unemployment for those with college educations is now 4.5 percent. unemployment for those with more than a college education, below 4 percent.
an interview on abc's this week with christiane amanpour''


































9839.json	mostly-true	in the latest jobs numbers wisconsin ranked third in the midwest.	jobs,message-machine-2014	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a campaign television ad


































2077.json	true	the first professional baseball team was from an ohio city.	baseball	yvette-mcgee-brown	ohio supreme court justice	ohio	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	speech on urban issues


































20.json	true	i'm for a three-state political solution in iraq. (romney) is not.	iraq	sam-brownback	u.s. senator	kansas	republican	1	1	0	0	0	


































8209.json	true	says that unlike texas, missouri has a perfect aaa credit rating.	economy,state-budget,state-finances,states	jay-nixon	governor	missouri	democrat	2	0	0	1	0	a radio advertisement


































1780.json	mostly-true	the president can authorize the killing of a u.s. citizen who fights for a foreign terrorist organization.	afghanistan,human-rights,legal-issues,military,terrorism,abc-news-week	joe-lieberman	senator	connecticut	independent	1	1	0	2	0	a press conference


































9805.json	half-true	more whites than blacks are victims of deadly police shootings.	civil-rights,crime,criminal-justice	michael-medved	radio talk show host		none	0	0	1	0	0	a web post from the michael medved show


































2249.json	barely-true	some republican leaders in congress are pushing to make privatizing social security a key part of their legislative agenda if they win a majority in congress this fall.	social-security	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	his weekly address


































7328.json	half-true	40 percent of u.s. gun sales are occurring outside of licensed gun dealers.	criminal-justice,government-regulation,guns,public-health	tom-barrett	mayor of milwaukee	wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	an interview


































9591.json	false	the 2011 rebuild america jobs act would have cost the average american family $1,000 a year while making no significant impact to fix our infrastructure and roads.	economy,jobs	monica-wehby	pediatric neurosurgeon	oregon	republican	0	3	0	0	0	an economic issues statement


































2339.json	half-true	proposed tax changes are a handout to bp.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,corporations,energy,environment,foreign-policy,message-machine,oil-spill	national-taxpayers-union	conservative advocacy group	virginia	none	0	1	1	0	0	a television commercial


































8566.json	mostly-true	medicare part d was far more expensive than the affordable care act and unlike the act, was never budgeted.	congress,federal-budget,health-care	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	an image shared on facebook


































2948.json	mostly-true	rhode island spends less than 10 percent of what the average state spends promoting tourism.	economy,state-budget,states,taxes	mark-brodeur	director of tourism	rhode island	state-official	0	0	0	1	0	a providence journal story


































8298.json	false	more than 400 car crashes occur each year on the current, congested columbia river bridge.	infrastructure,transportation	dennis-richardson	state representative	oregon	republican	0	4	1	2	0	a newsletter.


































10694.json	pants-fire	says president ronald reagan had a month of job creation of 1 million.	jobs	george-will	columnist	maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	an appearance on fox news sunday


































11354.json	barely-true	weve had examples like in yuma county, where weve been able to stop 97 percent of the illegal (immigration) flow, and those programs, they abolish.	immigration	ben-carson			republican	7	12	3	2	4	an interview on abc's this week


































9497.json	half-true	for the cost of the iraq war we couldve ended world hunger for 30 years.	hunger,iraq	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a post on facebook


































8767.json	mostly-true	if you make the average amount of people in wisconsin, $50,000, you got $1.60 less a week in taxes under the state income-tax cut, but it didnt show up in your paycheck.	state-budget,taxes	kathleen-vinehout			democrat	1	1	1	1	0	a speech


































3398.json	barely-true	says its a statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, cant get a job, and if it werent for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death.	children,economy,education,families,health-care,hunger,income,jobs,labor,marriage,poverty,women,workers	mike-huckabee	author	arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	a post on his pac's website


































44.json	mostly-true	bill richardson passed the first law in the nation giving national guard soldiers $400,000 in life insurance.	military	bill-richardson	governor	new mexico	democrat	1	2	3	8	1	a tv ad.


































