a television interview


































2698.json	mostly-true	bill heller raises taxes. property taxes. small business taxes. he even wants to tax the internet. mr. heller said no to balancing the federal budget, that puts more debt on our kids.	message-machine,taxes	jeff-brandes	director of real estate at tibbetts holdings llc, his family's business	florida	republican	0	0	1	1	0	a campaign video


































1940.json	half-true	the u.s. spends $4 billion on research and development for energy, while spending $350 billion on oil from foreign countries, many of whom are our enemies.	energy,foreign-policy,oil-spill	jeff-greene		florida	democrat	3	1	3	0	0	a debate


































4798.json	false	says the state auditor found that 37 percent of the 428,000 students receiving free and reduced-price lunches are ineligible.	education	michael-doherty			republican	1	3	1	1	0	a speech before the east jersey tea party


































5188.json	pants-fire	says barack obama began his presidency going on a worldwide apology tour.	foreign-policy	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a u.s. senate debate hosted by empower texans and the texas public policy foundation


































12575.json	barely-true	[my administration is] well represented both racially, ethnically and gender-wise.	city-government,diversity,women	jim-kenney	philadelphia mayor	pennsylvania	democrat	1	0	1	0	0	remarks at the better bike share conference


































1312.json	true	president obama campaigned on a promise to put reproductive health care at the center of his reform plan.	abortion,health-care	planned-parenthood			none	1	0	1	0	1	an alert to members


































6750.json	half-true	president obama campaign surrogate maryland gov. martin omalley acknowledged that we are not better off than we were four years ago.	economy	chris-devaney	tennessee gop chairman	tennessee	republican	0	0	1	0	0	tennessee republican party web site posting


































10314.json	half-true	site selectors who decide where businesses expand or relocate shun closed shop states like wisconsin in favor of right to work states like iowa, indiana and michigan.	workers	wisconsin-manufacturers-and-commerce		wisconsin	organization	3	0	2	2	0	an opinion piece


































2556.json	half-true	said he opposed every budget republican and democrat.	federal-budget	jim-marshall	u.s. rep.	georgia	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	campaign video


































9691.json	true	the house of representatives has never sued a sitting president in all of u.s. history.	congress,legal-issues	nancy-pelosi	house minority leader	california	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	a fundraising letter


































12826.json	false	only five texas counties account for almost 90 percent of the (states) cattle industry.	agriculture	jeannette-vaught	university of texas lecturer	texas	none	0	1	0	0	0	an op-ed published in the austin american-statesman


































7650.json	half-true	says president barack obama has allowed, each year hes been here, the prosecutions of gun cases (for background check failures) to go down. ... theyve declined every year since president bush left office.	guns,legal-issues	jeff-sessions		alabama	republican	2	2	2	1	0	comments on abc's this week with george stephanopoulos


































2801.json	mostly-true	oregons budget has grown by 49 percent in just four years.	state-budget	allen-alley	businessman	oregon	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a website


































1362.json	half-true	we've created or saved up to 1.6 million jobs, according to the cbo -- the congressional budget office -- through the recovery act.	economy,stimulus	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech


































8149.json	barely-true	says matt bevin has repeatedly failed to pay his taxes.	ethics,taxes	mitch-mcconnell	senate minority leader	kentucky	republican	7	6	5	7	0	a campaign ad


































1809.json	mostly-true	california republican gubernatorial hopeful meg whitman contributed to, and campaigned, for democratic sen. barbara boxer.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography,elections,message-machine	steve-poizner	insurance commissioner and gubernatorial candidate	california	republican	0	1	1	1	0	a campaign commercial


































8075.json	barely-true	says a justice department memo directs that you must openly embrace gay marriage and homosexuality.	families,gays-and-lesbians	louie-gohmert	u.s. house member	texas	republican	2	6	1	0	1	an interview.


































2438.json	false	kasichs trade deals cost ohio thousands of jobs - 49,000 jobs to mexico, 91,000 to china.	economy,message-machine,trade	ted-strickland	former ohio governor	ohio	democrat	2	6	7	4	1	a campaign video


































4939.json	true	says with jon corzine, its the first time, i think, in history where a former senator has been subpoenaed to testify before his former colleagues.	history	pat-roberts	u.s. senator	kansas	republican	1	1	0	0	0	an interview on fox business news


































12341.json	half-true	says donald trump brings in hundreds of foreign workers to replace americans.	immigration,labor	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a tv ad


































12500.json	barely-true	tuition-free public universities and colleges are just a pipe dream. false. they were both free up until the vietnam war.	education,history	viral-image			none	5	5	0	3	15	facebook post by liberals are cool


































6013.json	half-true	candidate bill byrne used campaign funds for work on his personal car.	campaign-finance	tim-lee	cobb county commission chairman		republican	0	0	1	1	0	an interview


































2313.json	mostly-true	pat toomey thinks corporations shouldnt pay any taxes.	corporations,message-machine,taxes	joe-sestak	u.s. representative	pennsylvania	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	a campaign commercial


































4508.json	half-true	a construction worker whos making $50 or $60 grand a year shouldnt be paying higher tax rates than the guy whos making $50 million a year. and thats how its working right now.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in cincinnati, ohio


































3850.json	half-true	we have seized more currency, more drugs, more outbound arms in the past year than any year in our countrys history.	crime,guns,immigration,marijuana	janet-napolitano	secretary of homeland security 		democrat	1	0	1	1	1	a speech before the atlanta press club


































11322.json	mostly-true	theres never been a direct supreme court case on people who were here illegally, whether or not their kids are citizens.	immigration,legal-issues	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a presidential debate


































11462.json	mostly-true	some 8.1 million of the estimated 11 million to 12 million people in this country illegally are working.	foreign-policy,homeland-security,immigration,market-regulation,workers	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	an interview


































4992.json	mostly-true	traditionally, presidential candidates release their tax returns . . . mitt romney still wont.	candidates-biography,message-machine-2012,new-hampshire-2012,taxes,transparency	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a web video.


































6233.json	false	says he never supported federal health care individual mandate.	candidates-biography,government-regulation,health-care,public-health	tommy-thompson		wisconsin	republican	6	8	2	5	3	tweets


































11548.json	half-true	says the united states is in the worst recovery from an economic recession since world war ii.	economy	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	the fourth republican presidential debate


































11246.json	barely-true	in 1940, only 7 percentof germans were nazis.	terrorism	curt-schilling			republican	1	0	0	0	0	a tweet


































8612.json	half-true	the recidivism rate is nearly 29 percent and has been climbing steadily since detainees began being released from guantanamo.	terrorism	saxby-chambliss	u.s. senator	georgia	republican	1	1	3	4	1	a debate on the senate floor


































10079.json	half-true	under scott walkers tax plan, the average wisconsin taxpayer got just $11 a month. but corporations got $610 million in tax cuts. millionaires got at least $1,400 per year.	corporations,income,state-budget,taxes,wealth	mary-burke	madison school board member	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	11	8	3	a tv ad


































2395.json	half-true	you cant raise taxes in ohio. we are one of the highest taxed states in the country.	message-machine,taxes	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a television campaign ad


































3401.json	true	just 400 americans -- 400 -- have more wealth than half of all americans combined.	economy,poverty,state-budget	michael-moore	documentary filmmaker		none	2	5	1	6	0	a speech to protesters in madison, wisconsin


































7526.json	barely-true	says president is spending $2.2 billion to give away obamaphones.	federal-budget,public-safety	steve-stockman	u.s. representative	texas	republican	1	3	0	0	1	a tweet


































5695.json	barely-true	says obama has failed to pass a budget.	federal-budget	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a speech to newspaper editors


































6150.json	mostly-true	did you know wisconsins afscme union has lost 50%+ of its members since no longer requiring membership?	elections,state-budget,unions	steve-buckstein		oregon	newsmaker	0	0	0	1	0	in a tweet, online post


































2487.json	barely-true	says joe sestak voted to gut medicare ... reducing benefits for 854,489 seniors and jeopardizing access to care for millions.	health-care,medicare,message-machine	crossroads-gps	conservative advocacy group		republican	9	1	4	1	2	a campaign commercial


































3949.json	barely-true	democratic tax hikes led $70 billion of wealth to leave new jersey between 2004 and 2008, and mainly relocate to florida, north carolina, virginia and pennsylvania.	taxes	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a speech at princeton university


































11525.json	half-true	wisconsins government accountability board ignored their duties and did not regularly audit voters to remove felons for a span of 16 elections.	elections,government-regulation	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a series of tweets


































11071.json	false	says florida had five sanctuary cities while jeb bush was governor.	immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech at a political rally in phoenix


































1543.json	barely-true	cover florida is available to any floridian, offering basic coverage for about $150 a month, instead of the typical $600 a month.	florida,health-care	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	the state of the state address


































7101.json	half-true	says new hampshire had the fourth-lowest unemployment rate in the country during maggie hassans time in the state senate.	jobs,taxes	maggie-hassan	candidate for governor	new hampshire	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	an interview on the daily rundown on msnbc.


































