valid.tsv

12134.json	barely-true	We have less Americans working now than in the 70s.	economy,jobs	vicky-hartzler	U.S. Representative	Missouri	republican	1	0	1	0	0	an interview with ABC17 News
238.json	pants-fire	When Obama was sworn into office, he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Kuran (Their equivalency to our Bible, but very different beliefs).	obama-birth-certificate,religion	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	
7891.json	false	Says Having organizations parading as being social welfare organizations and then being involved in the political combat harkens back to why the statute a hundred years ago said that they were prohibited.	campaign-finance,congress,taxes	earl-blumenauer	U.S. representative	Oregon	democrat	0	1	1	1	0	a U.S. Ways and Means hearing
8169.json	half-true	Says nearly half of Oregons children are poor.	poverty	jim-francesconi	Member of the State Board of Higher Education	Oregon	none	0	1	1	1	0	an opinion article
929.json	half-true	On attacks by Republicans that various programs in the economic stimulus plan are not stimulative, "If you add all that stuff up, it accounts for less than 1 percent of the overall package."	economy,stimulus	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	interview with CBS News
9416.json	false	Says when armed civilians stop mass shootings with guns, an average of 2.5 people die; otherwise, an average of 18 people die.	guns	jim-rubens	Small business owner	New Hampshire	republican	1	1	0	1	0	in an interview at gun shop in Hudson, N.H.
6861.json	true	Says Tennessee is providing millions of dollars to virtual school company for results at the bottom of the bottom.	education,state-budget	andy-berke	Lawyer and state senator	Tennessee	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a letter to state Senate education committee chairwoman Dolores Gresham.
1122.json	false	The health care reform plan would set limits similar to the socialized system in Britain, where people are allowed to die if their treatment would cost more than $22,000.	health-care	club-growth			none	4	5	4	2	0	a TV ad
13138.json	true	Says Donald Trump started his career back in 1973 being sued by the Justice Department for racial discrimination because he would not rent apartments in one of his developments to African-Americans.	candidates-biography,diversity,housing	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the first presidential debate
1880.json	half-true	Bill White has a long history of trying to limit or even disenfranchise military voters.	military	republican-party-texas		Texas	republican	3	1	1	3	1	an e-mail
12803.json	half-true	John McCains chief economic adviser during the 08 race estimated that Trumps promises would cause America to lose 3.5 million jobs.	economy	tim-kaine	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia
5409.json	false	Says 21,000 Wisconsin residents got jobs in 2011, but 18,000 of them were in other states.	job-accomplishments,jobs,states	kathleen-vinehout			democrat	1	1	1	1	0	remarks
7313.json	half-true	State revenue projections have missed the mark month after month.	state-budget	steve-henson	State Senator	Georgia	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a press release
4809.json	true	The median income of a middle class family went down $2,100 from 2001 to 2007.	income,new-hampshire-2012	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	speaking at New Hampshire’s Plymouth State University
1671.json	barely-true	"Every citizen is entitled to the freedom of speech, but no one should have the right to use government funds or institutions to portray acts that are morally reprehensible to the vast majority of Americans."	gays-and-lesbians	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a press release
4348.json	half-true	Rick Perry has advocated abandoning Social Security, scuttling Medicaid and ending the federal income tax.	medicaid,social-security,taxes	margaret-carlson	Columnist	District of Columbia	none	0	0	1	0	0	a politics column.
6225.json	half-true	Two thirds to three quarters of people without [health] insurance in Rhode Island work.	health-care,poverty,public-health,welfare	elizabeth-roberts	Lieutenant Governor	Rhode Island	democrat	1	0	2	0	0	a panel discussion on "A Lively Experiment"
7675.json	mostly-true	Congress has spent 66 of the first 100 days of this term in recess.	congress	john-barrow	Congressman	Georgia	democrat	0	0	1	1	0	a letter
2255.json	barely-true	Mark Sharpe has lowered property taxes by 17 percent.	candidates-biography,taxes	mark-sharpe	Hillsborough County commissioner	Florida	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign mailer
9827.json	pants-fire	Says Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad chartered a plane to remove 124 young illegal immigrants from his state and take them back to Honduras.	immigration	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email
12366.json	half-true	If you dont buy cigarettes at your local supermarket, your grocery bill wont go up a dime. The same is true of the sugary drink tax. If passed, you can avoid paying the tax by not buying sugary drinks.	taxes	philadelphia-daily-news			none	0	0	1	0	0	In an editorial
10337.json	pants-fire	Says President Barack Obama has said that everybody should hate the police.	civil-rights,crime,criminal-justice	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	9	11	10	7	3	an interview on Fox News
4778.json	true	Georgia has had ʺmore bank failures than any other state.ʺ	bankruptcy	lynn-westmoreland			republican	1	1	3	0	0	a meeting
5795.json	pants-fire	Bank of America could create 878,300 jobs with benefits if they spent their 2010 bonuses on job creation.	financial-regulation,jobs,occupy-wall-street	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a Facebook post
9470.json	half-true	Thom Tillis cut almost $500 million from education.	children,congress,economy,education,jobs,state-budget,state-finances	emilys-list			organization	1	0	3	2	0	a television ad
10385.json	barely-true	If people work and make more money, they lose more in benefits than they would earn in salary.	poverty,welfare	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	his book, "American Dreams"
5373.json	mostly-true	We are poised to get rid of over 1,000 more regulations in 2012.	government-regulation,market-regulation	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	speech at CPAC
9890.json	pants-fire	A flight from Atlanta to Houston was canceled due to a terrorist dry run.	crime,terrorism	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a post on Facebook
10376.json	mostly-true	Administrative employees at colleges and universitieshave more than doubled over the last 25 years, outpacing the growth of students by more than 2 to 1.	education	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a book
8031.json	pants-fire	Private prison systems are calculating how many new beds (they will need) based on the ... number of third graders.	crime,education	kathleen-ford	Attorney	Florida	democrat	0	1	0	1	1	a mayoral forum
13403.json	false	Amendment 1 protects Florida seniors from scams and rip-offs.	energy,florida-amendments	consumers-smart-solar			organization	0	1	0	0	0	a web ad
800.json	false	"If Barack Obama would apply for a job with the FBI or with the Secret Service, he would be disqualified because of his past associations with William Ayers."	candidates-biography	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	our inbox
2083.json	barely-true	We have more kids take the SAT than any other state in the nation. I mean a high percentage of our kids take the SAT.	education	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an interview with CNBC
2368.json	barely-true	Walker says hes for lower taxes. But Milwaukee County spending has gone up by $349 million.	message-machine,taxes	tom-barrett	Mayor of Milwaukee	Wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	a campaign TV ad
1682.json	false	Says he did not say Republicans would filibuster immigration reform.	immigration,abc-news-week	jon-kyl	U.S. Senator	Arizona	republican	0	2	4	3	0	an interview on "This Week."
7908.json	mostly-true	Worldwide credit card transactions, the credit card fraud rate is 0.04 percent, compared to almost 8 percent, 9 percent, 10 percent of Medicare fraud.	crime,government-efficiency,medicare	peter-roskam	U.S. Representative	Illinois	republican	0	0	0	1	0	an interview with Fox News
3221.json	true	In the month of January, Canada created more new jobs than we did.	economy,workers	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference
9287.json	half-true	Under his leadership, more people in Wisconsin have access to health care.	health-care,medicaid,message-machine-2014,poverty,public-health	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an ad
2680.json	barely-true	Charlie Crist attacks me for positions he held, like, six months ago, (when) he was running in the Republican primary.	families,health-care,immigration,social-security	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a U.S. Senate debate on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
12322.json	half-true	Says Donald Trumps only economic agenda is imposing massive taxes on the American people with a 40 percent tax hike of a giant tariff.	economy,jobs,taxes	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview on "Meet the Press"
4795.json	mostly-true	The loan guarantee program that helped Solyndra was a program that was supported by President Bush.	energy,federal-budget	david-plouffe	Senior Adviser to the President		democrat	1	0	0	2	0	an interview on "Meet the Press"
8156.json	false	Says President Obama just granted all of Congress an exception to Obamacare.	congress,health-care	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a speech to the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa
1831.json	true	Bill McCollumhas "recovered $200 million in Medicaid fraud."	elections,florida,job-accomplishments,message-machine	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a campaign commercial for Bill McCollum
2211.json	barely-true	Despite the U.S. spending $10 billion on Iraqs electrical system, Baghdad still only gets five hours of electricity a day.	energy,infrastructure,iraq,abc-news-week	george-packer	Staff writer for The New Yorker		none	1	0	0	0	0	ABC's "This Week"
6117.json	false	Tim Kaine urged$500 billion in Medicare cuts.	health-care,medicare,message-machine-2012	american-crossroads			republican	5	5	4	0	0	a TV ad. 
8913.json	true	Over 3 million Americans are employed in the growing green-collar workforce, which is more than the number of people working in the fossil fuel industry.	economy,energy,environment,jobs,transportation	tammy-baldwin	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	a news release
1433.json	half-true	"Because of the steps we took, there are about 2 million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed."	economy,stimulus	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	his State of the Union address
4578.json	mostly-true	Says that In 2009, I saved ratepayers around $500 million by persuading the Council to pursue a less expensive compliance mechanism if the City is required to treat Bull Run drinking water.	city-budget,city-government,environment,public-health,water	amanda-fritz	Portland city commissioner		democrat	1	1	0	2	0	in campaign literature
3188.json	mostly-true	The military has spent $500 million enforcing the Dont Ask, Dont Tell policy regarding gays and lesbians in the military.	military	joe-morrissey	Delegate	Virginia	independent	1	0	1	1	0	a floor speech.
4534.json	true	Were. . . keeping and creating jobs in our state. From American Greetings, to Wendys, to Diebold, weve gone to their doorsteps to keep jobs right here in Ohio.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	an ad from the Republican Governors Association
7738.json	false	Obama for President and Baldwin for Senate have kept their campaign offices up and running in Fox Valley, Eau Claire and La Crosse with their staffs preparing for the next battle.	elections	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a fund raising letter
3320.json	true	From 2003 to 2006, Sesame Street made more than $211 million from toy and consumer product sales.	children,federal-budget	jim-demint	President, Heritage Foundation	South Carolina	republican	4	4	0	0	1	a blog post
2755.json	half-true	(John) Kasich was the architect who balanced the budget, cut spending, created a surplus, igniting record job creation.	economy,federal-budget,job-accomplishments,message-machine	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a campaign video
11652.json	false	The federal government is going after school districts, trying to force them to let boys shower with little girls.	education,sexuality,sports	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview with Steven Crowder
3418.json	mostly-true	Says that President Obama said in 2008 that his proposed greenhouse gas regulations will bankrupt anyone who wants to build a new coal-fired power plant.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,environment	ohio-coal-association	Lobbying group for Ohio's coal industry	Ohio	none	0	0	0	1	0	testimony to a House subcommittee
6568.json	mostly-true	There has been $5 trillion in debt added over the last four years.	debt	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa
2742.json	half-true	Says that under Gov. Rick Perry, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers have had standing orders not to inquire into the immigration status of people unless theyre under arrest.	immigration,public-safety	bill-white	Former mayor of Houston	Texas	democrat	2	3	5	7	3	an interview.
