says u.s. rep. lamar smith supported the $700 billion wall street bailout in 2008, but now he is standing in the way of reforms that would assure these bailouts would never happen again.	campaign-finance,economy,financial-regulation	lainey-melnick	real estate broker	texas	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	an e-mail blast


































11300.json	half-true	#gradinsurance debacle is a direct result of #obamacare. #mizzou has to break the law to do the right thing.	education,health-care	caleb-rowden	state representative	missouri	republican	1	0	1	1	0	a tweet


































6564.json	pants-fire	says president obama has waived the work requirement for welfare.	welfare	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a convention speech


































8253.json	mostly-true	7 out of 10 oregon families living in poverty have at least one parent who works.	children,families,income,poverty,welfare	oregon-center-public-policy		oregon 	organization	0	0	0	1	0	website materials 


































9330.json	true	ninety-seven percent of the time. thats how often mark warner votes with president obama.	message-machine-2014,voting-record	republican-party-virginia		virginia	republican	2	0	0	0	1	a web ad.


































2329.json	barely-true	says rick perry is a 25-year incumbent.	candidates-biography,job-accomplishments	bill-white	former mayor of houston	texas	democrat	2	3	5	7	3	a press release


































12307.json	mostly-true	says an array of statistics show that conditions in some parts of baltimore rival that of the west bank in palestine, north korea, and distressed cities in nigeria, india, china and south africa.	poverty,public-health	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a speech


































1475.json	half-true	the house passed a pay-as-you-go rule that said, if you wanted to have an investment, an entitlement, etc., you had to pay for it.	federal-budget,stimulus	nancy-pelosi	house minority leader	california	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	a press conference


































9402.json	true	the numbers make it clear that georgia voters are increasingly taking advantage of early voting opportunities.	education	brian-kemp	secretary of state	georgia	republican	0	2	0	0	0	statement


































3870.json	false	says ocean spray is moving its bordentown processing facility to pennsylvania largely because of costs associated with the regional greenhouse gas initiative.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,economy	diane-allen	state senator	new jersey	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a press release


































4544.json	true	on running for the presidency in 2012	elections	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	


































8955.json	true	rhode island is almost dead last among northeastern states in the length of time first-degree murderers must spend in prison before theyre eligible for parole.	crime,criminal-justice,legal-issues,states	leonidas-raptakis	state senator	rhode island	democrat	0	1	1	0	0	a news conference


































1160.json	false	all the really great programs in american history, social security, was done without republicans. medicare was done without republican support until the last vote where they realized they had to get on board.	health-care,history,medicare	howard-dean	democratic national committee chairman	vermont	democrat	1	4	1	2	0	an interview on the rachel maddow show


































6344.json	false	diane black voted to fund obamacare.	congress,congressional-rules,health-care	lou-ann-zelenik	businesswoman	tennessee	republican	0	1	0	0	0	in an ongoing radio commercial.


































7214.json	barely-true	hurricane sandy, the most destructive atlantic storm ever.	climate-change,environment,weather	environment-new-jersey		new jersey	none	1	0	0	0	0	an online post about global warming


































8021.json	mostly-true	the hispanic population in gwinnett and henry counties has increased by 153 percent and 339 percent, respectively, since 2000 while republican presidential candidates are getting a smaller percentage of the vote in those counties.	elections	karl-rove		texas	republican	2	5	2	8	0	an op-ed


































9103.json	mostly-true	i was the most bipartisan senator in the united states senate.	bipartisanship,voting-record	scott-brown		new hampshire	republican	2	2	1	3	1	a meeting with republicans in portsmouth, n.h.


































6482.json	barely-true	says gov. scott walker raises the pay of inmates, but we dont raise the pay of staff in our correctional institutions.	criminal-justice,income,state-finances,unions,workers	marty-beil			none	1	0	0	0	0	an interview


































10525.json	false	the current debate over authorizing military action against the islamic state would be the first time congress would place limits on the commander-in-chiefs ability to be commander-in-chief.	congress,history,military,terrorism	adam-kinzinger	u.s. representative	illinois	republican	0	2	1	0	0	an appearance on abc's 'this week'


































4308.json	mostly-true	u.s. debt is now equal to 100 percent of the gdp.	deficit,federal-budget	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a news release


































2536.json	barely-true	tom ganley supports a 23 percent national sales tax that would raise taxes on the middle class while giving a huge tax break to millionaires like himself.	taxes	ohio-democratic-party		ohio	democrat	4	1	2	2	2	a statement posted on a website


































2639.json	half-true	pat toomey still supports privatizing social security.	message-machine,market-regulation,social-security	joe-sestak	u.s. representative	pennsylvania	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	a campaign commercial


































11314.json	true	the marijuana that kids are smoking today is not the same as the marijuana that jeb bush smoked 40 years ago.	drugs	carly-fiorina		california	republican	5	5	4	3	2	the cnn republican debate


































763.json	true	barack obama voted against born alive legislation in illinois that was virtually identical to the federal law.	abortion	national-right-life-committee			none	1	2	1	0	0	a published piece on their web site


































12769.json	mostly-true	says trump shirts are made in bangladesh, trump suits in mexico, trump vodka in the netherlands, trump crystal barware in slovenia and his cufflinks and ties in china.	candidates-biography,corrections-and-updates,jobs	funny-or-die			none	0	0	0	1	0	a video shown at the democratic national convention


































5094.json	false	says president barack obama has opened up no new trade relationships with other nations.	economy,foreign-policy,new-hampshire-2012,trade	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a republican presidential debate in manchester, n.h.


































8525.json	true	says taxpayer subsidy for the oregon convention center hotel jumped $100 million in closed-door sessions	transparency	coalition-fair-budget-priorities		oregon	organization	0	0	0	0	0	a website statement


































2851.json	barely-true	says you can buy four light bulbs for $1.99 at walmart, while a single compact fluorescent lamp (cfl) costs $10 a pop.	energy,market-regulation	joe-barton	u.s. representative	texas	republican	3	1	0	0	0	a speech at the heritage foundation.


































10618.json	mostly-true	(jeb) bush, not the state of florida, decided which private emails to disclose.	transparency	american-bridge-21st-century			democrat	2	1	0	3	0	an online post


































1307.json	true	history tells us that job growth always lags behind economic growth.	economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	remarks from the white house


































10310.json	mostly-true	bill howell has been the consistent force behind every major tax increase in virginia in the last decade.	taxes,voting-record	susan-stimpson		virginia	republican	0	1	0	1	0	a news release.


































7439.json	mostly-true	more than 9,000 rhode island voters used the moderate party master lever mechanism and they didnt have a single moderate on their ballot.	elections	kenneth-block	businessman		republican	0	3	2	3	0	a television interview


































6561.json	half-true	president obama is attacking paul ryan on medicare even though it is his administration with the help of jim langevin who cut $716 billion from medicare.	medicare	michael-riley		rhode island	republican	2	1	1	0	0	a post on riley’s facebook campaign page


































12570.json	pants-fire	says hillary clinton has even deleted this record of total support (for the trans-pacific partnership trade agreement) from her book.	candidates-biography,economy,foreign-policy,history,job-accomplishments,trade	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech


































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


































1861.json	pants-fire	barbara boxers worried about the weather instead of terrorism as the biggest threat to national security.	candidates-biography,environment,homeland-security,message-machine,terrorism	carly-fiorina		california	republican	5	5	4	3	2	a campaign commercial


































2019.json	true	we spend three times more on entitlements and debt services than we do on defense.	federal-budget,social-security	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a facebook posting


































10240.json	false	in the 2014 elections, the american people overwhelmingly said we dont want obamacare and we dont want amnesty.	health-care,immigration,polls	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview on fox news


































9206.json	half-true	dan patrick got caught not paying his taxes and pocketed his employees payroll taxes.	bankruptcy,candidates-biography,taxes	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a video ad


































12488.json	barely-true	says merrick garland authored an opinion that resulted in the release of 17 guantanamo bay prisoners who were part of a group of violent islamist extremists the state department had designated as terrorists.	foreign-policy,military,supreme-court,terrorism	pat-toomey	candidate for u.s. senate	pennsylvania	republican	3	2	2	1	0	


































10209.json	true	congress has 11 percent approval ratings, yet 96.4 percent of incumbent lawmakers were re-elected in 2014.	congress	facebook-posts	social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a meme on social media


































2871.json	barely-true	letting the bush tax cuts expire would raise taxes on small businesses.	economy,small-business,taxes	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a tv interview.


































5337.json	barely-true	statistics bear out that any time a country, a state, makes more restrictive abortion laws ... fatalities go up and abortions actually increase.	abortion,government-regulation,women	nickie-antonio	state representative	ohio	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a news conference


































2141.json	mostly-true	the presidents budget would take ... non-defense spending to its lowest level ... as a percentage of the economy since jfk.	economy,federal-budget,military	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	remarks at a bill signing


































8804.json	mostly-true	of the approximately 6 million disenfranchised felons in the united states, one-quarter are floridians.	crime,elections	desmond-meade		florida	none	0	0	0	1	0	a bloggingblackmiami blog post


































375.json	pants-fire	obama basically threatened to bomb pakistan.	foreign-policy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a debate in cleveland, ohio.


































2999.json	false	the governor did not consult members of his own party before he released his [transportation] plan.	transportation	ward-armstrong	minority leader, house of delegates	virginia	democrat	0	3	0	0	1	a letter.


































3023.json	false	ohio has lost more population than every other state in the country except for two.	economy	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a news conference


































12332.json	mostly-true	here in california, donald trump has given $12,000 to jerry brown, gavin newsom and kamala harris.	campaign-finance,elections	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a speech at the california republican party convention


































2294.json	half-true	gov. rick perry has overseen the highest texas unemployment in 22 years.	economy	back-basics		texas	democrat	0	2	1	1	0	a newspaper ad


































10021.json	false	on support for the auto bailouts.	congress,transportation	terri-lynn-land	republican candidate for u.s. senate	michigan	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a campaign statement to a local newspaper


































9246.json	mostly-true	ed gillespies 2006 book promoted an individual health care mandate, and recommends that it be enforced by the irs through the income tax code.	medicaid,taxes	democratic-party-virginia		virginia	democrat	2	1	1	3	0	news release.


































11971.json	barely-true	when republican extremists tried to take away abortion rights blake rocap stopped them.	abortion,candidates-biography	blake-rocap	lawyer	texas	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a voter mailer


































6411.json	half-true	says obama refuses to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel.	foreign-policy,israel,message-machine-2012	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a campaign ad


































12492.json	half-true	says he helped to draft parts of the dodd-frank wall street reform bill.	congress,financial-regulation	tim-canova	nova southeastern university law professor	florida	democrat	0	0	1	2	0	a post on medium


































11577.json	true	says income tax rates under eisenhower were as high as 90 percent.	taxes	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a democratic presidential debate in des moines, iowa


































12844.json	mostly-true	american homeownership rate in q2 2016 was 62.9% - lowest rate in 51yrs.	economy,housing	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a tweet


































6835.json	half-true	romneys medicare plan was estimated to cost the average senior about $6,000 a year.	debates,medicare,retirement	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a debate in denver


































3622.json	true	if we had the same staffing ratio (of officers to residents) as seattle, wed have 300 more officers in our department.	public-safety	michael-reese	portland police chief	oregon	none	0	0	0	0	0	a speech


































13346.json	true	department of veterans affairs doctors are prohibited from recommending medical marijuana.	marijuana	campaign-regulate-marijuana-alcohol		arizona	none	0	0	1	0	0	a political advertisement


































2308.json	mostly-true	when career politician daniel webster became speaker of the house, he wasted $32,000 of our money on a spiral staircase for his office.	candidates-biography,ethics,message-machine,state-budget,taxes	alan-grayson	u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	an ad.


































