langevin votes the party line about 98 percent of the time.	bipartisanship	mark-zaccaria		rhode island	republican	2	2	0	0	0	a posting on his website


































10339.json	mostly-true	says that in 2008, president barack obama said normalization with cuba would first require liberation of all political prisoners and some basic steps toward freedom, including freedom of the press, political parties, labor unions.	foreign-policy,human-rights	mario-diaz-balart	u.s. representative	florida	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a press conference


































7687.json	mostly-true	the united states currently has the highest corporate tax rate in the world.	corporations,taxes	leonard-lance			republican	0	0	1	2	0	a news release about tax reform


































13082.json	pants-fire	i finished the controversyabout wherepresident barack obama was born.	obama-birth-certificate	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	in a speech


































4018.json	false	there is no $30 million pot of money for redistricting issues, including defending redistricting lawsuits. your tax dollars are not being spent on anything like that.	redistricting	will-weatherford	state representative	florida	republican	2	3	4	3	0	a redistricting meeting in panama city


































10322.json	barely-true	georgia has had 12 school shootings in the two years since the mass killing at sandy hook elementary school, more than any other state.	children,education,guns,public-safety	everytown-gun-safety	advocacy group	new york	none	3	0	1	0	0	a recent report


































11699.json	true	if you are going to kill the families of terrorists, realize that theres something called the geneva convention were going to have to pull out of.	legal-issues,military,terrorism	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a republican presidential debate in las vegas


































10003.json	barely-true	david perdue opposes laws that provide equal pay protections for women.	jobs,labor,women	georgians-together	pac	georgia 	democrat	1	0	1	0	0	television attack ad


































8694.json	half-true	a quarter of our workers make $18,000 per year.	economy,jobs,poverty,workers	teresa-ghilarducci	economist at the new school	new york	none	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on msnbc's up


































11270.json	mostly-true	twenty-three million americans suffer from addiction, but only 1 in 10 get treatment.	drugs,health-care,public-health	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an op-ed in the new hampshire union-leader


































1553.json	mostly-true	reconciliation was used for tax cuts for the rich twice under bush.	federal-budget,legal-issues,taxes	alan-grayson	u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	an interview on cnn's larry king live


































10847.json	barely-true	we had an agreement that the president could have signed that would have kept 10,000 troops in iraq.	iraq	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a response to a question after a town hall meeting


































8693.json	false	we dont show people playing these games. we dont show them winning playing the video lottery games.	gambling	jack-roberts	oregon lottery director	oregon	republican	0	1	0	0	0	an interview on oregon public broadcasting


































6530.json	mostly-true	weve got the highest corporate tax rate in the world.	taxes	joseph-kyrillos	state senator	new jersey	republican	3	3	2	2	1	a radio interview


































3880.json	false	the states tax burden has, according to census figures released today, cost our state another 190,000 residents in 2009.	census,economy,taxes	tom-kean-jr	new jersey senate minority leader		republican	0	2	1	0	0	a press release


































8927.json	barely-true	nonpartisan government analysts say obamacare will cost our economy up to 2.5 million jobs.	economy,federal-budget,health-care,jobs	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a television ad


































469.json	mostly-true	a gas tax holiday would at best provide 30 cents a day for three months for a grand total of $28.	energy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a television interview


































4117.json	mostly-true	says recent polls show americans agree with republicans that the federal debt ceiling should not be raised and the debt and deficit should be dealt with mostly by cutting spending.	deficit,federal-budget,polls	josh-trevino	vice president of communications, texas public policy foundation	texas	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a tv appearance.


































5611.json	true	new business startups are at the lowest levels in 30 years.	economy,jobs	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a news release


































10661.json	mostly-true	florida is one of the few states that has actually had a narrowing of the achievement gap based on income, or based on race or ethnicity.	education,poverty	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a business roundtable in new hampshire


































8219.json	barely-true	says ken cuccinelli supported a law that could allow people to carry missile launchers into airports.	guns,homeland-security	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a tweet.


































5873.json	true	says that u.s. sen. marco rubio says troops are leaving iraq too fast.	foreign-policy,iraq	wrongwayrubiocom		florida	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a twitter messaging campaign


































9087.json	mostly-true	medicare has spent $172 million on penis pumps in the last five years at $360 a pop.	medicare,sexuality	ilyse-hogue	president of naral pro-choice america		activist	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on the daily show


































12900.json	barely-true	ted strickland stands in lockstep with hillary clinton and the abortion lobby in their desire to force americans to pay for abortion on demand, up until the moment of birth, with their taxpayer dollars.	abortion	ohio-right-life		ohio	none	1	0	0	1	0	a press release


































6552.json	true	says the top 20 percent of income earners pay nearly 70 percent of all federal taxes.	taxes	lamar-smith	congressman	texas	republican	2	5	1	3	0	a speech to the austin-oak hill rotary club


































8056.json	mostly-true	most of the u.s. senate is comprised of multimillionaires.	income	sheila-oliver	assemblywoman	new jersey	democrat	0	1	1	3	0	an interview on njtoday


































9766.json	pants-fire	far more children died last year drowning in their bathtubs than were killed accidentally by guns.	guns	tucker-carlson	editor, daily caller		none	0	0	1	0	1	a broadcast of fox and friends weekend.


































5520.json	true	in the last two years, super pacs raised more than $180 million -- with roughly half of it coming from fewer than 200 super-rich people and roughly 20 percent from corporations.	campaign-finance	hank-johnson	u.s. congressman	georgia	democrat	3	0	4	3	0	an op-ed in the huffington post


































3835.json	pants-fire	house republicans required the use of styrofoam cups in house cafeterias that are part of koch industries.	congressional-rules	jim-moran	u. s. congressman	virginia	democrat	2	1	1	6	1	a speech.


































9871.json	false	isis is right now crucifying christians in iraq, literally nailing christians to trees.	foreign-policy,iraq,terrorism	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview with wfaa-tv


































7495.json	half-true	research found that over the course of the existence of the brady bill ban, the use of assault weapons in crimes decreased by two thirds.	crime,criminal-justice,guns	edward-flynn			none	1	0	3	2	0	a tv interview


































1979.json	mostly-true	i have a record on the environment of creating green energy ... taking trash and turning it into cash.	environment	vernon-jones			democrat	0	0	1	1	1	a candidate forum


































10786.json	half-true	tyler perrys plan to turn a majority of the former fort mcpherson into a film and television studio is expected to add over 8,000 new jobs to atlanta.	jobs,labor,military,wealth	city-atlanta			none	1	1	1	0	0	press release


































13003.json	true	the dallas cowboys cant put a sticker on their helmets for the 5 police officers who were killed.	sports	james-woods	actor		none	0	1	0	0	1	a tweet


































12253.json	barely-true	richmond teachers have not gotten a raise for almost 10 years.	education,income	jack-berry	mayoral candidate	virginia	none	1	0	0	1	0	a candidates forum


































7635.json	half-true	when the necap proficiency test is re-given to the kids the second and third time, harder questions are taken out.	education	eva-marie-mancuso	chairwoman, rhode island board of education	rhode island	state-official	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on wpri-tv's newsmakers


































5831.json	true	the fastest-rising expense in the u.s. defense department is health care.	health-care,military	saxby-chambliss	u.s. senator	georgia	republican	1	1	3	4	1	a speech


































3376.json	mostly-true	wisconsin state and local government workers pay $500, $600 or in some cases, $1,000 per year in union dues.	labor,state-budget	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an appearance on a tv interview program


































9217.json	mostly-true	when you get a commercial pilots license, you learn to communicate in english no matter where you are in the world.	immigration,states	don-balfour			republican	0	0	0	2	0	a flier


































10181.json	barely-true	25,000 businesses have been created since (scott) walker took office.	jobs,small-business	republican-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	republican	4	3	2	3	0	a campaign news release


































11826.json	true	texas is growing twice as fast as the rest of the country.	population	joe-straus	texas house speaker	texas	republican	0	0	2	1	0	campaign video


































1403.json	false	on the importance of an independent voting record	elections,job-accomplishments	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in boston


































10882.json	true	a 50-50 public-private split for paying for a new milwaukee bucks arena would be much better -- in terms of the portion of the public financing -- than most of the other arena projects done around the country.	economy,recreation,sports,state-budget,taxes	tim-sheehy			business-leader	0	0	0	0	0	an interview


































2976.json	half-true	right-to-work states have higher rates of income growth.	economy,jobs	robin-vos	wisconsin assembly speaker	wisconsin	republican	0	3	2	5	1	a television interview


































8202.json	pants-fire	americas gun-related homicide rate would be about the same as belgiums if you left out california, illinois, d.c. and new jersey, places with some of the strictest gun control laws in the u.s.	crime,guns,pundits	mike-huckabee	author	arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	a facebook post


































2140.json	true	there are more pain clinics in broward county than there are mcdonalds in broward county.	drugs	dave-aronberg	state senator	florida	democrat	1	0	1	0	0	an editorial board interview


































12932.json	barely-true	says military commanders have said that if donald trump were elected, they would not follow his orders.	legal-issues,military	joe-biden	u.s. senator	delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a speech in scranton, pa.


































6390.json	mostly-true	in her nearly decade and (a) half in congress, tammy baldwin has sponsored 105 bills. only three have been enacted into law.	bipartisanship,congress,job-accomplishments	jeff-fitzgerald	incoming speaker of state assembly	wisconsin	republican	2	0	1	2	2	a news release


































9608.json	false	former president george w. bush and former vice president dick cheney are unable to visit europe due to outstanding warrants.	foreign-policy,legal-issues,military,terrorism	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a meme on social media


































10048.json	barely-true	michelle nunn ranks agriculture issues as the 18th most important items facing georgia.	agriculture,elections	david-perdue	u.s. senate candidate	georgia	republican	5	1	4	5	1	a u.s. senate debate


































12358.json	mostly-true	the market is making this decision. the market has driven down the cost of coal, so you have companies going bankrupt.	climate-change,economy,energy,government-regulation,market-regulation	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an interview with cnn's anderson cooper


































13521.json	half-true	alison alter has exploited a campaign finance loophole to obtain over $64,000 in public dollars to fund her campaign.	city-budget,city-government,elections,ethics	sheri-gallo	owner, private properties, inc.	texas	none	1	0	1	0	1	a mailer spotted by an austin voter


































1037.json	barely-true	in the 100 days since its passage, the economic stimulus has saved or created nearly 150,000 jobs.	economy,stimulus,workers	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech


































5681.json	pants-fire	says texas retained the right to have a navy when it joined the united states.	history,military,states	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	an email


































10035.json	half-true	says thom tillis has cut $500 million from public education.	education,state-budget	kay-hagan	former u.s. senator	north carolina	democrat	1	0	1	2	0	a debate


































10872.json	pants-fire	says ted cruz said: while there may have been an age difference, josh duggars transgressions are far less an affront to god than what gays do to each other.	gays-and-lesbians,marriage	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a meme on a facebook page


































4001.json	pants-fire	the wic program is an incredibly cost effective program, serving nearly 10 million americans each year and costing less than $100 per person. in my district, more than 18 percent of residents suffer from food insecurity and depend on wic to make ends meet.	children,federal-budget,health-care,hunger,poverty,taxes,women	david-cicilline	mayor of providence	rhode island	democrat	7	4	5	4	1	a speech on the floor of the house of representatives


































12399.json	half-true	puerto ricos $70 billion debt is unsustainable and it is unpayable. and the reason why it is unsustainable has everything to do with the greed of wall street vulture funds.	financial-regulation,state-finances	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a town hall in san juan


































8598.json	mostly-true	during the last election, democrats won over a million votes more than republicans, but because of the way districts are designed, the republicans got 33 more members of the house of representatives than the democrats did.	bipartisanship,elections,redistricting	lloyd-doggett	texas congressman in the u.s. houst of representatives	texas	democrat	1	0	2	7	0	a guest lecture


































6326.json	pants-fire	says barack obama counted on sandy adams to approve stimulus spending.	message-machine-2012,stimulus,voting-record	john-mica	u.s. representative	florida	republican	0	1	1	1	1	a mailer


































5016.json	barely-true	says rep. betty sutton supports allowing welfare fund withdrawals from strip clubs, casinos and liquor stores.	government-regulation,welfare	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a news release


































4488.json	half-true	says the united states has the highest incarceration rate in the world with 2.3 million inmates, and the majority of americans are imprisoned because they sold small amounts of drugs.	crime,criminal-justice,drugs,marijuana,new-hampshire-2012	gary-johnson	presidential candidate	new mexico	libertarian	3	2	5	6	0	an interview with the editorial board of the 'telegraph.'


































926.json	true	the stimulus bill contains $20 million for the removal of small to medium-sized fish passage barriers and $25 million to rehabilitate off-roading trails for atvs.	economy,federal-budget,stimulus	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	a speech


































5078.json	mostly-true	says he helped save the olympic games.	candidates-biography,message-machine-2012,new-hampshire-2012,sports	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a tv airing in florida


































10880.json	half-true	thanks to restrictive and anticompetitive ballot laws, candidates in november 2014 ran unopposed in nearly half of wisconsins state representative races but in michigan and minnesota nearly all races had challengers.	elections	andy-craig	secretary, libertarian party of wisconsin midwest regional director, our america initiative lead coo	wisconsin	libertarian	0	0	1	0	0	a news release


































1645.json	half-true	this week liberal bill white faced an ethics complaint about more than $83,000 he failed to report to the state ethics commission.	ethics	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a press release


































9789.json	pants-fire	documents released by edward snowden reveal that american, britishand israeli intelligence agencies worked together to create the islamic state.	foreign-policy,iraq,israel,military	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	stories


































14.json	true	senator mccain voted against the bush tax cuts. now he's for them.	taxes	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	stratham, n.h.


































9005.json	barely-true	with his proposal to cut income and property taxes, scott walker is increasing the state deficit at a time when borrowing is already at record levels.	debt,deficit,income,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	we-are-wisconsin		wisconsin	organization	1	1	1	0	0	an email


































12304.json	false	isis is making millions of dollars a week selling libyan oil.	energy,foreign-policy,terrorism	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a foreign policy speech


































4193.json	true	the federal government is spending 25 percent of our entire economy versus 100 years ago we spent only 2 percent.	deficit,federal-budget,taxes	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	a television interview


































12965.json	half-true	in congress, (cresent hardy) voted to defund daca.	immigration	ruben-kihuen	state senator	nevada	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a press conference


































11491.json	true	after today, @govjaynixon will have been overridden more times than all previous governors in #mo history #moleg	job-accomplishments	peter-kinder	lieutenant governor	missouri	republican	0	0	0	1	1	a tweet


































8068.json	barely-true	patrick murphy voted for obamacare in 2010, yet he reversed himself and voted to delay the employer mandate and the individual mandate.	health-care,voting-record	americans-prosperity			none	6	7	2	1	2	a press release


































1879.json	true	rick scott's former health care company, columbia/hca, committed fraud.	candidates-biography,health-care	bill-mccollum		florida	republican	2	1	2	0	1	a statement from his campaign


































1678.json	true	president obama himself attempted to filibuster justice alito, who now sits on the supreme court.	supreme-court,abc-news-week	jon-kyl	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	0	2	4	3	0	in an interview on abc news' this week


































10626.json	true	polling shows that nearly 74 percent of national rifle association members support requiring background checks for all gun sales.	civil-rights,government-regulation,guns	lena-taylor	state senator, district 4	wisconsin	democrat	1	1	0	1	1	a news release


































13345.json	mostly-true	we have almost 68,000 georgia students who are required by law to attend a chronically failing school.	education	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	education conference


































966.json	true	tens of billions of dollars (from taxpayer-funded bailouts) ... flowed straight through aig into the coffers of foreign corporations and foreign banks.	economy	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	a tv interview


































933.json	pants-fire	you and i know that in the history of mankind and womankind, government federal, state, local, or otherwise has never created one job.	economy,stimulus	michael-steele	chairman of the republican national committee	maryland	republican	0	1	1	0	2	a speech to house republicans


































9391.json	half-true	rhode island has the highest dropout rate in new england at twenty-three percent.	education	clay-pell	candidate for rhode island governor	rhode island	democrat	0	0	1	2	0	a campaign website


































1732.json	true	daniel webster said he's out. now he says he's in.	elections	alan-grayson	u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	a statement.


































