florida ranks 45th out of 50 states'' for its regulatory climate for business.	corporations,economy,market-regulation,states	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a speech to young republicans in tampa


































12109.json	false	ukraine voluntarily gave up its nuclear weapons because the united states of america said it would ensure (its) territorial integrity from russia.	foreign-policy	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview on cnn


































10724.json	mostly-true	legislation being considered in texas would strip the salaries and pensions of clerks who issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples even if the supreme court strikes down texas marriage ban later this year.	gays-and-lesbians,marriage	tim-cook	ceo, apple inc.	california	none	0	0	0	1	0	an oped column


































3203.json	barely-true	says families now pay out 40 percent of their income to taxes.	income,taxes	phil-king	attorney	texas	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a newspaper article.


































12814.json	half-true	says hillary clinton negotiated the first agreement ever where china and india officially committed to reduce their emissions.	climate-change,foreign-policy	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	a speech at the democratic national convention


































3057.json	barely-true	the incoming republican freshman class well, its no ordinary group: nearly half of its roughly 80 members have never served in elective office before.	public-service	greg-walden	u.s. representative	oregon	republican	3	0	1	0	0	a radio address


































1386.json	mostly-true	more than 1,000 people ... move to texas every day.	census,immigration,states	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	press release


































1028.json	true	you've heard endlessly about waterboarding. it happened to three terrorists.	terrorism	dick-cheney			republican	5	4	2	2	1	a speech at the american enterprise institute


































10086.json	true	in the past three years, we have prosecuted or brought more cases on access to public records than in the previous 12 years combined.	candidates-biography,government-efficiency,government-regulation,history,job-accomplishments,legal-issues,transparency	peter-kilmartin	state representative	rhode island	democrat	0	0	2	1	1	an interview on rhode island public radio


































3371.json	false	says nobody in higher education believes gov. rick perrys proposal to serve up $10,000 college degrees is possible.	education	andy-brown	attorney	texas	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	a web post.


































2013.json	true	crime is down in arizona.	crime,immigration,abc-news-week	al-hunt	executive editor for washington for bloomberg news		none	0	1	0	0	0	an appearance on abc's this week.


































5839.json	true	we have to recognize that our salaries for faculty are the lowest in new england with the exception of the university of maine.	education,state-budget	david-dooley	university of rhode island president	rhode island	state-official	0	0	0	0	0	a tv news show.


































10622.json	barely-true	there was just about zero press coverage of the 2007 bush white house email controversy.	transparency	juan-williams	pundit, fox news		none	2	0	2	1	0	comments on fox news sunday


































4482.json	pants-fire	says rick perry is spending more money than the state takes in, covering his deficits with record borrowing.	deficit,state-budget	keep-conservatives-united	super-pac	north carolina	republican	1	0	0	0	1	an online video ad.


































7959.json	half-true	says wendy davis, born into difficult circumstances, was the daughter of a single mother and a teenage mother herself.	abortion,candidates-biography	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a speech at national right to life convention, grapevine, texas.


































5974.json	barely-true	says under mitt romney, medicare could end as we know it, leaving julia with nothing but a voucher to buy insurance, which means $6,350 extra per year for a similar plan.	corrections-and-updates,federal-budget,health-care,medicare	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a graphical tool on the campaign website


































1140.json	true	preventive care does not save the government money.	health-care,pundits	david-brooks			none	0	0	2	0	0	an interview on the newshour with jim lehrer


































8319.json	half-true	the 2013-15 state budget backed by gov. scott walker and republican lawmakers left our technical colleges funded at 1989 levels.	education,jobs,state-budget	state-democratic-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	democrat	5	7	2	2	7	a column on the party's website


































7147.json	half-true	the city of atlanta has one of the highest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender populations per capita, ranking third among major american cities.	gays-and-lesbians,marriage	alex-wan	atlanta city councilman	georgia	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a resolution


































9060.json	true	says abraham lincoln tried to buy slavesfreedom in border states, but the states all rejected it.	history	jon-stewart			none	0	2	1	1	1	a broadcast of the daily show


































4044.json	mostly-true	you see a whole bunch of korean cars here in the united states, and you dont see any american cars in korea.	foreign-policy,trade,transportation	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference


































1970.json	half-true	the aba's own criteria for a judicial nominee call for, among other things, at least 12 years' experience in the practice of law, and they mean actual practice of law.	kagan-nomination,legal-issues	jon-kyl	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	0	2	4	3	0	a hearing on the supreme court nomination of elena kagan


































3218.json	false	a 5-cent charge on paper bags is a tax.	environment,taxes	mark-daniels	vice president, hilex poly co.	oregon	none	0	1	0	0	0	a legislative hearing


































598.json	barely-true	obama says he'll raise taxes on electricity.	taxes	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a television ad


































8199.json	false	says u.n. arms treaty will mandate a new international gun registry.	guns	steve-stockman	u.s. representative	texas	republican	1	3	0	0	1	a letter forwarded to politifact


































8509.json	true	says rick scott didnt even come to his own education summit. but he did take time to go to the tea party convention the same week.	education	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a rally announcing his candidacy for governor


































9641.json	mostly-true	florida has the third most-regressive tax structure.	poverty,taxes	nan-rich	candidate for governor	florida	democrat	1	0	1	3	0	a speech to the florida press association


































5194.json	mostly-true	eleven states have enacted these pay-to-play reforms.	campaign-finance,ethics	william-perry	common cause georgia executive director	georgia	none	0	0	1	1	0	an interview


































12737.json	half-true	says that as a u.s. senator, russ feingold voted against authorizing our military 11 separate times.	federal-budget,foreign-policy,military,terrorism	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	a speech at the republican convention


































8803.json	mostly-true	with the tax controls we already put in place, property taxes on a typical home in december of 2014 will actually be lower than they were in december of 2010.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a speech


































4633.json	false	the 9-9-9 plan does not raise taxes on those that are making the least.	poverty,taxes	herman-cain		georgia	republican	4	11	5	3	3	a debate in las vegas


































8607.json	true	i did not support the sequester.	federal-budget,voting-record	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a speech at the american enterprise institute


































8404.json	false	says u.s. rep. debbie wasserman schultz voted to cut off floridas veterans and their benefits.	veterans,voting-record	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	a robocall


































9653.json	half-true	if you look at what weve done over the last several years, the crime rate has actually gone down in [providence] and . . . the number of shootings has been going down.	crime,history,public-safety	angel-taveras	mayor of providence	rhode island	democrat	2	1	2	2	0	an interview with the providence journal


































13002.json	mostly-true	there are at least 23 countries that refuse to take their people back after theyve been ordered to leave the united states, including large numbers of violent criminals.	immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a campaign speech in phoenix


































5673.json	mostly-true	says jeff wentworth was the only republican to vote against the texas measure requiring women to have a sonogram before receiving an abortion.	abortion	donna-campbell	physician	texas	republican	0	1	0	1	0	an email blast.


































12126.json	half-true	stephen zappala is the only da in our state to convict an on-duty police officer of criminal homicide.	public-safety	stephen-zappala	allegheny county district attorney	pennsylvania	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	in a new ad.


































3574.json	false	says the federal government borrows almost $60 billion per week.	deficit,federal-budget	paul-broun	congressman	georgia	republican	4	8	3	2	1	a speech before congress


































7086.json	false	clayton county offers the lowest operating millage rate in metro atlanta.	taxes	clayton-county-government		georgia	none	0	1	0	0	0	a web post


































8487.json	half-true	as cfo, alex sink oversaw a $27 billion loss in the states pension fund.	economy,pensions,state-budget	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a youtube attack ad


































1510.json	mostly-true	as bank president, alex sink eliminated thousands of florida jobs while taking over $8 million in salary and bonuses.	candidates-biography	republican-governors-association		washington, d.c.	republican	5	1	6	4	2	a television advertisement


































5605.json	mostly-true	says new jersey has the most educated population of all the states in this country.	education	sheila-oliver	assemblywoman	new jersey	democrat	0	1	1	3	0	a speech at rider university


































5798.json	barely-true	the wisconsin law repealed by republicans, which allowed discriminated workers to sue in state court, was kind of a gravy train for lawyers.	civil-rights,disability,legal-issues,women,workers	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview


































8244.json	true	over the past twenty years, the number of homicides committed with a firearm in the united states has decreased by nearly 40 percent. the number of other crimes involving the use of a firearm has also plummeted, declining by nearly 70 percent.	crime,guns	doug-whitsett	state senator	oregon	republican	0	1	1	1	0	a guest column


































546.json	true	says obama opposes offshore drilling and a gas tax holiday.	energy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a web ad.


































7354.json	true	says right now, we have more military spending than the next 10, 11, 12 countries combined.	federal-budget,military	cory-booker	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	0	4	2	8	0	a panel discussion on hbo’s “real time with bill maher”


































11376.json	false	remember that developers are forced to use the 195 land union contractors, so tap an extra $10 million into any construction project.	baseball,labor,unions	john-depetro	talk-show host	rhode island	talk-show-host	0	3	0	0	3	blog


































5725.json	false	says new jersey devils managing partner jeff vanderbeek took us into arbitration.	city-government	cory-booker	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	0	4	2	8	0	a news conference


































6614.json	true	says a federal judge sanctions tennessee birther lawyer for bringing a frivolous lawsuit.	obama-birth-certificate	tennessee-democratic-party		tennessee	democrat	1	1	0	2	0	in a press release.


































1544.json	true	due to ... tax cuts and lower (property) values, 2009 property taxes were almost $3 billion below 2007 property taxes.	taxes	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	his state of the state address.


































8045.json	true	food stamp spending doubled under president bush, doubled again under president obama.	children,deficit,families,federal-budget,hunger,poverty,welfare	tom-cole		oklahoma	republican	0	0	0	1	0	an msnbc interview


































10508.json	false	on counting state budget shortfalls	state-budget,state-finances	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview


































11550.json	barely-true	were losing now over $500 billion a year in terms of imbalance with china.	china,foreign-policy,trade	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a debate in milwaukee, wis.


































12292.json	barely-true	today in america, between 40 and 50 percent of all african-american babies, virtually 1-in-2, are killed before they are born.	abortion	trent-franks	u.s. representative	arizona	republican	2	1	0	0	0	a legislative hearing


































7022.json	half-true	women in barack obamas white house are earning less than men.	jobs,women	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a campaign mailer


































2779.json	true	says that the new financial services law requires 358 regulatory filings.	consumer-safety,financial-regulation	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a news conference


































1686.json	half-true	marco rubio was subpoenaed.	candidates-biography	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	in a tv ad.


































5493.json	true	between 1982 and 2007 the cost of a college education increased 439 percent.	education	ron-wyden	u.s. senator	oregon	democrat	0	1	0	3	0	a news release


































12558.json	half-true	as governor, in the face of partisan attacks, (charlie crist) had the courage to save jobs and lead his state into economic recovery.	candidates-biography,economy,florida,stimulus	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a statement


































6081.json	false	most tips left at dunkin donuts dont go to employees.	economy,jobs,workers	christopher-blazejewski	rhode island state representative	rhode island	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a debate on the house floor


































10213.json	barely-true	it is senior citizens, not hispanics, who are the fastest-growing demographic in this country.	elections,immigration,population	brit-hume	fox news political analyst		none	1	2	0	0	0	an interview on fox news


































12216.json	false	on banning assault weapons.	guns	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	as a candidate in 2016 and as a possible hopeful in 2000


































5028.json	barely-true	says murder is the chief cause of death for pregnant women.	crime,women	kyleen-wright	president, texans for life coalition	texas	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a twitter message.


































7041.json	half-true	on a single-payer healthcare system	federal-budget,health-care,voting-record	tammy-baldwin	u.s. representative	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	an interview


































6938.json	half-true	says his administration has created 5 million jobs over the last 30 months in the private sector alone.	economy,jobs	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the second presidential debate


































3150.json	true	the u.s. loses more on tax breaks than it collects in personal income taxes.	deficit,federal-budget,taxes	mark-warner	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	3	1	6	3	0	a tv interview.


