3603.json	false	(Dennis) Richardson wants to make drastic cuts to services we depend on: schools, home care for seniors, even public safety -- all so Richardson can keep more than $440 million in unspent funds for his political priorities.	state-budget	our-oregon	political group	Oregon	democrat	0	1	0	3	0	a political ad
12838.json	pants-fire	Nobody covered the remarks of Patricia Smith, the mother of a Benghazi victim, live, but almost everybody covered KhizrKhans, Mr. Khans remarks live.	pundits	brian-kilmeade	Fox and Friends co-host		none	0	2	0	0	1	on Fox and Friends
8886.json	mostly-true	The cost of the food stamp program is at an all-time high.	federal-budget	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a Facebook post
9949.json	half-true	Says opponent Mary Burke says she supports Obamacare unequivocally and wants to expand it.	federal-budget,health-care,medicaid	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a TV ad
4706.json	half-true	Says Essex County residents suffer the second highest property taxes in the nation.	taxes	joseph-chiusolo	Municipal Councilman	New Jersey	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a press release
7792.json	half-true	Ken Lanci is a lifelong Clevelander	candidates-biography	ken-lanci	chairman and chief executive of Consolidated Graphics Group Inc.,	Ohio	independent	0	0	1	0	0	news release, website
3507.json	barely-true	Originally, Democrats promised that if you liked your health care plan, you could keep it. One year later we know that you need a waiver to keep your plan.	health-care	morgan-griffith	U.S. Congressman	Virginia	republican	3	2	1	0	0	a newsletter.
11069.json	barely-true	Says Carlos Lopez-Cantera even voiced enthusiastic support for bringing an Arizona-style immigration law to Florida, calling the measure common sense.	immigration	allison-tant	Florida Democratic Party chairwoman	Florida	democrat	1	1	0	0	0	a press release
6605.json	barely-true	Says that when Democrats controlled Congress and the White House, federal spending as a share of the Gross Domestic Product leapt from 18.2 percent in 2001 to 25.2 percent in 2009 -- the largest such increase in any eight-year period since World War II.	debt,economy,federal-budget,voting-record	john-cornyn	Senator	Texas	republican	5	3	6	2	1	a Facebook post.
8891.json	barely-true	The CBOs latest report confirms what Republicans have been saying for years now. Under Obamacare, millions of hardworking Americans will lose their jobs.	economy,health-care,jobs	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a news release.
9585.json	false	The U.S. Supreme Court is five guys who start determining what contraceptions are legal.	health-care,sexuality,women	nancy-pelosi	House Minority Leader	California	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	a press conference
4842.json	half-true	Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker slashed pensions and benefits for public employees.	health-care,state-budget,state-finances,unions,workers	mike-tate			democrat	1	2	2	1	0	an interview on MSNBC
5699.json	mostly-true	Adding ethanol to gas raises food costs.	agriculture,energy	james-durkan	Candidate for U.S. Senate	Tennessee	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a statement on his campaign website.
4855.json	barely-true	Says Mitt Romney once supported President Obamas health care plan but now opposes it.	health-care,message-machine-2012	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a television ad
10905.json	false	The USAFreedom Act undercuts privacy becausethe phone records will be in the hands of the phone companies with hundreds of people available to look at the records, versus 20 or 30 people in the government.	homeland-security,terrorism	lindsey-graham	U.S. senator	South Carolina	republican	2	2	4	2	0	an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper
7626.json	barely-true	The people who were running the budget, in the Corzine years, decided to steal from the unemployment trust fund. As did other Governors before. We simply dont do that, havent done it, and wont permit it.	state-finances,taxes	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	an answer to a caller on NJ 101.5's "Ask The Governor" program
12409.json	true	You can import as many hemp products into this country as you want...but we cant grow it.	drugs,legal-issues,marijuana	william-devereaux	lawyer	Rhode Island	none	0	0	0	0	0	a legislative hearing 
9898.json	barely-true	Says Gina Raimondos venture capital firm secured a secret no-bid contract funded by taxpayers.	candidates-biography,city-government,corporations,ethics,message-machine-2014,campaign-advertising,pensions,retirement	angel-taveras	Mayor of Providence	Rhode Island	democrat	2	1	2	2	0	a commercial
10793.json	false	We spend more money on antacids than we do on politics.	campaign-finance,economy	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
5874.json	mostly-true	Mitt Romney has proposed cutting his own taxes while raising them on 18 million working families.	taxes	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign speech in Ohio
4435.json	false	Social Security is a Ponzi scheme.	social-security	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a Republican presidential debate
5287.json	half-true	Says Pennsylvania charges a top income tax rate of 3 percent and Delaware has no state income tax at all.	taxes	joe-pennacchio	State Senator	New Jersey	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a news release
2159.json	true	Jeff Greene can buy anything ... he owns two mansions.	candidates-biography,elections,message-machine	kendrick-meek		Florida	democrat	2	6	1	4	1	a TV ad.
12400.json	barely-true	Says Elizabeth Warren lied when she says I want to abolish the Federal Minimum Wage.	workers	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a tweet
193.json	barely-true	Obama says his health care plan is "universal."	health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	Las Vegas, Nev. 
6802.json	barely-true	Brendan Doherty wants to repeal Obamacare, increasing drug prices for seniors.	drugs,health-care,medicare,message-machine-2012,campaign-advertising,poverty,public-health	david-cicilline	mayor of Providence	Rhode Island	democrat	7	4	5	4	1	a campaign commercial
7647.json	barely-true	Abortion coverage is a standard insurance benefit in nearly 90 percent of private plans sold in the U.S.	abortion,health-care	naral-pro-choice-america			organization	1	0	1	0	0	a statement.
11584.json	half-true	Since we last debated in Las Vegas, nearly 3,000 people have been killed by guns.	corrections-and-updates,guns	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a debate in Iowa
2957.json	barely-true	Toledo is fourth in the nation behind much bigger cities Miami, Las Vegas, Portland in number of human trafficking arrests and rescues.	crime,human-rights	teresa-fedor	State representative	Ohio	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a speech in the Ohio Senate
4622.json	mostly-true	94 percent of winning candidates in 2010 had more money than their opponents.	campaign-finance,occupy-wall-street	occupy-wall-street	Protest movement	New York	activist	0	0	0	1	0	a sign at an Occupy Wall Street protest
658.json	barely-true	"Barack Obama and Joe Biden oppose new drilling at home and oppose nuclear power."	energy	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	a statement on the RNC Web site
4492.json	pants-fire	President Obama went around the world and apologized for America.	foreign-policy	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a debate in Orlando, Fla.
2326.json	half-true	Says the federal agency in charge of Medicare and Medicaid will disburse $803 billion in benefits this year, making it larger than all but 15 of the worlds economies.	economy,health-care	michael-mccaul	congressman	Texas	republican	1	0	1	4	0	an e-mail
1617.json	half-true	Marco Rubio "supported $800,000 for AstroTurf for a field where he played flag football."	state-budget	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a statement on a campaign Web site
8930.json	pants-fire	The Republican leadership in the House has refused to address the issues that matter the most to Rhode Island, such as passing a jobs bill.	climate-change,congress,economy,energy,environment,jobs,workers	jonathan-boucher	Executive director, Rhode Island Democratic Party	Rhode Island	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a Providence Journal commentary
2842.json	half-true	The dollar has fallen over 44% since Bernanke began pumping money into the system beginning back in 2002.	economy	virginia-tea-party-patriots			none	0	0	2	0	0	a letter to Congress.
12128.json	mostly-true	Congress will begin its recess without having allocated one penny to fight Zika.	public-health	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a post on Medium
11807.json	false	I am the only candidate on either side who has laid out a specific plan about what I would do to defeat ISIS.	foreign-policy,terrorism	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech in Burlington, Iowa
2426.json	barely-true	The new health care law will cut $500 billion from Medicare. That will hurt the quality of our care.	health-care,medicare,message-machine	60-plus-association			none	2	0	0	0	1	a campaign ad
5434.json	false	President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college.	education	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a speech in Troy, Mich.
5684.json	barely-true	Before this law, any group could go out anywhere, register voters, sit on the voter registration forms for unlimited amount of time.	elections	lenny-curry	chairman of the Republican Party of Florida	Florida	republican	2	1	2	0	0	an interview
4313.json	pants-fire	The results of Atlanta Public Schools 2010 and 2011 CRCT tests have not been questioned.	education	beverly-hall			none	0	2	0	0	1	a commentary published in Education Week
13481.json	false	Ed Gillespie would not mention (Donald Trumps) name unless he was condemning him.	campaign-advertising	corey-stewart	Chairman, Prince William County board of supervisors	Virginia	republican	2	1	0	0	0	an interview.
10614.json	barely-true	The delay inschool testingwas not that of a vendor, the problem was not that of the test materials itself,it was the product of a cyber attack.	education	h-marlene-otoole	state representative	Florida	republican	1	0	0	0	0	House Education Appropriations Committee Hearing
8386.json	mostly-true	Democrats already agreed to a deal that Republicans wanted, that Eric Cantor said would be a win.	federal-budget,pundits	bill-burton	Managing director, Global Strategy Group		democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an appearance on CNN's "Crossfire"
8542.json	false	One of the main functions of the Department of Homeland Securitys SAVE database is checking voter registration citizenship status.	elections	ken-detzner	Secretary of State	Florida	republican	0	1	0	1	0	a state Senate ethics and elections committee hearing
2169.json	mostly-true	Eight of the nine justices in the Supreme Court decision (on campaign finance) said that not only is it constitutional for Congress to require disclosure of the special interest money, but they recommend we do it.	campaign-finance,supreme-court	charles-schumer	Senator	New York	democrat	2	2	2	3	0	a press conference
1026.json	true	The reality is, we are holding some of the most dangerous terrorists in the world right now in our federal prisons, including the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the 'shoe bomber,' the 'Unabomber,' and many others.	terrorism	richard-durbin	Senator	Illinois	democrat	0	2	1	0	1	a speech on the Senate floor.
4693.json	pants-fire	Barack Obama is the First President to terminate Americas ability to put a man in space.	history,space	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail
7215.json	false	Says George Washington said a free people should be armed to guard against government tyranny.	government-regulation,guns	louie-gohmert	U.S. House member	Texas	republican	2	6	1	0	1	an interview on ‘Fox News Sunday’
1082.json	half-true	"Under the new and little known 'global justice' initiative," the Obama administration has ordered FBI agents to "read Miranda Rights to high-value terrorist detainees captured on the battlefield."	foreign-policy,legal-issues,military,terrorism	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	a GOP survey
10702.json	mostly-true	Wholly domestic communication between you and your wife can go to New York to London and back and get caught up in the (NSA) database.	homeland-security,technology,terrorism	edward-snowden		Russia	libertarian	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on "Last Week Tonight"
4702.json	true	Says for every dollar the state spent on audits last year, it delivered $64 in cost savings.	government-efficiency	kate-brown	Secretary of State	Oregon	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a speech at the Oregon Summit.
6266.json	half-true	When I was governor, not only did test scores improve we also narrowed the achievement gap.	education	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a speech to the NAACP
8036.json	half-true	Georgia is nearly 50 percent Democratic and (the Republican majority) diminished our voting strength to 32 percent through gerrymandered maps.	redistricting	nikema-williams	Interim  of the Democratic Party of Georgia	Georgia	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a party press release
6470.json	true	Says a Republican hasnt won [an election] for a presidency in New Jersey since 1988.	elections,states	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a news conference
9252.json	half-true	40 percent of illegal immigrants had a visa and then became illegal, mostly because they changed jobs.	agriculture,homeland-security,immigration,jobs,population	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a news conference
5456.json	half-true	Says Ted Cruz slurred Republican senators including John Cornyn as graybeards and spineless jellyfish.	candidates-biography,congress	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a press release.