10972.json	false	on timing of announcement for president.	elections,job-accomplishments,state-budget	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	remarks to reporters


































7487.json	half-true	when the presidents spokesman was asked about (anwar) al-awlakis son, he said he should have chosen a more responsible father.	civil-rights,homeland-security,legal-issues,military	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a senate filibuster speech


































4477.json	true	in 1976, the first year that pell grants were fully funded, a full pell grant paid 72 percent of the cost of attendance at a typical four-year public college. today, a full pell grant covers just 34 percent of those costs.	education	sheldon-whitehouse	u.s. senator	rhode island	democrat	2	3	2	7	0	a senate speech 


































13303.json	true	we have 17 intelligence agencies, civilian and military, who have all concluded that these espionage attacks, these cyberattacks, come from the highest levels of the kremlin, and they are designed to influence our election.	elections,foreign-policy,history,homeland-security	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the third 2016 presidential debate


































11057.json	half-true	were destroying more businesses in the united states now than are being created for the first time in our history.	economy,small-business	carly-fiorina		california	republican	5	5	4	3	2	comments on abc's this week


































12788.json	false	in buffalos solarcity project, andrew cuomo will create maybe 500 jobs if it ever happens at all, at about $1.5 million per job.	economy,jobs	carl-paladino	developer	new york	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a conversation with the buffalo news at the republican national convention.


































600.json	true	obama said his proposed $1,000 emergency energy rebate will be enough to offset the increased cost of gas for a working family over the next 4 months.	energy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a town hall in st. petersburg, fla.


































6437.json	half-true	says barack obama has deported more people than any other president in this countrys history.	immigration,message-machine-2012	american-principles-action	conservative advocacy group	washington, d.c.	none	0	0	1	0	0	an advertisement


































11210.json	half-true	the annual cost of free tax credits alone paid to illegal immigrants quadrupled to $4.2 billion in 2011.	immigration,taxes	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a policy plan on immigration.


































6965.json	true	says fewer than 30 percent of texas college students graduate in four years and only 58 percent graduate within six years.	education	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a press conference.


































9270.json	barely-true	in states where beer is unregulated, the per capita production is significantly higher.	alcohol,market-regulation	kelli-stargel	senator from 15th district	florida	republican	2	0	0	0	0	a newspaper editorial


































7200.json	half-true	the average kid comes out of virginia colleges with about $25,000-plus in debt.	education	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	a news conference.


































6630.json	true	says mitt romney told university students in ohio that to start a business, they should borrow money if you have to from your parents.	economy,small-business	julian-castro	mayor, san antonio	texas	democrat	0	0	3	3	0	keynote address to the democratic national convention in charlotte, n.c.


































13179.json	half-true	in the state of indiana, ive signed more than $3.5 billion in tax relief.	job-accomplishments,state-budget,taxes	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	a pre-debate appearance in virginia


































13192.json	barely-true	says donald trump never said that more nations should get nuclear weapons.	nuclear	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	 in the 2016 vice presidential debate


































80.json	half-true	mayor giuliani made new york city what's known as a 'sanctuary city,' where illegal aliens were allowed to come. and he instructed the leaders of the city not to enforce the law, not to enforce immigration law.	immigration	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a campaign event carried on cnn.


































10241.json	half-true	scott walker couldnt get his own party to back more than a 500-student increase in milwaukees school choice program, but in indiana, mitch daniels voucher program is approaching 30,000 students two years after opening.	education,state-budget,state-finances	joy-pullmann	managing editor, the federalist	illinois	none	0	0	1	0	0	an opinion piece


































9138.json	mostly-true	rick scott wants to take us back to the days of insurance companies denying coverage for pre-existing conditions.	health-care	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	an online video


































9406.json	barely-true	says hillary clinton laid the groundwork for getting chemical weapons out of syria.	foreign-policy,military	claire-mccaskill	u.s. senator	missouri	democrat	1	1	0	0	0	an appearance on fox news sunday


































5011.json	true	newt gingrich teamed with nancy pelosi and al gore on global warming.	climate-change,environment,message-machine-2012	restore-our-future	super pac		republican	1	0	3	1	2	a video ad


































7988.json	false	the senate immigration bill unleashes a massive increase in overall immigration. were talking about a population increase under the senate bill of over 70 million people in 20 years.	immigration	dan-stein	president of the federation for american immigration reform	washington, d.c.	none	0	1	0	0	0	an interview on cbs' face the nation


































5343.json	half-true	says a federal judge in san antonio issued a ruling that not only could the students not pray at their graduation, if they used the word benediction, the word invocation, the word god, asked the audience to stand or asked for a moment of silence, he would put the superintendent in jail.	legal-issues,religion	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	remarks after winning the south carolina republican presidential primary


































11317.json	barely-true	says he will pursue change in federal law to protect employees from extortion from a union because the supreme court has ruled that federal prohibitions outlawing extortion usually do not apply to unions.	crime,labor,legal-issues,supreme-court,unions	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a campaign proposal


































591.json	false	obama shunned the opportunity to talk to soldiers to thank them for their service.	foreign-policy	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































12999.json	pants-fire	and while (ted) strickland proposed cuts for services for children, he wasted over $250,000 remodeling his bathrooms at the governors mansion.	candidates-biography,economy,job-accomplishments	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	flush, a campaign ad 


































4843.json	half-true	in rhode island, only 5 percent of ozone pollution is from local or in-state sources. . . ninety-five percent comes from outside of our borders, particularly the midwest.	energy,environment,public-health,states	jack-reed	u.s. senator	rhode island	democrat	1	0	2	1	0	a speech on the senate floor


































5643.json	barely-true	weve had the same leadership in the travis county das office for 30 years.	candidates-biography,legal-issues	charlie-baird	attorney	texas	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign handout.


































2419.json	false	do you know that we have pipes carrying natural gas in this country that are made of wood? im not joking.	energy,pundits	bill-maher	host of real time with bill maher	california	independent	0	3	1	5	0	an interview on cnn's larry king live


































6519.json	true	mitt romney says class sizes dont matter.	education,message-machine-2012	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign ad


































2703.json	barely-true	roy barnes voted against a bill in the state senate that would have made it easier to convict child abusers.	children,voting-record	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a press release


































12193.json	false	many just call him lyin ted. ... histv ad about john kasich? lie! stations had to pull it off the air.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography,elections,history,campaign-advertising	new-day-america		ohio	organization	0	1	1	0	0	a television ad.


































6635.json	half-true	says republicans mitt romney and paul ryan support massive cuts in social security for future generations.	federal-budget,income,retirement,social-security	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a speech


































4276.json	mostly-true	we created a flat tax in the state of utah.	taxes	jon-huntsman		utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	the republican debate in ames, iowa


































1384.json	pants-fire	we had no domestic attacks under bush.	homeland-security,terrorism	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	an interview on 'good morning america'


































1907.json	barely-true	the white house has refused international help in dealing with the oil spill.	energy,environment,oil-spill	george-lemieux		florida	republican	4	1	6	4	0	an interview on cnn and a posting on twitter


































7171.json	mostly-true	says personal-injury trial lawyers have provided over 80 percent of the funding for the texas democratic party for over a decade.	campaign-finance,legal-issues	sherry-sylvester	communications director, texans for lawsuit reform	texas	republican	0	0	0	1	0	an opinion column.


































