11972.json	true	Building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border will take literally years.	immigration	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	Radio interview
11685.json	false	Wisconsin is on pace to double the number of layoffs this year.	jobs	katrina-shankland	State representative	Wisconsin	democrat	2	1	0	0	0	a news conference
11096.json	false	Says John McCain has done nothing to help the vets.	military,veterans,voting-record	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	comments on ABC's This Week.
5209.json	half-true	Suzanne Bonamici supports a plan that will cut choice for Medicare Advantage seniors.	medicare,message-machine-2012,campaign-advertising	rob-cornilles	consultant	Oregon	republican	1	1	3	1	1	a radio show
9524.json	pants-fire	When asked by a reporter whether hes at the center of a criminal scheme to violate campaign laws, Gov. Scott Walker nodded yes.	campaign-finance,legal-issues,campaign-advertising	state-democratic-party-wisconsin		Wisconsin	democrat	5	7	2	2	7	a web video
5962.json	true	Over the past five years the federal government has paid out $601 million in retirement and disability benefits to deceased former federal employees.	federal-budget,pensions,retirement	brendan-doherty		Rhode Island	republican	1	2	1	1	0	a campaign website
7070.json	true	Says that Tennessee law requires that schools receive half of proceeds -- $31 million per year -- from a half-cent increase in the Shelby County sales tax.	county-budget,county-government,education,taxes	stand-children-tennessee	Child and education advocacy organization.	Tennessee	none	0	0	0	0	0	in a post on Facebook.
1046.json	barely-true	Says Vice President Joe Biden "admits that the American people are being scammed" with the economic stimulus package.	economy,stimulus	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a press release.
12849.json	true	Donald Trump is against marriage equality. He wants to go back.	gays-and-lesbians,marriage	sean-patrick-maloney	Congressman for NY-18	New York	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a speech at the Democratic National Convention
13270.json	barely-true	We know that more than half of Hillary Clintons meetings while she was secretary of state were given to major contributors to the Clinton Foundation.	foreign-policy	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	comments on "Meet the Press"
6649.json	barely-true	We know there are more Democrats in Georgia than Republicans. We know that for a fact.	elections	mike-berlon		Georgia	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	an article
2508.json	barely-true	PolitiFact Texas says Congressman Edwards attacks on Bill Flores are false.	ethics,message-machine	bill-flores	Businessman	Texas	republican	2	0	0	0	0	a TV ad.
11269.json	pants-fire	Denali is the Kenyan word for black power.	environment	viral-image			none	5	5	0	3	15	an image shared on Facebook
11200.json	false	Says 57 percent of federal spending goes to the military and just 1 percent goes to food and agriculture, including food stamps.	federal-budget,military,poverty	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a meme on social media
8047.json	half-true	On residency requirements for public workers	city-government,county-government,unions	chris-abele	Philanthropist	Wisconsin	none	3	5	4	4	2	a letter
4888.json	true	Says the unemployment rate for college graduates is 4.4 percent and over 10 percent for noncollege-educated.	education,jobs	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a speech
3331.json	pants-fire	Unfortunately we have documented instances where people defecated in the (Statehouse) building.	labor,state-budget	tom-niehaus	President of the Ohio Senate	Ohio	republican	0	0	0	0	1	interviews with reporters
9198.json	half-true	A recent Gallup poll found that 72 percent of Americans and 56 percent of Democrats say the biggest threat to our nations security is big government.	government-efficiency,government-regulation,polls	marsha-blackburn	U.S. Representative	Tennessee	republican	2	2	1	0	0	a speech to the Freedom Summit in New Hampshire
73.json	true	"Each year, 18,000 people die in America because they don't have health care."	health-care	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech in Des Moines, Iowa.
1328.json	false	"Ronald Reagan faced an even worse recession" than the current one.	economy,history	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	her book, Going Rogue
12169.json	mostly-true	There have not been any public safety issues in cities that allow transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender they identify as.	crime,gays-and-lesbians,sexuality	chris-sgro	Executive Director, Equality NC	North Carolina	activist	0	1	0	1	0	a speech urging Charlotte's anti-discrimination ordinance be left intact
5244.json	half-true	Says Mitt Romney was one of the first national Republican leaders to endorse Marco Rubio.	elections	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a prepared statement
12996.json	pants-fire	The number of illegal immigrants could be 3 million. It could be 30 million.	immigration	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech in Phoenix, Ariz.
8162.json	mostly-true	Marijuana is less toxic than alcohol.	drugs,health-care,marijuana	marijuana-policy-project			none	0	0	0	1	0	a TV ad
10064.json	false	Says Charlie Crist is embroiled in a fraud case for steering taxpayer money to a de facto Ponzi scheme.	jobs,state-budget	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a TV ad
1084.json	true	Now, there was a time when someone like Scalia and Ginsburg got 95-plus votes.	sotomayor-nomination,supreme-court	lindsey-graham	U.S. senator	South Carolina	republican	2	2	4	2	0	a Senate hearing
13231.json	barely-true	I was gone when there was a red line against Syria.	foreign-policy	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the second presidential debate
13089.json	half-true	Tim Kaine hiked tuition as governor, but now claims to champion affordability.	education,state-budget	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	a blog post.
1051.json	true	Contends that President Obama literally said (if) his cap-and-trade proposals were to pass, that utility rates, his words now, would, necessarily skyrocket.	climate-change,energy	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	MSNBC interview.
4161.json	mostly-true	Active duty males in the military are twice as likely to develop prostate cancer than their civilian counterparts.	health-care,military	cliff-stearns	U.S. representative	Florida	republican	0	0	2	1	0	a press release
11966.json	false	Its been since 1888 that a Senate of a different party than the president in the White House confirmed a Supreme Court nominee.	congress,supreme-court	cory-gardner	U.S. House of Representatives	Colorado	republican	4	1	0	0	0	a talk show
9800.json	false	Under Rosemary Lehmberg, the Travis County D.A.s office convened the grand jury that indicted Rick Perry.	crime,criminal-justice	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a commentary
816.json	half-true	On which team hes rooting for in the World Series.	baseball,recreation	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	
2646.json	half-true	Tom Ganley has two Fs from the Better Business Bureau and over 160 complaints in just three years.	message-machine,campaign-advertising	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	an election ad
12381.json	true	The United States has a low voter turnout rate.	elections	mamie-locke	State senator	Virginia	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	an interview.
8567.json	half-true	Says Thomas Jefferson said, You might be able to fool the people for awhile, and they may go astray, but sooner or later the American people are going to wake up and they will correct the course.	health-care,history	herman-cain		Georgia	republican	4	11	5	3	3	a video on Cain TV
9092.json	barely-true	Because of the federal health care law, 300,000 health plans canceled in Florida.	health-care	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a television ad from Let's Get to Work
10055.json	mostly-true	In Massachusetts, Scott Brown pushed for a law to force women considering abortion -- force them -- to look at color photographs of developing fetuses.	abortion,legal-issues,women	jeanne-shaheen	Senator	New Hampshire	democrat	3	0	4	2	0	an ad
4513.json	true	The Fed created $1.2 trillion out of nothing, gave it to banks, and some of them foreign banks, so that they could stabilize their operations.	economy,financial-regulation	dennis-kucinich	U.S. representative	Ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	a television interview
10340.json	true	Texas families have kept more than $10 billion in their family budgets since we successfully fought to restore Texas sales tax deduction a decade ago.	states,taxes	kevin-brady	U.S. House member	Texas	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a press release
6849.json	barely-true	Pre-existing conditions are covered under my (health care) plan.	debates,health-care	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a presidential debate in Denver
10971.json	half-true	Greg Abbott activated the state guard to monitor Jade Helm 15 in case the troops try to impose martial law, disarm innocent Texans, and detain them in tunnels beneath closed Walmart stores.	military,states	doonesbury			none	0	0	2	4	0	the strip about Greg Abbott and the Jade Helm military exercise
13251.json	pants-fire	Says he won the second debate with Hillary Clinton in a landslide in every poll.	debates,elections,polls	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a tweet
7545.json	barely-true	Says bag litter increased after San Francisco banned single-use shopping bags.	environment	drew-springer			republican	1	0	0	0	0	a press release
4929.json	mostly-true	In 1993, Newt Gingrich first advocated for the individual mandate in health care. And as recently as May of this year, he was still advocating for it.	health-care	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa
6239.json	barely-true	Says as a result of the national health care reform, the Congressional Budget Office says we save $250 million over the first 10 years. Over the next 10 years, we save $1.2 trillion in savings in terms of health care.	health-care	robert-menendez	U.S. Senator	New Jersey	democrat	1	3	1	3	0	an interview on Richard French Live
266.json	half-true	"You said you would vote against the Patriot Act, then you came to the Senate, you voted for it."	terrorism	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a debate in Manchester, N.H.
8841.json	mostly-true	The federal minimum wage is worth about 20 percent less than it was when Ronald Reagan gave his first address to a joint session of Congress.	economy,history,income,workers	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the State of the Union address
6313.json	false	A proposed tax to fund transportation projects would spend $90,000 to take a single vehicle off the road during the morning and afternoon commute.	transportation	steve-brown	Fayette County Commissioner	Georgia	republican	0	1	1	0	0	a forum hosted by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
9550.json	barely-true	A salesclerk at Hobby Lobby who needs contraception is not going to get that service through her employers health care plan because her employer doesnt think she should be using contraception.	abortion,health-care,legal-issues,women	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival
9612.json	half-true	Says Charlie Crist voted against raising the minimum wage.	economy,jobs	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a campaign commercial
13272.json	barely-true	Hillary Clinton said gun confiscation would be worth considering.	guns	national-rifle-association			none	3	5	1	5	3	a flier.
7562.json	mostly-true	Already, a prototype driverless car has traveled more than 300,000 miles in the crowded maze of California streets without a single accident.	consumer-safety,public-safety,technology,transportation	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a speech at CPAC
3121.json	half-true	Last year, out of the 500,000 (in) population growth we had in the state of Texas, about 250,000 of the 500,000 came to Texas... from the other 49 states.	economy,immigration	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	his inaugural address.
9578.json	false	When undocumented children are picked up at the border and told to appear later in court ... 90 percent do not then show up.	children,foreign-policy,immigration,legal-issues	jeff-flake	U.S. Senator	Arizona	republican	0	1	0	0	0	an interview on the PBS "News Hour"
4553.json	half-true	Says Gov. Chris Christie cut spending (by) $1 billion and provided $850 million in new education funding.	education,state-budget	committee-our-childrens-future	Political advocacy group	New Jersey	none	0	0	2	1	0	a television ad
2356.json	mostly-true	Hes the only candidate whos balanced budgets and brought jobs to Providence.	candidates-biography,state-budget	steven-costantino	House Finance Chairman 	Rhode Island	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	a TV commercial 
3453.json	half-true	Studies have shown that in the absence of federal reproductive health funds, we are going to see the level of abortion in Georgia increase by about 44 percent.	abortion	hank-johnson	U.S. Congressman	Georgia	democrat	3	0	4	3	0	an article published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
1066.json	pants-fire	ACORN will be a paid partner with the Census Bureau and they will be in charge of going door-to-door and collecting data from the American public.	census	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	an interview with the Washington Times.
2092.json	pants-fire	Sixty percent of the Hispanics support the Arizona immigration law	immigration	russell-pearce		Arizona	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a CNN interview
7442.json	barely-true	If the sequester hits, federal prosecutors will have to let criminals go.	crime,criminal-justice,federal-budget,legal-issues	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in Washington, D.C. 
9910.json	barely-true	Says Dick Cheney de-Baathisized the Iraqi government and created ISIS.	foreign-policy,iraq,terrorism	chris-matthews	Host of MSNBC's Hardball		none	1	2	2	1	0	a broadcast on MSNBC
11083.json	true	Says Bill and Hillary Clinton attended Donald Trumps last wedding.	candidates-biography	carlos-curbelo	Miami-Dade school board member	Florida	republican	0	1	0	1	0	a radio interview
11443.json	false	I did not play any role in bringing the company to RI as did others in government. I was tasked with handling the legislation affecting the company by my superiors.	bankruptcy,debt	steven-costantino	House Finance Chairman 	Rhode Island	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	a statement
11539.json	half-true	Obamacare insurance cooperative failures should be expected because theyre like any business, and when you start businesses in America, at the fifth year, half of the businesses have closed.	health-care	ezekiel-emanuel	Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy 		democrat	1	0	2	0	0	a discussion on MSNBC's "Up with Steve Kornacki"
2966.json	false	The tax cut deal is giving $700 billion to millionaires and billionaires.	deficit,economy,taxes	sherrod-brown	U.S. Senator	Ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	a CNN interview
13367.json	mostly-true	Says Marco Rubio said Social Security and Medicare haveweakened us as a people.	medicare,social-security	patrick-murphy		Florida	democrat	2	1	4	5	0	a Florida Senate debate
1087.json	mostly-true	"Across the country, $174 billion of the Recovery Act have been committed in its first 130 days."	economy,federal-budget,stimulus	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a news release.
267.json	true	As secretary of the Department of Energy under former President Bill Clinton, "I created reserves of home heating oil."	energy	bill-richardson	Governor	New Mexico	democrat	1	2	3	8	1	a debate in Manchester, N.H.
4272.json	true	Twenty-five states have lower unemployment than Texas which is tied with Mississippi for more minimum-wage jobs than anywhere in the United States.	job-accomplishments,jobs	lloyd-doggett	Texas congressman in the U.S. Houst of Representatives	Texas	democrat	1	0	2	7	0	an interview with ABC TV.
8849.json	half-true	Of the 20 bills [Rep. David] Cicilline has sponsored in his three years in office, not a single one has advanced past the embryonic committee stage.	bipartisanship,congress,congressional-rules,job-accomplishments,voting-record	ian-prior	Northeast regional spokesman, National Republican Congressional Committee	Rhode Island	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a Providence Journal commentary
12542.json	half-true	Says Donald Trump has said he loves war, including with nukes.	candidates-biography,foreign-policy,military	priorities-usa-action			democrat	3	1	4	2	1	an ad discussed on "Meet the Press"
8372.json	barely-true	Any state tax law has to start in the House and the renewal of the state hospital bed tax this year started in the Senate, which is unconstitutional.	state-finances,taxes	david-pennington	Mayor of Dalton	Georgia	none	1	0	0	0	0	a public meeting
3518.json	mostly-true	Every child born today inherits a $30,000 share in a national debt that stands at more than $13 trillion.	deficit	tim-pawlenty			republican	2	3	3	6	1	his book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story"
8340.json	false	A strong bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives voted to defund Obamacare.	congressional-rules,federal-budget,health-care	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a news release
10218.json	half-true	Proximity to high-voltage power lines lowers property values by as much as 30 percent.	energy,environment,housing,recreation	friends-india-point-park		Rhode Island	organization	0	0	1	0	0	a web site
12698.json	false	What the facts say is ...the best scenario for kids is a loving mom and dad.	children,diversity	reince-priebus	Chairman, Republican National Committee	Wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	comments on "Meet the Press"
2357.json	false	Says Mark Neumann = Nancy Pelosi	federal-budget,infrastructure,message-machine,transportation,voting-record	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	campaign TV and radio ads
7823.json	half-true	To hear Gov. Christie tell it, everything in New Jersey is going just fine. Well I see another New Jersey with 400,000 unemployed. One of the worst jobless rates in the country. Working and middle class families have seen costs soar, from property taxes to college tuition.	education,jobs,taxes	barbara-buono	State Senator	New Jersey	democrat	3	1	4	4	1	a gubernatorial campaign television ad
12541.json	barely-true	Says delegates cant legally change the Republican National Convention rules to prevent Donald Trumps nomination.	corrections-and-updates,elections,legal-issues	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on "Meet the Press"
2854.json	pants-fire	Rebuilding three high schools will benefit 40 percent of Portland Public School students.	education	carole-smith	Portland schools superintendent	Oregon	none	0	0	0	0	1	a press briefing
4719.json	half-true	Proposition 2 on Novembers Texas ballot does not cost state taxpayers any money.	elections,water	H204TEXAS-PAC			none	0	0	1	0	0	an email blast.
2072.json	true	Providence has the lowest crime rate in three decades.	crime,job-accomplishments	david-cicilline	mayor of Providence	Rhode Island	democrat	7	4	5	4	1	a debate
2885.json	false	On banning earmarks.	federal-budget	bill-nelson		Florida	democrat	3	1	8	10	0	Senate floor votes
13334.json	half-true	Says hes taken an 8% pay decrease in each of the nine years he has been in office.	candidates-biography,county-budget,county-government	gerald-daugherty	Businessman	Texas	republican	1	0	1	0	0	his campaign website
4820.json	half-true	1 percent of Americans are millionaires. 47 percent of House Reps. are millionaires. 56 percent of Senators are millionaires.	occupy-wall-street	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	Facebook
12309.json	barely-true	The decision for the United States to buy heavy water from Iran will directly subsidize Irans nuclear program.	energy,foreign-policy,nuclear	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a news release
1420.json	mostly-true	The Texas Department of Transportation... misplaced a billion dollars.	transportation	debra-medina	Businesswoman	Texas	republican	0	1	3	1	0	a debate.
8761.json	false	A judges order means theres a Constitution exemption zone if you live within 100 miles of the United States border.	civil-rights,immigration,privacy,technology	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a Facebook post
2491.json	true	Pepper ... kicked off a jock tax, imposing a levy on the sports and entertainment industry.	message-machine,taxes	dave-yost	Ohio auditor	ohio	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a campaign video
1075.json	barely-true	Mitch McConnell opposed "legislation to create and protect Kentucky jobs . . . help for the unemployed. . . health care for Kentucky's children," and "fair pay for women."	economy,health-care,workers	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a television ad
9762.json	true	Under Mayor Tom Barrett, the number of Milwaukee police officers has not increased.	city-budget,crime,job-accomplishments	bob-donovan	Member of Milwaukee Common Council	Wisconsin	none	0	0	0	1	1	an interview
5935.json	barely-true	Taxpayers subsidize 80 percent of each MARTA trip	transportation	brett-bittner	Executive Director, Libertarian Party of Geo		libertarian	1	0	0	0	0	an interview
2821.json	pants-fire	President Obama, Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Nancy Pelosi passed a $1.2 trillion stimulus bill.	stimulus	george-allen	consultant	Virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	
6370.json	true	Says Milken Institute rated San Antonio as nations top-performing local economy.	economy	julian-castro	Mayor, San Antonio	Texas	democrat	0	0	3	3	0	his speech at the Texas Democratic Party State Convention in Houston
3706.json	pants-fire	Says people in Africa literally walk two and three hundred miles in order to vote.	elections	mike-bennett	State Senator	Florida	republican	0	0	0	0	1	comments made on the Senate floor.
10163.json	true	Before World War II, very few people actually had health insurance.	health-care,public-health	james-carr	manager of business operations at a community hospital	Virginia	libertarian	0	0	0	0	0	an interview
2796.json	false	Half of children struck by cars near schools are hit by parents driving children to school.	transportation	safe-routes-schools	safety program	Oregon	none	0	1	0	0	0	a mailer
6083.json	barely-true	Citizens Property Insurance has over $500 billion worth of risk, with less than $10 billion worth of surplus.	state-budget,weather	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	comments to the press
5913.json	barely-true	Tom Leppert pledged to make Dallas a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants.	immigration	conservative-renewal-pac	Political action committee	Texas	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a TV ad.
934.json	true	Putting three Republicans in my Cabinet...is unprecedented.	history	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a news conference
2162.json	barely-true	When Atlanta Police Chief George Turner was interim head of the department, overall crime fell 14 percent and violent crime dropped 22.7 percent.	crime	kasim-reed			democrat	1	0	5	7	1	a press release
3161.json	mostly-true	From 1980 to 1990, the top 1 percent saw their income go up by roughly 80 percent while the median wage in the country over (the same) 10 years went up 3 percent.	economy,history,income,pundits,taxes	rachel-maddow	MSNBC host		none	6	6	4	6	1	HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"
2679.json	true	I am very proud, as governor of Florida, that we signed the first divestment act, as it relates to Iran, divesting any investments in companies that would invest in Iran.	florida,foreign-policy	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a U.S. Senate debate on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
8929.json	true	As a result of climate change, ice fishermen in Wisconsin are already noticing fewer days they can be out on our ice covered lakes.	climate-change,environment	mark-pocan	State Assembly member, 78th District	Wisconsin	democrat	1	2	2	3	0	a speech
10040.json	half-true	Muslim nations did not call out the people who celebrated the 9/11 attacks.	islam,terrorism	bill-oreilly	Fox News Channel host		none	4	6	3	5	1	a broadcast of Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor"
12398.json	pants-fire	Says Donald Trump said of women, And you can tell them to go f--- themselves.	women	priorities-usa-action			democrat	3	1	4	2	1	a television ad
2690.json	pants-fire	The Taliban has been there for years and years, I mean, hundreds of thousands of years.	afghanistan,terrorism	kendrick-meek		Florida	democrat	2	6	1	4	1	a debate
8667.json	true	Iran President Hassan Rouhani has more Cabinet members with Ph.D.s from American universities than members of Barack Obamas Cabinet.	education,foreign-policy	bob-schieffer	Host of CBS' Face the Nation	Washington, D.C.	journalist	0	1	0	0	0	comments at a forum at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
8941.json	true	The words subhuman mongrel, which Ted Nugent called President Barack Obama, were used by the Nazis to justify the genocide of the Jewish community.	history	wolf-blitzer	CNN host		none	0	0	0	0	0	comments on CNN
6821.json	pants-fire	(Barack Obama) says hes going to reduce the long-term debt and deficit by $4 trillion, doesnt say how hes going to do it.	debt,deficit	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	an interview on NBC’s “Meet The Press”
10631.json	false	Birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger wasan active participant in the Ku Klux Klan.	abortion	william-obrien	Speaker of the House of Representatives	New Hampshire	republican	1	2	1	0	0	a Facebook post
6579.json	half-true	Says President Obama and his National Labor Relations Board sued Boeing over its decision to open a plant in South Carolina.	economy,jobs,market-regulation	nikki-haley	Governor	South Carolina	republican	0	0	1	3	0	a speech at the Republican convention
11400.json	mostly-true	Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson led the fight to let polluters release unlimited amounts of carbon pollution and took nearly $225,000 from polluters.	environment,government-regulation	league-conservation-voters			organization	0	0	0	1	0	a television ad
3228.json	true	Orrin Hatch co-sponsored a 1993 health care bill that had an individual mandate.	health-care,pundits	cenk-uygur			democrat	0	0	0	0	0	MSNBC Live
9746.json	half-true	More (student-athletes) graduate than the students who arent student-athletes.	education,sports	mark-emmert	NCAA president		none	0	0	1	0	0	comments on ABC's "This Week"
1915.json	false	U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett is the most liberal man in the United States Congress.	bipartisanship,candidates-biography	donna-campbell	Physician	Texas	republican	0	1	0	1	0	a speech
12456.json	barely-true	Its entirely possible that the Democratic nominee, [Hillary Clinton], earned more money giving a single speech on Wall Street than I made the six years that I was there back in the 1980s In fact, its quite likely.	income	pat-toomey	Candidate for U.S. Senate	Pennsylvania	republican	3	2	2	1	0	an interview with Chris Stigall on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT
4856.json	half-true	Says Mitt Romney flip-flopped on an assault weapons ban.	guns,message-machine-2012	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a campaign advertisement
4698.json	false	Says state Senate President Stephen Sweeney gave us the nations highest income tax rates, driving out jobs.	income,jobs,message-machine-2012,taxes	americans-prosperity-new-jersey			none	0	1	0	0	0	a television ad posted on YouTube
2585.json	barely-true	Delaware Democratic Senate candidate Chris Coons thought that a 911 call should be taxed.	message-machine,public-safety,taxes,technology	christine-odonnell	Candidate for U.S. Senate	Delaware	republican	1	0	0	1	2	a campaign commercial
6604.json	barely-true	When Tim Kaine was governor, spending soared, blowing holes in the budget every year.	job-accomplishments,message-machine-2012,state-budget,state-finances	crossroads-gps	Conservative advocacy group		republican	9	1	4	1	2	a TV ad.
4495.json	pants-fire	President Obama has the lowest public approval ratings of any president in modern times.	history,polls	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a Republican presidential debate in Orlando
8406.json	barely-true	Neville Chamberlain told the British people: Accept the Nazis. Yes, they will dominate the continent of Europe, but that is not our problem. Lets appease them. Why? Because it cant be done. We cannot possibly stand against them.	health-care,history	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	speech advocating repeal of Obamacare law
10147.json	false	On an income cap for recipients of the popular HOPE scholarship	education	jason-carter	State Senator	Georgia	democrat	1	0	2	1	0	forum
10623.json	mostly-true	Wisconsin is dead last in the Midwest for job creation.	government-regulation,job-accomplishments,jobs,labor,unions,workers	mark-pocan	State Assembly member, 78th District	Wisconsin	democrat	1	2	2	3	0	an interview
2277.json	half-true	On running a civil and polite campaign.	message-machine,campaign-advertising	roy-barnes	Attorney	Georgia	democrat	0	0	3	3	1	a television interview
8146.json	mostly-true	Says President Barack Obama has taken 92 days of vacation since he was sworn in, compared to 367 for President George W. Bush at the same point in his presidency.	bush-administration,pundits,recreation	al-sharpton		New York	democrat	2	1	1	1	0	a segment of his MSNBC show, "Politics Nation"
6026.json	half-true	The federal government reviewed and verified his administrations numbers showing Wisconsin added 23,608 jobs in 2011.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a debate
13056.json	true	Tom Suozzi raised taxes by hundreds of millions of dollars as Nassau County executive.	taxes	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a blog post on the NRCC website
1103.json	pants-fire	John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, has proposed forcing abortions and putting sterilants in the drinking water to control population.	abortion,pundits	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	his TV program
4444.json	mostly-true	Mitt Romney drove to Canada with the family dog Seamus strapped to the roof of the car.	animals,candidates-biography,pundits	gail-collins	Columnist for the New York Times	New York	journalist	2	1	1	3	0	a column
9269.json	false	Many of the founding fathers were very actively involved in cockfighting.	animals,history	matt-bevin	Investment manager	Kentucky	republican	0	1	0	1	1	a radio interview
4105.json	pants-fire	Says state Sen. Sheila Harsdorf wants to eliminate Medicare as we know it.	medicare,retirement	shelly-moore	Teacher	Wisconsin	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a campaign flier
8533.json	barely-true	The majority of people travelling to these destination resorts are not going for the primary purpose of gambling.	gambling	frank-fahrenkopf	Retired president and CEO of the American Gaming Association		republican	1	0	0	0	0	an opinion piece in the "Miami Herald"
6950.json	mostly-true	Says Bill Nelson voted 98 percent of the time with Barack Obama.	voting-record	connie-mack	U.S. representative from Fort Myers	Florida	republican	3	3	1	3	1	a U.S. Senate debate
13125.json	barely-true	I did not I did not I do not say that. I do not say that climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese.	candidates-biography,china,climate-change,economy,energy,environment,history,science	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a presidential debate
8294.json	mostly-true	In Florida we have 75,000 on (a) waiting list for child care and 23,000 on waiting lists for community care for the elderly.	children,education,state-budget	nan-rich	candidate for governor	Florida	democrat	1	0	1	3	0	a "Tampa Tribune" blog
9908.json	mostly-true	Says NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell interviewed domestic abuse victim Janay Rice with Ray Rice present and for every domestic violence agency, every law enforcement agency, thats a no-no.	criminal-justice,sports	mike-wise	Columnist, Washington Post		none	0	0	0	1	0	comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
12424.json	false	I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration specifically waterboarding work.	afghanistan,bush-administration,candidates-biography,ethics,foreign-policy,homeland-security,human-rights,iraq,public-safety,terrorism	todd-wilcox		Florida	republican	0	1	1	0	0	a newspaper interview
4309.json	false	Virginia has made no progress on jobs since Bob McDonnell took office.	jobs,message-machine-2012	democratic-party-virginia		Virginia	democrat	2	1	1	3	0	a web video
110.json	false	"The Iraq Study Group reported that (Saddam Hussein) had designs on reviving his nuclear program."	iraq	fred-thompson	Actor	Tennessee	republican	1	4	3	3	0	a debate in Dearborn, Mich.
7677.json	mostly-true	The sex-offender registry has been around for a long time, and the research thats out there says that it has no positive impact on the public safety.	crime	ohio-public-defenders-office		Ohio	none	0	0	0	1	0	a newspaper interview
4780.json	true	Ronald Reagan raised the national debt 18 times.	deficit	jim-webb	writer	Virginia	democrat	1	0	1	5	0	a TV interview.
715.json	false	On whether global warming is man-made.	climate-change,environment	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	Fairbanks, Alaska
3107.json	true	The number of inmates since 2000 on death row dying of natural causes has now surpassed the number of inmates executed.	crime,legal-issues	dean-cannon	state House speaker	Florida	republican	1	0	0	0	0	comments to reporters.
7565.json	mostly-true	Quite frankly, it was during the Bush years of spending, multiplied now by the Obama years that we have this mess.	bipartisanship,debt,deficit,federal-budget	steve-latourette	Former U.S. representative from Ohio's 11th District	Ohio	republican	0	0	3	1	0	an interview on “Fox News Sunday”
8606.json	half-true	Republicans have proposed dozens of (health care) solutions designed to help control costs and improve quality.	health-care	ron-johnson		Wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	the weekly Republican address
3869.json	half-true	When the union says I want to eliminate tenure, thats not true.	education,state-budget,unions	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a speech at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
10948.json	false	Says Hillary Clinton has donated every cent shes ever earned from speaking fees to charity.	candidates-biography	occupy-democrats			organization	0	4	3	1	4	a post on Facebook
12210.json	false	Charlottes anti-discrimination ordinance would have opened all bathrooms to all sexes at all times if it hadnt been overturned.	city-government,gays-and-lesbians,government-regulation,public-safety	dan-forest	Lieutenant Governor	North Carolina	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a tweet
4119.json	mostly-true	Eighty percent of the American people support an approach (to federal budget problems) that includes revenues and includes cuts.	federal-budget,polls,taxes	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference
7272.json	barely-true	Social Security has nothing to do with the federal deficit.	federal-budget,social-security	hank-johnson	U.S. Congressman	Georgia	democrat	3	0	4	3	0	a twitter post
12236.json	half-true	About 1 percent of all the gun sellers are responsible for more than half of the guns that are used in crimes.	crime,government-regulation,guns	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a forum
4016.json	false	On pay for fired Milwaukee police officers	state-budget	alberta-darling	State Senator, 8th District	Wisconsin	republican	1	1	2	1	1	an interview
6765.json	true	Texas is the state that has now gone the longest without electing a Democrat statewide.	elections,history	joaquin-castro	attorney	Texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	0	a panel at the Texas Tribune Festival.
11867.json	false	Says CNN reported Ben Carson was taking a break from campaigning and the Cruz campaign forwarded that news to our volunteers.	candidates-biography	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	the New Hampshire GOP debate
11777.json	true	Today, if you were raised poor, youre just as likely to stay poor as you were 50 years ago.	families,income,poverty	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a column posted on Medium.com
9051.json	pants-fire	Says President Barack Obama told a room of students, Children, every time I clap my hands together, a child in America dies from gun violence, and then a child told him he could solve the problem by not clapping any more.	guns	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email
4243.json	mostly-true	The United States has the longest surviving constitution.	foreign-policy,history,new-hampshire-2012	jon-huntsman		Utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	a campaign appearance in Milford, N.H. 