11763.json	true	boston is just 60 minutes away and its offering subsidies to developers who can charge higher rent than you can get in providence while construction costs are more or less equal. as a result, the boston skyline is completely dominated by the cranes.	state-budget,taxes	david-sweetser			none	0	0	0	0	0	an interview


































9209.json	false	in the last couple of days, notices were sent (by officials in ukraine) to jews in one city indicating that they had to identify themselves as jews.	corrections-and-updates,foreign-policy,religion	john-kerry	secretary of state	massachusetts	democrat	3	2	2	5	0	a speech


































3012.json	mostly-true	we have the highest (corporate tax rates) in the world right now.	taxes	pat-toomey	candidate for u.s. senate	pennsylvania	republican	3	2	2	1	0	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































6367.json	true	the judicial system is the most underfunded in this state, able to only pay 52 percent of its obligations. meanwhile, judges get some of the richest pensions of all public employees.	pensions	shirley-turner	state senator 	new jersey	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a speech on the state senate floor


































987.json	false	you cant read a speech by george washington . . . without hearing him reference god, the almighty.	pundits,religion	rush-limbaugh	radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	a radio broadcast


































6069.json	barely-true	says jeff wentworth, bending the rules, has used $211,743.96 in campaign contributions to lease luxury cars.	candidates-biography,ethics,transportation	connservative-republicans-texas-pac	political action committee	texas	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a pac website.


































7415.json	false	says if oregons legislature simply authorizes $450 million for the crc, it will leave oregon holding the bag for a great deal more cost responsibility.	debt,economy,environment,infrastructure,state-budget,transportation	bob-stacey	metro councilor	oregon	democrat	0	2	0	0	0	in a memo


































9579.json	mostly-true	we cut property taxes for seniors and our middle class.	taxes	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	campaign commercial


































8560.json	false	there were $2 billion in earmarks in fiscal year 2012.	congressional-rules	karl-king	massage therapist	oregon	none	0	1	0	0	0	a website statement


































6746.json	barely-true	eight million americans have dropped out of the work force since (barack) obama became president. ... the real unemployment rate is 19 percent.	economy,jobs,message-machine-2012	restore-our-future	super pac		republican	1	0	3	1	2	a campaign ad


































9331.json	false	under david dewhursts leadership, the texas senate passed an expansion of in-state tuition and free health care to illegal immigrants.	education,health-care,immigration,voting-record	dan-patrick	lieutenant governor-elect	texas	republican	4	4	3	4	4	a tv ad


































10109.json	false	photos prove the denver light rail system has low ridership.	corrections-and-updates,florida,taxes,transportation	no-tax-tracks			organization	0	2	2	0	0	a debate about greenlight pinellas


































4938.json	true	rhode island already gets more revenue per capita from gambling than any other state in the country.	gambling,state-budget	eugene-mckenna	president, citizens concerned about casino gambling	rhode island	newsmaker	0	0	0	1	0	a news story


































7653.json	true	says a pack-a-day smoker who quits because of the tax increase will save about $1,650 a year.	public-health,taxes	nancy-nathanson	representative in the oregon house	oregon	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a house floor speech.


































6364.json	barely-true	says u.s. senate candidate eric hovde has no problem with raising taxes.	federal-budget,message-machine-2012,taxes	club-growth			none	4	5	4	2	0	a television ad


































5203.json	pants-fire	rick santorum says rick perry requested 1,200 earmarks as governor of texas.	congress,federal-budget	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	comment to reporters.


































931.json	pants-fire	nancy pelosi wants a windfall tax on retirement income.	taxes	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	internet attack


































11739.json	barely-true	we get practically nothing compared to the cost of keeping u.s. military forces in south korea.	foreign-policy,military	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview with nbc's meet the press in ottumwa, iowa


































1473.json	half-true	when we go to vote, they ask for drivers license and verify that you are a voter and a citizen in the state of texas.	elections	farouk-shami	businessman	texas	democrat	1	2	2	0	1	a debate


































3190.json	half-true	before this law was passed, americans were told they could keep their current health care plans. after it became law, the administration issued regulations stating nearly half of americans would lose their current plan.	health-care	bill-posey	congressman	florida	republican	0	0	1	1	0	a letter to the editor


































5158.json	false	u.s. rep. stephen fincher is the only working farmer currently serving in the house.	agriculture	corn-commentary	blog of the national corn growers association		organization	0	1	0	0	0	blog post about farm bill. 


