12759.json	pants-fire	says ted cruz never denied his father was photographedwith lee harvey oswald.	candidates-biography,crime,history	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a campaign rally in cleveland


































7280.json	mostly-true	the governor does not have any power to veto a referendum [on same-sex marriage] that would be a constitutional amendment.	civil-rights,families,gays-and-lesbians,government-regulation,human-rights,legal-issues,marriage,sexuality	christopher-plante	executive director, national organization for marriage - rhode island	rhode island	newsmaker	0	0	0	1	1	an interview


































2345.json	pants-fire	our most important work has been creating and retaining almost 55,000 ohio jobs.	economy,government-efficiency,job-accomplishments	kevin-boyce	ohio treasurer	ohio	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a campaign e-mail


































2274.json	barely-true	roy barnes is part of the team that has run up trillions of dollars in debt that americans will spend years paying off, and theyve done it without creating one job.	stimulus	brian-robinson		georgia	republican	1	1	0	2	0	a newspaper interview


































10022.json	true	my office sends federal money back every year.	congress,federal-budget	john-cornyn	senator	texas	republican	5	3	6	2	1	an interview for inside texas politics on wfaa-tv, channel 8, in dallas


































3302.json	true	we have over 25 million people who live in texas and less than 2 percent of them have concealed handgun licenses.	guns	jeff-wentworth	state senator	texas	republican	0	0	1	0	2	a tv interview


































10070.json	pants-fire	says president barack obamas recent new york fundraising trip cost between $25 million and $50 million.	government-efficiency,pundits	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a broadcast of fox and friends on fox news


































7183.json	true	says budget savings by reducing pay and benefits for federal employees total $103 billion over 10 years -- more than $50,000 per worker.	deficit,federal-budget,pensions,workers	jim-moran	u. s. congressman	virginia	democrat	2	1	1	6	1	a letter.


































3071.json	true	says hes the first aggie governor of texas.	education	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	his inaugural address.


































4685.json	true	on using gov. scott walkers collective-bargaining limits to help balance the city of milwaukee budget	city-budget,labor,state-finances	tom-barrett	mayor of milwaukee	wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	


































11157.json	half-true	a minor cannot get a tattoo without parental consent but can get an abortion without parental consent.	abortion,states	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview with russell moore, president of the southern baptist convention


































2539.json	barely-true	daniel webster is an advocate for a group that teaches that mothers should not work outside the home.	message-machine,religion,women	alan-grayson	u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	a campaign commercial


































4380.json	true	says new jerseys public school students have the best advanced placement scores in the nation.	education	new-jersey-education-association			none	0	0	1	0	0	njea's website


































3837.json	false	the citys 30 percent set aside for affordable housing in urban renewal areas is calculated citywide -- not district by district	housing	sam-adams	mayor of portland	oregon	democrat	3	2	5	2	0	a city council meeting


































2396.json	half-true	she created the waste, fraud and mismanagement hotline.... (that) has saved wisconsin taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.	government-efficiency,job-accomplishments	julie-lassa	state senator, 24th district	wisconsin	democrat	1	0	2	0	0	a statement on campaign web site


































2813.json	barely-true	$65 million from abc privatization will not pay for even an overpass in tysons corner.	alcohol,transportation	richard-saslaw	state senate minority leader	virginia	democrat	2	3	0	0	1	a statement to alexandria city council 


































7349.json	false	this is the first time since roe was decided in 1973 that a court has granted personhood status to the preborn.	abortion,children	dan-becker	president, georgia right to life		none	0	1	0	0	0	a news release


































2695.json	false	says republican candidates in oregon are advocating violence against gays.	gays-and-lesbians	basic-rights-oregon	political action committee	oregon	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	an e-mail


































1933.json	mostly-true	we only have 2 percent of the oil reserves in the world, and we consume 25 percent of the world's oil on a daily basis.	energy,environment,oil-spill	edward-markey			democrat	0	0	1	1	0	an interview on nbc's 'meet the press'


































3117.json	true	the debt will soon eclipse our entire economy.	deficit,economy,federal-budget	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a response to the state of the union address


































2137.json	barely-true	dave aronbergs career legal experience is less than two years as asst. ag/private attorney.	candidates-biography	dan-gelber		florida	democrat	2	2	1	3	0	a campaign flier.


































8228.json	mostly-true	says theres a 100-year-old international norm not to use chemical weapons.	corrections-and-updates,foreign-policy,history,human-rights,military	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	a cnn interview


































4557.json	false	gains in atlanta public schools scores on a national standardized test lend credence to dramatic score increases on state tests.	education	beverly-hall			none	0	2	0	0	1	a commentary published in education week


































5924.json	false	on signing a no-tax pledge	taxes	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	statements to the media


































6744.json	false	says the number-one source of illegal immigration is people legally coming to the united states on a tourist visa or a student visa and then disappearing into the population and never being heard from again.	immigration	rob-andrews	congressman	new jersey	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	an interview with townsquare media new jersey


































11817.json	half-true	on opposing citizenship for illegal immigrants	immigration	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a republican debate in iowa on fox news


































11565.json	half-true	georgia is one of the 10 most tax-friendly states for retirees.	income,pensions,retirement,taxes	kiplinger-com	website	georgia	none	0	0	1	0	0	press release


































7683.json	false	says al qaeda has camps with the drug cartels in mexico.	drugs,immigration,terrorism	louie-gohmert	u.s. house member	texas	republican	2	6	1	0	1	an interview on c-span.


































5257.json	false	romneycare sent costs spiraling out of control in massachusetts, hiking premiums, squeezing household budgets.	health-care,message-machine-2012	winning-our-future			none	2	2	3	1	0	a television ad


































9048.json	true	seneca jones timber co., aiming to increase logging and allay fears that old growth will be cut, says mills have shifted to second-generation trees. an ad from the company asks: do you know that most all mills in oregon have retooled over the past 20 years?	environment,jobs	seneca-jones	sawmill operator	oregon	none	0	0	0	0	0	newspaper ads


































1416.json	barely-true	members of congress passed a pay raise for themselves of $10,000 over two years even as they voted not to raise social security benefits for 2010 and 2011.	medicare,retirement,social-security	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































10602.json	false	says gov. scott walkers proposed budget would sell off wisconsins state parks.	state-budget	state-democratic-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	democrat	5	7	2	2	7	a news release


































7784.json	half-true	says kelly ayotte voted to fix background checks.	corrections-and-updates,guns	reclaim-america-pac		florida	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a tv ad


































2541.json	mostly-true	says the texas unemployment rate has even grown more than the nations as a whole.	economy,states,stimulus,workers	back-basics		texas	democrat	0	2	1	1	0	a newspaper ad


































12261.json	false	the chairman of the party of florida, who is an avid and outward supporter of marco rubio, gets to appoint 30 of those delegates.	elections	corey-lewandowski	campaign manager for donald trump		republican	1	2	0	0	0	an interview on fox news sunday


































345.json	false	she said, you know, 'i voted for it, but i hoped it wouldn't pass.' that was a quote on live tv.	bankruptcy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign rally in alexandra, va.


































6302.json	mostly-true	the u.s. initially had three federal felonies: treason, piracy, and counterfeiting securities and money.	history	paul-broun	congressman	georgia	republican	4	8	3	2	1	in a radio debate


































4053.json	half-true	if you look at our tax mix, the share of corporate revenues as a percentage of our overall revenue mix has declined by about half over the last 30 years.	corporations,deficit,federal-budget,taxes	mark-warner	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	3	1	6	3	0	an interview with the wall street journal.


































8842.json	false	on sharing power with republicans	states	virginia-senate-democratic-caucus		virginia	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a floor debate.


































6136.json	barely-true	women (are) paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men.	jobs,message-machine-2012,women	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign ad


































6410.json	true	says georgia ranks near the bottom in per capita transportation spending.	state-budget,transportation	stacey-abrams	house minority leader, georgia general assembly		democrat	0	0	0	2	0	a press release


































13264.json	false	says allegations that he made unwanted sexual advances on a female sheriffs deputy were found by two separate judges to not have merit.	legal-issues	scott-jones	sacramento county sheriff	california	republican	0	1	1	0	0	a radio interview


































1744.json	false	the more than $800,000 raised by the alan grayson campaign last quarter was #1 among all 435 members of the u.s. house of representatives.	campaign-finance	alan-grayson	u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	an email


































2146.json	half-true	some cardiologists estimate 70 percent of all males over 50 have some form of heart disease.	health-care	gordon-quan		texas	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an e-mail blast


































1660.json	half-true	if every house in florida had a solar-heated water tank, that would eliminate consumption by 17 percent.	energy	jeff-kottkamp		florida	republican	0	1	1	0	0	an interview on newsmax tv


































9130.json	mostly-true	the koch brothers are the richest people in the world. individually, theyre only fifth. put them together theyre the richest in the world.	campaign-finance	harry-reid	senate democratic leader	nevada	democrat	4	5	3	7	3	a senate floor speech


































2572.json	false	shows in a television ad that police took evidence fromsolantic, rick scotts new health care company, after allegations emerged that the company was engaging in fraud.	health-care,legal-issues,message-machine	florida-democratic-party		florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	a tv ad.


