12112.json	half-true	texas had the highest level of turnout than ever before in the primary.	elections	greg-abbott	governor	texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	speaking to reporters


































361.json	false	says the difference between her and barack obama is about 35 years of experience.	candidates-biography	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a campaign event in robstown, texas.


































12946.json	mostly-true	22 veterans take their own lives each day.	veterans	kamala-harris	attorney general	california	democrat	0	0	2	2	0	a tweet.


































11576.json	half-true	the united states is the only major country on earth that doesnt guarantee health care to all people as a right, not a privilege.	health-care	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a democratic presidential debate in des moines, iowa


































10608.json	barely-true	said former u.s. ambassador to kenya scott gration was forced to resign two years ago because of his personal use of emails.	ethics,transparency	david-shuster			none	1	0	0	0	0	a hillary clinton press conference


































10936.json	half-true	says florida is a model for successful pretrial release programs.	crime,criminal-justice	john-oliver	host, last week tonight		none	0	0	2	4	0	a segment about bail on last week tonight


































6284.json	barely-true	if you have ever visited nashville or washington d.c. you will see many names and initials carved into ... desks.	government-efficiency	julia-hurley	state representative	tennessee	republican	1	0	0	0	0	an email to constituents


































6739.json	pants-fire	redistribution has never been a characteristic of america.	economy,federal-budget,history,taxes	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	remarks in atlanta


































5127.json	false	tampa is the strip club capital of the world.	economy,pop-culture	ellyn-bogdanoff	state representative	florida 	republican	1	1	1	0	0	a hearing in tallahassee


































2827.json	pants-fire	said they reached a power-sharing agreement with republican lt. gov. casey cagle	elections	republican-state-senators			republican	0	0	0	0	1	statements to reporters


































8381.json	half-true	says between 6 and 20 bicycles can be parked in the space required by one car.	transportation	earl-blumenauer	u.s. representative	oregon	democrat	0	1	1	1	0	an article on his website.


































10609.json	false	i unsealed my records at marquette university.	candidates-biography,education,elections	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview


































4166.json	true	says that u.s. rep. allen west is a constituent of mine.	elections,redistricting	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview on cnn


































3461.json	false	the u.s. gives foreign aid to cuba and venezuela, even though those countries are our enemies.	federal-budget,foreign-policy	ted-poe	u.s. house representative	texas	republican	1	1	1	0	0	a house floor speech


































4515.json	half-true	says texas wildfires are linked to climate change.	climate-change,environment	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a fundraising event in san jose, calif.


































6916.json	false	if the agreement goes into effect, the millions of mexican citizens who will become eligible for social security benefits may have a far stronger claim to benefits and protection against cuts than u.s. citizens!	social-security	senior-citizens-league	advocacy group for senior citizens	virginia	none	1	1	0	0	0	mailer


































8720.json	pants-fire	earlier this year, [john depetro] was accused of sexually assaulting a female co-worker.	crime,legal-issues,pundits,unions,women	our-daughters-ri		rhode island	organization	0	0	0	0	1	an online petition


































1186.json	pants-fire	photo of tea party protests shows crowd sprawling from capitol to washington monument	history	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	conservative blogs


































12784.json	half-true	the approval of the united states was 20 points higher when (hillary clinton) left the secretary of states office than when she took it.	foreign-policy,job-accomplishments,polls	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	a speech at the democratic national convention in philadelphia


































6232.json	false	every one of the 67 supervisors of elections in florida refused to carry out the effort to remove noncitizens from the voter rolls.	elections,message-machine-2012	moveon			democrat	2	4	3	0	0	an email


































97.json	mostly-true	bill richardson is the only major democratic candidate with a plan to withdraw all american troops from iraq. all of the other major democratic candidates support leaving american troops in iraq indefinitely.	iraq	bill-richardson	governor	new mexico	democrat	1	2	3	8	1	


































12294.json	true	i earned more votes in the state of wisconsin than donald trump did in new york.	elections	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	remarks in borden, ind.


































9464.json	half-true	there are 278 republicans in congress. (with eric cantors defeat), they are now all christian and all white except for one black senator, who was appointed.	congress,diversity,religion	bill-maher	host of real time with bill maher	california	independent	0	3	1	5	0	a real time with bill maher episode


































3074.json	pants-fire	if the stamp farm wind turbine is built, the health risk of flicker impact created by shadows of blades of turbines poses real and significant health risks, particularly seizures.	energy,environment	laurence-ehrhardt	state representative	rhode island	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a commentary in the providence journal


































1889.json	false	gov. crist's veto also clears the way for taxpayer funding of abortion in florida.	abortion	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a campaign press release


































3050.json	true	says she condemned violence at a campaign stop in arizona in march.	elections	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a video statement on facebook


































11788.json	mostly-true	according to the most recent report, wisconsins high school graduation rates are also up again -- to third best in the country.	children,education,states	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a speech


































9440.json	mostly-true	in iran in 1979, the extremists hijacked the broad-based popular revolution against the shah and established a brutal theocracy.	foreign-policy,history	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	her book, hard choices


































7924.json	barely-true	on immigration reform, marco rubio all along has been saying, we have to have border security first and then he gets on spanish tv, he ends up saying, no, no. that will never get in the way.	candidates-biography,immigration	dana-rohrabacher		california	republican	1	0	0	0	0	an interview on wnd radio


































4828.json	false	dem-controlled ohio house voted to change the process, to create objective criteria, to modify the constitution ... to take politics out of the efforts to draw legislative boundaries.	redistricting	armond-budish	minority leader in the ohio house of representatives	ohio	democrat	0	1	2	3	0	a news conference


































10227.json	half-true	over the last few years, weve put more people back to work than all the other advanced economies combined.	economy,jobs,labor,workers	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference after the g20 summit


































585.json	barely-true	obama voted against critical resources: no to individual body armor, no to helicopters, no to ammunition, no to aircraft.	military	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	a radio ad


































4086.json	false	says u.s. sen. sherrod brown is responsible for over $14 trillion in debt.	deficit,federal-budget	jim-demint	president, heritage foundation	south carolina	republican	4	4	0	0	1	a news release


































2434.json	pants-fire	under tom barretts leadership, violent crime in milwaukee has decreased by over 20% -- to its lowest levels in more than 20 years.	crime,job-accomplishments	tom-barrett	mayor of milwaukee	wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	a statement on campaign web site


































1868.json	pants-fire	barack obama appeared in the video for 'whoomp! (there it is!)'	candidates-biography,job-accomplishments	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	a rumor widely discussed on the internet.


































10727.json	mostly-true	florida has the most concealed weapon permits in the nation, nearly double that of the second state, which is texas.	corrections-and-updates,guns	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a speech to the nra


































2046.json	mostly-true	under president george w. bush, the u.s. had 52 months of ... uninterrupted job creation and revenues were at an all-time high in 2007.	economy,history,taxes	ed-gillespie	republican strategist	washington, d.c.	republican	2	3	2	2	1	an appearance on nbc's meet the press


































5522.json	half-true	says gov. scott walker didnt balance the budget so we now have a larger state deficit 14 months into (his) term than we did when he was elected.	state-budget	kathleen-falk			democrat	1	3	3	1	0	an appearance at marquette university


































13275.json	false	says that compared to direct sales by manufacturers, consumers save avg of $500 per car sold through franchised dealer model.	transportation	texas-automobile-dealers-association	advocacy group	texas	none	0	1	0	0	0	a tweet


































6892.json	mostly-true	says that josh mandel voted to let insurance companies deny coverage for autism	education,health-care,message-machine-2012	national-education-association			none	0	0	0	1	0	a television ad


































13424.json	false	prior to obamacare here in wisconsin, 95 percent of wisconsinites were covered by insurance. after obamacare, 95 percent of wisconsinites were covered by insurance. it hasnt had an impact.	health-care	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	a u.s. senate debate


































11707.json	half-true	secretary clinton changes her position on (gun issues) every election year, it seems, having one position in 2000 and then campaigning against president obama and saying we dont need federal standards.	candidates-biography,guns	martin-omalley	maryland governor	maryland	democrat	3	1	10	4	0	the dec. 19 democratic presidential debate


































12521.json	barely-true	the rifle used by omar mateen shoots off 700 rounds in a minute.	guns	alan-grayson	u.s. house of representatives	florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	an interview with cnn's erin burnett after the orlando shooting


































3425.json	false	building and running the atlanta streetcar is projected to create 1,399 jobs.	transportation	john-lewis	congressman	georgia	democrat	0	1	2	1	0	a newsletter to constituents


































9121.json	false	wisconsin is one of the bluest states, but under scott walker its unemployment rate is around 3.5%.	bipartisanship,elections,job-accomplishments,jobs,labor,states	rush-limbaugh	radio host		none	9	11	5	2	10	a radio commentary


































9280.json	pants-fire	residential property taxes [in providence] are up nearly 27 percent under mayor taveras.	city-budget,job-accomplishments,campaign-advertising,taxes	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	rhode island	democrat	2	1	2	5	1	a news release


































10439.json	mostly-true	assault weapons and handguns are allowed in the state capitol while bullhorns, trumpets, helium balloons and flags on poles are banned.	guns	virginia-house-democratic-caucus			democrat	0	0	0	1	0	


































2977.json	false	teachers are working their third consecutive year -- some longer than that -- without salary increases.	education	kitty-boitnott	president, virginia education association	virgina	none	0	1	0	1	0	a news conference.


































8335.json	true	the highest paid employee of the state of rhode island is a basketball coach.	education,sports,state-budget	deadspin			none	0	0	0	0	0	a website


































294.json	false	i don't have lobbyists running my campaign.	ethics	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a news conference in a staples store in columbia, s.c. 


































7786.json	half-true	expanding medicaid would require borrowing more money, drastically expanding our deficit.	debt,deficit,federal-budget,health-care,medicaid	will-weatherford	state representative	florida	republican	2	3	4	3	0	an op-ed


































10986.json	mostly-true	after (jeb) bushs two terms in office, floridas graduation rate was dead last and remains near the bottom.	education	dan-gelber		florida	democrat	2	2	1	3	0	a miami herald op-ed


































8033.json	barely-true	farming is one of the fastest growing areas of our economy.	agriculture,economy	lincoln-chafee		rhode island	democrat	3	5	3	4	0	a newspaper story


































10612.json	false	weve seen the increase of alcohol use for underage kids even though alcohol has been illegal ... for kids under 21.	alcohol,drugs,marijuana	nancy-devaney	chairwoman, ocean state prevention alliance	rhode island	newsmaker	0	1	0	1	0	a tv interview


































4512.json	false	if we had been on obamacare and a bureaucrat was trying to tell me when i could get that cat scan, that would have delayed my treatment.	health-care	herman-cain		georgia	republican	4	11	5	3	3	the fox news google debate in orlando


































5143.json	mostly-true	the proposed keystone xl oil pipeline is a bipartisan proposal.	bipartisanship,climate-change,environment	rob-cornilles	consultant	oregon	republican	1	1	3	1	1	a debate


































5914.json	true	on support for gay marriage.	gays-and-lesbians	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	statements to the media.


