9965.json	pants-fire	Says Mary Landrieu voted to fund benefits for illegal immigrants ahead of veterans.	federal-budget,immigration,message-machine-2014,veterans	bill-cassidy	U.S. House of Representatives	Louisiana	republican	0	1	0	0	1	a campaign ad
7713.json	true	Despite having their budget increased by over 40 percent since 2009 pending claims for benefits with the (Department of Veterans Affairs) have increased from 391,000 to 890,000 under the Obama Administration.	veterans	tom-graves			republican	1	0	5	0	1	a ZPolitics op-ed
8827.json	false	U.S. Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., does not want to audit the Federal Reserve.	financial-regulation	rick-allen	businessman	Georgia	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a tweet
12131.json	false	This unit is the only one in the state that strives to implement the principles of Mother-Friendly care as outlined by the national Coalition for Improving Maternity Services Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative.	health-care	coalition-save-memorial-hospital-birthing-center-p		Rhode Island	none	0	1	0	0	0	statement
6737.json	mostly-true	I am going to be on the ballot in all 50 states. There is no other third-party candidate thats going to come close to achieving that.	elections	gary-johnson	Presidential candidate	New Mexico	libertarian	3	2	5	6	0	an interview with Evan Smith on “Overheard,” premiered Sept. 6, 2012
10373.json	true	After World War II, we tried, convicted, and, in some cases, executed Japanese soldiers for war crimes that included charges of waterboarding.	history,terrorism	bobby-scott	U.S. Congressman	Virginia	democrat	1	2	1	5	0	a news release.
5883.json	false	Says Gov. Scott Walker approved a gutting of two tax credits that help the poor and elderly.	income,poverty,taxes	gwen-moore	U.S. House member -- 4th District	Wisconsin	democrat	3	4	4	3	1	a song/speech
2123.json	mostly-true	Ken Bucks (District Attorneys) office? His spending skyrocketed by 40 percent.	crime,message-machine,states	jane-norton		Colorado	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a television ad
13364.json	false	The photonics bill that was sponsored in Congress and written, was written by Congressman Tom Reed, not Congresswoman Louise Slaughter.	economy,jobs	mark-assini	Candidate for Congress	New York	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a debate on WROC
655.json	true	McCain "said he was 'stumped' when asked whether contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV."	health-care	planned-parenthood			none	1	0	1	0	1	Denver
6574.json	false	Says most Texas schools spend 45 out of 180 school days in mandated testing.	education,state-budget	ted-lyon	Attorney	Texas	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	an opinion column in the Austin American-Statesman
11871.json	barely-true	Tell me what Madeleine Albrights position was on the War on Iraq. I wouldnt be surprised if she supported it.	foreign-policy,iraq	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	comments on Meet the Press
978.json	half-true	On the propriety of budget reconciliation.	energy,federal-budget,health-care	judd-gregg	U.S. Senator		republican	0	0	0	1	0	a speech on the Senate Floor.
9329.json	false	We were the last flag flying in Benghazi.	foreign-policy,terrorism	trey-gowdy	U.S. House of Representatives	South Carolina	republican	1	1	0	0	0	an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
3473.json	mostly-true	Says legislation pending in the House would effectively limit or eliminate time-and-a-half for people who work overtime.	labor,small-business,workers	armond-budish	Minority leader in the Ohio House of Representatives	Ohio	democrat	0	1	2	3	0	a letter to editor in The Plain Dealer
11869.json	barely-true	The American people will not support doing anything about people that are in this country illegally until the law is enforced first.	immigration	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an ABC Republican debate in New Hampshire
3309.json	true	The cost for renovating the headquarters of the U.N. has doubled from the original estimate.	federal-budget	cliff-stearns	U.S. representative	Florida	republican	0	0	2	1	0	a press release
6381.json	mostly-true	Mitt Romney is proposing a tax plan that would give millionaires another tax break and raises taxes on middle class families by up to $2,000 a year.	message-machine-2012,taxes	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a TV ad
1488.json	true	"There have been three people tried and convicted by the last administration in military courts. Two are walking the street right now."	crime,homeland-security,legal-issues,military,terrorism	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	an interview on "Face the Nation"
6405.json	pants-fire	Medicare insurance premiums will be rising to $120.20 per month in 2013 and $247.00 per month in 2014.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare,poverty,retirement	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a message via the Internet
9127.json	half-true	The NCAA will get billions from the mens basketball tournament. Players get a trophy.	education,sports	arian-foster	Running back, Houston Texans		none	0	0	1	0	0	a tweet
3927.json	true	The budget currently being debated significantly decreases the use of one-time resources.	state-budget	ron-amstutz	State representative	Ohio	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a newspaper column
3379.json	pants-fire	Damage by protesters to the Wisconsin state Capitol will cost $7.5 million to repair.	labor,state-budget	mike-huebsch	Secretary, Department of Administration	Wisconsin	republican	0	1	0	0	1	a statement made by a staffer during a court hearing.
8895.json	mostly-true	Americans work way more than an average of industrialized countries around the world.	jobs	keith-ellison	Member, U.S. House of Representatives	Minnesota	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	comments on ABC's "This Week"
13322.json	true	Says Ted Strickland in this campaign bragged about his A-plus rating with the NRA. ... He has said he has a mixed and spotty record on this issue and that he can be criticized for it. Those are his words, not mine. So I dont know where he is on this issue.	guns	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	the Ohio Senate debate
7714.json	true	Says new Medicare billing guidelines have nine codes for (injuries by) turkeys.	animals,government-regulation,health-care,medicaid,medicare,market-regulation	ted-poe	U.S. House Representative	Texas	republican	1	1	1	0	0	an interview on Fox Business Network
11773.json	false	Says Virginia Del. Mark Cole wants schools to check childrens genitals before using bathroom.	children,education,fake-news,sexuality	occupy-democrats			organization	0	4	3	1	4	a blog post.
7913.json	false	A monthly police and fire protection fee on all Wisconsin phone bills does nothing to support police and fire.	criminal-justice,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	andre-jacque			republican	0	1	0	0	0	an interview
11167.json	false	Illegal immigration wasnt a subject that was on anybodys mind until I brought it up at my announcement.	immigration	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	the first Republican debate
99.json	true	"One man opposed a flawed strategy in Iraq. One man had the courage to call for change. One man didn't play politics with the truth."	iraq	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a TV ad
1701.json	true	"I never had a filibuster-proof Senate."	bipartisanship,health-care,supreme-court,abc-news-week	bill-clinton	former president	Arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
9210.json	barely-true	Pregnant women who stand for five to six hours at a time increase their risk of pre-term pregnancy by 80 percent.	families,government-regulation,health-care,public-health,science,women,workers	michael-solomon	president, Providence City Council	Rhode Island	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a news release
7503.json	mostly-true	Says 100,000 are on waiting list to attend Texas charter schools.	education	dan-patrick	Lieutenant governor-elect	Texas	republican	4	4	3	4	4	Senate Education Committee hearing
9008.json	half-true	The new Ukrainian government introduced a law abolishing the use of languages other than Ukrainian in official circumstances.	foreign-policy	russia-today			none	0	0	1	0	0	a posting on their website
8246.json	barely-true	Chemical weapons have been used probably 20 times since the Persian Gulf War.	foreign-policy,military,terrorism	ted-yoho	U.S. House of Representatives	Florida	republican	1	0	0	0	0	an interview on Fox Business Network
7954.json	barely-true	The Senate immigration bill has immediate legalization ... and the border security is sometime in the future, and just like in 1986, its designed never to come into being.	corrections-and-updates,immigration	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview with Fox News
13368.json	half-true	Nearly half of African-American children under the age of 6 are living in abject poverty.	children,diversity,poverty	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in Springfield, Ohio
5266.json	pants-fire	Eric Holder is supportive of the NAACPs efforts to get the United Nations involved in our elections.	elections,foreign-policy	true-vote			none	0	0	0	0	1	a Web post.
3293.json	barely-true	In Wisconsin, teachers make $89,000 in salary and benefits, compared to $48,000 for all other workers in the United States.	education,labor,pundits	eric-bolling	Co-host on Fox News Channel's "The Five"		none	2	1	1	1	0	his Fox Business Network program
12115.json	half-true	During the last five years, Iran has perpetrated terror attacks in 25 different countries on five continents.	foreign-policy,terrorism	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee
9549.json	half-true	President Obama has left the U.S. with the lowest number of active-duty troops since before World War II, putting the nation at risk.	military	jack-kingston	U.S. Representative	Georgia	republican	3	1	4	3	0	Campaign ad
10658.json	false	Say Michelle Obama mandates weighing children in day care.	children,corrections-and-updates,food-safety,government-regulation,public-health	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	posts on social media
2855.json	false	On high-speed rail.	federal-budget,state-budget,transportation	tom-petri	U.S. House member -- 6th District	Wisconsin	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a news release 
2974.json	true	Every student paying out-of-state tuition actually covers more than the cost of instruction.	immigration	james-jolly			none	0	0	0	0	0	a University of Georgia System newsletter
8120.json	half-true	The Georgia Department of Education has implemented a new policy beginning in August that states that public schools will no longer accept credits from home school entities or non-traditional education centers.	education	nancy-gordeuk	founder, TNT Academy	Georgia	none	0	0	1	0	0	an online posting
13375.json	barely-true	Says its not possible for some Wisconsin residents to watch Packers games, theyre forced to watch Viking games, so he got a law passed to fix the problem.	population,market-regulation,sports	ron-johnson		Wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	a radio ad
11260.json	pants-fire	Democratic Sens. Ed Markey, Al Franken and Jeanne Shaheen took Bribes From Iran They Back Insane NUKE Deal.	foreign-policy,nuclear	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	posts on the Internet
9722.json	pants-fire	President Barack Obamas latest executive order mandates the apprehension and detention of Americans who merely show signs of respiratory illness.	ebola,public-health	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	an article posted on Infowars.com
4599.json	half-true	The Milwaukee County sheriffs department plays only a limited role as a traditional law enforcement agency and in 2009 reported far fewer crimes to the FBI than the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee police did.	county-budget,county-government,crime	chris-abele	Philanthropist	Wisconsin	none	3	5	4	4	2	a speech
11134.json	false	Obama Makes Huge Move to BAN Social Security Recipients From Owning Guns	disability,guns,retirement,social-security	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	various conservative websites
6843.json	pants-fire	I never supported a state income tax for Texas.	taxes	paul-sadler	Lawyer	Texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	1	the U.S. Senate candidate debate at WFAA-TV in Dallas.
11366.json	mostly-true	Unlike virtually every other campaign, we dont have a super PAC.	campaign-finance	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	comments on Twitter.
13080.json	mostly-true	Within just a few years, immigration as a share of national population is set to break all historical records.	immigration	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech in Arizona
10135.json	half-true	Ed Gillespies firm even lobbied for five foreign governments, including a dictator now awaiting trial for war crimes.	candidates-biography,message-machine-2014	mark-warner	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	3	1	6	3	0	a TV ad.