1836.json	barely-true	mexican government officials hand out brochures showing individuals how they can avoid our border patrol, how they can get into our country.	immigration	lamar-smith	congressman	texas	republican	2	5	1	3	0	an interview with the fox news network


































1773.json	false	says gov. rick perry failed to involve border sheriffs in developing plans to prevent violence in their communities.	immigration	boyd-richie	texas democratic party chair	texas	democrat	2	1	0	0	1	a press release


































1560.json	true	when social security started, age expectancy for the average man was 58. it was 62 -- 62 for women.	health-care,history,pundits,social-security	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	comments on his television show


































9172.json	pants-fire	says rep. michele bachmann said president barack obama might be to blame for the fort hood shootings.	congress	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a facebook meme


































9487.json	true	wisconsin was the first state to ban public and private sector employment discrimination based on sexual orientation.	civil-rights,legal-issues,sexuality,workers	mark-pocan	state assembly member, 78th district	wisconsin	democrat	1	2	2	3	0	a press release


































4847.json	half-true	by fiscal year 2013, the state is expected to wipe through [hope scholarship] reserve funds.	education	stacey-evans	attorney	georgia	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an op-ed


































404.json	barely-true	hillary clinton and barack obama want to raise capital gains taxes, which apply to home sales.	taxes	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































9885.json	mostly-true	under rick scott, homeowners are paying higher (home insurance) premiums for less coverage.	florida,market-regulation	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a campaign document


































8562.json	half-true	says the number of democrats who voted for the gop measure allowing health plan renewals is close to the number who voted on gop bills to delay mandates on employers and individuals.	congress,health-care	nancy-pelosi	house minority leader	california	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































1953.json	half-true	sharron angle wants to wipe out social security.	message-machine,social-security	harry-reid	senate democratic leader	nevada	democrat	4	5	3	7	3	a campaign commercial


































9619.json	barely-true	for the first time in history, (thors) hammer is being held by a woman.	pop-culture	whoopi-goldberg	the view co-host	new york 	talk-show-host	1	0	1	0	0	a segment on the view


































11680.json	mostly-true	three or four countries out of roughly 60 in the anti-isis coalition are providing military force.	military,terrorism	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview with nbc's meet the press


































12713.json	mostly-true	(koch industries) is among the worst in toxic air pollution in the entire united states ... and churns out more climate-changing greenhouse gases than oil giants chevron, shell and valero.	environment	harry-reid	senate democratic leader	nevada	democrat	4	5	3	7	3	remarks on the senate floor


































9373.json	barely-true	from 2000 to 2008, we averaged about five mass shootings a year. were now averaging 15. so thats a three-fold increase.	crime,guns	pierre-thomas	senior justice correspondent for abc news		none	1	0	1	0	0	a broadcast of abc's this week


































5983.json	barely-true	lloyd doggett made millions off companies like bank of america while they took taxpayer bailout money.	candidates-biography,economy,financial-regulation	sylvia-romo	bexar county tax assessor-collector	texas	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign mailer.


































8625.json	barely-true	residents could have received nearly $48m for local schools, fire district, sheriffs dept. and social services.	county-government	freedom-and-responsibility-pac		oregon	organization	1	0	0	0	0	a mailed flier


































5469.json	true	gingrich supported individual health insurance mandates.	health-care,message-machine-2012	red-white-and-blue-fund			none	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign ad


































8711.json	mostly-true	61 percent of non-tea party republicans actually agree...there is solid evidence the earth is warming, ...[but] 70 percent of tea partiers, contrarily, say there is no solid evidence the earth is warming.	bipartisanship,cap-and-trade,climate-change,environment,market-regulation,science	sheldon-whitehouse	u.s. senator	rhode island	democrat	2	3	2	7	0	a speech on the senate floor


































6883.json	barely-true	says romney wants to take away early childhood education, slash k-12 funding, and cut college aid to pay for a $250,000 tax break for multi-millionaires.	education,message-machine-2012	priorities-usa-action			democrat	3	1	4	2	1	a campaign ad


































8704.json	mostly-true	says president barack obama came into office very concerned about wiretappings but then he became president of the united states, he got all the briefings (and) he decided the balance is probably pretty appropriately struck.	terrorism,transparency	bill-kristol	editor, the weekly standard	washington, d.c.	none	0	1	0	3	0	comments on abc's this week


































10840.json	half-true	you can be an nfl player with murder charges and not be suspended.	crime,sports	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a tweet


































53.json	half-true	during his tenure in washington and in the illinois state senate, barack obama has accumulated a record of bipartisan success.	job-accomplishments	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the campaign's website.


































5286.json	barely-true	this year president obama canceled the 21st annual national day of prayer ceremony at the white house under the ruse of not wanting to offend anyone.but on september 25, 2009 from 4 am until 7 pm, a national day of prayer for the muslim religion was held on capitol hill, beside the white house.	islam,religion	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email


































4605.json	barely-true	the tax foundation figures rhode island as the 10th highest state for state and local tax burden per capita in the country. were the 6th worst in the country for the business tax index. were the 3rd highest per capita in the country for all taxes.	economy,small-business,state-finances,taxes	peter-palumbo	state representative	rhode island	democrat	3	1	1	0	0	a speech


































7901.json	mostly-true	rhode island has a [inmate] recidivism rate of over 60 percent.	crime,criminal-justice,economy	harold-metts	retired educator	rhode island	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	a speech on the floor of the rhode island senate


































944.json	false	says former clinton budget director alice rivlin said the stimulus bill won't actually stimulate the economy.	federal-budget,stimulus	mark-sanford	governor	south carolina	republican	0	2	0	0	0	an op-ed article in the washington post.


































10989.json	pants-fire	says south carolina gov. nikki haley is an immigrant.	candidates-biography,history,immigration	ann-coulter	columnist and author	new york	republican	2	3	3	0	4	comments on fox business network


































6738.json	half-true	tim kaine doubled down in his support of devastating defense cuts, saying the the deal was the right thing to do.	deficit,federal-budget,military	george-allen	consultant	virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a website post.


































393.json	half-true	i've been standing up against ... the chinese government over women's rights and standing up for human rights.	foreign-policy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an interview on cnn's <i> american morning</i>


































9720.json	half-true	25 percent of all drug-related fatal vehicle accidents in the u.s. involve marijuana.	drugs,health-care	dont-let-florida-go-pot			organization	0	0	2	1	0	on their website


































9987.json	false	on support for the affordable care act (obamacare).	health-care	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	an interview on cnn


































1826.json	mostly-true	kendrick meek is the only candidate who has consistently been against expanded drilling.	energy	kendrick-meek		florida	democrat	2	6	1	4	1	his campaign website, asking supporters to sign a petition to oppose offshore oil drilling


































5791.json	barely-true	the total unemployment rate for hispanic or latino workers has increased from 10% to 10.3% between january 2009 and march 2012.	jobs	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a graphic released by his campaign


































10890.json	half-true	today, the united states is the most respected country on earth.	foreign-policy,polls	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	remarks at the white house


































5691.json	barely-true	says in the governors proposed budget the use of that, what is called one-shots, is a 500 percent increase over the last corzine budget.	state-budget,state-finances	john-burzichelli			democrat	1	1	0	0	0	an interview on njtv


































1685.json	half-true	i don't answer hypotheticals.	abc-news-week	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an interview on this week.


