6989.json	mostly-true	says mitt romney just gave a speech a few weeks ago and said we should still have troops in iraq.	debates,iraq,military	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the third presidential debate


































6331.json	mostly-true	says david dewhurst explicitly advocated a guest worker program for all illegal immigrants.	immigration,workers	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a republican u.s. senate debate in houston


































3580.json	barely-true	a republican proposal changes medicare for those under age 55 so that they will participate in the same kind of health plan that members of congress do.	corrections-and-updates,federal-budget,health-care,medicare,abc-news-week	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	an interview on this week with christiane amanpour


































6019.json	barely-true	says the affordable care act was a federal takeover of the student loan industry and profits on the loans go to help pay for the health care law.	corrections-and-updates,education,federal-budget,health-care	kelly-ayotte	u.s. senator	new hampshire	republican	2	1	1	4	0	an email to the news media


































1469.json	false	barack obama had 150 days in the u.s. senate where he was able to vote quite often 'present.' 	candidates-biography	sarah-palin		alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	an interview with foxnews.com


































9922.json	mostly-true	much more than 50 percentof parents out there are spankers.	families	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on espn's mike and mike


































2421.json	half-true	wisconsin is one of the highest taxed states in the nation.	taxes	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a statement on campaign web site


































2388.json	false	says opponent bill flores helped run a company that laid off over 3,000 workers and paid off executives with millions.	candidates-biography,economy,message-machine	chet-edwards	u.s. house member	texas	democrat	0	2	0	0	0	a tv ad.


































3350.json	pants-fire	says michelle obama has 43 people on her staff; nancy reagan had just 3.	deficit,federal-budget,pundits	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	his radio program


































4445.json	barely-true	says rick perry doubled spending in a decade.	state-budget,state-finances	keep-conservatives-united	super-pac	north carolina	republican	1	0	0	0	1	a video advertisement.


































11084.json	half-true	texas still owns all of its public lands. if the federal govt wants to create a park, they must ask permission!	history,recreation,states	glenn-hegar	farmer	texas	republican	0	1	1	1	0	a tweet


































9527.json	false	the 9-0 decision last week was the 13th time the supreme court voted 9-0 that the president had exceeded his constitutional authority.	supreme-court	bob-goodlatte	u.s. congressman	virginia	republican	0	1	4	3	0	comments on fox news sunday


































6872.json	false	says tammy baldwin supports a law in which government will take over your decisions on medicine, on doctors and on hospitals.	health-care,medicare,privacy,public-health	tommy-thompson		wisconsin	republican	6	8	2	5	3	an interview


































10116.json	barely-true	the projected $1.8 billion state budget shortfall for 2015-17 actually comes from an assumption based on zero growth. that just doesnt happen.	state-budget,state-finances	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a debate


































6733.json	false	says if we do nothing and continue to let obamacare siphon off that $700 billion dollars off the top of it, medicare goes away in less than 10 years -- certain accounts of it -- and it just falls apart at the seams.	health-care,medicare	jon-runyan	congressman	new jersey	republican	1	3	0	0	0	an interview with townsquare media new jersey


































12679.json	false	says sen. john mccain spent the july 4 weekend in islamabad, pakistan, selling f-16s and advanced weapons to the folks who harbored osama bin laden.	terrorism	kelli-ward			republican	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign advertisement


































12830.json	false	says donald trump doesnt make a thing in america.	job-accomplishments	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech at temple university


































7703.json	barely-true	why is president obama unnecessarily delaying your flight? faa could cut other spending.	federal-budget	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a tweet


































8653.json	half-true	john cornyn has voted to increase the debt, raise taxes, bail out wall street banks and fund obamacare.	corrections-and-updates,debt,financial-regulation,health-care,taxes	senate-conservatives-fund	political action committee	virginia	republican	0	0	1	0	0	as quoted by politico


































2447.json	barely-true	washington politicians run social security like a ponzi scheme.	message-machine,social-security	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	campaign tv and radio ads


































12255.json	true	says republican presidential candidate and gov. john kasich has spent 177 days out of state and used $350,000 in taxpayer money on his costly campaign.	campaign-finance,state-finances,taxes	ohio-democratic-party		ohio	democrat	4	1	2	2	2	a facebook post


































5019.json	pants-fire	ever wonder why no one ever came forward from obamas past, saying they knew him, attended school with him, was his friend, etc.? not one person has ever come forward from his past.	candidates-biography	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail


































12778.json	mostly-true	california has the sixth largest economy on planet earth.	economy,housing	kevin-de-leon	california senate leader	california	democrat	0	0	0	3	0	a speech at the democratic national convention.


































786.json	false	barack obama's plan calls for mandates and fines for small businesses.	health-care	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a debate in nashville, tenn.


































5080.json	false	says area near proposed northern wisconsin iron ore mine is 15 hours away from where public hearing on mining was held.	environment,government-regulation	kelda-helen-roys			democrat	0	1	1	0	0	a news release


































4300.json	false	our credit rating went up since ive been in office.	corrections-and-updates,financial-regulation,state-finances	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	an interview with panama city radio station wfla 94.5


































11189.json	true	african-american children are 500 percent more likely to die from asthma than white kids.	children,diversity,health-care,public-health	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech to the national urban league in fort lauderdale, fla.


































10725.json	false	u.s. police killed more people in just one month than the u.k.s did in over a century.	guns	addicting-information			democrat	0	1	0	0	0	an infographic on the addicting info website


































6012.json	true	the legislature was never given the opportunity to debate or vote on loaning $75 million to 38 studios.	baseball,corporations,economy,state-finances,voting-record	dennis-algiere	banker	rhode island	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a letter to the editor


































380.json	mostly-true	when we've got ceos making more in 10 minutes than ordinary workers are making in a year ... then something is wrong.	economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign rally in houston, texas


































9479.json	false	says 11 soccer players on the u.s. mens national team are immigrants.	immigration,sports	nancy-pelosi	house minority leader	california	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	a tweet


































8058.json	pants-fire	the president by executive order could grant voting rights to illegal immigrants who are newly legalized under pending legislation.	elections,immigration,legal-issues	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	an interview with world net daily


































6031.json	mostly-true	rob portman won the fewest votes of all ohio u. s. senate victors since 2000.	elections,campaign-advertising	ohio-democratic-party		ohio	democrat	4	1	2	2	2	a news release


































10177.json	half-true	says u.s. senate candidate michelle nunn was handpicked by president barack obama	bipartisanship,elections	david-perdue	u.s. senate candidate	georgia	republican	5	1	4	5	1	a u.s. senate debate


































3889.json	false	china owns about 29 percent of (the u.s.) debt.	china	allen-west	u.s. representative, florida district 22	florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	an interview


































13053.json	barely-true	chris sununu supported obamas common core agenda, taking away local control of our schools.	education,voting-record	ted-gatsas	mayor of manchester	new hampshire	republican	1	0	0	0	0	an ad


































5433.json	barely-true	(president barack obama) said unemployment was never gonna go over 8 percent if we passed the stimulus plan.	stimulus	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	an interview on cbs news’ face the nation


































9713.json	half-true	gwinnett county government has made significant cutbacks in staffing.	county-budget,taxes	charlotte-nash		georgia	republican	1	0	1	2	0	at a commission meeting 


































6165.json	half-true	says the constitution specifically states the congress shall write legislation for immigration policy, so barack obama lacks the authority to defer the deportation of young illegal immigrants.	immigration,legal-issues	john-carter	u.s. house of representatives	texas	republican	0	3	1	2	2	a radio interview.


































5876.json	half-true	crime rises in communities with casinos.	crime,gambling	georgia-family-council			none	0	0	1	0	0	a presentation


































3151.json	true	americans spend 6.1 billion hours a year complying with tax law. it costs us $163 billion to comply with our tax laws annually.	taxes	ron-wyden	u.s. senator	oregon	democrat	0	1	0	3	0	a prepared statement


































3586.json	half-true	a space shuttle the national museum of the united states air force near dayton would be within a days drive of 60 percent of the u.s. population.	space,tourism	michael-turner	representative from ohio's 3rd congressional district	ohio	republican	1	0	2	0	0	a letter from the ohio congressional delegation to nasa


































9009.json	half-true	it isnt me cutting the budget. its the congressdecision on sequestration. so it isnt secretary of defense or the president doing this.	debt,federal-budget,military	chuck-hagel	defense secretary	nebraska	republican	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on cbs' face the nation


































12086.json	mostly-true	arizona schools rank 45th in the nation, dead last in funding per student.	education	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a political advertisement that aired in arizona.


































2246.json	mostly-true	rhode island is at the top of the country for alcohol-related fatalities.	crime	steve-archambault	lawyer	rhode island	democrat	0	0	0	1	1	a candidate debate


































1321.json	pants-fire	maj. nidal hasan, the man accused of the fort hood shootings, was an advisor to the obama administration.	military,terrorism	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	an e-mail circulated to many people.


































7352.json	false	florida has the second-lowest (campaign) contribution limit in the entire country.	campaign-finance	will-weatherford	state representative	florida	republican	2	3	4	3	0	a news conference


































2714.json	true	as ceo of wwe, linda mcmahon was caught tipping off a ringside physician about a federal investigation into illegally distributing steroids to wrestlers.	candidates-biography,message-machine	democratic-senatorial-campaign-committee			democrat	1	2	3	1	0	a tv ad


































4844.json	barely-true	we have, right now, hezbollah, which is working throughout latin america, in venezuela, in mexico, throughout latin america, which poses a very significant and imminent threat to the united states of america.	foreign-policy,terrorism	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a republican debate in washington


































5079.json	mostly-true	says taking millionaires off food stamps and unemployment would save $20 million.	deficit,federal-budget,jobs,taxes	kay-bailey-hutchison	u.s. senator	texas	republican	2	4	4	3	0	an interview on cnn’s ‘out front’


































347.json	mostly-true	the last six polls, including this week's time magazine, show that i beat john mccain by six or seven points.	elections	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign rally in alexandria, va.


































9318.json	false	david beckhams proposed soccer stadium at miamis port threatens the 207,000 jobs and $27 billion economic impact tied to the cargo and cruise industries.	county-government,jobs,recreation,sports	miami-seaport-alliance		florida	none	0	1	0	1	0	a miami herald newspaper ad


































11608.json	barely-true	if we pass immigration reform, it will make wages go up on average $250 for the average household.	immigration	martin-omalley	maryland governor	maryland	democrat	3	1	10	4	0	an interview with the texas tribune's evan smith


































4074.json	half-true	says that when president bill clinton raised the top tax rates to levels now proposed by obama, the country experienced significant job growth.	deficit,jobs,taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a twitter town hall


































9857.json	false	scott walker gave wisconsin job creation money to his cronies: corporate friends who contributed to his campaigns and got $570 million in job-development incentives	campaign-finance,economy,elections	greater-wisconsin-political-fund		wisconsin	none	3	3	3	1	1	a campaign tv ad


































9410.json	false	due to actions by president barack obama, the burger king national headquarters announced this month that they will be pulling their franchises from our military bases.	corporations,government-regulation,jobs,military	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	emails circulating on the internet


































6022.json	pants-fire	scott walker has a plan to privatize state lands and wants to sell our deer to the highest bidder.	recreation	tom-barrett	mayor of milwaukee	wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	a web ad


































9851.json	half-true	the united states had allies lined up for air strikes in syria and then obama pulled the rug out.	terrorism	peter-king	u.s. house of representatives	new york	republican	0	1	1	2	1	an interview on cbs' face the nation


































4638.json	false	we saw the president of the united states engage american troops in a fourth conflict in a foreign land. this is historic.	history,military	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a republican presidential debate in las vegas


































3943.json	true	says hes signed a pledge not to raise taxes four times.	taxes	roger-williams	businessman	texas	republican	3	2	2	0	1	u.s. senate forum.


