7818.json	mostly-true	Says, In Oregon in 2010, 49 percent of all pregnancies were unintended.	children,families,health-care,women	carolyn-tomei			democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a House floor speech
10871.json	half-true	Austin school district teachers are the lowest paid of any urban Texas district and the lowest paid of any surrounding school district.	education,state-budget,state-finances	gina-hinojosa	President, Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees	Texas	none	0	0	1	1	0	an interview with Kiah Collier, Austin American-Statesman reporter
4710.json	half-true	Says Clackamas County has more urban renewal debt than all the other Oregon counties combined.	county-government	john-lee	Chair of Clackamas County Republicans	Oregon	republican	0	1	1	0	0	in a press release 
9507.json	pants-fire	NASA scientists fudged the numbers to make 1998 the hottest year to overstate the extent of global warming.	climate-change,environment	steve-doocy	Co-host of Fox New Channel's "Fox and Friends"	New York	journalist	0	2	0	0	1	a broadcast of "Fox and Friends."
11324.json	mostly-true	The University of Wisconsin System is larger than any business in the state of Wisconsin.	state-budget	dale-kooyenga	State Representative	Wisconsin	republican	1	1	2	2	0	a radio interview
6046.json	false	There is no record of congresswoman Betty Sutton ... ever holding a single in-person town hall meeting open to the general public.	job-accomplishments	jim-renacci	U.S. representative 	Ohio	republican	5	3	4	1	1	a news release
8434.json	barely-true	Mark Herring voted to allow sex offenders, including rapists, to serve shorter sentences.	criminal-justice	mark-obenshain	State senator	Virginia	republican	1	0	1	2	0	a campaign brochure.
3637.json	mostly-true	Iraq has the second-largest oilfields in the world (behind) Saudi Arabia.	energy,foreign-policy	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News
7744.json	mostly-true	Says states mandated tests come from an English company.	education	george-lavender	State representative	Texas	republican	0	0	0	1	0	in Texas House of Representatives debate
2897.json	barely-true	Says he got twice as much money from the sale of County Grounds land than Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker was willing to accept.	job-accomplishments	lee-holloway	Chairman, Milwaukee County Boaerd of Supervisors	Wisconsin	none	1	2	0	1	1	an interview with a weekly newspaper
6060.json	barely-true	We spend in tax loopholes annually $1.1 trillion. Thats more than we spend on our defense budget in a year, on Medicare or Medicaid in a year.	taxes	jeanne-shaheen	Senator	New Hampshire	democrat	3	0	4	2	0	an interview with the editorial board of 'The Telegraph.'
603.json	false	On the Bush tax cuts.	taxes	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	flip-o-meter
11545.json	mostly-true	Over half of the black workers in this country earn less than $15 an hour.	diversity,economy,jobs	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a Democratic presidential candidates' forum in Rock Hill, S.C.
10448.json	half-true	Insured Floridians pay about $2,000 for every hospital stay to cover the cost of the uninsured.	health-care,medicaid	florida-chamber-commerce		Florida	none	0	1	1	2	1	a report on health care costs
5461.json	true	Sixteen million jobs were created under Ronald Reagans presidency.	jobs	newt-gingrich	Co-host on CNN's "Crossfire"	Georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a speech
6684.json	pants-fire	This would be the largest casino in the United States.	gambling	its-still-bad-idea		Oregon	organization	0	0	0	1	1	a campaign press event
450.json	barely-true	Barack Obama's health care plan "will cost taxpayers $1,700 more to cover each new person."	health-care	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	in a television ad
769.json	true	"Barack Obama ... 96 percent of his votes have been solely along party line."	candidates-biography	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	St. Louis
6425.json	half-true	President Obama and Nancy Pelosi said Obamacare would save money because they factored in 10 years worth of tax revenue and only six and half years worth of expenses.	health-care	eric-hovde			republican	2	3	3	0	0	a television interview
502.json	true	John McCain "has not led on nonproliferation issues when he had the chance in the Senate."	foreign-policy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a statement by campaign spokesman Bill Burton
11711.json	true	Says American polling shows Russian President Vladimir Putin has an 80 percent approval rating.	polls	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
5470.json	true	Pasco County schools have graduation rates substantially higher than the state average and dropout rates below the state average.	education	heather-fiorentino	superintendent of Pasco County's public schools	Florida	republican	0	0	1	0	1	a press release
8869.json	mostly-true	Eighty-five percent of the states in the United States that had electrocution have now abolished it.	criminal-justice,states	scott-surovell	State delegate	Virginia	democrat	0	0	1	1	0	a floor debate.
8159.json	half-true	Says that each year, about 25,000 American women become pregnant through rape or incest.	abortion,crime	wendy-davis	state senator	Texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	an opinion article
6884.json	half-true	Bill Nelson leased land that he owned for six cows, taking advantage of an agricultural tax loophole to dodge $43,000 in taxes just last year.	agriculture,taxes	american-crossroads			republican	5	5	4	0	0	a TV commercial
10250.json	false	In rural Virginia, Sen. Warner ran 8-10 points ahead of a traditional Democrat -- ahead of Senator Kaine, ahead of Governor McAuliffe.	elections	david-hallock	Aide	Virginia	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a forum
10757.json	false	I can tell you with certainty (capandtrade)would have a devastating impact on our economy.	cap-and-trade,climate-change	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview on CBS' Face the Nation
8320.json	mostly-true	Today many Florida teachers are at risk of having their pay impacted by the performance of children who are not even in their classrooms or subject areas.	education	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a Tampa Bay Times op-ed
5472.json	false	Mitt Romney left Massachusetts $1 billion in debt.	deficit,job-accomplishments,message-machine-2012,state-budget,state-finances	red-white-and-blue-fund			none	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign ad
5505.json	true	Says Barack Obama promised he would cut the deficit in half but didnt.	federal-budget	lenny-curry	chairman of the Republican Party of Florida	Florida	republican	2	1	2	0	0	an interview on "Political Connections"
12427.json	mostly-true	Old City in Philadelphiaused to have more than a dozen clubs and thats what we were known for and now were down to two.	nightlife	job-itkzkowitz	Old City District executive director	Pennsylvania	none	0	0	0	1	0	In the Philadelphia Business Journal
11464.json	barely-true	Says Denmarks suicide rate has been about twice as high as the United States over the past five decades.	economy,foreign-policy,public-health	viral-image			none	5	5	0	3	15	a shareable graphic on the Web
11778.json	barely-true	China has total control, just about, of North Korea.	foreign-policy,nuclear	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.
12961.json	false	The fact is the Clinton Foundation has got about 80 percent in overhead and 20 percent of the money is actually getting into the places it should.	candidates-biography	reince-priebus	Chairman, Republican National Committee	Wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	comments on "The Mike Gallagher Show"
10269.json	barely-true	The U.S. Constitution owes its notion of democracy to the Iroquois Tribes.	diversity,history	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a meme
2833.json	half-true	Since the first of the year, 153 businesses at last count had moved out of California to Texas.	economy	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	on an episode of Fox & Friends
6110.json	half-true	Barack Obama has provided guns to Mexican drug cartels.	drugs,guns,legal-issues	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth.
13400.json	barely-true	Says Chris Koster fell silentas attorney general in pursuing a case against a free classified service accused of promoting prostitution after accepting over $12,000 in campaign contributions from people affiliated with the service.	campaign-finance,legal-issues,women	eric-greitens	gubernatorial candidate	Missouri	republican	1	1	2	1	0	a press release
1251.json	true	Health care premiums for consumers have doubled since 2001.	health-care	jay-rockefeller	U.S. Senator	West Virginia	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a column in the newspaper Roll Call
6112.json	mostly-true	Says, Less than half of all states have legal protections on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, despite the fact that LGBT Americans report employment discrimination and unemployment at much higher rates than the U.S. average.	civil-rights,diversity,gays-and-lesbians,jobs,workers	jeff-merkley	U.S. Senator	Oregon	democrat	0	1	3	6	0	a press release
6431.json	false	Gov. Romney himself, with 28 other Republican governors, supported policies that would have eliminated the time limits in the welfare reform law and allowed people to stay on welfare forever.	welfare	jay-carney	White House press secretary	District of Columbia	none	2	2	1	2	0	a press White House press briefing
2615.json	false	Under Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, Ohio is 44th in the country in terms of getting money actually into worker retraining.	economy,government-efficiency,jobs	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a debate
3709.json	false	Im well aware that medical marijuana is a recognized, medical, viable treatment for this sort of [pancreas] pain condition.	candidates-biography,crime,drugs,health-care,legal-issues,marijuana,public-health	robert-watson	lawyer	Rhode Island	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a speech on the House floor
2652.json	pants-fire	Says Rick Perry recently said he wanted another (Texas) business tax.	state-budget,taxes	kathie-glass	lawyer	Texas	libertarian	0	0	0	0	2	a debate.
9146.json	mostly-true	By a two-to-one margin, Rhode Islanders want to ban assault weapons and we have a very small percentage of gun owners in this state, less than 13 percent.	government-regulation,guns,legal-issues,public-health,public-safety,recreation,market-regulation,states	linda-finn	landscape designer	Rhode Island	democrat	0	0	1	2	0	a speech during a rally at the Rhode Island state house
184.json	false	"Right now, an employer has more of a chance of getting hit by lightning than be prosecuted for hiring an undocumented worker. That has to change."	immigration	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	Las Vegas
11764.json	pants-fire	Wisconsin dropped from second in the country to 41st among states where more than half the students took the ACT exam.	children,education,state-budget,states	state-democratic-party-wisconsin		Wisconsin	democrat	5	7	2	2	7	a news release
7692.json	mostly-true	Says 315,000 mostly minority Texas students are enrolled in failing schools.	education	dan-patrick	Lieutenant governor-elect	Texas	republican	4	4	3	4	4	a state Senate committee hearing April 9, 2013
7876.json	pants-fire	Says At age 76 when you most need it, you are not eligible for cancer treatment under Affordable Care Act.	health-care,medicare	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email
5171.json	false	Says an Obama administration policy prohibits people who work with at-risk youth from promoting marriage as a way to avoid poverty.	marriage,poverty	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a debate in South Carolina
12950.json	barely-true	...Secret documents reveal that Iran could obtain a nuclear weapon far sooner than we were told. And Tammy Duckworth voted yes (on the Iran nuclear deal).	nuclear	independent-voice-illinois-pac	N/A	Illinois 	none	1	0	0	0	0	an attack video advertisement of Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth
11185.json	barely-true	If you look at the results of Obamacare, what you see is emergency room visits are up over 50 percent.	polls	carly-fiorina		California	republican	5	5	4	3	2	an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
2412.json	false	Loranne Ausley voted six times to tax your savings.	taxes	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	statements on the party's website.
3215.json	pants-fire	Four state Assembly Democrats scored a death blow to northeast Wisconsins economy by killing hundreds of jobs at a potential Bass Pro Shops near Green Bay.	environment,jobs	scott-suder	state Assembly majority leader	Wisconsin	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a news release
948.json	true	"The president campaigned against this type of legislation."	federal-budget	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a speech on the House floor.
11766.json	half-true	One in every three women has an abortion during her lifetime.	abortion	wendy-davis	state senator	Texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	a legal brief
592.json	barely-true	Barack Obama "is more to the left of the announced Socialist in the United States Senate."	candidates-biography	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	an interview with the <i>Kansas City Star</i>
5732.json	barely-true	What president has the worst record on female labor force participation? Barack Obama.	history,labor,women,workers	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a graphic posted on his website
12745.json	half-true	Two million more Latinos are in poverty today than when President Obamatook his oath of office less than eight years ago.	economy,immigration,poverty,welfare	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland
5017.json	barely-true	The Social Security trust fund is already facing imminent bankruptcy.	social-security,taxes	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a news conference
12331.json	barely-true	Seven hundred thousand. Thats how many California jobs will be lost thanks to the politicians raising the minimum wage.Now Florida is adding one million jobs, not losing them.	jobs,labor,states	enterprise-florida	The public-private economic development agency 	Florida	organization	1	0	0	0	0	Enterprise Florida radio ads in California
10424.json	mostly-true	America is No. 1 in wind power.	energy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the State of the Union address
9091.json	false	The percentage of black children born without a father in the home has risen from 7 percent in 1964 to 73 percent today, due to changes from President Lyndon Johnsons Great Society.	children,families,marriage,poverty	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a meme on the Internet
2547.json	true	I said no to these big bank bailouts.	economy,message-machine,voting-record	lloyd-doggett	Texas congressman in the U.S. Houst of Representatives	Texas	democrat	1	0	2	7	0	a TV ad
12571.json	mostly-true	People have a constitutional right to have semiautomatic rifles.	guns,legal-issues,supreme-court	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	an interview
7810.json	mostly-true	This budget also reflects the smallest state government workforce per 1,000 residents in Florida in this century.	jobs,state-budget	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a press release
10935.json	mostly-true	The film and TV industry supports more than 24,000 direct jobs and pays local workers more than $1.68 billion in wages in Georgia.	jobs	motion-picture-association-america			none	0	0	0	1	0	a press release
8433.json	mostly-true	Property taxes have increased 20 percent under four years of Chris Christie.	taxes	milly-silva	Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor; executive vice president of 1199 SEIU	New Jersey	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a speech to an American Legion in Little Ferry
7087.json	mostly-true	When it comes to income taxes, Wisconsin is one of the best places in the country to be poor but top 4 or 5 worst for middle-income earners.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	robin-vos	Wisconsin Assembly speaker	Wisconsin	republican	0	3	2	5	1	an interview
1025.json	false	ACORN could get up to $8.5 billion more tax dollars despite being under investigation for voter registration fraud in a dozen states.	federal-budget	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a press release
6386.json	barely-true	Says Congressman Jon Runyan does not want to cut taxes for the middle class, but only for millionaires.	taxes	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	a video posted on YouTube
2844.json	half-true	On his half pay pledge.	job-accomplishments	jeff-scrima	Mayor of Waukesha	Wisconsin	none	0	0	0	0	0	a series of public statements and actions
2392.json	barely-true	Over 10 years, (extending tax cuts for the wealthy) would add less to the deficit than Obama added with the stimulus in one year.	federal-budget,pundits,taxes,abc-news-week	george-will	Columnist	Maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour''
4708.json	true	The collective net worth of Americans has taken a $5.5 trillion hit ... mainly due to plummeting home values.	economy,housing	nina-turner	State senator	Ohio	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	an opinion column
8676.json	barely-true	Gov. Rick Scott backed the federal shutdown.	federal-budget	florida-democratic-party		Florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	an online video
8809.json	true	The average Georgia family makes $6,000 less than the average family did 10 years ago when inflation is factored in.	economy,income	jason-carter	State Senator	Georgia	democrat	1	0	2	1	0	a speech
4095.json	mostly-true	As weve seen that federal support for states diminish, youve seen the biggest job losses in the public sector -- teachers, police officers, firefighters losing their jobs.	economy,jobs,stimulus,workers	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference
13102.json	half-true	Says New START, passed while Clinton was secretary of state, is a treaty cutting Russias nuclear arms.	candidates-biography,foreign-policy,nuclear	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a television ad
12167.json	barely-true	Says his free public university tuition program is paid for by a tax on Wall Streets speculation.	education	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a CNN interview
2876.json	mostly-true	Ohio ranks 46th in the country in putting dollars in the classroom.	education,government-efficiency	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a news conference
4769.json	half-true	Under a Wisconsin bill, minor offenses such as violating pet leash laws, seat belt laws, parking infractions, etc., would now be arrestable offenses.	civil-rights,guns,legal-issues	john-birch-society			organization	0	0	1	0	0	an article on the group's website
1760.json	barely-true	Says in 2003 Texas cut $10 billion out of the entire budget, yet we put $1.8 billion more into public education. We put $800 million more into health and human services.	state-budget	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an interview with The Texas Tribune and Newsweek
12943.json	half-true	Under Hillary Clintons plan illegal immigrants convicted of committing crimes get to stay.	immigration	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a TV ad
6513.json	false	The Obama administration leaked information, deliberately or otherwise, that led to the identification of the Pakistani doctor that helped us in achieving our goals and killing bin Laden.	foreign-policy,message-machine-2012,military,terrorism	special-operations-opsec-education-fund			none	1	1	1	0	0	a web video
7780.json	barely-true	Over the last several months, there was a review board headed by two distinguished Americans, Mike Mullen and Tom Pickering, who investigated every element of the Benghazi incident.	foreign-policy,terrorism	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press availability
7418.json	mostly-true	Says, when this governor came to office, he had (an) 11 billion dollar - I call it mismanagement deficit.	debt,deficit,state-budget	jon-bramnick	State Assemblyman	New Jersey	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a panel discussion for "On The Record with Michael Aron"
2777.json	mostly-true	Georgia and other states with weak gun laws have more crime.	guns	michael-bloomberg		New York	independent	0	2	2	3	0	an interview
8853.json	false	Says President Barack Obama spent nearly a trillion dollars on make-work government jobs.	economy,federal-budget,jobs,stimulus	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a response to the State of the Union address
7758.json	mostly-true	Among Hispanics, support for immigration reform is close to universal.	immigration	bill-richardson	Governor	New Mexico	democrat	1	2	3	8	1	a web interview with ABC News
11796.json	half-true	Says a Ted Cruz ad has got me bull-dozing down a house.I never bulldozed it down. Its false advertising.	housing	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
11573.json	half-true	Wages adjusted for inflation havent risen since the turn of the last century.	economy,jobs,workers	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa
9521.json	half-true	Says 95 percent of people caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border said in a survey we are coming because weve been promised amnesty.	immigration	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a press conference 
10208.json	barely-true	There would be tens of thousands of jobs created if President Barack Obama approved the Keystone XL pipeline.	environment,jobs	anna-kooiman	Fox News host		none	1	0	0	0	0	a segment on "Fox & Friends"
5756.json	half-true	Weve brought trade cases against China at nearly twice the rate as the last administration.	bush-administration,china,job-accomplishments,trade	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at Port of Tampa
1569.json	mostly-true	When we started this health care debate a year ago, 85 percent of the American people had health insurance, and 95 percent of the 85 percent were happy with it.	health-care,pundits	george-will	Columnist	Maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	a roundtable segment on ABC's This Week
11805.json	true	Since John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, more Americans have died by gunfire within our own country than American servicemen and women who were killed in all our wars.	guns	virginia-center-public-safety		Virginia	organization	0	0	0	0	0	a rally flier
805.json	mostly-true	"Obama said he would unilaterally renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement."	foreign-policy	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	Hempstead, N.Y.
8030.json	barely-true	In the 513 days between Trayvon dying, and todays verdict, 11,106 African-Americans have been murdered by other African-Americans.	crime	tweets			none	2	3	1	2	3	tweets
7678.json	false	Says If you compare the Portland Metro area to the CDCs statewide cavity rates ... the Portland Metro area would actually rank as having the 15th lowest cavity rate in the U.S.	public-health,water	clean-water-portland			organization	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign flier
139.json	mostly-true	He received "A" ratings from "every conservative organization that gives ratings."	job-accomplishments	tom-tancredo	U.S. representative	Colorado	republican	2	4	1	1	0	a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.
7271.json	true	It costs $10,000 a year to keep a child in school; it costs $30,000 a year to keep someone in prison.	crime,education,public-safety,state-budget	john-kitzhaber	Governor of Oregon	Oregon	democrat	1	1	4	4	0	in State of the State speech
11409.json	false	Says Republican Rep. Charlie Dent wants to kick the Freedom Caucus out of the Republican conference for voting our conscience.	congress,congressional-rules,corrections-and-updates	dave-brat	College professor	Virginia	republican	2	5	0	2	0	comments on "Meet the Press"
688.json	false	"He was offered medical care for his injuries if he would give up military information in return. John McCain said, 'No.' "	candidates-biography	fred-thompson	Actor	Tennessee	republican	1	4	3	3	0	a speech at the Republican National Convention
3726.json	mostly-true	Two-thirds of Wisconsin corporations dont pay state income taxes.	corporations,income,taxes	one-wisconsin-now		Wisconsin	organization	0	2	2	1	1	a news release and report
7461.json	barely-true	There are literally teachers now who are getting pink slips because of sequestration.	education,federal-budget	arne-duncan	U.S. Secretary of Education	Illinois	democrat	1	2	1	2	0	an appearance on "Face the Nation."
5363.json	false	Obamacare ... will kill jobs across America.	health-care,jobs,message-machine-2012	us-chamber-commerce			none	6	3	3	1	1	a television ad
9942.json	true	Last weeks three most-viewed television programs wereSunday Night Football, Thursday Night Football and Monday Night Football.	sports	george-will	Columnist	Maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	a panel on "Fox News Sunday"
3575.json	true	On federal stimulus money for expanding rail service.	federal-budget,state-budget,stimulus,transportation	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an announcement of an application for federal stimulus money for rail
2205.json	true	About 106,000 soldiers had a prescription of three weeks or more for pain, depression or anxiety medication.	health-care,military,abc-news-week	gen-peter-chiarelli	Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army		none	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on "This Week."
7552.json	mostly-true	Georgia loses millions of dollars of revenue because people go out of state to buy fireworks.	economy,states	jeff-mullis	State Senator	Georgia	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a meeting
7135.json	pants-fire	If you and I fail to defund ObamaCare now, some 16,000 new IRS agents will be begin prying into our private medical records, eyeing each and every one of our treatments and prescriptions for violations.	health-care,retirement	association-mature-american-citizens		Washington, D.C. 	organization	0	0	0	0	1	a direct mail letter
384.json	true	"John McCain says it's okay with him if the U.S. spends the next thousand years in Iraq."	iraq	votevetsorg			none	0	1	1	0	0	a television ad.
13007.json	true	Says that in 2015, illegal immigrants accounted for 75 percent of federal drug possession convictions and 5 percent to 30 percent of convictions for murder and kidnapping plus two other crimes.	crime,criminal-justice,immigration	sean-hannity	Radio/TV host		none	3	5	3	2	1	a slide presented on Hannity’s show during an Austin interview of Donald Trump
12994.json	mostly-true	The Clinton Foundation is a charity where President and Secretary Clinton and their daughter, they take no salary, they get no money from it, they take no personal benefit from it.	candidates-biography,ethics	hilary-rosen			democrat	0	0	0	2	0	"The Diane Rehm Show"
3436.json	false	Says his bill, HB 97, would prevent the use of taxpayer dollars on abortions.	abortion,health-care	matt-gaetz	State Representative	Florida	republican	0	1	1	1	0	comments before a House subcommittee
5810.json	mostly-true	The average Atlanta resident spends an extra $924 each year in additional gasoline and wasted time.	transportation	citizens-transportation-mobility		Georgia	none	1	0	2	1	0	a flier
6141.json	pants-fire	Federal health care reforms amounted to the government takeover of health care.	health-care	tommy-thompson		Wisconsin	republican	6	8	2	5	3	a television ad
6.json	half-true	"Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have changed their positions (on the Iraq war withdrawal) to follow Chris Dodd."	iraq	chris-dodd	U.S. senator	Connecticut	democrat	0	0	3	3	0	a TV ad.
9891.json	half-true	Saturday Night Live executive producer Lorne Michaels could be put in jail under this amendment for making fun of any politician.	campaign-finance,legal-issues	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a Senate floor speech
1971.json	false	When he worked for ATT, he "was responsible for large parts in a $5 billion organization."	job-accomplishments	john-albers			republican	0	1	0	1	0	
7008.json	mostly-true	6,400 Ohioans ... lost manufacturing jobs in the month of September.	economy,jobs	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a news release
8963.json	pants-fire	Mitch McConnell voted with Harry Reid to infringe on our gun rights.	congress,guns	matt-bevin	Investment manager	Kentucky	republican	0	1	0	1	1	a television ad
13040.json	half-true	Says Ron Johnson gave himself a $10 million sweetheart corporate payout	small-business	russ-feingold		Wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	in a campaign ad
8151.json	false	Of the roughly 15 percent of Americans who dont have health insurance, half of them made more than $50,000 a year.	health-care,income	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	an interview on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show"
6236.json	barely-true	The United States can immediately tap a domestic energy resource of more than 1.5 trillion barrels of oil, six times more than Saudi Arabia.	climate-change,energy,environment,foreign-policy,gas-prices	eric-hovde			republican	2	3	3	0	0	a news release
6974.json	false	Says House Democrats voted to use your tax dollars for abortions by voting against bill defunding Planned Parenthood.	abortion,health-care,public-health	tennessee-republican-party		Tennessee	republican	1	2	0	0	0	a mailer sent for a state legislative campaign.
6879.json	barely-true	We need a Senator who shows up to work. Sherrod Brown missed over 350 official votes.	job-accomplishments,message-machine-2012,campaign-advertising,voting-record	josh-mandel	Ohio treasurer	Ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a campaign commercial
11639.json	mostly-true	It is already in the law that there is a requirement to screen (refugees) for religion.	foreign-policy,religion,terrorism	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	an interview on "Face the Nation"
9343.json	barely-true	At the mere request from Putin, President Obama withdrew the plans for a missile defense program based in Poland and the Czech Republic.	foreign-policy	dick-cheney			republican	5	4	2	2	1	an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
422.json	half-true	"I did very well with young people in Ohio, Massachusetts, California."	elections	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a news conference in Greensburg, Pa.
1448.json	half-true	Health care reform "would bring down the deficit by as much as $1 trillion over the next two decades."	federal-budget,health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a State of the Union speech
737.json	false	McCain "has opposed stem cell research."	health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a radio ad
10516.json	mostly-true	Austin has more lobbyists working for it than any other municipality in Texas.	city-government,ethics	dave-claunch	Businessman	Texas	none	0	0	0	1	0	a meeting of the West Lake Hills City Council
4750.json	false	The EPA wants to hire 230,000 new government regulators that will cost the taxpayer $21 billion.	environment,federal-budget,market-regulation	allen-west	U.S. representative, Florida District 22	Florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	a TV interview
8604.json	false	If the Trans-Pacific Partnership is fast-tracked through the Senate, it wont receive a committee assignment and the consideration will include no debate.	congressional-rules,trade	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email
729.json	half-true	On whether the government should bail out insurance giant AIG.	corporations,economy	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	
12702.json	pants-fire	The Cleveland police has issued a stand down order to officers.	public-safety	mike-cernovich	blogger	California	none	0	0	0	0	1	his blog
8901.json	true	The Keystone pipeline creates 35 permanent jobs after construction, according to a government report.	energy,environment	van-jones	Co-host of CNN's "Crossfire"	Washington, D.C.	democrat	0	1	2	2	0	a segment on CNN's "Crossfire"
11546.json	half-true	We already pay the highest electricity prices in the country here in New England.	energy	richard-paglia	vice president Spectra Energy		none	0	0	1	0	0	a TV interview
1353.json	barely-true	"We're going to have more troops (in Afghanistan) . . . than the Russians had."	afghanistan	john-murtha			democrat	1	0	0	0	0	the show 'Hardball With Chris Matthews'
5938.json	false	Victory! Republicans by 2 to 1 vote to endorse Mark Neumann on first ballot at GOP convention.	elections	mark-neumann	Developer and homebuilder	Wisconsin	republican	2	4	1	2	1	a website alert
12158.json	barely-true	Florida is investing record amounts of funding for HIV/AIDS prevention.	public-health,state-budget	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a Tampa Bay Times interview
656.json	mostly-true	"There's only four senators senior to me ... there's still 44 older than me."	candidates-biography	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	Springfield, Ill.
10085.json	false	All four on Mount Rushmore, they were all independents at one critical point in their career.	elections,history	larry-pressler	Candidate for U.S. Senate	South Dakota	independent	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign forum
5824.json	false	We didnt go out asking people to join the stand your ground task force.	crime,public-safety	jennifer-carroll	Lieutenant governor	Florida	republican	0	1	0	0	1	Capitol news conference
5753.json	true	Rhode Islands exports have increased by 53 percent in the last two years.	economy,states,trade	lisa-tomasso	State Representative	Rhode Island	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a news release.
5512.json	false	Giant companies like Toyota will not locate in a state that has not passed a right-to-work law	corporations,economy,jobs,labor,unions	stephen-laffey	farmer	Colorado	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a radio interview
125.json	mostly-true	Mitt Romney boasts that he is "proud to be the only major candidate for president to sign the tax pledge. The others have not."	taxes	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a radio ad.
6010.json	half-true	More than 250 (voter registration) groups, ranging across the entire political spectrum, have filed with the state and are registering voters right now.	elections	lenny-curry	chairman of the Republican Party of Florida	Florida	republican	2	1	2	0	0	an "Orlando Sentinel" opinion piece
727.json	mostly-true	Barack Obama got more campaign contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac "than any other member of Congress, except for the Democratic chairmen of the committee that oversees them."	ethics	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	Green Bay, Wis.
42.json	barely-true	"I brought down crime more than anyone in this country -- maybe in the history of this country -- while I was mayor of New York City." -	crime	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a debate in Orlando, Fla.
8511.json	half-true	A planning group said that to meet anticipated traffic demands by 2035, Interstate 35 between Austin and Round Rock will need a dozen additional lanes going north and 14 additional southbound lanes.	transportation	sid-covington	Chairman, Lone Star Rail District	Texas	none	0	0	1	0	0	an opinion column by Sid Covington, the district's chairman of the board
6262.json	pants-fire	Foreign Chinese prostitution money is allegedly behind the groups funding Congressman Sean Duffys Republican Majority.	campaign-finance	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	a news release
9502.json	mostly-true	The United States is the only developed country in the world without paid maternity leave.	jobs,women,workers	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an op-ed for Huffington Post
11351.json	mostly-true	A voucher school that closed after 9 days this year collected $5.4 million in taxpayer subsidies since first opening.	state-budget	jennifer-shilling	State Assembly member, 95th District	Wisconsin	democrat	1	1	0	2	0	a tweet
8558.json	false	Rhode Islands unemployment insurance system is the most expensive such system in the country.	economy,government-efficiency,government-regulation,small-business,state-budget,state-finances,states,taxes,workers	kenneth-block	businessman		republican	0	3	2	3	0	an interview on Rhode Island Public Radio
12084.json	true	Says a YouTube video shows Thomas DiMassimo, the man who rushed Trump at an Ohio rally, dragging the American flag on the ground like it was a piece of garbage.	elections	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	Donald Trump on Sunday, March 13th, 2016, in an interview on "Meet the Press"
568.json	true	Obama worked with "Sen. Dick Lugar, a Republican, to help lock down loose nuclear weapons."	military	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a television ad
7537.json	half-true	The United States spends $2.2 billion on free cell phones, $27 million on Moroccan pottery classes and pays for the travel expenses for the watermelon queen in Alabama.	agriculture,federal-budget,foreign-policy,poverty	sean-duffy	Member of the U.S. House	Wisconsin	republican	5	1	6	1	2	an interview
9708.json	pants-fire	The United States is at historic record highs of individuals being apprehended on the border from countries with terrorist ties such as Pakistan or Afghanistan or Syria.	afghanistan,immigration,terrorism	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
7524.json	half-true	The transportation package passed by the General Assembly would impose the largest tax increase in Virginias history.	taxes	jamie-radtke		Virginia	republican	1	1	1	2	0	a website post.