10334.json	mostly-true	We have a system now where in 40 states, the highest-paid public employee is the state universitys head football or basketball coach.	education,sports,state-budget	jim-moran	U. S. Congressman	Virginia	democrat	2	1	1	6	1	a Facebook post
2182.json	half-true	Because of violence spreading from Mexico, youve got bullets hitting the city hall in El Paso. Youve got bombs exploding in El Paso.	crime,drugs,homeland-security,immigration	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an interview
6100.json	false	Decriminalizing marijuana will save the state anywhere from $4 (million) to $11 million dollars.	crime,criminal-justice,drugs,government-regulation,legal-issues,marijuana,public-health,state-finances	john-g-edwards	State Representative	Rhode Island	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	a debate on the House floor
12975.json	true	Says there are concrete examples of University of Texas job applicants or prospective applicants and students as well as invited speakers changing their minds because of handguns being allowed in campus buildings and classrooms.	education,guns	lisa-moore	Professor, Department of English, The University of Texas at Austin	Texas	none	0	0	0	0	0	an interview for NPR's "All Things Considered"
3751.json	false	The Massachusetts health care plan is wildly unpopular among state residents.	health-care,polls,pundits	laura-ingraham	Political commentator and radio talk show host		none	2	5	1	0	1	an interview on Fox News' "O'Reilly Factor"
7918.json	barely-true	The IRS scandal clearly showed some criminal behavior.	legal-issues,taxes	mike-rogers	national security commentator for CNN	Michigan	republican	1	1	1	2	1	an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
10034.json	true	TSA WILL ACCEPT DRIVERS PRIV CARDS FOR ID AT THE AIRPORT	immigration	lars-larson	radio talk show host	Oregon	none	1	1	0	1	0	 an email
11126.json	mostly-true	Forty percent of people in this country, illegally, are overstaying visas.	immigration	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an appearance on 'Fox & Friends'
2531.json	half-true	Says Lee Fisher wanted a $1.1 billion tax increase which could have driven countless jobs out of state.	economy,message-machine,stimulus,taxes	american-crossroads			republican	5	5	4	0	0	an election ad
1165.json	barely-true	Scientists project that the Arctic will be ice-free in the summer of 2013.	climate-change,environment	john-kerry	Secretary of State	Massachusetts	democrat	3	2	2	5	0	an op-ed published in the Huffington Post
4759.json	true	Ilana Shafran Mandels stake in Forest City Enterprises constitutes significantly less than 1 percent of the companys shares and any implication of a conflict of interest is legally incorrect.	candidates-biography,transparency	josh-mandel	Ohio treasurer	Ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a news release
1285.json	false	When White House communications director Anita Dunn said that Mao Tse-tung was one of her favorite philosophers, only Fox News picked that up.	pundits	bill-oreilly	Fox News Channel host		none	4	6	3	5	1	a comment on the O'Reilly Factor
7740.json	false	Says only about 250 Texans have been killed in action since 9/11.	afghanistan,iraq,military,terrorism	leticia-van-de-putte	Pharmacist	Texas	democrat	2	2	4	1	1	remarks on the floor of the Texas Senate.
7510.json	false	Super Bowl L by everybodys estimation is a $500 million economic impact to the state of Florida.	economy,sports	ron-book	lobbyist	Florida	none	0	1	0	0	0	a state legislative committee hearing
11124.json	pants-fire	The number of illegal immigrants in the United States is 30 million, it could be 34 million.	census,immigration	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
10436.json	pants-fire	You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down -- Abraham Lincoln said it.	candidates-biography,taxes	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	comments on "Fox News Sunday"
2901.json	false	Last year, Beaverton School District had the highest number of homeless students ever recorded in Oregon.	education,housing	city-beaverton	city	Oregon	none	0	2	0	0	0	a press release
9934.json	true	The state budget has increased almost $800 million a year in each of the last two years.	state-budget	jeff-amason	attorney	Georgia	libertarian	0	0	0	0	0	interview on The Monica Perez Show, WSB
5672.json	mostly-true	In the past 10 years, our (Austin) water rates have increased by 100 percent and we now have the highest water cost of the top 10 cities in Texas.	water	brigid-shea	Principal, Carbon Shrinks LLC	Texas	democrat	0	0	1	1	0	an op-ed column.
7276.json	true	Says in this next biennium, the cost of primary and secondary education is going to increase by more that $1000 per student. Half of that $1000 $500 per student is accounted for by the increased cost of PERS alone.	education	john-kitzhaber	Governor of Oregon	Oregon	democrat	1	1	4	4	0	his State of the State Address.
12977.json	mostly-true	Says Hillary Clinton is the one that labeled African-American youth as superpredators.	crime	reince-priebus	Chairman, Republican National Committee	Wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	an interview during NBC's Meet the Press
8500.json	barely-true	The insurance companies are making that choice (to cancel or change policies), not the president.	corrections-and-updates,health-care	ezekiel-emanuel	Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy 		democrat	1	0	2	0	0	a "Fox News Sunday" interview
1129.json	false	Ezekiel Emanuel, one of President Obama's key health care advisers, says medical care should be reserved for the nondisabled. So watch out if you're disabled.	health-care	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a statement on the House floor
2997.json	false	On whether state employees should contribute to their pensions.	retirement	bob-mcdonnell	Governor	Virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	a Dec. 19, 2010 speech to legislators.  
11175.json	false	Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them.	foreign-policy	ben-carson			republican	7	12	3	2	4	the first Republican debate
4931.json	pants-fire	Says Mitt Romney, as governor of Massachusetts, put into place socialized medicine.	health-care	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a Republican presidential debate in Iowa
10721.json	half-true	The same federal government that offers some money for a program is walking away from another health care program.	medicaid	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a speech
6448.json	false	I didnt try to push a bill to reduce lottery scholarship proceeds for students.	education,lottery	dolores-gresham	State senator	Tennessee	republican	0	2	0	0	0	in an interview with The Commercial Appeal.
10976.json	mostly-true	The Confederate battle flag in South Carolina was first flown at the statehouse in 1961.It was flown as a symbol of massive resistance to racial desegregation.	diversity,history,states	eugene-robinson			none	0	0	0	2	0	comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
1572.json	false	Several times, Obama has apologized for what he deems to be American arrogance, dismissiveness, and derision; for dictating solutions, for acting unilaterally ... .	foreign-policy,patriotism,terrorism	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	his book "No Apology."
989.json	barely-true	Some even advocate wiping out 401(k)s entirely and replacing them with government-run accounts.	retirement	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a press release.
11678.json	barely-true	In 2000, I wrote about Osama bin Laden, Weve got to take him out.	terrorism	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech.
6342.json	true	I ended up my time as governor with a general fund budget that was smaller than the one I started with.	state-budget	tim-kaine	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	a debate.
8877.json	pants-fire	A friends sister died from Obamacare becauseBlue Shield completely just pulled out of California.	health-care	ann-coulter	Columnist and author	New York	republican	2	3	3	0	4	an interview on "Fox & Friends Weekend"
7234.json	barely-true	Obamacare includes a $63 charge every American will begin paying (in 2013) as a way to cover some of the increased costs associated with providing health insurance to those with pre-existing conditions.	health-care,market-regulation	jim-renacci	U.S. representative 	Ohio	republican	5	3	4	1	1	a newspaper column
6029.json	half-true	Forty years ago ... about half of congressional districts were genuinely competitive. Today, only about 10 percent of House races on Cook Political Report are listed as toss-ups or lean to one party.	bipartisanship,history	john-barrow	Congressman	Georgia	democrat	0	0	1	1	0	in an op-ed
4803.json	true	When the national debt reaches $15 trillion, it means that U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio will reach 99.7 percent of our debt and this is $47,900 for every living American.	deficit,federal-budget	leonard-lance			republican	0	0	1	2	0	a speech on the House floor
11526.json	true	Most Americans are ready to put it [marijuana prohibition] behind us and move on.	drugs,marijuana	mason-tvert			none	0	0	0	0	0	a news release
5654.json	pants-fire	Obama tells Russia that hell turn over Americas defense system to them if re-elected.	foreign-policy,military	eric-johnson			republican	0	1	1	0	1	a Twitter post
11121.json	mostly-true	The National Technical Information Service spends millions of taxpayer dollars to print and sell government documents that are available free in online searches.	federal-budget,government-efficiency,transparency	david-perdue	U.S. Senate candidate	Georgia	republican	5	1	4	5	1	a press release
7037.json	half-true	Says Bill Young voted twice for the Ryan budget that ends the current Medicare system.	medicare	jessica-ehrlich	attorney	Florida	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a TV commercial
2359.json	false	I kicked crooked cops and government officials off the public pension rolls.	candidates-biography,crime,ethics,job-accomplishments,legal-issues	joseph-fernandez		Rhode Island	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a candidate mailing
328.json	barely-true	Romney left Massachusetts "with a $245-million debt because of the big government-mandated health care system."	health-care	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a debate in Simi Valley, Calif.
6891.json	false	Repealing and replacing Obamacare thats going to save $1 trillion over a 10-year period.	debt,health-care	george-allen	consultant	Virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a debate.
10708.json	false	The Georgia Legislatures last day of session ends at midnight.	states,transparency	david-ralston		Georgia	republican	1	1	0	1	0	comments from the House floor
7360.json	barely-true	The brutal fact is, when it comes to education, America is slipping behind other nations.	education	bob-mcdonnell	Governor	Virginia	republican	6	5	7	6	3	a speech.
8867.json	barely-true	I always supported civil unions.	gays-and-lesbians	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a press conference
3883.json	pants-fire	Because Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a 30-bill job creation package, New Jersey ranks 50th in the nation in job creation.	jobs	lou-greenwald	State Assemblyman	New Jersey	democrat	0	1	1	2	2	a message on Facebook
9145.json	false	A poll taken a few months ago found 70 percent approval or higher for the Act 10 collective bargaining law.	city-government,county-government,education,health-care,pensions,polls,state-budget,state-finances,taxes,unions	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview
6098.json	pants-fire	Sherrod Brown gave huge bonuses to executives.	economy,message-machine-2012,stimulus,voting-record	josh-mandel	Ohio treasurer	Ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a campaign commercial
2688.json	false	Unfortunately everyone needs to cut back in these tough economic times. Thats why I voted to cut my own pay along with the pay of our state employees.	job-accomplishments,state-budget,voting-record	matt-patten	State representative	Ohio	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign mailer
11797.json	mostly-true	Says Donald Trump thinks that climate change is a hoax, invented by the Chinese.	climate-change,science	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
12438.json	mostly-true	Polls show Bernie Sanders would do better than Hillary Clinton in a head-to-head battle against Donald Trump.	elections	georgians-bernie-sanders-president		Georgia  	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	Facebook post.
3746.json	barely-true	Increasing the bottle deposit to 10 cents on a case of water bottles could literally double the price of that product in the store.	environment,water	matt-wingard	State representative	Oregon	republican	1	0	1	0	0	a House floor session
12722.json	mostly-true	What difference, at this point, does it make? I am the guy that got under her skin and provoked that infamous response from Hillary Clinton by asking a pretty simple question, Why didnt you just pick up the phone and call the survivors (of the Benghazi attack)?	candidates-biography,foreign-policy	ron-johnson		Wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	the GOP convention in Cleveland
9763.json	mostly-true	Kasim Reed has kept every promise he made as a candidate.	city-government,elections	kasim-reed			democrat	1	0	5	7	1	a press release
7392.json	barely-true	Wisconsins laws ranked the worst in the world for mining investment.	environment,government-regulation,jobs	wisconsin-manufacturers-and-commerce		Wisconsin	organization	3	0	2	2	0	testimony to the Legislature
12633.json	true	More people now die in Wisconsin from drug overdoses than car crashes.	drugs	brad-schimel			republican	0	2	1	0	0	an opinion piece
5135.json	half-true	In Connecticut and New York, students at Achievement First schools consistently outperform city and statewide averages.	city-government,education	angel-taveras	Mayor of Providence	Rhode Island	democrat	2	1	2	2	0	a newspaper commentary
2507.json	barely-true	Rick Scotts prison plan would cut Floridas prison budget in half, close prisons, and release tens of thousands of prisoners early -- murderers, rapists, sex offenders, armed robbers, drug dealers.	crime,message-machine	florida-police-benevolent-association		Florida	none	1	0	0	0	0	a TV ad.