8278.json	half-true	unemployment in texas has risen over two percentage points with rick perry as governor.	economy,jobs	john-currie	businessman	new jersey	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a guest blog post


































4395.json	pants-fire	(u.s. reps.) paul ryan, sean duffy and reid ribble are shutting down town hall meetings, or making their constituents pay to attend them.	medicare	state-democratic-party-wisconsin		wisconsin	democrat	5	7	2	2	7	an email to party supporters


































2502.json	pants-fire	rick perry thinks injecting 11- and 12-year-old girls with a controversial drug (the hpv vaccine), without a parents consent, is a good idea.	children,message-machine	lone-star-first		texas	none	0	0	0	0	1	a tv ad


































3275.json	false	a 2005 gay pride vote had nothing to do with discrimination.	gays-and-lesbians	tom-scott	tampa city council member		none	0	1	0	0	0	a mayoral debate


































12243.json	barely-true	the republicans still want to privatize (social security). in fact, their whole idea is to turn over the social security trust fund to wall street.	social-security	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the brooklyn presidential debate


































3712.json	mostly-true	on the night of the iowa caucuses, obama promised the nation that he would do health care reform focused on cost containment, he opposed an individual mandate, and he said he was going to do it with republicans.	health-care	tim-pawlenty			republican	2	3	3	6	1	a republican presidential debate in south carolina


































7974.json	half-true	says florida rubber-stamped phony horse racing.	gambling,market-regulation	united-florida-horsemen		florida	none	0	0	1	0	0	an ad campaign


































6420.json	barely-true	one of the key things about leonard lance is that in 2008, when you look at [the] project vote smart website, he was not for guns. now he has gone too far to the right, saying that you can carry concealed weapons in national parks.	candidates-biography,guns	upendra-chivukula	state assemblyman	new jersey	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	an interview posted on bluejersey.com


































4532.json	half-true	says she helped lead the launch of curbside recycling.	city-government,environment	mary-nolan	represents southwest portland in oregon house	oregon	democrat	0	0	3	0	0	campaign literature


































262.json	barely-true	barack obama wants the government to take over health care, spend hundreds of billions of dollars of new money for health insurance for everyone.	health-care	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a debate in manchester, n.h.


































5222.json	half-true	we have 25 million americans out of work.	economy,jobs	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a republican presidential debate in tampa


































4909.json	true	the national debt increased $16,000 every secondgeorge allen served in theu.s. senate.	deficit,federal-budget	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a debate.


































5420.json	true	our small staff of 51 is still fewer than we had a decade ago, yet our caseload -- like that of other courts -- has grown.	criminal-justice,state-finances	carol-hunstein	chief justice, georgia supreme court	georgia	none	0	0	0	0	0	a speech


































1315.json	true	guantanamo bay detainees will get the h1n1 vaccine.	health-care,pundits,terrorism	sean-hannity	radio/tv host		none	3	5	3	2	1	a comment on his television show


































3790.json	false	on whether he would vote for the budget proposed by rep. paul ryan, r-wis.	deficit,federal-budget,medicare	scott-brown		new hampshire	republican	2	2	1	3	1	a public appearance and an op-ed


































7691.json	mostly-true	women in ohio earn on average 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man.	jobs,women,workers	marcia-fudge	representative from ohio's 11th congressional district	ohio	democrat	0	1	2	4	0	a facebook posting


































13081.json	false	hillary clinton and her campaign of 2008 startedthe birther controversy.	obama-birth-certificate	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech


































10366.json	mostly-true	the average taxpayer will see the equivalent of a 2 percent pay raise as a result of low fuel prices.	gas-prices,income	glenn-hegar	farmer	texas	republican	0	1	1	1	0	speaking to reporters


































6947.json	barely-true	says bill nelson voted to cut $700 billion out of medicare to pay for obamacare.	medicare	connie-mack	u.s. representative from fort myers	florida	republican	3	3	1	3	1	the florida u.s. senate debate


































7290.json	pants-fire	says u.s. rep. john barrow, d-ga., celebrates gun ownership even in the face of school shootings.	guns	coalition-stop-gun-violence			organization	0	0	0	0	1	in a video


































1163.json	pants-fire	schoolchildren across the nation will be forced to watch the president justify his plans for government-run health care, banks, and automobile companies, increasing taxes on those who create jobs, and racking up more debt than any other president.	education	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a press release


































3155.json	false	wisconsin employers have repeatedly said in surveys that our anti-business litigation climate is one of the most important factors affecting their expansion decisions.	jobs,legal-issues,small-business	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	comments at a bill signing ceremony


































8882.json	half-true	on abortion	abortion,candidates-biography	charlie-crist		florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	various statements


































6306.json	false	the pasco county budget has doubled in the past three years.	county-budget	rachel-oconnor			republican	0	1	0	0	0	an interview


































1698.json	half-true	the fact is, in the past year we have had more tax cuts than almost any time in our nation's history.	federal-budget,health-care,stimulus,taxes	steve-cohen	u.s. representative	tennessee	democrat	0	0	1	0	1	a story about taxes from associated press


































7139.json	half-true	says a new state report confirms that red-light cameras lead to more accidents, more injuries and greater cost.	transportation	michael-doherty			republican	1	3	1	1	0	an op-ed on northjersey.com


































4032.json	half-true	only seven of 18 federal food assistance programs have been associated with positive health and nutrition outcomes, while the remaining 11 have not been effective.	federal-budget,government-efficiency	jim-jordan	u.s. representative	ohio	republican	1	0	3	3	0	a house committee hearing


































4548.json	barely-true	republicans enacted the most drastic cuts to k-12 public schools of any state in the nation.	education,state-budget	mark-miller	state senator, district 16	wisconsin	democrat	1	1	0	0	0	a radio address


































12689.json	false	just look at what the fbi director said about her (hillary clinton) her misconduct is a disgrace and embarrassment to our country.	candidates-biography,criminal-justice,job-accomplishments,legal-issues,campaign-advertising,public-service,technology	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech


































6584.json	false	when his grandfather arrived in the united states, there were no government benefits for immigrants.	welfare	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a speech at the republican national convention in tampa


































7628.json	false	says rejecting federal aid to expand medicaid in texas will send $9 billion in federal taxes paid by texans to other states to insure their working poor.	health-care,medicaid,taxes	lon-burnam	state representative	texas	democrat	1	1	0	0	0	a press release


































611.json	mostly-true	big oil's filling john mccain's campaign with $2-million in contributions.	ethics	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a tv ad


































2197.json	half-true	we have over 700,000 illegal immigrants in the state. theyre costing us billions of dollars and theyre taking legal residents jobs.	immigration	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	in a univision debate in miami.


































3504.json	false	a third of all the young people in america are not in america today because of abortion, because one in three pregnancies end in abortion.	abortion,health-care,social-security	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a radio interview


































7033.json	half-true	says mitt romneys plan makes catastrophic cuts to education.	education,message-machine-2012	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign ad


































10954.json	false	on same-sex marriage.	gays-and-lesbians,marriage	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a video with the human rights campaign.


































8268.json	half-true	according to the most recent jobs report, weve got more americans leaving the workforce than we have finding jobs.	economy,jobs	john-boehner	speaker of the house of representatives	ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a press conference


































834.json	true	fidel (castro) has made his preferences known in the campaign and had some very unkind things to say about me.	foreign-policy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a tv interview


































4083.json	pants-fire	former atlanta public schools superintendent beverly hall left the school district significantly better than she found it.	education	shirley-franklin		georgia	democrat	0	0	1	0	1	a blog post


































2794.json	true	says that the federal gas tax has not been raised since 1993.	infrastructure,jobs,taxes,transportation	george-voinovich	former u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a news release


































8728.json	mostly-true	in my home state, nearly one in five floridians live in poverty.	poverty	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a video


































1904.json	pants-fire	ninety-four percent of the bills that pass the senate have no debate, no vote, no amendments, no reading of the bill, no online disclosure.	government-efficiency,transparency	jim-demint	president, heritage foundation	south carolina	republican	4	4	0	0	1	youtube video of a floor speech


































7307.json	mostly-true	since last years address, more than 10,000 jobs created -- many on the high end of the employment scale.	jobs	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a twitter post


































9984.json	half-true	david perdue proposes rolling back the clock on womens health care.	health-care	georgians-together	pac	georgia 	democrat	1	0	1	0	0	television attack ad


































1332.json	barely-true	52 jobs have been saved or created in florida's 34th congressional district.	economy,stimulus	recoverygov			none	1	0	0	0	0	data on its web site


































11089.json	false	says scott walkers bad budget includes: no weekend for workers.	jobs,labor,unions	wisconsin-state-afl-cio			organization	1	1	0	0	0	a facebook post


































5651.json	false	sayspresident obama and his allies in congress gave power to control medicare patients health care decisions to a commission of 15 unelected bureaucrats in washington.	health-care	marsha-blackburn	u.s. representative	tennessee	republican	2	2	1	0	0	a press release announcing her vote against the independent payments advisory board.


































10362.json	half-true	since 9/11, right-wing extremists (incl anti-abortion, anti-gov) have killed more americans than islamic extremists.	islam,terrorism	sally-kohn			columnist	0	1	1	1	0	a tweet on twitter


































10482.json	mostly-true	millions of people have given up looking for work altogether.	economy	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a speech in detroit


































12137.json	false	under hillary clinton, state department officials were sending official thank-yous to people who gave to the clinton foundation.	corrections-and-updates,foreign-policy	grover-norquist	president, americans for tax reform		republican	0	3	0	2	1	a fox business interview


































10709.json	half-true	says bill clinton signed a law very similar to, and barack obama voted for a law something like, indianas religious freedom restoration act.	civil-rights,gays-and-lesbians,legal-issues,religion,supreme-court	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview


































2201.json	false	says the united states is the only nation that affords citizenship to anyone born here, whether you are here legally or illegally.	immigration	john-carter	u.s. house of representatives	texas	republican	0	3	1	2	2	a conference call with reporters.


































10008.json	false	mary burkes record: 130,000 fewer jobs.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	republican-governors-association		washington, d.c.	republican	5	1	6	4	2	a campaign tv ad


































13037.json	half-true	says she would bring 186,740 new jobs to wisconsin and donald trump would cost wisconsin 61,050 jobs.	economy,jobs,taxes	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a tweet


































4125.json	false	says planned parenthood provides about 140 visits for prenatal care in each state.	health-care	michael-doherty			republican	1	3	1	1	0	a speech on the senate floor by sen. michael doherty (r-warren)


































3619.json	false	says that in 41 states, government workers are better paid than the taxpayers who support them.	state-budget,states,workers	mitch-daniels	governor	indiana	republican	0	3	0	0	1	an interview with pbs's tavis smiley.


