4537.json	mostly-true	My home state since June of 2009 created 40 percent of the new jobs in America.	jobs	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a speech
8549.json	barely-true	Onion Creeks highest flow rate on a recent night of flooding was 120,000 cubic feet per second, which is nearly double the average flow rate of Niagara Falls.	corrections-and-updates,water	city-austin		Texas	none	1	0	0	0	0	a press release
11736.json	half-true	As governor of Florida, I used a combination of strategies to help reduce heroin use among youth in Florida by approximately 50 percent.	drugs,health-care,public-health	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a column posted on Medium
8062.json	half-true	Says last year 13 million (health insurance) rebates went out, in all 50 states. Another 8.5 (million) rebates are being sent out this summer, averaging around 100 bucks each.	health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at the White House
3158.json	mostly-true	Says his state budget will provide an increase in state funding for the 2011-12 school year.	education,state-budget	john-kitzhaber	Governor of Oregon	Oregon	democrat	1	1	4	4	0	an e-mail
10794.json	false	Says the estate tax, in many cases, forces family farmers and small businesses owners to sell their holdings.	agriculture,families,small-business,taxes	robert-hurt	U.S. Congressman	Virginia	republican	2	4	1	0	0	a statement.
12461.json	true	Sayvideo shows massive alligator strolling across Florida golf course.	animals	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	Internet posts
8609.json	half-true	On whether people can keep their insurance under the Affordable Care Act.	health-care	kurt-schrader	U.S. representative	Oregon	democrat	0	1	3	0	0	a TV interview.
63.json	mostly-true	"We're spending $1.6 billion for all of Latin America in terms of aid and assistance, a fraction of what we're spending in Iraq, the $500 billion we've spent there"	foreign-policy	chris-dodd	U.S. senator	Connecticut	democrat	0	0	3	3	0	a debate in Miami, Fla.
6560.json	true	If you look at the number of illegal immigrants coming into the country, it is net zero. Its been that way now for almost two years.	immigration	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	an interview on 'Meet the Press.'
3546.json	half-true	Weve introduced a bill that includes $12 billion in cuts over the next week.	federal-budget	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a public statement
3036.json	false	Wisconsins lawsuit rules are so anti-business that the states system is one of the most promiscuous in America.	legal-issues,small-business	national-federation-independent-business-wiscons		Wisconsin	none	0	1	0	0	0	a news release
11910.json	pants-fire	Says Joseph Stalin said if you want to bring America down you, have to undermine three things: our spiritual life, our patriotism and our morality.	foreign-policy	ben-carson			republican	7	12	3	2	4	a GOP debate on CBS
4101.json	mostly-true	From now on, we have to pay the Russians $50 million an astronaut to send Americans to the space station	space	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview with CBS
10175.json	mostly-true	The gender gap in his support is not unique to me and theres not a huge gap from where Republicans have been in presidential, gubernatorial and US Senate elections in recent years.	elections,women	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview
4593.json	false	Bryce Reeves chaired a group bankrolled by a New York billionaire who fired hundreds of Virginia workers and sent their jobs to China.	china,jobs,message-machine-2012	edd-houck		Virginia	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a TV ad.
5985.json	false	In 2011, Alabama and Massachusetts passed legislation allowing non-citizens who are legal residents to vote in state and local elections.	elections,legal-issues	anastasia-williams	State representative in Rhode Island	Rhode Island	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a House Judiciary Committee hearing
1881.json	barely-true	"Across the country, more than half of the U.S. attorney seats remain without a prosecutor chosen by Obama."	legal-issues	thomas-melsheimer	Attorney	Texas	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	an op-ed article
204.json	false	The Red Sox waited 87 long years to win the World Series.	baseball,recreation	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a debate in St. Petersburg
10091.json	true	Almost every state has offered an insurance plan on its health exchange that does not cover abortion.	abortion,health-care,women	Rhode_Island_Catholic		Rhode Island	none	0	0	0	0	0	a newspaper editorial
1409.json	false	The largest tax increase that we have ever had in our state is yours it is the business margins tax that you signed, governor.	corporations,economy,small-business,taxes	kay-bailey-hutchison	U.S. Senator	Texas	republican	2	4	4	3	0	in a Republican gubernatorial debate
2769.json	true	Georgia has the second-highest rate of childhood obesity in the United States.	children	childrens-healthcare-atlanta			none	0	0	0	0	0	a press release
2600.json	mostly-true	Says Tom Ganley has been sued over 400 times, for fraud, discrimination and more, and a judge called Tom Ganleys business practices deceptive and unconscionable.	job-accomplishments,message-machine	betty-sutton	U.S. representative from Ohio's 13th District	Ohio	democrat	0	2	1	2	1	a television campaign ad
4822.json	half-true	A recall election for Wisconsin governor would cost $7.7 million -- $7.7 million that may already be allocated to merit raises for teachers or health care for the poor or school books for your kids.	education,elections,health-care,state-budget	rebecca-kleefisch	Candidate for lieutenant governor	Wisconsin	republican	1	3	4	0	1	a video
5536.json	half-true	Says my plan is a property tax cut.	state-budget,taxes	stephen-sweeney	State Senator		democrat	1	2	3	1	0	an interview on NJToday
2911.json	false	We are giving almost $2 billion of taxpayer money to the junk food and fast food industries every year to make the (childhood obesity) epidemic worse.	consumer-safety,food-safety,health-care,taxes	dennis-kucinich	U.S. representative	Ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	a news release
12787.json	half-true	Not one American flag on the massive stage at the Democratic National Convention until people started complaining- then a small one. Pathetic.	patriotism	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a tweet
2442.json	pants-fire	A bill by Earl Blumenauer would mandate GPS tracking devices on all our vehicles.	privacy,transportation	delia-lopez	Real estate investor	Oregon	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a statement on campaign website
3489.json	barely-true	As a prosecutor, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser did not investigate or file charges in a case involving 30-year pedophile priest, then participated in cover-up.	legal-issues	greater-wisconsin-political-fund		Wisconsin	none	3	3	3	1	1	a TV ad
12006.json	false	There is a precedent for not nominating someone to the U.S. Supreme Court in the middle of a presidential election.	congress,history,legal-issues,supreme-court	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	an interview
9109.json	barely-true	Health insurance and medical costs are going down because of Obamacare.	elections,health-care	ed-schultz	MSNBC television host		none	3	1	4	1	2	a broadcast of "The Ed Show"
12661.json	mostly-true	The war on drugs led to a 500 percent increase in incarceration in our country, disproportionately affecting poor and disproportionately affecting minorities.	crime	cory-booker	U.S. senator	New Jersey	democrat	0	4	2	8	0	an interview on "Meet the Press"
6447.json	half-true	Says Texas GOP platform calls for end to teaching critical thinking in public schools.	education	gail-collins	Columnist for the New York Times	New York	journalist	2	1	1	3	0	in her New York Times column
2983.json	true	Four out of 10 homicides are committed by gun in this city.	crime,guns	sam-adams	Mayor of Portland	Oregon	democrat	3	2	5	2	0	a city council meeting
13467.json	pants-fire	A picture shows former President Bill Clinton naked with another woman.	fake-news	political-insider			none	0	0	0	0	1	a post on their website
921.json	false	"There is no disagreement that we need action by our government, a recovery plan that will help to jump-start the economy."	economy,stimulus	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a news conference
9141.json	barely-true	If you want out of the individual mandate... all you have to do now is tick off the box that says hardshipand youre out.	health-care	charles-krauthammer			none	1	0	1	0	0	an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor"
12648.json	barely-true	Many Nevadans relied on Uber for work, but after accepting $70,000 from taxi companies, Catherine Cortez Masto went after Uber ... (driving) them out of town.	transportation	freedom-partners-action-fund			organization	1	1	1	0	0	a television ad
3674.json	pants-fire	Says it probably costs more than $300,000 to run for a seat on the Pedernales Electric Cooperative board of directors.	elections,energy	troy-fraser	Businessman, investor	Texas	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a Texas Senate committee hearing.
6577.json	half-true	Last month, 44 of the 50 states saw an increase in the unemployment rate.	economy,jobs,states	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a speech to the Republican National Convention in Tampa
8240.json	false	Wind power is the most undependable form of renewable energy.	economy,energy,environment,science,technology	james-oneil	attorney	Rhode Island	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	an appearance on "10 News Conference."
9405.json	mostly-true	Charlie Crist allowed college tuition to increase up to 15 percent every year.	education,state-budget	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a campaign commercial
1892.json	true	"The House has never failed to pass a budget in the modern era."	federal-budget,abc-news-week	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	an interview on ABC's "This Week''
2754.json	half-true	Mr. Renacci was registered as a foreign trade lobbyist in the United States government.	campaign-advertising,trade	john-boccieri	Former member of Congress	Ohio	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a debate
31.json	true	"Tommy Thompson created the first school choice program in the nation, giving thousands of Milwaukee students the choice of where they go to school no matter where they live or how much money their parents make."	education	tommy-thompson		Wisconsin	republican	6	8	2	5	3	his campaign Web site.
4711.json	mostly-true	Says the main Central Texas food bank is delivering 50 percent more food to the poor than three years ago.	economy,poverty	lloyd-doggett	Texas congressman in the U.S. Houst of Representatives	Texas	democrat	1	0	2	7	0	a speech delivered to U.S. House of Representatives.
664.json	false	McCain "still thinks it's okay when women don't earn equal pay for equal work."	legal-issues	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech at the Democratic National Convention.
1199.json	true	The Baucus bill "contains provisions that would send massive federal subsidies directly to both private insurance plans and government-chartered cooperatives that pay for elective abortion."	abortion,health-care	national-right-life-committee			none	1	2	1	0	0	a press release
11865.json	barely-true	Gene Green is the NRAs favorite Democrat in Congress. ... Its no wonder the congressman has a lifetime A rating from the NRA.	guns	adrian-garcia	29th Congressional District candidate	Texas	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign news release
87.json	true	Obama "won health care for 150,000 people."	health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	
9312.json	mostly-true	The CBO says that if you raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, half a million people would lose their jobs.	economy,jobs	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	comments on CNN's "State of the Union."
10638.json	half-true	State lawmakers are spending taxpayer money for parking that billionaire Arthur Blank could build while paying some state employees so little they are on food stamps.	economy,poverty,sports,state-budget,state-finances,transparency	tyrone-brooks	State representative	Georgia	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a statement
3021.json	true	State governments have little ability to stimulate job growth in the short run.	economy	david-wyss			none	0	0	0	0	0	a newspaper article
379.json	true	"He (Obama) chairs the subcommittee on Europe. ... He's held not one substantive hearing to do oversight."	foreign-policy	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a debate in Cleveland
5272.json	half-true	Says the U.S. federal income tax rate was 0 percent until 1913.	history,taxes	ron-paul	U.S. representative	Texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a Republican presidential debate in South Carolina
683.json	true	Sarah Palin "already has more executive experience" than Barack Obama and Joe Biden "combined."	candidates-biography	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	9	11	10	7	3	St. Paul, Minn.
1781.json	true	Texas has, now, the highest share of minimum-wage workers in the nation.	workers	linda-chavez-thompson	Labor organizer	Texas	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a speech to the Central Texas Democratic Forum
11687.json	mostly-true	Two months ago, Donald Trump said that ISIS was not our fight.	foreign-policy,terrorism	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a GOP debate on CNN
2975.json	half-true	Says that on average, Democratic congressional districts received 81 percent more stimulus funds than Republican districts.	stimulus	kay-bailey-hutchison	U.S. Senator	Texas	republican	2	4	4	3	0	an op-ed piece.
771.json	barely-true	"You had supported John McCain's military strategies pretty adamantly until this race."	iraq	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	St. Louis
3991.json	half-true	Says critics who say he cut Medicaid are wrong; his budget added $1.2 billion to the program	medicaid,state-budget,state-finances	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a television interview
11923.json	half-true	Says she will work to raise the federal minimum wage back to the highest level its ever been $12 an hour in todays dollars.	economy,jobs,workers	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a column posted on Medium.com
10749.json	barely-true	$29 is what families on SNAP (i.e. food stamps) have to live on for a week.	federal-budget,hunger	gwyneth-paltrow	Actress	California	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a tweet
3946.json	half-true	The Medford Water Commission was fined $279,000 for dumping plain drinking water into a stream.	environment,government-regulation,water	doug-whitsett	state senator	Oregon	republican	0	1	1	1	0	a legislative hearing
7834.json	true	Nothing in the Constitution explicitly guarantees our right to vote.	elections,legal-issues,supreme-court	mark-pocan	State Assembly member, 78th District	Wisconsin	democrat	1	2	2	3	0	a speech
6290.json	half-true	Sherrod Brown and his special interest allies in Washington are plotting to spend over $13 million to defeat Josh Mandel.	campaign-finance,elections	ohio-republican-party		Ohio	republican	2	2	2	1	0	an emailed statement
1477.json	false	On the new dollar coins, "'In God We Trust' is gone!"	patriotism	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a message circulated to many people.
10881.json	mostly-true	Says Gov. Scott Walkers proposed state budget contained 110 pages of errors -- an unusually high number -- and millions of dollars worth of mistakes that were corrected with a follow-up document.	state-budget	chris-taylor			democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a press release
4396.json	mostly-true	Takes credit for substantially reducing the size of the state workforce.	job-accomplishments,jobs	george-allen	consultant	Virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	campaign literature.
6206.json	true	If you look at most of the polls, this is a margin-of-error race on Fourth of July between Mitt Romney and the president.	elections,polls	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	an interview on CNBC
9970.json	true	In the last 10 years, Georgias middle class income has dropped $6,500.	census,income	jason-carter	State Senator	Georgia	democrat	1	0	2	1	0	television ad
4353.json	true	Rooting for the Red Sox is like rooting for the drug companies.	baseball	sherrod-brown	U.S. Senator	Ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	an appearance on MSNBC
1394.json	false	Says Rick Perrys Pay to Play politics led him to send $899 million to an offshore call center in Bermuda, driving down enrollment in childrens health insurance	health-care	texas-democratic-party	Political party	Texas	democrat	0	1	0	2	0	news release
7695.json	true	On allowing a vote on universal gun background checks in the U.S. Senate.	guns	johnny-isakson	U.S. Senator	Georgia	republican	2	3	3	2	0	
4770.json	barely-true	President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid support Rick Perrys decision to give in-state tuition to illegal immigrants.	education,immigration	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a campaign video.
1052.json	true	"Obama has more czars than the Romanovs."	pop-culture	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a Twitter message
5249.json	false	Gov. McDonnells proposed budget is cutting public education.	city-budget,county-budget,education,pensions,state-budget	donald-mceachin	State senator	Virginia	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a speech.
3700.json	false	A [bank] surveillance camera capturing a criminals face and other identifiable traits would certainly discourage robbery attempts and serve as a deterrent to robbers.	crime,criminal-justice	stephen-ucci	Rhode Island legislator	Rhode Island	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a news release
8683.json	true	Medicare costs have slowed down dramatically. In fact, the first two months of this fiscal year, Medicare costs were down even in nominal terms relative to the previous year.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare	peter-orszag	Director of the Office of Management and Budget		democrat	0	1	0	0	0	an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
12798.json	barely-true	Says Donald Trump and Mike Pence want to gamble with your retirement benefits in the stock market.	retirement,social-security	harry-reid	Senate Democratic Leader	Nevada	democrat	4	5	3	7	3	a speech at the DNC
4838.json	half-true	U.S. Rep. Connie Mack voted to raise his own pay several times.	congressional-rules,federal-budget,income	george-lemieux		Florida	republican	4	1	6	4	0	a press release
7680.json	mostly-true	No poll done this year ... shows less than a majority to reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons.	guns,polls	dianne-feinstein	U.S. Senator	California	democrat	1	1	0	4	0	a speech on the Senate floor
1999.json	true	"I have spent virtually every weekend since Memorial Day in the Panhandle."	oil-spill	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a speech at the Florida Association of Counties conference
12873.json	pants-fire	In the 2012 election, there were more votes cast than registered voters in St. Lucie County, and Palm Beach County had 141 percent turnout.	elections	viral-image			none	5	5	0	3	15	a viral image
9683.json	pants-fire	Im not a conspiracy theorist and I never allow conspiracy theorists on my program.	pundits	peter-lavelle	Crosstalk host on RT		journalist	0	0	0	0	1	a segment on RT's "CrossTalk"
6660.json	mostly-true	Says Romney called Russia our No. 1 enemy.	foreign-policy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a convention speech
13527.json	false	Theres been no conclusive or specific report to say Russia was trying to muddy the election.	elections,foreign-policy	reince-priebus	Chairman, Republican National Committee	Wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	comments on "Meet the Press"
2626.json	false	Says Christopher Little has a history of working against environmental protection by defending the worst types of corporate polluters	candidates-biography,elections,environment,legal-issues	edwin-pacheco	Democratic party chairman	Rhode Island	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a press release from the Rhode Island Democratic Party
2814.json	half-true	John Kasich says he won, despite 12 visits by a president, somewhere between $45 (million) and $50 million (spent against him,) 500 paid volunteers in here calling me every name in the book, former presidents, first ladies and God-knows-who-else.	elections	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a speech to lobbyists
7598.json	half-true	Opponents of Section 5 (of the Voting Rights Act) complain of state expense, yet their only cost is the paper, postage and manpower required to send copies of legislation to the federal government for review.	elections,supreme-court	john-lewis	Congressman	Georgia	democrat	0	1	2	1	0	newspaper column
2746.json	barely-true	Says Nick Kahl made it harder for many families to cover basic health care expenses.	health-care,taxes	matt-wand	Attorney	Oregon	republican	2	0	0	0	0	a campaign mailer
12448.json	barely-true	In California, the windmills are killing hundreds and hundreds of eagles.	energy,environment	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech on energy policy
3232.json	true	There is nothing in the current state public records law that prohibits sensitive or confidential business information from being just that, confidential.	government-efficiency,jobs	matt-lundy	State representative	Ohio	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a news release
11226.json	mostly-true	We did not even have a federal income tax in this country until 1913.	history,taxes	jim-webb	writer	Virginia	democrat	1	0	1	5	0	a web post.
487.json	barely-true	"The White House is won in the swing states, and I am winning the swing states."	elections	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech in Charleston, W.Va.
6858.json	mostly-true	Says opponent U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore is Wisconsins most absent member of Congress, missing nearly 17 percent of the House votes in the second quarter of 2012.	voting-record	dan-sebring	Auto repair shop owner	Wisconsin	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a radio ad
8701.json	false	Says Gov. Scott Walker dropped out or was kicked out of college short of a degree not long after he was kicked out of student elections at Marquette University.	candidates-biography,education	state-democratic-party-wisconsin		Wisconsin	democrat	5	7	2	2	7	a web posting
10606.json	barely-true	Eliminating affirmative action in admissions in Florida led to more African American and Hispanic kids attending our university system than before.	education	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a CPAC appearance
9016.json	half-true	When it comes to transportation funds, Georgians spend more in taxes and on red tape than they get back from the federal government.	taxes,transportation	tom-graves			republican	1	0	5	0	1	a speech
2371.json	barely-true	Federal stimulus money went to a Georgia Tech project that will apparently involve the professor jamming with world-renowned musicians to hopefully also create satisfying works of art.	stimulus	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a report
12065.json	true	The U.S. doesnt make television sets anymore.	technology,trade	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a campaign speech
2362.json	mostly-true	When these same Republicans - including Mr. Boehner - were in charge, the number of earmarks and pet projects went up, not down.	federal-budget	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in Cleveland, Ohio.
2868.json	false	Wisconsins projected state budget shortfall is now as low as $1.5 billion	state-budget	jim-doyle	Lawyer	Wisconsin	democrat	1	1	1	1	0	a statutorially required report on the state budget deficit
13305.json	true	Heroin .. pours across our southern borders.	drugs	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	the third presidential debate
8503.json	true	Before the Republican wave in 2010, Democrats had an advantage on the generic ballot in Congress. Even in 1994 with the Gingrich revolution ... Democrats had that advantage.	elections	jonathan-karl	ABC News chief White House correspondent		journalist	0	0	0	0	0	a conversation on ABC's "This Week"
2428.json	half-true	Roy Barnes made Georgia dead last in education and Georgia led the nation in job losses.	economy,education,message-machine	republican-governors-association		Washington, D.C.	republican	5	1	6	4	2	a television ad
636.json	true	"Sen. McCain was already turning his sights to Iraq just days after 9/11, and he became a leading supporter of an invasion and occupation of (Iraq)."	iraq	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	Orlando, Fla.
5758.json	barely-true	In labor negotiations with city employees, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett demanded concessions that went beyond those mandated by Gov. Scott Walkers collective bargaining law	city-budget,labor	afscme			none	3	1	2	3	0	a letter to members
2793.json	mostly-true	Says hes arrested more criminals, including thousands of child predators and sex offenders, than any previous Texas attorney general.	crime,criminal-justice,job-accomplishments,public-safety	greg-abbott	governor	Texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	a campaign television ad
9426.json	true	Brazil built a $300 million stadium in the Amazon rainforest that is only going to be used for four World Cup games, and theres no team that can fill it afterwards.	sports	john-oliver	Host, Last Week Tonight		none	0	0	2	4	0	a segment on "Last Week Tonight"
5898.json	barely-true	Sources show (Connie) Mack as a resident of California, living with his wife in Palm Springs.	candidates-biography	george-lemieux		Florida	republican	4	1	6	4	0	a Web ad
11218.json	mostly-true	We have an Army that just cut 40,000 spots.	military	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a speech at the Iowa State Fair
12703.json	mostly-true	In South Sudan, more teenage girls die in childbirth than finish high school.	education,foreign-policy,poverty,public-health,women	unicef			none	0	0	0	1	0	an article on Medium
5462.json	false	Says Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur actually lives in a fancy condo in the Washington, D.C. suburbs.	congress,elections,job-accomplishments,message-machine-2012	campaign-primary-accountability	Political action committee	Texas	none	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign commercial
1955.json	pants-fire	U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin didn't want a border fence to block illegal immigration "because he is afraid that someone will get hurt trying to go around the fence."	homeland-security,human-rights,immigration	michael-j-gardiner	Lawyer	Rhode Island	republican	1	1	0	0	1	a posting on his website
11647.json	mostly-true	Despite attention on global warming, fewer Americans carpool today to work than carpooled in 1980 and SUVs have never been a larger proportion of the vehicles being sold in this country.	climate-change,environment,transportation	george-will	Columnist	Maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	a TV talk show
11139.json	mostly-true	Says in 2002, he won more Hispanic votes than Anglo votes, 60 percent in the state.	candidates-biography,diversity,elections	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a Telemundo News interview
1648.json	mostly-true	"A lot of the ideas in terms of the (health insurance) exchange, just being able to pool and improve the purchasing power of individuals in the insurance market, that originated from the Heritage Foundation."	health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview on NBC's Today show
5371.json	false	Says Mitt Romney supports cap and trade.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,corrections-and-updates,message-machine-2012	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a video ad airing in Michigan
4425.json	barely-true	Since the beginning of the year weve created a net increase of 45,000 jobs.	economy,jobs	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a television interview
2498.json	mostly-true	Texas has a higher unemployment rate than neighboring states.	economy	bill-white	Former mayor of Houston	Texas	democrat	2	3	5	7	3	an e-mail
4131.json	true	The State Election Board has issued nearly $275,000 in fines to violators of absentee ballot laws.	elections	brian-kemp	Secretary of State	Georgia	republican	0	2	0	0	0	
2341.json	mostly-true	My supporters arent special interest groups in Madison and Milwaukee.	campaign-finance	mark-neumann	Developer and homebuilder	Wisconsin	republican	2	4	1	2	1	a campaign radio ad
5551.json	half-true	While 9,000 state employees were added to the states payroll, Oregons revenue forecasts dropped by more than $4 billion.	state-budget,state-finances	dennis-richardson	state representative	Oregon	republican	0	4	1	2	0	a newsletter
757.json	half-true	"John McCain fought to rein in Fannie and Freddie...but Democrats blocked the reforms."	economy	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	an advertisement
11519.json	true	Dark money spending in the 2016 election cycle is 10 times what it was at the same point in the 2012 election cycle, when it topped $308 million.	campaign-finance,congress,elections	tammy-baldwin	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	a campaign email
5785.json	pants-fire	Says there is an upcoming vote to preserve benefits of Texas homestead exemption for seniors and the disabled.	elections,taxes	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email forwarded by an Austin American-Statesman reader.
2284.json	pants-fire	The government is trying to now close the Lincoln Memorial for any kind of large gatherings.	civil-rights,pundits	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	comments on his radio program
12650.json	barely-true	You know what (Saddam Hussein) did well? He killed terrorists.	foreign-policy,terrorism	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in Raleigh, N.C.
9480.json	barely-true	The average age of the minimum wage worker is 35 years old.	corporations,economy,government-regulation,income,labor,poverty,states,wealth,workers	erin-lynch	Rhode Island state senator, lawyer	Rhode Island	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island Senate
643.json	half-true	Says McCain "supported George Bush's policies 95 percent of the time."	bush-administration	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a rally in Springfield, Ill.
11242.json	true	More Americans have died from guns in the United States since 1968 than on battlefields of all the wars in American history.	guns,military	nicholas-kristof			none	0	1	0	2	0	his column in the New York Times
7038.json	true	There is no war on coal. Period. There are more coal jobs and more coal produced in Ohio than there were five years ago, in spite of the talking points and the yard signs.	economy,energy,environment,jobs	sherrod-brown	U.S. Senator	Ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	a debate
6772.json	pants-fire	Says One of the states largest governments made charging this tax one of their top priorities just this year.	message-machine-2012,taxes	Yes-on-79		Oregon	none	0	0	1	0	1	a state voters' pamphlet argument
7952.json	false	The immigration bill has a specific provision that says that Secretary Napolitano does not have to build any fence if she chooses not to.	immigration	jeff-sessions		Alabama	republican	2	2	2	1	0	an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation”
13134.json	half-true	Says Donald Trump publicly invited Putin to hack into Americans (emails).	civil-rights,crime,foreign-policy,homeland-security,technology	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a Presidential debate
2181.json	half-true	The Congressional Budget Office estimates that for every $1 we spend on unemployment benefits, $1.90 is put into our economy.	economy,federal-budget,stimulus,taxes	james-langevin	Congressman	Rhode Island	democrat	1	1	2	1	0	an online forum on ProJo.com
9629.json	mostly-true	In Syria, we struck a deal where we got 100 percent of the chemical weapons out.	foreign-policy	john-kerry	Secretary of State	Massachusetts	democrat	3	2	2	5	0	comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
3668.json	false	On redistricting.	redistricting	richard-saslaw	State Senate Minority Leader	Virginia	democrat	2	3	0	0	1	an interview.
11327.json	mostly-true	We had a three-hour debate, no discussion about the national debt, very little about the economy.	debates,elections	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview on "This Week."
3818.json	mostly-true	Obama-Nelson economic record: Job creation ... at slowest post-recession rate since Great Depression.	economy,jobs	adam-hasner		Florida	republican	2	1	4	4	0	a tweet
2218.json	half-true	Says Democrat Hank Gilbert has a criminal conviction for theft, has multiple years of unpaid taxes, has multiple tax liens and fines, unsafe driving convictions (and) has recently been accused of taking a bribe and is on record lying to the press this year about his criminal record.	candidates-biography,crime	todd-staples	state agriculture commissioner	Texas	republican	0	1	4	3	1	a consultant's e-mail to PolitiFact Texas.
11562.json	pants-fire	The Trans-Pacific Partnership was designed for China to come in, as they always do, through the back door and totally take advantage of everyone.	china,trade	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	the fourth GOP primary debate.
9622.json	true	More women are graduating from college now than men.	education,women	mitch-mcconnell	Senate minority leader	Kentucky	republican	7	6	5	7	0	remarks to voters in Kentucky
9995.json	mostly-true	We have 41,000 people right now on the waitlist for financial-based assistance for our tech colleges and universities, most of them for tech schools.	education,state-budget	mary-burke	Madison school board member	Wisconsin	democrat	5	5	11	8	3	an interview
7344.json	barely-true	Were taxing our small businesses now at rates higher than corporations.	corporations,small-business,taxes	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	an interview
5840.json	false	Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as half a billion to an electric car company that created hundreds of jobs in Finland.	corporations,energy,environment,message-machine-2012,stimulus	americans-prosperity			none	6	7	2	1	2	a TV ad
1576.json	true	"Health insurance companies' costs are only 4 percent of all health care spending."	health-care	americas-health-insurance-plans	Trade group representing the health insurance industry	Washington, D.C.	none	0	0	2	0	0	an advertisement
13127.json	mostly-true	Says Donald Trump once suggested that he would try to negotiate down the national debt.	candidates-biography,debt,deficit,economy,federal-budget	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a Presidential debate
12098.json	mostly-true	Says DonaldTrump got, you know, $1.8 billion worth of free media. I got, like, none.	elections	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
12272.json	mostly-true	When I withdrew in June of 2008, polls were showing that at least 40 percent of my supporters said, oh, they werent going to support Sen. Obama.	polls	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a town hall on ABC's 'Good Morning America'
5993.json	pants-fire	Says Larry Taylor gave in-state tuition to illegal immigrants.	education,immigration	conservative-voters-texas-pac			none	0	0	0	0	1	whylarrywhy.com
9285.json	false	After the attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi,Libya,the ambassadors body was dragged through the street.	foreign-policy,terrorism	laura-ingraham	Political commentator and radio talk show host		none	2	5	1	0	1	a broadcast of ABC's "This Week"
7165.json	half-true	The increase in the current state budget was greater than the inflation rate and the rate of population growth in Georgia.	state-budget	libertarian-party-georgia			libertarian	0	1	1	0	0	a press release
11025.json	false	Six thousand people have sought addiction treatment through expanded Medicaid.	bipartisanship,drugs,medicaid	maggie-hassan	Candidate for governor	New Hampshire	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	her State of the State speech in Nashua
7577.json	mostly-true	When students leave our high schools and they go to the community college, 70-75 percent of them have to pay to take remedial math.	children,education	deborah-gist	Commissioner of education	Rhode Island	state-official	0	0	0	1	0	an appearance on "A Lively Experiment."
2719.json	barely-true	Of those 850,000 (new Texas) jobs, most were public-sector jobs and minimum-wage jobs.	economy,jobs	bill-white	Former mayor of Houston	Texas	democrat	2	3	5	7	3	an interview
3631.json	barely-true	It is a fact that it costs more to run the schools in August.	education	kathleen-angelucci	Cobb County School Board member	Georgia	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a newspaper article
7211.json	false	The problem with raising tax rates on the wealthiest Americans is that more than half of them are small business owners.	deficit,federal-budget,taxes	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a news conference
1480.json	barely-true	Franklin Roosevelt never allocated more than 12 percent of GDP to federal spending, while the percentage for Barack Obama is not projected to drop below 22.8 percent.	federal-budget,pundits	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	a commentary on Fox News Channel's 'Glenn Beck Program'
1512.json	half-true	Fifty-seven of Rubios 100 ideas ultimately became law.	candidates-biography,florida	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	his campaign Web site
10517.json	half-true	Ninety-six percent of failing schools are spending above $8,400, the average annual per student expenditure, and 26 percent spend considerably more than that.	education	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	an interview
5723.json	pants-fire	About 78 to 81 House Democrats are members of the Communist Party. ... Its called the Congressional Progressive Caucus.	candidates-biography	allen-west	U.S. representative, Florida District 22	Florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	a town hall meeting in Jensen Beach, Fla.
7378.json	half-true	Military spending cuts, known as the sequester, were President Barack Obamas idea.	federal-budget,military	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	the Republican response to the State of the Union
531.json	mostly-true	"George Bush, and a Republican Congress, have presided over a 55 percent increase in the size of domestic government spending in the last seven years."	federal-budget	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a comment by McCain campaign adviser Carly Fiorina on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
474.json	barely-true	"Clinton aides admit it (a gas tax holiday) won't do much for you but would help her politically."	energy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	in a television ad
2250.json	false	Bill McCollum backed Jim Greers effort to hide financial irregularities.	ethics,message-machine,transparency	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a TV ad.