10081.json	false	under my platform, i will make no changes to the current (medicare) system for current retirees and anyone approaching retirement.	health-care,medicare,retirement	tom-cotton	u.s. house of representatives	arkansas	republican	3	4	2	3	1	a debate


































3001.json	barely-true	the greenest county in america.	environment	dekalb-county		georgia	none	1	0	0	1	0	its website


































4581.json	barely-true	says el paso was named americas safest large city a year after san antonio, houston and dallas had the nations highest crime rates.	crime,immigration,public-safety	jose-rodriguez	attorney	texas	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a press release.


































2912.json	half-true	the pentagons survey about the dont ask, dont tell policy found that 92 percent of service members agree that they could serve ... in a unit in combat without compromising mission readiness.	gays-and-lesbians,military,abc-news-week	wesley-clark		arkansas	democrat	0	1	1	0	0	an interview on abc's this week with christiane amanpour


































11137.json	true	since volvo spurned georgia for south carolina in early may, some 3,455 jobs promising more than $800 million in investments have come to the peach state.	jobs,states	chris-riley	chief of staff, gov. nathan deal	georgia	republican	0	0	0	0	0	an atlanta journal-constitution blog post


































10823.json	half-true	ben carson is running for president to eliminate dependency on government. but he doesnt mention that he grew up in public schools, got public housing and food stamps, got free glasses from a government program, was helped by affirmative action, and got pell grants for college.	candidates-biography,welfare	occupy-democrats			organization	0	4	3	1	4	a facebook meme


































11740.json	barely-true	we are taking virginias investment in public education to the highest level in the commonwealths history.	education,state-budget	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a speech.


































1204.json	true	fdr was called a socialist and a communist.	history	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	interview on late night with david letterman


































6786.json	false	over the last four years, the deficit has gone up, but 90 percent of that is as a consequence of president george w. bushs policies and the recession.	debt,deficit,economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview on cbs' 60 minutes


































10115.json	mostly-true	weve had 27 (ebola) outbreaks around the globe and theyve never spread outside of the confines of the countries that were initially affected.	ebola,public-health	corey-hebert			democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on msnbc's all in with chris hayes


































12510.json	half-true	on his support for donald trump.	elections	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview


































12817.json	mostly-true	says donald trump said at the republican convention, i alone can fix it.	candidates-biography	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech at the democratic convention


































3851.json	barely-true	we are looking at 150,000 barrels (of oil) per day less next year, and 200,000 barrels per day less being able to be developed from the gulf the year after because of the moratorium on new drilling enacted by the obama administration.	energy,oil-spill,market-regulation	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	an interview on fox news


































5108.json	half-true	barack obamas recess appointment of richard cordray is precisely what then-sen. obama claimed would be the wrong thing to do.	consumer-safety	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a news release


































5676.json	true	this is the only state in the country that bypassed the general assembly to authorize [in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants].	education,immigration,states	doreen-costa	state representative	rhode island	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a radio talk show.


































7459.json	mostly-true	of the 18 stadiums built from 2004 to 2013, 47 percent of the total cost came from public sources.	city-government,sports,taxes	duriya-farooqui	chief operating officer, city of atlanta	georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	a presentation


































2792.json	pants-fire	pres. obamas finance team is recommending a . . . 1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution.	deficit,economy,taxes	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a message via the internet


































5063.json	false	says a new national poll shows the majority of the american people believe we should have a gold standard for u.s. currency.	economy	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a speech after the iowa caucuses


































6089.json	true	says barack obama is trying to slash funding for the armed pilots program designed to prevent terror attacks.	guns	national-rifle-association			none	3	5	1	5	3	a mailer


































10961.json	false	even our nuclear arsenal doesnt work. it came out recently they have equipment that is 30 years old. they dont know if it worked.	military,nuclear	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	his presidential announcement speech


































1114.json	false	if you log into the governments cash for clunkers web site (cars.gov) from your home computer, the government can seize all of your personal and private information, and track your computer activity.	environment,pundits	kimberly-guilfoyle			none	0	1	0	0	1	the glenn beck show


































11430.json	mostly-true	the oil and natural gas industry provides or supports 141,600 jobs in georgia.	jobs	american-petroleum-institute			none	0	0	0	1	0	a blog post


































2563.json	false	in 2009, the state legislature passed more than $5 billion in tax increases.	message-machine,state-budget,taxes	leah-vukmir	member of state assembly	wisconsin	republican	0	2	0	1	0	a campaign brochure distributed door to door


































4333.json	mostly-true	says under our current sentencing laws, about 75 percent of all convicted felons in oregon do not go to prison.	criminal-justice	michael-schrunk	multnomah county district attorney	oregon	state-official	0	0	0	1	0	a guest column for the oregonian


































11870.json	false	right now were the highest taxed country in the world.	taxes	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an abc republican debate in new hampshire


































1035.json	half-true	sotomayor has had her rulings thrown out by the court a troubling four times.	sotomayor-nomination,supreme-court	libertarian-national-committee			libertarian	0	0	1	1	0	a press release from may 26, 2009


































1563.json	barely-true	todd staples recently tried to woo his supporters and right-wing base by suggesting the agriculture commission cut programs intended to feed the elderly and disabled, many of whom are veterans.	agriculture,veterans	hank-gilbert	cattle raiser	texas	democrat	1	1	2	0	0	a press release


































1047.json	true	in the first round of repayments from financial institutions that received tarp money, the government has actually turned a profit.	economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a statement at the white house


































6341.json	true	says he has seen border patrol signs near the mexico border in english, spanish and chinese.	immigration	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a republican us senate debate.


































1564.json	barely-true	george w. bush was the least popular president in modern history.	bush-administration,job-accomplishments,pundits	dana-milbank	columnist for the washington post	washington, d.c.	none	2	0	0	1	0	a column in the washington post


































11990.json	false	says harry reid, when asked about the republican field, said the republican he likes the best is donald trump, and he said, because i can work with him. hell cut deals.	candidates-biography	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview on abc's this week


































4606.json	half-true	current projections indicate that medicare will go bankrupt by 2017, while social security will bottom out by 2037.	health-care,medicare,social-security	herman-cain		georgia	republican	4	11	5	3	3	


































4458.json	barely-true	the green bay packers are a socialist organization.	sports	scott-keyes			none	1	0	0	0	1	an article


































1269.json	half-true	the first installment of health care reform ... will raise the deficit by $250 billion.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare	john-cornyn	senator	texas	republican	5	3	6	2	1	an interview on cbs's face the nation


































9337.json	false	economic inequality in multnomah county has a face -- and a name. it has 90,000 faces and names -- the number of county residents who are still unemployed, or underemployed, in the wake of the 2008 wall street crash.	economy,jobs	jim-francesconi	member of the state board of higher education	oregon	none	0	1	1	1	0	a campaign website statement


































2024.json	half-true	on tax breaks for businesses	taxes	roy-barnes	attorney	georgia	democrat	0	0	3	3	1	a speech


































9821.json	half-true	greg abbott was charged with overseeing the state cancer research fund. but he let his wealthiest donors take tens of millions of taxpayer dollars without proper oversight. they showered abbott with gifts and free vacations.	ethics,health-care,public-health,state-budget,state-finances	wendy-davis	state senator	texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	a tv ad


































2808.json	mostly-true	my debt to gdp was the lowest or one of the lowest of modern presidents. my taxes to gdp was the lowest and my spending to gdp was too.	deficit,federal-budget,history,job-accomplishments,taxes	george-w-bush	president	texas	republican	0	1	1	1	0	an interview on nbc's today show


































4737.json	true	says over the last 48 years, every governor at the midterm of his first term or her first term has lost seats in the legislature, with the exception of jim mcgreevey in 2003.	elections,history,redistricting	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a radio interview


































5022.json	half-true	as speaker, gingrich even supported taxpayer funding of some abortions.	abortion,message-machine-2012	restore-our-future	super pac		republican	1	0	3	1	2	a video ad


































11912.json	half-true	it has been 80 years since a supreme court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. there is a long tradition that you dont do this in an election year.	supreme-court	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	comments on meet the press


































9361.json	pants-fire	obama announces plans for a third term presidential run	legal-issues	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email


































8046.json	pants-fire	a hidden provision in the health care law taxes sporting goods as medical devices.	health-care	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	an email


































4042.json	mostly-true	says the 2011-13 state budget eliminates the structural deficit for the first time in decades.	state-budget	alberta-darling	state senator, 8th district	wisconsin	republican	1	1	2	1	1	an interview


































540.json	mostly-true	barack obama cut taxes for working families.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a television ad


































5915.json	false	the georgia regional transportation authority concluded that light rail in cobb county would more than double commute time and would therefore be unsuccessful in alleviating traffic congestion.	transportation	transportation-leadership-coalition			none	0	1	0	0	0	


































10090.json	half-true	every time somebody new gets the ebola virus, it mutates.	ebola,public-health	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	a broadcast of the glenn beck program


































1131.json	false	i have not said that i was a single-payer supporter.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a town hall meeting in new hampshire


































4262.json	half-true	george lemieux voted against the majority of republicans and joined with democrats to create a task force for responsible fiscal action that looks strikingly similar to the super committee now being set up in washington to justify massive tax hikes.	bipartisanship,deficit,federal-budget,taxes	adam-hasner		florida	republican	2	1	4	4	0	a news release


































1608.json	half-true	the democratic health care bill will collect higher taxes for 10 years and provide health care for only six years.	health-care,taxes	todd-tiahrt	u.s. representative	kansas	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a speech on the house floor.


































6070.json	half-true	a new manufacturing plant is slated to create about 3,000 jobs in central and northeast georgia and create about a $3 billion infusion into the economy.	jobs	paul-broun	congressman	georgia	republican	4	8	3	2	1	a television interview


































10440.json	true	since gov. nathan deal office in 2011, the states rainy day fund has grown by 643 percent.	state-budget,state-finances,states	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	state of the state address


































6647.json	false	says president barack obama built this $16 trillion debt.	debt,deficit,federal-budget	reid-ribble	candidate for 8th district u.s. house seat	wisconsin	republican	0	1	1	0	1	an interview


































7799.json	false	the irs is going to be in charge of our health care.	health-care,taxes	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	an interview on fox news' on the record with greta van susteren


































12436.json	mostly-true	im also the only lieutenant governor to not take a security detail.	state-budget	carlos-lopez-cantera	lieutenant governor	florida	republican	0	0	0	2	0	an interview on fox 13


































274.json	half-true	you've got a building in the cayman islands that supposedly houses 12,000 corporations. that's either the biggest building or the biggest tax scam on record.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a debate in manchester, n.h.


































6783.json	false	says obama is only president in history who has deliberately removed the words endowed by their creator when referring to the declaration of independence.	history,message-machine-2012	government-not-god-pac			none	1	2	0	0	3	a newspaper ad


































12550.json	half-true	says michael bennet votes for president obamas agenda 98 percent of the time. hardly independent, hardly bipartisan.	bipartisanship,voting-record	ryan-frazier	candidate for u.s. senate 	colorado 	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a gop u.s. senate candidates debate


































7198.json	barely-true	the price tag amounted to nearly $4,200 for every man, woman and child in the state.	debt,weather	steve-lonegan	conservative activist	new jersey	republican	1	2	2	0	0	a news release


































661.json	barely-true	john mccain wants to privatize social security.	social-security	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	denver


































1153.json	half-true	if you're over 65 years old in america today, you have no choice but to be in medicare. even if you want out of medicare, you have to forfeit your social security to get out of it.	health-care	dick-armey			republican	0	2	1	0	0	an interview with judy woodruff


































11100.json	half-true	although we have twice the population of greece, the state of florida employs three times fewer government employees.	economy,state-finances	jeff-atwater	state senator	florida	republican	0	1	1	1	0	an open letter to floridians


































13478.json	false	says donald trumps presidential victory was an electoral landslide.	elections,history,states	reince-priebus	chairman, republican national committee	wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	an interview


































11161.json	true	wisconsins rainy day fund is 165 times bigger than when we first took office.	job-accomplishments,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a candidates forum


































11162.json	barely-true	in fy 2014 planned parenthood performed 327,653 abortions while receiving $528 million from taxpayers, in violation of the hyde amendment.	abortion,families,federal-budget,state-budget	john-cornyn	senator	texas	republican	5	3	6	2	1	a tweet


































2990.json	pants-fire	says the university of wisconsin football program is spending almost all of its bowl championship series payout on a rose bowl junket for politically connected officials	state-budget	charlie-sykes	talk show host for wtmj-am in milwaukee	wisconsin	talk-show-host	0	1	0	0	2	a comment made during his radio show


































5752.json	true	says opponent ted cruz has not led businesses.	candidates-biography	tom-leppert	businessman	texas	republican	0	1	0	1	0	a republican us senate debate at wfaa-tv, channel 8, in dallas.


































13522.json	true	says donald trump thinks stop-and-frisk is fine.	civil-rights,crime,criminal-justice,legal-issues	gwen-moore	u.s. house member -- 4th district	wisconsin	democrat	3	4	4	3	1	an interview


































142.json	mostly-true	mitt romney has a pro-choice record.	abortion	log-cabin-republicans			none	0	0	0	2	0	


































13412.json	true	this is a test of the share the facts widget.	technology	18-percent-american-public			none	0	0	0	0	1	a test conducted on an obscure politifact site.


































4598.json	mostly-true	wisconsin bill grants drug companies and medical device manufacturers immunity from injuries and deaths caused by their products.	civil-rights,consumer-safety,corporations,government-regulation,health-care,legal-issues,public-health	robert-kraig			none	0	0	0	1	0	a news release, blog


































6923.json	true	says as co-chair of the joint ways means committee, i secured the key piece of funding for the portland-milwaukie light rail project bridge.	state-budget,state-finances,transportation	mary-nolan	represents southwest portland in oregon house	oregon	democrat	0	0	3	0	0	a post on her website.


































4699.json	half-true	we are the poster child for compliance, and whenever we discover possible infractions we resolve and report it to the ncaa no matter how minor the violations.	sports	e-gordon-gee	ohio state university president	ohio	none	0	0	1	0	0	a comment to a reporter


































923.json	true	to give the proposed economic stimulus plan some perspective, if you started the day jesus christ was born and spent $1 million every day since then, you still wouldnt have spent $1 trillion.	economy,stimulus	mitch-mcconnell	senate minority leader	kentucky	republican	7	6	5	7	0	appearance on cbs's face the nation


































5053.json	half-true	says he has been able to attract independents and democrats to win elections in pennsylvania.	candidates-biography,elections,history	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	an interview on nbc's today 


































6084.json	true	says lawyer appointed by eric holder to investigate government leaks helped and donated to obamas campaign, vetting vice presidential prospects.	legal-issues	john-cornyn	senator	texas	republican	5	3	6	2	1	a commentary posted on the fox news website.


































11487.json	mostly-true	the federal government owns about half of the west, yet it continues to acquire more land.	environment,federal-budget	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a post on his website


































1200.json	half-true	families are paying $900, on average, in higher premiums because of uncompensated care.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview on this week with george stephanopoulos


































5270.json	mostly-true	congressman phil roe hands out $1.3m government check from a federal program that he voted against.	health-care,stimulus,voting-record	tennessee-democratic-party		tennessee	democrat	1	1	0	2	0	a press release


































11621.json	barely-true	after the texas cutoff of aid to womens health care services including planned parenthood clinics, over 150,000 women lost the only health care they had. our medicaid birth rate shot up. it cost taxpayers over $130 million in one year alone in extra medicaid birth costs.	corrections-and-updates,health-care,public-health,women	wendy-davis	state senator	texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	an appearance on msnbc’s “the last word with lawrence o’donnell”


































3661.json	barely-true	there are legitimate and widespread anomalies, and widespread questions about the conduct of (the wisconsin supreme court) election, most visibly in waukesha county, but also in counties around the state.	elections	joanne-kloppenburg	state appeals court judge	wisconsin	none	2	1	0	2	1	remarks at a news conference


































3978.json	false	as the democrats finally maxed out their government spending credit card monday, kurt schrader continued to stand with his party leaders in failing to offer any viable long-term solution.	government-efficiency	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a press release


































377.json	true	could i just point out that ... i seem to get the first question all the time?	elections	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a debate in cleveland


































9775.json	pants-fire	says marilinda garcia supports $150 billion in new taxes.	economy,taxes	gary-lambert	lawyer	new hampshire	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a campaign mailer


































3865.json	mostly-true	virginia is headed towards another surplus this year, unlike most states.	state-budget,taxes	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	a tv interview.


