11423.json	barely-true	we are imprisoning or giving jail sentences to young people who are smoking marijuana.	criminal-justice,drugs,legal-issues,marijuana	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a democratic presidential debate in las vegas


































8578.json	half-true	500,000 people have signed up for #obamacare.	health-care,medicaid	debbie-wasserman-schultz	u.s. representative, florida district 23	florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	in a post on twitter


































12750.json	half-true	the number of new illegal immigrant families who have crossed the border so far this year already exceeds the entire total from 2015.	immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	in a speech at the republican convention


































1584.json	pants-fire	the economy began its nose dive when democrats took control of congress in january 2007.	economy	virginia-foxx	u.s. representative	north carolina	republican	0	0	0	1	1	a speech on the house floor


































2551.json	barely-true	says russ feingold cut medicare by $523 billion.	federal-budget,medicare,message-machine	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	campaign literature mailed to state residents


































3696.json	half-true	bin laden had declared war against pakistan.	foreign-policy,military,terrorism	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an address to the nation


































2884.json	mostly-true	no family earns too much to qualify for oregon healthy kids program.	children,health-care	oregon-healthy-kids	state program	oregon	none	0	0	0	1	0	a billboard


































8022.json	half-true	says that in curry county, if you make a 911 call youre likely to wait for an hour for a response.	county-budget,county-government,public-safety,state-budget,taxes	jeff-kruse	state senator	oregon	republican	0	0	1	0	2	a senate floor speech


































7016.json	barely-true	says when he was governor, most of the democrats voted for his billion-dollar property-tax cuts, but u.s. senate rival tammy baldwin voted against it.	state-budget,taxes,voting-record	tommy-thompson		wisconsin	republican	6	8	2	5	3	debate comments


































2489.json	mostly-true	when tallahassee politicians and bureaucrats tried to run our schools, ive stood up to them to protect local control.	children,education,florida,message-machine	alex-sink		florida	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	a tv ad


































720.json	true	john mccain said last year he didn't know of a solution to the mortgage crisis.	economy,housing	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	golden, colo.


































4457.json	half-true	one wisconsin school district is so worried about losing state funding that it has stopped giving milk to elementary school kids during snack time.	education,pundits,state-budget	al-sharpton		new york	democrat	2	1	1	1	0	a tv show


































5126.json	mostly-true	mitt romney is tearing down his 3,000-square-foot house to build an 11,000-square-foot house.	candidates-biography,message-machine-2012	winning-our-future			none	2	2	3	1	0	the video when mitt romney came to town


































2373.json	half-true	jeff weems legal record is one of defending bp, enron and just about every big oil company against the working man.	candidates-biography,energy	david-porter	certified public accountant	texas	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a press release.


































4087.json	mostly-true	our crime rate continues to plummet.	crime	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	bill-signing ceremony


































5313.json	pants-fire	if you sell your house after 2012 you will pay a 3.8 percent sales tax on it.	economy,health-care,housing,income,retirement,taxes	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a message via the internet


































10254.json	mostly-true	the nra supported background checks...	guns	kathleen-murphy	consulting firm president	virginia	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a campaign website


































9662.json	mostly-true	a tax plan promoted by north carolina senate candidate thom tillis will overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes,welfare	patriot-majority-usa			democrat	1	1	0	2	1	a television ad


































11186.json	barely-true	prior to 1962, everybody prayed before school started, and the bible was the principal textbook in all schools.	religion,supreme-court	rafael-cruz	pastor and father of sen. ted cruz, r-texas.	texas	republican	1	0	0	0	0	an interview with the austin american-statesman


































4810.json	mostly-true	a dekalb sewer project will create up to 4,000 direct jobs per year at peak production, many of which will be set aside exclusively for dekalb residents.	water	dekalb-county		georgia	none	1	0	0	1	0	a brochure


































212.json	true	romney said 'no' to in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.	immigration	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a tv ad


































3760.json	true	you cant give a child an aspirin in school without permission. you cant do any kind of medication, but we can secretly take the child off and have an abortion.	abortion,health-care	steve-oelrich	state senator	florida	republican	0	0	0	0	0	floor debate on may 5, 2011


































9675.json	false	twenty percent of single adults, ages 21 to 25 with no kids, are not working or even in school trying to find a job.	children,education,federal-budget,jobs,poverty,taxes	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	an interview


































630.json	true	on torture.	military	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	


































9770.json	barely-true	says drug cartels are using social media to offer rebates so more children from central america get smuggled to the united states.	children,corrections-and-updates,crime,immigration	henry-cuellar	u.s. representative	texas	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	


































4831.json	false	president obama plans to impose a tax of at least 23 percent on the medicare prescription drug benefit for low-income beneficiaries.	health-care,medicaid,medicare,taxes	national-taxpayers-union	conservative advocacy group	virginia	none	0	1	1	0	0	a newspaper advertisement.


































12334.json	half-true	says danny tarkanian is nra frated.	guns	michael-roberson	state senate majority leader	nevada	republican	0	1	1	0	0	a web ad


































9084.json	half-true	the united states stopped plans to build a missile defense shield in eastern europe as a gift to russia.	foreign-policy	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	comments on cbs' face the nation


































2587.json	pants-fire	says steve kagen promised us jobs, voting for the $787 billion stimulus. cost: another 77,000 jobs lost.	jobs,message-machine,stimulus	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a campaign tv ad


































9020.json	half-true	on delaying a health care mandate on business.	health-care,jobs	ann-mclane-kuster	attorney	new hampshire	democrat	2	1	3	0	0	in a radio interview


































8988.json	mostly-true	georgias civil forfeiture laws are among the worst in the country and the very worst in the south.	criminal-justice,legal-issues	americans-prosperity-georgia-chapter			none	0	0	2	1	0	a press conference


































5816.json	barely-true	gas prices have gone up 99 percent since obama became president, the highest gas price increase since carter.	economy,energy,gas-prices	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a news release.


































6828.json	mostly-true	romney would turn medicare into a voucher program.	debates,medicare	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the first presidential debate


































6573.json	false	a report just came out that if we continue with president obamas policies, were looking at over 9 percent unemployment next year in the fourth quarter.	economy,federal-budget,jobs	michele-bachmann	congresswoman	minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a fox news interview


































8353.json	mostly-true	forty-six states have a line-item veto for the governor.	government-efficiency	lincoln-chafee		rhode island	democrat	3	5	3	4	0	a television interview


































3570.json	false	on the way the federal government should spend floridas rejected high-speed rail money.	economy,federal-budget,taxes,transportation	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a press release.


































8872.json	false	according to (barack) obamas newest unconstitutionally enacted law, health care professionals are now required to violate hipaa privacy laws and submit medical data to the government, which is then used as justification for gun confiscation.	guns,health-care,privacy	mr-conservative	conservative website	none	none	0	1	0	0	1	a blog post


































259.json	mostly-true	mike huckabee raised taxes on dog groomers!	taxes	spike-romney-attack-dog			republican	0	0	0	1	0	a mailer from the romney campaign to iowans


































10940.json	mostly-true	says jeb bush happens to be where a majority of republican voters areon giving legal status to illegal immigrants.	immigration	george-will	columnist	maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	comments on fox news sunday


































4590.json	mostly-true	massachusetts has less than 1 percent of our kids that are uninsured. you (gov. perry) have a million kids uninsured in texas.	health-care,new-hampshire-2012,states	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a republican presidential debate in hanover, n.h.


































9415.json	mostly-true	graduation and third-grade reading scores are up in the state since i took office.	education	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a radio interview


































4510.json	true	at nearly 19 million people, the population of florida is larger than all the earlier primary and caucus states combined.	diversity,elections	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a speech in orlando at presidency 5


































3571.json	false	for every one esd superintendent position, we can pay for three speech pathologists, or three special needs instructors, or three classroom teachers.	education,state-budget	mark-hass	state representative	oregon	democrat	0	1	1	1	0	in a press release


































7589.json	false	75 percent of the (air traffic control) towers the obama administration is closing are located in republican congressional districts.	federal-budget,transportation	jim-sensenbrenner	member of congress	wisconsin	republican	2	4	1	0	0	a press release


































12523.json	barely-true	says apple products are currently 90 percent conflict-free, and intel is 100 percent conflict-free.	corporations,human-rights,technology	robin-wright			newsmaker	1	0	0	0	0	an event at the rockefeller center


































8991.json	true	crimea became part of ukraine only in 1954. crimea was historically part of russia, and (nikita) khrushchev gave it to ukraine in a gesture that mystified some people.	corrections-and-updates,foreign-policy,history,military	david-ignatius			none	0	0	0	0	0	comments on cbs' face the nation


































13217.json	false	says he has a fiduciary responsibility to his business, his family and his employees to pay no more tax than legally required.	candidates-biography,financial-regulation,taxes	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a statement from the campaign


































7837.json	half-true	the federal government could save $500 million annually by circulating $1 coins instead of $1 bills.	economy,federal-budget	charlie-smith	attorney	georgia	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a newspaper article


































12447.json	half-true	during the (housing) crisis, catherine cortez masto gave a sweetheart contract worth millions to a d.c. law firm that then donated thousands to her political campaigns.	candidates-biography,ethics	freedom-partners-action-fund			organization	1	1	1	0	0	a television ad


































1812.json	true	rick scott was forced to resign as the head of a company that pled guilty to massive amounts of systematic fraud, including 14 felonies, leading to a historic $1.7 billion fine.	candidates-biography,health-care	alex-sink		florida	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	a press release.


































2767.json	false	says the federal government restricts how much salt we can put on our food.	food-safety	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	rick perry's book, fed up! our fight to save america from washington


































8773.json	pants-fire	during the lead-up to the american revolutionary war, some guy in boston got his head blown off because he tried to secretly raise the tax on tea.	economy,history	andrea-tantaros	co-host on fox news channel's the five		none	0	0	0	0	1	comments on fox news channel's the five


































12631.json	true	proposed nclaw for body camera footage gives police broad authority to keep video footage secret even from individuals who are filmed.	after-the-fact,civil-rights,criminal-justice,public-safety,transparency	aclu-north-carolina		north carolina	organization	0	0	0	0	0	a press release


































9503.json	half-true	the wages of about 60,562 state and local government employees would be affected if the minimum wage is increased to $10.10 in georgia, for a combined cost to taxpayers of more than $164 million annually.	economy	georgia-restaurant-association-georgia		georgia	organization	0	0	1	0	0	in a study


































500.json	barely-true	it doesn't make sense historically to drop out because the 1968 race was still competitive when bobby kennedy was assassinated in june in california.	elections	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	sioux falls, s.d.


































3629.json	true	says he couldnt keep a 42-inch redfish he caught because of fishing rules.	oil-spill	adam-putnam	florida commissioner of agriculture	florida	republican	0	1	1	2	1	a posting on twitter


































3911.json	mostly-true	says opponent kathie tovo believes that austin invests too much in the cops, firefighters and paramedics that protect our families and neighborhoods.	city-budget,city-government,public-safety	randi-shade	member, austin city council	texas	democrat	0	0	1	2	0	a campaign mailer.


