712.json	pants-fire	Obama's one education accomplishment was "legislation to teach 'comprehensive sex education' to kindergartners."	education	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	in a television ad
1286.json	false	"Forcing Americans off of their current health coverage and onto a government-run plan isn't the answer, but that's exactly what the Democrats' plan would do."	health-care	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a statement on his Web site
455.json	false	During the Monica Lewinsky scandal, the Clintons brought the Rev. Jeremiah Wright to the White House for "spiritual counseling."	candidates-biography	michael-moore	Documentary filmmaker		none	2	5	1	6	0	MichaelMoore.com
8504.json	half-true	Only 14 percent of Americans were able to keep these individual market plans for two years before Obamacare became law.	health-care	van-jones	Co-host of CNN's "Crossfire"	Washington, D.C.	democrat	0	1	2	2	0	a panel on ABC's "This Week"
12516.json	pants-fire	Never mind that no red light camera, no speed camera, nor any radar gun has ever stopped one accident from occurring.	transportation	tom-mccarey			none	0	0	0	0	1	In a Penn Live editorial
11017.json	true	Only five states, including Georgia, do not have a hate crimes law.	crime	various-media-reports	reporting	Georgia	none	0	0	0	0	0	church shooting aftermath
6074.json	mostly-true	Marcy Kaptur voted against a ban which would have prevented the aborting of a baby girl for the sole reason that shes a girl.	abortion,message-machine-2012,voting-record	samuel-wurzelbacher	Republican candidate for Congress	Ohio	republican	0	1	0	1	1	a campaign video
6662.json	false	The Health Care Compact bill would end Medicares guaranteed benefit for Tennessees Medicare recipients and shift management of the federal health care plan to the states TennCare program.	health-care,medicaid,medicare	tennessee-democratic-party		Tennessee	democrat	1	1	0	2	0	Tennessee Democratic Party press release sent via email in a version specifically cri
27.json	half-true	Barack Obama supported keeping troops in Iraq, but now he wants a "precipitous withdrawal" regardless of "conditions on the ground" or "consequences of a defeat for the United States," an RNC radio ad.	iraq	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	a radio ad.
6095.json	half-true	When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs, a rate twice the national average, and fell to 47th in job creation, fourth from the bottom.	economy,jobs	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	campaign ad “We’ve heard it all before,” airing in New Hampshire and around the U.S
7094.json	true	Barack Obama is only the second Democrat in the last 75 years to win Ohio twice with more than 50 percent of the vote.	elections	chris-redfern	Chairman of the  Ohio Democratic Party	Ohio	democrat	0	0	2	4	0	a news conference
11708.json	false	ISIS is going to people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists.	corrections-and-updates,terrorism	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the Dec. 19 Democratic presidential debate
627.json	true	The musical Mamma Mia! has "been selling out for years."	pop-culture	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a town hall in Aspen, Colo.
650.json	mostly-true	The Bush administration's latest plans for troop withdrawal from Iraq by 2011 are "more or less the same time frame I announced two years ago."	iraq	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	Chester, Va. 
4535.json	half-true	Chris Christie has not been effective at creating jobs (or have) a record of governing for effectiveness. ... New Jersey (has) one of the higher unemployment rates in the country at 9.4 percent.	jobs,states	martin-omalley	Maryland governor	Maryland	democrat	3	1	10	4	0	an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
6758.json	mostly-true	Barack Obama refuses to acknowledge Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.	foreign-policy,israel	republican-jewish-coalition	Advocacy group	Washington, D.C.	republican	0	0	0	2	0	an election flier 
9584.json	half-true	I created the school choice program.	education	gary-george	Lawyer	Wisconsin	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	an interview
7532.json	barely-true	Nearly 25 percent of all automobile accidents are caused by texting while driving.	public-safety,transportation	doug-holder	Florida House of Representatives	Florida	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a committee hearing on HB 13
105.json	barely-true	"The reality is, with a $2 trillion-a-year health care budget, we're spending more on health care, nearly 17 percent of our gross domestic product, versus 3.8 percent of GDP on the entire military budget."	health-care	mike-huckabee	author	Arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	
11439.json	pants-fire	Bernie Sanders admits he is a Democratic Socialist. Nazis were Democratic Socialists.	candidates-biography,history	jason-villalba	Attorney	Texas	republican	0	0	0	0	1	a tweet
10024.json	barely-true	We have four combat-ready brigades out of 40 in the U.S. Army.	federal-budget,military,terrorism	dick-cheney			republican	5	4	2	2	1	a broadcast of "Hannity" on Fox News
5650.json	barely-true	Every time the weight of that vehicle is reduced by a hundred pounds, your chances of dying are going to go up by about 5 percent. Peel three hundred pounds off youre 15 percent more likely to die in that car.	energy,environment,market-regulation,transportation	lars-larson	radio talk show host	Oregon	none	1	1	0	1	0	an online post
2613.json	mostly-true	Says hesso bipartisan that 12 of my bills were signed into law by Democratic President Bill Clinton.	job-accomplishments	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a debate
7385.json	mostly-true	I still live in the same working-class neighborhood I grew up in.	housing	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	GOP response to Obama's State of the Union
2002.json	barely-true	Im running against a groundhog. He saw his shadow on the primary day, and no one has seen him since.	candidates-biography,energy	jeff-weems	Lawyer	Texas	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a speech
12582.json	mostly-true	Says British voters under 50, especially millennials, overwhelmingly voted to stay, in the European Union. It was older voters who voted to leave.	polls	tim-kaine	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	comments on "Meet the Press"
10486.json	pants-fire	Fundamental changes made to the language describing the Wisconsin Idea in the University of Wisconsin Systems mission statement were the result of a drafting error.	education,government-efficiency,public-service,state-budget	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a tweet
3222.json	barely-true	Financed the largest parking expansion program without a rate increase.	city-budget	dick-greco			none	1	0	1	0	0	city report reprinted as 2011 mayoral campaign material
12254.json	false	Says Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio had it set so that the winner takes everything, because they wanted to make sure that I didnt get anything in the Florida primary.	elections	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech in Rome, N.Y.
10228.json	barely-true	4.7 million people have lost their insurance in 32 states due to Obamacare.	health-care	dana-loesch	Radio talk show host		republican	1	2	0	0	0	an interview on MSNBC's "The Ed Show"
8226.json	mostly-true	The average family premium has increased by 29% under Obama!	health-care	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	a tweet
6826.json	half-true	On Medicare for current retirees, hes cutting $716 billion from the program.	debates,medicare	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a presidential debate
8163.json	mostly-true	Sen. Marco Rubio refuses to accept the basic science on climate change and is a climate change denier.	climate-change,environment,science	organizing-action	Group supporting President Barack Obama	Washington, D.C.	democrat	0	0	1	1	0	an email to Obama supporters in Florida
2924.json	false	There are 10 or 20 deaths a year from foodborne illness in the United States.	agriculture,health-care,market-regulation	tom-coburn	U.S. Senator	Oklahoma	republican	2	3	3	2	0	a Senate floor speech
6747.json	half-true	Says when Republicans took over the state legislature in 2010, New Hampshires tax rate for employers was 50th in the nation, and unemployment had more than doubled under Democrats.	jobs,taxes	william-obrien	Speaker of the House of Representatives	New Hampshire	republican	1	2	1	0	0	a campaign mailer sent to New Boston residents in August 2012
2773.json	barely-true	About 1 in 10 public school teachers in Wisconsin would have been laid off without federal stimulus funds.	education,stimulus	jim-doyle	Lawyer	Wisconsin	democrat	1	1	1	1	0	an interview with the BBC NewsHour
13496.json	false	CNN accidentally aired 30 minutes of pornography in Boston on Thanksgiving night.	fake-news	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	posts on the Internet
1516.json	true	Bill McCollum voted four times to raise his own pay, by a total of $51,000, and earns a congressional pension worth more than $75,000 a year.	candidates-biography	florida-democratic-party		Florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	an advertisement by the Florida Democratic Party
137.json	pants-fire	The signers of the Declaration of Independence were "brave people, most of whom, by the way, were clergymen."	religion	mike-huckabee	author	Arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	Orlando
6345.json	pants-fire	Says Donna Campbell is pushing a 35 percent sales tax extending to medicine, groceries and real estate.	taxes	jeff-wentworth	State Senator	Texas	republican	0	0	1	0	2	a campaign mailer.
5410.json	true	Over 40 percent of children born in America are born out of wedlock.	marriage,sexuality,women	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.
536.json	half-true	We're borrowing money from China and Saudi Arabia "to finance this war" in Iraq.	federal-budget	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	Cape Girardeau, Mo.
8161.json	false	Says that in his first two years, Wisconsin has seen its best two-year job growth in a decade.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a campaign press statement
8450.json	barely-true	In 45 out of 50 states, on average men are seeing their premiums double, going up 99 percent. Women up 62 percent.	health-care,pundits	sean-hannity	Radio/TV host		none	3	5	3	2	1	a broadcast of the Sean Hannity Show on WBAP AM
3156.json	true	Georgia is the second-fastest growing state for international tourists.	tourism	chris-cummiskey	Economic Development Commissioner	Georgia	none	0	0	0	0	0	a budget presentation
6407.json	half-true	When I left the Senate, we were on a trajectory towards a balanced budget.	deficit,federal-budget,taxes	george-allen	consultant	Virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a debate.
8026.json	true	Guess what, governor? Theres no fried butter in Newark. Just 13 percent unemployment.	jobs	barbara-buono	State Senator	New Jersey	democrat	3	1	4	4	1	an online gubernatorial campaign ad
3817.json	true	Says Republican-approved changes to make it more difficult to participate in Ohio elections include reducing in-person early voting from 35 days to six.	elections	armond-budish	Minority leader in the Ohio House of Representatives	Ohio	democrat	0	1	2	3	0	a news release
4261.json	false	High-speed rail would have cost Florida taxpayers $1 billion to build.	transportation	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	TV interview
3076.json	mostly-true	Between 2000 and 2006, health insurance company profits quadrupled.	health-care	chris-van-hollen		Maryland	democrat	0	0	0	4	0	comments on the House floor
5909.json	mostly-true	Says One-third of our healthcare dollars go to wasteful insurance billing and bureaucracy.	health-care,public-health	jennifer-williamson	Attorney	Oregon	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a campaign mailer
10128.json	false	Obama, instead of nominating a health professional, he nominated someone who is an anti-gun activist (for surgeon general).	congress,corrections-and-updates,ebola,guns,health-care,public-health	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview on CNN
10599.json	half-true	Black people are eight times more likely to be arrested than white people in Madison.	city-government,civil-rights,crime,criminal-justice,guns,public-safety	young-gifted-and-black-coalition			activist	0	0	1	0	0	an open letter
1215.json	pants-fire	"For the first time in history, the Democratic Congress will not allow an increase in the social security COLA (cost of living adjustment)."	social-security	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail
10700.json	pants-fire	Says Ted Cruz said, There is no place for gays or atheists in my America. None. Our Constitution makes that clear.	candidates-biography,gays-and-lesbians,marriage,religion	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	an online meme
11750.json	mostly-true	We spend more on our military than the next eight nations combined.	federal-budget,military	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	his 2016 State of the Union address
5776.json	false	Says Cape May, Cumberland, Salem and part of Atlantic counties are all south of the Mason-Dixon line.	history	raymond-bateman			republican	0	1	0	0	0	an opinion piece on DailyRecord.com
2462.json	barely-true	Says Republican opponent Jason Isaac is peddling a plan meaning Texans would pay the highest sales taxes in America, up to 14.5 percent.	message-machine,taxes	patrick-rose	Attorney	Texas	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a TV ad.