3901.json	mostly-true	kasichs budget increases state spending from $50.5 billion to $55.6 billion. this is the second largest, two-year spending increase in ohio history.	state-budget	armond-budish	minority leader in the ohio house of representatives	ohio	democrat	0	1	2	3	0	a newspaper column


































8563.json	true	the deficit this year could pay all of the 2013 salaries of every professional baseball player for the next 248 years.	baseball,deficit	kelly-ayotte	u.s. senator	new hampshire	republican	2	1	1	4	0	a town hall meeting in hudson, n.h.


































8052.json	half-true	the city of brookhavens ordinance could cause the pink pony to close, thereby putting 300 pink pony employees out of work in this economy.	legal-issues	pink-pony			none	0	0	1	0	0	an ad


































1011.json	barely-true	the economic stimulus bill created a council that's modeled after the national board that controls britains health system.	health-care,stimulus	conservatives-patients-rights			none	1	0	0	0	0	a television ad


































8218.json	true	the city of portland has won more national constitution contests than any city in america.	debates,education	earl-blumenauer	u.s. representative	oregon	democrat	0	1	1	1	0	a forum 


































4378.json	pants-fire	u.s. reps. hank johnson, john lewis and other members of the congressional progressive caucus are socialists who are openly serving in the u.s. congress.	candidates-biography	sovereign-citizens-united			organization	0	0	0	0	1	a web post


































1446.json	true	mr. president, multiple times from your administration there have come statements that republicans have no ideas and no solutions on health care.	bipartisanship,health-care	tom-price	congressman	georgia	republican	1	2	5	3	0	a republican retreat in baltimore


































1612.json	true	there will be no public funding for abortion in this legislation.	abortion,health-care	bart-stupak	member of congress	michigan	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	a news conference


































12967.json	half-true	says in washington, d.c., sen. richard burr took millions from special interests, went there and cashed in, voted to cut (his) own taxes and raise taxes on working folks.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography,congress,taxes,workers	deborah-ross	democratic candidate for u.s. senate	north carolina	democrat	0	0	3	0	0	a campaign ad


































2538.json	mostly-true	says oregon ranks 43rd in education.	education	chris-dudley	financial adviser	oregon	republican	0	0	1	1	1	the kgw/the oregonian debate


































7201.json	true	says virginia is the biggest state that does not have a major league sports team.	sports	jimmy-barrett	radio personality	virginia	none	0	0	0	0	0	an interview.


































1250.json	false	not only is there no scientific evidence that co2 is a pollutant, higher co2 concentrations actually help ecosystems support more plant and animal life.	climate-change,energy,environment	plantsneedco2org			none	0	1	0	0	0	an ad in the washington post


































3750.json	barely-true	there are not, nor have there ever been, any boycotts encouraged by our organizations.	unions	afl-cio			none	1	0	2	0	0	a news release


































2086.json	mostly-true	it turns out that texas has an $18 billion budget shortfall and cant afford its new science textbooks.	education	stephen-colbert			none	1	0	0	2	0	a segement on the colbert report


































4483.json	pants-fire	says our taxes have doubled with rick perry in office.	taxes	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a republican presidential debate in tampa, florida.


































10297.json	true	mike martinez cut a deal with prosecutors to avoid facing possible jail time and stuck us with his $24,657.50 legal bill.	city-budget,city-government,ethics,legal-issues	progress-austin-pac	political action committee	texas	none	0	0	0	0	0	a mailer to voters


































9928.json	barely-true	michelle nunn spent most of her childhood in perry, ga.	elections	michelle-nunn	chief executive officer, points of light foundation	georgia	democrat	3	0	1	2	0	a fundraiser invitation


































3819.json	half-true	on whether judges should be allowed to place children with gay couples who wish to adopt.	gays-and-lesbians,marriage	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	an interview.


































7266.json	true	in total, we have added nearly 75,000 private sector jobs in new jersey since we took office in january 2010.	economy,jobs	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	state of the state address


































54.json	true	guantanamo detainees get taxpayer-paid-for prayer rugsthey had honey-glazed chicken and rice pilaf.	terrorism	duncan-hunter	u.s. representative	california	republican	0	1	0	2	0	a debate in durham, n.h.


































5139.json	mostly-true	mayor barrett saved milwaukee $25 million, thanks to gov. walkers reforms.	city-budget,state-budget,unions	club-growth			none	4	5	4	2	0	a billboard ad


































7107.json	true	says about 25 texas cities and 39 states have banned texting while driving.	public-safety,transportation	tom-craddick	businessman	texas	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a press release.


































8972.json	mostly-true	travis county now has the highest urban county tax rate in texas.	taxes	andy-brown	attorney	texas	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	a mailer to voters


































89.json	mostly-true	took on the olympics and turned them around	job-accomplishments	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a television ad.


































8875.json	mostly-true	says 85 percent of idea charter-school students come from low-income families and about 99 percent of its graduates go to college.	children,education	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	as quoted during a school visit


































10172.json	barely-true	gina raimondo paid 70 million in taxpayer dollars to millionaire hedge fund managers.	candidates-biography,corporations,message-machine-2014,pensions,state-finances	allan-fung	mayor, city of cranston, r.i.	rhode island	republican	2	2	0	2	1	a tv commercial


































7326.json	mostly-true	says on the state level, we spend less today than jon corzine spent in fiscal year 2008, five years later.	state-budget,state-finances	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a radio interview on new jersey 101.5’s “ask the governor”


































1765.json	false	for the new state budget, floridians have sent us $3 billion less of their funding.	state-budget,taxes	anitere-flores	state representative	florida	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a house floor speech


































6240.json	half-true	unemployment rate dropped in every state that elected a republican gov. in 2010	economy,jobs,states	john-robitaille		rhode island	republican	0	1	2	0	0	a tweet


































4124.json	mostly-true	by any measure, new jersey has one of the most segregated school systems in the country.	education	david-sciarra		new jersey	none	0	1	0	1	0	a star-ledger column


































7283.json	barely-true	says texas will be majority hispanic in six years.	population	george-p-bush	vice president, charter holdings real estate investment partnership	texas	republican	1	1	0	1	0	an interview with the associated press.


































3727.json	false	the bush tax cuts created about 8 million jobs over the first 10 years that they were in existence. weve lost about 5 million of those jobs during this recession.	economy,history,jobs,taxes	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	an interview on nbc's today show


































8538.json	false	they delayed my swearing-in here in massachusetts for a couple weeks so they could ram (the health care law) through.	health-care	scott-brown		new hampshire	republican	2	2	1	3	1	a fox news interview


































10031.json	true	saudi arabia is the only muslim country out of 47 muslim-majority countries where women cannot get licenses to drive.	islam	dean-obeidallah			democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a broadcast of msnbc's the ed show


































3821.json	true	if you look at the benefits and wages of recorded federal employees, they far outstrip the market rates of the private sector.	federal-budget,jobs	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a town hall conversation.


































3080.json	barely-true	we had a debate on whether obamacare was the way to go to fix up health care and the american voters said no -- emphatically.	health-care	jim-sensenbrenner	member of congress	wisconsin	republican	2	4	1	0	0	an interview after a town hall meeting


































7338.json	true	says ending the direct payment farm subsidy program could save up to $28.4 billion over ten years that could be used to reduce the deficit.	agriculture,federal-budget	earl-blumenauer	u.s. representative	oregon	democrat	0	1	1	1	0	in a news release


































12207.json	pants-fire	rhode island: 3% bigger at low tide.	tourism	hilary-treadwell	artist		none	0	0	0	0	1	an interview


































12792.json	mostly-true	immigrants start businesses at a faster rate; they seem to grow those businesses more successfully.	immigration	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an interview with vox


































2678.json	true	says marco rubio said that people who essentially dont agree with him, ought to leave the country, like keith olbermann.	pundits,voting-record	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a u.s. senate debate on cnn’s “state of the union.”


































3040.json	true	our spending has caught up with us, and our debt soon will eclipse the entire size of our national economy.	deficit,federal-budget	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a speech in the house of representatives


































8740.json	half-true	state rep. kathleen peters has a 100 percent pro-abortion voting record even voting against a ban on sex-selection abortions.	abortion	national-right-life-committee			none	1	2	1	0	0	an article posted on the group’s website


































11364.json	pants-fire	honduras bans citizens from owning guns and has the highest homicide rate in the entire world. switzerland, with a similar population, requires citizens to own guns and has the lowest homicide rate in the entire world.	crime	viral-image			none	5	5	0	3	15	a viral internet post


































8582.json	mostly-true	8.5 million americans have gotten rebate checks because their insurance companies were spending too much money on executive bonuses and administrative costs and not enough on health care.	health-care	david-axelrod			democrat	2	1	6	7	0	an interview on msnbc's morning joe


































3363.json	mostly-true	texas ranks third in teen pregnancies... and it is no. 1 in repeat teen pregnancies.	children,health-care,pundits	gail-collins	columnist for the new york times	new york	journalist	2	1	1	3	0	a new york times column


































5973.json	barely-true	obamas flush with cash, returning to wall street for even more money. wall street sure supports president obama.	campaign-finance,financial-regulation,message-machine-2012,voting-record	american-future-fund			organization	3	2	0	0	0	a television ad


































11616.json	mostly-true	i spent 18 months putting together the sanctions against iran so that we could force them to the negotiating table.	candidates-biography,foreign-policy,nuclear	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a democratic primary forum


































1239.json	mostly-true	during the reagan era, the richest americans had their top income tax rate cut in half.	taxes	michael-moore	documentary filmmaker		none	2	5	1	6	0	his movie capitalism: a love story


































52.json	true	sen. obama worked on some of the deepest issues we had and was successful in a bipartisan way.	job-accomplishments	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a tv ad, in an endorsement by illinois state sen. kirk dillard


































11424.json	barely-true	says edward snowden could have gotten all of the protections of being a whistleblower.	foreign-policy,legal-issues	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the first democratic presidential debate


































6939.json	true	says mitt romney suggested that employers should be able to make the decision as to whether or not a woman gets contraception through her insurance coverage.	debates,drugs,health-care,sexuality,women	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the second presidential debate


































9310.json	barely-true	last year the (medicaid fraud control unit) in virginia alone recovered over $200 million!	medicaid	thomas-garrett-jr	state senator	virginia	republican	2	1	0	0	0	an op-ed.


































13381.json	barely-true	jack berry voted for a plan to cut $23.8 million from our schools.	city-budget,education,voting-record	levar-stoney	richmond mayoral candidate	virginia	democrat	1	1	1	0	0	


































6663.json	true	says the republican party platform says pull back even more of the rules on campaign finance reform, get rid of mccain-feingold while the democratic party platform says we want to find a way to put more fair rules on campaign finance reform.	campaign-finance	cory-booker	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	0	4	2	8	0	an interview with #waywire


































2014.json	barely-true	as washington debates cracking down on the big wall street banks, ive passed legislation that does so.	financial-regulation,voting-record	david-segal	state representative	rhode island	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a statement on his campaign website


































11930.json	barely-true	in 2005 and 2007, joe straus received a 100 percent rating by naral (the national abortion and reproductive rights action league).	abortion,voting-record	empower-texans		texas	none	1	0	0	1	0	a web page


































6106.json	true	before i was governor, tuition was skyrocketing and we stopped that. we capped and then we froze college tuition.	education,job-accomplishments,state-budget	george-allen	consultant	virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a debate.


































3348.json	true	dekalb county has cut more money from its general fund budget than any local government in the atlanta metro region.	government-efficiency	burrell-ellis	dekalb county chief executive officer	georgia	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	an interview


































5784.json	barely-true	says gov. scott walker signed abortion, sex education and discrimination bills in secret.	transparency,women	kathleen-falk			democrat	1	3	3	1	0	a news release


































1636.json	false	rubio's tax swap proposal would have been a massive tax increase.	candidates-biography,taxes	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a fox news sunday debate.


































5862.json	false	says the mayors job is to make sure that if somebody is trying to build a set of water treatment plants to cure us from cryptosporidium we dont have, we dont say yes even if ch2m hill wants us to.	city-government,government-regulation,message-machine-2012,water	jefferson-smith	state representative	oregon	democrat	1	1	0	4	0	a debate


































2870.json	barely-true	eighty percent of the oil were discovering, were discovering in the deep gulf of mexico.	energy	joe-barton	u.s. representative	texas	republican	3	1	0	0	0	a speech.


































10807.json	barely-true	we had the biggest drop of the rate of unemployment (in)all but 4 states.	economy,history,job-accomplishments,jobs,labor,states,workers	lincoln-chafee		rhode island	democrat	3	5	3	4	0	an interview on cnn


































34.json	mostly-true	in state after state, polls make clear that the american public understands the kelo ruling is a disaster.	legal-issues	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	cedar rapids, iowa


































289.json	half-true	says he passed a bill to stop a military requirement that wounded soldiers pay for meals and phone calls.	military	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a debate in las vegas


































4819.json	mostly-true	says rick perry proposed a binational health insurance program with mexico.	immigration	d-king		georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	an op-ed


































9401.json	half-true	this generation, on average, is starting their careers, if theyve been to a four-year college, with just under $30,000 in debt.	debt,education,jobs	tammy-baldwin	u.s. representative	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	an interview


































7937.json	mostly-true	says trimet spends $10.3 million in police contracts a year for 56 transit police who must respond to non-transit calls	public-safety,transportation,unions	amalgamated-transit-union			organization	0	0	0	1	0	a newspaper ad


































12949.json	barely-true	says a cnn anchor said that hillary clinton has gotten a free ride so far from the media. were the biggest ones supporting her campaign.	pundits	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a fundraising email


































13092.json	true	in the mid 1990s, in our state, (florida was) no. 1 in violent crime in america. ... the only concern i had was for the citizens of florida, who were subjected to a violent crime every three minutes and 45 seconds.	crime	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a debate


































12902.json	true	says scott walkers listening sessions are invite-only and excluding the press.	bipartisanship,government-efficiency,job-accomplishments	dana-wachs			democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a tweet


































5878.json	barely-true	the obama white house recognizes a baby that has not been born for security purposes.	abortion	national-right-life-committee			none	1	2	1	0	0	a press release


































3969.json	true	the right-to-work states are creating a lot more jobs today than the heavily unionized states.	jobs	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a debate


































9724.json	false	the leader of isis was imprisoned by american troops and ordered released to iraq by obama administration in 2009.	iraq,terrorism	james-woods	actor		none	0	1	0	0	1	a tweet


































9747.json	false	del. ben chafin took money away from southwest virginia schools while votingto build a politicians palace.	corrections-and-updates,education,state-budget	mike-hymes	human resources director	virginia	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a tv ad


































161.json	half-true	our tax code is so complicated it extracts $140 billion in extra tax preparation costs every year - one thousand dollars for every american family.	taxes	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a speech to the hispanic business expo in detroit.


































7306.json	true	spending of government money is 17 percent less than it was a decade ago.	state-budget	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a twitter post


































11316.json	barely-true	one of the planned parenthood videos shows a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, we have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.	abortion,debates	carly-fiorina		california	republican	5	5	4	3	2	the cnn debate


































2178.json	mostly-true	in 2009, the small business entrepreneurship council ranked ohio 11th in the nation and 1st in the midwest for overall business climate.	economy,small-business	ted-strickland	former ohio governor	ohio	democrat	2	6	7	4	1	a news release


































10970.json	mostly-true	texas now has the second-highest high school graduation rate in the country. and it has the highest graduation rate for african americans and hispanics.	education	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	his declaration for president


































257.json	half-true	...some of those (tax increases) were either court-ordered, or they were voted on by the people and approved by the people for (such) things as roads.	taxes	mike-huckabee	author	arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	a tv interview on nbc.


