126.json	mostly-true	"First, he was in favor of my plan, now he's attacking it."	iraq	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	
10646.json	pants-fire	Creflo Dollar needed a $65 million Gulfstream G650 to carry thousands of pounds of food and other supplies -- as well as the Word of God -- worldwide.	religion,transparency	juda-engelmayer	New York publicist	Georgia	none	0	0	0	0	1	interviews
1823.json	true	Halliburton gave Dick Cheney a $34 million payout when he left the company to join the presidential ticket.	candidates-biography,corporations,energy,environment,oil-spill,pundits	chris-matthews	Host of MSNBC's Hardball		none	1	2	2	1	0	an interview with Jay Leno on NBC's The Tonight Show
9731.json	barely-true	All Aboard Florida is a 100 percent private venture. There is no state money involved.	state-budget,transportation	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a TV interview
9594.json	pants-fire	Fox News is banned in Canada because it violatesa law thatprevents news channels from lying to their viewers.	ethics,foreign-policy	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	posts on Facebook
12026.json	half-true	On ending stop and frisk	public-safety	jim-kenney	Philadelphia Mayor	Pennsylvania	democrat	1	0	1	0	0	Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney clarified his stance on stop and frisk to the Al Día editorial board.
5971.json	false	Says under President Barack Obama theres been the lowest discretionary spending weve had in decades in the United States.	federal-budget	cory-booker	U.S. senator	New Jersey	democrat	0	4	2	8	0	a roundtable discussion on NBC’s “Meet The Press”
6857.json	false	In one year, (President Obama) provided $90 billion in breaks to the green energy world into solar and wind, to Solyndra and Fisker and Tesla and Ener1.	candidates-biography,corporations,debates,energy,environment,stimulus	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	the first presidential debate in Denver
3112.json	half-true	Says that 98,184 Texans are now driving with temporary drivers licenses lacking their photos.	crime,elections,legal-issues	mario-gallegos	Retired firefighter	Texas	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a Texas Senate committee meeting.
11832.json	pants-fire	Youve been tremendously deceived by people who say the Earth is not flat.	corrections-and-updates,science,space	bob	Hip hop artist		none	0	0	0	0	1	in a Jan. 25 tweet
2337.json	half-true	Jennifer Carrolls an outsider.	candidates-biography,elections	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a press conference.
10853.json	false	Hedge fund managers pay less in taxes than nurses and truck drivers.	economy,income,jobs,taxes	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an appearance in Mason City, Iowa
9050.json	mostly-true	Says President Barack Obamas approval rating gained 3 points in the last couple months.	polls	dan-pfeiffer	Adviser to President Barack Obama		democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on "Meet the Press"
9427.json	mostly-true	In the city of Milwaukee, weve still got a mayor and a police chief who are furloughing police officers at a time when we have violence all across the city.	city-budget,crime	robin-vos	Wisconsin Assembly speaker	Wisconsin	republican	0	3	2	5	1	a radio interview
2830.json	half-true	A proposal to reduce the deficit involved large tax cuts for the top bracket.	federal-budget,taxes,abc-news-week	paul-krugman	New York Times columnist		none	0	2	3	4	0	 "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
9756.json	half-true	Says Mitch McConnell voted two times against the Violence Against Women Act.	crime,criminal-justice,message-machine-2014,women	alison-lundergan-grimes	Secretary of State	Kentucky	democrat	2	2	3	1	0	a campaign ad
6532.json	mostly-true	His new running mate, Congressman Ryan, put forward a plan that would let Governor Romney pay less than 1 percent in taxes each year.	taxes	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at Windham High School in New Hampshire
4805.json	false	Wisconsin law says all recall petition signers must sign in the presence of another person.	elections	kurt-schuller	State treasurer	Wisconsin	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a tweet
3648.json	false	In early voting in Miami-Dade County, there is a trickle of two or three people a day at a very high cost to keep those public libraries and polls open.	elections,florida	miguel-diaz-de-la-portilla	State Senator District 36	Florida	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a Senate Rules Committee meeting
4994.json	half-true	I never lobbied under any circumstance for Freddie Mac.	campaign-finance,ethics	newt-gingrich	Co-host on CNN's "Crossfire"	Georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a debate in Iowa
4715.json	half-true	Says Mitt Romneys housing policy is, Dont try and stop the foreclosure process. Let it run its course and hit the bottom.	housing,message-machine-2012	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a campaign ad
526.json	barely-true	"In just a few years in office, Sen. Obama has accumulated the most liberal voting record in the Senate."	candidates-biography	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a speech in New Orleans
8673.json	true	Whether the Amendment passes or not, the medical use of marijuana is a federal criminal offense.	criminal-justice,drugs,health-care,marijuana,states	pam-bondi		Florida	republican	2	2	0	4	0	an initial brief to the Florida Supreme Court
9273.json	pants-fire	Jules Bailey was instrumental in creating the Business Energy Tax Credit that let companies like Wal-Mart profit by $11 million while costing the Oregon general fund $33 million.	state-finances,taxes	brian-wilson	Self-employed financial consultant	Oregon	none	0	0	0	0	1	a campaign email
9973.json	half-true	Based on current trends, 15.5 million girls will be married in the next 16 years as children.	women	emma-watson			none	0	0	2	0	0	a speech at the UN
3.json	mostly-true	"New Mexico was 46th in teacher pay (when he was elected), now we're 29th."	education	bill-richardson	Governor	New Mexico	democrat	1	2	3	8	1	a TV ad.
9197.json	false	The big Wall Street banks, the big corporations give many times more political donations to Democrats than Republicans.	campaign-finance,corporations,elections	jim-demint	President, Heritage Foundation	South Carolina	republican	4	4	0	0	1	an interview
9610.json	false	David Perdue has never voted in a Republican primary until his name was on the ballot.	voting-record	jack-kingston	U.S. Representative	Georgia	republican	3	1	4	3	0	Friends of Jack Kingston flyer
1150.json	half-true	If you don't count illegal aliens, people who qualify for other insurance, and people who make more than $75,000 a year, it leaves about 15 million people who are uninsured.	health-care	orrin-hatch	U.S. Senator	Utah	republican	2	0	1	0	0	an interview on Fox News
2087.json	true	The War in Afghanistan is officially the longest war Americans have ever been asked to endure.	afghanistan,history,military	dennis-kucinich	U.S. representative	Ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	a statement posted to his website
7051.json	half-true	Says JimRenacci has consistently voted for loopholes that encourage outsourcing of our jobs.	financial-regulation,taxes,trade,voting-record	betty-sutton	U.S. representative from Ohio's 13th District	Ohio	democrat	0	2	1	2	1	a debate
8035.json	false	Says in Texas its legal to shoot someone whos committing a public nuisance under the cover of dark.	guns,legal-issues	robert-reich	Economics professor at the University of California (Berkeley)	California	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	a blog post
1329.json	barely-true	A small business receiving a federal tax credit "to provide health care for its employees ... would be barred under the Stupak Amendment from allowing their employees to use ... the health care that they offer them for abortion."	abortion,health-care	ed-rendell	Governor	Pennsylvania	democrat	1	0	0	0	1	the 'Rachel Maddow Show'
1574.json	mostly-true	Individuals and small businesses will be hit by increases in health insurance premiums as high as 39 percent.	health-care	americans-united-change			none	1	4	4	1	0	a recorded phone message
6745.json	mostly-true	Says Barack Obamas comments indicate he believes in redistribution of wealth.	government-efficiency,message-machine-2012	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a speech
4289.json	half-true	Says of the 2,000 Portland households in the year-long (composting) pilot, 87 percent of participants reported being satisfied with the overall system.	polls	sam-adams	Mayor of Portland	Oregon	democrat	3	2	5	2	0	an article on his website
4383.json	false	Says Oregon state employees received a catch-up pay raise in 1981 -- just two years after they agreed not to take a raise in exchange for a retirement benefit.	labor,retirement,unions	dennis-richardson	state representative	Oregon	republican	0	4	1	2	0	a press briefing
12089.json	mostly-true	Here in Pennsylvania, the annual cost for infant childcare is over $10,000 per child, which is more than most families pay in rent and almost the same cost as in-state college tuition.	children,families,poverty	katie-mcginty		Pennsylvania	democrat	1	0	0	1	1	
12976.json	false	All of Texas is conservative, except a little bit of Austin.	polls,states	sean-hannity	Radio/TV host		none	3	5	3	2	1	while interviewing Donald Trump in Austin
5170.json	true	Under this tax cut, middle-class families dont save enough for a weeks worth of groceries, while millionaires save enough to go on an exotic vacation.	income,taxes	lou-greenwald	State Assemblyman	New Jersey	democrat	0	1	1	2	2	a press release
6976.json	true	The poverty rate amongst women is the worst its been in 17 years and the extreme poverty rate is the worst its ever been.	poverty,women	george-allen	consultant	Virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a debate.
7838.json	pants-fire	Says the word Dhimmitude is on page 107 of the health care law and means Muslims are specifically exempted from the government mandate to purchase insurance.	health-care,religion	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email
2643.json	false	Scientists have shown us (that) the greater possibilities, the real science movement, has been with adult stem cell research. It has not been with embryonic.	health-care	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a news conference with reporters
1810.json	half-true	On the National Animal Identification System.	agriculture,candidates-biography	todd-staples	state agriculture commissioner	Texas	republican	0	1	4	3	1	a Tea Party rally in El Paso
10097.json	pants-fire	Elorza wants to teach our public school children about the non-existence of God.	candidates-biography,education,government-regulation,legal-issues,campaign-advertising,pop-culture,religion,science,unions	Local-799-international-assoc-fire-fighters		Rhode Island	none	0	0	0	0	1	in a mailer
13236.json	barely-true	Donald Trump says that NATO is obsolete and that we need to get rid of NATO...	foreign-policy,military	tim-kaine	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a debate.
2568.json	false	On implementing a sales tax.	message-machine,taxes	doug-ainge	high school teacher	Oregon	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a television ad
12833.json	false	A few weeks ago, (the) education committee in Congress is deciding whats going to be in your local salad bar.	congress,education,food-safety,market-regulation	dave-brat	College professor	Virginia	republican	2	5	0	2	0	a podcast.
1894.json	half-true	Ninety percent of the people in Arkansas still love Bill Clinton.	elections,abc-news-week	donna-brazile	Political commentator	Washington, D.C.	democrat	0	1	4	7	0	a statement on ABC News' 'This Week.'
7881.json	mostly-true	The problem of unwanted sexual contacts in the military is not just a womans issue. More than half of the victims are men.	military	kirsten-gillibrand	U.S. Senator	New York	democrat	0	0	1	3	0	an interview on Face the Nation
5603.json	true	Says a study shows that children who live with a biological parent and the parents boyfriend or girlfriend have a 20 times greater chance of being sexually abused.	children,crime,families,marriage	glenn-grothman	State Senator, 20th District	Wisconsin	republican	2	4	1	1	0	an interview
5759.json	false	A proposed regional transportation tax will last a minimum of 10 years, and has been approved to last longer.	transportation	anonymous-flier			none	0	1	0	0	0	
6207.json	half-true	Says our 12 month job increase was the sixth highest in the nation.	jobs	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a speech before the state Legislature
2149.json	false	Warren Buffett called (Jeff) Greenes scheme financial weapons of mass destruction.	candidates-biography,financial-regulation,message-machine	kendrick-meek		Florida	democrat	2	6	1	4	1	a television ad
2445.json	false	Its not true that since hes been the president, executions in Iran have increased by four times.	crime,human-rights,abc-news-week	mahmoud-ahmadinejad			none	0	2	0	0	0	ABC's "This Week"
5910.json	half-true	Says I am happy to decline PERS so that the County can save over $68,000 over a four year term that would have been paid on my behalf.	county-budget,county-government,message-machine-2012,retirement	john-ludlow	Businessman		republican	1	0	1	0	0	a Facebook post
2596.json	half-true	Says Chris Dudley thinks Oregons minimum wage is too high.	jobs,message-machine	john-kitzhaber	Governor of Oregon	Oregon	democrat	1	1	4	4	0	a television ad
10399.json	false	Over half the people on disability are either anxious or their back hurts.	disability	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a speech in New Hampshire
792.json	half-true	"The Democrats in the Senate and some members of Congress defended what Fannie and Freddie were doing. They resisted any change."	economy	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	Nashville, Tenn.
12929.json	true	Today California is kicking our butt, creating more jobs and more economic growth than Texas.	economy,jobs,states	julian-castro	Mayor, San Antonio	Texas	democrat	0	0	3	3	0	comments at Texas Democratic Party convention
12791.json	barely-true	Says Gov. Mike Pence and Rep. Mike Coffman take the same positions on a number of things... Coffman and Pence oppose equal rights for LGBT Americans.	gays-and-lesbians	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	a news release
9003.json	barely-true	All of Floridas four-year state colleges now offer bachelors degrees for only $10,000.	education	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	his State of the State speech
3811.json	false	One of every two Wisconsin residents are on some kind of government handout.	federal-budget,medicare,social-security	scott-fitzgerald	State Senator, 13th District	Wisconsin	republican	1	2	1	0	0	a speech at the state GOP convention
3399.json	false	A new ruling by the EPA would force dairy farmers to comply with the Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Program when dealing with spilt milk -- the same regulations oil and natural gas producers must follow.	environment	morgan-griffith	U.S. Congressman	Virginia	republican	3	2	1	0	0	a newsletter.
11229.json	true	Last year, we had zero percent growth in GDP in Virginia ...The only states that did worse than us were Alaska and Mississippi.	economy	glen-sturtevant			republican	0	1	0	0	0	a candidates' forum.
3800.json	false	In the U.S. Constitution, theres a little section in there that talks about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.	history	herman-cain		Georgia	republican	4	11	5	3	3	in a speech announcing his presidential run
10283.json	mostly-true	In 1990, the U.S. led the world in the percentage of 25-34 year olds with college degrees. Today we are in 12th place.	education	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a meme on social media
352.json	mostly-true	"I have something in common with my husband. He never carried caucuses either. He lost all of the ones that I've lost."	elections	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an ABC/Politico interview
4134.json	false	Your tax dollars are not being used to sue you, the people.	redistricting	alan-hays	state senator	Florida	republican	2	1	0	0	0	a public hearing about redistricting
5278.json	half-true	Federal, state and local governments have subsidized the production of the Volt to the tune of estimates between $50,000 and $250,000 per vehicle sold.	corporations,energy,technology	jim-jordan	U.S. representative	Ohio	republican	1	0	3	3	0	a congressional hearing
2165.json	half-true	In Cobb County, every meeting opened with a prayer. The ACLU objected. Sued ... [Sam] Olens took on the ACLU and won!	legal-issues,religion	sam-olens		Georgia	republican	0	1	1	1	0	a campaign ad
7448.json	true	Felony crimes in the city of Atlanta are the lowest they have been since 1969.	crime	kasim-reed			democrat	1	0	5	7	1	a speech
12987.json	true	Both the Democratic and Republican candidates for president in 2016 are quite unpopular.	elections	jimmy-carter		Georgia	democrat	3	0	2	2	0	interview with an AP reporter in Memphis
5132.json	half-true	Republicans are attempting to remove Barack Obama from Georgias Presidential Ballot in 2012.	elections	georgia-democrats		Georgia	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an online fundraising bid
13329.json	barely-true	Says Hillary Clinton takes tens of millions of dollars from countries that hate women, that disrespect women, that throw gays off of buildings.	foreign-policy,terrorism	kellyanne-conway			republican	1	1	0	0	0	comments on "Meet the Press"
4588.json	true	Says he came to the Republican Party sooner in age than Ronald Reagan.	candidates-biography,new-hampshire-2012	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	Republican presidential primary debate
6455.json	mostly-true	Voter turnout for some groups in the 2008 presidential general election in Georgia was far greater than it should have been demographically.	elections	warren-kampf	State Representative	Pennsylvania	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a town hall meeting
10282.json	pants-fire	Fluoride in the water, that was originally done by the Nazis!	corrections-and-updates,history,public-health,science,water	jesse-ventura	Author	Minnesota	independent	0	0	0	1	1	an interview with Salon.com
211.json	true	"He was a member of the Iraq Study Group and was either fired or quit from a very important commission that was trying to figure out the way forward in Iraq."	iraq	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	Interview on Fox News
7676.json	barely-true	If an individual is determined to commit suicide, the availability of a gun is not a factor because they will find a way.	guns,public-health	michael-chippendale	State Representative	Rhode Island	republican	1	1	0	1	0	a debate on WPRI's "Newsmakers program"
1873.json	false	Presidents Hoover, Truman and Eisenhower collectively ordered the deportation of at least 15 million illegal aliens.	history,immigration,legal-issues	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail
2443.json	half-true	The total number of dollars that passes through the Department of Development is like $900 million and like $650 (million) of it has nothing to do with development, which is breathtaking when you think about it.	government-efficiency,state-budget	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a statement to reporters
3841.json	half-true	Medicare only has about 50 percent of it paid for by either premiums or payroll taxes, and the rest is deficit spending ... or debt spending.	medicare,abc-news-week	tim-pawlenty			republican	2	3	3	6	1	ABC's "This Week"
12284.json	mostly-true	In the 2014 election, 80 percentofpoor people did not vote.	income,voting-record	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
7197.json	mostly-true	Says the Nike bill is not a tax break ... this does not lower the taxes that Nike will pay nor does it prevent the Legislature from raising those taxes in the future.	state-budget,taxes	john-kitzhaber	Governor of Oregon	Oregon	democrat	1	1	4	4	0	legislative testimony.
12858.json	half-true	Thanks to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Vietnam is drafting and presenting unprecedented labor reforms, changing their Constitution to recognize worker organizations in Vietnam for the first time.	labor,trade	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference at the White House
2633.json	half-true	As state treasurer, Alexi Giannoulias lost $73 million in our kids college savings.	economy,education,message-machine	mark-kirk	U.S. Senator	Illinois	republican	2	1	2	0	0	a TV ad
6041.json	half-true	District 22 includes about 80% of the district I have represented since 2010. District 20 includes about 20% of the area I have represented since 2010.	redistricting	jack-latvala	State Senator	Florida	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a newsletter
3414.json	false	We now work the longest hours of any people around the world.	labor	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a C-SPAN interview
4323.json	mostly-true	When lenders foreclose on homes, they typically suffer losses that exceed 30 percent of the value of the home.	housing	thaddeus-mccotter	Congressman	Michigan	republican	0	0	0	1	0	an op-ed in the "National Review"
1679.json	half-true	"The policy of the Bush administration was also not to add new nuclear capabilities."	foreign-policy,military,abc-news-week	robert-gates	Secretary of Defense		none	0	0	1	2	0	ABC's "This Week"
275.json	barely-true	"We haven't built a refinery, I think, in 30 years."	energy	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a debate in Manchester, N.H.
13208.json	mostly-true	In the state legislature, I supported Second Amendment rights.	guns	jason-kander	Secretary of State	Missouri	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a campaign ad
5911.json	half-true	Says the health care reform bill was paid for, in part, by taking money from students and the student loan system.	education,health-care	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a conference call with reporters
4277.json	false	The Republican National Convention is a Super Bowl times four.	economy,elections,tourism	reince-priebus	Chairman, Republican National Committee	Wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	comments made to reporters while in Tampa
752.json	half-true	John McCain "has threatened extinction for North Korea and sung songs about bombing Iran."	foreign-policy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	Oxford, Miss.
2601.json	false	Says more Republicans than Democrats voted for the Wall Street bailouts.	economy,financial-regulation	kurt-schrader	U.S. representative	Oregon	democrat	0	1	3	0	0	a radio show
1450.json	half-true	Says a prank phone call caused 400 children to be taken from their parents... without warrant.	civil-rights	debra-medina	Businesswoman	Texas	republican	0	1	3	1	0	an e-mail.
5653.json	pants-fire	A bill that could restrict free speech when the president is nearby was signed by President Barack Obama in secret.	congressional-rules,legal-issues,transparency	andrew-napolitano	judge		republican	3	0	2	0	3	an interview on Fox News
13046.json	barely-true	Californias Prop 55 prevents $4 billion in new cuts to our schools.	education,state-finances	yes-55		California	organization	1	0	0	0	0	a television advertisement
3103.json	true	George Allen voted for budgets that increased the national debt by $16,400 for every second he served in the U.S. Senate.	federal-budget	jamie-radtke		Virginia	republican	1	1	1	2	0	a news release
2894.json	pants-fire	This town (Wilmington, Ohio) hasnt taken any money from the government. They dont want any money from the government.	economy,families,jobs,pundits	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	his radio broadcast
1012.json	false	We were not, I repeat, were not told that waterboarding or any of these other enhanced interrogation methods were used.	terrorism	nancy-pelosi	House Minority Leader	California	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	a news conference.
9112.json	false	22 Countries Invaded by the U.S. in 20 Years.	foreign-policy,military,terrorism	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	viral posts on the Internet
2945.json	mostly-true	Sixteen [federal] programs exist to fight homelessness and some of them are duplicative.	federal-budget	jack-kingston	U.S. Representative	Georgia	republican	3	1	4	3	0	a presentation
9944.json	true	The U.S. Constitution is the oldest written constitution still in use today among nations.	history	bob-goodlatte	U.S. Congressman	Virginia	republican	0	1	4	3	0	a video.
6839.json	barely-true	Says U.S. Senate opponent Tommy Thompson favors raising taxes on small businesses.	health-care,taxes	tammy-baldwin	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	debate comments
3673.json	barely-true	Republicans offered Wisconsin bar patrons free shots (of alcohol) to sign recall petitions against Democrats.	elections,labor,state-budget	chris-larson	Wisconsin Senate Minority Leader	Wisconsin	democrat	6	5	0	1	1	a tweet
13058.json	true	Says Donald Trumpsfoundation took money other people gave to his charity and then bought a six-foot-tall painting of himself.	candidates-biography	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in Philadelphia
3941.json	half-true	The Democrat-led Senate has failed to pass a budget for 750 days ... Senate Democrats have neglected one of their most basic responsibilities.	federal-budget,government-efficiency	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a news release
10917.json	false	On Common Core.	education	bobby-jindal	Governor of Louisiana	Louisiana	republican	0	1	4	4	0	an op-ed in "USA Today."
13155.json	false	Says Ron Johnson helped companies ship jobs overseas.	foreign-policy,jobs,trade	russ-feingold		Wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	a TV ad
9301.json	pants-fire	Florida Democrats just voted to impose Sharia law on women.	islam,legal-issues,religion	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	in various social media posts
5486.json	half-true	Says opponent Beto ORourke wants to legalize drugs.	drugs,marijuana,message-machine-2012	silvestre-reyes	U.S. House member	Texas	democrat	0	0	2	1	1	a video advertisement.
4579.json	false	Says Bill Clinton opposes President Barack Obamas plan to raise taxes on wealthy Americans.	message-machine,taxes	american-crossroads			republican	5	5	4	0	0	a television ad airing in Orlando
10943.json	true	Ninety-seven percent of Americans do not receive subsidies for health care under the Affordable Care Act.	congress,government-regulation,guns,public-health,states	austin-scott		Georgia	republican	1	1	0	0	0	press conference
12728.json	false	Our economy is not growing.	economy	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a speech at the Republican convention
92.json	half-true	"It doesn't make sense to me to send $1-billion a day out of our country. We can be energy independent and should be."	energy	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	Florida.
11230.json	half-true	Says Scott Walkers plan to replace Obamacare is a new entitlement program for every single American human being from the time they are born right up until they grow old and become eligible for Medicare.	federal-budget,health-care,taxes,welfare	bobby-jindal	Governor of Louisiana	Louisiana	republican	0	1	4	4	0	a statement
2720.json	pants-fire	Says state Senate candidate Monk Elmer voted to exceed the (school district property tax) spending caps.	education,message-machine,taxes	american-federation-children			none	1	0	0	0	1	a direct mail campaign piece 
582.json	true	"For at least a year now, I have called for two additional brigades, perhaps three."	military	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	Afghanistan
13227.json	false	Says Hillary Clinton wants to go to a single-payer plan for health care	health-care	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a presidential debate
12052.json	true	Foreign aid is less than 1 percent of our federal budget.	corrections-and-updates,federal-budget,foreign-policy	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a GOP debate at the University of Miami
1010.json	half-true	Pay-as-you-go is the principle that helped transform large deficits into surpluses in the 1990s.	federal-budget	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at the White House.
1333.json	true	Obama has "visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any president in his first six months in office."	foreign-policy	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a widely circulated e-mail
2603.json	false	Says Texas has so few gas-pump inspectors in the field, the HEBs of this state, the Brookshires of this state, theyre calibrating their own gas pumps. The (Texas Department of Agriculture) just sends them the stickers and they calibrate them.	consumer-safety,energy,job-accomplishments	hank-gilbert	Cattle raiser	Texas	democrat	1	1	2	0	0	a speech.
2731.json	mostly-true	We have empowered state insurance commissioners to review the rate hikes that are taking place in states. And in some states like North Carolina, they have already used it and rolled back premium increases by 25 percent.	children,health-care,job-accomplishments	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview on Comedy Central's "Daily Show with Jon Stewart"
3434.json	mostly-true	Says a rather extraordinary amount of non-classroom employees were added by Texas school districts over the last decade.	state-budget,taxes	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a comment to reporters.
788.json	mostly-true	A mortgage buyback plan is "my proposal, it's not Sen. Obama's proposal, it's not President Bush's proposal."	economy	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	Nashville, Tenn.
1691.json	half-true	"The permission to engage was given before the word RPG was ever used."	ethics,human-rights,military	julian-assange			none	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report"
605.json	false	"Senator Obama has voted 94 times to either increase your taxes or against tax cuts."	taxes	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	comment from McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds on Fox News
6195.json	false	Lorain is the poorest urban school district in the state of Ohio.	education,poverty,state-budget	dan-ramos	State representative	Ohio	democrat	0	1	1	1	0	a speech in the Ohio House
1350.json	true	The Senate health care bill does not contain limits on medical malpractice lawsuits.	health-care	mitch-mcconnell	Senate minority leader	Kentucky	republican	7	6	5	7	0	a floor speech
7706.json	half-true	Narragansett Bay waters are getting warmer -- 4 degrees Fahrenheit warmer in the winter since the 1960s.	climate-change,environment,history,science	sheldon-whitehouse	U.S. Senator	Rhode Island	democrat	2	3	2	7	0	a Senate speech published on YouTube
12037.json	half-true	Says Barack Obama has the legal authority to let in really however many refugees he wants, from whatever country.	federal-budget,foreign-policy,immigration,terrorism	ron-johnson		Wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	a public forum
8710.json	mostly-true	Of all cities in the United States with more than 100,000 people, Providence is the 183rd safest.	crime	brett-smiley		Rhode Island	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a campaign speech
960.json	half-true	In Japan, executives of failing companies say 'I'm sorry' and then either do one of two things: resign or go commit suicide.	ethics	chuck-grassley	U.S. senator	Iowa	republican	0	1	2	0	0	a radio interview
10544.json	false	Says President Barack Obama said that American exceptionalism is no more exceptional than the exceptionalism of any other country.	foreign-policy,patriotism	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	9	11	10	7	3	an op-ed in the 'Wall Street Journal'
4391.json	barely-true	Says Barack Obamas favorability rating in Israel once clocked in at 4 percent.	israel,polls	kinky-friedman	Author	Texas	democrat	1	1	1	0	0	an opinion column.
13186.json	half-true	Says Donald Trump proposes to deport 16 million people, 11 million who are here without documents, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence want to get rid of birthright citizenship.	children,homeland-security,human-rights,immigration	tim-kaine	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	the 2016 vice presidential debate
9692.json	barely-true	Says U.S. House candidate Carlos Curbelo opposes the repeal of Obamacare.	health-care	ed-macdougall	Cutler Bay mayor	Florida	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a radio ad
7401.json	mostly-true	Says, Statistics indicate that one in eight children, and one in 18 adults in Oregon suffers from mental illness.	health-care,public-health,state-budget	peter-courtney	Senate President in Oregon Legislature		democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a press release
13405.json	half-true	One in five American households have nobody under the same roof thats got a job.	economy,families,jobs,workers	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	remarks in Cocoa Beach, Fla.
230.json	true	"George Bush ... used a signing statement (on a FEMA bill) to say, 'I don't have to follow that, unless I choose to.' "	legal-issues	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	debate in Johnston, Iowa
3037.json	half-true	Obamas mid-term approval ratings are similar to other presidents who went on to re-election.	polls	tim-kaine	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a TV interview.
207.json	true	"I saved the taxpayers $2-billion on a bogus Air Force Boeing tanker deal where people went to jail."	federal-budget	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	St. Petersburg, Fla.
3608.json	false	Says the fluoride Austin is putting in its drinking water is toxic waste.	public-health	mike-ford	Retiree	Texas	none	0	1	0	0	0	a letter.
3789.json	barely-true	The new light bulbs will cost roughly six times the cost of the light bulbs we now use.	energy,market-regulation	ameripac			none	1	0	1	0	1	a fundraising letter
7775.json	half-true	Only three in 10 young Americans under 30 -- 30 percent under 30 -- have full-time work.	jobs,workers	ron-meyer	Press secretary	Virginia	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a TV interview.
12160.json	barely-true	Emory University students were provided counseling after someone wrote Trump 2016 in chalk on campus.	education	viral-media-reports	none	Georgia	none	1	1	0	0	0	Newspaper, television and social media
12870.json	barely-true	Through the Clinton Foundation, the Clintons are now worth in excess of $100 million.	candidates-biography	america-rising-now	pro-Trump super PAC		organization	2	0	0	0	0	an ad played on "Meet the Press"
10069.json	false	The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Wisconsins photo ID election law	elections	debbie-wasserman-schultz	U.S. Representative, Florida District 23	Florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	a news release
3366.json	true	A telephone company will no longer have to provide landline service to customers if there is an alternative provider, including wireless.	market-regulation	ward-armstrong	Minority leader, House of Delegates	Virginia	democrat	0	3	0	0	1	a House floor speech.
10806.json	true	The people of Tiverton have historically supported [gambling measures] at a rate higher than the rest of the state.	economy,gambling,history,polls,recreation,tourism	john-taylor-2	chairman of the board, Twin River	Rhode Island	business-leader	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers."
9681.json	pants-fire	We know how to stop AIDS: persuade men not to have sex with men.	gays-and-lesbians,health-care	bryan-fischer	Radio host		none	0	0	0	0	2	his "Focal Point" radio show
1015.json	barely-true	Democrats in Congress had control since January of 2007. They haven't passed a law making waterboarding illegal. They haven't gone into any of these things and changed law.	human-rights,legal-issues,terrorism	newt-gingrich	Co-host on CNN's "Crossfire"	Georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a television interview
13486.json	half-true	Alexander Hamilton was an immigration hawk.	history,immigration	rush-limbaugh	Radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	"The Rush Limbaugh Show"
8798.json	false	And weve constantly been the lowest unemployed county in the state.	job-accomplishments	bob-terry	Washington County commissioner	Oregon	none	0	1	0	0	0	an Oregon Public Broadcasting interview
2514.json	false	The federal government can tell General Motors what to charge for its automobiles.	bankruptcy,financial-regulation	phil-gingrey	U.S. Congressman	Georgia	republican	2	5	2	1	1	a CNN interview
10633.json	false	A few weeks ago Obama took Hamas and Iran OFF the terror list.	foreign-policy,israel,nuclear,terrorism	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	a Facebook post
10883.json	false	Once a woman enters into the sex trade, her average life expectancy is seven years.	children,crime,public-health,public-safety,recreation,sexuality,women,workers	rebecca-quigley	host, "State of the State."	Rhode Island	none	0	1	0	0	0	a comment on a "State of the State" TV program.