7763.json	half-true	four balanced budgets in a row, with no new taxes for anyone. the best job growth in 12 years. nearly 130,000 new private-sector jobs. merit pay to reward new jerseys best teachers, and the most education funding ever.	education,state-budget,state-finances	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a tv ad


































5014.json	true	says joe biden said jon corzine is the smartest guy that i know, in terms of the economy and on finance, i really mean this.	economy,message-machine-2012	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a web ad posted on youtube


































1804.json	false	taxpayer-funded benefits to illegals in california are a skyrocketing cost under obamacare.	candidates-biography,elections,federal-budget,health-care,immigration,message-machine,poverty	steve-poizner	insurance commissioner and gubernatorial candidate	california	republican	0	1	1	1	0	a campaign commercial


































2091.json	false	should democrats get their way, every income tax bracket will increase on jan. 1, 2011. every single one.	taxes	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	a press conference


































12972.json	mostly-true	parents and teachers are already worrying about what they call the trump effect. they report that bullying and harassment are on the rise in our schools, especially targeting students of color, muslimsand immigrants.	education,immigration,islam	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	remarks in reno


































11937.json	barely-true	blocking a u.s. supreme court nomination during the remaining months of president obamas term would leave the nations highest court with an unprecedented year-long vacancy.	congress,supreme-court	new-hampshire-democratic-party		new hampshire	democrat	4	0	3	3	0	a press release


































10188.json	false	jeanne shaheen was principally involved in a plot with lois lerner and president barack obamas political appointee at the irs to lead a program of harassment against conservative nonprofit groups during the 2012 election	government-regulation,taxes	daily-caller	online publication	washington, d.c.	none	0	2	0	0	0	an article


































4982.json	true	says king street patriots held a fundraiser featuring an author who believes that registering the poor to vote is un-american.	elections,poverty,welfare	boyd-richie	texas democratic party chair	texas	democrat	2	1	0	0	1	an email blast


































5033.json	true	i was one of about a dozen (senators) who voted against the bridge to nowhere.	federal-budget	george-allen	consultant	virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a debate


































1746.json	false	on whether to run for the u.s. senate as an independent.	elections	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	various comments over the past few months


































6343.json	barely-true	says romney had the uniforms for the 2002 winter olympic games made in burma.	candidates-biography,foreign-policy,message-machine-2012,sports	priorities-usa-action			democrat	3	1	4	2	1	a video shown on cable news shows


































120.json	true	with one stroke of his pen, president bush has denied health insurance to 3.8 million kids who were due to get it under this bipartisan expansion of the children's health insurance program.	health-care	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	


































7849.json	mostly-true	says with nearly 75 percent of americans supportive of the construction of the pipeline, schrader needs to explain to oregon families why he voted against this needed project.	climate-change,congress,economy,energy,environment,market-regulation,voting-record	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a press release


































3567.json	false	libya supplies the oil for china. we get no oil from libya.	china,energy,foreign-policy	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on fox news


































4003.json	false	there is a republican plan to end medicare.	health-care,medicare	sherrod-brown	u.s. senator	ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	a campaign fund-raising letter


































1734.json	barely-true	currently we have some 40-45% of americans who are not paying any taxes.	taxes	allen-west	u.s. representative, florida district 22	florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	a statement on his campaign website


































11448.json	pants-fire	says cnn deleted an online poll showing bernie sanders won the first democratic presidential debate to help out hillary clinton.	polls	nowthis			journalist	0	1	0	0	1	a video shared on social media


































515.json	half-true	casualties and deaths are at (their) lowest point since literally the beginning of the war.	iraq	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a town hall meeting in nashville, tenn.


































3325.json	false	claims wisconsin senate majority leader scott fitzgerald said: it is necessary to eliminate unions in order to balance future budgets.	labor,state-budget	ed-garvey	attorney, blogger	wisconsin	democrat	0	2	0	0	0	a newspaper column and blog post


































1154.json	barely-true	any government-run 'public' plan ... forces more employers to drop employee coverage due to rising costs and pay an additional 8% payroll tax for each worker.	health-care	ginny-brown-waite	congresswoman	florida	republican	2	0	2	0	0	a mailing


































10325.json	pants-fire	congress is a very special group of people. more than 80 percent of them never left the united states.	congress,foreign-policy	sergey-lavrov	foreign minister of russia	russia	none	0	0	0	0	1	an interview with the french television network france 24


































5375.json	half-true	says he banned texting while driving in austin.	city-government,public-safety	mike-martinez	member, austin city council	texas	democrat	1	0	1	1	1	his campaign website.


































2206.json	mostly-true	the state budget has gone up over 80 percent under rick perry.	state-budget	bill-white	former mayor of houston	texas	democrat	2	3	5	7	3	a tv interview.


































5215.json	mostly-true	while romney was a director of the damon corporation, the company was defrauding medicare of millions.	corporations,crime,health-care,medicare,message-machine-2012	afscme			none	3	1	2	3	0	a television ad


































6086.json	false	says barack obama supported ted kennedys ammo ban to outlaw all deer-hunting ammunition.	guns	national-rifle-association			none	3	5	1	5	3	a mailer


































6490.json	half-true	paul ryan would outlaw in vitro fertilization.	abortion,health-care,legal-issues,women	ultraviolet	liberal advocacy group	washington, d.c.	none	2	0	1	1	0	a graphic on the internet


































13106.json	barely-true	says marco rubio voted against every bill that would have helped keep our families safe. he even voted against a bipartisan measure, introduced by a republican, to prevent people on the no-fly list from purchasing guns.	guns,terrorism	patrick-murphy		florida	democrat	2	1	4	5	0	a campaign statement


































8238.json	pants-fire	an account of attacks in benghazi written by former white house press secretary dee dee myers shows that the body of u.s. ambassador to libya christopher stevens was dragged through the streets and abused.	foreign-policy,terrorism	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email


































11275.json	true	the state of texas is funding womens health services at historically high levels; they just increased their level another $50 million for the next two years.	abortion,health-care,state-budget,state-finances,women	joe-pojman	executive director, texas alliance for life	texas	republican	0	0	0	0	0	addressing a rally outside the texas capitol


































7082.json	true	says tennessees higher education funding model is 100 percent outcomes-based and we are already seeing this model changing the way our postsecondary institutions do business.	education,state-budget	bill-haslam	governor	tennessee	republican	0	1	1	0	0	an article for time magazine.


































7431.json	mostly-true	without a medicaid expansion, 275,000 more ohioans could be getting their primary care in emergency rooms, costing everybody a lot of money.	health-care,medicaid,poverty	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a news conference


































1242.json	half-true	the truth is any oil that would be drilled could be sent to any other country in the world, reducing our use of foreign oil not by one single drop.	energy,environment,foreign-policy	bill-nelson		florida	democrat	3	1	8	10	0	during a u.s. senate debate


































4299.json	pants-fire	says a senate resolution would restore $140 in monthly general assistance payments and prevent people from committing crime.	crime,poverty,state-budget	sandra-cunningham	state senator	new jersey	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a speech on the state senate floor


































1396.json	mostly-true	when president bush took office in 2001, he inherited a $236 billion budget surplus, with a projected 10-year surplus of $5.6 trillion. when he ended his term, he left a $1.3 trillion deficit and a projected 10-year shortfall of $8 trillion.	federal-budget	david-axelrod			democrat	2	1	6	7	0	an op-ed in the washington post.


































6305.json	true	rhode islanders pay among the highest auto repair bills in the nation.	economy,market-regulation,small-business,states	robert-dimuccio	chief executive officer, amica insurance	rhode island	newsmaker	0	0	0	0	0	a letter to policy holders


































635.json	mostly-true	john mccain has seven houses.	candidates-biography	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	interview by obama campaign strategist david axelrod


































831.json	mostly-true	barack obama said people making less than $250,000 would benefit from his plan then said if you're a family making less than $200,000, you'll benefit.	taxes	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	hershey, pa. 


































8248.json	mostly-true	before president obama acted in libya in 2011, the american people were opposed to military action by 35 to 60. after he took action, they were in support of it 54 to 43.	foreign-policy,military,pundits	karl-rove		texas	republican	2	5	2	8	0	a segment of 'fox news sunday'


































12534.json	false	on running for re-election to u.s. senate	candidates-biography,elections	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an announcement


































6272.json	half-true	the portland-milwaukie light rail transit project has created 1,525 direct jobs as of june 11, 2012.	jobs,transportation	trimet			organization	1	0	1	0	0	a website


































8698.json	pants-fire	the fact that one town has three lanes dedicated to it, that kind of gets me sauced.	transportation	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	response to subpoenas being sent out over a bridge lane-closure controversy


































12802.json	half-true	independent analysts found that trumps tax plan, given to the wealthy and big corporations, would rack up $30 trillion in debt.	debt,taxes	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a speech at the democratic national convention in philadelphia


































12891.json	true	overdosing is now the number one accidental killer in our commonwealth.	drugs	josh-shapiro		pennsylvania	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a platform on his campaign website


































4489.json	true	toledo mayor mike bell (once) lost his job as a firefighter because his city ran out of money.	labor,unions	building-better-ohio		ohio	none	1	0	0	1	0	a campaign commercial


































7633.json	half-true	in south carolina, women earn 76 cents on the dollar to mens earnings.	jobs,women	elizabeth-colbert-busch		south carolina	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a news release


































4486.json	mostly-true	says the panhandle has had its highest-ever bed tax collections in 2011.	economy,oil-spill,tourism	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	an interview on msnbc's morning joe


































7342.json	true	says max carries 30 percent of evening rush-hour commuters traveling from downtown on the sunset and banfield freeways.	transportation	trimet			organization	1	0	1	0	0	an advertisement


































646.json	false	on whether he wants to be vice president.	elections	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	


































2152.json	pants-fire	theres no negative advertising in my campaign at all.	elections	bill-mccollum		florida	republican	2	1	2	0	1	talking with reporters.


































2627.json	barely-true	mark kirk: lied about going to war. opposed middle class tax cuts. and said unemployments not that big an issue.	candidates-biography,economy,message-machine,military,taxes	alexi-giannoulias		illinois	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a tv ad


































12063.json	pants-fire	says hillary clinton told the des moines register on aug. 8, 2015:i will get the nra shut down for good if i become president. if we can ban handguns, we will do it.	guns	viral-image			none	5	5	0	3	15	a blog post and subsequently reposted on facebook.


































9938.json	pants-fire	to deprive underprivileged children of a meat-based protein during school lunch is most likely depriving them of their only source of protein for the day.	children,education	todd-staples	state agriculture commissioner	texas	republican	0	1	4	3	1	oped commentary


































3463.json	half-true	says allen west helped thwart a terrorist plot by shooting a gun in the direction of an iraqi detainee, then reported the incident to his superior and said it was wrong.	candidates-biography,iraq,pundits	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	comments on his fox news show.


































12468.json	pants-fire	the dog meat festival in yulin, china, threatens global public health.	animals,public-health	alcee-hastings	u.s. representative	florida	democrat	1	0	1	0	2	a house resolution


































2721.json	pants-fire	says republican candidates in key wisconsin assembly races side with those who want to privatize social security -- and risk our retirements on wall street.	message-machine	greater-wisconsin-political-fund		wisconsin	none	3	3	3	1	1	radio ads and direct mail pieces


































8528.json	true	finance experts estimate that paying in cash for the $2.5 billion in projects funded by the sales tax saved gwinnett county more than $1 billion in interest payments.	county-budget,taxes	charlotte-nash		georgia	republican	1	0	1	2	0	an interview


































4668.json	half-true	during sherrod browns past decade as a d.c. politician, more than one out of every four jobs that has left america, left from ohio. ... sherrod brown will own these horrendous ohio job numbers next year.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	josh-mandel	ohio treasurer	ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a news release


































12837.json	false	says milwaukee county district attorney candidate verona swanigan has worked as a prosecutor.	candidates-biography,crime,criminal-justice	milwaukeeans-self-governance			organization	0	1	0	0	0	a radio ad


































9065.json	true	georgia has saved $20 million through changes in criminal sentencing.	criminal-justice,state-budget	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a speech


































7453.json	mostly-true	about two-thirds of all consumption is services. . . it was just the opposite when the sales tax was enacted in the 30s.	state-budget,taxes	joseph-testa	ohio tax commissioner	ohio	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a news conference


































5217.json	half-true	we never had an earthquake in youngstown until john kasich was elected governor,	energy,environment,government-regulation	robert-hagan	state representative	ohio	democrat	0	0	2	1	0	a news release


































7862.json	mostly-true	my office is about a 300-step walk to the governors office.	city-government,economy	kasim-reed			democrat	1	0	5	7	1	leadership forum


































12442.json	false	says donald trump has the second-highest disapproval ratings of anyone running for president.	polls	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an online campaign ad


































4941.json	true	sherrod brown has been running for public office since richard nixon was president.	elections	josh-mandel	ohio treasurer	ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a radio show


































7055.json	false	the ryan budget gets rid of medicare in 10 years and turns it into a voucher program.	health-care,medicare	sheldon-whitehouse	u.s. senator	rhode island	democrat	2	3	2	7	0	a debate


































10437.json	pants-fire	on assault weapon violence: ducks have more protection than people in virginia.	guns	alfonso-lopez	state delegate	virginia	democrat	0	0	1	0	1	a floor speech.


