9208.json	mostly-true	David Dewhurst currently owes more than $1 million to vendors for services provided to his 2012 U.S. Senate campaign.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography	dan-patrick	Lieutenant governor-elect	Texas	republican	4	4	3	4	4	a press release
4573.json	mostly-true	Says Rick Perry supported a guest worker program to help people who would otherwise be illegal aliens.	immigration	libertarian-national-committee			libertarian	0	0	1	1	0	a video posted on its website
10506.json	pants-fire	On climate change, the temperature readings have been fabricated, and its all blowing up in their (scientists) faces.	climate-change	dana-perino	Co-host on Fox News Channel's "The Five"		republican	1	1	0	0	1	a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News
2920.json	mostly-true	Republicans created a trillion dollar prescription drug entitlement program without paying for it.	deficit,federal-budget,health-care	bobby-scott	U.S. Congressman	Virginia	democrat	1	2	1	5	0	
8465.json	barely-true	Test scores had gone up steadily for 40 years until No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top.	bush-administration,education	diane-ravitch	University professor	New York	newsmaker	1	0	0	0	0	a speech
8322.json	pants-fire	Warren Buffett says stop Obamacare now and start over.	health-care	tom-graves			republican	1	0	5	0	1	an ABC News interview
8521.json	barely-true	When you add a dollar value to mandates, government took almost 50 percent of the American peoples money.	federal-budget,market-regulation,taxes	larry-elder	Radio talk show host		talk-show-host	1	3	0	0	0	CNN's "Crossfire" roundtable
6514.json	barely-true	In Florida, theyre already talking about how the Ryan-Romney plan will end Medicare and replace it with a voucher.	medicare,message-machine-2012	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a radio ad
12898.json	half-true	I opposed the only multilateral trade deal that came before the Senate while I was there.	trade,voting-record	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an economic speech in Warren, Mich.
6818.json	false	Says Ohios Issue 2 will create a redistricting commission that will have a blank check to spend our money.	elections,government-efficiency,redistricting,state-budget	ohio-republican-party		Ohio	republican	2	2	2	1	0	an election flier 
12273.json	mostly-true	Andrew Jackson was the last president who actually balanced the federal budget, where we had no national debt.	debt,deficit,federal-budget,history	ben-carson			republican	7	12	3	2	4	a Fox Business interview
731.json	half-true	Sarah Palin endorsed a Wasilla policy that charged sexual assault victims for their "rape kits."	crime	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	blog postings on many Web sites.
4796.json	mostly-true	One-third of our college grads leave Ohio within three years.	economy,education,jobs	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a speech
9946.json	barely-true	Says Gwen Graham was a Washington lobbyist.	candidates-biography	steve-southerland	U.S. Representative, Florida District 2	Florida	republican	1	2	1	1	0	a campaign commercial
12347.json	mostly-true	Theres no data that says a gun-free zone has saved lives.	guns	michael-oneill	aviation mechanic	Rhode Island	none	0	0	0	1	0	a legislative hearing 
11035.json	false	On support for Trade Promotion Authority, calledfast-track	trade	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an op-ed on Breitbart
10818.json	barely-true	Republicans have already cut our neighborhood public schools three budgets in a row.	education	katrina-shankland	State representative	Wisconsin	democrat	2	1	0	0	0	a news release
8721.json	false	Says David Jolly lobbied for government-run health care just last year.	candidates-biography,campaign-advertising	kathleen-peters	District 69 state representative	Florida	republican	1	1	0	1	0	comments during a press conference
2520.json	barely-true	The Chilean privatization scheme that Sharron Angle supports has resulted in hidden fees, fewer benefits, and millions of people with no coverage.	financial-regulation,foreign-policy,message-machine,social-security	patriot-majority-pac	liberal advocacy organization	Washington, D.C.	none	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign commercial
7718.json	half-true	The Dolphins stadium renovation will create more than 4,000 new local jobs.	county-budget,jobs,sports,state-budget	friends-miami-first	promoting approval of financing for Sun Life Stadium	Florida	none	0	0	1	0	0	a mailer
4147.json	half-true	Says the state budget doubled property tax credits for seniors and middle class New Jerseyans and had no tax increases for any New Jersey family for the second year in a row.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a radio ad
6427.json	true	In June 2012 we actually had more people go on Social Security Disability [85,000] ... than the 80,000 jobs that were created.	economy,jobs,social-security	allen-west	U.S. representative, Florida District 22	Florida	republican	6	9	3	1	4	a radio interview
9655.json	half-true	Between June 30 and July 10, CNN interviewed 17 Israeli public officials versus onePalestinian official.	foreign-policy,israel	rula-jebreal			none	0	0	1	1	0	comments on MSNBC
12841.json	half-true	The poverty rates in America today arent much better than when we started the War on Poverty.	poverty	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a speech
5735.json	half-true	Says his sons were targeted on Facebook by out-of-state protesters.	children,families,privacy	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a speech
2805.json	half-true	The Republican who was just elected governor of the great state of Florida paid his campaign staffers, not with money, but with American Express gift cards.	campaign-finance,elections,pundits	rachel-maddow	MSNBC host		none	6	6	4	6	1	comments on her MSNBC show.
2451.json	pants-fire	Marco Rubio tried to insert $1.5 million for a rowing institute into the state budget.	message-machine,state-budget,voting-record	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a TV ad.
11669.json	mostly-true	Up until recently, 75 percent of all the sorties that left the base came back without dropping their ordnances, because there was such a concern about making sure that there were no civilian casualties.	foreign-policy,military,terrorism	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	an interview on 'This Week' 
10896.json	half-true	There is not a single documented case of abuse of the bulk metadata collectionprogram.	homeland-security,terrorism	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a USA Today op-ed
12555.json	false	Because of Obamacare, you have so many part-time jobs.	health-care	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a Phoenix rally
10977.json	true	The Confederate battle flag at the South Carolina statehouse must fly at a height of 30 feet. Any changes -- taken down, or even at half-staff, if that can be done -- must be passed by a supermajority of the General Assembly.	diversity,history,states	jean-casarez	CNN correspondent		none	0	0	0	0	0	comments on CNN
4596.json	barely-true	Every worker pays 15.3 percent payroll tax.	new-hampshire-2012,taxes,workers	herman-cain		Georgia	republican	4	11	5	3	3	an interview on MSNBC
8631.json	true	The Walton family, which owns Wal-Mart, controls a fortune equal to the wealth of the bottom 42 percent of Americans combined.	corporations,economy,income,labor,wealth	one-wisconsin-now		Wisconsin	organization	0	2	2	1	1	an email
5463.json	barely-true	President Obama pushed through the stimulus based on the promise of keeping unemployment under 8 percent.	economy,jobs,stimulus	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a written statement.
9709.json	false	Ed Gillespie supports a personhood amendment.	abortion,human-rights	mark-warner	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	3	1	6	3	0	a debate.
790.json	pants-fire	"(Bill) Ayers and Obama ran a radical education foundation together."	patriotism	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a Web ad
5326.json	half-true	President Obama is shrinking our military.	federal-budget,military	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a speech in Las Vegas, Nev.
4900.json	barely-true	The only reason the unemployment rate is going down is because twice as many people dropped out of the employment pool as the number of jobs were created.	economy,jobs,workers	newt-gingrich	Co-host on CNN's "Crossfire"	Georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a press conference
9357.json	mostly-true	Cap and trade legislation was originally a Republican idea.	climate-change,environment	debbie-wasserman-schultz	U.S. Representative, Florida District 23	Florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	in a question and answer after a speech
2553.json	barely-true	Says James Langevin voted to spend $3 billion for a jet engine no one wants.	economy,federal-budget,government-efficiency,military,voting-record	mark-zaccaria		Rhode Island	republican	2	2	0	0	0	a news release
5639.json	half-true	Says Congressman Steve Rothman voted against funding for President Barack Obamas auto bailout and would have let automakers go bankrupt.	economy,message-machine-2012	bill-pascrell	U.S. House of Representatives	New Jersey	democrat	0	3	4	4	0	a news release
2800.json	half-true	Georgias high school graduation rate topped 80 percent in 2010.	education	sonny-perdue	Governor of Georgia		republican	0	0	1	0	0	speeches at schools across the state
12482.json	half-true	When a bill is sent to the governors office, there is no option for changing it. You sign it or you dont sign it. While there was lots of conversation, there was really no opportunity for any sort of amending.	labor	patty-judge	U.S. Senate candidate	Iowa	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a post-debate interview
4604.json	pants-fire	The IRS is already planning on 19,500 new employees to administer Obamas health care mandate.	health-care,new-hampshire-2012	jon-huntsman		Utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.
9833.json	mostly-true	My campaign alone has created more jobs in the state of Rhode Island than Narragansett Beer.	Alcohol,debates,economy,jobs	clay-pell	Candidate for Rhode Island governor	Rhode Island	democrat	0	0	1	2	0	a TV debate
10774.json	false	Algeria wanted to be taken off of the terror list at the time it made an unreported donation to the Clinton Foundation.	ethics,foreign-policy,homeland-security	joe-scarborough	Host of a morning show on MSNBC		none	1	4	3	3	0	a segment on 'Morning Joe'
8561.json	barely-true	The (health care) law does not demand that all of these cancellations go out.	health-care	nancy-pelosi	House Minority Leader	California	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
3153.json	barely-true	Says there are a half a trillion dollars in cuts to Medicare that are going to go in place as a result of health care reform.	health-care,medicare	jim-renacci	U.S. representative 	Ohio	republican	5	3	4	1	1	a town hall forum
11447.json	false	We have the highest tax rate anywhere in the world.	taxes	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech.
12401.json	false	Nevada Democratic Party leaders hijacked the process on the floor of the state convention ignoring the regular procedure and ramming through what they wanted to do.	elections	jeff-weaver	Bernie Sanders campaign manager		democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a television interview on CNN
12877.json	mostly-true	Says that under the Obama administration, the debt has nearly doubled.	economy	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	a Phoenix town hall
5096.json	false	Ballistic tests have confirmed that the death of at least one U.S. Border Patrol agent was caused by weapons that were part of a federal arms trafficking operation.	criminal-justice,guns	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a post on his campaign website
6389.json	barely-true	Says his plan to end the toll on Ga. 400 fulfills his campaign promise to commuters.	transportation	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	
2008.json	mostly-true	"You know, when this thing first hit, I signed a declaration of emergency for the six counties that were directly affected, impacted in the Panhandle, then I extended that not long thereafter down into Sarasota County."	oil-spill	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a speech at the Florida Association of Counties conference
9859.json	false	Says Mark Pryor voted to give Social Security benefits to illegal immigrants.	immigration,social-security	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	a campaign ad
7009.json	mostly-true	Says the Central Health districts tax rate is the lowest among the largest counties in Texas, and it will continue to be the lowest if voters approve a proposed tax increase.	health-care,public-health,taxes	keep-austin-healthy-pac			none	0	0	0	1	0	a news article posted online Oct. 18, 2012.
10160.json	half-true	The Austin Tea Party and an ultra-conservative millionaire are behind the campaign against the citys light-rail proposition.	city-budget,city-government,corrections-and-updates,transportation	lloyd-doggett	Texas congressman in the U.S. Houst of Representatives	Texas	democrat	1	0	2	7	0	a Let's Go Austin mailer
3058.json	false	Under current U.S. immigration policy, literally one person with a green card can, in the extreme, bring in more than 270 of his relatives.	immigration	phil-gingrey	U.S. Congressman	Georgia	republican	2	5	2	1	1	a state legislative committee meeting
410.json	pants-fire	Obama says America is great, but let's "try to change it."	patriotism	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	a blog posting
10336.json	true	Only 20 colleges and universities have athletic departments with revenue exceeding expenses.	education,sports,state-budget	jim-moran	U. S. Congressman	Virginia	democrat	2	1	1	6	1	a Facebook post
12249.json	barely-true	The city of Charlotte passed a bathroom ordinance mandate on every private-sector employer in Charlotte.	gays-and-lesbians,states	pat-mccrory	Governor of North Carolina	North Carolina	republican	5	2	3	0	1	an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
9398.json	barely-true	Medicare is going broke. The trust fund goes bankrupt in 2026.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare,retirement,taxes	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	remarks at a forum
10556.json	true	The Clintons foundation took millions from foreign governments including United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.	campaign-finance,foreign-policy,campaign-advertising	american-crossroads			republican	5	5	4	0	0	a video
4281.json	half-true	Rick Perry was the (campaign) chairman for Al Gore at one time, not too many years ago.	candidates-biography	ron-paul	U.S. representative	Texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	an Iowa campaign stop.