13171.json	false	on tim kaine: in exchange for campaign contributions, he appointed a radical jihadi to the virginia immigration commission.	campaign-finance,ethics	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email


































8643.json	false	we are experiencing the worst economic recovery america has ever had.	economy	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a new book


































3051.json	mostly-true	when we look at the number of murders in the united states (in) 2009, we had 9,500 people murdered. when we look around the world, we see ... large countries, the u.k., germany, japan had 200 or less killed in a year.	crime,criminal-justice,guns	frank-lautenberg	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	2	0	2	1	0	an interview on msnbc


































8358.json	barely-true	the growth in health care costs has been reined in through the affordable care act.	health-care	jim-moran	u. s. congressman	virginia	democrat	2	1	1	6	1	a statement.


































13234.json	mostly-true	we have an increase in murder within our cities, the biggest in 45 years.	crime	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	the second presidential debate


































8623.json	half-true	the minimum wage in real terms right now is below where it was when harry truman was in office.	economy,history,workers	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at the center for american progress


































755.json	half-true	there are so many loopholes ... our businesses pay effectively one of the lowest tax rates in the world.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a debate in oxford, miss.


































5075.json	true	says hes proposed the largest employer contribution to the virginia retirement system in history.	pensions	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	a speech.


































7557.json	mostly-true	while the sequester is in effect, the federal government is still funding a study on duck penises.	animals,corrections-and-updates,federal-budget,science,sexuality	tweets			none	2	3	1	2	3	tweets


































1388.json	barely-true	a number of the national publications have put this race in a tossup race between democrats and republicans. they don't know who's going to win this race.	florida	kendrick-meek		florida	democrat	2	6	1	4	1	a television interview


































6135.json	false	says new jerseys job growth in may represents 25 percent of all the jobs created in the country.	jobs	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a video posted on youtube


































1551.json	false	president obama's bill won't bring down the costs (of health care) for average americans -- or really for very few americans, if any.	health-care	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	an interview on cnn's larry king live


































10317.json	barely-true	the united states has more of our people in prison than russia, china, and north korea combined.	china,crime	matthew-cooke			libertarian	1	0	0	0	0	a huffington post column


































12839.json	pants-fire	as usual, hillary the dems are trying to rig the debates so 2 are up against major nfl games.	debates,sports	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a tweet


































8379.json	barely-true	louie gohmert of texas blamed the mass shooting at a movie theater in colorado on the ongoing attacks on judeo-christian beliefs.	crime,pundits,religion	gail-collins	columnist for the new york times	new york	journalist	2	1	1	3	0	her opinion column


































12486.json	true	a trade war is something very different (than curbing new trade agreements). we went down that road in the 1930s. it made the great depression longer and more painful.	economy,foreign-policy,history,trade	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a foreign policy speech


































2403.json	mostly-true	taxes went down under jerry brown.	message-machine,taxes	jerry-brown		california	democrat	0	0	3	2	0	a campaign ad


































11855.json	true	china is practicing how to blow up our satellites.	china,foreign-policy,military,space	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a town hall in manchester, n.h.


































9265.json	barely-true	a lot of the problems with forest fires ...is because of bad policy (not to clear out the forests) that was put in place by environmentalists.	environment,natural-disasters,weather	dana-perino	co-host on fox news channel's the five		republican	1	1	0	0	1	a broadcast of the five on fox news


































7042.json	pants-fire	sheldon whitehouse voted for a $525-billion tax increase on the middle class.	economy,health-care,message-machine-2012,taxes,voting-record	barry-hinckley		rhode island	republican	0	4	1	2	2	a television commercial


































6103.json	false	the americans for tax reform pledge relates to new taxes that were going to be initiated by legislative action.	taxes	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a blog post


































11255.json	mostly-true	bernie sanders opposes the death penalty, and hillary clinton supports it.	crime,criminal-justice	viral-image			none	5	5	0	3	15	an internet graphic


































741.json	true	palin supports aerial hunting of wolves and other wildlife.	environment	defenders-wildlife-action-fund-defenders-wildlife-			none	0	0	0	0	0	a tv ad


































10748.json	barely-true	women make only 78 percent of what men make for the same job.	income,jobs,labor,women,workers	viral-buzzfeed	video	georgia	none	1	0	0	0	0	video


































12988.json	mostly-true	it has been 269 days since (hillary) clinton has held a press conference.	candidates-biography	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an email


































7380.json	barely-true	says he was the first local official to endorse barack obama	elections	ed-fitzgerald	cuyahoga county executive	ohio	democrat	1	1	0	1	0	a speech to ohio college democrats.


































2410.json	false	about $4.89 billion in one-time money was used to balance the current state general revenue fund budget.	state-budget	ted-strickland	former ohio governor	ohio	democrat	2	6	7	4	1	a posting to the state's office of management and budget website


































4284.json	mostly-true	says that under president john f. kennedy, government took up 27 percent of the economy, and today it consumes 37 percent.	economy,federal-budget,history	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	the republican debate in ames, iowa


































3581.json	true	president obama has stopped using the phrase war on terror.	homeland-security,terrorism	tim-pawlenty			republican	2	3	3	6	1	his book, courage to stand: an american story


































7502.json	false	we have no regulation of drones in the united states in their commercial use.	government-regulation,privacy,market-regulation	dianne-feinstein	u.s. senator	california	democrat	1	1	0	4	0	an interview on msnbc's hardball


































906.json	true	geithner still didn't correct the same type of error for some years, even after the internal revenue service flagged him for the failure to pay the taxes in other years.	economy	competitive-enterprise-institute			none	0	0	0	0	0	a news release


































3326.json	true	the american people have endured 21 consecutive months of 9% or higher unemployment [and] 2.6 million jobs have been lost, since the stimulus bill was signed.	jobs	george-allen	consultant	virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a press release.


































4989.json	pants-fire	after the debate that we had last week, politifact came out and said that everything i said was true.	candidates-biography	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a republican presidential debate in sioux city, iowa


































5234.json	true	a typical married couple will contribute $119,000 into medicare but will receive $357,000 in medicare benefits over their lifetimes.	corrections-and-updates,deficit,health-care,medicare	bob-corker			republican	1	0	0	2	0	a usa today column.


































5252.json	half-true	we have cut crime across every single zone in the city of atlanta by between 10 percent and 16 percent, depending on the zone.	crime	kasim-reed			democrat	1	0	5	7	1	the state of the city address


































2908.json	pants-fire	theres talk in congress now about basically confiscating your private 401(k) or ira plan and rolling it into social security to strengthen social security.	retirement	william-howell	speaker of the virginia house	virginia	republican	0	0	0	0	1	in a radio interview.


































7893.json	half-true	more than half of last years u.s. college graduates are unemployed or underemployed.	education,jobs	don-gaetz	state senator	florida	republican	1	0	3	1	0	an op-ed


































5112.json	mostly-true	opinion polls show that the majority of americans, and the majority of new jerseyans, favor marriage equality for same sex couples.	gays-and-lesbians,marriage	reed-gusciora	state assemblyman	new jersey	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a news release


































10058.json	half-true	832,000 people lost their job while (charlie crist was)governor.	economy,jobs	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a gubernatorial debate in miramar


































962.json	pants-fire	aig insures the pension trust of the united states congress!	corporations,federal-budget,retirement	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































10610.json	mostly-true	medicaid is close to 30 percent of the state budget and the biggest expenditure at the state.	medicaid,state-budget	florida-chamber-commerce		florida	none	0	1	1	2	1	a senate health policy committee hearing


































6748.json	half-true	says president barack obama is responsible for pending defense cuts.	corrections-and-updates,federal-budget,message-machine-2012,military	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a campaign ad


































6911.json	half-true	says opponent tammy baldwin has had not one positive ad in the campaign for u.s. senate.	elections,campaign-advertising	tommy-thompson		wisconsin	republican	6	8	2	5	3	a milwaukee press club appearance


































569.json	half-true	barack obama said he would debate 'anywhere, anytime' but has rejected joint town hall meetings.	elections	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a news release


































1370.json	barely-true	i didn't campaign on a public option.	elections,health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview with the washington post


































11117.json	mostly-true	more than half of all drivers licenses issued in california this year have gone to illegal aliens.	immigration,transportation	numbers-usa			none	0	0	0	1	0	a facebook meme


































6707.json	true	we just dont want to get to be like louisiana, where you have drive-up daiquiri shops.	alcohol	bill-kennemer			republican	0	0	0	0	0	a news story


































12075.json	barely-true	says donald trump and marco rubio opposed cruzs efforts to defund planned parenthood.	abortion,federal-budget	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a tv ad that ran mostly in iowa


































4127.json	true	ninety percent of the job growth in virginia has been in the private sector.	economy,jobs	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	a tv interview.


