9668.json	false	the increase in the garbage tax that [mayor allan fung] imposed in cranston for some people has been as much as $200.	city-government,debates,environment,government-efficiency	kenneth-block	businessman		republican	0	3	2	3	0	a radio debate


































8932.json	barely-true	as state commerce secretary, mary burke drafted, sponsored and promoted budgets that raised taxes by billions, created high structural deficits and raided funds to finance huge spending hikes.	state-budget,taxes	republican-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	republican	4	3	2	3	0	a press release


































1412.json	pants-fire	there are high administrative costs when you donate to haiti relief through the white house web site.	government-efficiency,pundits	rush-limbaugh	radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	a comment on his radio show.


































13384.json	pants-fire	says hillary clinton wants to let people just pour in. you could have 650 million people pour in and we do nothing about it. think of it. thats what could happen. you triple the size of our country in one week.	homeland-security,immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a campaign rally in albuquerque


































2584.json	false	(jeff) atwaters busy helping his friends and wasting our tax dollars -- $48 million for a government building so lavish its dubbed the taj mahal, $100,000 for a golf musuem, and $110 million to build a private prison to help a big contributor.	crime,message-machine,state-budget	loranne-ausley		florida	democrat	0	1	1	0	0	a tv ad.


































3162.json	false	despite claims that you can keep the health care plan you like, the obama administration has predicted that as many as 7 out of 10 americans with employer-provided health coverage could lose their current health plan.	health-care,workers	blake-farenthold	u.s. representative	texas	republican	0	1	0	0	0	an op-ed


































6503.json	half-true	on supporting the charter school amendment.	education	john-barge		georgia	republican	0	0	0	1	0	an announcement


































5805.json	false	in my years in the state legislature, i have never voted for a tax increase.	message-machine-2012,taxes	joseph-kyrillos	state senator	new jersey	republican	3	3	2	2	1	a blog post on his campaign website


































2701.json	mostly-true	the lawyer who brought the case against nationsbank said publicly that alex sink had nothing to do with the case, had nothing to do with the situation and didnt know about the problems.	candidates-biography,ethics,financial-regulation,legal-issues	alex-sink		florida	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	a cnn/st. petersburg times debate.


































10332.json	true	were spending millions for each individual held at guantanamo bay, cuba.	corrections-and-updates,terrorism	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	comments on cnn's state of the union


































1381.json	mostly-true	texas is last (50th) in spending for mental health care.	health-care,state-budget	marc-katz	deli owner	texas	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a message on twitter


































617.json	barely-true	barack obama promises higher taxes on the sale of your home.	taxes	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	in a radio ad.


































13379.json	false	says fbi director james comeys letter about new developments in the investigation into her emails only went to republican members of the house.	congress	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a press conference


































1313.json	true	barack obama won't even use the term 'war on terrorism.'	iraq,military,pundits	sean-hannity	radio/tv host		none	3	5	3	2	1	his fox news program


































8526.json	half-true	wendy davis is fighting to bring ... bloomberg-style gun control to texas.	elections,guns,states	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	a donation web page


































3079.json	mostly-true	under federal law, jared loughner would not have been able to buy a gun had he been identified as mentally ill.	guns	sherrod-brown	u.s. senator	ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	an msnbc interview


































3723.json	barely-true	two million federal workers negotiate zippo, zero. there is no collective bargaining for federal employees.	government-efficiency,labor,state-budget	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a radio interview


































930.json	barely-true	the congressional budget office estimates that only 15 percent of this stimulus package will be spent in 2009 and only 37 percent in 2010.	economy,stimulus	pat-roberts	u.s. senator	kansas	republican	1	1	0	0	0	remarks made in the senate


































5937.json	mostly-true	says he represents or has represented about half the san antonio-rooted district in which he seeks election.	candidates-biography,redistricting	lloyd-doggett	texas congressman in the u.s. houst of representatives	texas	democrat	1	0	2	7	0	a tv interview.


































7642.json	half-true	we have the fewest people employed in this country since 1979.	economy,labor	cathy-mcmorris-rodgers	u.s. house of representatives	washington state	republican	0	0	2	0	0	an interview with npr


































6823.json	false	says u.s. senate opponent tammy baldwin supported a federal budget that spent trillions -- not billions, trillions -- more money than the obama budget.	deficit,federal-budget,taxes	tommy-thompson		wisconsin	republican	6	8	2	5	3	an interview


































10937.json	half-true	twenty-five percent of people in the country have said they changed their email and phone habits because of the collection of data allowed by the patriot act.	civil-rights,homeland-security,terrorism	mark-pocan	state assembly member, 78th district	wisconsin	democrat	1	2	2	3	0	a radio interview


































8438.json	false	says under president barack obama, the debt increased by 23 percent, which was less than under any president going back to ronald reagan.	debt,history,pundits	tom-colicchio	restauranteur	new york	none	0	1	0	0	0	a tweet


































13016.json	half-true	the secure communities program and 287(g) immigration programs were programs that worked but were recklessly gutted by the obama administration.	immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech in arizona


































10199.json	true	i spent only $36.29 on my campaign for governor.	campaign-finance,elections,jobs	robert-healey	lawyer	rhode island	independent	1	0	0	0	0	interviews


































10613.json	barely-true	says that susan rice, the presidents national security adviser, has already conceded that iran will have a robust uranium enrichment capability.	foreign-policy,military,nuclear	tom-cotton	u.s. house of representatives	arkansas	republican	3	4	2	3	1	an interview on fox news


































12920.json	barely-true	because theres no local option to allow communities to ban, limit or restrict the location of pot shops, if amendment 2 passes you can expect the seedy elements of the pot industry to move in right next door to your neighborhood, your church, your business and even your childs school.	government-regulation,marijuana,public-health	vote-no-2		florida	none	1	0	2	0	0	a pamphlet mailed to voters


































1939.json	pants-fire	with his decision on whether to fire gen. stanley mcchrystal, president obama has to fix yet another problem he inherited from the bush administration.	afghanistan,military,pundits	ed-schultz	msnbc television host		none	3	1	4	1	2	a commentary on msnbc's the ed show


































12719.json	half-true	says hillary clinton lied about why her parents named her hillary.	candidates-biography	mitch-mcconnell	senate minority leader	kentucky	republican	7	6	5	7	0	a speech at the republican national convention in cleveland


































6245.json	pants-fire	the health care law imposes the largest tax increase in history on the middle class.	health-care,message-machine-2012,taxes	american-commitment			none	2	1	0	0	1	a television ad


































9491.json	true	the number of terrorists out there has doubled.	terrorism	dick-cheney			republican	5	4	2	2	1	comments on abc's this week


































8734.json	mostly-true	under the espionage act, (edward snowden would not be) allowed to come into court and say i was justified in disclosing this information. there is no whistleblower exception in the espionage act.	crime,foreign-policy,homeland-security,legal-issues	glenn-greenwald			journalist	0	0	0	1	0	a broadcast of cnn's the lead


































5231.json	half-true	the median income in this country has declined 10 percent in the last four years.	economy	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a republican presidential debate in tampa


































5864.json	mostly-true	we will not ask for a tax increase to run city government.	education,taxes	c-wharton	mayor of memphis	tennessee	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an interview about his city budget proposal.


































10292.json	true	unlike marijuana, medical cannabis oil cannot get you high.	health-care,marijuana,states	allen-peake	member, georgia house of representatives	georgia	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a press conference at the georgia state capitol


































5908.json	barely-true	says jeff reardon cut elementary school music classes, art instruction, teaching positions, basketball and volleyball programs, and he voted to raise school lunch prices.	education,message-machine-2012,voting-record	mike-schaufler			democrat	1	0	0	0	0	campaign mailer


































2915.json	false	in florida, illegal immigration costs taxpayers nearly $4 billion (a year). this amounts to $700 for every household in florida.	immigration	vern-buchanan	u.s. rep.	florida	republican	1	1	1	0	0	a web video.


































11361.json	true	theres no money for planned parenthood in the bill that would keep the government open.	abortion,congress,congressional-rules,federal-budget	tom-cole		oklahoma	republican	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on fox news sunday


































4180.json	barely-true	the house passed cut, cap and balance with bipartisan support.	bipartisanship,federal-budget	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a televised speech


































3628.json	barely-true	tim kaine broke a campaign promise not to raise taxes.	state-budget,taxes	republican-party-virginia		virginia	republican	2	0	0	0	1	a website post.


































9915.json	mostly-true	children who witness domestic violence are twice as likely to commit it themselves.	crime,criminal-justice,women	amy-klobuchar	u.s. senator	minnesota	democrat	0	0	0	2	0	comments on cnn's state of the union


































10811.json	false	on reauthorization of export-import bank.	trade	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an oped column


































5332.json	barely-true	says gov. bob mcdonnells budget would cut pre-kindergarten programs.	education,state-budget	george-barker	state senator	virginia	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a speech.


































644.json	mostly-true	joe biden wrote the violence against women act ... the rate of domestic violence went down dramatically.	crime	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	springfield, ill.


































1822.json	mostly-true	last year, (bill mccollum) spent more than $2.2 million dollars to produce and air campaign-style tv ads where you were featured in almost every frame.	children,crime,technology	florida-democratic-party		florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	an e-mail message


































3917.json	true	we already have $23 billion worth of debt.	state-budget	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	abc news 27 interview


































938.json	true	when the salmonella source was finally identified, fda officials had to wait for industry approval before they could go live with the [peanut] recall.	consumer-safety	rosa-delauro	congresswoman	connecticut	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a news conference


































8797.json	true	weve had the private sector more than double the investment that was made by the public sector at quonset business park.	economy,infrastructure,jobs,state-finances	steven-king	managing director, quonset business park		none	0	0	0	0	0	a tv interview


































9214.json	barely-true	women are paid 77 cents for every $1 men get for the same work.	economy,women	jason-carter	state senator	georgia	democrat	1	0	2	1	0	social media posts


































6925.json	barely-true	as governor, mitt romney raised nursing home fees eight times.	medicaid,message-machine-2012	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign ad


































8018.json	pants-fire	says if texas abortion measure passes, someone living in el paso would have to drive 550 miles each way to san antonio for something as simple as cervical cancer screening.	abortion,health-care	gilberto-hinojosa	chairman, texas democratic party	texas	democrat	0	4	1	2	1	an email blast


































12295.json	mostly-true	the paris agreement is by far the largest number of countries ever to sign an international agreement on a single day.	climate-change,foreign-policy	ban-ki-moon	 secretary-general of the united nations		none	0	0	0	1	0	comments


































4328.json	true	says that wall street hedge fund managers pay a lower tax rate than does a sheet metal worker in parma or a school teacher in cleveland.	income,taxes	sherrod-brown	u.s. senator	ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	a television interview


































3482.json	pants-fire	woonsocket needs a garbage-burning power plant because residents are paying through the nose for electricity thats fueled by foreign oil, at prices that are skyrocketing.	economy,energy,environment	jon-brien	state representative from woonsocket	rhode island	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a news release


































8678.json	barely-true	by using a little-known loophole ... obama minions are allowing nestle company to export precious fresh water out of lake michigan.	corporations,environment,legal-issues,market-regulation,states	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	various internet postings


































5589.json	barely-true	every 1 percent increase in the cost of health insurance today causes about 30,000 georgians to be uninsured.	health-care	judson-hill			republican	1	0	1	0	0	a speech


































2763.json	half-true	says washington state has consistently ranked in the top five in the forbes list of best states to do business ahead of texas.	economy,jobs	chris-gregoire	governor of washington state	washington	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a statement in a seattle times article


































8726.json	barely-true	the obama administration offered no magic number of people that needed to sign up for health care on the marketplaces.	health-care	gene-sperling	director of the national economic council 		democrat	1	0	0	0	0	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































9445.json	false	only after news broke that our veterans are dying because of inadequate health care did harry reid and senate democrats take action.	veterans	bill-cassidy	u.s. house of representatives	louisiana	republican	0	1	0	0	1	a statement on his website


































4305.json	false	says rick perry wanted to secede from the union.	candidates-biography,foreign-policy,history,states	jay-carney	white house press secretary	district of columbia	none	2	2	1	2	0	an interview.


