3256.json	false	under changes being debated, state employees in wisconsin who earn $30,000, $40,000, $50,000 a year might have 20 percent of their income just disappear overnight.	labor,pundits,state-budget	ed-schultz	msnbc television host		none	3	1	4	1	2	a statement on his television talk show


































7764.json	true	north korea has a substantial standing army, one of the largest, certainly the largest per capita, in the world.	congress,military,nuclear,population	jack-reed	u.s. senator	rhode island	democrat	1	0	2	1	0	a television interview


































738.json	false	if an iranian woman shows too much hair in public, she risks being beaten or killed.	foreign-policy	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	the new york sun


































6944.json	true	massachusetts sen. scott brown shows someone can be bipartisan in congress because he votes about 66 percent with his own party.	bipartisanship,congress,voting-record	brendan-doherty		rhode island	republican	1	2	1	1	0	a tv debate


































2056.json	false	he has ushered in $3 billion in new investment.	candidates-biography,economy	david-cicilline	mayor of providence	rhode island	democrat	7	4	5	4	1	a statement on cicilline's website


































5608.json	true	says romney flip-flopped on abortion.	abortion,message-machine-2012	american-bridge-21st-century			democrat	2	1	0	3	0	a video ad


































7098.json	half-true	secular americans are the fastest-growing religious identification demographic in this country.	diversity,polls,religion	freedom-religion-foundation			organization	0	0	1	0	0	an email


































4114.json	half-true	our countrys got this huge debt, and (president barack) obama says raise taxes and keep spending more.	deficit,economy,federal-budget,taxes	crossroads-gps	conservative advocacy group		republican	9	1	4	1	2	a television ad


































9254.json	barely-true	david perdue supports common core	education	david-perdue-files		georgia	none	1	0	0	0	0	a website


































12740.json	false	says hillary clinton wants to essentially abolish the second amendment.	guns	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech at the republican national convention


































11480.json	half-true	because of obamacare peoples premiums ...are going up 35, 45, 55 percent.	health-care	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	comments on abc's this week


































10110.json	mostly-true	when i go on letterman the ratings go up.	pop-culture,pundits	bill-oreilly	fox news channel host		none	4	6	3	5	1	an interview with howard kurtz


































9816.json	mostly-true	the united states is the only industrialized country that does not guarantee paid time off to care for a new child.	families,women,workers	don-beyer	8th district congressional candidate	virginia	democrat	1	2	1	3	0	a web post.


































481.json	mostly-true	eliminating earmarks would make barely a drop in the bucket with regard to the national debt, the deficit.	federal-budget	bob-barr	runs a consulting firm, liberty strategies llc	georgia	libertarian	0	0	0	1	0	a news conference announcing his libertarian candidacy in washington, d.c.


































6451.json	half-true	says joe garcia voted to raise our utility rates.	candidates-biography,energy,government-regulation,voting-record	gloria-romero-roses	managing partner at nexus homes	florida	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a mailer


































3282.json	half-true	since sherrod brown and the democrats rammed the economic stimulus bill through, ohios unemployment rate has risen to 9.6 percent, above the national average.	federal-budget,jobs,stimulus	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	a news release


































8079.json	half-true	president barack obama has announced that he would not sign any spending bills this year unless sequestration spending cuts are eliminated.	congressional-rules,federal-budget	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a blog post


































12351.json	pants-fire	the obama administration has even joined islamist governments in sponsoring a u.n. resolution that would shred our first amendment by threatening to make discussion of radical islamism potentially illegal.	terrorism	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a campaign email


































5358.json	true	many of the top officials at the port authority earn more money than the governors of the states that have jurisdiction over them.	transportation	john-wisniewski	state assemblyman	new jersey	democrat	2	2	0	1	0	a radio interview


































6114.json	mostly-true	vagina. because apparently, saying that word in the michigan state house of representatives can get you a two-day ban from speaking on the floor.	abortion	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a facebook post


































13194.json	barely-true	mike madigan made a fortune on tax appeals saving his friends millions... its an inside game played by people like merry marwig, madigans hand-picked candidate. when marwig thought her property taxes were too high she got them lowered at your expense. saved so much she did it again. marwig and madigan: profiting from the same corrupt system.	taxes	citizens-michael-mcauliffe-and-house-republican-or		illinois 	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a video attack advertisement 


































7077.json	pants-fire	says i was the first governor in america to endorse mitt romney.	candidates-biography,elections	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a press conference 


































820.json	barely-true	barack obama's plan gives a driver's license to any illegal who wants one.	immigration	national-republican-trust-pac			republican	1	0	0	0	0	a television ad


































10820.json	barely-true	two-thirds of american families rely on the mothers income to stay above the poverty level.	economy,poverty,women	maria-shriver	nbc news correspondent		none	1	0	0	0	0	comments on nbc's meet the press


































13043.json	barely-true	after 9/11, jim put us all first by serving for 23 months in iraq, the wars longest tour.	public-service	jim-mowrer		iowa	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	in a television ad


































3423.json	half-true	oil production from federal waters in the gulf of mexico reached an all-time high in 2010.	energy,history,oil-spill,market-regulation	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference


































4263.json	false	in the 80s, democrats promised spending cuts, but delivered only tax hikes.	economy,new-hampshire-2012,taxes	ron-paul	u.s. representative	texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a television campaign ad


































11178.json	mostly-true	says hewas one of the chief architects of balancing the federalbudget.	federal-budget	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	an interview with this week host george stephanopoulos


































12522.json	true	only half of the murders in the city of st. louis get solved.	crime	catherine-hanaway	candidate for governor of missouri	missouri	republican	0	1	0	0	0	missouri


































554.json	true	the legislation ... that senator mccain supports would provide the authority for the federal government to surveille american citizens in their own country without any suspicion whatsoever that they're engaging in discussions with terrorists or about criminal activity.	civil-rights,terrorism	bob-barr	runs a consulting firm, liberty strategies llc	georgia	libertarian	0	0	0	1	0	an interview with fox news.


































7515.json	barely-true	says indoor workers get less uv than outdoor workers, but they get more melanomas.	children,government-regulation,health-care,public-health	joseph-levy			organization	1	0	0	0	0	a legislative hearing 


































12861.json	pants-fire	im beating (kelly ayotte) in the polls by a lot.	polls	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview with the washington post


































11199.json	mostly-true	a majority in every state favors path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.	immigration	state-democratic-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	democrat	5	7	2	2	7	a tweet


































4009.json	mostly-true	we are one of the most expensive [bus] rides in new england.	transportation	charles-odimgbe	ceo, rhode island public transit autority	rhode island	state-official	0	0	0	1	0	a meeting of the rhode island public transit authority board 


































8569.json	barely-true	in jeanne shaheen, new hampshire has a senator who was the deciding vote to pass obamacare.	health-care,voting-record	jim-rubens	small business owner	new hampshire	republican	1	1	0	1	0	an email


































10165.json	pants-fire	if cory gardner gets his way, youd better stock up on condoms.	abortion	naral-pro-choice		washington, d.c.	organization	2	1	0	0	1	a television ad


































5656.json	pants-fire	says for the duration of this recession not a single person in government middle management has lost (a) job or taken a pay cut.	government-efficiency,state-budget	jeff-kruse	state senator	oregon	republican	0	0	1	0	2	a newsletter.


































4529.json	barely-true	says gov. chris christie has now come up with a new agenda for ethics reform in september 2011.	ethics	john-wisniewski	state assemblyman	new jersey	democrat	2	2	0	1	0	an njtoday interview


































1270.json	false	the baucus health care bill could be used to ban guns in home self-defense.	guns,health-care	gun-owners-america	gun rights advocacy group	virginia	none	0	1	0	0	0	an alert to members


































4786.json	false	gov. scott walker received a $7,300 pay raise.	state-finances	state-democratic-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	democrat	5	7	2	2	7	a news release


































5224.json	true	tennessees grocery tax is one of the highest in the nation.	taxes	tennessee-democratic-party		tennessee	democrat	1	1	0	2	0	introduction to online petition to lower state's grocery taxes.


































12068.json	half-true	says when bernie sanders was in college, sanders said something very similar to what conservative wisconsin supreme court justice rebecca bradley had written as a college student in the 1990s -- that women have a legitimate role in date rape.	candidates-biography,crime,sexuality,women	bill-mccoshen			republican	0	0	1	0	0	a talk show


































9848.json	barely-true	says michigan u.s. senate candidateterri lynn land said guaranteeing equal pay for women who do the same job as men is not a good idea.	message-machine-2014,women	democratic-senatorial-campaign-committee			democrat	1	2	3	1	0	a campaign ad


































7399.json	half-true	says he has repeatedly praised chuck hagels character, patriotism, bravery, and personal service defending our nation.	congress,foreign-policy,job-accomplishments,patriotism	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a news article.


































9063.json	barely-true	the republican-controlled wisconsin senate approved a bill denying veterans the right to recover their medical costs for cancers they developed while serving their country.	environment,military,veterans	chris-larson	wisconsin senate minority leader	wisconsin	democrat	6	5	0	1	1	an email


































6726.json	false	the 48, 49 percent that supports president barack obama are people who pay no income tax.	taxes	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a surreptitiously recorded speech to donors at a fundraiser


































7719.json	pants-fire	accuses ed fitzgerald of pay-to-play and corruption politics.	candidates-biography,criminal-justice,ethics	republican-governors-association		washington, d.c.	republican	5	1	6	4	2	a news release reacting to fitzgerald's run for governor


































7624.json	half-true	the vast majority of our public school students are receiving less state support than their private voucher peers.	education,state-budget,state-finances	sondy-pope	state representative	wisconsin	democrat	0	1	1	1	0	in a news release


































3915.json	barely-true	ten percent of violent deaths in the u.s. each year are due to strangulation.	crime,criminal-justice,legal-issues,women	roberto-dasilva	police officer	rhode island	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a speech on the floor of the rhode island house of representatives.


































9950.json	false	says president barack obama is sending a much larger (force) to deal with ebola than isis is getting.	ebola,foreign-policy,iraq,military,public-health,terrorism	brit-hume	fox news political analyst		none	1	2	0	0	0	a broadcast of fox news sunday


































6369.json	half-true	says u.s. senate opponent eric hovde supported billions in stimulus for high-speed rail and billions more to bail out banks.	federal-budget,financial-regulation,infrastructure,message-machine-2012,stimulus,transportation	mark-neumann	developer and homebuilder	wisconsin	republican	2	4	1	2	1	a tv ad


































13017.json	mostly-true	young women, account for a shocking 74% of all new hiv infections among adolescents in africa.	public-health	justin-trudeau	prime minister of canada		liberal-party-canada	0	0	0	1	0	a letter


































912.json	false	u.s. senate majority leader harry reid on whether senate democrats would seat roland burris.	legal-issues	harry-reid	senate democratic leader	nevada	democrat	4	5	3	7	3	public statements.


































11716.json	barely-true	the democrats in the senate last year introduced a constitutional amendment to repeal the free speech protections of the first amendment.	campaign-finance,legal-issues	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a speech at the rising tide summit in cedar rapids, iowa


































4907.json	true	the united states is numberonein the world in energyresources;russia isnumber two.	energy	george-allen	consultant	virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a debate.


































10277.json	barely-true	in 2012, 123 african-americans were shot dead by police. ... same year, 326 whites were killed by police.	crime,diversity,urban	bill-oreilly	fox news channel host		none	4	6	3	5	1	a segment on the o'reilly factor


































10452.json	barely-true	says marco rubio was for immigration reform and a pathway to citizenship before he was against it.	immigration	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview with reporters at her ceremonial swearing in event in fort lauderdale


































8051.json	half-true	the ocean is now much more acidic . . . than it has been for many millions of years.	animals,climate-change,economy,energy,environment,history,population,public-health,science,weather	al-gore	cofounder of generation investment management and current tv, visiting professor and author	tennessee	democrat	0	0	3	0	0	a keynote address


































11016.json	half-true	less than 1 percent of all the education dollars that we spend are spent on private (school) voucher programs.	education	ted-kanavas	lobbyist and pundit	wisconsin	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a political talk show


































13013.json	true	says hillary clinton wants to increase syrian refugees to this country by 550 percent.	foreign-policy,human-rights,immigration,terrorism	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	an interview on meet the press


































5757.json	true	we are at a 40-year low in our crime rate in our state.	crime	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	comments to reuters


































8780.json	mostly-true	the (new england) patriots were led by an explosive offense that scored the second most points in the nfl.	history,sports	rhode-island-senate			government-body	0	0	0	1	0	a senate resolution


































6242.json	false	says new jerseys tenure law has now been reformed to say that if teachers get two years of partially effective or ineffective ratings they lose tenure.	education	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a speech at the brookings institution


































13489.json	false	says climate scientist james hansen says we have until perhaps 50 years from now, or maybe a little longer and at that point, we are looking at 10, 20, 30 feet of sea-level rise.	climate-change	jill-stein	presidential nominee	massachusetts	green	0	1	0	0	1	a forum at huston-tillotson university


































85.json	mostly-true	in every single country, she had a majority of the vote -- or more of those who'd already made up their minds.	elections	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech by husband bill clinton at a concord, n.h. rally.


































11380.json	pants-fire	everyone on californias roads is properly licensed, tested and insured.	public-safety,transportation	luis-alejo	assemblyman	california	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a press release


































9298.json	half-true	in some states, african-americans are three times more likely to be sentenced to death than whites for the same crime.	crime,criminal-justice	van-jones	co-host of cnn's crossfire	washington, d.c.	democrat	0	1	2	2	0	a roundtable on abc's this week


































6145.json	pants-fire	says gop u.s. rep. sean duffy of wisconsin voted twice to end medicare.	medicare	pat-kreitlow			democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a news release


































10187.json	false	more people are losing their insurance (due to obamacare) than are becoming newly insured.	health-care	herman-cain		georgia	republican	4	11	5	3	3	a blog post


































7948.json	pants-fire	the immigration bill includes free obamacars, motorcycles or scooters.	immigration,transportation,welfare	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	a blog post on breitbart


































12235.json	false	my numbers are better right now than ronald reagans numbers were with jimmy carter.	history,polls	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in rome, n.y.


































2222.json	half-true	seventy bills [kendrick meek] authored, not one of them has passed.	job-accomplishments	jeff-greene		florida	democrat	3	1	3	0	0	a debate


































10933.json	half-true	in florida, for eight years we cut taxes every year, totaling $19 billion.	state-budget,taxes	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a speech at gov. rick scott's economic growth summit in orlando


































970.json	pants-fire	under obama's budget plan, families making over $250,000 are going to lose their mortgage deduction, their charitable deductions.	taxes	cynthia-lummis	u.s. representative		republican	0	0	0	1	1	a news conference.


































5737.json	pants-fire	i have always said that i would be for drilling.	candidates-biography,climate-change,energy	connie-mack	u.s. representative from fort myers	florida	republican	3	3	1	3	1	an event to promote the keystone xl pipeline


































9536.json	mostly-true	hobby lobby provided this (birth control) coverage before they decided to drop it to file suit.	health-care,supreme-court	sally-kohn			columnist	0	1	1	1	0	a segment on cnn


































3826.json	mostly-true	says he vetoed $250,000 from the budget for a program to learn how to catch rainwater.	state-budget	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	announcing $615 million in budget vetoes.


































8250.json	barely-true	in the event of a u.s. strike on syria, the russians will replace the weapons immediately. theyve said it on the record. theyve suggested they might even replace it with better stuff.	foreign-policy,military	alan-grayson	u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	an interview with the washington post


































9907.json	true	the president referred to the syrian opposition just a few months ago as pharmacists and doctors, and so on.	iraq,terrorism	michael-hayden	former director of the cia		none	0	0	0	0	0	comments on fox news sunday


































11360.json	true	the racial and ethnic makeup of the gwinnett county sheriffs office mirrors the community it serves.	county-government,crime,criminal-justice,diversity,jobs,public-safety	butch-conway	gwinnett county sheriff	georgia	republican	0	0	0	0	0	press conference


































12361.json	true	the city of clarkston cant decriminalize marijuana. only state legislators and congress can do that.	drugs	vernon-keenan	director of the georgia bureau of investigation	georgia	none	0	0	0	0	0	newspaper interview 


































708.json	half-true	i fought to bring about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in north american history.	energy	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a radio address


































11466.json	barely-true	two years ago motorists in ferguson, a city of 20,000 people, received 31,000 citations. thats at least one citation per person plus 10,000 for visitors. the city is still surviving only on traffic tickets; theres virtually no industry there.	city-budget,diversity,legal-issues	emanuel-cleaver	u.s. house of representatives	missouri	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	on 'up to date'


































13335.json	barely-true	californias proposed tobacco tax diverts 82 percent of the new taxes to line the pockets of wealthy special interests like insurance companies who dont have to help even one more patient.	elections,public-health,taxes	no-56-campaign			organization	2	0	0	0	0	a campaign tv ad. 


