1076.json	mostly-true	californians consume 40 percent less energy per person than the national average	energy,environment	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at the white house.


































6137.json	true	rhode island has the worst maintained bridges in the united states of america . . . and we have the second worst maintained roads [behind] alaska.	state-budget,state-finances,transportation	michael-chippendale	state representative	rhode island	republican	1	1	0	1	0	speech on the ri house floor


































13330.json	half-true	the city of richmond built the second richest team in the nfl a $14 million stadium.	city-government	joe-morrissey	delegate	virginia	independent	1	0	1	1	0	a debate.


































4923.json	true	a database police use to look up wanted suspects excludes certain warrants issued by atlanta municipal court.	criminal-justice	city-atlanta			none	1	1	1	0	0	a news release


































1203.json	half-true	on whether he would put a missile shield in poland.	foreign-policy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a white house announcement


































9259.json	false	welcome to wisconsin road signs have always been made in wisconsin,but scott walker is outsourcing themto an out-of-state company and paying more money for them.	jobs,state-finances,tourism,transportation	mike-tate			democrat	1	2	2	1	0	an interview


































11238.json	barely-true	says russ feingold cast the deciding vote for the largest tax increase in history	history,job-accomplishments,taxes	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	a news release


































7346.json	half-true	washington, d.c., now has greater population than wyoming and vermont, more active duty military than 29 states, more tax revenue than 29 states (and) a larger domestic product than 27 states.	elections	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	on the internet


































4867.json	barely-true	says signers of recall petitions against wisconsin gov. scott walker are at risk because of newly discovered provisions in state law.	elections,transparency	media-trackers			organization	1	0	0	0	0	an article


































3671.json	false	says in canada, the number of ct scan machines per 1,000 people is like one-tenth of what we have here in this country. thats why people have to wait.	health-care	herman-cain		georgia	republican	4	11	5	3	3	an interview


































13300.json	half-true	says hillary clinton wanted the wall.	candidates-biography,history,homeland-security,immigration,voting-record	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	the third 2016 presidential debate


































5599.json	mostly-true	says lake erie contains more native fish than all the other great lakes combined.	environment,recreation,water	marcy-kaptur	representative from ohio's ninth congressional district	ohio	democrat	0	2	4	4	0	a house of representatives floor speech


































10491.json	false	there havent been tax cuts for the rich in rhode island.	economy,history,jobs,poverty,state-budget,state-finances,taxes,wealth	nicholas-mattiello	speaker of the house	rhode island	democrat	0	3	0	0	0	an interview on 10 news conference


































604.json	true	on a timetable to withdraw from iraq.	iraq	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	flip-o-meter


































6244.json	mostly-true	says recent studies indicate that nationally, only 8 percent of white voting-age citizens but 25 percent of african-american voting-age citizens lack government-issued photo ids.	civil-rights,elections,legal-issues	eric-holder	attorney general	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a speech to the naacp convention in houston.


































12620.json	half-true	cincinnati is already one of the biggest cities in the country to run 100 percent on clean energy.	energy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a rally in cincinnati, ohio


































4191.json	false	says over 50 percent of u.s. job growth in june came from wisconsin.	jobs	republican-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	republican	4	3	2	3	0	a news release


































9375.json	mostly-true	less than 5 percent of registered users in states allowing medical marijuana have cancer or aids.	health-care,marijuana	dont-let-florida-go-pot			organization	0	0	2	1	0	the group's website


































12316.json	mostly-true	kelly ayotte has voted to defund planned parenthood six times.	abortion,congress,voting-record	maggie-hassan	candidate for governor	new hampshire	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	an editorial board interview with the concord monitor


































9304.json	mostly-true	when deborah took office, the (sellwood bridge) project had languished for years, with only $11 million in funds. with her leadership the remaining funding was secured that got the project moving forward.	county-government,elections,infrastructure	deborah-kafoury	candidate, multnomah county commission	oregon	none	0	0	0	1	0	a campaign website statement


































11586.json	mostly-true	71% of wis roads are in poor or mediocre condition and 14% of wis bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete.	infrastructure,state-budget,transportation	jennifer-shilling	state assembly member, 95th district	wisconsin	democrat	1	1	0	2	0	a tweet


































12954.json	half-true	hillary [clinton] wants to raise taxes by over a trillion dollars.	taxes	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	a speech at a campaign rally.


































8994.json	barely-true	we are seeing dramatic rate cuts to medicare that will affect seniors ability to keep their doctor, hospital and prevention services.	medicare	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	an online campaign ad


































1704.json	false	we had a press conference here that interestingly no one in the mainstream media covered.	candidates-biography	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an interview.


































7949.json	mostly-true	as a student at occidental college in los angeles from 1979 to 1981, there were days where folks couldnt go outside. because of all the pollution in the air.	environment,history,public-health	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech on climate change


































13431.json	true	spanish was the first european language spoken in this country.	history,immigration	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a speech in phoenix


































11012.json	mostly-true	by one leading measure, what business owners pay out in wages and salaries is now finally growing faster than what they spend on health insurance for the first time in 17 years.	health-care,labor	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech about the affordable care act.


































10478.json	true	if someone is in a room that has measles and leaves and you walk in two hours later, you could get measles from that person.	health-care,public-health	elizabeth-cohen	cnn senior medical correspondent		journalist	0	0	0	0	0	an interview with anderson cooper


































1587.json	half-true	st. pete beachs local version of amendment 4 resulted in seemingly endless lawsuits (that) decimated the citys legal budget and forced the city to raise the property tax rate.	elections,florida-amendments,infrastructure	citizens-lower-taxes-and-stronger-economy		florida	none	1	0	2	0	1	an internet ad.


































9943.json	half-true	americans now support strikes (against isis) but the support for ground troops is not there. the support is very thin.	polls,terrorism	katrina-vanden-heuvel			none	0	2	1	0	0	a panel on abc's this week


































25.json	pants-fire	in 1972, we had a 179,000 human beings in jail in this country. today, it's 2.3-million, and 70 percent of them are black, african-american.	crime	mike-gravel	author and lecturer	alaska	libertarian	1	0	1	0	1	a debate at howard university.


































7003.json	half-true	while she was mayor, lois frankel took a police helicopter ride to go to a dinner party.	candidates-biography,city-budget,city-government,message-machine-2012	adam-hasner		florida	republican	2	1	4	4	0	an ad


































7868.json	barely-true	says texas lawmakers agreed to cut states rainy day fund in half, spending $4 billion from current $8 billion.	state-budget,state-finances	michael-sullivan	president and ceo, empower texans	texas	republican	1	0	3	1	0	a tweet.


































7189.json	true	says the senate will have a record number of female senators in 2013.	history,women	kay-bailey-hutchison	u.s. senator	texas	republican	2	4	4	3	0	a speech on the senate floor.


































5259.json	mostly-true	we balanced the budget with the 1997 balanced budget act, and ultimately had four consecutive balanced budgets.	federal-budget,history,job-accomplishments	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a republican presidential debate in jacksonville, fla.


