12496.json	half-true	it is a fact that the economy does better when we have a democrat in the white house.	economy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a campaign speech


































6077.json	barely-true	as governor: romney did not keep public safety funding in line with inflation.	history,message-machine-2012,public-safety,state-budget,state-finances,states	american-bridge-21st-century			democrat	2	1	0	3	0	a campaign ad


































6413.json	half-true	we have reduced funding for education the least. theyve suffered the least cuts.	education,state-budget	fran-millar		georgia	republican	0	0	1	0	0	an article


































3881.json	half-true	says the federal government threatened to impose a no-fly zone in texas if state legislators bar airport security officials from performing pat-downs.	public-safety,transportation	waco-tea-party		texas	tea-party-member	0	0	1	0	0	an e-mail blast


































1580.json	pants-fire	says the texas state board of education is considering eliminating references to christmas and the constitution in textbooks.	education	gretchen-carlson	co-anchor on fox & friends	minnesota	none	1	1	0	0	1	an episode of fox & friends


































1962.json	mostly-true	gov. rick perry broke his promise that he would not accept a $40,000 pay increase.	candidates-biography,ethics,job-accomplishments	bill-white	former mayor of houston	texas	democrat	2	3	5	7	3	a press conference


































6694.json	half-true	on u.s.-israeli relations, prime minister benjamin netanyahu set the record straight he said, our two countries have exactly the same policy (and) our security cooperation is unprecedented.	israel	john-kerry	secretary of state	massachusetts	democrat	3	2	2	5	0	a speech at the democratic national convention


































11959.json	mostly-true	malawi has just 300 doctors for 16 million people.	public-health	actionaid-k			none	0	0	1	1	0	a tweet


































10819.json	mostly-true	we doubled the size of the company (hewlett-packard).	candidates-biography,economy	carly-fiorina		california	republican	5	5	4	3	2	comments on nbc's meet the press


































1369.json	false	a medicaid provision added to the senate health carereform bill is not a special deal for nebraska.	health-care	ben-nelson	u.s. senator	nebraska	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a speech on the senate floor


































13283.json	true	says warren buffett has publicly said his secretary should not be paying a higher tax rate than him.	taxes	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the second presidential debate


































1438.json	mostly-true	a majority of americans still oppose this health care bill.	health-care	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a live-blog post during the state of the union address


































424.json	barely-true	my husband didn't wrap up the nomination until june.	elections	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an interview with the <i> philadelphia daily news </i> editorial board


































3840.json	half-true	we went from a $5.6 trillion surplus that george bush inherited to over ... $11-plus trillion debt when george bush left office.	deficit,federal-budget,history	steny-hoyer	house majority leader	maryland	democrat	0	1	3	4	0	an interview on msnbc's the daily rundown


































9303.json	true	with only 67 bills or so passed into law, 2013 was the least productive year in congressional history since weve been keeping record.	bipartisanship,congress,history	joaquin-castro	attorney	texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	0	an interview with the mcallen monitor


































928.json	mostly-true	obama taps porn lawyer for #2 at justice.	legal-issues	fidelis			none	0	0	0	1	0	a news release


































11909.json	barely-true	says jeb bush said he would take his pants off and moon everybody ... nobody reports that.	elections	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a republican debate in south carolina


































7509.json	false	georgia has the most lax gun laws in the nation.	guns	donzella-james	state senator	georgia	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a speech


































13395.json	true	says of donald trump, he even said, on his very first day in office, he would require every school in america to let people carry guns into our classrooms.	guns	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a rally in cincinnati


































9424.json	false	the chamber of commerce says new carbon regulations will kill 244,000 jobs a year and cost average families $1,200 a year.	climate-change,economy,environment,market-regulation	ed-gillespie	republican strategist	washington, d.c.	republican	2	3	2	2	1	a tv interview.


































4887.json	true	says he followed state law and the precedent of other massachusetts governors when he erased electronic communications as he left office.	job-accomplishments,new-hampshire-2012,transparency	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an interview with the editorial board of the 'telegraph.'


































3649.json	false	says many states are floundering under crushing deficit spending.	state-budget	mike-haridopolos	florida senate president	florida	republican	0	3	1	1	0	comments announcing a budget deal with the florida house of representatives


































1613.json	barely-true	florida's legal challenge of the federal health care bill is bipartisan.	health-care	bill-mccollum		florida	republican	2	1	2	0	1	a press release.


































6761.json	true	the truth is, planned parenthood does not provide mammograms. planned parenthood refers women to mammography providers, serving as the middlewoman, if you will.	health-care	karen-handel			republican	2	0	3	3	1	a book


































11367.json	barely-true	when ice releases illegal immigrants, a lot of those people are not from honduras and mexico. theyre from iraq and somalia and russia.	immigration	ben-carson			republican	7	12	3	2	4	values voter summit


































5620.json	true	more than half of the births in texas are paid for by medicaid.	children,medicaid	elliott-naishtat	attorney	texas	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an oped column.


































1107.json	false	president barack obama suggested on national tv that the democratic health care bill will have government decide that a healthy, 100-year-old woman in need of a pacemaker should take a pain pill instead.	health-care	dan-lungren	u.s. house of representatives	california	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a speech on the house floor


































10568.json	mostly-true	on immigration, the president said 22 times, 22 times, that he couldnt do what he eventually did.	immigration	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	comments on cbs' face the nation


































4852.json	true	we have had some significant accomplishments on a bipartisan basis.	bipartisanship,states	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a news conference


































11748.json	half-true	weve lifted high school graduation rates to new highs.	education	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a state of the union speech


































4106.json	mostly-true	state agencies have not identified one single instance where groundwater has been damaged due to hydraulic fracking.	energy,environment	kris-jordan	state senator	ohio	republican	0	0	1	1	0	a speech in the ohio senate


































8400.json	barely-true	when sacs came back to the dekalb county school district to give a midterm review, we got straight as.	education	michael-thurmond	labor commissioner	georgia	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a community meeting


































9719.json	half-true	in the do-nothing senate, there are 352 house bills sitting on harry reids desk awaiting action, including 55 introduced by democrats.	congress,congressional-rules	lynn-jenkins	u.s. house of representatives	kansas	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a press conference


































2278.json	barely-true	one of the things we found very clearly and consistently is that [video gaming] is a growth industry.	corporations,economy	keith-stokes		rhode island	state-official	1	0	0	0	0	an interview on wjar-tv


































2293.json	true	says most of perrys chiefs of staff have been lobbyists.	ethics	bill-white	former mayor of houston	texas	democrat	2	3	5	7	3	a speech


































305.json	false	i know that hillary on occasion has said just last year said this (nafta) was a boon to the economy.	foreign-policy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a debate in myrtle beach, s.c.


































3185.json	half-true	says the texas forest service planted 6,000 trees in the dallas/fort worth area before the super bowl for unknown reasons at an unknown cost.	environment	michael-sullivan	president and ceo, empower texans	texas	republican	1	0	3	1	0	a twitter post.


































13094.json	false	says russ feingold was the only senator to vote against homeland security.	candidates-biography,homeland-security	let-america-work		wisconsin	organization	0	1	0	0	0	a tv ad


































9968.json	false	sen.mark begich cast the deciding vote in favor of president obamas authority to issue executive amnesty to illegal aliens.	immigration,message-machine-2014,voting-record	dan-sullivan	alaska department of public resources commissioner	alaska	republican	2	2	1	0	0	an email to supporters


































10878.json	barely-true	isis didnt exist when my brother was president. al-qaida in iraq was wiped out when my brother was president.	foreign-policy,iraq,terrorism	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a roundtable in new hampshire


































5928.json	mostly-true	there are 49 different federal job training programs that report to eight agencies.	education,government-efficiency,jobs	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	remarks in st. petersburg, fla.


































5866.json	false	the u.s. economy is recovering slower than europe	economy	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	a tv interview.


































2831.json	mostly-true	texas leads the country in drunk driving fatalities.	drugs,public-safety	art-acevedo	chief of police, austin, texas	texas	none	0	0	0	1	0	an interview.


































4602.json	barely-true	romneycare has killed 18,000 massachusetts jobs.	health-care,jobs,message-machine-2012	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a campaign ad


































9804.json	half-true	says iowa republican senate candidate joni ernst would privatize social security.	message-machine-2014,retirement,social-security,workers	democratic-senatorial-campaign-committee			democrat	1	2	3	1	0	a campaign ad


































3961.json	false	says allen west violatedfederal law by scuba diving with u.s. flag.	legal-issues,patriotism	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	a blog


































5428.json	true	says in oregon only 41 percent of adults have ever been tested for hiv.	public-health	alissa-keny-guyer	oregon house member	oregon	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a floor speech.


































6582.json	mostly-true	when president obama took office, we were losing 700,000 jobs a month. now weve had job growth, i think, for 24 consecutive months.	economy,jobs	david-cicilline	mayor of providence	rhode island	democrat	7	4	5	4	1	a debate on wpri.com


































3857.json	barely-true	we in the democratic party had no input into the locations of these hearings, nor did we have input into the process.	redistricting	robert-brown	state senator	georgia	democrat	1	1	0	0	0	an interview


































10988.json	barely-true	says scott walker said that forcing women facing abortion to get invasive ultrasounds was just a cool thing.	abortion,government-regulation,health-care,public-health,women	naral-pro-choice		washington, d.c.	organization	2	1	0	0	1	a tv ad


































9580.json	mostly-true	says charlie crist raised taxes on the middle class by $2.2 billion.	taxes	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a campaign commercial


































2272.json	false	this is not a mosque. its a cultural center that has a prayer area.	religion,abc-news-week	al-hunt	executive editor for washington for bloomberg news		none	0	1	0	0	0	abc's this week


































10472.json	barely-true	every year in the united states between 3,000 and 4,500 severe vaccine reactions are reported to the centers for disease control. not mild reactions. severe reactions that land somebody in the hospital, the intensive care unit or cause a permanent disability or death.	health-care,public-health	bob-sears	pediatrician		none	1	0	0	0	0	an interview on cnn


































7323.json	true	odds of winning the monopoly millionaire instant win game are 1 in 3.27.	lottery	georgia-lottery			none	0	0	0	1	0	on a ticket


































742.json	barely-true	obama has voted in the united states senate to increase taxes on people who make as low as $42,000 a year.	taxes	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	oxford, miss.


































10201.json	mostly-true	new jersey has had seven credit downgrades since chris christie became governor.	economy,state-budget,state-finances,states	greta-van-susteren	fox news host		none	0	1	0	1	0	comments on abc's this week


































13408.json	true	surveys show that many of our citizens think we devote a full quarter or even a third of our federal budget to foreign aid.	federal-budget,foreign-policy	john-kerry	secretary of state	massachusetts	democrat	3	2	2	5	0	a speech at the chicago council on global affairs


































4933.json	false	our federal government has lent $2 billion to the state-owned oil company of brazil to allow them to explore for oil and gas.	energy,foreign-policy,trade	george-allen	consultant	virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a debate.


































10464.json	half-true	ronald reagan banned ownership of fully automatic rifles. he supported the assault weaspons ban.	guns,history	alfonso-lopez	state delegate	virginia	democrat	0	0	1	0	1	a floor speech.


