1471.json	true	a democratic poll operation shows that fox news is the most trusted news operation in the country.	bipartisanship,pop-culture,pundits	bill-oreilly	fox news channel host		none	4	6	3	5	1	fox's the o'reilly factor


































10910.json	pants-fire	if you care about the environment, weve got record funding.	environment	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a speech at his economic summit for presidential candidates


































12164.json	false	it was (rob portmans) job to stop chinas illegal dumping of steel. he failed, looked the other way, did nothing.	china,trade	ted-strickland	former ohio governor	ohio	democrat	2	6	7	4	1	campaign ad, beltway rob


































5397.json	half-true	after arizona banned smoking in all public places in 2007, admissions for acute myocardial infarction stroke, asthma, [and] angina decreased following the implementation of the ban.	public-health,market-regulation,states	richard-morrison	state representative	rhode island	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a legislative hearing


































4744.json	true	says mitt romney has flip-flopped on abortion rights.	abortion	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an interview


































10938.json	mostly-true	a black male baby born today, if we do not change the system, stands a one-in-three chance (of) ending up in jail.	crime,criminal-justice,diversity	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	an interview on pbs


































3208.json	mostly-true	joe straus is the first jewish speaker of the texas house.	religion	john-oliver	host, last week tonight		none	0	0	2	4	0	an episode of the daily show


































3181.json	false	fox news said the new black panther party decided the election for barack obama.	civil-rights,elections,pundits	rachel-maddow	msnbc host		none	6	6	4	6	1	an interview on cbs' late show with david letterman


































4070.json	mostly-true	we have provided at least 16 tax cuts to small businesses.	economy,small-business,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a twitter town hall


































7043.json	barely-true	says charlie bass supports paul ryan plan that forces seniors to pay $6,400 a year more for health care so millionaires can pay less in taxes.	health-care,taxes	house-majority-pac		washington, d.c.	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign commercial “principle” about u.s. rep. charlie bass, r-nh airing in new hampshire


































12701.json	barely-true	says donald trump is a guy who has called for privatization of the veterans administration.	health-care,veterans	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	an interview on msnbc


































13015.json	mostly-true	undocumented workers crossing the border right now is at a 12-year low.	immigration	gary-johnson	presidential candidate	new mexico	libertarian	3	2	5	6	0	an interview.


































2062.json	half-true	we had 2 percent of the global market (for advanced batteries) when he (obama) started. we now have 16 percent, headed to 40 percent by 2015.	energy,environment,abc-news-week	david-axelrod			democrat	2	1	6	7	0	abc's this week


































8474.json	mostly-true	$6 billion water bond program voters passed in 2011 has yet to be tapped.	state-budget,state-finances,water	independent-texans			none	0	0	0	1	0	a white paper on proposition 6


































6474.json	half-true	says about 100,000 kids in this country leave their home state and go to another state to be educated. out of that 100,000 young people, 30,000 of them are from new jersey, by far the largest amount.	education	lou-greenwald	state assemblyman	new jersey	democrat	0	1	1	2	2	an interview with blue jersey


































409.json	true	(obama) did accept donations from lobbyists and pacs and he spent money in this campaign from that, through his political action committee.	ethics	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	an interview with the mtvu editorial board


































2573.json	mostly-true	says rick scott gave a deposition in which he invoked the fifth amendment 75 times about his dealings as head of columbia/hca hospital chain	health-care,legal-issues,message-machine	florida-democratic-party		florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	a tv ad.


































10272.json	barely-true	immigrants have captured all of the nearly 9 million jobs created since 2000.	economy,immigration,jobs	peter-morici			republican	1	0	0	0	0	an op-ed in the statesman journal


































11633.json	true	the world food demand is going to double sometime between now and 2070.	poverty	roy-blunt	senator	missouri	republican	2	1	0	1	1	at the missouri state fair


































10509.json	half-true	alabamians havent changed their opinion on same-sex marriage since voting to ban it in 2006.	gays-and-lesbians,legal-issues	roy-moore	chief justice of the alabama supreme court	alabama	republican	0	0	1	0	0	an interview with cnn


































11116.json	mostly-true	all (maryland) crabs are born in virginia.	animals,science	terry-mcauliffe	governor	virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a radio show.


































12776.json	half-true	says u.s. sen. ron johnson opposes faster broadband internet in small towns and got nearly $90,000 in campaign contributions from the telecom special interests.	infrastructure,technology	state-democratic-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	democrat	5	7	2	2	7	a radio ad


































1869.json	false	every major study that has been done by a legitimate group ...shows that there are hundreds of thousands of jobs to be created if you pass our (cap-and-trade) legislation. and if you wind up pricing carbon.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,abc-news-week	john-kerry	secretary of state	massachusetts	democrat	3	2	2	5	0	abc's this week


































11529.json	half-true	texas legislation would allow teachers to kill their students if they felt it was needed.	children,crime,criminal-justice,education	greenville-gazette	website	unknown	none	0	0	1	0	0	an article


































11188.json	half-true	every poll said i won the debate.	polls	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on cbs' face the nation


































753.json	mostly-true	mccain said the other day that he would not meet potentially with the prime minister of spain, because he . . . wasn't sure whether they were aligned with us.	foreign-policy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a debate in oxford, miss.


































8722.json	true	forty percent of the country is going to be in states that are tolerant of gay marriage or at least civil unions.	gays-and-lesbians,marriage	neera-tanden	president of the center for american progress		newsmaker	0	0	0	1	0	a panel discussion on cnn


































7490.json	false	the president is advocating a drone strike program in america.	civil-rights,terrorism	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a tweet


































5841.json	barely-true	over the history of austin, its always gotten more expensive.	economy,history	mike-martinez	member, austin city council	texas	democrat	1	0	1	1	1	an interview with austin's kut, 90.5 fm.


































12940.json	mostly-true	neither hillary clinton or donald trump has a plan to address the civil war in syria.	corrections-and-updates,foreign-policy,military	julie-pace	white house reporter, associated press	washington	journalist	0	0	0	2	0	a panel on fox news sunday


































6749.json	barely-true	says a voter-adopted constitutional amendment instructed a state board headed by jerry patterson to put $300 million in investment earnings into a fund supporting public school operations.	education,state-budget	progress-texas		texas	none	3	0	1	0	2	a newsletter update


































11989.json	true	there have been multiple media reports about (donald trumps) business dealings with the mob, with the mafia.	candidates-biography,crime	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	comments on meet the press


































10075.json	half-true	the greenlight pinellas 1-cent sales tax is permanent, we never get to vote on this again.	taxes,transportation	no-tax-tracks			organization	0	2	2	0	0	an email newsletter


































4167.json	true	says state rep. fred clark (d-baraboo) ran a red light and seriously injured a bicyclist.	candidates-biography	wisconsin-family-action		wisconsin	none	0	0	0	0	0	a campaign tv ad


































437.json	false	he's promising four more years of an administration that will push for the privatization of social security...	economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	associated press annual meeting, washington d.c.


































10578.json	mostly-true	the average person only pays about $1,800 in state taxes which is the lowest of all 50 states.	taxes	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	the florida state of the state address


































9125.json	true	the austin independent school districts graduation rate reached an all-time high of 82.5 percent in 2012.	education	meria-carstarphen	superintendent, austin independent school district	texas	none	0	1	0	0	0	press release


































9506.json	mostly-true	says scott brown voted with president barack obama 70 percent of the time in 2011.	bipartisanship,voting-record	jim-rubens	small business owner	new hampshire	republican	1	1	0	1	0	a television forum


































10531.json	barely-true	isis lures women with kittens, nutella.	terrorism,women	cnn			none	1	0	0	0	0	a graphic on cnn newsroom


































4503.json	barely-true	in the past six years alone, changes to the pension formula have saved over half a billion dollars.	labor,legal-issues,retirement,state-finances,unions,workers	rhode-island-retirement-security-coalition		rhode island	organization	1	0	0	0	0	a youtube video


































8832.json	half-true	texas added 6,600 miles of highway from 2001-2012, more than any other state.	infrastructure,states,transportation	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a tweet


































9120.json	barely-true	premeditation, in murder cases like the oscar pistorius case, can be formed in the twinkling of an eye.	crime,criminal-justice,legal-issues	nancy-grace			none	2	0	0	0	0	an interview on abc's good morning america


































8620.json	false	says in the last five years senate republicans have placed a filibuster on every piece of legislation and every nominee.	congress,congressional-rules,government-efficiency	carla-axtman	blogger	oregon	columnist	0	1	0	0	0	an online article.


































6287.json	barely-true	every major newspaper in texas calls david dewhurst a moderate.	bipartisanship	club-growth			none	4	5	4	2	0	a radio ad.


































3877.json	true	says six of the states 58 family planning centers had to close because of gov. chris christies budget cuts.	health-care,women	loretta-weinberg	state senator		democrat	1	2	0	1	0	a speech at women’s health roundtable discussion


































4541.json	mostly-true	last year, korea sold nearly half a million cars in our country. ... the united states, you know how much we sell to them? six thousand. what kind of deal is that?	economy,trade	marcy-kaptur	representative from ohio's ninth congressional district	ohio	democrat	0	2	4	4	0	a speech in the house of representatives


































10505.json	barely-true	a married couple that use the same last name is rarer and rarer in our country.	census,families,history,marriage,population,women	rush-limbaugh	radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	his radio commentary


































982.json	false	claims that former sen. tom daschle said, seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them.	health-care	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail.


































3000.json	mostly-true	the tax-cut deal adds more than $800 billion to the deficit over two years -- more than the cost of tarp and more than the cost of the recovery act and about the same as health care reform.	deficit,federal-budget,health-care,stimulus,taxes	bobby-scott	u.s. congressman	virginia	democrat	1	2	1	5	0	a news release.


































3698.json	half-true	wrote that in 2006, nancy pelosi said she didnt think capturing osama bin laden makes us any safer, but in 2011 called his killing historic.	homeland-security,military,terrorism	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	in various posts on the web


































9559.json	false	thanks to #obamacare, average e.r. wait in california is 5 hours.	health-care	reince-priebus	chairman, republican national committee	wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	a tweet


































782.json	half-true	obama voted for ... $3-million for an overhead projector at a planetarium in chicago.	federal-budget	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a debate in nashville, tenn.


































11823.json	true	it is rare that a retirement grade determination is conducted for an officer previously retired from the u.s. armed forces.	afghanistan,congress,military	jack-reed	u.s. senator	rhode island	democrat	1	0	2	1	0	a letter


































9314.json	false	says rep. justin amash votes more with the democrats than with the republicans.	congress,voting-record	mike-rogers	national security commentator for cnn	michigan	republican	1	1	1	2	1	an article published by politico


































5138.json	barely-true	says mitt romney runs away from ronald reagan.	candidates-biography,message-machine-2012	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a campaign ad


































12704.json	mostly-true	we have the lowest percentage of americans actually holding a job in 40 years.	economy,jobs	jeff-sessions		alabama	republican	2	2	2	1	0	a speech at the republican national convention in cleveland


































3250.json	barely-true	says john kitzhabers proposed budget for upcoming biennium represents 8 percent increase over last	education,state-budget	shawn-lindsay	state representative	oregon	republican	1	1	0	0	0	an e-mail


































12885.json	half-true	undocumented immigrantspay $12 billion a year into social security.	immigration,social-security	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	remarks at journalists' convention


































3983.json	half-true	says miami-dade mayoral candidate julio robaina has the highest salary among florida mayors. more than $260,000.	candidates-biography	common-sense-now		florida	none	0	0	1	0	0	an ad


































4879.json	true	the balanced-budget amendment once came within one vote of passing congress but was defeated because of the no vote from a top senate republican, and rick santorum says he stood up and called for him to resign his chairmanship.	federal-budget,new-hampshire-2012	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	an op-ed in the new hampshire union leader


































6283.json	pants-fire	says raising the state income tax rate on millionaires to offset property taxes for other residents is not a tax increase. its a tax shift.	taxes	lou-greenwald	state assemblyman	new jersey	democrat	0	1	1	2	2	an interview on 6abc’s “inside story”


































9367.json	half-true	since 2000, texas has reduced harmful pollutants in the air like nitrogen oxide by 62.5 percent, and ozone by 23 percent--a reduction that is 12 percent greater than the national average.	environment	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a letter to president barack obama


































12405.json	false	californias capitol building is second only to disneyland, among visitor sites in the state.	tourism	richard-pan	state senator	california	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	remarks at a capitol budget hearing


































10662.json	true	under current conditions, by 2023, the interest payments on the national debt will be $722 billion, larger than the projected defense spending of $696 billion.	deficit,federal-budget	tom-price	congressman	georgia	republican	1	2	5	3	0	the 2016 budget resolution from house budget committee


































9936.json	pants-fire	sayspresident obama hijacked the farm bill (and) turned it into a food stamp bill.	agriculture,congress,voting-record,welfare	tom-cotton	u.s. house of representatives	arkansas	republican	3	4	2	3	1	a campaign ad


































6575.json	mostly-true	wealthy taxpayers, not middle-income earners, get most of the deductions in the tax code.	income,taxes,wealth	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	an interview


































8456.json	mostly-true	saysthere are actually more people in poverty now than there were when we started the war on poverty.	poverty,welfare	jason-conger	legislator	oregon	republican	0	1	0	1	0	a campaign speech.


































10138.json	barely-true	georgia has elected more african-american leaders than any other state in the country.	diversity,elections	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	an atlanta journal-constitution story


































9293.json	pants-fire	there are over 200 documented cases where (obama) has lied.	ethics	wayne-rogers			none	0	0	0	0	1	a broadcast of cashin' in on fox news


































4630.json	false	says barack obama never worked in the private sector before he was elected president.	candidates-biography,new-hampshire-2012	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a debate at dartmouth college in hanover, n.h.


































2622.json	false	ive also offered a plan that can help (fix social security) thats supported by robert reich, secretary of labor previously, in a previous administration.	social-security	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	an abc news u.s. senate debate.


































4660.json	false	says wisconsin gov. scott walkers actions are directly responsible for killing at least 15,000 jobs.	jobs,state-budget	brett-hulsey			democrat	1	3	0	0	0	a news release


































3732.json	half-true	gwinnett medical center is operating in the negative, in part, because of illegal immigrants.	health-care,immigration	renee-unterman	state senator	georgia	republican	0	0	2	0	0	a speech


































10920.json	true	47 percent of americanscant pay for an unexpected $400 expense through savings or credit cards, without selling something or borrowing money.	economy,income	hunter-schwarz			none	0	0	0	0	0	a washington post article


































1575.json	true	house appropriations chair david obey's partial earmark ban wouldn't apply to 90% of earmarks.	federal-budget	jim-demint	president, heritage foundation	south carolina	republican	4	4	0	0	1	a message on twitter


































11626.json	half-true	ron johnson said specifically that he hopes the first steps occur to privatize the veterans administration.	government-efficiency,health-care,public-health,veterans	russ-feingold		wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	an interview


































11806.json	mostly-true	under ted cruzs tax plan, businesses will now have to pay 16 percent on the money they make. they will also have to pay 16 percent on the money they pay their employees.	taxes	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	republican presidential debate in north charleston, s.c.


































11263.json	false	the most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent dont agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by co2.	climate-change,polls,science	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	an interview with bill maher.


































342.json	false	while others place their hands over their hearts, obama turns his back to the flag and slouches.	patriotism	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail sent to many people.


































1811.json	false	steve poizner increased his department's budget nearly 14 percent.	candidates-biography,elections,financial-regulation,message-machine	meg-whitman		california	republican	0	1	1	1	0	a campaign commerical


































2017.json	mostly-true	as a senator, barack obama supported an amendment that basically gutted the legal temporary worker program.	immigration,abc-news-week,workers	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	an interview on this week.


