13213.json	half-true	Says Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez has passed one bill in her 20 years in Congress, and that was to rename a post office.	elections	kamala-harris	Attorney General	California	democrat	0	0	2	2	0	a U.S. Senate campaign debate.
5698.json	half-true	Under the House Republican budget, if these cuts were to be spread out evenly the year after next, nearly 10 million college students would see their financial aid cut by an average of more than $1,000 each.	education,federal-budget	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	remarks to a meeting of the Newspaper Association of America
11701.json	false	The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has estimated that the Obama administrations Power Plan will cause energy costs in Texas to rise as much as 16 percent per year.	corrections-and-updates,energy,environment	lamar-smith	Congressman	Texas	republican	2	5	1	3	0	Op-ed column in the San Antonio Express-News
2315.json	barely-true	John Boozman supports privatizing Social Security	message-machine,social-security	blanche-lincoln	U.S. Senator for Arkansas	Arkansas	democrat	1	0	1	0	0	a TV ad
4626.json	mostly-true	Slot machines in Miami-Dade and Broward counties have generated 20 percent of the promised $500 million per year for schools.	education,gambling	no-casinos		Florida	none	0	0	0	3	0	a statement on their website
11307.json	barely-true	Jebs policies in Florida helped lead to its almost total collapse.	economy,florida	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a tweet
11925.json	true	We are almost halfway to our goal of 1,000 rapes prosecuted!	crime	tim-mcginty	Cuyahoga County prosecutor	Ohio	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	his campaign website
4259.json	true	One in every five families in the state of New Jersey has a loved one with a mental illness, a serious mental illness, and today, we dont care.	health-care,state-budget	richard-codey	State Senator	New Jersey	democrat	0	0	0	2	0	a speech on the Senate floor
5061.json	pants-fire	Says kids who start in the ninth grade in the city of Newark this past September, 23 percent of them will graduate in four years.	education	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a radio interview
4141.json	half-true	Says that, unlike the U.S. Senate, even the Libyan government, in the middle of a civil war, passed a budget on June 15, 2011	federal-budget,foreign-policy,government-efficiency	ann-marie-buerkle	Candidate for U.S. House	New York	republican	0	1	1	0	0	a news release
4175.json	half-true	The nonpartisan CBO, Congressional Budget Office, has said that the No. 1 policy decision that brought us to the need to prevent the nation from defaulting on our debt for the first time in history were the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003.	deficit,federal-budget	debbie-wasserman-schultz	U.S. Representative, Florida District 23	Florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	debate on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives
9462.json	mostly-true	When Rick Scott was deposed in lawsuits about his company, he took the Fifth 75 times.	candidates-biography,legal-issues	florida-democratic-party		Florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	a TV ad
3987.json	mostly-true	Vern Buchanan. His old business was caught illegally funneling over $60,000 in campaign donations to Buchanan to influence his election.	campaign-finance	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	in a radio ad
293.json	pants-fire	Says McCain was a "Hanoi Hilton songbird" who collaborated with the enemy.	candidates-biography	vietnam-veterans-against-john-mccain			none	0	0	0	0	1	a flyer sent to news organizations in South Carolina
7728.json	mostly-true	Were spending less money today, in upcoming fiscal year 2014 than the Corzine-Buono budget spent in fiscal year 2008.	state-budget,state-finances	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	an interview on NJ101.5 FM's "Ask the Governor" program
2117.json	half-true	In New Mexico, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish spent federal stimulus funds on campaign Christmas cards.	ethics,message-machine	susana-martinez	Candidate for governor of New Mexico	New Mexico	republican	1	0	1	0	0	a campaign commercial
4825.json	half-true	House Republicans are ramming through legislation ... to classify pizza as a vegetable for the purpose of school lunches.	education,public-health	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	an e-mail message
9516.json	barely-true	Wendy Davis legal work is currently under FBI investigation.	candidates-biography,crime,criminal-justice,ethics	greg-abbott	governor	Texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	a billboard message
12834.json	false	On whether hes had a relationship with Vladimir Putin.	candidates-biography,foreign-policy	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	various interviews and speeches
3980.json	false	Says Gov. Chris Christies poll ratings have been going up.	polls	piers-morgan	Host of "Piers Morgan Tonight"		talk-show-host	0	1	0	0	0	an interview with Gov. Chris Christie on "Piers Morgan Tonight"
3231.json	half-true	The United States is the only developed country in the world that has not cut its corporate tax rate.	corporations,taxes	herman-cain		Georgia	republican	4	11	5	3	3	an interview
386.json	mostly-true	"I committed to public financing; (Obama) committed to public financing."	ethics	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a news conference in Columbus, Ohio
11288.json	half-true	Says Donald Trump wants to replace Obamacare with a single-payer system.	health-care,public-health	reid-ribble	Candidate for 8th District U.S. House seat	Wisconsin	republican	0	1	1	0	1	an interview
660.json	half-true	The U.S. energy policy is to "borrow money from China to buy oil from countries that don't like us."	energy	mark-warner	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	3	1	6	3	0	Denver
1106.json	true	All private healthcare plans must conform to government rules to participate in a Healthcare Exchange.	health-care,market-regulation	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail
2105.json	false	On debating.	elections	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a press release
446.json	barely-true	Obama supports "teaching schoolchildren in 2nd grade, no less about homosexual relationships."	education,gays-and-lesbians	focus-family-action			none	1	2	0	0	0	a Web article
10271.json	mostly-true	Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed became a city resident in the last annexation, opening the door to his candidacy.	elections	keisha-lance-bottoms			democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story
4866.json	half-true	In Pennsylvania, President Barack Obamas policies have increased unemployment 19 percent, led to the loss of 37,900 manufacturing jobs, and left 189,000 more people in poverty.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs,message-machine-2012,poverty,states	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	a Web video
8419.json	false	Virtually every person across this country has seen premiums going up and up and up due to Obamacare.	health-care	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a conversation with reporters
3136.json	half-true	Secure Communities has a proven track record of enhancing public safety by focusing on violent offenders and those that pose a threat to our communities and our national security.	crime,immigration	peter-kilmartin	state representative	Rhode Island	democrat	0	0	2	1	1	a news release
12093.json	barely-true	Every (U.S. Supreme Court) nominee since 1875 has received a nomination hearing.	supreme-court	mark-herring	State senator	Virginia	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a letter
317.json	true	"The 1990s were a time of prosperity. We created more than 22-million new jobs, moved 8-million people out of poverty, and turned our economy around."	economy	bill-clinton	former president	Arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	
6295.json	pants-fire	The Affordable Care Act will likely go down as the biggest tax increase in history.	financial-regulation,health-care,taxes	josh-mandel	Ohio treasurer	Ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a news release
6610.json	mostly-true	The unemployment rate is declining faster in Tampa than almost anywhere else.	economy,jobs	bob-buckhorn		Florida	none	2	1	2	1	0	a speech at the RNC
5597.json	true	New Jersey loses net, that is minus those who come into the state, 30,000 students a year.	education	susan-cole	Montclair State University President		none	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on NJTV
1234.json	false	All the talk about socialism during the campaign made young people more interested in it by Election Day.	economy	michael-moore	Documentary filmmaker		none	2	5	1	6	0	the movie Capitalism: A Love Story
4995.json	true	Ive done more impeachments than anybody else in the history of the country.	congressional-rules,criminal-justice,history,job-accomplishments	jim-sensenbrenner	Member of Congress	Wisconsin	republican	2	4	1	0	0	a House Judiciary Committee hearing
9095.json	pants-fire	Says Marco Rubio believes the earth is 9,000 years old and that humans hunted dinosaurs to extinction; says Rand Paul believes the earth is 10,000 years old and God removed dinosaurs to make space for humans.	religion,science	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a post from Being Liberal
10451.json	half-true	The Affordable Care Act basically puts a penalty or a tax on employers for every new job they create.	economy,health-care,jobs,taxes	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes"
4679.json	half-true	In Texas, we created over 1 million new jobs while the rest of the nation lost over 2 million.	job-accomplishments,jobs,message-machine-2012	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a television ad
6011.json	mostly-true	Women have come through the recession worse off than men the numbers bear that out. We went from a 7 percent unemployment rate for women when he (President Barack Obama) was elected to an 8.1 percent now.	economy,jobs	caroline-casagrande	Assemblywoman	New Jersey	republican	0	0	0	2	0	an interview on My9TV.com's "New Jersey Now" program
255.json	mostly-true	"The fact of the matter is that my colleague from New York, Senator Clinton, there are 50 percent of the American public that say they're not going to vote for her."	elections	chris-dodd	U.S. senator	Connecticut	democrat	0	0	3	3	0	a debate in Philadelphia
3664.json	false	A $250 fine if youre caught with a plastic bag coming out of a store. Plastic bag police anyone?	environment	victoria-taft	radio talk show host	Oregon	none	0	2	0	0	1	a tweet
11262.json	false	In countries where there are higher, more strict gun laws, there is more gun violence.	guns	eric-bolling	Co-host on Fox News Channel's "The Five"		none	2	1	1	1	0	a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News
9388.json	barely-true	Says he never wanted to raise the debt ceiling.	debt,federal-budget	mike-collins	co-owner, Collins Industries	Georgia	republican	1	0	1	1	0	a flier
12596.json	barely-true	Thanks to (North Carolinas) governor and the legislature, the average teachersalary can barely support a family.	education,families,state-budget,workers	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech in Raleigh, NC
8689.json	half-true	There never really was a Hastert Rule.	congressional-rules	dennis-hastert			republican	0	0	1	0	0	a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Cycle"
13420.json	true	Says Donald Trump wants to undo marriage equality.	gays-and-lesbians,marriage	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a campaign speech
11911.json	barely-true	It has been over 80 years since a lame-duck president appointed a Supreme Court justice.	supreme-court	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a debate in Greenville, S.C.
5450.json	half-true	Says Rick Santorum opposes right-to-work	labor,workers	ron-paul	U.S. representative	Texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a campaign commercial
2993.json	mostly-true	In 1981, Matagorda, Brazoria, and Galveston Counties all opted out of the Social Security program for their employees. Today, their program is very, very well-funded and there is no question about whether its going to be funded in years to come.	social-security	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an interview.
3740.json	half-true	Virginia ranked near the bottom of the nation 50 years ago in per capita income but is in the top 10 today. It had a very low rate of higher education attainment but is now above the national average.	education	tim-kaine	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a TV interview.
12720.json	half-true	Says (Clinton) called President Assad a reformer. She called Assad a different kind of leader.	foreign-policy	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a speech at the Republican National Convention
1653.json	half-true	"As a state rep, I was considered the fourth-most conservative in the Legislature.	states	rick-green			republican	0	1	1	0	0	a speech
2552.json	mostly-true	Rand Paul wants us to pay $2,000 just to get Medicare.	health-care,medicare,message-machine	jack-conway	Kentucky Attorney General	Kentucky	democrat	0	1	0	2	0	a campaign commercial
9353.json	mostly-true	Says Hillary Clinton opposed an individual mandate and favored an employer mandate back in 1993.	health-care,public-health	bobby-jindal	Governor of Louisiana	Louisiana	republican	0	1	4	4	0	an op-ed for Politico Magazine
9577.json	mostly-true	There are more than 46 million Americans living in poverty today -- the largest number in 54 years.	medicaid,poverty	kirk-cox	House majority leader	Virginia	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a speech.
4318.json	half-true	Since I introduced my budget -- first budget -- in March of 2010, weve created 50,000 new private-sector jobs for the people of this state.	jobs,state-budget	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a news conference in Belmar 
9864.json	mostly-true	Scott Walker cut school funding more per student than any governor in America.	children,education,message-machine-2014,state-budget,states,taxes	greater-wisconsin-political-fund		Wisconsin	none	3	3	3	1	1	a TV ad
8243.json	true	Says he would be first CPA to serve as Texas comptroller.	state-finances	raul-torres	Accountant, politician	Texas	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a campaign video
13500.json	mostly-true	On Donald Trumps plan to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities, because of a decision by the Supreme Court, no presidents in a position to cut off funding across the board. It has to be very specific to the matter at hand.	city-budget,county-budget,federal-budget,homeland-security,immigration,state-budget	bill-de-blasio	New York City Mayor	New York	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a WNYC interview
9854.json	false	Thomas Jefferson said, That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.	elections	jody-hice			republican	0	1	0	0	0	a Facebook post
7737.json	barely-true	Proposed gun control legislation will outlaw practically every firearm, make you pay $100 per firearm, put you into a police database and make it nearly impossible to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon.	crime,criminal-justice,government-regulation,guns,market-regulation	ed-doyle	administrator, Rhode Island chapter, Gun Rights Across America.	Rhode Island	activist	1	0	0	0	0	a news release and Facebook post
12293.json	barely-true	Says Donald Trump thinks a grown man pretending to be a woman (should) be allowed to use the womens restroom.	candidates-biography,corrections-and-updates,gays-and-lesbians,campaign-advertising	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an attack ad
457.json	half-true	"McCain has voted repeatedly at least six times against funding for global HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB fund, once as one of only 14 senators."	foreign-policy	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a news release.
3731.json	true	The Border Patrol has 20,000 agents more than twice as many as there were in 2004.	immigration	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in El Paso
8103.json	half-true	The fact is that red light cameras change driver behavior and cut down on the most dangerous types of accidents.	public-safety	rick-kriseman	State Representative	Florida	democrat	0	2	1	1	0	a Tampa Bay Times questionnaire
1439.json	half-true	Under (Rick Perrys) watch as governor, over six million Texans have no health care coverage, including one million children, homeowners suffer from the highest insurance rates in the country, and college tuition has skyrocketed 136 percent.	children,economy,education,health-care	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a press release
5779.json	half-true	Georgias HOPE scholarship is still the richest scholarship program in America.	education	michael-adams	President of the University of Georgia		none	0	0	1	0	0	a newspaper article
10567.json	false	Abortions account for 94 percent of the services provided for pregnant women by Planned Parenthood.	abortion,health-care,human-rights,religion,women	thomas-tobin	Bishop of the Diocese of Providence		none	0	2	0	0	0	a newspaper column
10111.json	false	While (Charlie Crist) was governor, utility costs went up 30 percent and went from below the national average to above the national average. Since I got elected, utility rates have come down 11 percent and now we are below the average.	debates,energy,message-machine-2014	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a debate
11256.json	mostly-true	Bernie Sanders opposesthe Trans-Pacific Partnership, and Hillary Clinton supportsit.	trade	viral-image			none	5	5	0	3	15	a viral Internet chart
10543.json	false	On supporting right to work legislation in 2015	corporations,economy,labor,small-business,unions,workers	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a statement
7904.json	barely-true	Says the success of his economic agenda is supported by the fact we went from unemployment at 9.2 percent when I decided to run for governor four years ago to two points lower.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a television interview
4709.json	barely-true	In the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, it was the Democrats who cut $500 billion from Medicare. And they also put in place the Independent Payment Advisory Board, 15 unelected bureaucrats, which will be making decisions about health care for our seniors and for all Americans.	health-care,medicare	allen-west	U.S. representative, Florida District 22	Florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	a Fox News interview
8854.json	half-true	Were trailing every other state in the Midwest in terms of job creation since January of 2011.	state-budget,state-finances,states,taxes	mary-burke	Madison school board member	Wisconsin	democrat	5	5	11	8	3	an interview
4116.json	false	POTUS economists: Stimulus Has Cost $278,000 per job.	stimulus	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a tweet on Twitter
5131.json	mostly-true	The education tax burden for Shelby County -- and Tennessee -- is one of the lowest in the country.	education,taxes	kriner-cash	Superintendent, Memphis City Schools		none	0	0	0	1	0	a presentation to Shelby County's schools merger Transition Planning Commission
11861.json	false	Says Donald Trumps conversion to pro-life beliefs are akin to Justin Biebers, who said in the past that abortion was no big deal to him.	abortion	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	an interview on CNN
9435.json	mostly-true	By the time I left the State Department, economic growth was up and opium production was down in Afghanistan, while infant mortality declined and school enrollment rose by more than sevenfold.	drugs,economy,education,foreign-policy,health-care,public-health,women	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	her book, "Hard Choices"
12805.json	mostly-true	We have the most productive workers in the world.	economy,workers	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a speech at the Democratic National Convention
9801.json	true	Before I was state treasurer, my Rhode Island business helped create over 1,000 jobs.	candidates-biography,economy,job-accomplishments,jobs,message-machine-2014	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	Rhode Island	democrat	2	1	2	5	1	a campaign ad
2195.json	false	Says Bill White profiteered in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita.	ethics,infrastructure,transparency	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a Perry website
11370.json	mostly-true	Alabamas Crimson Tide will be the underdog in Saturdays game against the Georgia Bulldogs, the first time in 72 consecutive games that Alabama has not been favored by oddsmakers to win.	gambling,sports	espn	news	Georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	in an article
9771.json	half-true	Says Rick Scott took $200,000 in campaign contributions from a company that profited off pollution.	climate-change,energy,environment,message-machine-2014	nextgen-climate			organization	0	0	3	0	0	TV ad
3676.json	mostly-true	In a lawsuit between private citizens, a Florida judge announced the decision was going to be based on Islamic Law.	florida,legal-issues,religion	adam-hasner		Florida	republican	2	1	4	4	0	a speech before conservative activists
4615.json	half-true	Says Democrats raised taxes over 115 times in the past 10 years, making New Jersey increasingly unaffordable and chasing jobs to neighboring states.	economy,jobs,taxes	tom-kean-jr	New Jersey Senate Minority Leader		republican	0	2	1	0	0	a news release
7742.json	false	Metro on whether it could use bond money for restoration.	taxes	metro			none	0	0	0	0	0	voters pamphlet
2394.json	half-true	Roy Barnes is like Barack Obama because theyre both doing a lot of apologizing.	message-machine	republican-governors-association		Washington, D.C.	republican	5	1	6	4	2	a TV commercial
817.json	pants-fire	"Barack Obama thinks terrorists just need a good talking to."	terrorism	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	a direct mail piece
13051.json	barely-true	The Germans, the French, countries that opposed us in the (Iraq) war, all believed (Saddam Hussein) had weapons of mass destruction.	iraq	paul-wolfowitz	visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute	New York	none	1	0	0	0	0	an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
11345.json	half-true	The pope and Donald Trump and Tammy Baldwin all agree on eliminating the carried-interest tax break.	financial-regulation,income,religion,taxes	tammy-baldwin	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	an interview
7387.json	barely-true	Agriculture has always required a significant workforce from abroad.	agriculture,history,immigration,workers	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a blog post on RedState.com
4400.json	half-true	Says Jon Huntsman supports changes in Medicare that would deny guaranteed benefits to 980,000 New Hampshire residents.	medicare,new-hampshire-2012	new-hampshire-democratic-party		New Hampshire	democrat	4	0	3	3	0	a statement on the state Democratic website.
3541.json	half-true	Across the United States, 25 percent of voting age African Americans do not have the photo ID that this bill would require.	elections	armond-budish	Minority leader in the Ohio House of Representatives	Ohio	democrat	0	1	2	3	0	
12187.json	half-true	Says Rick Scott stripped women of access to public health care.	abortion	rick-scotts-starbucks-heckler	Activist, stay-at-home mom	Florida	activist	0	0	2	0	0	a confrontation with Rick Scott at Starbucks
7340.json	true	A majority of Americans agree with a ban on assault weapons. And by the way, so did Ronald Reagan.	guns	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	in a speech
10355.json	true	Only 42 percent of young Georgians have a college certificate or degree, but soon 60 percent of jobs will require some college credential.	education,jobs	hank-huckaby	University System chancellor	Georgia	none	0	0	0	0	0	civic club speech
10467.json	half-true	Texas has the lowest crime rate in this state since 1968 because of changes in law regarding nonviolent drug offenders.	crime,criminal-justice,drugs	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	valedictory speech as governor to the Texas Legislature
8089.json	false	Says HJM 20 was the only bill not assigned to a House committee.	government-efficiency	oregon-catalyst			organization	0	1	0	0	0	a blog post.
12526.json	mostly-true	Says if you try to hide marijuana in a hemp field, it becomes worthless. The THC goes away.	drugs,government-regulation,marijuana,market-regulation,science	larry-yarborough	N.C. Representative	North Carolina	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a meeting in the legislature about hemp regulations
10898.json	barely-true	The Texas Senate approved a bill to put a special label on the insurance cards of anyone who bought a plan through Obamacare that includes the letter S for subsidy.	health-care	al-sharpton		New York	democrat	2	1	1	1	0	a broadcast of MSNBC's "PoliticsNation"
7541.json	half-true	Said the year before he took office, the state lost 119,000 private-sector jobs, labeling them Corzine jobs losses of 2009.	jobs	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a keynote speech to a commercial real estate group
7136.json	barely-true	Says the state is required pick up 70 percent of the cost of K-12 education.	education,state-budget	john-kitzhaber	Governor of Oregon	Oregon	democrat	1	1	4	4	0	a speech.
6325.json	half-true	Theres a loophole where you can sell guns without a background check 40 percent of guns are sold that way at gun shows and over the Internet.	criminal-justice,guns	michael-bloomberg		New York	independent	0	2	2	3	0	an interview on "Face the Nation"
12855.json	true	Illinois suffered 1,652 overdose deaths in 2014 ... of which 40 percent were associated with heroin. Illinois is ranked number one in the nation for a decline in treatment capacity between 2007 and 2012, and is now ranked the third worst in the country for state-funded treatment capacity.	drugs	richard-durbin	Senator	Illinois	democrat	0	2	1	0	1	a press release 
10512.json	false	The minimum wage has risen $2.35 in the last two years. Thats 31 percent.	economy,families,government-regulation,income,poverty,small-business,workers	leonidas-raptakis	State Senator	Rhode Island	democrat	0	1	1	0	0	testimony before the House Committee on Labor
12336.json	mostly-true	ColoradoCare would have higher revenues than McDonalds.	elections,health-care	colorado-health-institute			none	0	0	0	1	0	an analysis report 
11726.json	barely-true	Everywhere that we have more citizens carrying guns, crime is less. Theres a study showing that where states have open carry or concealed carry, but particularly open carry, the crime is down 25 percent.	crime,guns	dan-patrick	Lieutenant governor-elect	Texas	republican	4	4	3	4	4	an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
3904.json	half-true	Weve seen 115,000 jobs created in the American auto industry since GM and Chrysler emerged from bankruptcy.	economy,jobs	brian-deese	deputy director of the White House National Economic Council		democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a telephone news conference
6774.json	mostly-true	Bill Nelson voted to confirm Sonia Sotomayor, who signed a Supreme Court opinion saying Americans do not have an individual right to own firearms.	guns,supreme-court	national-rifle-association			none	3	5	1	5	3	an anti-Nelson mailer
1324.json	barely-true	The Stupak Amendment doesnt just say you cant use your federal insurance subsidy to pay for an abortion, it says, if youre getting a federal subsidy of any kind, youre not allowed to buy an insurance plan that covers abortion even with your own money.	abortion,health-care,pundits	rachel-maddow	MSNBC host		none	6	6	4	6	1	her show on MSNBC
6813.json	barely-true	Says President Barack Obama already passed all these Obamacare taxes. About a dozen of them hit middle-income taxpayers.	health-care,taxes	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
9737.json	false	The music industry is the biggest export from Africa after oil and gas.	ebola,economy,foreign-policy,pop-culture	dbanj	Musician		none	0	1	0	0	0	comments on ABC's "This Week"
6366.json	barely-true	The presidents health care law raids Medicare by more than $500 billion and creates a Medicare rationing board a group of 15 unelected bureaucrats to slow the growth of Medicare spending.	health-care,medicare	scott-garrett	Congressman	New Jersey	republican	1	0	0	0	0	an op-ed on NorthJersey.com
9316.json	mostly-true	Congress used earmarks for more than 200 years.	congress,corrections-and-updates,federal-budget	harry-reid	Senate Democratic Leader	Nevada	democrat	4	5	3	7	3	a news conference
992.json	mostly-true	Venezuela is a country whose defense budget is probably 1/600th of the United States.	military	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a news conference.
699.json	half-true	"Senator Obama thinks we can achieve energy independence without more drilling and without more nuclear power."	energy	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	
9033.json	true	The average family (is) now bringing home $4,000 less than they did just five years ago.	economy,families	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a Republican weekly address
5950.json	true	On the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)	financial-regulation	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	statements to the media
10041.json	half-true	Leticia Van de Putte opposed putting National Guard troops on the border, would send millions to Central American governments instead and wrote the law giving in-state tuition to illegal immigrants.	immigration	dan-patrick	Lieutenant governor-elect	Texas	republican	4	4	3	4	4	a TV ad
5528.json	true	Says there are four super PACs on the Republican side of the Texas U.S. Senate race.	campaign-finance	paul-sadler	Lawyer	Texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	1	a Travis County Democratic Party candidate forum
8414.json	false	Unfortunately, since Mr. Fosters been mayor ... there are less people employed in the city of St. Petersburg than there were prior to his taking office.	jobs	rick-kriseman	State Representative	Florida	democrat	0	2	1	1	0	a Tampa Bay Times/mayoral debate
4189.json	false	Says U.S. Rep. Ron Kinds stimulus cost taxpayers $278,000 per job.	jobs,stimulus,taxes	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a news release
9333.json	half-true	When you read the Koran, it talks about dont take Christians and Jews as your friends.	islam	sean-hannity	Radio/TV host		none	3	5	3	2	1	a segment on "Hannity"
9052.json	mostly-true	Dan Patrick called for increasing the gas tax and the state sales tax.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	
12478.json	barely-true	Congressman Joe Heck has (voted) 62% of the time with Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats on a variety of important issues.	voting-record	sharron-angle	Republican nominee for Nevada U.S. Senate seat	Nevada	republican	3	1	1	0	0	in a television ad
1405.json	barely-true	Chile ranks third internationally in economic freedom, while the U.S. ranks 17th.	economy,foreign-policy,pundits	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	a video blog post
3235.json	false	Under the White Houses budget proposal, we will not be adding more to the national debt by the middle of the decade.	deficit,federal-budget	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference
1514.json	barely-true	"Bill McCollum said tax cuts don't work."	taxes	alex-sink		Florida	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	a comment on her Facebook page.
6919.json	barely-true	The tax burden on Virginia families was lower under Tim Kaine than under George Allen.	families,taxes	tim-kaine	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a news release.
9774.json	false	Says CharlieCrist made it easier for Duke to take your money.	energy,florida	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a campaign commercial
5640.json	barely-true	Says a Barack Obama black imposter joke got a standing ovation at San Angelo rodeo.	polls	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email.
9444.json	barely-true	Already in Wisconsin we have seen fewer people pursuing education as a career due to the Act 10 collective bargaining law.	education,state-budget,state-finances,workers	mary-burke	Madison school board member	Wisconsin	democrat	5	5	11	8	3	an interview
12449.json	mostly-true	SaysMaggie Hassan was out of state on 30 days over the last three months.	job-accomplishments,public-service	kelly-ayotte	U.S. Senator	New Hampshire	republican	2	1	1	4	0	a press release
4432.json	mostly-true	Gov. Kasich and the Republican-dominated legislature have foregone the popular option of closing tax loopholes that amount to $7 billion annually in this state.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	dan-ramos	State representative	Ohio	democrat	0	1	1	1	0	a newspaper column
5749.json	half-true	Says his Texas election fraud investigations have resulted in 50 convictions.	crime,elections,legal-issues	greg-abbott	governor	Texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	a press release
8192.json	barely-true	Miami-Dade County is the No. 1 donor county in the state.	state-budget,taxes	rene-garcia	state senator	Florida	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a Florida Cabinet meeting
7886.json	mostly-true	We havent had a Republican senator in Washington for ... why, I think Clifford Case was our last Republican senator.	congress,history	christine-whitman	President, The Whitman Strategy Group	New Jersey	republican	0	0	0	2	0	an interview on The John Gambling radio show
9431.json	barely-true	Judging by a recent vote, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz thinks its okay for medical marijuana patients to go to federal prison.	crime,criminal-justice,drugs,marijuana	americans-safe-access		Washington D.C.	organization	1	0	0	0	0	a TV ad
7721.json	half-true	Federal prosecutions for lying on background checks to buy guns are down 40 percent under President Barack Obama.	guns,legal-issues	bob-goodlatte	U.S. Congressman	Virginia	republican	0	1	4	3	0	a TV appearance.
2616.json	pants-fire	We havent yet taken out a negative ad.	campaign-finance,elections,abc-news-week	christine-odonnell	Candidate for U.S. Senate	Delaware	republican	1	0	0	1	2	a debate
2122.json	half-true	Jane Norton supported the largest tax hike in Colorado history.	message-machine,state-budget,states,taxes	americans-job-security			none	0	0	3	0	0	an issue advocacy ad
1280.json	barely-true	"Here in Florida, Ive slashed government by 10 percent. That's $7 billion."	state-budget	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	radio advertisement for U.S. Senate campaign
2477.json	false	Over the past year ... our 16 counties have hemorrhaged more than 6,000 jobs with no apparent end in sight.	economy,stimulus	steve-southerland	U.S. Representative, Florida District 2	Florida	republican	1	2	1	1	0	a press release.
6123.json	false	Since President Barack Obama took office, you have 1,700 employees just at the Department of Transportation earning over $170,000.	bush-administration,federal-budget,income,transportation	eric-hovde			republican	2	3	3	0	0	an interview
7814.json	mostly-true	New Jerseys governor cut $1.6 billion from public education while handing out $2.1 billion in corporate tax breaks, more than the entire previous decade.	corporations,education,state-budget,state-finances	new-jersey-state-afl-cio		New Jersey	organization	0	0	0	1	0	a Facebook page post
901.json	false	"Even with recent changes, the average hourly wage at General Motors is still $75 an hour."	transportation	spencer-bachus	U.S. Representative	Alabama	republican	0	1	0	0	0	
6720.json	false	U.S. House opponent Paul Ryan supports cutting funding for veterans by 24 percent.	disability,federal-budget,health-care,housing,veterans	rob-zerban			democrat	0	1	0	0	1	an interview
4628.json	mostly-true	Since 1970, the Clean Air Act has reduced toxic and health-threatening air pollution by 60 percent while our economy has grown more than 200 percent.	environment	hank-johnson	U.S. Congressman	Georgia	democrat	3	0	4	3	0	a web post
11303.json	mostly-true	Missouri is #1 in the nation for holding down tuition increases at public universities.	federal-budget,state-budget	jay-nixon	Governor	Missouri	democrat	2	0	0	1	0	a post on Twitter
2986.json	true	The Milwaukee business community did not speak about the facts -- and in support of train manufacturer Talgo -- as the Milwaukee-Madison rail link was being killed.	state-budget,transportation	talgo-inc	Spanish-owned manufacturer of trains		none	0	0	0	0	0	a statement from the company
10783.json	mostly-true	The U.S. representatives that voted to keep militarizing the police received 73 percent more campaign money from the defense industry than the representatives who voted to stop it.	campaign-finance,corrections-and-updates,criminal-justice,federal-budget,military	representus	Activist group focusing on campaign finance, corruption	Massachusetts	none	0	0	0	1	0	a meme on social media
13350.json	half-true	We have never done business with Donald Trump.	candidates-biography	patrick-murphy		Florida	democrat	2	1	4	5	0	a TV interview on WFLA
258.json	true	"Sen. McCain says it was not a mistake to vote against the Bush tax cuts ... but now says the tax cuts need to be made permanent."	taxes	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a press release
1248.json	mostly-true	During the Reagan era, while productivity increased, "wages for working people remained frozen."	economy	michael-moore	Documentary filmmaker		none	2	5	1	6	0	his movie "Capitalism: A Love Story"
10450.json	half-true	When you look at the earned income tax credit, it has about a 25 percent fraud rate. Were looking at $20 billion to $30 billion.	taxes,welfare	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a forum at the Freedom Partners 2015 California retreat
8758.json	half-true	Unemployment insurance kept more than 620,000 children out of poverty in 2012.	children,poverty,workers	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a Facebook post
4442.json	half-true	170,000 of the jobs created in Texas under Gov. Rick Perry were government jobs.	economy,jobs,state-budget,state-finances,states,workers	ron-paul	U.S. representative	Texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a Republican presidential debate in Tampa
7930.json	true	Says 97 percent of food stamp benefits are paid in the proper amounts to people who are really eligible.	agriculture,poverty	pete-gallego	Former legislator and U.S. House member	Texas	democrat	1	1	2	2	0	a U.S. House committee meeting.