10496.json	false	over 200 years ago, the united states had declared war on islam, and thomas jefferson led the charge!	history,military,religion	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email


































6621.json	true	the first (state) budget that came out of our republican leadership slashed funding to planned parenthood...it resulted in the reduction of hours, the elimination of days, elimination of access to women in my city and all over my state.	abortion,health-care,women	cory-booker	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	0	4	2	8	0	a rally at the democratic national convention


































12328.json	half-true	says he started the pacur plastics manufacturing company he owns.	candidates-biography,jobs	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	


































9059.json	false	the united states has seen a net loss of people with health insurance because of obamacare.	health-care,medicaid,public-health	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a press conference


































8750.json	barely-true	i have never lobbied for offshore oil drilling.	candidates-biography	david-jolly		florida	republican	4	0	1	1	0	comments at a public form


































9136.json	false	glenn hegar promised to eliminate the property tax.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	mike-collier		texas	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign email blast


































3205.json	false	when the milwaukee county mental health facility is full, cops sit out there in their squad cars with a mentally ill patient and sometimes spend an entire shift out there doing that.	county-budget,health-care	jim-sullivan	former state senator, 5th district	wisconsin	democrat	1	2	2	0	0	a meeting with journal sentinel reporters and editors


































5868.json	true	says mitt romney is proposing a tax cut that gives an average of $250,000 to every millionaire in this country.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in columbus, ohio


































7299.json	barely-true	says abortion clinics in oregon, as in most states, have no state oversight and are not held to basic health or safety standards.	abortion	gayle-atteberry			activist	1	0	0	0	0	in an online post 


































3898.json	true	the budget for the consumer financial protection bureau is only about 1 percent of the amount banks generate just from late fees and overdraft fees.	federal-budget,financial-regulation,market-regulation	elijah-cummings	u.s. representativej	maryland	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a congressional subcommittee hearing


































5444.json	half-true	says that rick santorum voted for the unions over fedex.	corporations,labor,voting-record	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	in a campaign appearance in nashville.


































11103.json	pants-fire	when president abrahamlincoln signed his emancipation proclamation, there were over 300,000 slaveholders who were fighting in the union army.	history	chuck-baldwin			republican	0	0	0	0	1	a blog post


































11332.json	true	eighty-three law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty this year. twenty-four of them were shot and killed in cold blood.	crime,criminal-justice,guns,public-safety,public-service	casey-cagle			republican	1	0	0	2	0	press release


































13205.json	true	repeated requests for additional security in benghazi were routinely denied by hillary clintons state department.	foreign-policy,military,terrorism	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a tweet


































4033.json	half-true	says the 2012-13 state budget leaves $6 billion in a rainy day fund.	state-budget,state-finances	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a speech.


































9718.json	true	there has never been an alderman who has defeated an incumbent mayor in the history of this great city.	elections	bob-donovan	member of milwaukee common council	wisconsin	none	0	0	0	1	1	a speech


































2465.json	false	on running a civil and polite campaign	message-machine,campaign-advertising	roy-barnes	attorney	georgia	democrat	0	0	3	3	1	a television interview


































4902.json	half-true	says 25 percent of oregonians oppose the death penalty.	criminal-justice,states	joshua-marquis	clatsop county district attorney	oregon	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a blog comment


































3357.json	true	we closed that plant down. it was a $27 million-dollar plant, operating full steam, and we closed it down.	education,environment	frederica-wilson	u.s. representative, florida district 17	florida	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	a washington post profile


































13038.json	pants-fire	says president barack obama has taken less vacation days than any other president in a generation, while congress has taken more vacation days than any other congress in history.	bush-administration,congress,fake-news,government-efficiency,history,job-accomplishments,voting-record	occupy-democrats			organization	0	4	3	1	4	a posting on facebook


































3808.json	half-true	less than two years ago, we made a commitment to repay the u.s. . . .taxpayers in full, and today we made good on that promise.	corporations,financial-regulation,market-regulation	sergio-marchionne			none	0	0	1	0	0	a press release


































9832.json	half-true	cory gardner is sponsoring a bill to ban all abortions right now.	abortion,message-machine-2014,women	democratic-senatorial-campaign-committee			democrat	1	2	3	1	0	a campaign ad


































2068.json	true	sometime in the next decade, there will be more latinos in the state of texas than there are anglos. that will happen sometime in the next five to eight to ten years.	census,immigration	john-king	an anchor for cnn		none	0	0	0	1	0	a question to san antonio mayor julian castro


































10941.json	barely-true	millennials will be 75 percent of the workforce in the next 10 years.	labor,workers	mark-warner	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	3	1	6	3	0	an interview.


































9811.json	half-true	over 60 percent of the provisional ballots cast in [the 2012] election were disqualified because those folks were not duly registered as voters.	elections,history	john-carlevale	co-founder, state of the state	rhode island	republican	0	1	1	0	0	an interview on wpri's newsmakers program


































11173.json	mostly-true	the fourth amendment was what we fought the revolution over. john adams said it was the spark that led to our war for independence.	history,legal-issues,privacy	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a republican presidential debate in cleveland


































8471.json	mostly-true	the vast majority of people in this country are keeping their (health insurance) plan.	health-care,pundits	david-axelrod			democrat	2	1	6	7	0	comments on msnbc's morning joe


































3825.json	half-true	the democratic health care law added 12 years of solvency to medicare.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview on msnbc


































3517.json	true	the only segment in the beer market that is growing is the craft beer segment.	alcohol,market-regulation,small-business	mike-villarreal	small business owner	texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	0	a press conference


































12348.json	true	says $15-an-hourproposal in cleveland is the most aggressive minimum wage increase in the country.	labor,workers	joe-roman	president and ceo, greater cleveland partnership	ohio	business-leader	0	0	0	0	0	a plain dealer article


































13372.json	half-true	we are seeing kids who are healthier.	children,public-health	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a get-out-the-vote rally in north carolina


































12681.json	false	90% of rural women and 55% of all women are illiterate in morocco.	education,women	snapchat			none	0	1	0	0	0	a snapchat


































8706.json	barely-true	kathleen peters refuses to take a stand to repeal obamacare.	health-care	david-jolly		florida	republican	4	0	1	1	0	david jolly in a mailer to 13th congressional district voters


































458.json	pants-fire	mccain says the price of a gas tax holiday would be about the same as a bridge to nowhere (or) another pork barrel project.	energy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	an interview on the fox news channel.


































4122.json	barely-true	says $500 billion in medicare cuts are coming.	medicare	lois-kolkhorst	businesswoman	texas	republican	1	0	1	0	0	house floor remarks.


































140.json	half-true	fences have not worked. the great wall of china, the berlin wall. that's not good among peoples, especially friends like the united states and mexico.	immigration	bill-richardson	governor	new mexico	democrat	1	2	3	8	1	an interview on cnn.


































3127.json	half-true	says required state septic inspections would cost septic tank owners $100 to $150 every five years.	environment	dennis-jones	state senator	florida	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a state senate committee hearing.


































7100.json	true	says the multnomah county library system is the second busiest in the nation.	taxes	libraries-yes-committee		oregon	none	0	0	0	0	0	a campaign mailer.


































2961.json	mostly-true	one in 19 americans today get ssdi or ssi. thats one in 19 americans (who) are disabled.	disability,federal-budget,social-security	tom-coburn	u.s. senator	oklahoma	republican	2	3	3	2	0	a meeting of the simpson-bowles deficit commission


































3677.json	mostly-true	55 percent of the people who cast a provisional ballot (in florida) in the last presidential election -- their vote did not count.	elections	bill-nelson		florida	democrat	3	1	8	10	0	a press conference


































808.json	false	the centerpiece of senator mccain's education policy is to increase the voucher program in d.c. by 2,000 slots.	education	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a debate in hempstead, n.y.


































6301.json	half-true	the obama administration has been outsourcing by sending money to solar and wind energy companies that end up making their products outside the united states.	stimulus	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a town hall in grand junction, colo.


































5422.json	true	on mandatory ultrasounds before abortions.	abortion	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	a written statement.


































10763.json	true	hillary clintons state department sent three comedians to india on the make chai, not war tour.	foreign-policy,job-accomplishments	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a speech in nashua, n.h.


































7888.json	true	currently, the intelligence community can collect business records on law-abiding americans who have no connection to terrorism.	civil-rights,legal-issues,terrorism	mark-udall	u.s. senator	colorado	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a senate speech rebroadcast on abc's this week


































8984.json	half-true	even though chicago has the most stringent gun laws on the books, it still has the highest murder rate in the country.	crime,government-regulation,guns	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	a public meeting


































3764.json	true	says people who signed recall petitions against wisconsin state sen. jim holperin received harassing phone calls from out-of-state telemarketers claiming to represent the democratic party and insinuating foul play by petition circulators.	elections,state-budget	kim-simac	leader of recall effort against wisconsin state sen. jim holperin	wisconsin	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a news release


































4278.json	false	virginia has a responsibility to fund 55 percent of public education and is payingjust 41 percent.	education,state-budget	ken-plum	state delegate	virginia	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	a newspaper column.


































9744.json	true	uncompensated care has gone down by 30 percent just in the first few months of medicaid expansion in the states that adopted it.	medicaid,state-budget	george-barker	state senator	virginia	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	statement


































4129.json	false	every time weve cut the capital gains tax, the economy has grown. whenever we raise the capital gains tax, its been damaged.	economy,taxes	grover-norquist	president, americans for tax reform		republican	0	3	0	2	1	an interview on cnn


































9673.json	false	says jason carter has gotten david axelrod to come down and be his campaign advisor.	elections	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	radio interview 


































2457.json	mostly-true	kilmartin has helped pass laws to create a witness protection program.	candidates-biography,crime	peter-kilmartin	state representative	rhode island	democrat	0	0	2	1	1	a statement on his campaign website


































8908.json	half-true	says rep. renee ellmers voted for the government shutdown 21 times.	congress,congressional-rules,health-care	clay-aiken		north carolina	democrat	0	0	1	1	0	a youtube campaign announcement


































12871.json	half-true	i havent switched my position on the trans-pacific partnership trade deal.	candidates-biography,trade	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	an interview on meet the press


































9501.json	false	says barack obama is the first president to appoint 45 czars to replace elected officials in his office.	elections	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email


































2379.json	half-true	john boehner wants to reopen a tax loophole that actually rewarded corporations for shipping jobs and profits overseas.	corporations,taxes,trade	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech on labor day


































5828.json	pants-fire	nobody is leaving memphis. thats a myth.	census,population,taxes	joe-brown	memphis city councilman	tennessee	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a city council presentation on the memphis budget.


































2476.json	false	florida seniors are exempt from losing medicare advantage under the federal health care bill.	medicare	george-pataki	presidential candidate	new york	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a speech at the national press club in washington, d.c.


































12149.json	barely-true	theres a tremendous tax that we pay when we (american businesses) go into china, whereas when china sells to us theres no tax.	china,trade	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview with the new york times


































11425.json	mostly-true	i am very proud that over my almost 30 years of public service i have had no scandals.	debates,ethics	lincoln-chafee		rhode island	democrat	3	5	3	4	0	presidential debate


































12312.json	true	pat toomey advocated for eliminating all corporate taxes.	taxes	katie-mcginty		pennsylvania	democrat	1	0	0	1	1	a press release.


































1299.json	half-true	health care reform requires the use of federal dollars to fund abortions through the government-run health plan.	abortion,health-care	house-republicans			republican	0	3	4	0	1	a news release


































10329.json	mostly-true	a lot of what (cubas) survival depends on is venezuelan oil money, which is drying up.	foreign-policy	ana-navarro	cnn contributor		republican	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on cnn's anderson cooper


































4202.json	barely-true	the ri board of elections has heard official testimony from providence residents who claim to have witnessed known illegal aliens voting in local elections.	elections,immigration	travis-rowley		rhode island	republican	1	1	1	0	0	a commentary


































12485.json	mostly-true	says obama called kagan a moderate. he called sotomayor a moderate.	supreme-court	mitch-mcconnell	senate minority leader	kentucky	republican	7	6	5	7	0	an interview on msnbc's morning joe


































1364.json	false	today and every day, an estimated 14,000 americans will lose their health insurance coverage.	health-care,workers	tom-harkin	u.s. senator	iowa	democrat	0	1	1	1	0	a senate floor speech


































2693.json	half-true	darryl hicks had seven ethics violations and didnt pay most of the fines.	ethics	mark-butler			republican	0	0	1	0	0	a debate


































12959.json	barely-true	since president obama came into office, another 2 million hispanics have joined the ranks of those in poverty. the number of hispanic children living in poverty increased by 15 percent in that short period of time.	diversity,poverty	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech in tampa


































12777.json	half-true	the top 1 percent in recent years has earned 85 percent of all new income.	income	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a speech at the democratic national convention


































4062.json	half-true	forty percent of the fortune 500 were started either by immigrants or children of immigrants.	economy,immigration	steve-case			none	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on cnn


































10479.json	half-true	the group that organized texas muslim capitol day in austin was recently listed as one of 82 organizations designated as a terrorist group by the united arab emirates.	foreign-policy,islam,religion,terrorism	molly-white	texas house member	texas	republican	0	0	1	0	0	an online statement


































12584.json	barely-true	go look at a trump product. theyre all made in china.	china	thomas-perez	secretary of labor	maryland	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	an interview.


