2624.json	true	ken buck wants to outlaw abortion, even in cases of rape or incest.	abortion,message-machine	michael-bennet		colorado	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a campaign ad


































12260.json	false	while mayor kenney personally doesnt support drop, he cant fault highly qualified city employees for appropriately utilizing a benefit thats available to them.	city-government	lauren-hitt	mayor jim kenney's director of communications	pennsylvania	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	to the media


































12082.json	half-true	republicans control the u.s. senate with 54 seats, but those 54 senators were elected by only two-thirds the number of voters who elected the democrats. in the senate, the majority party represents a minority of the people.	congress,congressional-rules,history,pundits,supreme-court	roy-zimmerman	singer, songwriter, progressive activist	california	activist	0	0	1	0	0	a youtube video


































4061.json	mostly-true	forty percent of union members voted republican in 2008.	elections,labor,workers	bill-kristol	editor, the weekly standard	washington, d.c.	none	0	1	0	3	0	an interview on fox news sunday


































5385.json	true	says scott walker enacted the biggest cuts to education in our states history.	education,state-budget,state-finances	kathleen-falk			democrat	1	3	3	1	0	a speech announcing her candidacy


































6502.json	half-true	under the presidents plan, he cuts medicare by $716 billion, takes that money out of the medicare trust fund and uses it to pay for obamacare.	health-care,medicare,10-news-tampa-bay	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an interview


































12883.json	barely-true	says gov. rick scott cut nearly $1 million from mosquito control and closed down the states mosquito research lab a few years ago.	state-budget	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	a town hall in broward county 


































4487.json	pants-fire	says wisconsin gov. scott walker is denying democrats the right to vote.	elections	democratic-governors-association			democrat	1	0	0	0	2	an online ad


































5708.json	mostly-true	lean, finely textured beef is the proper name [not pink slime], and it is a safe, widely used product.	food-safety	gary-black	commissioner of agriculture	georgia 	republican	0	0	1	1	0	a press conference


































1956.json	false	when george bush took office, president clinton, a democrat, and the democratic congress at the time had left an annual budget that was in surplus.	federal-budget,history	sheldon-whitehouse	u.s. senator	rhode island	democrat	2	3	2	7	0	a senate floor speech


































1700.json	pants-fire	says the new health care law delivers a $13 billion tax increase on families with special needs.	health-care	john-carter	u.s. house of representatives	texas	republican	0	3	1	2	2	a twitter message


































4539.json	mostly-true	says every year air pollution protections are delayed, another 34,000 people will die prematurely.	environment,government-regulation,public-health	earl-blumenauer	u.s. representative	oregon	democrat	0	1	1	1	0	a house floor speech


































1942.json	mostly-true	the tampa bay rays prices have been judged the most affordable in all of professional sports.	baseball,economy,florida	stuart-sternberg	tampa bay rays owner	florida	none	0	0	0	1	0	a press statement


































6435.json	true	the property appraisers budget is $1 million less today than when i took office 16 years ago.	county-budget	rob-turner	hillsborough county property appraiser	florida	republican	0	0	0	1	0	an email interview with the tampa bay times


































29.json	true	let's pay attention to kids who are not going to college, which ends up being about 60 percent of the kids... and get them trained for the jobs that are there. because, you know, there are auto mechanic jobs paying $50,000, $60,000 that they can't get filled. there are airline mechanic jobs paying a lot of money that can't get filled. remarks at afscme forum 6/19/2007	economy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	


































8193.json	false	i am every year the no.1 pick of all of the law enforcement agencies within texas.	candidates-biography,crime,criminal-justice	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a telephone call to the allen, texas, police department.


































9929.json	half-true	the u.s. state department has ordered 160,000 hazmat suits for ebola, prompting concerns that the federal government is anticipating the rapid spread of the virus.	ebola,foreign-policy,public-health,science	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	a post on infowars.com


































4403.json	half-true	republicans fought to protect tax loopholes for corporations that send our jobs overseas.	corporations,jobs,taxes,trade,workers	service-employees-international-union-committee-po		washington, d.c.	newsmaker	1	1	2	0	0	a political mailing


































10062.json	false	we were told there would never be a case of ebola in the united states.	ebola,health-care,military,public-health,public-safety	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	comments on cnn's state of the union


































6108.json	barely-true	says her congressional district has 10,000 medical-device industry jobs and 1,000 will be lost because of health-care law tax.	economy,health-care,jobs,taxes	marsha-blackburn	u.s. representative	tennessee	republican	2	2	1	0	0	


































4412.json	true	two days of interest we pay to china is enough to buy one joint strike fighter [jet].	deficit,federal-budget	tom-graves			republican	1	0	5	0	1	an article


































5865.json	half-true	says the average ohio student graduates from a four-year college or university with nearly $27,000 in tuition debt.	education	sherrod-brown	u.s. senator	ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	a news release


































1288.json	barely-true	a new federal program provides subsidized obama phones with 70 free minutes of cell phone service every month.	poverty,taxes	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































11694.json	false	our larger domestic threat is from racial supremacist groups.	crime,religion,terrorism	andre-carson			democrat	0	1	0	0	0	an interview on abc news' this week


































2922.json	half-true	the u.s. had the opportunity with israel coming and talking to us about improving our security screening procedures, and we turned them down.	israel,terrorism,transportation	allen-west	u.s. representative, florida district 22	florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	tv interview


































12588.json	mostly-true	if youre a terrorist you cant fly, but an assault weapon you can buy.	crime,guns,terrorism,transportation	gwen-moore	u.s. house member -- 4th district	wisconsin	democrat	3	4	4	3	1	a tweet


































13164.json	half-true	not one penny of (californias prop 67) bag ban tax goes to the environment.	environment,taxes	no-67			organization	0	0	1	0	0	in official ballot argument. 


































5161.json	half-true	in campaigns in the past with sen. mccain and president george w. bush and others, they have tended to release tax records in april.	candidates-biography,taxes,transparency	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a republican presidential debate in myrtle beach, s.c.


































2369.json	mostly-true	weve got to find 2 billion gallons (of water per day) between now and 2025.	environment,infrastructure	adam-putnam	florida commissioner of agriculture	florida	republican	0	1	1	2	1	an interview with the st. petersburg times editorial board.


































12875.json	false	says in 2012 obama won in every state that did not require a photo id and lost in every state that did require a photo id in order to vote.	elections,history,human-rights,legal-issues	viral-image			none	5	5	0	3	15	a posting on various websites


































11455.json	false	on support for the export-import bank	trade	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	on support for the export-import bank


































11500.json	false	says he didnt have an involvement withnutritional supplement company mannatech.	candidates-biography	ben-carson			republican	7	12	3	2	4	a republican presidential debate in boulder, colo.


































6642.json	half-true	the stimulus program cut taxes for 95 percent of the american people.	corrections-and-updates,stimulus,taxes	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	his democratic national convention speech


































6314.json	pants-fire	gov. bill haslam is making our economic development department sharia compliant by hiring a woman who specializes in sharia compliance. thats what her job is.	economy,religion	woody-degan	airport owner	tennessee	republican	0	0	0	0	1	in an interview with the commercial appeal.


































5.json	mostly-true	new mexico moved up to sixth in the nation in job growth.	job-accomplishments	bill-richardson	governor	new mexico	democrat	1	2	3	8	1	a tv ad.


































1541.json	false	we worked together to enact ... the largest tax cut in florida history.	taxes	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	his state of the state address.


































7054.json	false	bill nelson actually voted in favor of higher taxes 272 times.	taxes	connie-mack	u.s. representative from fort myers	florida	republican	3	3	1	3	1	a fundraising email


































7034.json	half-true	says he opposed $716 billion cut to medicare.	medicare	cw-bill-young	u.s. representative, florida district 10	florida	republican	0	1	1	0	1	a tv commercial


































13506.json	true	we spend less than 2 percent more every year. that is the lowest increase in spending since they have been keeping numbers.	economy,state-budget	andrew-cuomo	governor	new york	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a speech in fishkill, ny


































11099.json	false	president barack obama said at the beginning of the negotiations that the basic approach was to dismantle irans nuclear program in exchange for dismantling the sanctions.	foreign-policy,military,nuclear	tom-cotton	u.s. house of representatives	arkansas	republican	3	4	2	3	1	an interview on cnn's new day


































7911.json	pants-fire	the united states has never stood by and seen innocent people slaughtered to the extent thats happening in syria.	foreign-policy,history,military	saxby-chambliss	u.s. senator	georgia	republican	1	1	3	4	1	an interview on cnn's the situation room


































1268.json	mostly-true	u.s. taxpayers paid $71,500 per job created by the stimulus bill.	economy,pundits,stimulus	lou-dobbs			none	1	2	0	1	0	on his television show


































10057.json	mostly-true	david perdue did not support the 2014 farm bill that u.s. sens. isakson and chambliss did.	agriculture,elections	michelle-nunn	chief executive officer, points of light foundation	georgia	democrat	3	0	1	2	0	a u.s. senate debate


































8205.json	mostly-true	south carolina has the fastest-growing economy in the southeast.	economy,states	nikki-haley	governor	south carolina	republican	0	0	1	3	0	an event to launch her reelection bid


































1715.json	true	by the end of governor rick perry's term, he will have drained texas taxpayers ... of more than $360,000 to pay for the rental mansion he has been living in while the historic governor's mansion is repaired.	elections,state-budget	bill-white	former mayor of houston	texas	democrat	2	3	5	7	3	a press release


































367.json	pants-fire	obama suggested bombing pakistan.	foreign-policy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a media availability in columbus, ohio.


































4988.json	half-true	says president obama helped more than half a million veterans and military family members go to college through the post-9/11 g.i. bill.	afghanistan,iraq,veterans	michelle-obama		illinois	democrat	0	2	1	4	0	a speech welcoming home troops at fort bragg.


































4082.json	half-true	in our proposal, we would have expanded school aid across the board governor christie slashed school aid in this budget, preferring instead to extend a tax break for millionaires over funding in the classroom.	education,state-budget	jim-whelan			democrat	0	0	2	1	0	a press release


































3718.json	true	from 2008 to 2011, the pages in the conforming bills have gone from 400 pages to 2,200.	state-budget	jack-latvala	state senator	florida	republican	0	0	1	0	0	comments made on the senate floor.


































7144.json	false	public employees receive something like 25 percent of the paychecks that are issued in rhode island.	elections,unions	mark-zaccaria		rhode island	republican	2	2	0	0	0	tv niterview


































11282.json	false	the iran deal will facilitate and accelerate the nation of iran acquiring nuclear weapons.	corrections-and-updates,foreign-policy,nuclear	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a tweet


































6952.json	false	as a member of congress, chris murphy was raking in $1 million in salary.	candidates-biography	linda-mcmahon	candidate for u.s. senate	connecticut	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign ad


































716.json	mostly-true	he admits he still doesn't know how to use a computer, can't send an e-mail.	candidates-biography	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a tv ad


































3930.json	half-true	if todays economy was rebounding at the rate of the reagan recovery, it would have created the equivalent of 25 million new jobs and raised federal revenue by $800 billion a year.	economy,federal-budget,history,jobs,taxes	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a republican presidential debate


































4207.json	barely-true	social security doesnt contribute a penny to the deficit.	deficit,federal-budget,social-security	alliance-retired-americans		washington, d.c.	organization	1	0	0	0	0	an email blast


































8826.json	barely-true	says state sens. greg evers, nancy detert and charles dean got a failing grade from conservatives.	voting-record	americans-prosperity-florida	advocacy group	florida	none	2	0	0	0	1	a web video


































96.json	half-true	when i was mayor of new york city, i encouraged adoptions. adoptions went up 65-70 percent. abortions went down 16 percent.	abortion	rudy-giuliani	attorney	new york	republican	9	11	10	7	3	


































10635.json	mostly-true	the average faculty member at uw-madison brings in close to a quarter million dollars a year in grant money.	education,state-budget	peter-barca	state representative	wisconsin	democrat	0	2	2	3	1	a televised interview


































12829.json	false	the dnc hack showed you that the clinton campaign was working to schedule (primary) debates against (bernie) sanders, and the clinton campaign is continuing this ploy against donald trump.	debates	paul-manafort			republican	0	2	1	0	1	an interview on nbc's meet the press


































1929.json	false	bill mccollum served as a lobbyist whose clients enabled mortgages for illegal immigrants.	immigration	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a press release


































6534.json	mostly-true	we have only one person on the (tva) board, to my knowledge, who even has any corporate board experience.	corporations,energy	bob-corker			republican	1	0	0	2	0	in a story in the chattanooga times-free press


































2036.json	half-true	john oxendine is under a state ethics investigation because he illegally funneled more than $120,000 to his campaign from shady insurance political action committees in alabama.	ethics	karen-handel			republican	2	0	3	3	1	a campaign mailer


































5961.json	false	says gov. scott walker is cooking the books by releasing numbers he just dreamed up that show wisconsin gained jobs in 2011.	job-accomplishments,jobs,workers	tom-barrett	mayor of milwaukee	wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	an interview


































6352.json	mostly-true	says minnesota has more fortune 500 companies than oregon and one of the most obvious differences is theyve invested in their schools.	economy,education	jefferson-smith	state representative	oregon	democrat	1	1	0	4	0	school board testimony.


































10229.json	mostly-true	repeal of obamacare would take away health care for 10.3 million americans who have received coverage since oct. 1, 2013.	health-care	ed-schultz	msnbc television host		none	3	1	4	1	2	a broadcast of msnbc's the ed show


































6167.json	half-true	says because of texas lawmakers choices, hundreds of thousands of women no longer have access to basic medical care, life-saving cancer screenings and contraception.	health-care,state-budget,women	wendy-davis	state senator	texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	her speech at texas democratic party state convention in houston


































7466.json	false	under gov. scott walkers public-school budgets, a student entering kindergarten will not enjoy the same state investment in his or her education as those that came before them until they are graduating from high school.	education,state-budget,state-finances	sondy-pope	state representative	wisconsin	democrat	0	1	1	1	0	a news release


































2180.json	pants-fire	ninety-four percent of small businesses will face higher taxes under the democrats plan.	economy,federal-budget,taxes	randy-neugebauer	member of congress	texas	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a townhall.com guest blog post


































4242.json	half-true	says obama has never submitted a budget, and congress has worked for two years without passing one.	federal-budget,new-hampshire-2012	buddy-roemer		louisiana	republican	0	0	1	0	0	candidate's forum in bedford, n.h. 


































7104.json	pants-fire	in one county alone in ohio, president obama received 106,258 votes. but there were only 98,213 eligible voters.	elections	we-people-petition		ohio	none	0	0	0	0	1	a petition on the white house website


































3488.json	mostly-true	every taxpayer owes about $130,000 to pay off the national debt.	federal-budget	young-americans-liberty			none	0	0	0	1	0	a press release


































2653.json	mostly-true	rick perry has become a millionaire on the public payroll.	candidates-biography,message-machine	bill-white	former mayor of houston	texas	democrat	2	3	5	7	3	a tv ad


































9344.json	barely-true	says mark begich has taken campaign cash from the kochs while dan sullivan hasnt.	campaign-finance	dan-sullivan	alaska department of public resources commissioner	alaska	republican	2	2	1	0	0	a radio ad


































277.json	mostly-true	i took on the worst road system in the country, according to trucker's magazine. when i left, they said it was the most improved road system in the country.	job-accomplishments	mike-huckabee	author	arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	a debate in myrtle beach, s.c.


