5013.json	mostly-true	newt gingrich was fined $300,000 for ethics violations.	candidates-biography,corrections-and-updates,ethics,message-machine-2012	restore-our-future	super pac		republican	1	0	3	1	2	a television ad


































10908.json	barely-true	the entirety of north america -- canada, the united states and mexico -- theres more known reserves in those three countries than in russia and saudi arabia.	energy	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a visit to deerfield, nh


































5114.json	false	on the accuracy of state jobs numbers.	jobs	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a news release


































13226.json	true	right now we are at 90 percent health insurance covered. thats the highest weve ever been in our country.	health-care	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the second 2016 presidential debate


































2609.json	half-true	roy barnes proclaimed mexican workers good for georgia.	economy,immigration	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a television ad


































6334.json	half-true	says india gained jobs thanks to romney.	candidates-biography,economy,message-machine-2012	priorities-usa-action			democrat	3	1	4	2	1	a web ad


































1265.json	mostly-true	only 20 percent of americans admit to being republicans anymore.	elections	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	an e-mail to reporters


































1146.json	barely-true	its costing every american who is insured $1,100 to pick up the cost of uncompensated care that goes on at the emergency room.	health-care	barbara-boxer	u.s. senator	california	democrat	2	0	3	4	1	an interview with rachel maddow


































9813.json	true	the no. 1 cause of death for african-american males15-34 is murder.	crime,criminal-justice	juan-williams	pundit, fox news		none	2	0	2	1	0	comments on fox news sunday


































11182.json	mostly-true	the united states has the highest incarceration rate in the world.	crime,criminal-justice	jim-webb	writer	virginia	democrat	1	0	1	5	0	a web post.


































8536.json	mostly-true	the national debt is on track to double during obamas presidency.	debt,deficit,federal-budget	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a book


































1856.json	barely-true	i've traveled the country advocating for the fairtax ...	taxes	tom-graves			republican	1	0	5	0	1	a rally


































6085.json	half-true	says under mitt romney, massachusetts was 47th in job creation.	jobs	julian-castro	mayor, san antonio	texas	democrat	0	0	3	3	0	his speech at texas democratic party state convention in houston


































13249.json	half-true	says deborah ross supports the iran nuclear deal and the ransom it paid for hostages.	corrections-and-updates,foreign-policy,nuclear,states	john-bolton-superpac			organization	0	0	1	0	0	a tv ad


































13343.json	false	says ron johnson has essentially done nothing to fight heroin addiction and opioid abuse.	candidates-biography,drugs,homeland-security,immigration	russ-feingold		wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	a radio ad


































3540.json	true	virginia was named best managed state, best state for business and best state toraise a child while i was governor.	children,economy,education,elections,small-business	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a youtube video


































13135.json	barely-true	the only years that anybodys ever seen of donald trumps tax returns showed he didnt pay any federal income tax.	candidates-biography,history,income,campaign-advertising,taxes,wealth	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a presidential debate


































9914.json	false	says u.s. house candidate carlos curbelo supported raising flood insurance rates.	federal-budget,natural-disasters,water,weather	joe-garcia	lawyer	florida	democrat	0	2	0	0	0	a web ad


































11876.json	false	says some planned parenthood chapters have been selling the body parts of aborted fetuses for profit.	abortion,crime	john-obannon	state delegate	virginia	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a constituent survey


































1194.json	half-true	for middle-class families under the baucus plan, 13 percent of what they make could be deducted directly from their paychecks . . . the so-called max tax.	health-care,pundits,taxes	keith-olbermann	political commentator		none	0	2	3	2	0	his television show countdown


































6323.json	true	the new 21st state senate district was created in secret for van wanggaard. it was drawn within half a block of his house.	elections	john-lehman	state senator, 21st district	wisconsin	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a radio interview


































5704.json	half-true	says unemployment tripled in dane county due to kathleen falks tax policies	county-budget,county-government,economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	republican-governors-association		washington, d.c.	republican	5	1	6	4	2	a television ad


































6820.json	true	rhode islands voter identification law was pushed by a black democrat in the house, a black democrat in the senate. thats a fact.	elections,pundits	ann-coulter	columnist and author	new york	republican	2	3	3	0	4	a tv show appearance


































1817.json	true	jeff greene only moved from california to florida in the last two years. in fact, he would not legally be allowed to run for any other statewide office because he has not lived here long enough to meet the residency requirement.	candidates-biography	kendrick-meek		florida	democrat	2	6	1	4	1	a campaign website


































4981.json	half-true	president obama has increased the federal workforce 192,000 individuals -- about 10 percent since hes taken office -- while weve lost 2 million jobs.	federal-budget	ron-johnson		wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	a television interview


































9574.json	half-true	says alison lundergan grimes supports obamacare, which cuts $700 billion from seniors medicare.	health-care,medicare	mitch-mcconnell	senate minority leader	kentucky	republican	7	6	5	7	0	a youtube video


































372.json	mostly-true	we borrow money from the chinese to buy oil from the saudis.	energy	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a debate in austin, texas.


































6753.json	mostly-true	obamacare will provide coverage for abortions, despite the presidents commitment that it would not.	abortion	karen-handel			republican	2	0	3	3	1	a book


































1859.json	barely-true	handel endorsed gay adoption in 2003 when she was running for chairwoman of the fulton county commission.	gays-and-lesbians	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	in a statement published in the rome news tribune.


































13131.json	false	i did not support the war in iraq the record shows that im right.	candidates-biography,foreign-policy,history,iraq	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a presidential debate


































8307.json	barely-true	wendy davis is the most popular politician in texas.	polls	jason-stanford	political consultant	texas	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	an opinion column in the austin american-statesman


































11109.json	pants-fire	president barack obama met with iranian president hassan rouhani.	foreign-policy,military,nuclear,terrorism	restoration-pac			organization	1	0	0	0	1	a tv ad


































280.json	mostly-true	the church barack obama belongs to has a nonnegotiable commitment to africa.	religion	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	


































12665.json	barely-true	says he voted to remove common core from our schools.	education	ritch-workman	state representative	florida	republican	1	1	0	0	0	an online ad


































8384.json	false	terry mcauliffe has threatened to shut down virginias government if his budget plan isnt supported.	bipartisanship,medicaid,state-budget	ken-cuccinelli	attorney general	virginia	republican	1	10	3	2	1	radio ad.


































7376.json	true	after shedding jobs for more than 10 years, our manufacturers have added about 500,000 jobs over the past three.	economy,jobs	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the state of the union address


































10054.json	pants-fire	at least 10 isis fighters have been caught coming across the mexican border in texas and there are dozens more that did not get caught by the border patrol.	terrorism	duncan-hunter-2	congressman	california	republican	0	0	0	0	1	an interview with greta van susteren of fox news


































13511.json	half-true	less than half of jobs at the carrier manufacturing plant in indiana are actually staying.	jobs,state-finances	heather-mcghee	president, demos		none	1	0	1	0	0	an interview on meet the press


































4080.json	true	fifty-one percent -- that is, a majority of american households -- paid no income tax in 2009. zero. zip. nada.	taxes	john-cornyn	senator	texas	republican	5	3	6	2	1	a senate floor speech


































3511.json	false	says majority leader eric cantor called for abolishing social security and medicare.	federal-budget,medicare,social-security	americans-united-change			none	1	4	4	1	0	a news release.


































13103.json	false	i never said that muslims would be subject to profiling under his policies.	diversity,homeland-security,legal-issues,religion	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview with fox news' bill o'reilly


































8823.json	mostly-true	the majority of teams (are) now spending their dollars on the offensive side of the football.	sports	mark-schlereth	espn analyst		none	0	0	0	1	0	comments on espn's mike & mike


































1748.json	half-true	members of congress have not reduced their salaries ... since the great depression, meaning they've gone eight decades without a pay cut.	federal-budget,government-efficiency	ann-kirkpatrick	u.s. house of representatives	arizona	democrat	0	0	3	0	0	a speech on the house floor


































6703.json	barely-true	says five studies show his tax plan can cut rates and still bring the same revenue without raising taxes on the middle class.	taxes	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a meet the press interview


































735.json	barely-true	last week senator obama's running mate said, get this, 'raising taxes is patriotic.' 	taxes	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	reading, pa.


































3207.json	mostly-true	today, american companies have nearly $2 trillion sitting on their balance sheets.	corporations,jobs	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech to the chamber of commerce


































7222.json	mostly-true	says 31 percent of texas physicians accept all new medicaid patients, down from 67 percent in 2000.	medicaid	texas-medical-association			none	0	0	0	1	0	a twitter post.


































11388.json	false	says planned parenthood ceo cecile richards was forced to concede that 86 percent of planned parenthoods revenue is from abortion.	abortion	dana-loesch	radio talk show host		republican	1	2	0	0	0	a tweet


































6442.json	true	georgia spends fewer tourism advertising dollars than any other state in the south.	state-budget,tourism	ron-stephens	state representative	georgia	republican	0	0	0	0	0	an article


































2189.json	pants-fire	obama admits he is not a citizen.	candidates-biography,obama-birth-certificate	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	referring to a youtube video


































2449.json	half-true	under lee fisher ohio has lost nearly 400,000 jobs.	economy,job-accomplishments,message-machine	rob-portman	u.s. senator from ohio	ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a campaign video


































10379.json	barely-true	the name frank has risen in popularity by 20 percent since the debut of house of cardson netflix.	pop-culture	matt-lauer	today show host		none	1	0	0	0	0	a red carpet interview before the golden globes


































13485.json	mostly-true	slavery is still allowable under wisconsin law as long as its a punishment for a crime.	criminal-justice,legal-issues	lena-taylor	state senator, district 4	wisconsin	democrat	1	1	0	1	1	an opinion column


































8602.json	barely-true	president barack obama has the power to stop deportation for all undocumented immigrants in this country.	immigration	obamas-heckler			none	1	0	0	0	0	comments during the president's speech


































3645.json	true	foreign companies in the united states have a significantly higher unionization rate than other companies overall.	labor,unions	sherrod-brown	u.s. senator	ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	a senate committee hearing


































9090.json	mostly-true	says some georgians can get health insurance for $105 a month.	health-care	kathleen-sebelius	u.s. health and human services secretary	kansas	democrat	1	0	1	3	1	atlanta press conference


































3914.json	half-true	says 1,000 world war ii veterans die every day.	veterans	david-dewhurst	lieutenant governor	texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a tweet


































10406.json	true	federal officials declared that grant funds could be used only for milwaukees streetcar project, meaning it isnt possible to redirect the money to other modes of public transportation or to our public schools.	city-government,infrastructure,transportation	gwen-moore	u.s. house member -- 4th district	wisconsin	democrat	3	4	4	3	1	a newspaper opinion piece


































1116.json	mostly-true	the john mccain twitter account has more than 1.1 million followers. the official white house twitter account has only about 830,000.	pop-culture,pundits	john-king	an anchor for cnn		none	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on cnn's state of the union


































4916.json	mostly-true	ohios planned parenthood operations received millions of taxpayer dollars via federal grants in 2010 and 2011.	abortion	ohio-right-life		ohio	none	1	0	0	1	0	a news release


































12367.json	false	says president obamas deal allows iran to produce a nuclear weapon.	foreign-policy,nuclear	carlos-beruff	developer	florida	republican	3	1	0	0	0	a press release


































916.json	pants-fire	the stimulus bill includes $300,000 for a sculpture garden in miami.	economy,stimulus	eric-cantor	house majority leader	virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	an interview on the fox news channel.


