7866.json	true	nearly 6 out of 10 believe that money and wealth should be more evenly distributed among a larger percentage of the people in the u.s.	economy,income	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a tweet


































5317.json	mostly-true	public education has been permanently cutby $1.6 billion through changes in the standards of quality funding formula.	education,state-budget	kitty-boitnott	president, virginia education association	virgina	none	0	1	0	1	0	a news conference.


































5260.json	false	this president went before the united nations and castigated israel for building settlements. he said nothing about thousands of rockets being rained in on israel from the gaza strip.	israel,terrorism	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a debate in jacksonville, fla.


































3217.json	true	in its current state, this bill is the most restrictive voter id legislation in the nation.	elections	milele-coggs	member of milwaukee common council, representing 6th district	wisconsin	none	0	0	0	0	0	a news release


































7962.json	mostly-true	president obama has the most border patrols and border security deployed at the border of any previous president.	immigration	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview on msnbc


































12710.json	false	says as gop was picking a convention city, i recommended ohio.	elections	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on fox news with bill o'reilly


































9802.json	true	washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts.	crime,criminal-justice,homeland-security,military,public-safety,terrorism	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	an opinion column


































1890.json	pants-fire	says she was never a member of the georgia log cabin republicans.	gays-and-lesbians	karen-handel			republican	2	0	3	3	1	a newspaper article


































10511.json	mostly-true	by spring 2014, parents of 60,000 students in new york state had refused to let them take the common core tests.	education,families	sheila-resseger	retired teacher	rhode island	none	0	0	0	1	0	a newspaper commentary


































2675.json	half-true	congressman perriello voted in lock step with nancy pelosi 90 percent of the time.	voting-record	robert-hurt	u.s. congressman	virginia	republican	2	4	1	0	0	a statement on candidate's web site


































4367.json	half-true	in (sen. marco) rubios state of florida alone, social security lifts more than -- count it -- a million people out of poverty.	poverty,pundits,retirement,social-security	ed-schultz	msnbc television host		none	3	1	4	1	2	msnbc's the ed show, aug. 25, 2011


































13191.json	barely-true	donald trump would engage in a risky scheme to privatize social security.	social-security	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	the 2016 vice presidential debate


































6847.json	mostly-true	massachusetts schools are ranked no. 1 of all 50 states.	debates,education,states	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a presidential debate in denver


































12251.json	barely-true	but for immigrants, we would have a contracting population...	immigration,population	don-beyer	8th district congressional candidate	virginia	democrat	1	2	1	3	0	a radio interview.


































1980.json	false	the majority of the people that are coming to arizona and trespassing are now becoming drug mules.	immigration,legal-issues,marijuana	jan-brewer		arizona	republican	3	1	1	0	1	a television interview


































2420.json	barely-true	rhode island gives undocumented pregnant women health insurance, plus a cash card with $400 a month on it and $250 a month or $275 a month to spend on food.	health-care,immigration,poverty	peter-palumbo	state representative	rhode island	democrat	3	1	1	0	0	an interview on fox news' on the record with greta van susteren


































9679.json	barely-true	says mark pryor continues to insist that obamacare is an amazing success.	health-care	tom-cotton	u.s. house of representatives	arkansas	republican	3	4	2	3	1	campaign email


































5089.json	pants-fire	were only inches away from no longer being a free economy.	economy,new-hampshire-2012,market-regulation	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a republican presidential debate in manchester, n.h.


































9678.json	mostly-true	the united states is the leading nation in the world with the highest amount of doubt about the conventional wisdom of climate change.	climate-change,environment,polls	rush-limbaugh	radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	comments on his radio show


































9223.json	half-true	the u.s. justice department has taken on more than 100 voting rights cases since 2009.	civil-rights,elections	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech


































11902.json	mostly-true	on average it takes 300 americans working for a solid year to make as much money as one top ceo.	income,workers	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a hillary for america campaign ad


































5683.json	true	says barack obama has played over 90 rounds of golf as president.	economy,poverty,recreation	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	an online video ad.


































12220.json	half-true	team trump has accused ted cruz of fraud in iowa, texas, colorado, oklahoma, louisiana, kansas, maine, utah and wisconsin.	crime,elections	frank-luntz	president, luntz global	unknown	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a tweet


































5336.json	false	this years redistricting has been the most open, interactive and transparent redistricting process in tennessee history.	redistricting	ron-ramsey	speaker of the tennessee senate	tennessee	republican	0	2	0	0	1	an email announcing redistricting maps.


































8331.json	mostly-true	under economic sanctions, now iran is suffering 30 percent inflation, 20 percent unemployment.	economy,foreign-policy,pundits	robert-reich	economics professor at the university of california (berkeley)	california	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	a roundtable on abc’s “this week”


































4908.json	mostly-true	says that as wisconsin governor, we ended welfare.	job-accomplishments,welfare	tommy-thompson		wisconsin	republican	6	8	2	5	3	a campaign announcement video


































2111.json	true	in the 18th congressional district, 100% of electric generation comes from coal.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,economy,energy	bob-gibbs	representative from ohio's 18th congressional district	ohio	republican	0	0	0	1	1	a statement posted to his website


































12667.json	barely-true	the folks in washington are already forcing you to buy government health care.	health-care	carlos-beruff	developer	florida	republican	3	1	0	0	0	a campaign ad


































9025.json	false	says president barack obama is the first president weve ever had who thinks he can choose which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore.	corrections-and-updates,history,legal-issues,supreme-court	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a speech at the cpac conference


































9251.json	mostly-true	up to 45 percent of illegal immigrants are not people that physically crossed the southern border or northern border. they are visa overstayers.	immigration	julian-castro	mayor, san antonio	texas	democrat	0	0	3	3	0	a debate over immigration issues with state sen. dan patrick


































1640.json	false	charlie crist worked with acorn to give felons voting rights.	civil-rights	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a u.s. senate primary debate on fox news sunday


































5894.json	false	on support for gay marriage.	civil-rights,families,gays-and-lesbians,marriage	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a tv interview


































1860.json	half-true	this year, we have added an average of 200,000 jobs per month, a majority in the private sector, a stark contrast to the bush administration record of losing an average of nearly 750,000 jobs per month in its last three months.	economy,job-accomplishments	nancy-pelosi	house minority leader	california	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	a news release


































5690.json	true	republicans in congress refuse to list a single tax loophole they are willing to close.	federal-budget,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	remarks to the newspaper association of america


































12794.json	barely-true	says hillary clintons iran nuclear deal lined the pockets of the worlds number one state sponsor of terrorism with your money.	foreign-policy,nuclear,terrorism	reince-priebus	chairman, republican national committee	wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	a speech


































459.json	pants-fire	obama thinks the national anthem should be i'd like to teach the world to sing.	patriotism	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	in a chain email


































9430.json	true	right now, america has $1.1 trillion of student debt. thats more than credit card debt.	debt,education,message-machine-2014	mark-warner	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	3	1	6	3	0	a speech.


































11358.json	mostly-true	twenty-six men named william have been elected to statewide office and only seven women have had the honor.	elections,women	ruths-list-florida			organization	0	0	0	1	0	an email to voters


































2692.json	barely-true	when obama took office the economy of the united states was actually shrinking for the first time in about 70 years.	economy,history,abc-news-week	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	an interview on this week.


































10866.json	false	says marco rubio said that felons should not have their voting rights restored but that convicted felons should be allowed to own guns after they have done their time.	crime,elections,guns	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a facebook post


































2495.json	mostly-true	twice as much (federal) money is going back to hawaii, virginia and alaska than is coming home to oregon.	federal-budget	jim-huffman	lewis & clark law school professor	oregon	republican	0	1	0	1	0	a press release


































5205.json	half-true	i didnt inherit money from my parents.	candidates-biography,corrections-and-updates	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a republican presidential debate in charleston, s.c.


































3200.json	true	if you tried to pay out $1 trillion by handing it out at $1 per second, it would take more than 31,000 years.	federal-budget	johnny-isakson	u.s. senator	georgia	republican	2	3	3	2	0	a speech


































5414.json	false	you cant put a gun rack in a [chevrolet] volt.	energy,environment,guns	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a campaign speech in cobb county


































7293.json	true	the tax penalty that the government imposes if you dont buy health insurance is lower than it would have cost to buy insurance.	health-care	ron-desantis	member of congress	florida	republican	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on fox news


































11368.json	half-true	israel has seen a 90 percent reduction in terrorist attacks that it attributes to building a 500-mile fence.	foreign-policy,israel,terrorism	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a radio interview


































5221.json	pants-fire	newt gingrich says electric co-ops and credit unions are government-sponsored enterprises like freddie mac.	financial-regulation	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a republican presidential primary debate


































12561.json	barely-true	attempts to find things like, crime, criminal activity, indictment, have been filtered out by google in favor of hillary clinton.	technology	andrew-napolitano	judge		republican	3	0	2	0	3	a segment on fox & friends


































7440.json	pants-fire	the national science foundation spent $1.2 million paying seniors to play world of warcraft to study the impact it had on their brain.	federal-budget,pop-culture	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a news release.


































4586.json	true	our government right now. . . (is) spending 40 percent more than what we take in.	federal-budget,new-hampshire-2012	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	republican presidential primary debate


































5443.json	false	the biggest contribution behind a decrease in u.s. unemployment was 1.2 million people leaving the workforce	economy,jobs	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a radio interview


































10784.json	mostly-true	if we choose obamacare expansion, 600,000 will lose eligibility for their subsidies, of which 257,000 would be forced into medicaid.	health-care,medicaid,state-budget	steve-crisafulli			republican	0	0	1	1	0	an op-ed in the tampa bay times


































8136.json	barely-true	says the u.s. postal service has taken no taxpayer aid since 1971, funds operations entirely from the sale of stamps and related products and makes an operational profit year after year.	federal-budget,financial-regulation,government-regulation	jim-hightower	commentator	texas	democrat	1	1	0	0	0	a fundraising letter.


































13471.json	mostly-true	california has seen a 56 percent decline in the gun murder rate since the 1990s.	crime,elections,guns	gavin-newsom	california lt. governor	california	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	a press conference.


































11938.json	false	drug overdoses are now the second-most common cause of death in new hampshire.	drugs,states	maggie-hassan	candidate for governor	new hampshire	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	her state of the state speech 


































6866.json	false	congressman cicilline, when he was the mayor of providence, espoused a sanctuary city.	immigration	brendan-doherty		rhode island	republican	1	2	1	1	0	a tv interview


































1829.json	half-true	says his opponent dorman grace brags on his facebook page about receiving illegal campaign contributions.	agriculture,campaign-finance,ethics,message-machine	dale-peterson		alabama	republican	1	0	1	0	0	a campaign commercial


































9595.json	false	says 70 percent of virginias medicaid cost is for seniors in nursing homes.	medicaid	mark-sickles	state delegate	virginia	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a speech.


