4245.json	half-true	i built the last nuclear plant not only in the state, but in the country.	energy,nuclear	tom-kean-sr		new jersey	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a question-and-answer column in the star-ledger


































10045.json	false	milwaukee police and firefighters are routinely getting 4 percent raises annually while everybody else is either getting zero or one percent raises.	workers	nik-kovac	milwaukee alderman	wisconsin	none	0	1	0	0	0	a tv interview


































10555.json	mostly-true	when you have 8,000 veterans a year committing suicide, then you have a serious problem.	public-health,veterans	johnny-isakson	u.s. senator	georgia	republican	2	3	3	2	0	an associated press news story


































10363.json	false	when disney was looking to build disney world, they came to miami and we told disney to take a hike.	county-government,history,recreation	dennis-moss	miami-dade county commissioner	florida	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	in an interview with the miami herald


































2378.json	true	i dont understand what republicans are doing against this. it was their idea. john mccain introduced cap and trade legislation three times.	cap-and-trade,climate-change	john-boccieri	former member of congress	ohio	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an interview


































4697.json	false	gov. scott walkers plan to freeze pay for state employees includes a 5.4 percent raise for himself.	state-finances	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	blog posts


































10076.json	false	as district attorney, susan happ took $180,000 in a shady land deal from a man charged with multiple felony counts of sexual assault before she offered him a deferred prosecution.	criminal-justice	republican-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	republican	4	3	2	3	0	a campaign news release


































13516.json	false	in wisconsin, 300,000 voters were turned away by the states strict voter id law in the 2016 presidential election.	civil-rights,elections,legal-issues,states	tweets			none	2	3	1	2	3	tweets


































9543.json	true	dan patrick was the only state senator who voted against the veteran entrepreneurship program, a program that assists veterans in successfully starting up their own businesses.	veterans	leticia-van-de-putte	pharmacist	texas	democrat	2	2	4	1	1	her speech to the texas democratic party state convention


































9643.json	mostly-true	tourism and retirees are the dominant economic engines in our state.	economy,retirement,tourism	nan-rich	candidate for governor	florida	democrat	1	0	1	3	0	a speech to the florida press association


































7832.json	half-true	fewer democrats were on the georgia general election ballot in 2012 than in more than 100 years.	elections	bryan-long	executive director, better georgia	georgia	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a panel discussion


































5648.json	half-true	there is not one single federal housing program yet that has not needed a bailout to survive.	housing	lynn-westmoreland			republican	1	1	3	0	0	a congressional hearing 


































10471.json	pants-fire	sheriffs call for obamas lynching while leader meets with gop senators	immigration	urban-intellectuals			democrat	0	0	0	0	1	an article posted on urban intellectuals


































7672.json	false	proposed immigration legislation would give new immigrants a taxpayer-funded cellular phone.	immigration,welfare	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	blog posts on the internet


































4739.json	barely-true	youre paying for...(state sen. diane allens) health care, and she took yours away.	candidates-biography,health-care,state-budget	carl-lewis	olympic medalist	new jersey	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a video posted on youtube


































11594.json	false	illegal immigrants mow the grass around the (texas) capitol.	economy,immigration,jobs	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a facebook comment


































9027.json	true	once our blueprint for prosperity is signed into law, we will have delivered $2 billion in tax relief.	job-accomplishments,taxes	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a statement to reporters


































8544.json	false	under obama, the national debt has been reduced every year for the last five years.	debt	al-sharpton		new york	democrat	2	1	1	1	0	a segment on msnbc's politicsnation


































6641.json	true	since 1961 our private economy has produced 66 million private-sector jobs. so whats the jobs score? republicans 24 million, democrats 42 (million).	economy,history,jobs	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	a speech to the democratic national convention in charlotte, n.c.


































2847.json	true	the law, right now, permits companies that close down american factories and offices and move those jobs overseas to take a tax deduction for the costs associated with moving the jobs to china or india or wherever.	economy,jobs,taxes	sheldon-whitehouse	u.s. senator	rhode island	democrat	2	3	2	7	0	a speech on the senate floor.


































3582.json	barely-true	a dwi costs $17,000.	alcohol,transportation	texas-department-transportation	state agency	texas	none	1	0	0	0	0	a billboard message spotted in austin.


