12122.json	mostly-true	To this day, (the Cuban government) is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives.	foreign-policy,terrorism	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a news conference
6678.json	true	The Senate has not passed a budget in more than three years, not a good budget, not a bad budget, no budget.	federal-budget	leonard-lance			republican	0	0	1	2	0	an interview on NJToday
9957.json	pants-fire	Congress includes 36 people accused of spousal abuse, 84 arrested for drunk driving in the past year, 71 with terrible creditand more.	congress,crime,ethics	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a Facebook meme
7111.json	barely-true	Says the initial Portland plastic bag ban represented only a modest share of total single-use checkout bag use.	city-government	sam-adams	Mayor of Portland	Oregon	democrat	3	2	5	2	0	a proposed ordinance.
9235.json	pants-fire	The Bundy Ranch deal is all about Nevada Sen. Harry Reid using federal violence to take peoples land in his state so he can package it to re-sell it to the Chinese.	china,environment,government-regulation	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	multiple blog and video posts
1243.json	false	"There's no evidence anywhere that offshore drilling has hurt tourism in any area where it has been allowed."	energy,environment	barney-bishop	president, Associated Industries of Florida	Florida	none	0	1	0	0	0	a press release
5693.json	false	Says Wisconsin women facing pay discrimination cant do something about it under bill passed by Republicans.	civil-rights,legal-issues,women,workers	kathleen-falk			democrat	1	3	3	1	0	a speech
2305.json	true	Under the new health care law, if a landscaper wants to buy a new lawnmower, or a restaurant needs a new ice-maker, they have to report that to the feds.	health-care,taxes	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a speech at the City Club of Cleveland
2040.json	barely-true	Says that President Obama said if Congress passed the economic stimulus bill, we would have unemployment at 8 percent and no higher. And it went higher.	pundits,stimulus,abc-news-week	george-will	Columnist	Maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	ABC's "This Week"
9192.json	true	Says Charlie Crist implemented Jeb Bushs A+ Plan.	education	progressive-choice			organization	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign mailer
11375.json	true	We have 650 people who move to Texas every day.	corrections-and-updates,economy,population,states	glenn-hegar	Farmer	Texas	republican	0	1	1	1	0	a speech in Georgetown, Texas
9674.json	mostly-true	By some estimates, as few as 2 percent of the 50,000 (Central American) children who have crossed the border illegally this year have been sent home.	immigration	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	an op-ed in the "Wall Street Journal"
3369.json	half-true	Says city of Portland has a one-time $22 million surplus	government-efficiency	sam-adams	Mayor of Portland	Oregon	democrat	3	2	5	2	0	his blog
8855.json	mostly-true	I never gave up custody of my children. I never lost custody of my children.	candidates-biography,corrections-and-updates,families,marriage	wendy-davis	state senator	Texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	a speech
1641.json	false	"The New England Journal of Medicine released a survey the week that President Obama signed Obamacare stating that over 30 percent of American physicians would leave the profession if the government took over health care."	health-care	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	on CBS's "Face the Nation"
9080.json	true	You can buy lobster with food stamps.	government-regulation,state-budget	greg-morris			republican	0	0	0	0	0	an article
4233.json	mostly-true	I cut more as a percentage out of government than any state in the country this past decade. And where is Michigan in terms of its economic growth? Cutting did not result in economic growth.	deficit,economy,states	jennifer-granholm	Former governor of Michigan	Michigan	democrat	1	0	3	2	0	an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
12952.json	barely-true	The Obama administration gave Iran $400 million in ransom payment cash.	foreign-policy,nuclear,terrorism	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	remarks in Michigan
2135.json	false	I remember one of [Curt Schillings] teammates said he painted his sock, the bloody sock.	baseball,economy,pop-culture	lincoln-chafee		Rhode Island	democrat	3	5	3	4	0	in a comment on the John DePetro Show
7696.json	barely-true	Not one dime gets added to the deficit because of Social Security.	deficit,disability,retirement,social-security	mark-pocan	State Assembly member, 78th District	Wisconsin	democrat	1	2	2	3	0	an interview
11751.json	mostly-true	The United States of America, right now, has the strongest, most durable economy in the world.	economy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the State of the Union address
2187.json	false	Canada sets aside 36 percent of their visas for people with skills they think their country needs. We set aside 6 percent.	immigration	michael-bloomberg		New York	independent	0	2	2	3	0	an interview on "Meet the Press."
3196.json	false	The federal health care law is probably the biggest tax increase ever in the history of our country.	health-care,taxes	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	comments during a tour of a manufacturing plant.
6263.json	half-true	There are 60,000 fewer jobs today in this state than we had in 2008.	jobs	ovide-lamontagne	Attorney	New Hampshire	republican	0	0	2	0	0	a Republican gubernatorial debate at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, N.H.
2774.json	half-true	On toll roads.	state-budget,transportation	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview on toll roads as an option for state highways
6555.json	true	Says Republicans supported legislation on early voting and in-person voting in 2005.	elections,government-regulation,voting-record	teresa-fedor	State representative	Ohio	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a news conference
8961.json	half-true	Chained CPI would save $1 trillion in the second decade off the federal budget debt, a report shows.	economy,federal-budget,medicare,social-security	david-brooks			none	0	0	2	0	0	comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
8011.json	true	Says Austin is the largest city in America without a congressional district anchored in it.	redistricting	elliott-naishtat	Attorney	Texas	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a Texas House floor debate.
1290.json	barely-true	A president must "obtain Congress' consent before formally accepting the Nobel Prize."	foreign-policy,legal-issues	ginny-brown-waite	Congresswoman	Florida	republican	2	0	2	0	0	a letter to President Obama
9151.json	true	When people enter the service, theres not a mental health evaluation.	health-care,military	michael-mccaul	congressman	Texas	republican	1	0	1	4	0	comments on "Fox News Sunday"
11625.json	mostly-true	Road congestion costs rush hour drivers in Austin and Dallas more than $1,000 a year. And in Houston, its even more -- almost $1,500 a year.	transportation	greg-abbott	governor	Texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	op-ed in Austin American-Statesman
7426.json	pants-fire	Theres more murders with hammers last year than...shotguns and pistols and AK-47s.	guns	bill-jackson	State Senator	Georgia	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a meeting
1462.json	mostly-true	Uses headlines to portray Gov. Rick Perry as beholden to special interests.	ethics	kay-bailey-hutchison	U.S. Senator	Texas	republican	2	4	4	3	0	A TV advertisement
1777.json	true	Ms. Kagan has spent her entire professional career in Harvard Square, Hyde Park and the D.C. Beltway.	kagan-nomination,supreme-court	john-cornyn	Senator	Texas	republican	5	3	6	2	1	a press release
12982.json	half-true	Her campaign and her supporters in her campaign were the ones that borne out the birther movement.	obama-birth-certificate	reince-priebus	Chairman, Republican National Committee	Wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	an interview on NBC's Meet the Press
6015.json	false	Because of voter fraud, Republican candidates need to do a point or two better to win statewide elections in Wisconsin.	city-government,crime,elections	reince-priebus	Chairman, Republican National Committee	Wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	an interview
12520.json	true	Nine million people have lower-cost HIV/AIDS medicine because of the work of the Clinton Foundation and my husband.	foreign-policy,public-health	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an interview on CNN
8944.json	mostly-true	Chris Christie helped funnel $6 million in federal Hurricane Sandy money to a senior center in Belleville, N.J., a place that suffered no damage.	housing,weather	lawrence-odonnell			none	2	2	0	3	0	a segment on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell"
6035.json	half-true	Massachusetts under Gov. Mitt Romney initially ranked last among states in job growth, but by the end of his governorship, we were in the middle of the pack.	economy,history,jobs,states	eric-fehrnstrom	Senior adviser to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign	Massachusetts	republican	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
10309.json	mostly-true	The federal budget bill reauthorizes the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which provides taxpayer dollars so that the Four Seasons hotel can build a resort in Turkey.	federal-budget	michael-needham	CEO, Heritage Action		republican	1	0	0	1	0	comments on "Fox News Sunday"
7336.json	barely-true	Says that 9 million to 50 million undocumented immigrants live in the United States.	immigration,population	texas-federation-republican-women			republican	1	0	0	0	0	an approved resolution.
7726.json	false	Ohioans want an end to pay-to-play politics.	crime,criminal-justice,ethics	ed-fitzgerald	Cuyahoga County executive	Ohio	democrat	1	1	0	1	0	an email announcing his gubernatorial campaign kickoff
12768.json	mostly-true	We are the only industrialized nation that doesnt guarantee workers paid family leave.	families,jobs,women	kirsten-gillibrand	U.S. Senator	New York	democrat	0	0	1	3	0	a speech at the Democratic National Convention
12012.json	mostly-true	A single mother of two cant qualify for basic healthcare through Medicaid if she makes more than $3,504 dollars a year.	health-care	chris-koster	Attorney general of Missouri	Missouri	democrat	0	0	2	3	0	a tweet
5710.json	false	General Motors is the largest corporation in the world again.	corporations,economy	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a “Face the Nation” interview
376.json	half-true	A mailer from the Obama campaign "accurately indicates" that Hillary Clinton would "force uninsured people to buy insurance, even if they can't afford it."	health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	Cleveland, Ohio
4198.json	pants-fire	Says Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel supports allowing the United States to default on its obligations.	deficit,federal-budget	ohio-democratic-party		Ohio	democrat	4	1	2	2	2	a news release
4901.json	barely-true	Says Mitt Romney belittled middle-class tax cuts as nothing more than little Band-Aids.	taxes	florida-democratic-party		Florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	a news release
7806.json	false	A referendum gives the people the chance to decide on cutting the Milwaukee County Board budget by two-thirds	county-budget,county-government	leah-vukmir	Member of state Assembly	Wisconsin	republican	0	2	0	1	0	a news release
12537.json	false	Even among second and third generation Muslims in the United States, theres no real assimilation.	diversity,immigration,religion	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity
3593.json	mostly-true	Hackers broke into Virginias prescription-drug database (and) ... obtained more than 8.2 million patient records and a total of nearly 36 million prescriptions.	drugs	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	testimony before Congress.
9779.json	pants-fire	Says Ted Cruz was just bribed by the Kochs to introduce a bill that would give them and their allies Americas national forests, parks, and other public lands and open them for mining, drilling, fracking and logging.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography,crime,environment	occupy-democrats			organization	0	4	3	1	4	a Facebook photo post
8990.json	mostly-true	The (Russian) ruble is already going down.	economy,foreign-policy	john-kerry	Secretary of State	Massachusetts	democrat	3	2	2	5	0	comments on CBS' "Face the Nation"
3979.json	false	On subsidies for ethanol production.	agriculture,environment,federal-budget	george-allen	consultant	Virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a blog post.
10897.json	true	One out of five of our children live in a family thats on food stamps.	agriculture,children,federal-budget,hunger	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a speech in Iowa
4841.json	mostly-true	Says she brought together business, labor and hospitals to give 94,000 Oregon children health care.	health-care	eileen-brady			democrat	0	2	0	1	0	in a campaign ad
2570.json	half-true	According to independent analysis, unfair trade deals have resulted in the loss of over 64,000 jobs in Wisconsin ... But Ron Johnson favors those deals.	jobs,message-machine,trade	russ-feingold		Wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	campaign TV and radio ads
4068.json	mostly-true	Ohio currently ranks 50th out of all states in income growth.	economy,income	lisa-hamler-fugitt	Executive director of the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks	Ohio	none	0	0	0	1	0	testimony before a House subcommittee
12301.json	mostly-true	We knew Strom Thurmond had proposed the amendment that blocked Puerto Ricos use of Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection.	bankruptcy,corrections-and-updates	john-oliver	Host, Last Week Tonight		none	0	0	2	4	0	a broadcast of HBO's "Last Week Tonight"
7236.json	half-true	In the four years before I became governor, we increased state debt $5.2 billion. Weve paid it down $2 billion.	debt	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a TV interview
6571.json	half-true	Says they said it was impossible to balance a budget at the same time, with an $11 billion deficit and we did it.	state-budget,state-finances	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa
2640.json	false	Says Bruce Starr broke the law by letting lobbyists wine and dine him in Maui.	ethics,message-machine	chuck-riley	State representative	Oregon	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a television ad
13512.json	pants-fire	Latina who enthusiastically supported Donald Trump on stage in Las Vegas in October 2015 has been deported.	immigration	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	social media posts, blogs
166.json	half-true	"John McCain is right on that one. The line-item veto is the best tool the president has to rein in excessive spending."	federal-budget	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an interview on CNBC.
7329.json	half-true	In 2009, the FBI referred more than 71,000 cases of people failing background checks when trying to buy a gun to another federal agency, but U.S. attorneys ultimately prosecuted only 77 of them.	crime,criminal-justice,government-regulation,guns	mayors-against-illegal-guns			organization	0	0	3	0	0	a website post
13385.json	mostly-true	Says Barack Obama is the first president in modern history not to have a single year of 3 percent growth.	economy	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a campaign speech
7827.json	barely-true	Half of all hospitalized seniors are suffering from malnutrition so severe that it either caused their illness or it prevents them from getting better.	health-care,hunger,poverty	meals-wheels-rhode-island		Rhode Island	organization	1	0	0	0	0	a fundraising letter
11670.json	barely-true	Under conservative leadership, Congress has reduced the federal deficit by 60 percent nearly $800 billion.	congress,deficit,economy,federal-budget	american-action-network			republican	1	0	0	0	1	a newspaper ad
13029.json	barely-true	Says Patrick Murphy never worked as a CPA and was never a small business owner.	candidates-biography	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	a TV ad
9937.json	mostly-true	In 2012, Wall Street gave Scott Brown more campaign contributions than any other candidate -- $5.3 million.	campaign-finance,financial-regulation,message-machine-2014	jeanne-shaheen	Senator	New Hampshire	democrat	3	0	4	2	0	a radio ad
2811.json	mostly-true	$65 billion would be added to the deficit if we keep the cuts for people on the highest incomes.	federal-budget,taxes	mark-warner	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	3	1	6	3	0	n Op/Ed in The Financial Times
6333.json	false	What I look at every month is how many more New Jerseyans are back to work. You have another 9,900 last month that are back to work and over almost 90,000 that are back to work now since I became governor.	jobs	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a news conference
5124.json	pants-fire	Says Newt Gingrich co-sponsored a bill with Nancy Pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting Chinas brutal one-child policy.	abortion,bipartisanship,candidates-biography,children,china,environment,federal-budget,message-machine-2012	restore-our-future	super PAC		republican	1	0	3	1	2	a television ad
66.json	true	Poor people go to a "payday lender...and they pay 300, 400, 500 percent interest."	poverty	john-edwards	former senator	North Carolina	democrat	0	2	4	4	1	a speech in Americus, Ga.
5403.json	mostly-true	Other states have considered or have sunset advisory commissions; the federal government has the ability, too.	state-budget,state-finances	bruce-starr	State senator	Oregon	republican	0	1	0	1	0	a floor speech
9437.json	half-true	Under Wisconsin law, anyone who knows anything about a John Doe secret criminal investigation cant talk about it.	campaign-finance,county-government,crime,criminal-justice,elections	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a TV interview
235.json	true	" ... following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding."	history	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a campaign event in St. Petersburg
793.json	half-true	On the economic crisis, "the biggest problem in this whole process was the deregulation of the financial system."	economy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	Nashville, Tenn.
11080.json	barely-true	Texas high school graduation rate went from 27th in the country in 2002, to second highest in the country in 2013.	education,states	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a speech at the National Press Club
9489.json	false	Says the secret John Doe criminal investigation of his campaign has been resolved and two judges have said it is over.	campaign-finance,legal-issues	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a TV interview
1444.json	mostly-true	Obama came into office "with a $1.3 trillion deficit before I had passed any law. ... We came in with $8 trillion worth of debt over the next decade."	economy,federal-budget	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a Republican retreat in Baltimore
2484.json	half-true	Says Daniel Webster wants to make divorce illegal, even for abused wives.	marriage,message-machine,religion,women	alan-grayson	U.S. House of Representatives	Florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	a TV ad.
5836.json	half-true	Says Amanda Fritz publicly claimed to be endorsed by NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon, both on her website and in the voters guide.	city-government,message-machine-2012,women	mary-nolan	Represents Southwest Portland in Oregon House	Oregon	democrat	0	0	3	0	0	a campaign press release
12.json	false	"I'll tell you what I can tell this country: If they want a president who doesn't believe in God, there's probably plenty of choices."	religion	mike-huckabee	author	Arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	Manchester, N.H.
11588.json	false	Drinking champagne could help prevent Alzheimers and other forms of dementia.	Alcohol,health-care,medicare	viral-media-reports	none	Georgia	none	1	1	0	0	0	 social media and in print
6264.json	barely-true	Because of the health care act, The people who have health care and like it in this county are not going to be able to keep what they have.	health-care	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a TV interview.
13324.json	mostly-true	Ford is moving all of their small-car production to Mexico.	corporations,trade,workers	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in Delaware, Ohio
5230.json	true	Right now in Georgia, nearly one in three leaving our prisons are re-convicted within three years.	criminal-justice	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a speech
8519.json	false	Says Kay Hagan supports waivers for friends of Obama and special treatment for Congress and their staffs.	health-care	americans-prosperity			none	6	7	2	1	2	a YouTube ad
6900.json	half-true	Says shes never said dont build Texas 45 Southwest.	transportation	karen-huber	Travis County commissioner, Precinct 3	Texas	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an Austin American-Statesman news stor
10524.json	true	The Department of Homeland Security is the only federal department not funded for this entire fiscal year by Congress.	congress,federal-budget,homeland-security,terrorism	lloyd-doggett	Texas congressman in the U.S. Houst of Representatives	Texas	democrat	1	0	2	7	0	oped commentary
12599.json	true	If you are a member of union, your median weekly income is roughly $200 more than if you are a nonunion member, and that doesnt include benefits.	unions,workers	thomas-perez	Secretary of Labor	Maryland	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	an interview.
917.json	false	"For every dollar (in the stimulus package) that is spent to help small businesses, $4 is being spent to help upkeep the grass on the lawns of Washington."	economy,stimulus	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	an interview on the Fox News Channel.
8336.json	true	If sea levels rise six feet due to climate change, Waterplace Park in Providence and Wickford village would be swamped	environment,science	grover-fugate	Executive director of the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council	Rhode Island	state-official	0	0	0	0	0	a TV interview
6811.json	mostly-true	Chinese tire imports threatened 1,000 American jobs, so President Obama stood up to China and protected American workers. Mitt Romney attacked Obamas decision.	china,message-machine-2012,trade	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a television ad
7084.json	true	Says the state of Texas rates as unacceptable almost 500 of the states 8,000 public schools.	education	dan-patrick	Lieutenant governor-elect	Texas	republican	4	4	3	4	4	a Texas Tribune interview.
7900.json	half-true	The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation is a proven job creator.	jobs	john-nygren	State Assembly, 89th District	Wisconsin	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a press conference
9323.json	true	Says Dan Patrick proposed Arizona-style show-me-your-papers legislation.	crime,criminal-justice,immigration	julian-castro	Mayor, San Antonio	Texas	democrat	0	0	3	3	0	Univision debate on immigration
1460.json	true	Our (Texas) graduation rate ranks 43rd out of 50 states.	education	bill-white	Former mayor of Houston	Texas	democrat	2	3	5	7	3	in a TV ad
7607.json	pants-fire	Says that his transportation budget and Ohio Turnpike plan would make sure we have lower tolls than weve had through the history of the turnpike.	transportation	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	an interview televised March 22 on “State of Ohio”
1061.json	barely-true	The war spending bill actually spends more money on the International Monetary Fund than on the war.	military	lynn-westmoreland			republican	1	1	3	0	0	a press release on the House GOP's blog.
12321.json	true	North Carolina has one of the fastest growing populations as well as the fastest growing economy in the country.	economy,income,population,states	pat-mccrory	Governor of North Carolina	North Carolina	republican	5	2	3	0	1	an official announcement
6473.json	true	Says Paul Ryans budget relies on the same $700 billion in savings from Medicare that Mitt Romney and other Republicans have been attacking Democrats about.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare,retirement	stephanie-cutter	Co-host on CNN's "Crossfire"	Massachusetts	democrat	1	1	0	1	0	an interview on "Face the Nation"
12546.json	false	Says Hillary Clintons State Department blocked investigation into Orlando killers mosque.	terrorism	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	an article
2877.json	false	The Madison-Milwaukee (high-speed) train line is dead.	job-accomplishments,transportation	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a statement issued by a transition team leader
9432.json	mostly-true	In February, John McCain suggested the Bergdahl-Taliban swap that he now calls outrageous and dangerous.	afghanistan,foreign-policy	rachel-maddow	MSNBC host		none	6	6	4	6	1	a broadcast of the "Rachel Maddow Show"
7145.json	true	Says that in 2011, Oregon had the second fastest growing economy in the nation.	economy,jobs	john-kitzhaber	Governor of Oregon	Oregon	democrat	1	1	4	4	0	a speech.
2760.json	barely-true	Robert Hurt supported a bill that helped the uranium industry after taking contributions from the industry and because his father had a stake in it.	energy,campaign-advertising	sierra-club			none	2	1	0	1	0	a TV ad
6945.json	barely-true	Sherrod Brown supported President Obamas $453 billion tax increase.	economy,jobs,message-machine-2012,taxes	crossroads-gps	Conservative advocacy group		republican	9	1	4	1	2	a television ad
4899.json	false	I never favored cap and trade.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,environment	newt-gingrich	Co-host on CNN's "Crossfire"	Georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a Republican presidential candidate forum
10906.json	pants-fire	The runnerup to Caitlyn Jenner for ESPNs Arthur Ashe Courage Award was Army veteran Noah Galloway, who lost an arm and leg to a roadside bomb in Iraq.	pop-culture,sports	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	in posts on Facebook
3885.json	half-true	Every year the state loses 8,000-10,000 acres of land in bear country.	environment	new-jersey-sierra-club			none	0	0	2	0	0	a press release
11150.json	true	Caution: Kissing and cuddling chickens can be hazardous to your health.	agriculture,animals,food-safety,public-health,urban	centers-disease-control	federal agency	Georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	radio interview
6953.json	half-true	Says Connie Mack is protecting Chevron oil from a multi-billion dollar lawsuit over pollution of rivers and rainforests.	congress,oil-spill	bill-nelson		Florida	democrat	3	1	8	10	0	a TV attack ad
5510.json	mostly-true	Theyre paying a less rate of tax -- these richest people in America -- than they have in the last 80 years.	taxes,wealth	steve-rothman			democrat	1	2	0	1	1	a campaign video posted on YouTube
3455.json	true	The coalition of Arab states against Libyas Moammar Gadhafi is the biggest coalition against a fellow Arab leader since the Persian Gulf War in 1990-1991.	foreign-policy,military,abc-news-week	robin-wright	Senior fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace	Washington, D.C.	none	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
10061.json	half-true	The CBO says if we raise the minimum wage the way Charlie (Crist) wants to do it, it would lose 500,000 jobs.	economy,jobs,workers	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a gubernatorial debate
9927.json	mostly-true	The Obama administration is using as its legal justification for these airstrikes (on the Islamic State), an authorization for military force that the president himself has called for repeal of.	iraq,terrorism	julie-pace	White House reporter, Associated Press	Washington	journalist	0	0	0	2	0	a question to White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest
2316.json	mostly-true	Florida is enjoying its lowest crime rate in 39 years.	crime	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a campaign website
11276.json	mostly-true	There has never been a panther attack in the history of Florida.	environment	ron-bergeron			state-official	0	0	0	1	0	a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meeting
1497.json	false	In this judicial race, special interest groups have demanded money from me, in exchange for endorsement and support.	elections,ethics	eve-schatelowitz-alcantar	Attorney	Texas	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a response to League of Women Voters of Texas.
4337.json	half-true	Before Medicare, only 51 percent of Americans 65 and older had health care coverage and nearly 30 percent lived below the poverty line. Today, thanks to Medicare ... nearly all seniors have coverage and 75 percent fewer struggle in poverty.	medicare,poverty	ron-kind	U.S. representative	Wisconsin 	democrat	0	0	2	0	0	a news release
4543.json	barely-true	Says the federal government hosted a conference and ordered 250 muffins at 16 bucks a piece.	federal-budget,pundits	bill-oreilly	Fox News Channel host		none	4	6	3	5	1	an interview on "The Daily Show"
5091.json	false	Says the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction proposal went from President Barack Obamas desk to the garbage can.	deficit,federal-budget,new-hampshire-2012	jon-huntsman		Utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	an NBC-Facebook debate in Concord, N.H.
40.json	true	"Fifty-six percent decline in overall crime. A 73 percent decline in motor-vehicle theft. A 67 percent decline in robbery. A 66 percent decline in murder. This is way beyond what happened in the nation during this period of time.	crime	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	9	11	10	7	3	New York, N.Y.
5122.json	mostly-true	In 1958, there were 16 states in this country that prohibited -- prohibited -- an African-American and a Caucasian from being married.	civil-rights,gays-and-lesbians,marriage	sheila-oliver	Assemblywoman	New Jersey	democrat	0	1	1	3	0	a news conference
11191.json	true	Says Donald Trump has changed his mind on abortion.	abortion	carly-fiorina		California	republican	5	5	4	3	2	the first Republican presidential debate
10315.json	mostly-true	It has been many years, if ever, since an inmate has completed his or her high school diploma while incarcerated in a state correctional facility for adults.	corrections-and-updates,criminal-justice,public-safety	lc-buster-evans	Assistant Commissioner	Georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	in a press release
1964.json	mostly-true	Says U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul is the sixth-richest person in Congress.	candidates-biography	ted-ankrum	Retired	Texas	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	a speech
624.json	true	McCain is "raising campaign cash with one of (Jack) Abramoff's closest business partners: scandal-plagued conservative activist Ralph Reed."	ethics	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	
2852.json	mostly-true	More than 10 years of free trade has brought a $2 billion per day trade deficit.	economy,trade	sherrod-brown	U.S. Senator	Ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	a news release
2506.json	barely-true	Says Kurt Schrader voted to cut $500 billion from Medicare, threatening thousands of Oregon seniors and their access to their current coverage.	health-care,medicare,message-machine	scott-bruun	State representative	Oregon	republican	2	1	0	0	0	a television ad
4212.json	true	Believe it or not, consumer spending is up over the last eight months.	economy	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	an appearance on "Meet the Press"
10474.json	half-true	Under Common Core standards, it takes more than a minute to teach a student how to add nine plus six.	education	greg-abbott	governor	Texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	interview on Fox News Sunday
10117.json	half-true	Rick Scott says he supported in-state tuition for Dreamers while Charlie Crist was against it.	education,immigration	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a CNN debate
7877.json	mostly-true	Black children constitute 18 percent of the nations public school population but 40 percent of the children who are suspended or expelled.	civil-rights,education	john-lewis	Congressman	Georgia	democrat	0	1	2	1	0	an op-ed
12051.json	mostly-true	I opposed TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) and have always opposed TPP.	trade	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	the Republican debate in Miami
3957.json	false	President Obama and liberal former DNC Chairman Tim Kaines $787 billion stimulus failed to create jobs.	deficit,economy,stimulus	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	a press release.
10893.json	mostly-true	Says that during his eight years as Florida governor, we created 1.3 million net new jobs -- more jobs created than Texas.	economy,jobs	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's economic summit in Orlando
1623.json	true	Marco Rubio's "income skyrocketed while his power increased."	candidates-biography	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a TV advertisement
6428.json	half-true	This ban will only apply to Oregon commercial fishermen. Washington commercial fishermen would still be allowed to use gillnets on the Columbia River.	elections,environment,government-regulation	salmon-all			organization	0	0	1	0	0	a guest column
4287.json	half-true	Says Republican recall challenger Jonathan Steitz failed to pay his taxes.	candidates-biography,taxes	greater-wisconsin-political-fund		Wisconsin	none	3	3	3	1	1	campaign mailer
9793.json	barely-true	In six years, (U.S. Rep. Gary) Peters introduced zero bills that became law.	congress,corrections-and-updates,voting-record	ending-spending-action-fund			independent	4	0	0	2	0	a campaign ad
2910.json	mostly-true	Measures taken by my administration have saved taxpayers $1 billion.	state-budget	donald-carcieri	Governor	Rhode Island	republican	0	0	1	1	0	a commentary in The Providence Journal
4653.json	true	Says his proposed payroll tax cut will mean an extra $1,500 in your pocket compared to if we do nothing.	economy,jobs,taxes	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech. 
12279.json	mostly-true	In last weeks debate, Bernie questioned Hillarys commitment to fighting climate change because a whopping 0.2 percent of the money given to our campaign has come from employees of oil and gas companies. Not even 2 percent, mind you: 0.2 percent.	campaign-finance,energy,environment	robby-mook	Campaign manager for Hillary Clinton	New York	democrat	0	0	0	2	0	a Medium post
6982.json	half-true	A few months ago when you were asked whats the biggest geopolitical threat facing America, you said Russia.	corrections-and-updates,debates,foreign-policy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a presidential debate
11802.json	mostly-true	Says his views on reparations for slavery are the same as Barack Obamas and Hillary Clintons.	diversity,income,poverty	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	comments on "Meet the Press."