4146.json	true	[l]ess than one-tenth of atlantas transportation needs are covered in a referendum to levy a 1-cent sales tax.	transportation	mike-bodker	mayor, johns creek		republican	0	0	0	0	0	a newspaper article


































13520.json	mostly-true	more than two-thirds of the aliens the obama administration has brought to the united states under the presidents central american minors program werent actually minors at all.	homeland-security,immigration	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	an mrctv post


































3510.json	mostly-true	says chris abele, opponent in milwaukee county executive race, failed to finish 3 separate colleges, dropping out all 3 times.	candidates-biography,education	jeff-stone	member of state assembly, 82nd district	wisconsin	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a campaign flier


































9428.json	pants-fire	obama signs bill forgiving all student loan debt.	education,financial-regulation	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	emails and social media posts circulating on the internet


































6572.json	half-true	agallup report recently said that nearly 50 percent of small business owners arent hiring because of what they call regulatory uncertainty.	economy,government-regulation,jobs,market-regulation,small-business	sher-valenzuela	candidate for lieutenant governor of delaware in 2012.	delaware	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a speech at the republican national convention in tampa


































662.json	false	obama says iran is a 'tiny' country, 'doesn't pose a serious threat.'	foreign-policy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a tv ad


































5721.json	false	says that mitt romney, while he was in arizona, said he believes the states sb 1070 immigration law should be the model for national immigration laws.	immigration	charlie-gonzalez	u.s. house member	texas	democrat	0	1	1	0	0	a conference call


































12912.json	barely-true	toomey crossed party lines to stop gun sales to suspects on the terror watch list.	guns	independence-usa-pac			none	1	0	0	0	0	a television ad


































8936.json	half-true	two-thirds of the people who start out in minimum wage are above the minimum wage within a year.	economy,jobs,poverty	steve-forbes			republican	0	0	1	0	0	comments on cnn's state of the union


































7822.json	half-true	the state of georgia lost 16 percent of its employees last year, and that percentage has risen over the past three years.	jobs,workers	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a speech


































9324.json	half-true	says hes the only licensed firearms dealer in america running for congress.	guns	john-stone	candidate for 12th congressional district	georgia	republican	0	0	1	0	0	campaign website and youtube video


































1017.json	false	on releasing photographs depicting the abuse of prisoners.	human-rights,legal-issues,terrorism,transparency	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	legal filings


































9602.json	false	says attorney general candidate jon richards went so far to say he would only enforce the laws with which he personally agreed.	elections,ethics,gays-and-lesbians,guns,legal-issues,marriage	brad-schimel			republican	0	2	1	0	0	a fund-raising email


































10296.json	false	the pass rate for a high school level test to join the military is 35 to 40 percent.	education,military	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a wall street journal ceo council event


































229.json	true	we've got some 37-million of our fellow citizens who are living in poverty; about 12-million or 13-million are children.	poverty	chris-dodd	u.s. senator	connecticut	democrat	0	0	3	3	0	debate in johnston, iowa


































2158.json	barely-true	cicilline continues to accept hundreds of thousands of dollars in lobbyist, corporate pac and insider money to fund his campaign.	campaign-finance	bill-lynch	lawyer	rhode island	democrat	1	0	0	0	1	in a press release


































10497.json	mostly-true	borrowing in my 2015-17 state budget is less than half that in my predecessors last budget and the lowest it has been in a decade.	debt,state-budget,state-finances	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	his budget speech


































6450.json	pants-fire	says the federal government mandates transexuals (sic) and homosexuals grabbing children in their stranger-danger zones in the name of airport security.	privacy	mark-clayton	floor installer.	tennessee	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a post on his campaign's facebook page.


































8851.json	false	every year since gov. walker and the republicans have been in control of the legislature weve created fewer jobs, according to the bureau of labor statistics.	job-accomplishments,jobs	brett-hulsey			democrat	1	3	0	0	0	a radio interview


































6486.json	barely-true	claims joe biden said coal is more dangerous than terrorists.	economy,energy,environment,jobs	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a campaign speech


































7040.json	pants-fire	an obama campaign tactic for rallying voters is to offer them cell phones.	campaign-advertising	adam-putnam	florida commissioner of agriculture	florida	republican	0	1	1	2	1	at a romney campaign rally


































8873.json	half-true	what is and isnt a schedule i narcotic is a job for congress.	congress,drugs,legal-issues	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview with cnn


































9271.json	barely-true	higher beer production and higher consumption go hand-in-hand.	alcohol,market-regulation	kelli-stargel	senator from 15th district	florida	republican	2	0	0	0	0	a newspaper editorial


































1542.json	true	we are now seeing a decrease in violent crime.	crime	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	the state of the state address


































4667.json	barely-true	says theres $4 billion in private investment along the streetcar.	city-government,economy,job-accomplishments,transportation	sam-adams	mayor of portland	oregon	democrat	3	2	5	2	0	in a speech


































7963.json	pants-fire	says arkansas republican rep. tom cotton voted to provide congress with taxpayer-funded health care for life.	health-care	patriot-majority-usa			democrat	1	1	0	2	1	an ad


































3180.json	true	israels per capita income is greater than probably three-fourths of the rest of the world.	economy,foreign-policy,israel	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	an interview with abc news


































7661.json	barely-true	well over 90 percent of felony cases, all over the nation, are committed by defendants who grew up in father-absent households.	children,crime,families,legal-issues	john-duncan	u.s. congressman	tennessee	republican	1	1	0	0	0	a letter to a constituent


































6238.json	barely-true	for his first interview as president, barack obama chose arab tv for an apology.	foreign-policy,message-machine-2012	secure-america-now			none	1	0	0	1	0	a tv ad


































10854.json	true	georgia is on track for 1,200 traffic fatalities this year, a reversal of nine years of declines.	public-safety,transportation	russell-mcmurry		georgia	none	0	0	0	0	0	news reports


































11830.json	false	more businesses are closing than opening in virginia today.	corporations,economy,small-business	ed-gillespie	republican strategist	washington, d.c.	republican	2	3	2	2	1	a facebook post.


































11512.json	half-true	we have record numbers of people living in poverty.	poverty	carly-fiorina		california	republican	5	5	4	3	2	comments on fox news sunday


































440.json	true	obama served on a board with former weather underground member william ayers and that relationship with mr. ayers on this board continued after 9/11.	candidates-biography	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	democratic debate in philadephia


































6931.json	true	says obama broke his promise to offer a comprehensive immigration bill in his first year.	immigration	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	the second presidential debate


































6271.json	pants-fire	the media wont publish a real photo of trayvon martin with tattoos on his face.	crime	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email


































10698.json	barely-true	rand paul supports obamas negotiations with iran.	candidates-biography,foreign-policy,nuclear	foundation-secure-and-prosperous-america			republican	1	0	0	0	0	an ad


































6533.json	mostly-true	for social security, which is projected to remain solvent through 2033, whitehouse has cosponsored [a bill that] . . . would extend the life of the program by an additional 75 years.	federal-budget,poverty,social-security,taxes,wealth	sheldon-whitehouse	u.s. senator	rhode island	democrat	2	3	2	7	0	a news release


































10302.json	barely-true	a single parent with a couple kids can easily get $35,000 a year in public assistance in wisconsin.	children,education,health-care,housing,public-health,welfare	glenn-grothman	state senator, 20th district	wisconsin	republican	2	4	1	1	0	an interview


































9820.json	mostly-true	police in the united states are allowed to use tear gas even though it has been classified as a chemical weapon and banned in international conflict since 1993.	criminal-justice,foreign-policy,legal-issues	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a meme on social media


































13224.json	barely-true	says hillary clinton viciously attacked women abused by bill clinton.	history,women	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	the second presidential debate


































1754.json	barely-true	a letter from bp to the minerals management service actually recommends improvements and specific recommendations around safety regulations should they choose to change them.	energy,oil-spill,market-regulation,abc-news-week,workers	lamar-mckay	chairman and president of bp america		none	1	0	0	0	0	an interview on abc news' 'this week'


































1454.json	true	we passed without, frankly, the help of the republican caucus, we passed 25 tax cuts last year, mostly aimed at the middle class and small businesses.	stimulus,taxes	david-axelrod			democrat	2	1	6	7	0	nbc's meet the press


































11273.json	false	under the iran deal: if israel attacks iran were supposed to be on irans side.	foreign-policy,israel	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview


































10312.json	pants-fire	nobody suffered any lasting injuries from the cia interrogation program.	foreign-policy,terrorism	peter-king	u.s. house of representatives	new york	republican	0	1	1	2	1	a radio show appearance


































12811.json	pants-fire	im not one for name calling.	ethics	ed-rendell	governor	pennsylvania	democrat	1	0	0	0	1	an interview with politico's burgess everett


































12842.json	barely-true	says sen. pat toomey even tried to shut down the federal government in order to eliminate funding for planned parenthood.	congress	majority-forward			democrat	1	0	0	0	0	in a political ad


































7846.json	mostly-true	wisconsin has one of the most progressive tax codes in the country.	income,jobs,taxes	dale-kooyenga	state representative	wisconsin	republican	1	1	2	2	0	an opinion piece


































1986.json	half-true	during the year kagan barred military recruiters from harvard law school's office of career services, military recruiting actually went up.	gays-and-lesbians,kagan-nomination,military	elena-kagan	u.s. solicitor general	new york	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	the kagan confirmation hearing


































10993.json	half-true	isis reaches about 100 million people a day through social media.	iraq,terrorism	stanley-mcchrystal	retired u.s. army general		none	0	0	1	0	0	comments on the hugh hewitt radio show


































3209.json	true	texas added more jobs in 2010 than any other state.	jobs	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a speech


































12097.json	false	in the primary election, a right-wing group spent more than $100,000,000 to support supreme court justice rebecca bradley.	campaign-finance	joanne-kloppenburg	state appeals court judge	wisconsin	none	2	1	0	2	1	a website posting


































6464.json	false	(brendan) doherty wants to raise the eligibility age for social security benefits for anyone born after 1960, with no regard for the challenges it would cause for people working in physically demanding occupations.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare,social-security	david-cicilline	mayor of providence	rhode island	democrat	7	4	5	4	1	a campaign flier


































7807.json	half-true	says sam houston opposed slavery and as governor said texas should not leave the union over slavery.	gays-and-lesbians,history	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	video remarks to the family research council


































8553.json	false	our national debt is as low as it has been since world war ii.	debt,federal-budget	goldie-taylor	msnbc contributor	georgia	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	an interview with al sharpton on msnbc's politicsnation


































9961.json	true	every time [the people from newport tent] work in a city or town they have a whole different set of permits that they have to get in order to pitch a tent.	economy,government-efficiency,government-regulation,market-regulation,small-business	catherine-taylor	business owner	rhode island	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a tv interview


































2545.json	false	debbie jackow unlike her opponent ...will not de-fund the 20/20 land program.	county-budget,environment	debbie-jackow	clinical laboratory scientist for lee memorial health system.		none	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign mailer


































11026.json	half-true	the average age a child is trafficked into the commercial sex trade industry is between 11 and 14 years old.	children,crime	randy-forbes	representative	virginia	republican	1	0	4	3	0	a written statement.


































10257.json	half-true	says 99 percent of the time police officers arent charged when they kill young people of color.	criminal-justice,human-rights	benjamin-crump			democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on abc's this week


































12079.json	true	six justices on the u.s. supreme court have been confirmed in presidential election years since 1912.	history,supreme-court	mike-honda	u.s. house of representatives	california	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a column posted on medium


































2264.json	false	property taxes are now 18% higher than when(mark sharpe)first took office.	taxes	josh-burgin	hillsborough county commission candidate	florida	republican	0	1	0	0	0	in a mailer.


