4050.json	false	My husband and I have never gotten a penny of money from the farm.	campaign-finance	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	an interview on Fox News
6257.json	false	The health care law adds around $800 billion of taxes on the American people. It does not discriminate between rich and poor.	health-care	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a newspaper op-ed
8061.json	barely-true	Says Obama policies contributed to gas prices rising from $1.89 in January 2009 to $3.51 today.	economy,energy,gas-prices	roger-williams	Businessman	Texas	republican	3	2	2	0	1	
1537.json	mostly-true	U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson "compared a former vice president to a vampire ... and compared America's health care system to the Holocaust."	health-care	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a press release
13287.json	pants-fire	Back in the Great Recession, when millions of jobs across America hung in the balance, Donald Trump said rescuing the auto industry didnt really matter very much. He said, and I quote again, Let it go.	bankruptcy,candidates-biography,jobs	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a rally in Detroit
6190.json	barely-true	Says Rep. Charles Bass supports privatizing Social Security, risking trillions more on Wall Street.	social-security	ann-mclane-kuster	Attorney	New Hampshire	democrat	2	1	3	0	0	a rally outside the N.H. Statehouse.
9068.json	barely-true	After Russia went to war with Georgia in 2008, the U.S. sent a very strong message to Vladimir Putin by sending warships to the Black Sea and airlifting combat troops that Georgia had in Afghanistan back to Georgia.	foreign-policy,history,military	karl-rove		Texas	republican	2	5	2	8	0	an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
8978.json	false	A Georgia religious freedom bill would help Catholic institutions that, under Obamacare, could be forced to provide abortion-inducing drugs.	religion	joshua-mckoon		Georgia	republican	0	1	0	0	0	Talking with reporters about his bill.
6017.json	false	No one on my staff has ever been charged with a crime.	city-government,crime,job-accomplishments	tom-barrett	Mayor of Milwaukee	Wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	a debate
11854.json	mostly-true	Arizona is spending less on a per-capita basis than every single state in this country in higher education.	education	michael-m-crow	Arizona State University President		education-official	0	0	0	1	0	front of the state Senate Appropriations Committee
8638.json	half-true	For the cost of $5 vanilla soy latte a day, you can get a sweet health insurance plan to match.	health-care	cover-oregon		Oregon	organization	0	0	1	0	0	an Internet ad campaign
8235.json	half-true	Rep. Frank Wolf voted to allow terror suspects to buy guns.	guns,terrorism	mayors-against-illegal-guns			organization	0	0	3	0	0	a web ad.
12479.json	half-true	Says Donald Trump has the gall to say that prisoners of war like John McCain arent heroes.	military,veterans	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a national security speech in California
4661.json	half-true	This is the first time in our state, and one of the first times in the country, where benefit reductions . . . has happened to people who are retired.	bankruptcy,deficit,economy,labor,legal-issues,pensions,public-service,retirement,state-budget,state-finances,states,taxes,unions,workers	george-nee	President of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO	Rhode Island	labor-leader	2	0	1	0	0	a pension forum
5997.json	mostly-true	Access for 12,000 women to use Planned Parenthood -- not for the right to choose, but for basic health care -- was taken away by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch.	abortion,health-care,public-health,women	mahlon-mitchell			democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an interview
9975.json	false	Says Mark Warner told PolitiFact Nationals Lie of the Year in 2013.	health-care,message-machine-2014	ed-gillespie	Republican strategist	Washington, D.C.	republican	2	3	2	2	1	a TV ad.
13494.json	pants-fire	There was serious voter fraud in California.	elections	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a tweet
3481.json	true	The House-passed budget proposal could cut funding for programs that help keep local neighborhoods safe, slash more than $1.7 million in anti-terror funds for Ohio.	crime,criminal-justice,federal-budget	sherrod-brown	U.S. Senator	Ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	
5636.json	false	Says when Rhode Island Lottery was proposed, state residents were enticed to vote for it with the promise that the money would be used for education.	education,gambling,history,state-budget,state-finances	harold-metts	Retired educator	Rhode Island	democrat	0	1	0	1	0	a news release
8245.json	mostly-true	CBO reports that delaying the Obamacare individual mandate will reduce the deficit by $35 billion over ten years.	federal-budget,health-care	grover-norquist	President, Americans for Tax Reform		republican	0	3	0	2	1	a tweet
4049.json	barely-true	Voted the best specialty plate in America	pop-culture,states,transportation	friends-plum-beach-lighthouse		Rhode Island	organization	1	0	0	0	0	A highway billboard
5796.json	false	We dont allow filming inside of the City Hall unless there is a specific reason.	city-government,transparency	h-ford-gravitt		Georgia	none	0	1	0	0	0	a meeting
6346.json	false	Says Democrats racked up a $1 billion state deficit, while Republicans under Bill OBrien balanced the budget.	state-budget	new-boston-republican-committee		New Hampshire	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign sign in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire
10641.json	mostly-true	The IAEA, or the International Atomic Energy Agency, last month said the Iranians are not currently living up to their obligations.	israel,nuclear	liz-cheney			republican	0	1	0	1	0	comments on "Fox News Sunday"
7050.json	half-true	Says Matt Wand has sided with anti-choice activists to restrict access to reproductive health care services.	abortion,message-machine-2012,women	democratic-party-oregon	political party	Oregon	democrat	1	1	2	0	0	a campaign mailer
8821.json	mostly-true	Under President Barack Obama,Weve got the lowest labor force participation in over three decades, since 1978.	economy	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
2090.json	mostly-true	Ohios electricity rates are 10 percent below the national average.	economy,elections,energy	ted-strickland	Former Ohio governor	Ohio	democrat	2	6	7	4	1	a campaign speech
1771.json	true	"In the last 50 years, (the federal government has) only balanced the budget five times."	federal-budget,message-machine	vern-buchanan	U.S. Rep.	Florida	republican	1	1	1	0	0	in a web video.
2128.json	true	Weve seen six months of positive job growth by the private sector.	economy,abc-news-week	timothy-geithner			democrat	0	0	1	0	0	ABC's "This Week"
13196.json	mostly-true	Gov. Pence said, inarguably, Vladimir Putin is a better leader than President Obama.	foreign-policy	tim-kaine	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	8	3	15	15	0	the vice presidential debate in Farmville, Va.
11359.json	barely-true	When I left Washington, we had a $5 trillion surplus.	deficit,federal-budget	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
5484.json	false	When my grandfather came to this country back in 1925, there were no government benefits.	city-budget,county-budget,families,federal-budget,history,pensions,poverty,retirement,state-budget,veterans,welfare,workers	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a campaign speech
7505.json	true	Says, I-205, six miles of which runs through my district, already carries more traffic than I-5.	environment,infrastructure,state-budget,transportation	jackie-dingfelder			democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a floor speech
9526.json	half-true	I had the lowest net worth of any American president in the 20th century when I took office.	history,wealth	bill-clinton	former president	Arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
299.json	mostly-true	"And he's the only candidate who will fight for a national catastrophe fund to reduce insurance rates."	job-accomplishments	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a TV ad
10164.json	mostly-true	All of Liberia can produce less than one-third as much electricity as the Dallas Cowboys football stadium consumes at peak times.	ebola,energy,public-health	nicholas-kristof			none	0	1	0	2	0	an op-ed in the "New York Times"
1906.json	false	"The last major oil spill from a drilling accident in America happened over 40 years ago in 1969."	energy,oil-spill	eric-johnson			republican	0	1	1	0	1	a blog post
10270.json	half-true	Were borrowing 20% of (the federal) budget.	federal-budget	glenn-grothman	State Senator, 20th District	Wisconsin	republican	2	4	1	1	0	an interview
6200.json	false	The Medicaid expansion is going to cost Florida $1.9 billion a year.	health-care,medicaid,state-budget	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	comments on CNBC
3075.json	mostly-true	Between the year 2000 and 2006, (insurance) premiums in this country doubled.	health-care	chris-van-hollen		Maryland	democrat	0	0	0	4	0	comments on the House floor
10722.json	half-true	Says Rand Paul denied that he put forward a bill ... to zero out foreign aid and specifically spoke about Israel.	federal-budget,foreign-policy,israel	kirsten-powers			democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday"
13488.json	barely-true	There is long historical precedent for a Supreme Court with fewer justices.	history,supreme-court	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a rally for a Colorado U.S. Senate nominee
3745.json	half-true	(George) LeMieux never requested a single earmark and pushed to ban them all.	federal-budget	george-lemieux		Florida	republican	4	1	6	4	0	a Web ad
12072.json	false	You know what Truman said, You want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.	candidates-biography,elections,ethics	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	comments at a town hall in North Canton, Ohio
7146.json	half-true	Milwaukee County government employees pay much more for their health care than City of Milwaukee or State of Wisconsin employees.	county-government,health-care,workers	marina-dimitrijevic			none	1	1	2	0	0	an interview
13326.json	mostly-true	Because as a Senator Toomey stood up for Wall Street. He wanted to privatize Social Security and invest it in the stock market. Wall Street would make billions in fees even if the stock market crashed.	social-security	afscme			none	3	1	2	3	0	In a political ad
406.json	false	It's "common knowledge" that al-Qaida is receiving training from Iran.	iraq	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	Amman, Jordan
8198.json	mostly-true	Ive got the spending down, Ive got the debt down a little bit, Ive got the reserves up.	county-budget,county-government,debt,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	mark-harris	Winnebago County Executive	Wisconsin	democrat	0	0	0	2	0	an interview
9015.json	mostly-true	When I talk about (raising the) minimum wage ... half of Republicansagree with it.	economy,jobs,polls	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech to the Democratic National Committee in Boston
4043.json	barely-true	Says President Barack Obamas overturning of the Mexico City Policy means federal tax dollars can be used to fund abortion all over the world.	abortion	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a speech in Los Angeles
7712.json	half-true	Over half of science, technology, engineering and mathematics students receiving advanced degrees are not citizens of the United States of America.	education,immigration,science,technology	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
10950.json	pants-fire	The last quarter, it was just announced, our gross domestic product was below zero. Who ever heard of this? Its never below zero.	economy,jobs	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	his presidential announcement speech
8314.json	half-true	Unlike you and me, Congress gets to keep up to $11,000 a year in taxpayer subsidies under Obamacare.	health-care	karen-handel			republican	2	0	3	3	1	a radio ad
8200.json	barely-true	The 2010 DREAM Act failed despite strong bipartisan support.	bipartisanship,immigration	janet-napolitano	Secretary of Homeland Security 		democrat	1	0	1	1	1	a speech at the National Press Club
9313.json	mostly-true	During the George W. Bush period, there were 13 attacks on various embassies and consulates around the world. Sixty people died.	foreign-policy,history,terrorism	john-garamendi	U.S. House of Representatives	California	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	an interview on MSNBC's "The Ed Show"
7361.json	mostly-true	Says Texas high school graduation rates are at an all-time highthe third-highest in the nationwhich represents a significant turnaround from just a few short years ago.	education	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	his State of the State address.
9412.json	true	Public display of a long rifle is perfectly legal in Texas.	government-regulation,guns,legal-issues	mike-hashimoto	Editorial writer	Texas	none	0	0	0	0	0	a commentary
2982.json	false	Says Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will force you to stop using your cell phone while driving.	public-safety,pundits,technology,transportation	lars-larson	radio talk show host	Oregon	none	1	1	0	1	0	a website posting
13244.json	true	Says Donald Trumps tax plan gives the wealthy and corporations more than the Bush tax cuts by at least a factor of two.	taxes	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the second presidential debate
1472.json	true	Houston is the third-most toxic city in the United States of America.	economy,energy,environment	farouk-shami	Businessman	Texas	democrat	1	2	2	0	1	a debate.