12724.json	barely-true	in 2010, clinton said iran could enrich uranium. in 2014 she said shes always argued against it.	foreign-policy	mitch-mcconnell	senate minority leader	kentucky	republican	7	6	5	7	0	a speech at the republican national convention


































2021.json	barely-true	says rep. ken legler voted against installing fire sprinklers and emergency power generators in nursing homes.	housing,retirement	boyd-richie	texas democratic party chair	texas	democrat	2	1	0	0	1	an e-mail


































8840.json	half-true	last month, more americans stopped looking for a job than found one.	economy,jobs	cathy-mcmorris-rodgers	u.s. house of representatives	washington state	republican	0	0	2	0	0	the republican response to the state of the union address


































4505.json	true	we have 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day.	deficit,economy,social-security	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a television interview


































2475.json	false	the wisconsin legislature raised taxes more than $5 billion in 2009.	taxes	rebecca-kleefisch	candidate for lieutenant governor	wisconsin	republican	1	3	4	0	1	a statement on campaign web site


































6727.json	mostly-true	fifty percent of kids coming out of school cant get a job.	education,jobs	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a private campaign fundraiser


































11082.json	barely-true	in a few months, this deal would give iran $150 billion for its $300 billion to $400 billion economy, which is like $8 trillion flowing into the united states treasury.	foreign-policy,nuclear	ron-dermer	israeli ambassador to the united states		none	2	0	0	0	0	a speech to a pro-israel christian group


































8223.json	true	americans spend more than $160 billion and 6 billion hours per year complying with the tax code.	financial-regulation,government-regulation,taxes	tom-price	congressman	georgia	republican	1	2	5	3	0	twitter posts


































11353.json	barely-true	the tax policies of george w. bush created a dynamic effect of high growth.	economy,taxes	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	an interview on fox news sunday


































2490.json	half-true	when each faced a pension funding crisis, tom barrett made tough choices and smart cuts while scott walker passed $400 million in pension debt to the next generation.	job-accomplishments,message-machine	tom-barrett	mayor of milwaukee	wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	a campaign tv ad


































10049.json	false	the unemployment rate for young people is down from a 10.6 percent high in 2009 to 2.6 percent today.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs,workers	michelle-obama		illinois	democrat	0	2	1	4	0	a speech


































4344.json	false	public-employee unions spent $30 million in wisconsin unsuccessfully trying to flip the state senate to democratic control.	campaign-finance,elections,state-budget	reince-priebus	chairman, republican national committee	wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	a television interview


































11695.json	barely-true	says president barack obamas homeland security budget had $16 million to fight climate change but didnt have a line item to fight violent extremism.	climate-change,federal-budget,homeland-security,terrorism	sean-duffy	member of the u.s. house	wisconsin	republican	5	1	6	1	2	an interview


































7932.json	false	there are over 2,000 crimes recorded per 100,000 population in the u.k., compared to 466 violent crimes per 100,000 in the united states.	crime,foreign-policy,guns	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	a meme on social media


































5415.json	barely-true	this president ... could have gotten crippling sanctions against iran. he did not.	foreign-policy,nuclear	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	in a republican presidential debate in mesa, ariz.


































3444.json	mostly-true	says the majority of americans support gay marriage.	gays-and-lesbians,marriage	anne-hathaway			none	0	0	0	1	0	a letter to president barack obama


































11490.json	false	most americans are now getting their news from facebook.	economy,polls,pop-culture,technology	rebecca-kleefisch	candidate for lieutenant governor	wisconsin	republican	1	3	4	0	1	a public forum


































5395.json	half-true	after prenatal diagnosis, 90 percent of down syndrome children in america are aborted.	abortion,health-care	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	an interview on cbs's face the nation


































6766.json	mostly-true	says obama adviser david plouffe took large piles of cash from a joint venture partner of a company owned by irans revolutionary guard.	candidates-biography,foreign-policy,message-machine-2012	secure-america-now			none	1	0	0	1	0	a tv ad


































10321.json	pants-fire	texas house speaker joe straus said, i do not care if wallace hall swings from a tree.	states	wallace-hall	businessman	texas	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a speech


































11234.json	false	not one of the 17 gop candidates has discussed how theyd address the rising cost of college.	education	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a tweet


































3958.json	mostly-true	state sen. alberta darling voted to add more than $1 billion in additional spending while cutting programs such as education and health care	education,health-care,state-budget	sandy-pasch	state assembly member, 22nd district	wisconsin	democrat	0	0	0	2	1	a news release


