9749.json	true	the minimum number of infrastructure (needs) in atlanta is $900 million.	city-government	kasim-reed			democrat	1	0	5	7	1	press conference


































4142.json	half-true	the firefighter and police officer pension system is not headed for bankruptcy, far from it. thats because new jersey first responders -- fire fighters and police officers -- have never missed making payments to the retirement system.	retirement,state-budget	dominick-marino		new jersey	none	0	0	1	0	0	a column on politickernj.com


































795.json	pants-fire	the truth was revealed there in that report that showed there was no unlawful or unethical activity on my part.	candidates-biography	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	an interview with reporters


































13483.json	mostly-true	says donald trump said he intends to open up additional areas off the coast to oil drilling during the campaign.	environment	bill-nelson		florida	democrat	3	1	8	10	0	a senate floor speech


































10982.json	mostly-true	here are the stats: per population, we kill each other with guns at a rate 297x more than japan, 49x more than france, 33x more than israel.	crime,criminal-justice,guns	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a tweet


































5274.json	barely-true	students today take more years to get through college.	education	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	comments at a campaign event


































4312.json	barely-true	says rick perry flip-flopped on gay marriage by first saying it was a states rights issue and then saying he was in favor of a federal constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.	civil-rights,gays-and-lesbians,states	martin-frost	attorney	texas	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a column in politico


































9319.json	barely-true	congress decision to spend less around the world on embassy security contributed to tragedies like benghazi.	congress,federal-budget,foreign-policy	ronan-farrow			none	1	0	0	0	0	a segment on ronan farrow daily


































11221.json	mostly-true	the united states is about 100th in voter turnout among the industrialized nations, and texas is near the bottom in terms of voter registration and voter turnout.	elections	bruce-elfant	constable, travis county, precinct 5	texas	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an interview with dick ellis, koke fm, austin


































759.json	half-true	under barack obama's plan, the government would spend $1-trillion more.	federal-budget	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	a tv ad


































6096.json	mostly-true	in 2011, nj economy ranked 47th--at the bottom with alabama, mississippi wyoming. under christie, nj is falling behind.	economy	lou-greenwald	state assemblyman	new jersey	democrat	0	1	1	2	2	a tweet


































11931.json	true	theres never been a (u.s. supreme court) vacancy in the last, i think, 30 years, lasting longer than 237 days.	bipartisanship,congress,history,legal-issues,supreme-court	richard-blumenthal	u.s. senator	connecticut	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	an appearance on msnbc's hardball


































6138.json	pants-fire	nearly 60% of all occupants of hud properties in u.s. are illegals.	housing,immigration	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a widely circulated posting


































3213.json	mostly-true	oregon families pay an extra $1,400 a year on higher insurance premiums to cover those who do not have insurance.	health-care	peter-defazio	u.s. representative	oregon	democrat	1	1	1	2	0	a press release


































3895.json	half-true	as soon as chris christie was governor, he gave tax cuts to millionaires.	education,state-budget,taxes	new-jersey-education-association			none	0	0	1	0	0	a television ad


































12801.json	true	ninety percent of americans want our background check system strengthened and expanded to cover more gun sales.	guns,polls	chris-murphy	u.s. house of representatives	connecticut	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a speech at the democratic national convention in philadelphia


































2230.json	mostly-true	over 80 percent of our trade deficit today is with countries that are not trade agreement partners, that are not level playing fields for the united states.	trade	kevin-brady	u.s. house member	texas	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a u.s. house floor speech


































8466.json	pants-fire	says ken cuccinelli wants to eliminate all forms of birth control.	sexuality	next-generation-climate-action-committee			democrat	0	1	0	0	1	a campaign brochure.


































3410.json	false	a bill that would halt the epa from regulating greenhouse gases would help stop rising gas prices.	energy,environment,market-regulation	fred-upton	u.s. representative	michigan	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a letter to fellow members of congress


































10572.json	false	the measles vaccine has killed 108 people in the last decade, while no one has died of measles.	health-care,public-health	naturalnewscom			none	0	1	0	0	0	a story making the rounds on social media


































10867.json	mostly-true	for our next two years in my state, we will end with a structural surplus of $499 million.	education,state-budget,state-finances	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a speech


































7402.json	false	in virginia there has been a billion dollars in surplus over the last three years. the legislature has spent less than 1 percent of that on roads.	state-budget,taxes,transportation	grover-norquist	president, americans for tax reform		republican	0	3	0	2	1	a radio interview.


































6101.json	mostly-true	virginia women earnonly 79 cents to each dollar earned by men...	women,workers	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a fundraising letter.


































5727.json	half-true	says oil productions down where obamas in charge.	corrections-and-updates,energy,message-machine-2012,oil-spill	crossroads-gps	conservative advocacy group		republican	9	1	4	1	2	a web ad


































11422.json	mostly-true	every other major country has family paid leave.	families,women,workers	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	the cnn democratic presidential debate in las vegas


































9459.json	pants-fire	says a picture he posted on facebook of a man posing in front of five decapitated human heads is one of the subhuman mongrels our president set free.	iraq,terrorism	ted-nugent	musician	texas	republican	0	0	2	0	2	a facebook post


































13185.json	half-true	says that during president barack obamas tenure, the united states has created 15 million new jobs.	economy,history,jobs,labor,stimulus,workers	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	the 2016 vice presidential debate


































3903.json	false	the (national) debt really added up $75 trillion in 2010 and is on track to hit $99 trillion this year.	deficit,federal-budget,medicare,social-security	scott-rigell	u.s. congressman	virginia	republican	2	2	0	1	0	a newsletter.


































10002.json	barely-true	president barack obama ordered our military to enlist illegal aliens.	immigration,military	allen-west	u.s. representative, florida district 22	florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	a facebook post


































1588.json	pants-fire	a government panel that didn't include cancer specialists says women shouldn't receive mammograms until age 50...if government takes over health care, recommendations like these could become the law for all kinds of diseases.	health-care,women	americans-prosperity			none	6	7	2	1	2	a tv ad


































4066.json	mostly-true	this governor has cut funding repeatedly for people who have aids, who need drugs to save their life.	health-care,state-budget	herb-conaway	new jersey assemblyman	new jersey	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a rally at the statehouse


































2972.json	mostly-true	we have dozens of districts that go for 150 to 200 miles, splitting counties, splintering cities and connecting areas that have very little in common.	elections	ellen-freidin	campaign chair of fair districts florida	florida	newsmaker	0	0	0	1	0	comments at the launch of the nolabels.org website.


































5072.json	half-true	congress gave an unelected board the power to deny care to seniors.	health-care,medicare	tom-price	congressman	georgia	republican	1	2	5	3	0	a letter


































10574.json	half-true	i never said i was on the falkland islands.	corrections-and-updates,ethics	bill-oreilly	fox news channel host		none	4	6	3	5	1	a broadcast of the o'reilly factor


































9181.json	barely-true	my state of florida is now the third-largest state. we have surpassed new york in population.	census,states	bill-nelson		florida	democrat	3	1	8	10	0	remarks at a committee hearing


































8684.json	half-true	the latest quinnipiac poll found that nearly six-in-ten americans oppose obamacare -- 30% support the law and 57% oppose it.	health-care,polls	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	a facebook post


































4149.json	pants-fire	says wisconsin senate recall candidate jessica king voted to increase her pay with taxpayer dollars by 63 percent.	city-budget,income,voting-record	randy-hopper	state senator, district 18	wisconsin	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a tv ad


































6936.json	pants-fire	says barack obama began his presidency with an apology tour.	debates,foreign-policy	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	the second presidential debate


































11006.json	barely-true	a texas law will repatriate $1 billion of gold bullion from the federal reserve in new york to texas.	state-budget,state-finances,wealth	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	a press release


































11127.json	true	the majority of the hispanic population and the growth (of the population) is u.s.-born.	immigration	jose-diaz-balart			none	0	0	1	0	0	a pundit panel segment on meet the press


































11808.json	half-true	says barack obamas administration has admitted that money from its iran nuclear deal would go directly to terrorism.	china,foreign-policy,nuclear,terrorism	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	a campaign email


































956.json	false	no bridge to nowhere could occur.	federal-budget	charles-schumer	senator	new york	democrat	2	2	2	3	0	a tv interview


































6852.json	true	when (joe kyrillos) had an opportunity to vote for women in terms of their health care, not once, not twice, but six times, he voted against womens health care in our state.	health-care,women	robert-menendez	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	1	3	1	3	0	a debate on njtv


































11290.json	half-true	when it comes to classified information at the state department, hillary clintons the decider.	legal-issues	juan-williams	pundit, fox news		none	2	0	2	1	0	a discussion on fox news' the five


































6044.json	barely-true	right now, im polling at about 8 percent against barack obama and mitt romney.	elections,polls	gary-johnson	presidential candidate	new mexico	libertarian	3	2	5	6	0	an interview on the daily show with jon stewart


































13022.json	false	food stamps have gone up two-and-a-half times under barack obama.	federal-budget,poverty	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	an interview on cnn's state of the union


































10051.json	false	in the 38 studios deal, wall street investors took a risk, and went bust.	bankruptcy,debt,economy,history,job-accomplishments,message-machine-2014,campaign-advertising,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	allan-fung	mayor, city of cranston, r.i.	rhode island	republican	2	2	0	2	1	a tv commercial


































6590.json	false	says president barack obama broke his promise to keep a wisconsin gm plant from closing.	jobs	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a speech at the republican national convention in tampa


































4266.json	false	the weight of the evidence (on global warming) is that most of it, maybe all of it, is because of natural causes ... its fair to say the science is in dispute.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,energy,environment	tim-pawlenty			republican	2	3	3	6	1	an interview with the 'miami herald.'


































10383.json	true	mercedes said high taxes and the cost of doing business in new jersey worked to georgias advantage in landing the companys usa corporate headquarters.	economy,jobs	mark-drewniak	spokesman for n.j. governor chris christie	new jersey	republican	0	0	0	0	0	in a press interview


































13278.json	false	state department officials actually directed contracts for the haitian recovery after the earthquake to friends of the clintons.	ethics	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































11602.json	half-true	the federal government is making the decision, whether we like it or not, to send 425 refugees to our state from syria.	immigration,terrorism	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	an interview on fox


































10630.json	false	beer drinking is not allowed in any illinois state parks.	state-budget	howard-marklein	state senator	wisconsin	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a budget hearing


































7006.json	false	says u.s. senate rival tommy thompson ran medicare into the ground and nine years closer to bankruptcy.	candidates-biography,federal-budget,medicare	tammy-baldwin	u.s. representative	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	a debate


































6679.json	false	on new dollar coins, in god we trust is gone!	patriotism	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email


































5148.json	pants-fire	freshman rep. bob gibbs is spending his one year anniversary on vacation only working 6 days in all of january.	congress,government-efficiency,job-accomplishments	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	a news release


































3792.json	barely-true	early voting remains at 96 hours.	elections	kurt-browning	secretary of state	florida	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a guest column published in the 'st. petersburg times'


































587.json	half-true	says obama flip-flopped on banning handguns.	guns	let-freedom-ring			none	0	2	1	0	0	a tv ad airing on cable networks such as fox and mtv.


































12239.json	mostly-true	i remain one of the poorer members of the united states senate.	candidates-biography	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	the brooklyn presidential debate


































7194.json	false	[t]he georgia dome has returned $10 billion in economic impact to the state of georgia.	economy,tourism	zell-miller		georgia	none	0	1	0	2	0	an op-ed


































128.json	true	what happens is people like warren buffett and he says this himself...pay 15 percent on the millions of dollars that they earn from wealth income... while their secretary is paying a higher rate on her work income. it's not right.	taxes	john-edwards	former senator	north carolina	democrat	0	2	4	4	1	davenport, iowa


































1255.json	true	other western countries have ended their don't ask, don't tell policies.	gays-and-lesbians,military	carl-levin			democrat	0	0	0	0	0	an appearance on 'meet the press'


































6009.json	true	the u.s. is borrowing approximately $2.52 for every $1 of economic growth so far in 2012.	deficit,economy	rodney-frelinghuysen			republican	1	0	0	1	0	an e-mail newsletter


































4257.json	false	the northwest corridor highway project in cobb and cherokee counties is expected to create over 9,700 jobs statewide.	jobs	georgia-department-transportation			none	0	1	0	0	0	a press release


































8305.json	barely-true	the presidents own advisers have said theres a war on coal.	energy,jobs	mitch-mcconnell	senate minority leader	kentucky	republican	7	6	5	7	0	a campaign ad


































5549.json	barely-true	because of the new health care law, 17 million kids can no longer be denied for a pre-existing condition.	health-care,job-accomplishments,message-machine-2012	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the campaign film the road we've traveled


































12723.json	false	says hillary clinton is proposing destroying medicare for seniors.	health-care,medicare	donald-trump-jr			republican	0	1	0	0	1	a speech at the republican national convention in cleveland


































12215.json	false	on supporting winner of democratic primary with her superdelegate vote.	elections,states	martha-laning			democrat	0	0	0	0	0	an interview


































8457.json	mostly-true	the irs has been specifically forbidden ... from ever actually pursuing either civil or criminal remedies for people who dont purchase health insurance.	health-care,pundits	lawrence-odonnell			none	2	2	0	3	0	'the last word with lawrence o'donnell
na