4609.json	false	Says the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing that it cant build a factory in a non-union state.	labor,new-hampshire-2012	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a Republican presidential primary debate
8115.json	true	Says by rejecting an expansion of Medicaid under the new law, Georgia was depriving 25,000 veterans of health care coverage.	health-care,veterans	michelle-nunn	Chief Executive Officer, Points of Light Foundation	Georgia	democrat	3	0	1	2	0	an interview
11296.json	false	Says the case of a Texas judge who refused to perform heterosexual weddings exposes a double standard in the case against Kentucky clerk Kim Davis.	gays-and-lesbians,legal-issues,religion	viral-image			none	5	5	0	3	15	a Facebook post
9093.json	barely-true	Obamacare will drive 2.5 million Americans out of the workforce.	health-care,jobs	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a television ad from Let's Get to Work
10799.json	half-true	After laying off 30,000 people,Carly Fiorina said that in retrospect, I would have done them all faster.	candidates-biography,corporations,jobs	anonymous-cyber-squatter	Unknown	Unknown	none	0	0	1	0	0	a website
9383.json	barely-true	Peter Kilmartin voted for the 38 Studios loan guarantee and his State House job was to twist [legislators] arms to vote for deals like this.	bankruptcy,baseball,economy,history,jobs,message-machine-2014,campaign-advertising,state-budget,state-finances	dawson-hodgson	State Senator	Rhode Island	republican	1	1	0	0	0	a radio commercial
12009.json	false	On Donald Trumps track record in business	candidates-biography	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press"
7223.json	mostly-true	Eleven states complete their [legislative] sessions within three calendar months, and another five only meet biennially.	elections,government-efficiency	kenneth-block	businessman		republican	0	3	2	3	0	a newspaper commentary
11118.json	true	With the exception of baby formula, the federal government does not require any food to carry an expiration date, and state laws vary widely.	corrections-and-updates,food-safety	john-oliver	Host, Last Week Tonight		none	0	0	2	4	0	a segment on "Last Week Tonight"
3381.json	mostly-true	On my first day in office, I ordered a review of every regulation in the pipeline and every contract exceeding $1 million.	state-budget	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	his State of the State speech.
7244.json	false	The amount of money that we put into running our own state legislature is nearly as much as we put into the University of Rhode Island.	economy,education,government-efficiency,state-budget	dawson-hodgson	State Senator	Rhode Island	republican	1	1	0	0	0	a radio interview
2581.json	barely-true	Says Sean Duffy was a no-show as Ashland County District Attorney while he was on the campaign trail	job-accomplishments,message-machine	julie-lassa	State Senator, 24th District	Wisconsin	democrat	1	0	2	0	0	a campaign TV ad
2958.json	false	Beaverton enjoys the most diverse population (by percentage of population) among Oregon cities.	diversity	city-beaverton	city	Oregon	none	0	2	0	0	0	a press release
12179.json	pants-fire	Evidence shows Zika virus turns fetus brains to liquid.	public-health	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	a informal news website
11373.json	barely-true	Says after leaving the White House, Hillary Clinton was forced to return an estimated $200,000 in White House china, furniture and artwork that she had stolen.	ethics	viral-image			none	5	5	0	3	15	a post shared on Facebook
2114.json	barely-true	Georgia is the Saudi Arabia of pine trees.	energy	georgia-politicians			none	1	0	0	0	0	 political campaign
9588.json	half-true	U.S. Senate candidate Jack Kingston voted for the Cash for Clunkers program.	federal-budget	david-perdue	U.S. Senate candidate	Georgia	republican	5	1	4	5	1	television ad
3430.json	half-true	Put simply, less government spending equals more private sector jobs.	economy,federal-budget,jobs,stimulus	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a press release.
9364.json	barely-true	I turned a $110 million deficit into a $1.6 million surplus for our city.	candidates-biography,city-budget,city-government,debt,deficit,economy,history,taxes,unions	angel-taveras	Mayor of Providence	Rhode Island	democrat	2	1	2	2	0	a fundraising letter
10695.json	true	Seventy percent of Americans dont have a college degree.	corrections-and-updates,education	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	an interview on "Face the Nation."
1158.json	barely-true	Under the plan, for the first five years your employer not only has to keep the coverage, but you can't migrate to the public plan.	health-care	anthony-weiner		New York	democrat	2	1	2	0	0	an interview on "Fox and Friends"
5848.json	false	Says the oil industry subsidies that President Barack Obama is attacking dont exist	energy,taxes	bill-johnson	U.S. representative	Ohio	republican	2	1	0	0	0	a news conference
10561.json	half-true	President Barack Obamas veto of the Keystone XL pipeline killed 42,000 jobs.	energy,jobs	tom-graves			republican	1	0	5	0	1	a press release
512.json	true	"John McCain decided to stand with George Bush 95 percent of the time (last year)."	bush-administration	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	St. Paul, Minn.
5815.json	barely-true	Says Bill Pascrell voted to eliminate all estate taxes for billionaires, and I voted no.	message-machine-2012,taxes	steve-rothman			democrat	1	2	0	1	1	a video posted on YouTube
12906.json	half-true	In Hillary Clintons tax returns, you saw a lot of income coming from donors to the Clinton Foundation and people who benefitted from her State Department term as well.	candidates-biography,income	paul-manafort			republican	0	2	1	0	1	an interview on "State of the Union"
7909.json	true	Says that when the Rolling Stones performed in an Austin park, they paid $25,000 to the nearby city of Rollingwood for one night of inconvenience.	city-government,recreation	barry-bone	Businessman	Texas	none	0	0	0	0	0	an opinion column in the Westlake Picayune.
7044.json	barely-true	Says the NAACPs Ohio chapter has endorsed Issue 2.	elections,redistricting	voters-first-ohio		Ohio	none	1	0	0	0	0	a news story
11284.json	half-true	Florida led the nation in job creation while Bush was governor.	candidates-biography,economy,florida	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a campaign video
11761.json	true	Says Marco Rubio knows full well I voted for his amendment to increase military spending to $697 billion.	federal-budget,military,voting-record	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.
13291.json	half-true	Says Joe Heck voted to shut down the government.	voting-record	catherine-cortez-masto		Nevada	democrat	0	1	1	1	0	a Nevada U.S. Senate debate.
6933.json	half-true	Oil production is down 14 percent this year on federal land.	energy	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	the second presidential debate
9916.json	mostly-true	Of the 98 top oxycodone-dispensing doctors who used to live in Florida, today, there are none.	criminal-justice,drugs,florida,public-safety	pam-bondi		Florida	republican	2	2	0	4	0	a campaign commercial
9248.json	true	A white family is likely to have about six times as much wealth than a black or Hispanic family coming out of the recession.	income,jobs	alicia-menendez			none	0	0	0	0	0	comments on ABC's "This Week"
544.json	barely-true	John McCain has changed position on invading Iraq.	iraq	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a television interview
3679.json	false	State employees are actually going to get a pay raise.	state-budget	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a news conference
11825.json	half-true	A Texas law requires every high school to have a voter registrar and part of their responsibility is to make sure that when children become 18 and become eligible to vote, that they vote.	education,elections	paul-saldana	Community advocate, member and vice presidentof Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees	Texas	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a civic summit hosted by Austin's KLRU-TV
7420.json	mostly-true	Federal spending on entitlements is projected to consume all revenue by 2045.	federal-budget,health-care,medicaid,medicare,social-security	josh-mandel	Ohio treasurer	Ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a letter to Ohio lawmakers
2723.json	pants-fire	Congressman Kasich wants to use our tax dollars to give secret bonuses to his corporate friends.	economy,jobs,message-machine,state-budget,transparency	ted-strickland	Former Ohio governor	Ohio	democrat	2	6	7	4	1	a campaign video
5530.json	barely-true	The Democrat majority in the Senate has failed to submit [a] budget in the past 1,000 days.	federal-budget	johnny-isakson	U.S. Senator	Georgia	republican	2	3	3	2	0	a press release
4617.json	half-true	Says Rick Perry increased spending in Texas by more than 50 percent.	state-budget,state-finances	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	the Blooomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.
4498.json	true	Says as a share of the US economy, the governments support for research and development (RD) has fallen by nearly two-thirds since the 1960s.	federal-budget,science	rush-holt			democrat	0	1	2	1	0	an opinion article
2994.json	barely-true	Says Texas Republican leaders have proposed laying off thousands of teachers.	education,jobs	boyd-richie	Texas Democratic Party chair	Texas	democrat	2	1	0	0	1	a press release.
1184.json	barely-true	The Democratic health care bill in the House would create 53 new government bureaucracies.	health-care	charles-boustany		Louisiana	republican	1	0	0	1	0	response to President Obama's health care address to Congress
11169.json	mostly-true	Says that Donald Trump supported Charlie Crist.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland
8924.json	mostly-true	Dollar General added 2,500 stores and 20,000 jobs during his four-year tenure as CEO.	candidates-biography	david-perdue	U.S. Senate candidate	Georgia	republican	5	1	4	5	1	a video
3194.json	false	Property tax exemptions can be granted to small businesses that move into Milwaukee County.	jobs,small-business,taxes	chris-abele	Philanthropist	Wisconsin	none	3	5	4	4	2	a campaign news release
985.json	false	Gov. Sarah Palin got precisely zero support for her call for Alaskas Democratic Senator Mark Begich to resign because Ted Stevens corruption conviction was overturned.	elections,pundits	rachel-maddow	MSNBC host		none	6	6	4	6	1	an episode of her MSNBC show
7379.json	mostly-true	Says overwhelming majorities of Americans support gun legislation like background checks.	civil-rights,crime,guns	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the State of the Union Address
2926.json	barely-true	Under the DREAM Act, after two years of higher education or military service you are eligible for citizenship. Once a citizen, this paves the way to bring the rest of (your) extended family to the United States.	immigration	ted-poe	U.S. House Representative	Texas	republican	1	1	1	0	0	an opinion piece
5283.json	half-true	Since President Barack Obama took office, 2 million more Americans are out of work.	economy	phil-gingrey	U.S. Congressman	Georgia	republican	2	5	2	1	1	a press statement
4204.json	false	Says opponent David Dewhurst is a career politician.	candidates-biography	tom-leppert	Businessman	Texas	republican	0	1	0	1	0	a campaign statement.
7288.json	false	Says Virginia economic development officials decided they didnt want to bid on his companys electric automobile plant.	candidates-biography,china,economy,energy	terry-mcauliffe	Governor	Virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a news conference.
10223.json	false	The State Department says the 42,000 jobs created by the Keystone XL pipeline are ongoing, enduring jobs.	energy,jobs	russ-girling	CEO TransCanada		none	0	1	0	0	0	comments on ABC's "This Week"
4526.json	false	Wisconsins new state budget includes a 15 percent increase for road construction and yet weve got local towns tearing up paved roads and replacing them with gravel.	campaign-finance,state-budget,transportation	mike-mccabe			none	0	1	0	0	0	a speech
10493.json	mostly-true	The Obama administration is refusing to directly arm the Kurds.	foreign-policy,iraq,terrorism	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
6812.json	barely-true	The Obama administrations green stimulus program funneled close to $2 billion dollars to overseas firms, creating thousands of jobs in China.	china,jobs,message-machine-2012,stimulus	americans-tax-reform			none	4	0	1	1	1	a mailer to voters
13214.json	mostly-true	The worlds 62 richest people own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion poorest.	poverty	oxfam-america			none	0	0	0	1	0	a tweet
12662.json	mostly-true	There are approximately 18,000 (police) departments in the United States.	crime,criminal-justice	charles-ramsey			none	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on "Meet the Press"
3933.json	false	The cost-of-living increase in Social Security is tied to wage inflation.	social-security	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
7268.json	mostly-true	Nearly a quarter of all adults in this state have some college credit without a degree.	economy,education,jobs	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a speech
2717.json	half-true	Of the more than 1.3 million temporary mortgage modifications, over half have defaulted.	housing	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a debate
2252.json	half-true	Republicans tried to block the deficit commission.	federal-budget	tim-kaine	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a segment of CBS' ''Face The Nation.''
3029.json	mostly-true	The state is able to sharply curtail contract bargaining rights for state employee unions.	jobs,labor,state-budget	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a luncheon speech at the Milwaukee Press Club
3471.json	half-true	On his support for sharply limiting collective bargaining by public employees.	labor,state-budget	jeff-stone	Member of State Assembly, 82nd District	Wisconsin	republican	1	0	0	1	0	various votes and public statements
3710.json	true	Georgia is one of only about seven states in the country that has a AAA bond rating.	state-finances	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a speech before the Atlanta Press Club
1855.json	mostly-true	Rick Perry attempted to fast-track unnecessary coal-fired power plants, which degrade air quality and would cost billions. Fortunately, a court stopped him.	environment	bill-white	Former mayor of Houston	Texas	democrat	2	3	5	7	3	an e-mail
7771.json	half-true	Two years ago Providence alone spent $50,000 a year notifying the school department about residents in the states sex offender registry.	children,crime,criminal-justice	joee-lindbeck	special assistant attorney general	Rhode Island	state-official	0	0	1	0	0	a House Finance Committee hearing
13409.json	barely-true	In many instances, (peoples) health care costs are more than their mortgage costs or their rent, which, by the way, is a first in American history.	economy,government-regulation,health-care,history,market-regulation	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech
5101.json	half-true	Since the passage of Obamas stimulus package, over 1 million additional jobs were lost and nearly 25 million Americans are out of work, are stuck in part-time work, or have given up looking.	jobs,stimulus	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a campaign mailer
7356.json	true	Three in four low-income workers dont have any paid sick days available.	health-care,income,labor,public-health,workers	sherrod-brown	U.S. Senator	Ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	 a news release
4568.json	barely-true	Says Vince Polistina is collecting nearly $70,000 in taxpayer-funded salaries -- plus a government pension.	income,pensions	new-jersey-democratic-state-committee		New Jersey	democrat	2	2	1	0	0	a political mailer
2099.json	false	The Department of Health and Human Services is providing $160 million to the state of Pennsylvania to set up a new high-risk insurance pool program that would cover any abortion legal in the state.	abortion,health-care	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a news release
1849.json	half-true	"We have SAT scores lower than that of Alabama."	education,message-machine	john-oxendine		Georgia	republican	0	0	2	0	0	in a video on his Web site. 
7790.json	pants-fire	Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried not far from President Kennedys grave.	crime,history,islam,pundits,religion,terrorism	john-depetro	Talk-show host	Rhode Island	talk-show-host	0	3	0	0	3	a comment on WPRO radio.
6320.json	mostly-true	Gov. Romneys plan would cut taxes for the folks at the very top.	message-machine-2012,taxes	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an advertisement
3500.json	half-true	Says David Prosser = Scott Walker.	candidates-biography,job-accomplishments,labor,state-budget	greater-wisconsin-political-fund		Wisconsin	none	3	3	3	1	1	a television ad
2460.json	pants-fire	Politician Reid Ribble wants to phase out Social Security, forcing Wisconsin seniors to fend for themselves.	message-machine,social-security	steve-kagen	U.S. House member -- 8th District	Wisconsin	democrat	0	0	0	0	2	a campaign TV ad
1948.json	false	Says Houstons 18th congressional district has been gentrified and is home to more Anglos than African Americans.	candidates-biography,census,diversity,elections	john-faulk	Accountant	Texas	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a speech
10739.json	mostly-true	The Hyde Amendmentlanguage was in the (human trafficking) bill. The Democratic sponsor admits it was in the bill, and she voted for it.	abortion,bipartisanship	karl-rove		Texas	republican	2	5	2	8	0	comments on "Fox News Sunday"
13020.json	mostly-true	Says Joe Heck voted 10 times to defund Planned Parenthood ... and Heck opposes a womans right to choose, even when her health is at risk.	abortion	catherine-cortez-masto		Nevada	democrat	0	1	1	1	0	a television ad
1119.json	false	Stimulus tax cuts "began showing up in paychecks of 4.8 million Indiana households about three months ago."	stimulus,taxes	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in Wakarusa, Ind.
13128.json	mostly-true	Says Hillary Clinton called the Trans-Pacific Partnership the gold standard. You called it the gold standard of trade deals. You said its the finest deal youve ever seen.	candidates-biography,economy,foreign-policy,history,trade	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a Presidential debate
11050.json	mostly-true	Bernie Sanders voted against the Brady Bill -- background checks and waiting periods.	guns,voting-record	generation-forward-pac			democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an attack ad.
7195.json	barely-true	Says Charlie Crist and Missouri Rep. Todd Akin hold same abortion views. No exception except the life of the mother.	abortion,candidates-biography	lenny-curry	chairman of the Republican Party of Florida	Florida	republican	2	1	2	0	0	a tweet
13047.json	half-true	Barack Obama has doubled our national debt. Doubled it. Its going to be close to $20 trillion when he leaves.	debt,economy	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally.
2560.json	pants-fire	Say Matt Wand cut Troutdale police, created a slush fund for himself.	crime,ethics,public-safety	future-pac-oregon-house-democrats	campaign committee	Oregon	democrat	3	0	0	0	1	a campaign mailer
8463.json	false	Were second only to Boston in college students per capita.	education	chris-abele	Philanthropist	Wisconsin	none	3	5	4	4	2	a speech
3458.json	barely-true	Not even expensive bottled water, like Perrier and Evian, are of good enough quality to pump out of mines in Southwest Virginia, according to the EPA regulation.	environment	morgan-griffith	U.S. Congressman	Virginia	republican	3	2	1	0	0	an e-mail newsletter and House floor speech.
8352.json	pants-fire	Obama Declares November National Muslim Appreciation Month.	islam,religion	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	blog posts
11847.json	barely-true	Says Catherine Cortez Masto was happy to line her own pockets with taxpayer dollars when state employees were slammed with frozen salaries.	candidates-biography	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	a blog post 
8170.json	pants-fire	Under Obamacare, The IRS will have access to the American peoples protected health care information.	health-care,taxes	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a floor speech.
10293.json	mostly-true	Mike Martinez has voted to raise taxes and utility rates while ending free bus service for seniors.	taxes,transportation,voting-record	steve-adler	Mayor of Austin	Texas	democrat	1	1	1	2	1	a TV ad
5314.json	true	Ohio has one of the highest provisional ballot rates in the country, and many of them go uncounted each election.	elections	kathleen-clyde	State representative	Ohio	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a news conference
2625.json	mostly-true	Rand Paul wants to end all federal faith-based initiatives, and even end the deduction for religious charities.	message-machine,religion,taxes	jack-conway	Kentucky Attorney General	Kentucky	democrat	0	1	0	2	0	a campaign commercial
12749.json	half-true	Homicides last year increased by 17 percent in Americas 50 largest cities. Thats the largest increase in 25 years.	crime,criminal-justice	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland
6905.json	mostly-true	The Canadians they (dropped) their tax rates to 15 percent. The average tax rate on businesses in the industrialized world is 25 percent.	taxes	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	the vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky.
10672.json	false	White men account for 69 percent of those arrested for violent crimes.	crime	sally-kohn			columnist	0	1	1	1	0	an opinion piece on CNN.com
2217.json	half-true	We know that tax cuts are remarkably un-stimulative when you compare them with different kinds of government spending.	economy,pundits,stimulus,taxes	rachel-maddow	MSNBC host		none	6	6	4	6	1	the "Rachel Maddow Show"
10232.json	barely-true	The climate-change agreement between the United States and China requires the Chinese to do nothing at all for 16 years.	china,climate-change,environment,foreign-policy	mitch-mcconnell	Senate minority leader	Kentucky	republican	7	6	5	7	0	a media availability
7230.json	half-true	Says in fiscal year 2011, the state had a projected $11 billion deficit.	deficit,state-budget,state-finances	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a State of the State address
4993.json	barely-true	Wisconsin election officials to accept Mickey Mouse, Hitler signatures on recall petitions.	elections,legal-issues	maciver-institute	Think tank	Wisconsin	independent	1	0	0	1	1	a video
794.json	half-true	"I wrote to Secretary Paulson, I wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke [in March 2007], and told them this is something we have to deal with, and nobody did anything about it."	economy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
12011.json	half-true	The Great Wall of China, built 2,000 years ago, is 13,000 miles (long).	history	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	remarks after the Super Tuesday balloting
8946.json	true	When the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport needed to stop its earthquake spike a few years ago, they temporarily shut down the wells that were injecting fracking fluid into the ground ... (and) those earthquakes stopped.	energy,environment	rachel-maddow	MSNBC host		none	6	6	4	6	1	a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show"
3508.json	pants-fire	Says Supreme Court candidate JoAnne Kloppenburgs record as a state Justice Department lawyer consists only of the prosecution of cases regarding regulation of docks.	candidates-biography,environment,legal-issues	david-prosser	Wisconsin Supreme Court justice	Wisconsin	none	0	0	0	0	1	statement during a candidate forum
3306.json	half-true	One half of federal spending goes to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid while the other half goes to other programs funded with money borrowed from a foreign land.	federal-budget	rob-woodall	U.S. Representative	Georgia	republican	0	0	2	0	0	a town hall meeting
1189.json	mostly-true	"Medicare began as a public option and now holds 97 percent of the market share."	health-care,medicare	tom-price	Congressman	Georgia	republican	1	2	5	3	0	a fundraising letter
9107.json	true	Says Sen. Mitch McConnell is the No. 1 recipient of contributions from lobbyists this cycle.	campaign-finance,congress,campaign-advertising	alison-lundergan-grimes	Secretary of State	Kentucky	democrat	2	2	3	1	0	a campaign email to supporters
809.json	true	"98 percent of small businesses make less than $250,000" and would not see a tax increase under Barack Obama's plan.	taxes	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	Hempstead, N.Y.
171.json	false	''The leading Democratic candidate once said that the unfettered free market is the most destructive force in modern America.''	economy	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	9	11	10	7	3	Dearborn, Mich.
1739.json	half-true	Says the American public overwhelmingly opposed Democratic-steered health care plan.	health-care	kay-bailey-hutchison	U.S. Senator	Texas	republican	2	4	4	3	0	a radio address
9047.json	mostly-true	Says Dan Patrick supported giving a $5,000 taxpayer-funded voucher to every family to buy a car.	families,federal-budget,transportation	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a TV ad
7685.json	half-true	Right now, if Rhode Island police come across a young person with a gun, they really dont legally have the right to take it away from them.	crime,criminal-justice,guns,legal-issues	linda-finn	landscape designer	Rhode Island	democrat	0	0	1	2	0	a TV interview
13490.json	false	We have trade agreements with 20 countries, and we have trade surpluses with each one of those 20.	trade	don-beyer	8th District congressional candidate	Virginia	democrat	1	2	1	3	0	an interview.
10962.json	true	This March, for the first time in human history, the monthly average carbon dioxide in our atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million. The range had been 170-300 parts per million for hundreds of thousands of years.	climate-change,congress	sheldon-whitehouse	U.S. Senator	Rhode Island	democrat	2	3	2	7	0	U.S. Senate
7845.json	half-true	Jon Corzine, elected governor. Teams up with Barbara Buono. $1.2 billion sales tax increase? Passed. Most spending in state history? Passed. After Buono named budget chair, taxes and fees increase 23 times in just two years. State debt? Up $13.4 billion. Unemployment? Doubled.	debt,jobs,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	A gubernatorial campaign television ad
10388.json	barely-true	The Obama administration supported Muslim allies trying to establish a new international blasphemy standard.	civil-rights,foreign-policy,religion,terrorism	jonathan-turley			none	1	0	0	0	0	a "Washington Post" op-ed
180.json	false	"Congress' approval rating is 11 percent. You know who's higher? Dick Cheney and HMOs."	job-accomplishments	bill-richardson	Governor	New Mexico	democrat	1	2	3	8	1	Las Vegas
781.json	false	"Oil companies ...currently have 68-million acres that they're not using."	energy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
12627.json	true	Says Donald Trumps proposed tax treatment of hedge fund managers makes the current loophole even worse.	taxes	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech
2594.json	true	John Raeses wife is registered to vote in Florida so she cant even vote for him.	candidates-biography,elections,message-machine	joe-manchin	Senator from West Virginia	West Virginia	democrat	0	0	1	1	0	a campaign ad
7543.json	pants-fire	Scientists tell us that we could have a cure in 10 years for Alzheimers were it not for overzealous regulators, excessive taxation and greedy litigators.	government-regulation,health-care,market-regulation,science	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a speech at CPAC
7073.json	barely-true	Mitt Romney made over a hundred million dollars by shutting down (a Marion, Ind. paper) plant.	candidates-biography,corporations,message-machine-2012	priorities-usa-action			democrat	3	1	4	2	1	in a TV ad
12195.json	true	More people are struck by lightning than commit in-person voter fraud by impersonation.	civil-rights,crime,elections,government-regulation	mark-pocan	State Assembly member, 78th District	Wisconsin	democrat	1	2	2	3	0	a blog post
13190.json	barely-true	Says Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine want to expand (Obamacare) into a single-payer program.	drugs,health-care,history	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	the 2016 Vice Presidential debate
7447.json	true	Says the last non-partisan commission to improve the voting experience in America concluded that #VoterID was necessary.	elections	greg-abbott	governor	Texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	a Twitter post.
9472.json	half-true	Oregon school districts are directing 24 percent of their food budgets to purchase local foods. Thats the highest percentage in the country.	agriculture	oregon-department-agriculture		Oregon	government-body	0	0	1	0	0	a news release
12368.json	barely-true	Germany is crime-riddled right now because of migration to Europe.	crime,criminal-justice,human-rights,immigration,public-safety	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview with NBC News
5788.json	true	Says theCongressional Budget Officehas estimatedevery penny of the federal budget will go to interest on the debt and entitlement spending by 2025.	deficit,federal-budget	frank-wolf	U.S. Representative	Virginia	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a floor speech.
6665.json	half-true	Mitt Romney said it was tragic to end the war in Iraq.	iraq	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
10858.json	pants-fire	During Obamas first five years as president, black unemployment increased 42 percent. During Reagans presidency, black unemployment dropped 20 percent.	diversity,economy,history,jobs	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a meme on social media
3522.json	false	Milwaukee lost the headquarters for MillerCoors because the area lacks good transit.	jobs,transportation	jason-haas	Milwaukee County supervisor	Wisconsin	none	0	1	0	0	0	a newspaper interview
6469.json	false	Says President Obama said of the national debt, If I dont have this done in three years, then theres going to be a one-term proposition.	deficit,message-machine-2012	americans-prosperity			none	6	7	2	1	2	an Americans for Prosperity attack ad
13502.json	barely-true	Black Lives Matter, who are attacking law enforcement officers -- Barack Obama had them to the White House.	civil-rights,crime,criminal-justice	sean-duffy	Member of the U.S. House	Wisconsin	republican	5	1	6	1	2	an interview
9834.json	mostly-true	In 2012, there were nearly 12.2 million arrests and only 410 uses of deadly force by police in the United States.	civil-rights,criminal-justice,guns,public-safety	edward-flynn			none	1	0	3	2	0	an interview
7991.json	half-true	Every major religion is opposed to same-sex marriage.	gays-and-lesbians,religion	phil-burress	President, Citizens for Community Values	Ohio	republican	0	0	1	0	0	news story
7994.json	barely-true	Says Texas has more than 80,000 abortions each year.	abortion	jonathan-stickland	State representative	Texas	republican	1	0	0	0	1	a tweet
10846.json	false	Says Thomas Jefferson said that government is best which governs least.	government-regulation,history	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a tweet
8830.json	half-true	The $18.8 billion in funding for K-12 education funding is the highest in Florida history and includes a record $10.6 billion in state funds.	education	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a press release about his education budget proposal
6033.json	true	In the 2000 Florida election, at least 1,100 eligible voters were wrongly dropped from voting rolls in an attempt to purge a list of felons. Many of those who were dropped showed up to vote and were told they could not.	elections	bill-nelson		Florida	democrat	3	1	8	10	0	letter to Gov. Rick Scott
700.json	true	"My grandfather came home from ... (World War II) exhausted from the burdens he had borne, and died the next day."	candidates-biography	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	St. Paul, Minn.
12214.json	mostly-true	The largest U.S. companies would owe $620 billion in U.S. taxes on the cash they store in tax havens.	corporations,taxes	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a tweet
11661.json	false	If Trump had just put his fathers money in a mutual fund ... hed have $8 billion.	wealth	occupy-democrats			organization	0	4	3	1	4	a Facebook post
8986.json	mostly-true	Fewer black and Latino men participate in the labor force, compared to young white men.	diversity,economy,jobs	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an event at the White House
6922.json	barely-true	Says Adam Hasner gives the wealthy tax breaks worth $250,000 a year but hikes middle class taxes $2,000.	message-machine-2012,taxes	lois-frankel		Florida	democrat	2	0	0	0	1	a television ad
2738.json	false	State House incumbent Jill Chambers, R-Atlanta, personally profits from taxpayer money.	ethics	georgia-house-democratic-caucus-behalf-elena-paren			democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign mailer
7416.json	barely-true	The group that supported the presidents health care bill the most? Latinos.	health-care	david-plouffe	Senior Adviser to the President		democrat	1	0	0	2	0	an interview
9101.json	half-true	Women take birth control, more than half of them, as a medication for other conditions.	abortion,health-care,sexuality	barbara-boxer	U.S. Senator	California	democrat	2	0	3	4	1	an interview on MSNBC's "Jansing & Co."
2494.json	pants-fire	Says the Feingold garage ad is a fake: Hes not standing in front of his house.	job-accomplishments,message-machine	mark-belling	Talk show host for WISN-AM	Wisconsin	talk-show-host	0	0	0	0	1	a website posting and statement during his radio show
553.json	false	McCain "hasn't held executive responsibility."	candidates-biography	wesley-clark		Arkansas	democrat	0	1	1	0	0	an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
574.json	true	"McCain got more money from Airbus' U.S. executives than any other politician."	ethics,military	campaign-money-watch			none	1	0	0	0	0	a TV ad
1262.json	false	Forty-five percent of doctors say theyll quit if health care reform passes.	health-care,pundits	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	a statement on his Fox News Channel program
9900.json	mostly-true	Says Glenn Grothman pushed through state tax credits that when phased in, someone that owns a factory that produces millions in income will pay less tax than their nephew would if he worked full time at Taco Bell for minimum wage.	income,small-business,state-budget,taxes	mark-harris	Winnebago County Executive	Wisconsin	democrat	0	0	0	2	0	an interview
1677.json	true	Says that under a new program jail "time for non-violent, mentally ill offenders has been reduced by 50 percent."	crime,government-efficiency,job-accomplishments	karen-sage	Attorney	Texas	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a mailer
575.json	barely-true	"John McCain intervened, which helped Airbus get that Pentagon contract."	ethics,military	campaign-money-watch			none	1	0	0	0	0	a TV ad
447.json	false	"I have never said that I don't wear flag pins or refuse to wear flag pins."	patriotism	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	Philadelphia
13049.json	false	Say71 percent of doctors say Hillarys health concerns are serious and could be disqualifying.	candidates-biography,pundits	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	internet postings
12168.json	half-true	Expanding the sale of full-strength beer and wine to grocery stores isgood for everybody.	Alcohol	your-choice-colorado		Colorado 	organization	0	0	1	0	0	a TV ad
11308.json	half-true	Says history suggests sports will quickly subsume a lot of the attention span of the country in the presidential primary.	elections,sports	hugh-hewitt			republican	1	0	1	0	0	a panel discussion on CNN's "State of the Union"
11212.json	mostly-true	The U.S. has now spent more on reconstructing Afghanistan than was spent on the Marshall Plan and the reconstruction of Europe.	afghanistan	matt-wuerker	Politico editorial cartoonist		none	0	0	0	1	0	a political cartoon on Politico
3697.json	mostly-true	The federal debt is more than $14 trillion, almost equal to the size of our entire economy, and every child born today inherits a $45,000 share of the national debt before they take their first breath.	deficit,federal-budget	jim-renacci	U.S. representative 	Ohio	republican	5	3	4	1	1	a video posted to YouTube
12770.json	true	I wake up every morning in a house (the White House) that was built by slaves.	diversity,history	michelle-obama		Illinois	democrat	0	2	1	4	0	a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia
11955.json	false	Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele spent $100,000 of taxpayer money on a new luxury SUV.	county-budget	wisconsin-working-families-party			none	0	1	0	0	0	a direct mail flier
13423.json	false	The media never show crowds.	elections	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in Pensacola, Fla.
3087.json	pants-fire	The governor has made a commitment to billions of dollars in debt and new spending without any explanation of how he plans to pay that money back.	transportation	brian-moran	State Democratic chairman	Virginia	democrat	0	0	1	0	1	a news release.