9056.json	half-true	were at the point of reaching 2 million deportations ...this is a historic level, more than any other president of the united states.	corrections-and-updates,homeland-security,immigration	janet-murguia	national council of la raza president	washington, d.c.	activist	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on univision's 'al punto'


































11961.json	false	if it werent for me (illegal immigration) wouldnt even be a big subject.	immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	comments during the cnn debate


































2463.json	false	a $300 million stimulus allocation to wisconsin has led to the creation of tens of thousands of jobs in every corner of this state.	job-accomplishments,stimulus	tom-nelson		wisconsin	democrat	0	1	1	0	0	a radio interview


































1947.json	false	langevin has been the most reliable vote for speaker pelosi.	bipartisanship	mark-zaccaria		rhode island	republican	2	2	0	0	0	a posting on his website


































541.json	half-true	barack obama extended health care for wounded troops who'd been neglected.	military	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a television ad


































6987.json	barely-true	says mitt romney was clear that he would not provide government assistance to the u.s. auto companies, even if they went through bankruptcy.	debates,jobs	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the final debate


































12846.json	half-true	we rank 38th in wages. ... (rick scott) goes out around the country and advertises that to other states.	economy,florida,jobs	gwen-graham		florida	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a speech to florida delegates at the democratic national convention


































430.json	false	obama supports hate-crimes expansion ... potentially putting churches at risk if they preach the truth about homosexuality.	civil-rights,crime,gays-and-lesbians,religion	focus-family-action			none	1	2	0	0	0	an article written by tom minnery


































974.json	mostly-true	the employee free choice act mandates the elimination of the secret ballot.	workers	arlen-specter	senator	pennsylvania	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a speech on the senate floor


































7870.json	half-true	our ranking in terms of the best and worst states to do business in was 43 four years ago, and we just moved up to 17 two weeks ago.	job-accomplishments,jobs,small-business	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a television interview


































5694.json	half-true	says his reform efforts improved performance at all 10 low-performing schools in palm beach, florida.	city-budget,education,florida	jeffrey-hernandez	chief executive officer, national academic educational partners		newsmaker	0	0	1	0	0	a letter to the providence school district.


































425.json	false	democrats' budget resolution would raise america's tax bill by $500-billion.	federal-budget	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a poll on mccain's web site


































5334.json	mostly-true	the commercial property tax [in providence] is second highest in the country behind detroit.	city-budget,economy,taxes	lincoln-chafee		rhode island	democrat	3	5	3	4	0	a news show


































595.json	false	barack obama wants to restore the estate tax that george w. bush repealed.	taxes	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































8092.json	half-true	government subsidies for renewable energies such as wind and solar are 100 times greater than those given to gas and coal, and 50 times greater than what the nuclear industry enjoys.	energy	tom-fanning	ceo, southern co.		none	0	0	1	0	0	a hearing


































10802.json	false	there are more young black males involved in the criminal justice system than there are in higher education.	census,criminal-justice,education	ben-carson			republican	7	12	3	2	4	a speech


































9299.json	mostly-true	a small majority of americans dont think they like the affordable care act, but a large majority of americans dont want to do away with the protections that are in the affordable care act.	health-care,polls	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a keynote speech


































9070.json	false	the greenlight pinellas transportation plan involves a 300% tax increase.	taxes,transportation	no-tax-tracks			organization	0	2	2	0	0	on their website


































10026.json	mostly-true	says rick scott signed laws requiring mandatory ultrasounds and restricting access to abortion even in cases of rape or incest.	abortion,health-care,women	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a tv ad


































3556.json	mostly-true	says an average of $4 billion is added to the national debt every day.	federal-budget	saxby-chambliss	u.s. senator	georgia	republican	1	1	3	4	1	an op-ed


































12524.json	mostly-true	in america, radical speech is not a crime.	legal-issues,terrorism	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview with hugh hewitt


































11392.json	pants-fire	100 percent of the crime is committed, in estimate, by about 15 percent of the population.	corrections-and-updates,crime,criminal-justice,population	dan-patrick	lieutenant governor-elect	texas	republican	4	4	3	4	4	an interview by david brown, host of the texas standard


































5535.json	half-true	says milwaukee county executive chris abele eliminated sheriffs office funding for providing security for presidential and presidential campaign visits.	county-budget,county-government,crime,elections	david-clarke-jr	milwaukee county sheriff	wisconsin	democrat	3	5	2	1	0	a television interview


































2939.json	mostly-true	the state has less employees this year than we did last year.	government-efficiency	bill-montford	state senator	florida	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	comments to a newspaper.


