4420.json	half-true	thomas jefferson expressed strong support for a balanced budget amendment in 1798.	deficit,federal-budget,history	bob-goodlatte	u.s. congressman	virginia	republican	0	1	4	3	0	a speech.


































11922.json	half-true	says marco rubio went on univision, and in spanish he promised that he would not on the first day in office rescind president obamas illegal executive action.	immigration	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview on fox news


































5466.json	half-true	under president obama, u.s. security funding for israel is at an all-time high.	foreign-policy,israel,military	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a web video advertisement


































4249.json	barely-true	says state rep. sandy pasch did nothing to stop people from scamming the wisconsin shares child-care subsidy program and voted against funding for fraud investigators.	state-budget	club-growth			none	4	5	4	2	0	in a radio ad


































12771.json	mostly-true	the top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent.	economy,income,taxes,wealth	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	remarks at the democratic national convention in philadelphia


































1687.json	false	when the united states first created the federal income tax, frankly, nobody below a million dollars a year paid anything.	history,taxes	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a speech to the southern republican leadership conference


































3484.json	mostly-true	says milwaukee county parks director sue black has not received a pay raise in five years.	labor	chris-abele	philanthropist	wisconsin	none	3	5	4	4	2	a campaign appearance


































4631.json	barely-true	says romney wrote in the first edition of his book that his health care plan should be expanded nationwide and then, you took it out of your book.	health-care	rick-santorum		pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a republican presidential primary debate


































7867.json	pants-fire	says gov. john kasich implied that a portion of workers compensation rebates to employers should be directed back to him in the form of campaign cash.	campaign-finance,workers	tom-letson	representative	ohio	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	an emailed news release 


































1417.json	false	we have over 300 state agencies. forty-five of those agencies are related to health care.	health-care	kay-bailey-hutchison	u.s. senator	texas	republican	2	4	4	3	0	a debate.


































9687.json	mostly-true	says rep. bruce braley, d-iowa, missed 79 percent of veterans affairs committee hearings.	congress,veterans	concerned-veterans-america			organization	1	0	0	1	0	a television ad


































12029.json	half-true	nascar endorsed trump	candidates-biography,sports	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech in concord, n.c.


































7273.json	true	abraham lincoln visited and some say even danced in (the ohio senate) chamber.	history	keith-faber	state senator	ohio	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a speech in the ohio senate


































4428.json	false	the premiums on medicares prescription drug program have fallen almost every year since it began.	health-care,medicare	johnny-isakson	u.s. senator	georgia	republican	2	3	3	2	0	a speech before the greater north fulton chamber of commerce


































6932.json	true	when mitt romney was governor of massachusetts, he stood in front of a coal plant and pointed at it and said, this plant kills.	debates,energy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	in a town-hall debate in long island, n.y.


































3846.json	pants-fire	the central falls school system spent $100,000 on a time clock.	city-budget,education,government-efficiency	john-tassoni-jr	president of the sentinel group	rhode island	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a news release


































1839.json	half-true	as the ceo of ebay, whitman started a separate division that only sells porn.	ethics,message-machine	steve-poizner	insurance commissioner and gubernatorial candidate	california	republican	0	1	1	1	0	an online campaign commercial 


































12230.json	half-true	if the mayor were really serious about supporting phillys schoolchildren and handling our citys looming fiscal crisis, he could begin by slashing the size of his own administration, which is already 45 percent larger than his predecessors and 40 percent more costly.	city-budget,city-government	joe-defelice	philadelphia republican city committee chairman	pennsylvania	republican	0	0	1	0	0	as part of a philadelphia inquirer editorial


































11328.json	mostly-true	the top 1/10th of 1 percent today in america owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent.	economy,income,retirement,social-security,wealth	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a speech.


































3274.json	mostly-true	75 percent of the jobs created in the state of ohio are created in small business. they are not created by huge corporations and those who are very wealthy.	economy,jobs,small-business	bill-batchelder	state representative	ohio	republican	0	1	1	1	3	an interview on wcpn 90.3 fm


































2418.json	barely-true	barnes opposed the creation of the hope scholarship and campaigned against zell miller on the issue.	education	gagop			republican	2	1	1	0	0	gop press release


































11402.json	pants-fire	says donald trumps make america great againhats were made in china.	china	tweets			none	2	3	1	2	3	tweets


































7579.json	half-true	on changing the rules governing judicial conflicts of interest	campaign-finance,legal-issues	ed-fallone			none	0	1	0	1	0	debate comments


































3780.json	true	no other northeastern state has passed a photo id law	elections	rhode-island-aclu		rhode island	organization	0	0	0	0	0	a news release


































3145.json	false	says government is a barrier to innovation and development.	education,federal-budget,market-regulation,science,technology	paul-broun	congressman	georgia	republican	4	8	3	2	1	a tweet during the state of the union address


































9659.json	false	we have a 40 to 50 percent dropout rate in our inner-city schools.	corrections-and-updates,education	dan-patrick	lieutenant governor-elect	texas	republican	4	4	3	4	4	his speech at the state convention of the republican party of texas


































11132.json	false	the law says ... when a police officer stops you, do whatever he says and then deal with it later.	corrections-and-updates,crime	harry-houck	former nypd detective		none	0	1	0	0	0	a panel debate on cnn tonight with don lemon


































2289.json	mostly-true	jim renacci cheated on his income taxes and is a deadbeat citizen.	candidates-biography,legal-issues,message-machine,taxes	afscme			none	3	1	2	3	0	a television election ad


































1400.json	half-true	says gov. rick perry was for wall street bailout before he was against it.	economy,federal-budget	kay-bailey-hutchison	u.s. senator	texas	republican	2	4	4	3	0	the jan. 14 gop gubernatorial debate


































7844.json	pants-fire	the national rifle association was founded by religious leaders who wanted to protect freed slaves from the ku klux klan.	civil-rights,guns,religion	harry-alford			business-leader	0	0	0	0	1	a news conference


































7592.json	true	it is legal in ohio to fire an employee or evict a tenant just for being gay.	gays-and-lesbians,housing,jobs,workers	progressohio	a liberal-oriented advocacy organization	ohio	none	0	0	0	1	0	a fundraising email


































4298.json	barely-true	says his hometown of paint creek, texas, doesnt even have a zip code.	candidates-biography	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	


































10632.json	true	uber and other ride-share firms are not required to carry auto insurance under georgia law.	government-regulation,states,transportation	rich-golick	state representative	georgia	republican	0	0	0	0	0	an atlanta journal-constitution story


































11884.json	false	says hillary clinton believes that all abortions should be legal, even on the due date of that unborn child.	abortion,candidates-biography	marco-rubio	u.s. senator	florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	the gop primary debate in new hampshire


































13166.json	barely-true	the great recession emerged in large part because of tax policies that slashed taxes on the wealthy, failed to invest in the middle class, took their eyes off of wall street, and created a perfect storm.	economy,financial-regulation,history,taxes	hillary-clinton	presidential candidate	new york	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the first presidential debate at hofstra university


































12057.json	true	more than once, ive actually had a conversation with the protesters on substance.	civil-rights,elections	ted-cruz	senator	texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview on meet the press


































5649.json	false	and the #jerseycomeback keeps rolling! thanks to @govchristie nj now has lowest corruption risk of any state.	ethics	new-jersey-republican-state-committee	political party	new jersey	republican	0	1	0	0	1	a tweet


































4595.json	barely-true	says any attempt to try to compare the massachusetts health care law with the federal health care law is completely, intellectually dishonest. governor romney did not raise one tax in doing what he did.	health-care	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a news conference with mitt romney


































8707.json	mostly-true	since 2007 david jolly has given almost $30,000 to keep democrats in congress!	elections	kathleen-peters	district 69 state representative	florida	republican	1	1	0	1	0	a mailing to 13th congressional district voters


































8497.json	false	passage of a referendum on an aquarium for clearwater means no future funding for our neighborhoods.	city-budget,water	friends-clearwater-pac			none	0	1	0	0	0	a flier


































3137.json	mostly-true	says texas ranks 44th nationally in education funding per pupil.	education	wendy-davis	state senator	texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	a press release


































8499.json	mostly-true	health insurance is more expensive in massachusetts than anywhere else in the country.	health-care,states	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	comments on nbc's meet the press


































12324.json	true	in two years, gov. mcauliffe has vetoed more bills that the previous three governors issued in each of their four-year terms.	voting-record	kirk-cox	house majority leader	virginia	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a floor speech.


































349.json	false	everything i have said (on the campaign trail) has been factually accurate.	elections	bill-clinton	former president	arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	portland, maine


































12041.json	mostly-true	when honduran children came into this country, secretary clinton said send them back.	immigration	bernie-s	u.s. senator	vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	the democratic debate at miami dade college


































10997.json	mostly-true	says jeb bush said low-income women should get their life together and find a husband.	welfare	ultraviolet	liberal advocacy group	washington, d.c.	none	2	0	1	1	0	a facebook post


































1086.json	mostly-true	only about 6.8 percent of the (stimulus) money has actually been spent.	economy,stimulus	jon-kyl	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	0	2	4	3	0	an interview on this week with george stephanopolous.


































13188.json	false	10 cents on thedollar from the clinton foundation goes to charitable causes.	candidates-biography	mike-pence	governor	indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	the vice presidential debate


































5327.json	barely-true	president obama told people to skip coming here (las vegas) for conventions and meetings.	economy,tourism	mitt-romney	former governor	massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a stump speech in las vegas


































2461.json	pants-fire	says john boehner admits we are not going to be any different than weve been by returning to the same failed economic policies that wrecked our economy.	economy	nancy-pelosi	house minority leader	california	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	a blog post


































8270.json	half-true	newark is now home to one-third of all commercial and multi-family development.	corrections-and-updates,housing	cory-booker	u.s. senator	new jersey	democrat	0	4	2	8	0	an e-mailed campaign letter


































10551.json	barely-true	says debbie wasserman schultz voted repeatedly to send terminally ill patients to prison.	marijuana	drug-policy-alliance		washington d.c.	none	1	0	0	0	0	an article in politico


































12090.json	pants-fire	the right-wing extremists are trying to take this seat so they can push their anti-choice and anti-equality agenda through our state house.	campaign-advertising	brian-sims	state rep., 182nd district	pennsylvania	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	in a fundraising email to supporters


































2299.json	mostly-true	we have 50 state lobbyists that just lobby the legislature for money every year.	government-efficiency,state-budget	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	an interview with msnbc's chuck todd.


































7472.json	mostly-true	in atlanta, since 1994 when the seven deadly sins (mandatory minimum sentences) took effect, the violent crime rate has dropped 62 percent.	crime,criminal-justice	paul-howard	fulton county district attorney	georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	a news story


































4521.json	half-true	because of jim whelan, the 1990s are the only decade since the 1920s when the population of atlantic city actually went up.	gambling	jim-whelan			democrat	0	0	2	1	0	a debate with assemblyman vince polistina


































6170.json	mostly-true	says trimets own analysis shows that youthpass does not actually add to the transit agencys costs.	city-budget,transportation	sam-adams	mayor of portland	oregon	democrat	3	2	5	2	0	in a press statement


































618.json	barely-true	john mccain offers billions in tax breaks for oil and drug companies, but almost nothing for families like yours.	taxes	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a television ad


































13528.json	true	we adopted the modern social security system at a time when the average person died before they were old enough to get social security.	history,retirement,social-security,workers	newt-gingrich	co-host on cnn's crossfire	georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a radio interview.


