4651.json	mostly-true	about 57 percent of registered democrats in the new (9th congressional) district come from my old district.	elections,redistricting	dennis-kucinich	u.s. representative	ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	an email to supporters


































7655.json	half-true	says a gun bill before the senate would make it a federal felony to leave town for more than seven days, and leave someone else at home with your firearms.	civil-rights,crime,criminal-justice,guns	arizona-citizens-defense-league			organization	0	1	1	0	0	an email to supporters


































10381.json	mostly-true	the average family not in the top 10 percent makes less money today than they were making a generation ago.	economy,income,jobs,labor	elizabeth-warren	u.s. senator	massachusetts 	democrat	0	0	3	3	0	a speech at the afl-cio national summit on raising wages


































2744.json	half-true	she led the fight to stop health insurance rate hikes and saved rhode island families over $150 million.	economy,health-care,job-accomplishments	elizabeth-roberts	lieutenant governor	rhode island	democrat	1	0	2	0	0	a campaign commercial


































1387.json	mostly-true	why is january 8th an important date in american history? this day in 1835 is the only day in our history when we have not been in debt.	federal-budget,florida	george-lemieux		florida	republican	4	1	6	4	0	a message on twitter


































9598.json	false	the obama administration manipulated deportation data to make it appear that the border patrol was deporting more illegal immigrants than the bush administration.	immigration	lou-dobbs			none	1	2	0	1	0	a segment on 'lou dobbs tonight'


































9297.json	pants-fire	idaho republican rep. mike simpson is a liberal who voted with nancy pelosi to fund sex study programs of san francisco prostitutes and to regulate the sale of firearms.	congress,guns,campaign-advertising,science,sexuality	madison-action-fund			republican	0	0	0	0	1	a campaign ad in idaho


































12955.json	half-true	says arizona congressional candidate christine jones called hillary clinton a capable and respected leader, and an effective secretary of state. ...hillary clinton effective? christine jones thinks so.	campaign-advertising	club-growth			none	4	5	4	2	0	a political advertisement


































9339.json	mostly-true	virtually no republican in washington accepts climate change science.	candidates-biography,climate-change,environment	jerry-brown		california	democrat	0	0	3	2	0	comments on abc's this week


































8507.json	false	i am the only u.s. senate candidate who spoke out against bombing syria, and who challenged georgias governor and insurance commissioner over obstruction to the affordable care act.	foreign-policy,health-care	branko-radulovacki	psychiatrist	georgia	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	an email


































8691.json	barely-true	the economic impact of new atlanta braves stadium includes 9,241 new jobs and $295 million in wages.	baseball,jobs,sports	revitalize-cobb		georgia	none	1	0	1	0	0	a mailer


































8943.json	mostly-true	in oregon, women earn an average of 79 cents for every dollar that men earn for doing the same job. thats just wrong.	income	brad-avakian			state-official	0	1	0	1	0	a campaign website statement


































2245.json	half-true	it is wrong for the average federal worker today to make more than $100,000 while the average private-sector worker makes less than $70,000.	federal-budget	mike-keown	state representative	georgia	republican	0	0	1	0	0	his campaign web site


































2154.json	half-true	tim pawlenty has cut education funding in minnesota. classrooms are overcrowded. districts have gone to four-day school weeks.	children,education,message-machine	mark-dayton	former u.s. senator	minnesota	democratic-farmer-labor	0	0	1	0	0	a campaign ad


































10204.json	pants-fire	loretta lynch, the new nominee for attorney general, was a member of bill clintons defense team during the 1992 whitewater corruption probe.	candidates-biography,criminal-justice	breitbart			none	0	0	0	0	2	a story


































10261.json	true	rhode islands legislature is the strongest in the country.	legal-issues,state-budget,states	lincoln-chafee		rhode island	democrat	3	5	3	4	0	a newspaper interview


































12256.json	barely-true	we win when voter turnout is high, we lose when it is low.	elections	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a speech in syracuse, n.y.


































12428.json	pants-fire	look, we are at war with these people and they dont wear uniforms. this is a war against people that are vicious, violent people, that we have no idea who they are, where they come from. we are allowing tens of thousands of them into our country now.	immigration,terrorism	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview with fox news' bill o'reilly


































1491.json	mostly-true	in the three months before the act took effect, america lost 750,000 jobs a month. in the last three months, we've lost about 35,000 jobs a month.	stimulus	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	an op-ed in 'usa today'


































10276.json	true	in 2010, uninsured voters made up about 5 percent of the electorate.	congress,health-care	charles-schumer	senator	new york	democrat	2	2	2	3	0	remarks at the national press club


































201.json	true	the mayor said 'if you happen to be in this country in an undocumented status . . . then we welcome you here. we want you here. we'll protect you here.' 	immigration	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a debate in st. petersburg, fla.


































8746.json	mostly-true	marriage decreases the probability of child poverty by 82 percent.	children,families,marriage,poverty	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a speech


































11578.json	barely-true	out of the total u.s. military budget, significantly less than 10 percent of that money is used to fight international terrorism.	military,terrorism	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	the democratic debate in iowa


































6806.json	half-true	says it will cost $220 per square foot in hard construction costs to rebuild portland public high schools.	education,message-machine-2012	our-portland-our-schools			organization	0	0	1	0	0	campaign material


































3843.json	true	it is a greater crime to have an untagged alligator than to host an open house party (for kids).	alcohol,animals,children,crime	kathleen-passidomo	state representative	florida	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a newspaper article


































10885.json	true	we spend more money on lobbying than we do on campaigns.	campaign-finance,ethics	george-will	columnist	maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	a broadcast of fox news sunday


































1013.json	true	senators who have accepted millions in campaign contributions from the financial industry voted against allowing bankruptcy judges to modify home mortgages.	bankruptcy,elections,housing	moveon			democrat	2	4	3	0	0	a web ad


































13119.json	half-true	during her first four years in washington sen. ayotte voted with the koch brothers nearly 90 percent of the time.	congress,voting-record	maggie-hassan	candidate for governor	new hampshire	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	a speech


































12148.json	true	when it comes to fighting terrorism, another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture.	afghanistan,civil-rights,criminal-justice,ethics,foreign-policy,history,homeland-security,human-rights,iraq,legal-issues,military,public-safety,terrorism	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech at stanford university.


































8070.json	half-true	the federal consumer financial protection bureau is collecting financial information, monitoring financial information of millions of americans without their knowledge and storing it for up to 10 years.	bankruptcy,financial-regulation,privacy	sean-duffy	member of the u.s. house	wisconsin	republican	5	1	6	1	2	an interview


































1493.json	half-true	so far, the recovery act is responsible for the jobs of about 2 million americans who would otherwise be unemployed. ... [and] the recovery act is on track to save or create another 1.5 million jobs in 2010.	economy,stimulus	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an address at the eisenhower executive office building


































3689.json	false	at texas am university, only 49 out of 3,000 faculty members brought in enough money to pay for their salaries and overhead over the past five years.	education	dick-armey			republican	0	2	1	0	0	an oped column.


































10151.json	mostly-true	says the 1956 republican party platform supported equal pay, the minimum wage, asylum for refugees, protections for unions and more.	immigration,poverty,social-security,unions,women,workers	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a meme on social media


































8249.json	half-true	minnesota is kicking butt relative to wisconsin on everything from employment and job creation to school test scores, educated work force and a host of other factors and rankings	economy,education,government-regulation,jobs,small-business,states,taxes	joe-atkins			democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an interview


































8874.json	barely-true	says he didnt tell viewers that the obama campaign hid news about the motives behind the attack in benghazi because obama was running for re-election.	elections,foreign-policy	bill-oreilly	fox news channel host		none	4	6	3	5	1	a special broadcast on fox


































12677.json	true	over the last six years, the state of illinois spent about $320 million on illegal immigrants.	health-care,immigration	bill-mitchell	illinois state representative	illinois	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a speech


































7412.json	pants-fire	there are more people killed with baseball bats and hammers than are killed with guns.	guns	paul-broun	congressman	georgia	republican	4	8	3	2	1	an interview


































10082.json	half-true	if florida expanded medicaid, some studies indicate it would create about 120,000 jobs.	medicaid	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a debate at broward college


































13066.json	half-true	one extra year of schooling for girls reduces infant mortality rates among their children by up to 10 percent.	children,education,public-health,women	ertharin-cousin			none	0	0	1	0	0	a speech transcript on medium


































11505.json	barely-true	the debt limit deal allows president obama to borrow unlimited amounts of money.	debt,deficit,federal-budget	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a republican presidential debate in boulder, colo.


































1054.json	mostly-true	oil money from federal leases can only be used to clean up the mess and damages from drilling.	environment	bill-nelson		florida	democrat	3	1	8	10	0	a statement.


