1522.json	half-true	says one in three texas children drop out of high school.	children,education	kay-bailey-hutchison	u.s. senator	texas	republican	2	4	4	3	0	a television ad


































12671.json	half-true	in 2016, dallas, texas, has fewer police officer-related shootings than any large city in america.	corrections-and-updates,crime,criminal-justice,guns	mike-rawlings	mayor of dallas, texas	texas	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a news conference


































5514.json	half-true	pip fraud is $1 billion in fraud.	states,transportation	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	at a public event


































3067.json	true	some of the men serving in the (afghan) armed forces have never driven a vehicle before.	afghanistan	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	comments to reporters.


































7375.json	true	our economy actually shrank during the last three months of 2012.	economy,jobs	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	the republican response to the state of the union address


































8997.json	mostly-true	says 21 million people still suffer slavery today.	criminal-justice,foreign-policy,labor,workers	steve-mcqueen			none	0	0	0	1	0	an acceptance speech at the academy awards


































1393.json	mostly-true	close to half of the folks in this country illegally entered legally (but) overstayed (their ) visas.	florida,immigration	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview with glenn beck


































5348.json	false	youre supposed to throw away your shoes ifmercury from a broken cfl light bulb gets on them.	energy	bob-marshall	state delegate	virginia	republican	0	2	0	0	1	a legislative hearing.


































381.json	false	john mccain has a consistent pattern of ducking important environmental votes.	environment	sierra-club			none	2	1	0	1	0	a letter from sierra club executive director carl pope to supporters


































10067.json	barely-true	iowa has the fourth fastest-growing personal income in the united states, while nationally, the real wage has decreased over the past eight years that congressman (bruce) braley has been there by 2.7 percent.	economy,workers	joni-ernst	u.s. senator	iowa	republican	2	1	1	1	0	a debate


































9893.json	half-true	in tripoli, jihadists today swim in our embassy pool.	foreign-policy,islam,terrorism	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	an op-ed for time magazine


































12161.json	false	saysted cruz distributed the ad showing a nude melania trump on a rug.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography,elections,legal-issues,campaign-advertising,pop-culture	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on cnn


































5399.json	mostly-true	says mitt romney supports a plan to slowly and gradually raise the retirement age of social security.	social-security	chris-redfern	chairman of the  ohio democratic party	ohio	democrat	0	0	2	4	0	a news release


































13091.json	mostly-true	latinos in nevada support educational savings accounts, helping more than 450,000 students access better schools. but catherine cortez masto is against it.	education	libre-initiative			organization	0	0	1	1	0	a digital ad


































13316.json	half-true	says sen. rob portman says ted strickland earned $400,000 a year as a lobbyist after leaving ohio for washington.	wealth,workers	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	at a debate in columbus, ohio


































9981.json	false	scott walker was elected governor on a promise not to take campaign contributions from the date of his inauguration until the signing of the state budget, but broke it by taking nearly $5.6 million.	campaign-finance,elections,state-budget	one-wisconsin-now		wisconsin	organization	0	2	2	1	1	a news release


































2575.json	half-true	houston suffered $1.7 billion in operating losses under mayor bill white.	economy,government-efficiency,message-machine,taxes	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a television ad


































4785.json	mostly-true	the governor won this state with 49 percent. we had some of the closest races in the house in history. so youre not dealing with this 70-30, like they want to make it.	elections,redistricting	robert-hagan	state representative	ohio	democrat	0	0	2	1	0	an interview with ohio capital blog’s marc kovac


































2260.json	half-true	u.s. rep. jim marshall (d-ga.) refuses to return $37,000 in dirty campaign contributions from u.s. rep. charles rangel (d-n.y.)	message-machine	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a recorded message


































304.json	true	if you are african-american in this country today, you are likely to have a net worth of about 10 percent of what white families have.	poverty	john-edwards	former senator	north carolina	democrat	0	2	4	4	1	a debate in myrtle beach, s.c.


