5871.json	true	we are coming up on our 40th anniversary of electing a republican to the united states senate. 1972 was the last time new jersey sent a republican to the united states senate.	congress,elections	chris-christie	governor of new jersey	new jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a speech at a cato institute event


































5717.json	pants-fire	sen. sherrod browns vote helped pass barack obamas job-killing health care law, which slapped small businesses throughout ohio with a $500 billion tax increase.	health-care,taxes	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	a news release


































5478.json	barely-true	president obamas budget would call for about $25 trillion in debt by the end of his term, if he was re-elected.	deficit,federal-budget	bob-mcdonnell	governor	virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	a symposium.


































9201.json	barely-true	we know that sunday mornings have usually been given over to conservative white men.	pundits	michael-eric-dyson			none	1	0	1	0	0	a broadcast of the ed show


































5218.json	false	rob cornilles has been endorsed by 20 local mayors, including independent, democratic and republican.	bipartisanship	oregon-republican-party			organization	1	1	0	0	0	a campaign mailer


































10777.json	half-true	delta has had the most animal deaths among u.s. carriers in the past five years	public-safety,transportation	bloomberg-bloombergcom			none	0	0	1	0	0	a news report


































2176.json	mostly-true	republican candidate for governor karen handel has run a 100 percent negative campaign.	message-machine,campaign-advertising	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a press release


































2116.json	false	attorney general eric holder is involved in the dismissal of the criminal charges against the new black panther party for voter intimidation	civil-rights,crime,elections,pundits	bill-oreilly	fox news channel host		none	4	6	3	5	1	an online column


































3332.json	half-true	says the state share of texas public education spending increased 82 percent over the past decade, reaching $20 billion in 2009.	education	rick-perry	governor	texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	his state of the state address.


































13122.json	mostly-true	in richmond, va., theres more moving vans coming in than going out.	census,city-government,population	jack-berry	mayoral candidate	virginia	none	1	0	0	1	0	a debate.


































4019.json	false	gov. chris christie owes the state money for amenities like extra gorgonzola cheese for his staff on these trips.	state-budget	new-jersey-democratic-state-committee		new jersey	democrat	2	2	1	0	0	a press release


































1531.json	pants-fire	i'm glad for the wording of it (an ethics report on corporate-sponsored congressional trips) because clearly the wording exonerates me.	ethics	charles-rangel	u.s. congressman	new york	democrat	0	0	1	0	1	a press conference


































6524.json	half-true	paul ryans medicare plan could raise future retirees costs more than $6,000.	corrections-and-updates,health-care,medicare,message-machine-2012	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign commercial


































9845.json	false	on tax inversions, the wall street journalsurprisingly attacked this tax scheme.	taxes	chris-matthews	host of msnbc's hardball		none	1	2	2	1	0	a broadcast of msnbc's hardball


































9079.json	mostly-true	says stefani carter repeatedly used her campaign contributors donations to rent margarita machines for our state house office.	alcohol,campaign-finance,ethics,public-service	linda-koop		texas	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a campaign mail flier


































5365.json	true	you may have driven the length of a football field in the five seconds it takes to check a text.	public-safety	greg-walden	u.s. representative	oregon	republican	3	0	1	0	0	news television interview


































739.json	barely-true	i introduced a bill that wouldve helped stop the multimillion-dollar bonus packages that ceos grab on their way out.. (mccain) opposed that idea.	economy	barack-obama	president	illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in dunedin, fla.


































3343.json	barely-true	there are nearly 500,000 registered sex offenders across the country and at any one time about 100,000 are unaccounted for.	children,crime	peter-palumbo	state representative	rhode island	democrat	3	1	1	0	0	a news release


































11320.json	barely-true	the government made accommodation to the fort hood shooter to let him grow a beard for religious reasons.	legal-issues,religion	mike-huckabee	author	arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	the cnn republican debate


































5696.json	barely-true	says under the affordable care act, new jerseys new (medicaid) enrollees wont qualify for the matching federal funds simply because we added them onto the rolls before 2014.	health-care,medicaid	amy-handlin	state assemblywoman	new jersey	republican	1	0	0	0	0	an opinion piece in the times of trenton


































6921.json	barely-true	says the obama administration watered down sanctions against iran, delayed them and tried to stop congress from putting the tough sanctions in place.	foreign-policy,nuclear,terrorism,trade	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	the vice presidential debate


































9493.json	true	says central texas river water sent to downstream rice farmers in 2011 equaled about three years worth of austins water use.	water	austin-water-utility			none	0	0	0	0	0	as quoted in a stateimpact texas news story


































3768.json	false	wisconsin is one of the few states in the country that do not currently require a photographic identification to vote.	elections	terry-moulton	state senator, district 23	wisconsin	republican	0	1	0	0	0	letters to constituents


































8596.json	mostly-true	these 60 acres (the atlanta braves want to build a stadium on) have produced zero splost money for parks and recreation, have produced zero money for education.	baseball,sports	john-loud	owner, loud security	georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	newspaper article 


































13126.json	false	you will learn more about donald trump by going down to the federal elections to see the financial disclosure form than by looking at tax returns.	candidates-biography,economy,income,job-accomplishments,taxes,transparency,wealth	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a presidential debate at hofstra university


































7850.json	true	cuyahoga county passed a program to guarantee a college savings account for every single child who enters kindergarten in this county -- the first county in the united states to do so.	education	ed-fitzgerald	cuyahoga county executive	ohio	democrat	1	1	0	1	0	a campaign speech


































8828.json	false	over half of the young people in medical, dental and law schools are women.	education,health-care,legal-issues,women	rand-paul	candidate for u.s. senate and physician	kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	an interview with cnn


































9421.json	pants-fire	ken block supports obamacare.	economy,health-care,message-machine-2014	allan-fung	mayor, city of cranston, r.i.	rhode island	republican	2	2	0	2	1	a tv commercial


































13299.json	barely-true	says hillary clinton wants to have open borders.	crime,foreign-policy,homeland-security,human-rights,immigration	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	the third 2016 presidential debate


































2101.json	barely-true	gop candidate for governor nathan deal is a former clinton democrat.	voting-record	karen-handel			republican	2	0	3	3	1	an interview on wsb-tv 


































698.json	false	my opponent promises to bring back old jobs by wishing away the global economy.	economy	john-mccain	u.s. senator	arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	st. paul, minn.


































12318.json	mostly-true	kelly ayotte has voted four times against the federal paycheck fairness act.	congress,labor,voting-record,women	maggie-hassan	candidate for governor	new hampshire	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	a press release


































243.json	mostly-true	one out of every four homeless people on our streets is a veteran.	poverty	john-edwards	former senator	north carolina	democrat	0	2	4	4	1	a tv ad airing in iowa and new hampshire.


































4868.json	true	its legal to sign a recall petition (against gov. scott walker) even if you have already signed another recall petition, but only one signature counts	elections	one-wisconsin-now		wisconsin	organization	0	2	2	1	1	a website alert


































10575.json	half-true	education funding of $7,176 per student is a historic level.	education,state-budget	rick-scott	governor	florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	the state of the state address


































9586.json	false	i co-sponsored the rebuild america jobs act for transportation and infrastructure.	economy,jobs	jeff-merkley	u.s. senator	oregon	democrat	0	1	3	6	0	an economic issues statement


































4128.json	false	says a new report proves the stimulus supported by n.j. democrats cost $278,000 per job.	stimulus	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a press release


































12276.json	pants-fire	says its absurd to say theres enough data to establish a link between playing football and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.	health-care,science,sports	jerry-jones	owner, president, general manager, dallas cowboys	texas	none	0	1	0	0	1	remarks to reporters at nfl annual meeting


































12001.json	false	the wives of the 9/11 hijackers knew exactly what was happening and went back to saudi arabia two days before the attacks to watch their husbands on television flying the planes.	history,terrorism	donald-trump	president-elect	new york	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a gop debate hosted by fox


































11183.json	pants-fire	says jill mccabe supports late term abortions. larger baby parts are more profitable.	abortion	dick-black			republican	0	0	0	0	1	a tweet


































13531.json	false	says u.s. rep. nancy pelosi said, employers cutting hours is a good thing. it then gives that person time to pursue their dreams and passions.	fake-news	turning-point-usa			organization	0	1	0	0	0	a facebook post


































10678.json	half-true	florida has a law like (indianas religious freedom restoration act).	civil-rights,gays-and-lesbians,marriage,religion	jeb-bush		florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	an interview with hugh hewitt


































3312.json	false	the things i said (during the prank call by a blogger posing as gop contributor david koch) are the things ive said publicly all along about the wisconsin budget debate.	candidates-biography,labor,state-budget	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a news conference


































13151.json	pants-fire	say photographs of hillary clinton at the debate show what could be an earpiece.	candidates-biography	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	internet posts


































6908.json	barely-true	says joe biden went to china and said that he sympathized and wouldnt second-guess their one-child policy of forced abortions and sterilizations.	abortion,china	paul-ryan	u.s. representative	wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	the vice presidential debate


































909.json	false	on whether to seat roland burris as the new senator from illinois.	ethics	harry-reid	senate democratic leader	nevada	democrat	4	5	3	7	3	public statements.


































10087.json	pants-fire	2014 federal tax refunds to be delayed until october 2015.	taxes	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email


































11592.json	mostly-true	forty-five states allow open carry of firearms.	guns	marion-hammer	executive director, unified sportsmen of florida	florida	none	0	1	0	2	0	a column on the national rifle association institute for legislative action website


































298.json	false	obama remains silent and is never asked how he feels about his church honoring farrakhan.	religion	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	


































13187.json	half-true	when donald trump spoke in phoenix, he looked the audience in the eye and he said no, were building a wall and were deporting everybody. he said, quote, they will all be gone. they will all be gone. this is one of the ones where you can go to the tape on it and see what donald trump has said.	immigration	tim-kaine	u.s. senator	virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a vice presidential debate in virginia


































124.json	half-true	john edwards never -- has ever from the beginning of his political career has never taken pac money or the money of washington lobbyists. ever. -joe trippi, senior campaign adviser	ethics	john-edwards	former senator	north carolina	democrat	0	2	4	4	1	a television interview.


































11916.json	mostly-true	when jeb (bush) was governor, his first four years as governor, his medicaid program grew twice as fast as mine.	health-care,state-budget	john-kasich	governor of ohio as of jan. 10, 2011	ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	the republican debate in charleston, s.c.


































12464.json	half-true	the university of wisconsin system had a jobs-for-life tenure program for professors.	education	scott-walker	milwaukee county executive	wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a radio interview


































6291.json	half-true	unemployment among oregon high school graduates aged 18 to 20 increased more than 200 percent from 2008 to 2011, while the u.s. average increased only 30 percent.	economy,jobs,workers	cascade-policy-institute			organization	0	0	1	0	0	a website


































1606.json	mostly-true	hospitals, doctors, mris, surgeries and so forth are more extensively used and far more expensive in this country than they are in many other countries.''
a fox news sunday interview