5609.json	pants-fire	says under the new health care law the patient-doctor relationship will be eliminated.	health-care	joseph-kyrillos	state senator	new jersey	republican	3	3	2	2	1	a campaign e-mail


































2992.json	true	you can go to georgia and make about $6,000 more a year as a teacher.	education	martin-kiar	state representative	florida	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a meeting


































12106.json	false	we have ten different tax brackets and if youre making $9,000, youre already in the top tax bracket.	taxes	eric-greitens	gubernatorial candidate	missouri	republican	1	1	2	1	0	a gubernatorial debate


































5396.json	false	for the first time since 1990, american manufacturers are creating new jobs.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at milwaukee's master lock plant


































6563.json	false	household income in america has gone down for families an average of $4,000 in the last four years while it went up $5,000 under mitt romney when he was governor of massachusetts	economy,federal-budget,income,job-accomplishments,state-finances	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a speech


































927.json	mostly-true	the average bonus [on wall street] is about $100,000...the bonuses on wall street are down 44 percent.	economy	fred-smith			none	0	0	0	1	0	appearance on abc's this week


































7138.json	true	says he has never voted for raising taxes.	candidates-biography,taxes	saxby-chambliss	u.s. senator	georgia	republican	1	1	3	4	1	an interview


































9007.json	true	says bill clinton and george bush both say build the keystone xl.	climate-change,energy,environment,jobs	american-petroleum-institute			none	0	0	0	1	0	a television ad


































12248.json	half-true	austins stop abuse for everyone has seen in its offices sexual assault survivors that report being attacked by their ridesharing drivers, at a rate of one per month.	crime,elections,transportation	our-city-our-safety-our-choice	a group opposed to proposition 1 on austin's may 7, 2016 ballot	texas	organization	0	0	1	0	0	a fund-raising letter from female supporters


































4864.json	false	the affordable care act is not the law of the land.	health-care,public-health,states,supreme-court	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a meeting with the palm beach post editorial board


































3426.json	mostly-true	says that republicans bragged about how every bill was going to be paid for, right from the beginning and that the first vote, the repeal of health care reform, violated that rule.	health-care,voting-record	sherrod-brown	u.s. senator	ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	a telephone news conference


































6677.json	mostly-true	says obama doubled funding for the pell grant.	education	kal-penn	actor		democrat	0	0	0	1	0	his democratic national convention speech


































6329.json	half-true	thousands (in china) owe their jobs to mitt romneys companies.	candidates-biography,economy,foreign-policy,jobs,message-machine-2012	priorities-usa-action			democrat	3	1	4	2	1	an advertisement


































6934.json	mostly-true	says mitt romney refused to say whether hed sign the lilly ledbetter bill.	debates,women	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the second presidential debate


































2595.json	pants-fire	chris coons has marxist beliefs.	candidates-biography,economy	christine-odonnell	candidate for u.s. senate	delaware	republican	1	0	0	1	2	a debate


































1710.json	barely-true	the financial services regulatory bill will end taxpayer bailouts.	bankruptcy,financial-regulation,market-regulation	harry-reid	senate democratic leader	nevada	democrat	4	5	3	7	3	a senate floor speech


































1351.json	false	less than 10 percent of obamas cabinet appointees have any experience in the private sector.	economy,pundits	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	a statement on his show on fox news channel


































1343.json	mostly-true	recovery.gov listed congressional districts that do not exist.	economy,stimulus,workers	jeff-miller	u.s. congressman	florida	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a newsletter


































5617.json	half-true	according to the congressional budget office, as many as 20 million americans could lose their employer-based insurance thanks to obamacare.	health-care,workers	reince-priebus	chairman, republican national committee	wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	an op-ed


































12472.json	barely-true	the president has said the national security threat facing america, the top one, is global warming.	climate-change	paul-babeu	pinal county sheriff		republican	1	0	0	0	0	an interview on fox news' hannity


































9847.json	half-true	after merging with tim hortons of canada, burger king is not moving. our headquarters will remain in miami and (we) will continue to pay all of our federal, state and local u.s. taxes.	corporations,taxes	burger-king	fast-food chain	florida	none	0	0	1	0	0	a facebook post


































11749.json	mostly-true	the economy is too weak to raise income levels.	economy,income	nikki-haley	governor	south carolina	republican	0	0	1	3	0	the republican response to the state of the union address


































825.json	true	john mccain's health care plan won't guarantee coverage of cancer screenings or maternity care.	health-care	planned-parenthood			none	1	0	1	0	1	a tv ad


































13033.json	true	says dick cheney supported gay marriage soonerthan hillary clinton.	gays-and-lesbians	alternativepac			none	0	0	0	0	0	an online ad


































6362.json	barely-true	after the 9/11 terrorist attacks grounded commercial air traffic, there was a temperature drop while the airplanes werent flying, for the week afterwards.	climate-change,environment,weather	michael-j-gardiner	lawyer	rhode island	republican	1	1	0	0	1	a debate


































7800.json	barely-true	a state reports projection is that approximately half of public employees would live outside municipal boundaries in a decade if the state bans local residency requirements.	city-government,workers	tom-barrett	mayor of milwaukee	wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	an interview


































8938.json	true	the annual gross domestic product of metro atlanta is bigger than 28 states in the union.	economy	kasim-reed			democrat	1	0	5	7	1	a speech


































3643.json	half-true	per-student k-12 state funding for portland public schools has dipped from $6,036 in the 2007-2008 school year to $5,644 in the 2010-2011 school year	education	portland-public-schools	school district	oregon	none	0	0	1	1	0	a mailer


































12551.json	mostly-true	says russ feingolds campaign is powered by small-dollar contributions like ours.	campaign-finance	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a fundraising letter


































6967.json	half-true	says mitt romney and george allen would overturn roe v. wade and allow states to end safe, legal abortion even in cases of rape, incest or when a womans life is at risk.	abortion,message-machine-2012,states,supreme-court,women	planned-parenthood			none	1	0	1	0	1	in a mailer


































9175.json	true	in 2006, charlie crist opposed in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.	education,immigration	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	an email 


































9740.json	mostly-true	in 1978, a student who worked a minimum-wage summer job could afford to pay a years full tuition at the 4-year public university of their choice.	corrections-and-updates,education,income,workers	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a meme on social media


































3982.json	false	says that sherrod brown voted to cut medicare by over $500 billion in order to fund government-run health care.	health-care,medicare,voting-record	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	a news release


































2900.json	half-true	in wisconsin, 6.2 percent of the population is black yet 24 percent of all state abortions are on african-americans.	abortion	pro-life-wisconsin		wisconsin	none	0	0	1	0	0	a news release


































2580.json	mostly-true	says rick perry told students he couldnt attend a gubernatorial forum due to scheduling conflicts, then on forum day tweeted that hed just been running with his dog.	ethics	bill-white	former mayor of houston	texas	democrat	2	3	5	7	3	a news story


































198.json	half-true	fred's never had a 100 percent record on right-to-life in his senate career. the records reflect that. and he doesn't support the human life amendment, which is most amazing because that's been a part of the republican platform since 1980.	abortion	mike-huckabee	author	arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	an appearance on fox news sunday


































13336.json	half-true	in 1928 school boards sent home letters with children saying that if al smith is elected president, you will not be allowed to have or read a bible.	elections,history,religion	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech at the alfred e. smith memorial dinner


































1278.json	false	usually it's about $900 a month to get health coverage. (florida's program has) reduced that, on average, to about $150 a month.	florida,health-care	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a fox news interview


































7228.json	false	on same-sex marriage	civil-rights,gays-and-lesbians,marriage	kasim-reed			democrat	1	0	5	7	1	


































7229.json	mostly-true	ohios judges, compared to other similar states, are being woefully underpaid.	public-service,state-budget	bill-seitz	state senator	ohio	republican	0	0	1	1	0	an interview with the columbus dispatch


































1794.json	pants-fire	louisiana sen. mary landrieu received almost $1.8 million from bp over the last decade.	campaign-finance,energy,oil-spill,pundits	ed-schultz	msnbc television host		none	3	1	4	1	2	a broadcast of the ed show


































9634.json	barely-true	compared to president obama,president reagan rushed home from santa barbara vacation, from the reagan ranch when the korean jetliner was shot out of the air by the russians.	foreign-policy	kate-obenshain			republican	1	0	0	0	0	an interview on the o'reilly factor


































9097.json	barely-true	americans increasingly want (the affordable care act) to be repealed.	health-care,polls	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a video to supporters


































136.json	mostly-true	i supported tort reform with regard to securities...product liability...interstate commerce.	legal-issues	fred-thompson	actor	tennessee	republican	1	4	3	3	0	a republican debate in orlando, fla.


































13198.json	false	says state sen. morgan carrolls votes made it easier to sue doctors, small businesses, even nurses. putting her own shady interests first.	ethics	mike-coffman	colorado u.s. representative 	colorado	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a tv ad 


































4462.json	false	says the vaccine to prevent hpv can cause mental retardation.	health-care	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	several media interviews


































7232.json	true	a far different picture from the prior eight years, which saw 115 increases in taxes and fees.	taxes	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a speech


































12200.json	half-true	mexico receives approximately $24 billion a year in remittances from mexican nationals working in the united states. the majority of that amount comes from illegal aliens.	immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a plan on his campaign website


































2435.json	true	theres a big chunk of the country that thinks that i have been too soft on wall street.	corporations,economy,market-regulation	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a town hall meeting


































8098.json	true	the congressional budget office, a nonpartisan office, did an analysis and said that passing comprehensive immigration reform will reduce the federal deficit by $200 billion over the next decade.	children,congress,debt,deficit,economy,families,immigration,legal-issues,taxes,workers	david-cicilline	mayor of providence	rhode island	democrat	7	4	5	4	1	an appearance on wpri-tv's newsmakers program


































762.json	false	barack obama opposed a bill that would have saved gianna jessen's life.	abortion	bornalivetruth-org			none	0	1	0	0	0	a television ad


































1538.json	barely-true	in 2001, former federal reserve chairman alan greenspan justified increasing spending and cutting taxes, saying that we didn't really need to pay down the debt.	federal-budget,taxes	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a hearing before congress


































9623.json	half-true	dekalb county has been recognized in recent years as having one the best sheriffs departments in the nation.	job-accomplishments	jeff-mann			none	0	0	1	0	0	an atlanta press club debate


































2918.json	pants-fire	says joe straus was co-author of a bill that would have allowed planned parenthood to control public school sex education.	education,health-care	donna-garner	education activist	texas	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a newsletter


































2676.json	barely-true	says glenn nye voted in lock step with nancy pelosi 83 percentof the time.	message-machine,voting-record	scott-rigell	u.s. congressman	virginia	republican	2	2	0	1	0	a tv ad


































2147.json	false	i dont think the argument can be credibly made that the united states of america is undertaxed compared to our competitors.	taxes	tim-pawlenty			republican	2	3	3	6	1	a breakfast with journalists in washington, d.c.


































7281.json	true	says his elections proposal would allow a potential of 168 hours (of early voting), which i think is the most weve ever had.	elections	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a tv interview


































4523.json	true	members of the public are being charged $50 to hear gov. scott walker and a dozen members of his administration talk about jobs and the economy at lambeau field.	jobs	one-wisconsin-now		wisconsin	organization	0	2	2	1	1	a news release


































4632.json	half-true	between 2000 and 2010, the illegal immigrant population of texas increased by 60 percent, while california and florida had no increase.	immigration	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a republican presidential debate in las vegas


































147.json	half-true	sen. obama made the very argument he is now criticizing back in november 2006.	foreign-policy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	


































8969.json	false	weve got close to 7 million americans who have access to health care for the first time because of medicaid expansion.	health-care,medicaid	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech to democratic governors


































5440.json	true	says half the americans dont pay any income taxes.	taxes	scott-garrett	congressman	new jersey	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a radio interview


































12288.json	mostly-true	in africa, a child dies every minute because of (malaria).	foreign-policy,public-health	tim-ziemer			none	0	0	0	1	0	an article posted on medium


































10809.json	false	hate speech is excluded from protection under the first amendment.	legal-issues,supreme-court	chris-cuomo			journalist	0	1	0	0	0	a tweet


































3607.json	false	the top 1 percent of income-earners pay about 40 percent of all taxes into the federal government.	federal-budget,taxes	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	an interview on nbc's today show


































6701.json	half-true	says that under mitt romney, 89 million americans could be denied coverage if they have a pre-existing condition.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a facebook post


































11878.json	pants-fire	obama spent $7 billion to bring electricity to africa, failed miserably.	energy,foreign-policy	daniel-greenfield			republican	0	0	0	0	1	an article on the frontpage website


































2437.json	false	more people were killed in the united states last year by tainted food than u.s. troops killed in iraq and afghanistan since the wars began.	afghanistan,food-safety,iraq	ted-ankrum	retired	texas	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	an e-mail blast.


































1293.json	pants-fire	you must list all your guns on your 2010 tax return.	guns,taxes	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	an e-mail circulated to many people.


































903.json	barely-true	the rev. rick warren has called christians who advance a social gospel marxists.	religion	people-american-way			none	2	0	0	0	0	press release


































9689.json	mostly-true	women in florida make 83 cents for every dollar a man makes.	jobs,women	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a campaign email


































10037.json	mostly-true	the common core was not put together by the department of education in washington. it was put together by governors and by states.	education	kay-hagan	former u.s. senator	north carolina	democrat	1	0	1	2	0	a debate 


































11037.json	mostly-true	says jeb bush doesnt believe in a path to citizenship. if he did at one time, he no longer does.	immigration	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	in an interview with cnn


































3939.json	half-true	the medicare drug program resulted in the program coming in 40 percent under budget. ... and the reason it was, is because the design was right.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare,retirement	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a debate in south carolina


































5797.json	half-true	says more than 8,000 people have supported her campaign as volunteers, donors and advisors and endorsers.	message-machine-2012,unions	mary-nolan	represents southwest portland in oregon house	oregon	democrat	0	0	3	0	0	a campaign website


































2822.json	true	re: (marco) rubios support of earmark ban: in 2002 alone, he requested 37 earmarks worth $43 million.	federal-budget,state-budget	steven-schale		florida	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a posting on twitter.


































5062.json	half-true	rick santorum reformed welfare.	welfare	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a video ad


































11892.json	mostly-true	the seminole gambling compact offers $3 billion in guaranteed revenue, the largest share for any state in history.	gambling	seminole-tribe-florida		florida	none	0	0	0	1	0	a commercial


































936.json	false	there is a provision in the economic stimulus plan that means that students cannot meet together in their dorms, if that dorm has been repaired with this federal money, and have a prayer group or a bible study.	economy,education,stimulus	jim-demint	president, heritage foundation	south carolina	republican	4	4	0	0	1	a speech on the senate floor.


































10588.json	mostly-true	president obama said 22 times he could not authorize immigration reform by executive order.	congress,immigration	doug-collins	u.s. rep.	georgia	republican	0	0	0	1	0	in a newspaper article


































1902.json	half-true	right now every single one of the (oil) companies here today and dozens of others are drilling for free in the gulf of mexico on leases that will cost american taxpayers more than $50 billion in lost royalties.	energy,environment,federal-budget,government-efficiency,legal-issues,oil-spill	edward-markey			democrat	0	0	1	1	0	a statement at a hearing of a house energy and commerce subcommittee


































4225.json	mostly-true	#business formation is still on the rise in ohio! so far in 2011 weve assisted w/ 44,443 new business filings.	corporations,economy	jon-husted	ohio secretary of state	ohio	republican	0	2	1	2	1	a tweet on twitter


































1279.json	true	the obama administration notified poland and the czech republic about cancellation of major missile-defense facilities at the last minute in midnight phone calls.	foreign-policy,military	dick-cheney			republican	5	4	2	2	1	a speech to the center for security policy


































2263.json	mostly-true	in 2008 (mandel) was re-elected to a second term, representing a district with a 2:1 democrat to republican voter ratio.	elections	josh-mandel	ohio treasurer	ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a statement posted to his website


































579.json	mostly-true	obama hasn't been to iraq in years.	iraq	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a television ad


































1661.json	pants-fire	an audit of the last census found that over 370,000 people living in texas were not counted, and our state lost an estimated $1 billion in federal funds as a result.	census	silvestre-reyes	u.s. house member	texas	democrat	0	0	2	1	1	an e-mail blast


































10347.json	half-true	says president barack obamasown administration has done five environmental impact assessments of the keystone xl pipeline, all of which have said it would have a minimum impact on the environment.	energy,environment,jobs	john-thune	u.s. senator	south dakota	republican	0	0	1	0	1	comments on fox news sunday


































5442.json	half-true	every time we put a ballot issue on, it costs a million dollars.	elections	jon-husted	ohio secretary of state	ohio	republican	0	2	1	2	1	a public forum


































1178.json	barely-true	its a plan that incorporates ideas from many of the people in this room tonight democrats and republicans.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an address to a joint session of congress


































6028.json	false	says city leadership is threatening to lay off police and emergency services personnel to balance the budget.	city-budget,public-safety	memphis-police-association	memphis police union	tennessee	organization	0	1	0	0	0	a commercial.


































6241.json	half-true	cuts in local government and school funding in john kasichs budget caused many communities to seek school levies, local tax increases, layoffs.	state-budget	ohio-democratic-party		ohio	democrat	4	1	2	2	2	a news release


































5294.json	true	one out of every three automobile fatalities can be attributed to alcohol.	alcohol,drugs	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a television commercial


































4123.json	barely-true	the clear majority of republican voters think that any deficit reduction package should have a balanced approach and should include some revenues.	federal-budget,polls,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference


































3972.json	mostly-true	says a republican-drawn map of proposed u.s. house districts for texas gerrymanders more than nine million latinos in texas to make sure that we have no more electoral opportunity than we did in 1991.	elections,redistricting	nina-perales	maldef attorney	california	none	0	0	0	1	0	a press release.


































8529.json	true	a million people could get health insurance right away if texas expanded medicaid under obamacare.	health-care,medicaid	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	remarks at a dallas synagogue


































9897.json	barely-true	in texas public schools, we spend an average of $12,000 per pupil per year.	education,state-budget,state-finances,states	matt-mackowiak	consultant	texas	republican	2	1	0	0	0	an opinion column


































1348.json	half-true	a new republican litmus test would have resulted in (the gop) kicking out ronald reagan.	history,pundits	keith-olbermann	political commentator		none	0	2	3	2	0	msnbc's countdown with keith olbermann


































12668.json	false	says markkirk called for the mass arrest of 18,000 african americans andwas apparently fine with trumps #stilltooracist call for mass deportation.	crime,guns,public-safety	tammy-duckworth	u.s. representative 	illinois	democrat	1	1	0	1	0	a tweet


































2247.json	true	warren buffett called credit default swaps financial weapons of mass destruction. and greene was the first individual to use them.	candidates-biography,financial-regulation,message-machine	kendrick-meek		florida	democrat	2	6	1	4	1	a tv ad.


