3046.json	mostly-true	Says he had to impose tougher cost controls on state employees than any previous Wisconsin governor.	job-accomplishments,state-budget	jim-doyle	Lawyer	Wisconsin	democrat	1	1	1	1	0	a television interview
12203.json	half-true	Says the Congressional Budget Office is expecting a protracted economic malaise for at least the next decade under current policies.	economy	tom-price	Congressman	Georgia	republican	1	2	5	3	0	a post on Medium
12734.json	barely-true	It was Hillary Clinton who left Americans in harms way in Benghazi and after four Americans fell said, What difference at this point does it make?	candidates-biography	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	the Republican national convention
1515.json	half-true	"Congresswoman Bachmann actually said we should be 'weaned' off our Social Security and Medicare. She wants to privatize Social Security and replace Medicare with some kind of voucher system."	medicare,social-security	americans-united-change			none	1	4	4	1	0	a radio ad
9553.json	false	Says children are coming into the U.S. in staggering numbers because President Barack Obama has been promising amnesty.	immigration	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a press conference at Lackland Air Force Base
8557.json	true	The United States has never been richer, if you look at per capita GDP.	economy,federal-budget,taxes	jan-schakowsky	Representative of 9th District of Illinois	Illinois	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on MSNBC
4194.json	mostly-true	Michele Bachmanns legislative record is offering failed amendments.	candidates-biography,voting-record	tim-pawlenty			republican	2	3	3	6	1	a statement from the campaign
13487.json	barely-true	Says that when San Francisco banned plastic grocery bags, you saw the number of instances of people going to the ER with things like salmonella and other related illnesses spike.	environment,health-care,public-health	james-quintero	Director, Center for Local Governance, Texas Public Policy Foundation	Texas	none	1	0	0	0	0	a panel discussion at SXSW Eco
11184.json	false	Scott Walker had a 2.3 GPA when he was asked to leave Marquette University for cheating.	candidates-biography,education,elections	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a meme
12221.json	mostly-true	Says a company that got tax breaks from the state later laid off 100 Ohioans, even as its CEO cut a half-million-dollar check to Kasichs super PAC.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography,ethics	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	ad paid for by campaign for Ted Cruz
3460.json	half-true	Ohio Director of Job Creation Mark Kvamme just clawed back about $900,000 from companies that made promises and they didnt keep them.	government-efficiency,state-budget	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	his State of the State speech
7529.json	false	There is no clinical evidence that vaccinating healthcare workers protects patients.	health-care,labor,public-health,unions	service-employees-international-union-committee-po		Washington, D.C.	newsmaker	1	1	2	0	0	a lawsuit
10717.json	half-true	On in-state tuition for unauthorized immigrants.	education,immigration,state-budget,state-finances	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an interview with the Texas Tribune
4714.json	false	I made a bunch of these promises during the campaign. ... Weve got about 60 percent done in three years.	job-accomplishments,politifacts-top-promises	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at a fundraiser
4017.json	mostly-true	On the day of the New Hampshire primary in 1980, the top 13 people of Ronald Reagans staff quit.	history	newt-gingrich	Co-host on CNN's "Crossfire"	Georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a speech before the Atlanta Press Club
9256.json	false	Some of the wealthiest Americans are African-American now.	wealth	rush-limbaugh	Radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	comments on his radio show
6006.json	false	Theres 400 more people working in health care today in New Hampshire than when we passed the budget.	health-care,state-budget,state-finances	william-obrien	Speaker of the House of Representatives	New Hampshire	republican	1	2	1	0	0	an interview with the Telegraph editorial board
6197.json	barely-true	President Barack Obamas health care reform slashed $500 billion from Medicare.	health-care,medicare,public-health	sean-duffy	Member of the U.S. House	Wisconsin	republican	5	1	6	1	2	a news release
1187.json	mostly-true	The U.S. ranks 37th in the world for health care.	health-care	paul-hipp	singer and actor	New York	none	0	0	0	1	0	a YouTube video
8104.json	mostly-true	A high school dropout makes on average $19,000 a year, a high school graduate makes $28,000 a year, a college graduate makes $51,000 a year.	education,pundits	don-lemon	CNN anchor	Georgia	journalist	0	1	0	1	0	a commentary on CNN
1556.json	true	Theres almost 1 million Texans who are unemployed and thats an all-time record number in our state.	economy	bill-white	Former mayor of Houston	Texas	democrat	2	3	5	7	3	a speech
7970.json	false	Nearly 70 percent of all federal spending will go towards Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid in fiscal year 2014.	federal-budget,medicaid,medicare,social-security	todd-young	Republican congressional candidate	Indiana	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a letter to a constituent
12487.json	barely-true	In Ohio, each year an estimated 1,000 children become victims of human trafficking, and over 3,000 more are at risk.	children,trade	joyce-beatty	Member of Congress	Ohio	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	in a press conference
1310.json	false	Claims that Obama said, "For those who oppose our policies, you should just shut up and go away."	elections,florida	cw-bill-young	U.S. Representative, Florida District 10	Florida	republican	0	1	1	0	1	 a meeting of Florida Republicans
6163.json	false	Says, Yet in Salem they have traditionally waited until the money is almost gone to pay for the most important things in our states budget.	education,state-budget	shawn-lindsay	state representative	Oregon	republican	1	1	0	0	0	a campaign press release
7819.json	true	18 percent of our land in our state right now is either federally, state or county owned for conservation purposes.	animals,environment,recreation,state-finances	alberta-darling	State Senator, 8th District	Wisconsin	republican	1	1	2	1	1	a legislative meeting
814.json	mostly-true	"The race will tighten, just because that's what happens at the end of campaigns. They always have."	elections	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a TV interview
8486.json	true	Even after Obamacare is fully implemented, there still will be tens of millions of people not covered.	health-care	suzanne-somers	Actress	California	none	0	0	0	0	0	a column in the "Wall Street Journal"
12141.json	barely-true	The [Obama] administrations regulatory assault on coal-fired energy has put thousands of Americans out of work	energy,environment,jobs	roy-blunt	Senator	Missouri	republican	2	1	0	1	1	a news release
3257.json	true	We have 80,000 abortions in Texas every year.	abortion,corrections-and-updates	dan-patrick	Lieutenant governor-elect	Texas	republican	4	4	3	4	4	remarks on the Senate floor
3330.json	barely-true	Says Tri-Rail shows the potential problems with investing in high-speed rail.	state-budget,stimulus,transportation	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	an interview with CNN.
6436.json	half-true	Says U.S. Senate rival Tommy Thompson is a big corporate lobbyist and has been lobbying during the middle of the campaign.	congressional-rules	eric-hovde			republican	2	3	3	0	0	a radio appearance
70.json	mostly-true	"Congressman Paul introduces numerous pieces of substantive legislation each year, probably more than any single member of Congress."	job-accomplishments	ron-paul	U.S. representative	Texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a statement on his campaign Web site.
10140.json	false	Four members of the Rhode Island General Assembly went to vote in 2010 and were told they had already voted.	debates,elections,legal-issues	john-carlevale	co-founder, State of the State	Rhode Island	republican	0	1	1	0	0	a TV debate
1120.json	false	The Democrat-backed health care reform plan "will require (Americans) to subsidize abortion with their hard-earned tax dollars."	abortion,health-care,taxes	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	an op-ed for National Review
8595.json	barely-true	Mark Warner cast the tiebreaking vote to pass Obamacare.	health-care,voting-record	ken-cuccinelli	Attorney General	Virginia	republican	1	10	3	2	1	an interview.
4885.json	mostly-true	In Iraq, violence is down to an all-time low since the start of the war.	foreign-policy,iraq,military	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	an interview on NBC's "Today Show"
11917.json	true	North Koreas missiles are not going to have a capability to reach the United States anytime real soon.	foreign-policy,nuclear	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	remarks made on the Fox News segment, Outnumbered
10773.json	half-true	Im running for office with much more experience and qualifications than Barack Obama had when he ran.	candidates-biography	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a meeting with the Des Moines Register editorial board
4718.json	false	Says Measure 3-386 will cost a fortune for elections while Measure 3-388 will cost less.	county-government	ann-lininger	Clackamas County Commissioner	Oregon	county-commissioner	0	1	0	0	0	in campaign literature 
6616.json	true	In 2008, Charlie Crist applauded the pick of Sarah Palin and said she would do a great job.	candidates-biography	george-lemieux		Florida	republican	4	1	6	4	0	a Tampa Bay Times guest column
3284.json	mostly-true	The president promised to close the space gap, but he now seems intent on repeating the events that created the space gap in the first place -- putting in place a new rocket design and then trying to underfund the effort...	science	bill-posey	Congressman	Florida	republican	0	0	1	1	0	a press release responding to Obama's budget proposal.
2290.json	barely-true	Republicans dont think its a good idea to make the child care tax credit stronger.	children,taxes	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a response to a question during an appearance in Columbus, Ohio.
10978.json	true	More than half of women under 30 who give birth do so outside of marriage...	families,women	don-beyer	8th District congressional candidate	Virginia	democrat	1	2	1	3	0	a website post
8764.json	mostly-true	I cut spending while serving in the state Legislature	state-budget,state-finances,states,taxes	marilinda-garcia	New Hampshire state representative	New Hampshire	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a tweet
2203.json	mostly-true	If we ban the practice of earmarks, we could save the American taxpayer anywhere between $15 (billion) to $20 billion dollars a year in pork-barrel spending.	federal-budget	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a campaign video
7118.json	half-true	Our welfare system now consumes 42 percent of our budget.	elections,government-efficiency,medicaid,state-finances,welfare	patricia-morgan	Financial adviser	Rhode Island	republican	1	0	1	1	0	a campaign flier
7164.json	true	Agriculture is the strongest industry in Ohio.	agriculture,economy	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a speech to the Ohio Farm Bureau
4208.json	false	This is the first time in the history that weve had the raising of a debt limit also with spending cuts.	federal-budget,history	allen-west	U.S. representative, Florida District 22	Florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	an interview on CNN
714.json	mostly-true	Sarah Palin was repeating "Abraham Lincoln's words" in discussing the war in Iraq.	religion	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	Fairbanks, Alaska
13437.json	barely-true	Kelly Ayotte voted for a budget that had $90 billion of cuts to Pell Grants.	education,voting-record	maggie-hassan	Candidate for governor	New Hampshire	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	a debate
6401.json	mostly-true	Says U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV passed only one bill in seven years.	message-machine-2012,voting-record	american-bridge-21st-century			democrat	2	1	0	3	0	a TV ad
5251.json	mostly-true	Republican-leaning states get more in federal dollars than they pay in taxes.	federal-budget,state-finances,states	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	a graphic circulating on the Internet
378.json	half-true	Barack Obama said in 2004 "that he basically agreed with the way George Bush was conducting the war."	iraq	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	Cleveland, Ohio
5095.json	pants-fire	Says President Barack Obama is a socialist.	government-regulation,new-hampshire-2012,patriotism	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a Republican debate in New Hampshire.
11000.json	false	Wisconsin was literally broke when Republicans took office in January 2011.	state-budget	jim-steineke	State Assembly representative	Wisconsin	republican	0	1	1	0	0	a tweet
3741.json	barely-true	About two-thirds of Medicaid beneficiaries are children, but they account for one-third of the programs cost, while one-third are elderly, and they account for two-thirds of the cost.	children,federal-budget,health-care	sherrod-brown	U.S. Senator	Ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	an interview on MSNBC
8979.json	barely-true	Says Tom Cottons vote in Congress to change Medicare will increase out-of-pocket expenses for every senior in Arkansas.	health-care,medicare,retirement	mark-pryor	U.S. Senator	Arkansas	democrat	2	0	0	1	0	a campaign ad
3803.json	mostly-true	Says the Obama administration approved a major disaster declaration for Oklahoma in 2009, when nine of the states 77 counties burned for about three days, while Texas wildfires have been burning for longer without such a declaration.	natural-disasters	todd-staples	state agriculture commissioner	Texas	republican	0	1	4	3	1	a Texas Tribune interview
12087.json	barely-true	Our campaign depends on small donations for the majority of our support.	campaign-finance	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a victory speech after the March 15 primaries
1712.json	false	Says Crist campaign website "has eliminated all references to our Republican Party."	candidates-biography	tom-grady	State Representative	Florida	republican	0	1	0	0	0	an e-mail to Crist.
1093.json	false	On a cap-and-trade plan.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,energy,environment	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a Washington Post op-ed
3027.json	half-true	There hasnt really been a lot of net growth in the federal workforce when you compare it to say, 1990.	government-efficiency,jobs	gerry-connolly	U.S. Representative	Virginia	democrat	1	0	4	1	0	an interview.
4977.json	barely-true	The American Conservative Union gives [Rep. Tim] Ryan a dismal 0.0 percent rating for the billions he has contributed to our national debt.	deficit,federal-budget	marish-agana	Pediatrician	Ohio	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a news release announcing her candidacy
4689.json	false	The departments of Commerce, Education and Energy and the EPA saw their spending increase by between 130 percent and 219 percent between 2008 and 2010.	federal-budget,stimulus	jeb-hensarling	U.S. Congressman	Texas	republican	0	2	1	0	1	a hearing of the congressional "Supercommittee"
9227.json	barely-true	Says he hasnt changed his view on abortion restrictions.	abortion	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a TV interview
12927.json	mostly-true	Says the director of an anti-abortion group receiving a Texas grant to provide womens health services believes HIV can be spread through the sewer system.	health-care,public-health	joaquin-castro	attorney	Texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	0	a tweet about Carol Everett of the Heidi Group
3997.json	half-true	Says Rick Perry of Texas was the governor who relied most on stimulus funds to close his states budget deficit in 2010.	state-budget,state-finances,stimulus	martin-omalley	Maryland governor	Maryland	democrat	3	1	10	4	0	a press release
13000.json	barely-true	Democrats are cutting our school funding. Four times in the last 10 years before we came into office.	education	bruce-rauner	Governor	Illinois	republican	1	0	1	0	0	a speech at the Illinois State Fair
11704.json	barely-true	Says President Barack Obama himself has granted waivers allowing into the United States refugees who provided material support to terrorists.	immigration,terrorism	greg-abbott	governor	Texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	a press conference with Sen. Ted Cruz
11654.json	mostly-true	In almost every other country in the world, artists and musicians are paid when their music is played on the radio. In fact, the only countries besides the U.S. who do not have a radio-performance right are China, Iran and North Korea.	china,congress,workers	kevin-russell	Leader, Shinyribs band	Texas	none	0	0	0	1	0	an opinion column
340.json	true	"One man sacrificed for his country. One man opposed a flawed strategy in Iraq. One man had the courage to call for change. One man didn't play politics with the truth. One man stands up to the special interests."	iraq	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a TV ad airing in Virginia, the District of Columbia and Maryland
6485.json	half-true	Says Paul Ryan supports banning all abortions, even in cases of rape or incest.	abortion	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a tweet
9231.json	false	More than 1,000 American soldiers have lost their lives in Afghanistan in the last 27 months. This is more than the combined total of the nine years before.	afghanistan,military	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email
10416.json	mostly-true	Weve doubled the production of clean energy.	energy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in Knoxville, Tenn.
12924.json	true	Most Americans support the legalization of marijuana.	drugs,marijuana,polls	gary-johnson	Presidential candidate	New Mexico	libertarian	3	2	5	6	0	a Medium post
6816.json	barely-true	Under Barack Obama, the U.S. now has the lowest workforce since (President Jimmy) Carter.	economy,history,jobs,message-machine-2012	american-future-fund			organization	3	2	0	0	0	a campaign ad
13172.json	half-true	A rural hospital in Missouri closes every 8 months. The legislatures failure to expand Medicaid has brought crisis to many of Missouris rural health care providers.	medicaid	chris-koster	Attorney general of Missouri	Missouri	democrat	0	0	2	3	0	an Instagram post
13484.json	pants-fire	Harambe received 15,000 votes in the presidential election.	elections,fake-news	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	articles on the Internet and social media posts
10869.json	true	The United States is one of only seven nations that allows elective abortions after 20 weeks post-fertilization.	abortion	family-foundation		Virginia	organization	0	0	0	0	0	a Facebook post.
9823.json	false	Says Thom Tillis gives tax breaks to yacht and jet owners.	message-machine-2014,taxes,wealth	senate-majority-pac	political action committee	Washington, D.C. 	democrat	3	4	4	1	0	a campaign ad
3738.json	false	During his time as House speaker, unemployment came down from 5.6 percent to under 4 (percent).	job-accomplishments,jobs	newt-gingrich	Co-host on CNN's "Crossfire"	Georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a campaign video
8552.json	half-true	Obamacare was the Republican plan in the early 90s.	health-care	ellen-qualls			democrat	0	0	1	0	0	comments on Fox News Channel
3044.json	false	We had an amendment in the health care law that said the federal government is going to take over education.	education,health-care	allen-west	U.S. representative, Florida District 22	Florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	a Fox News TV show
6121.json	barely-true	(Assembly Democrats) wanted to raise the gas tax by $2.4 billion. We said no to that....Theyre down on the ground. Theyre sweating. Theyre twitching. Its ugly, cause I keep saying no.	taxes	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a video posted on YouTube
11261.json	mostly-true	Says he turned down a Medicaid expansion under Obamacare, but because of actions he took, for the first time in Wisconsins history everyone living in poverty is covered under Medicaid.	health-care,medicaid,poverty,public-health,state-budget	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a speech
12392.json	barely-true	Says Patrick Murphy switched his vote on All Aboard Florida ... because his father tried to get in a bid to build it and was unsuccessful.	congress,transportation	alan-grayson	U.S. House of Representatives	Florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	an interview with CBS4
4522.json	barely-true	Says U.S. Sen Sherrod Brown promised that the first stimulus bill would fund the Brent Spence Bridge.	infrastructure,stimulus	josh-mandel	Ohio treasurer	Ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a news release
8285.json	barely-true	Tampa got more (federal housing) money because they scored higher on the blight scoring system, so theyve got a much bigger problem than we do.	housing,urban	bill-foster	Mayor, St. Petersburg	Florida	republican	1	0	2	2	0	a mayoral forum
12244.json	true	In nine Democratic debates, Weve not had one question about a womans right to make her own decisions about reproductive health care, not one question.	abortion,debates	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a Democratic debate in Brooklyn
7667.json	barely-true	The Manchin-Toomey amendment would have criminalized certain private transfers of firearms between honest citizens, requiring lifelong friends, neighbors and some family members to get government approval.	corrections-and-updates,guns	national-rifle-association			none	3	5	1	5	3	a statement
101.json	barely-true	"McCain Trying to Have it Both Ways on Iraq"	iraq	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a news release
2775.json	true	The budget submitted by Obama will add more to the debt than the outstanding debt of the previous 43 presidents combined.	deficit,federal-budget	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a letter to the editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch
1909.json	half-true	"I've issued a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling."	energy,oil-spill	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an address from the Oval Office
13203.json	false	Toomey and Trump will ban abortion and punish women who have them.	abortion	naral-pro-choice		Washington, D.C.	organization	2	1	0	0	1	an ad.
8303.json	half-true	Tuition at Rutgers has increased 10 percent since Gov. Chris Christie took office because he cut funding for higher education.	education,state-finances	barbara-buono	State Senator	New Jersey	democrat	3	1	4	4	1	a speech to students at the Rutgers New Brunswick campus
10466.json	barely-true	The reason we even have colleges is that at some point there were politicians who said, You know what? We should start colleges.	education,history	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview with YouTube celebrity Bethany Mota
9229.json	half-true	Capital Metro originally said MetroRails yearly operating costs would be about $2.5 million. Last year ... it cost $13 million to operate.	taxes,transportation	bob-cole	Co-owner and morning show host, KOKE FM, Austin	Texas	none	0	0	1	0	0	morning radio show on KOKE-FM
8498.json	mostly-true	Providence has more of its pension fund invested in hedge funds and is less transparent about it than the state.	city-budget,labor,pensions,retirement,state-budget,state-finances,transparency	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	Rhode Island	democrat	2	1	2	5	1	a fundraising letter.
11887.json	true	Says President John F. Kennedy released a star Green Bay Packer from military reserve duty so that he could play in the 1961 NFL Championship Game.	history,military,sports	j-jacobs			journalist	0	0	0	0	0	an interview
11895.json	barely-true	If the General Assembly does not address the states structural deficit, more than 23,000 education professionals will be immediately yanked out of Pennsylvania schools.	state-budget	tom-wolf	Candidate for governor	Pennsylvania	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	his budget proposal address
1385.json	half-true	Says he brought 1,200 jobs to Texas by moving his factories here from China.	economy,job-accomplishments	farouk-shami	Businessman	Texas	democrat	1	2	2	0	1	a TV ad
6097.json	mostly-true	U.S. Rep. Paul Broun has not authored any legislation that has been adopted by Congress.	congress,voting-record	stephen-simpson		Georgia	republican	0	0	0	1	0	an article
1652.json	half-true	On recess appointments.	foreign-policy,legal-issues,workers	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a prepared statement
1950.json	pants-fire	"Four years as a congressman, he [U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson] never talked about MARTA."	transportation	vernon-jones			democrat	0	0	1	1	1	a candidate forum
8685.json	true	Texas has the highest rate of uninsured in the nation. ... And there are more uninsured children in Texas than in any other state.	health-care	kathleen-sebelius	U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary	Kansas	democrat	1	0	1	3	1	an opinion column
9200.json	false	Eighty percent of Wall Street executives and their spouses donations go to Democrats.	campaign-finance,financial-regulation	louie-gohmert	U.S. House member	Texas	republican	2	6	1	0	1	a speech at the New Hampshire Freedom Summit
2374.json	false	Like me, Scott Walker opposed the 1998 transportation bill and the $9 billion of wasteful spending.	federal-budget,message-machine,taxes	jim-sensenbrenner	Member of Congress	Wisconsin	republican	2	4	1	0	0	a radio ad for the Scott Walker gubernatorial campaign
2533.json	half-true	Newspapers say Florida made bad investments, lost hundreds of millions of dollars, billions in pension funds lost. Who was in charge of Floridas investments? Alex Sink.	financial-regulation,message-machine,retirement,state-budget	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a campaign ad
5416.json	true	Says 80 percent of the health care dollars are spent by 20 percent of the population.	health-care,public-health	alan-bates	State Senator	Oregon	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a floor speech.
2557.json	false	Steve Southerland did not pay his taxes in 05, 06, 07, 08 or 09.	message-machine,taxes	allen-boyd		Florida	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	a TV ad
5087.json	false	Eliminating Obamacare ... saves $95 billion a year.	federal-budget,health-care,new-hampshire-2012	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a presidential primary debate in New Hampshire
8960.json	mostly-true	There are 4.7 percent of Virginians who are minimum wage earners who are over 25 years of age working full-time and trying to raise a family.	families,workers	mark-obenshain	State senator	Virginia	republican	1	0	1	2	0	a floor debate.
3362.json	false	Says broken compact fluorescent light bulbs allegedly cause migraines and epilepsy attacks.	consumer-safety,environment,public-health	phyllis-schlafly	Founder, Eagle Forum	Missouri	republican	0	1	0	0	0	an e-mail blast.
9844.json	false	At least a quarter of those apprehended at the border have criminal records.	crime,immigration	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a news story
9292.json	half-true	Says Rick Scotts record on jobs includes Florida ranked 2nd in the nation in long-term unemployment.	economy,workers	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a post on his campaign website
6119.json	barely-true	Says President Obamas new immigration plan is amnesty.	immigration	jim-demint	President, Heritage Foundation	South Carolina	republican	4	4	0	0	1	a news release
12371.json	true	For the first time in over 40 years, Republicansdont hold a single statewide office in Virginia.	elections,history	ed-gillespie	Republican strategist	Washington, D.C.	republican	2	3	2	2	1	a speech
7665.json	true	Polls show that Americans overwhelmingly support expanding background checks.	guns	gabrielle-giffords	U.S. Representative	Arizona	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an op-ed in the "New York Times"
8576.json	true	Nearly 20% of our residents are born abroad.	city-government,diversity,families,immigration,population	city-austin		Texas	none	1	0	0	0	0	a press release
6637.json	false	When it comes to jobless workers, Mitt Romney says he likes to fire people.	candidates-biography,workers	jack-markell	governor	Delaware	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. 
9096.json	mostly-true	A child born in America today will inherit $1.5 million in debt the moment theyre placed in their mothers arms.	debt,federal-budget	john-mccallum		Georgia	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a video
7698.json	true	Says the U.S. fleet of attack submarines is scheduled to fall below the 48 boats that Navy says it needs to carry out current missions.	federal-budget,military	randy-forbes	Representative	Virginia	republican	1	0	4	3	0	a column.
10547.json	true	Georgias share of money from the Federal Highway Trust Fund declined 12 percent between 2008 and 2013.	state-budget,state-finances,transportation	associated-press	journalists		none	0	0	0	0	0	in a newspaper article
187.json	half-true	"Americans spend 100-million hours a year filling out these forms (FAFSA). That is the equivalent of 55,500 full-time jobs."	education	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	Plymouth, N.H.
2470.json	pants-fire	If you look at the application for a security clearance, I have a clearance that even the president of the United States cannot obtain because of my background.	candidates-biography,military	allen-west	U.S. representative, Florida District 22	Florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	a candidate forum
6045.json	pants-fire	Says Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie made a late-night visit to Kinkos to forge President Barack Obamas birth certificate two days before Obama unveiled it to the media.	obama-birth-certificate	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	e-mail messages circulating on the Internet
339.json	true	In the Illinois Legislature, Barack Obama "voted 'present,' instead of yes or no" on seven votes involving abortion rights.	abortion	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	Iowa
11004.json	true	If you want to vote in Texas, you can use a concealed-weapon permit as a valid form of identification, but a valid student ID isnt good enough.	elections,states	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech in Houston
11337.json	mostly-true	Says the cascading effects of climate change contributed to the rise of ISIS.	climate-change,environment,foreign-policy,terrorism	martin-omalley	Maryland governor	Maryland	democrat	3	1	10	4	0	interview with Democracy Now!
4250.json	pants-fire	Says state Rep. Sandy Pasch, her recall opponent, voted to allow public school employees to use taxpayer dollars to pick up the tab forViagra.	health-care,unions	alberta-darling	State Senator, 8th District	Wisconsin	republican	1	1	2	1	1	a TV ad and campaign flier
631.json	pants-fire	Barack Obama "rejects everyone white, including his mother and his grandparents."	candidates-biography	jerome-corsi	author	New Jersey	constitution-party	0	2	0	0	1	his book <i>The Obama Nation</i>. 
9351.json	pants-fire	A company hired to do Common Core testing in Florida will attract every one of your children to become as homosexual as they possibly can.	corrections-and-updates,education,gays-and-lesbians	charles-van-zant	Member of Florida House of Representatives	Florida	republican	0	1	1	0	1	speech in March publicized May 16 by Think Progress
5746.json	true	The U.S. Supreme Court has not traditionally asked a lot of questions during oral arguments.	supreme-court	clarence-thomas	U.S. Supreme Court Justice	Georgia	none	0	0	0	0	0	a speech
4136.json	half-true	Fracturing or horizontally fracturing the shale to open up larger pockets of natural gas ... has been used for over 60 years and, as of 2009, over 80,000 wells have been fracked in Ohio.	energy,environment	kris-jordan	State senator	Ohio	republican	0	0	1	1	0	a speech in the Ohio Senate
1681.json	barely-true	In 2004, "20 percent of U.S. households were getting about 75 percent of their income from the federal government. ... Another 20 percent were receiving almost 40 percent."	economy,federal-budget,medicare,retirement,social-security,taxes	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a speech to the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
5074.json	mostly-true	We are now eighth in the nation in job creation . . . we are No. 1 in the Midwest.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a news conference
4195.json	barely-true	In Europe, church attendance rates (are) in the single digits because churches are supported by taxes.	new-hampshire-2012	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a house party in Henniker, N.H.
3931.json	barely-true	Says George LeMieux even compared Marco Rubio to Barack Obama.	candidates-biography	adam-hasner		Florida	republican	2	1	4	4	0	an Internet ad
4883.json	true	Says Barack Obama promised to halve the deficit in his first term.	deficit,economy	matt-mackowiak	Consultant	Texas	republican	2	1	0	0	0	an opinion column.
6795.json	barely-true	Says the government has gotten the TARP money back plus a profit.	financial-regulation	bill-clinton	former president	Arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	an interview on "The Daily Show"
9818.json	barely-true	Points of Light is the worlds largest volunteer organization.	job-accomplishments	michelle-nunn	Chief Executive Officer, Points of Light Foundation	Georgia	democrat	3	0	1	2	0	television ad
8573.json	half-true	Says Mark Pryorcut Medicare to pay for Obamacare.	health-care,medicare	tom-cotton	U.S. House of Representatives	Arkansas	republican	3	4	2	3	1	a campaign ad
13184.json	mostly-true	Says Tim Kaine actually tried to raise taxes by about $4 billion.	candidates-biography,debt,deficit,history,taxes	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	the 2016 Vice Presidential debate
11559.json	mostly-true	Says Marco Rubio is proposing a new $1 trillion welfare program in tax credits and $1 trillion in new military spending.	children,families,federal-budget,military,taxes,welfare	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a debate
9241.json	true	I am the only senator who turned down the state pension plan for part-time legislators.	pensions	don-balfour			republican	0	0	0	2	0	campaign flier
8902.json	mostly-true	Female buffalo lead the herd.	animals,candidates-biography	hugh-fitzsimons	Rancher	Texas	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a blog post on campaign website
12511.json	false	There is no system to vet refugees from the Middle East.	immigration,terrorism	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech on terrorism and immigration
7285.json	pants-fire	Says Chris Christies plan to kick-start our economy is to propose an income tax cut that disproportionately benefits the wealthy, and...hes still proposing it.	taxes	barbara-buono	State Senator	New Jersey	democrat	3	1	4	4	1	an interview on bluejersey.com
1005.json	pants-fire	Obama used $20 million in federal money to emmigrate (sic) Hamas Refugees to the USA.	foreign-policy	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail
609.json	half-true	On offshore drilling.	energy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	
9436.json	barely-true	We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt.	candidates-biography,elections	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an interview on ABC
5671.json	false	I think its seven or eight of the California system of universities dont even teach an American history course. Its not even available to be taught.	education,history	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	in a speech in Wisconsin
6699.json	pants-fire	Sen. Bob Menendez voted to enact a new tax on the sale of homes of 3.8%.	health-care,housing,income,taxes	menendez-facts			none	0	0	0	0	1	a blog
7334.json	half-true	Says his budget provides the highest state funding level in history for education.	education	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a news conference
9788.json	barely-true	Ive been here almost every day.	civil-rights,crime,criminal-justice	jay-nixon	Governor	Missouri	democrat	2	0	0	1	0	on ABC's "This Week"
10710.json	barely-true	In the early 1980s, Sen. Edward Kennedy secretly offered to help Soviet leaders counter the Reagan administrations position on nuclear disarmament.	bipartisanship,congress,foreign-policy,history	mackubin-thomas-owens	senior fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute	Rhode Island	columnist	1	0	0	0	0	a commentary in The Providence Journal
3186.json	barely-true	Says an EPA permit languished under Strickland but his new EPA director got it done in two days.	environment,government-efficiency	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a news conference
6743.json	false	Says the governor is going around the state talking about [how] we should fund an income tax cut that benefits higher income earners and not lower income earners	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	john-burzichelli			democrat	1	1	0	0	0	an interview with NJToday