11779.json	false	every piece of legislation, just about, that i ever introduced (in the u.s. senate) had a republican co-sponsor.	bipartisanship,candidates-biography,history,job-accomplishments	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	comments at a campaign organizing event


































2764.json	mostly-true	the fulton county vote count will be finished by 11:30 p.m. on election night.	elections	barry-garner	fulton county director of registration and elections		none	0	0	0	1	0	a newspaper article


































6288.json	pants-fire	says obamacare is the largest middle-class tax increase in history.	federal-budget,health-care,taxes	jeff-fitzgerald	incoming speaker of state assembly	wisconsin	republican	2	0	1	2	2	a tweet


































9305.json	pants-fire	wendy davis raised money for a u.s. house democrat who is a member of a democratic socialists group.	candidates-biography,corrections-and-updates	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	a press release


































8355.json	half-true	on support for common core education standards	education	john-barge		georgia	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a website post


































5845.json	barely-true	the failed economic policies of president barack obama, the democrats and the federal reserve are making gas prices higher while americas economy is running on fumes.	gas-prices	eric-hovde			republican	2	3	3	0	0	a radio ad


































9575.json	false	says mitch mcconnell voted to raise medicare costs for a current kentucky senior by $6,000.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare	alison-lundergan-grimes	secretary of state	kentucky	democrat	2	2	3	1	0	a campaign ad


































7593.json	false	says the president of the university of texas has raised four-year student graduation rates to 75 percent.	education	matt-mackowiak	consultant	texas	republican	2	1	0	0	0	an opinion colulmn.


































1145.json	pants-fire	im 59. in either canada or great britain, if i broke my hip, i couldnt get it replaced.	health-care	roy-blunt	senator	missouri	republican	2	1	0	1	1	an editorial board meeting with the st. louis post-dispatch


































2978.json	true	texas children may have a teacher who never spent one minute practicing teaching.	education	mike-villarreal	small business owner	texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	0	a press release


































13277.json	true	marco rubio made it clear: not only does he think donald trump is a con man, hewent on to say he doesnt trust donald trump with the nuclear codes.	candidates-biography	patrick-murphy		florida	democrat	2	1	4	5	0	a u.s. senate debate in orlando


































7925.json	pants-fire	the foreign intelligence surveillance court is transparent.	civil-rights,legal-issues,terrorism	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview with charlie rose


































2807.json	barely-true	says governor-elect scott walkers choice as transition team leader killed the release of a damaging report on walkers record in the days leading up to the election.	job-accomplishments	state-democratic-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	democrat	5	7	2	2	7	a news release


































247.json	true	romney refused to pardon a decorated soldier returning from iraq who had been charged with a crime involving a bb gun when he was 13.	crime	mike-huckabee	author	arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	an interview on msnbc's morning joe.


































10338.json	true	the united states decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martialed american soldiers for waterboarding philippine insurgents in the philippine revolution.	afghanistan,foreign-policy,history,homeland-security,human-rights,iraq,legal-issues,military,terrorism	sheldon-whitehouse	u.s. senator	rhode island	democrat	2	3	2	7	0	a tv interview


































181.json	true	well, you know, the teamsters wanted to drill in alaska. i voted against drilling in alaska. so it's not like i'm a slam dunk on every issue.	energy	dennis-kucinich	u.s. representative	ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	las vegas


































11377.json	false	hiv/aids among women is skyrocketing in austin.	city-budget,city-government,health-care,public-health,women	ora-houston	district 1 member, austin city council	texas	none	0	1	0	0	0	an austin city council meeting about the city budget


































3892.json	true	says craig huey called planned parenthood a murder mill.	abortion,medicare	janice-hahn		california	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a tv ad


































9281.json	barely-true	more whites believe in ghosts than believe in racism.	polls	kareem-abdul-jabbar			none	1	0	0	0	0	comments on abc's this week


































10266.json	false	the conviction rate is almost exactly the same for whites and blacks who commit murder.	civil-rights,crime,criminal-justice	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	an interview on 'fox and friends'


































11524.json	barely-true	my plan actually gives the middle class the greatest break: $2,000 per family.	taxes	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a republican presidential debate in boulder, colo.


































7657.json	half-true	rick scott has paid down our debt by about $2 billion. charlie crists debt went up about $5 billion.	debt	lenny-curry	chairman of the republican party of florida	florida	republican	2	1	2	0	0	an interview with central florida news 13


































3981.json	false	(new jersey network) is the only news station which covers new jersey government.	state-budget	loretta-weinberg	state senator		democrat	1	2	0	1	0	a column on bluejersey.com


































10843.json	mostly-true	the highest economic growth decade was the 1960s. income tax rates were 90 percent.	economy,taxes	bill-gates	co-founder of microsoft, philanthropist		none	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on cnn's fareed zakaria gps


































11349.json	false	obamacare doesnt require members of congress to abide by the same rules that all of the other americans do.	health-care	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a television interview


































11292.json	half-true	she [hillary clinton] has also said unequivocally that she didnt receive classified documents.	transparency	david-cicilline	mayor of providence	rhode island	democrat	7	4	5	4	1	tv interview


































4426.json	false	takes credit for reining in state spending when he was governor.	job-accomplishments,state-budget	george-allen	consultant	virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a campaign biography.


































7113.json	true	says she is entering in the most diverse class ever, of u.s. representatives	congress,diversity	ann-mclane-kuster	attorney	new hampshire	democrat	2	1	3	0	0	


































7441.json	barely-true	in other jurisdictions where (a domestic partnership registry) has been enacted, we have seen that fewer people enter into marriage.	gays-and-lesbians,marriage	florida-conference-catholic-bishops		florida	none	1	0	0	0	0	a committee hearing on domestic partnerships


































11963.json	half-true	says donald trump hired illegal workers from poland and he had to pay a million dollars or so in a judgment.	candidates-biography,immigration	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	the gop primary debate in texas


































1489.json	false	says state sen. steve ogden was the driving force behind business income tax hurting small business, crafted the robin hood school finance scheme making property taxes skyrocket, wrote a budget that will result in a $14 billion deficit and voted against gun freedoms.	education,guns,state-budget	ben-bius	businessman	texas	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a radio advertisement.


































233.json	false	and, you know, our first president and our first commander in chief prayed every day. he had a field manual of prayers.	history	duncan-hunter	u.s. representative	california	republican	0	1	0	2	0	a fox news interview


































13439.json	barely-true	on three occasions, judges had to stop jason kander from manipulating elections.	candidates-biography	roy-blunt	senator	missouri	republican	2	1	0	1	1	a campaign ad


































13319.json	half-true	nobody knows about it, nobody talks about it, but under obama, millions of people have been moved out of this country, theyve been deported.	immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	the third presidential debate


































7812.json	mostly-true	we have a tax code that allows groups to use their political operations within the tax code, under the guise of a charity, to use undisclosed millions of dollars to do political campaigns.	elections,taxes	xavier-becerra	u.s. representative	california	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a comment on 'meet the press'


































6124.json	false	congressman renacci is under fbi investigation.	campaign-finance,ethics	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	a news release


































7124.json	true	in the past year alone, ohio businesses have created more jobs than almost every other state in the country.	economy,jobs	jobs-ohio	state job creation organization	ohio	none	0	0	0	0	0	a television ad


































5149.json	true	gov. bob mcdonnellsbudget plantakesmoney out of our classrooms to pave roads.	education,state-budget	donald-mceachin	state senator	virginia	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a speech.


































7759.json	barely-true	u.s. rep. john barrow of georgia has helped support the implementation of obamacare.	health-care	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	a press release


































8970.json	pants-fire	a yougov.com poll shows 71 percent of obama voters regret voting for him.	polls	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	conservative blogs


































10427.json	barely-true	the auto companies have now repaid taxpayers every dime and more of what my administration invested in.	economy,federal-budget,transportation	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in detroit


































12353.json	false	were the highest taxed nation in the world.	taxes	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on 'meet the press'


































3699.json	half-true	according to crime statistics, riding marta has been becoming more and more safe over the years.	crime,criminal-justice,transportation	jim-durrett	board chairman, metropolitan atlanta rapid transit authority		none	0	0	1	0	0	a radio interview


































907.json	mostly-true	geithner's failure to pay self-employment taxes while working for the imf is a mistake that is commonly made for people who are working internationally or for international institutions.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	statement to reporters


































5661.json	half-true	obama opposed exploring for energy in alaska.	environment,gas-prices,message-machine-2012	american-energy-alliance			none	0	1	1	0	0	a video ad


































13083.json	true	texas has lost the most law enforcement officers in the line of duty of any state in america.	crime,criminal-justice,history	charley-wilkison	executive director, combined law enforcement associations of texas (cleat)	texas	none	0	0	0	0	0	an interview with laura rice for the texas standard


































1928.json	true	rick scott has heavily invested in a company that is geared to helping illegal aliens transfer money to family and friends out of the country.