7485.json	half-true	under gov. john kasichs budget proposal, the top one percent in ohio will pay $10,000 less in income tax each year, but ohios working and middle class families will pay more.	state-budget,taxes	dan-ramos	state representative	ohio	democrat	0	1	1	1	0	a news release 


































1740.json	half-true	the treaty of tripoli signed by president john adams was his outreach to muslims.	pundits,religion	keith-olbermann	political commentator		none	0	2	3	2	0	comments on the msnbc show countdown 


































10851.json	barely-true	the average age of planes in the qatar airways fleet is about four years while delta air lines flies planes that are 35 years old.	transportation	akbar-al-baker	ceo	qatar	none	1	0	0	0	0	an interview


































12821.json	mostly-true	we put a lid on irans nuclear program without firing a single shot.	foreign-policy,nuclear	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	her acceptance speech at the democratic convention


































13250.json	barely-true	says syrian refugees are not being vetted, and the fbi is not even being told where they are.	debates,foreign-policy,immigration,public-safety,terrorism	pat-mccrory	governor of north carolina	north carolina	republican	5	2	3	0	1	a north carolina governor's race debate


































10926.json	mostly-true	u.s. embassy celebrates americas independence on june 4th in order to accommodate muslims.	foreign-policy,religion	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	social media posts


































11097.json	true	the murder rate in atlanta is on the rise this year.	crime,public-safety	atlanta-neighborhood-association			none	0	0	0	0	0	an online community forum


































8953.json	half-true	more than 40,000 troops are still stationed in afghanistan with no clear objective. even in the best case, by the end of the year at least 10,000 american soldiers will still be on the ground.	afghanistan,military,terrorism	david-alameel	investor	texas	democrat	0	1	1	0	1	an email blast


































6716.json	barely-true	medicare premium support backed by republican vice presidential candidate paul ryan is not vouchers.	health-care,medicare	phil-gingrey	u.s. congressman	georgia	republican	2	5	2	1	1	


































6740.json	mostly-true	even today part of romneys fortune is invested in china.	china,message-machine-2012	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign ad


































9278.json	barely-true	on (tom) wolfs watch, taxes were high, killing 100,000 pa jobs.	economy,jobs,taxes	tom-corbett	governor of pennsylvania	pennsylvania	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a radio ad


































1925.json	mostly-true	the addition of a 1 percent sales tax would cost a typical household in hillsborough county approximately $12 a month.	economy,energy,infrastructure,taxes,transportation,urban	hillsborough-area-rapid-transit-hart			none	0	0	0	1	0	a brochure  


































5001.json	false	george allencast the deciding votefor the 2003bushtax cuts.	taxes,voting-record	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a debate.


































11172.json	true	as governor of florida i defunded planned parenthood.	abortion	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	comments at a gop debate in cleveland


































11454.json	false	german citizens were disarmed by their government in the late 1930s, which allowed the nazis to carry out their evil intentions with relatively little resistance.	guns,history	ben-carson			republican	7	12	3	2	4	his book a more perfect union


































11014.json	mostly-true	texas has the nations highest rate and highest number of uninsured.	health-care,state-budget,state-finances,states	donna-howard	texas house representative	texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	0	a press release


































7482.json	mostly-true	says if oregon had limited its budget growth to the rate of population growth plus the rate of inflation, the states all-funds budget would be about $27 billion today, not $60 billion.	state-budget	doug-whitsett	state senator	oregon	republican	0	1	1	1	0	an opinion article.


































663.json	pants-fire	mccain's energy plan is a single-answer proposition new domestic oil drilling.	energy	brian-schweitzer	governor	montana	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	


































3496.json	false	before this (federal health care) law was enacted, florida parents ...were able to purchase inexpensive child-only coverage for their children. the laws consumer protections have now eliminated that choice in florida.	children,florida,health-care	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	an opinion article published in the 'tampa tribune'


































3765.json	barely-true	says there are more federal dollars in gov. john kasichs budget plan than in the previous state budget.	state-budget	jay-goyal	state representative	ohio	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a speech in the ohio house of representatives


































9977.json	false	this congressadjourned earliest of any time in congressional history before an election.	congress,elections,history	laura-ingraham	political commentator and radio talk show host		none	2	5	1	0	1	comments on abc's this week


































7811.json	false	forty-six cents of every dollar ohio could get for medicaid expansion is going to come from china or some other country that doesnt like us very much.	debt,health-care,taxes	ron-maag	state representative	ohio	republican	1	1	0	0	0	a statement during a state house finance and appropriations committee hearing


































1524.json	barely-true	challenger tim tuggey is a lobbyist who donated over $41,000 to democrats who support abortion and same-sex marriage.	abortion,education,elections,gays-and-lesbians	ken-mercer	software engineer	texas	republican	1	0	0	0	0	an advertisement


































2762.json	false	congressman nye voted against a bill which would have defunded the $5-10 billion the irs needed toimplement health care legislation.	health-care	scott-rigell	u.s. congressman	virginia	republican	2	2	0	1	0	a statment on his website


































4213.json	barely-true	in contrast to president barack obama, who is not acting presidential, president ronald reagan would never go into the oval office without his jacket on thats how much he revered the presidency.	history	ken-langone	financier	new york	none	1	0	0	0	0	an interview on cnbc


































6988.json	barely-true	the sequester is not something that ive proposed. it is something that congress has proposed.	debates,federal-budget,military	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a presidential debate


































12019.json	mostly-true	over 32,000 people die from #gunviolence every year. yet, (the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention) is banned from researching ways to prevent this.	guns	tammy-baldwin	u.s. representative	wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	a tweet


































6576.json	barely-true	president obamas education solution includes an effort to nationalize curriculum.	children,education	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a speech at the republican national convention


































2823.json	pants-fire	the cap-and-trade bill before congress prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the epa administrator.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,economy,energy	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	 e-mail and blog postings


































1783.json	true	greece has a gdp the size of the dallas-fort worth metroplex.	economy,foreign-policy,pundits	george-will	columnist	maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	a roundtable segment on abc's this week


































4538.json	mostly-true	says david dewhurst skipped nine candidate forums after announcing his u.s. senate candidacy.	candidates-biography	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a campaign video.


































3130.json	mostly-true	the american people say, dont touch social security, dont touch medicare, dont cut defense. thats 84 percent of the federal budget.	federal-budget,medicare,military,social-security,abc-news-week	kent-conrad	u.s. senator	north dakota	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	this week with christiane amanpour


































8770.json	true	trey radel does not even qualify to drive a lee county school bus at this point, yet he occupies a seat in congress.	congress,drugs	mike-scott	lee county sheriff	florida	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a facebook post


































11231.json	half-true	many of the great scholars say that anchor babies are not covered by the 14th amendment.	immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a town hall in derry, n.h.


































12942.json	false	on the trans-pacific partnership.	trade	pat-toomey	candidate for u.s. senate	pennsylvania	republican	3	2	2	1	0	an op-ed in the pittsburgh post-gazette.


































711.json	false	obama's ten point plan to 'change' the second amendment.ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns.	guns	national-rifle-association			none	3	5	1	5	3	a direct mail piece


































3662.json	mostly-true	texans spend $2.5 billion gambling in our neighboring states every year.	gambling	texans-economic-development	pro-gambling group	texas	none	0	0	0	1	0	a web banner ad.


































11401.json	mostly-true	texas has outstripped the national poverty rate since at least 1959.	economy,poverty,states	bee-moorhead	executive director, texas impact	texas	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an oped article in the austin american-statesman


































13260.json	true	weve had muslims in america since george washington.	history,immigration	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the second presidential debate


































11287.json	false	says bernie sanders opposes requiring all children to have a k-12 education.	education	viral-image			none	5	5	0	3	15	a shareable graphic on the web


































9541.json	false	as alaskas attorney general, (u.s. senate candidate dan) sullivan successfully fought to protect our second amendment rights and passed stand your ground.	candidates-biography,crime,criminal-justice,guns,job-accomplishments	dan-sullivan	alaska department of public resources commissioner	alaska	republican	2	2	1	0	0	a radio ad


































11461.json	barely-true	to abide by environmental protection agency rules when mining or drilling you have to take caution not to disturb bodies of water barely bigger than a puddle.	environment,market-regulation,water	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	prepared remarks in a written speech


































11130.json	false	says his political opponents brought 100,000 protesters into our state.	government-regulation,job-accomplishments,labor,state-budget,unions,workers	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview


































107.json	half-true	rural schools face the highest dropout rates, the lowest college enrollment rates, have the lowest average teacher salaries...	education	john-edwards	former senator	north carolina	democrat	0	2	4	4	1	des moines, iowa.


































11245.json	barely-true	how do jeb bush and donald trump differ on immigration? spoiler alert: they dont.	immigration	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a tweet


































3118.json	barely-true	the white house promised us that all the spending would keep unemployment under 8 percent.	economy,stimulus	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a response to the state of the union


































13104.json	half-true	says mike gallaghers plan would cut social security benefits for two-thirds of seniors.	retirement,social-security,taxes	tom-nelson		wisconsin	democrat	0	1	1	0	0	a tv ad


































9618.json	mostly-true	alaska sens. lisa murkowski and mark begich vote as much as 80 percent of the time together.	bipartisanship,voting-record	mark-begich	senator	alaska	democrat	0	0	0	2	1	a radio ad


































11528.json	false	texas #2 in nation for new gun purchases, behind california.	guns	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	a tweet


































227.json	true	productivity has risen 18 percent ...yet wages have stayed flat... there are 5-million more people in poverty here in our country than there were in 2000.	economy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	new york, n.y.


































5432.json	false	the president gave the (auto) companies to the uaw.	unions	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a primary debate in arizona


































11921.json	mostly-true	the richest 80 people in the world own more wealth than the bottom half of the global population.	economy,poverty	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a video


































1000.json	pants-fire	in the 1970s, the swine flu broke out . . . under another democrat, president jimmy carter.	health-care	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	an interview with pajamas media.


































9055.json	barely-true	earth has not warmed for the last 17 years.	climate-change,environment	patrick-moore			none	1	0	0	0	0	an interview on 'hannity'


































684.json	mostly-true	gov. palin ... is somebody who actually doesn't believe that climate change is man-made.	environment	john-kerry	secretary of state	massachusetts	democrat	3	2	2	5	0	an interview on this week with george stephanopoulos.


































8101.json	barely-true	even the employees union for the irs -- the very people in charge of enforcing this law -- are begging to be let out from under this law.	health-care,unions	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview with fox news' sean hannity


































5988.json	half-true	while act 10 allowed (milwaukee county) to save some money, it was millions short of what we needed to fill the hole left by the $28 million cut in state aid.	labor,state-budget	chris-abele	philanthropist	wisconsin	none	3	5	4	4	2	a statement to the journal sentinel


































79.json	half-true	21-million americans could have a four-year college scholarship for the money we've squandered in iraq. 7.6-million teachers could have been hired last year if we weren't squandering this money.	iraq	mike-gravel	author and lecturer	alaska	libertarian	1	0	1	0	1	washington, dc.


































6924.json	half-true	under the obama administration, we are drilling and producing more domestic energy supplies than we ever had before.	economy,energy,environment	james-langevin	congressman	rhode island	democrat	1	1	2	1	0	a debate


































8742.json	mostly-true	federal law requires residents to participate in the u.s. governments american community survey.	census,economy,housing,population	us-census-bureau	government agency	maryland	none	0	0	0	1	0	a mailing to austin's bob cole


































11113.json	barely-true	i deployed the texas national guard to the texas-mexico border. and the policy worked; apprehensions at the border declined 74 percent.	crime,criminal-justice,immigration	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	his speech declaring his candidacy for president


































1161.json	true	since world war ii, only gerald ford and bill clinton have had worse ratings after seven months than president obama.	candidates-biography	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	an op-ed in the washington post


































787.json	true	under barack obama's health care proposal, if you've got a health care plan that you like, you can keep it.	health-care	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a debate in nashville, tenn.


































10980.json	half-true	after a federal inquiry corroborated hillary clinton on whitewater, the next day, there was nothing in the media about it.	candidates-biography,history	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	comments on cnn's state of the union


































13325.json	mostly-true	the democratic party is the oldest continuous political party in the world.	history	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	an appearance in milwaukee


































12583.json	true	the major immigration issue was about poles, and bulgarians, and romanians, and that they werent contributing economically. the unemployment rate among poles in britain is lower than the unemployment rate among brits.	economy,immigration,jobs	david-miliband			none	0	0	0	1	0	comments on meet the press


































6222.json	false	under the health care law, everybody will have lower rates, better quality care and better access.	health-care	nancy-pelosi	house minority leader	california	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	on 'meet the press'


































307.json	half-true	hillary clinton wants to wave the white flag of surrender and set a date for withdrawal.	job-accomplishments	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a debate in boca raton.


































8412.json	half-true	all members of congress are required to be in obamacare, but obama and members of his administration have their own gold-plated health care plans that theyre in.	congress,government-regulation,health-care	sean-duffy	member of the u.s. house	wisconsin	republican	5	1	6	1	2	an interview


































13519.json	false	trumps health secretary pick wants a medicare phaseout by summer 2017.	health-care,medicare	winning-democrats		n/a	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	an article


































1196.json	false	health insurance companies deny 1 out of 5 treatments prescribed by doctors.	health-care	health-care-america-now	health care reform advocacy group	washington, d.c.	none	2	1	0	0	0	a television advertisement


































5245.json	true	the united states is no longer top nation in the globe on infrastructure, having fallen to 15th.	infrastructure	steve-cohen	u.s. representative	tennessee	democrat	0	0	1	0	1	a speech on the floor of the u.s. house of representatives.


































253.json	half-true	average families are spending roughly $2,000 more a year on energy costs. ... it's like a $2,000 energy tax in just the last seven years, more than three times what the typical american family received from the bush tax cuts.	energy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech in knoxville, iowa


































7481.json	mostly-true	rhode island could tell you who has a camper, but we couldnt figure out who has a gun.	guns,market-regulation	linda-finn	landscape designer	rhode island	democrat	0	0	1	2	0	a news release


































3148.json	true	says the united states does not trade as much as other developed nations.	economy,trade	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a speech to the toledo regional chamber of commerce


































11387.json	mostly-true	a state agency wanted to fire an employee who spent four hours per day watching pornography, but the state employment commission reinstated the person.	criminal-justice,labor,legal-issues,unions,workers	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	comments to reporters


































17.json	half-true	if we increase fuel efficiency standards to 40, 45 miles a gallon, we would have to import zero oil from the middle east.	energy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	washington, dc.


































6439.json	mostly-true	says u.s. senate rival eric hovde refused to pay his property taxes until he was taken to court.	city-government,government-regulation,message-machine-2012,taxes	tommy-thompson		wisconsin	republican	6	8	2	5	3	a tv ad


































10652.json	true	ted cruz was the longest-serving solicitor general in the history of texas.	candidates-biography,legal-issues	jerry-falwell	chancellor and president, liberty university	virginia	none	0	0	0	0	0	a speech introducing ted cruz at liberty university


































10417.json	mostly-true	today, home sales are up nearly 50 percent from where they were in the worst of the crisis.	housing	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in phoenix, ariz.


































10391.json	false	polls on legalizing same-sex marriage are not dramatically changing.	gays-and-lesbians,marriage	julaine-appling	executive director, wisconsin family action	wisconsin	none	0	2	0	0	0	a radio interview


































1327.json	false	the mccain campaign did not elaborate on obama's ties to acorn.	elections,ethics	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	her book, 'going rogue'


































1330.json	false	in the house health care bill, something like 2 percent of the people would [be] eligible even to get the public option.	health-care	ron-wyden	u.s. senator	oregon	democrat	0	1	0	3	0	msnbc's 'morning meeting with dylan ratigan'


































4110.json	half-true	new mexico is the second hollywood because of tax incentives for the film industry.	economy,new-hampshire-2012,taxes	gary-johnson	presidential candidate	new mexico	libertarian	3	2	5	6	0	an interview with the 'new hampshire business review
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