12344.json	true	closing the tobacco loophole would save missouri taxpayers $50,000,000	public-health,state-budget	chris-koster	attorney general of missouri	missouri	democrat	0	0	2	3	0	a tweet


































9011.json	mostly-true	says vladimir putin once said, the breakup of the soviet union was the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century.	foreign-policy,history	john-bolton			republican	0	0	0	1	0	comments on fox news channel


































2770.json	barely-true	says washingtons reach extends to even telling us what kind of light bulb we can use.	legal-issues,market-regulation,technology	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a book.


































9274.json	false	health care premiums up 90 percent in new hampshire.	health-care	americans-prosperity			none	6	7	2	1	2	an ad


































2998.json	true	house speaker dean cannon says that freshmen lawmakers account for one-third of the 120-member house, and that two-thirds of the chamber have two years or less experience.	elections	dean-cannon	state house speaker	florida	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a newspaper interview


































6205.json	half-true	the united states has the best health care delivery system in the world.	health-care	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	an interview on cbs's face the nation


































1042.json	barely-true	there are billions of barrels of oil beneath our oceans and in alaska, and there is ample oil shale in the rocky mountain west, but democrats say all this american energy is off limits.	energy	john-barrasso	senator	wyoming	republican	1	0	0	0	0	weekly senate republican radio address


































11953.json	false	when mitt romney chose paul ryan as his vice-presidential running mate, that was the end of romneys chances to win.	candidates-biography,elections,medicare,social-security	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech


































8150.json	mostly-true	says mitch mcconnell pushed the wall street bailout through the u.s. senate and called it the senate at its finest.	financial-regulation	matt-bevin	investment manager	kentucky	republican	0	1	0	1	1	a campaign ad


































5296.json	pants-fire	congressman scott desjarlais is spending his one year anniversary on vacation -- only working 6 days in all of january.	congress,congressional-rules,government-efficiency,job-accomplishments	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	a press release.


































1605.json	pants-fire	the democratic health care plan is a government takeover of nearly 20 percent of our economy.	health-care	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a news release


































4794.json	mostly-true	41 cents out of every dollar (the u.s. spends) is borrowed from places like china.	economy,federal-budget,message-machine-2012	public-notice			none	0	0	0	1	0	a political ad


































3315.json	false	tim kaine wants to thwart right-to-work reform measures in midwest battleground states.	labor	christopher-peace	delegate	virginia	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a post on his facebook page.


































7710.json	pants-fire	new virginia regulations on abortion clinics provide the same sanitary environment we expect of dental offices.	abortion,public-health,market-regulation	susan-b-anthony-list			republican	0	1	0	0	1	a radio ad.


































9203.json	mostly-true	on average, women make 77 cents for every dollar men make.	economy,women	michelle-nunn	chief executive officer, points of light foundation	georgia	democrat	3	0	1	2	0	statements


































9517.json	barely-true	says charlie crist signed the nations harshest marijuana laws.	crime,marijuana	progressive-choice			organization	1	0	0	0	0	a radio ad


































3639.json	half-true	we are the most generous in new england and new england is known for its generosity toward its welfare recipients.	government-efficiency,poverty,state-budget,taxes	colleen-conley	president, rhode island tea party	rhode island	tea-party-member	0	0	1	0	0	a radio interview


































6293.json	false	i used my line-item veto authority to veto $360 million dollars in special interest spending, so that our budget this year ... is still smaller than the fiscal year 2008 and 2009 budgets signed by my predecessor.	state-budget,state-finances	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a speech at the brookings institution


































7528.json	half-true	our debt is already bigger than our economy.	federal-budget	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a speech at cpac


































12538.json	half-true	were the only advanced democracy in the world that makes it harder for people to vote.	elections,states	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	keynoting south by southwest interactive


































8349.json	mostly-true	the shutdown is projected to result in $10 billion in costs to the economy per week.	economy,federal-budget	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	a tweet


































10684.json	true	says he paid one dollar for a sweater at kohls.	candidates-biography	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a speech


































6059.json	false	says combined inflation and unemployment rates in october 2011 were the highest since ronald reagan succeeded jimmy carter.	economy,history,jobs	wes-riddle	theater owner, activist	texas	republican	0	2	0	0	0	a speech.


































9609.json	true	black voter turnout in 2012 exceeded the rate of white voter turnout, even in the states with the strictest voter id laws.	elections	jason-riley	editorial board member, wall street journal		none	0	0	0	0	0	comments on fox news' the kelly file'