7928.json	false	The state GOP ticket says their top priority is a career-long mission to outlaw abortion in all cases and ban some common forms of birth control.	abortion	terry-mcauliffe	Governor	Virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a speech.
12565.json	mostly-true	As a result of Roe vs. Wade, Americas maternal mortality rate dropped dramatically.	abortion,public-health,supreme-court,women	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	remarks at a Planned Parenthood event
1399.json	true	We definitely lost way more jobs in Texas this year than we gained we lost 300,000 jobs in Texas alone this year.	economy	kay-bailey-hutchison	U.S. Senator	Texas	republican	2	4	4	3	0	a debate.
11235.json	pants-fire	Planned Parenthood is not actually doing womens health issues.	abortion,women	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	remarks at a town hall in Colorado
1156.json	barely-true	Most of the stimulus money will be spent not this year, not next year, but in 2011.	economy,pundits,stimulus	george-will	Columnist	Maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	an interview on This Week with George Stephanopoulos
1511.json	barely-true	Holly Turner... still takes her homestead (property tax) exemption in Fort Worth.	legal-issues,taxes	paul-workman	Businessman 	Texas	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a radio ad
10431.json	mostly-true	Mercedes-Benz USA moving its headquarters to Atlanta will create at least 800 jobs.	economy,jobs	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a press release
6763.json	false	Fast and Furious began under the Bush administration.	guns	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview on Univision
12379.json	half-true	Says 80 percent of North Carolinians support the concept that men should not be in womens restrooms, changing rooms, bathrooms, etc.	civil-rights,gays-and-lesbians,polls,sexuality	tim-moore	Speaker of the N.C. House of Representatives	North Carolina	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a conversation with reporters
8968.json	barely-true	Says Alaska Sen. Mark Begich is on record supporting a carbon tax, even pushing Harry Reid to make it a priority.	energy,environment	americans-prosperity			none	6	7	2	1	2	a TV ad
2684.json	mostly-true	Georgia had the worst job losses in state history under GOP watch.	jobs	roy-barnes	Attorney	Georgia	democrat	0	0	3	3	1	an Oct. 12 e-mail to reporters
1320.json	barely-true	Under the House health care bill, the government "will have to penalize citizens if we choose not to buy a plan that will cost a minimum of about $15,000 per family per year."	health-care,taxes	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a note on Facebook
5529.json	half-true	Says 85 percent of Milwaukee shootings involve people with extensive criminal records shooting other people with extensive criminal records.	corrections-and-updates,crime,guns	edward-flynn			none	1	0	3	2	0	an interview
260.json	half-true	"Bill Clinton cut the military drastically."	military	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a debate in Manchester, N.H.
7488.json	mostly-true	Florida is second in the nation in the uninsured.	health-care,medicaid	christopher-l-smith	State Senator	Florida	democrat	0	0	2	1	0	a speech
5350.json	barely-true	Says Barack Obama endorsed a total ban on the manufacture, sale and possession of all handguns.	candidates-biography,guns	wayne-lapierre			none	3	1	3	1	0	a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference
6223.json	false	75 percent of the Obamacare tax falls on the middle class.	health-care,message-machine-2012,taxes	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	on the Internet
5963.json	pants-fire	Hartsfield-Jacksons new international terminal is opening within budget.	transportation	john-kennedy	SpokesmanHartsfield-Jackson International Airport		none	0	0	0	0	1	a radio interview
7947.json	mostly-true	Says 92 percent of Texas counties had no abortion provider in 2008.	abortion	wendy-davis	state senator	Texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	a filibuster on the Senate floor
3906.json	false	By advocating new requirements for voters to show ID cards at the polls, Republicans want to literally drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws.	elections,legal-issues	debbie-wasserman-schultz	U.S. Representative, Florida District 23	Florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview with political commentator Roland Martin
3249.json	true	The United states is borrowing more than 40 cents of every dollar we spend.	deficit,federal-budget,social-security	scott-rigell	U.S. Congressman	Virginia	republican	2	2	0	1	0	a press release.
6669.json	false	Says Charlie Bass forfeits right to equal cost for TV ads under FCC rules	campaign-advertising	ann-mclane-kuster	Attorney	New Hampshire	democrat	2	1	3	0	0	a press release sent to The Telegraph on Aug. 31, 2012
7264.json	true	I am now the No. 2 member of this House in terms of length of service.	job-accomplishments,public-service	bill-batchelder	State representative	Ohio	republican	0	1	1	1	3	a speech on the House floor
5630.json	false	It was found unconstitutional to drug test elected officials because it prevents us, as citizens, from having that First Amendment right.	drugs	jimmie-t-smith	State Representative	Florida	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a House committee debate
7828.json	mostly-true	Says the inspector general for the IRS said there was no political motivation and no outside influence for targeting of tax-exempt applications from tea party groups	taxes	sander-levin		Michigan	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on MSNBC
3816.json	mostly-true	Says the United States is the Saudi Arabia of coal.	energy	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a press conference
11630.json	true	More black babies are aborted in NYC than born.	abortion,corrections-and-updates,women	cynthia-meyer	Deputy press secretary, Office of the Attorney General of Texas	Texas	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a tweet in response to Democratic presidential debate
5212.json	false	Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican.	bipartisanship,history	charlotte-bergmann	Candidate	Tennessee	republican	0	2	0	0	1	a campaign billboard along I-240.
3440.json	barely-true	Says the states rainy day fund is our insurance policy against a major natural disaster.	state-budget,taxes	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a conference call.
11913.json	false	There comes a point in the last year of the president, especially in their second term, where you stop nominating both Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges.	supreme-court	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	comments on "Meet the Press"
9315.json	false	State Rep. Elena Parent supported Governor Nathan Deals plan to slash the HOPE scholarship.	education,elections	kyle-williams	attorney	Georgia	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	campaign fllier
9640.json	mostly-true	Under Gov. Tom Corbett, Pennsylvania ranks 49th in job creation.	economy,jobs,states	fresh-start-pa	political action committee	Pennsylvania	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a campaign ad
2448.json	half-true	Under Gov. Kitzhaber, unemployment rose 65 percent, state spending went up 57 percent and personal incomes declined compared to the rest of the country.	economy	chris-dudley	Financial adviser	Oregon	republican	0	0	1	1	1	a speech in Albany
10956.json	barely-true	After the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax rate cuts ... there was more money coming into the treasury.	taxes	ron-christie			republican	1	0	0	0	0	a panel discussion on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"
13028.json	mostly-true	Says Donald Trump is on record extensively supporting (the) intervention in Libya.	foreign-policy	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum 
9556.json	half-true	Says Rick Scott cut education to pay for even more tax breaks for big, powerful, well-connected corporations.	education,taxes	florida-democratic-party		Florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	a TV ad
12619.json	barely-true	Says Ron Johnson justifies his support of trade agreements by saying the U.S. has the Trade Adjustment Assistance program for displaced workers, but then he voted to eliminate it.	trade	russ-feingold		Wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	a news conference
3413.json	half-true	On the night of the Wisconsin state Senate vote on the budget package, a mob showed up and busted down the door and took over the Capitol.	labor,state-budget	scott-fitzgerald	State Senator, 13th District	Wisconsin	republican	1	2	1	0	0	a radio interview
10839.json	barely-true	In the last 24 months, 10 rural Texas hospitals have been forced to shut their doors because state leaders chose not to expand Medicaid.	corrections-and-updates,health-care,public-health,state-budget,state-finances	childrens-defense-fund-texas	Advocacy group	Texas	none	1	0	0	0	0	a press release
7231.json	mostly-true	Says Texas is dead last in support for mental health.	health-care,public-health,state-budget,state-finances	wendy-davis	state senator	Texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	a Twitter post.
7315.json	barely-true	Says Chuck Hagel has called for an end to our nuclear program.	foreign-policy,nuclear	americans-strong-defense			republican	1	0	0	0	0	a television ad
11873.json	mostly-true	Ted Cruz defended a Chinese company that stole an invention from an American inventor.	china,corporations,legal-issues	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview in Bow, N.H.
5406.json	half-true	When I was born, less than 10 percent of the federal budget was entitlement spending. Its now 60 percent of the budget.	federal-budget,medicare,social-security	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.
3016.json	mostly-true	Rhode Island has the highest percentage of uninsured adults of any state in New England.	economy,health-care,poverty	marie-ghazal	Chief Executive Officer, Rhode Island Free Clinic	Rhode Island	newsmaker	0	0	0	1	0	a commentary in The Providence Journal
12402.json	mostly-true	Zika mosquitoes cant catch me.	public-health,sports	usain-bolt			newsmaker	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on NBC
8878.json	true	Pinellas County voters elected me as their chief financial officer (and) elected me as (their) governor four years ago.	elections	alex-sink		Florida	democrat	1	2	2	4	0	a debate
6608.json	mostly-true	Says opponents of the health care law prevailed on our two main arguments to the U.S. Supreme Court.	health-care	sam-olens		Georgia	republican	0	1	1	1	0	a speech
12205.json	false	Its clear thatHillary Clintonviolated national security laws.	legal-issues	Jack_Graham	U.S. Senate Candidate	Colorado	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a debate
13419.json	barely-true	In Chicago, which has the toughest gun laws in the United States, probably you could say by far, they have more gun violence than any other city.	crime,guns	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	the third presidential debate
8215.json	mostly-true	Under the Endangered Species Act, only 1 percent of the species that have been listed have actually been delisted.	animals,environment	cynthia-lummis	U.S. Representative		republican	0	0	0	1	1	a radio interview
745.json	barely-true	House Republicans "weren't part of the negotiations" on the Wall Street bailout plan.	economy	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss.
2644.json	barely-true	In Rhode Island, there were thousands of jobs that were created by the federal stimulus program	jobs,stimulus	james-langevin	Congressman	Rhode Island	democrat	1	1	2	1	0	campaign debates
11142.json	barely-true	Says states not directly involved in the gay marriage lawsuits that reached the Supreme Court are not bound by the courts ruling.	gays-and-lesbians,legal-issues,marriage,supreme-court	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview with NPR News
12375.json	pants-fire	Says Arizona, Missouri and Texas residents have a two-pet limit, so the public must surrender their third pet to the Humane Society.	animals	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	a Web article
12234.json	false	Every bit of plastic that has ever been created still exists.	energy,environment,science	jeff-bridges	actor		activist	0	1	0	0	0	a Facebook video
480.json	pants-fire	"Clinton's former pastor convicted of child molestation."	religion	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	a posting on the Obama campaign blog. 
5882.json	half-true	U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson chose to side with President Obama against the Keystone pipeline	climate-change,energy,message-machine-2012	freedom-pac		Florida	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a Web ad
8649.json	mostly-true	Says Nelson Mandela was a communist.	foreign-policy,history	bill-oreilly	Fox News Channel host		none	4	6	3	5	1	an exchange on Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor"
11248.json	mostly-true	African Americans are twice as likely to be arrested and almost four times as likely to experience the use of force during encounters with the police.	crime,diversity,legal-issues	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	web site
11908.json	false	On the Iraq war, I said it loud and clear, Youll destabilize the Middle East.	candidates-biography,debates,iraq	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a Republican presidential debate
46.json	mostly-true	"I built that border fence in San Diego...and it reduced the smuggling of people and drugs...by 90 percent."	immigration	duncan-hunter	U.S. representative	California	republican	0	1	0	2	0	a debate in Durham, N.H.
3041.json	true	Says the person who Florida U.S. Rep. Allen West first hired as chief of staff told people attending a Tea Party rally that, We will use bullets if ballots dont work.	bipartisanship,elections,guns,campaign-advertising	debbie-wasserman-schultz	U.S. Representative, Florida District 23	Florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	comments on NBC's 'Meet the Press'
3386.json	half-true	Bing Energy said it decided to move to Florida because of Gov. Rick Scotts plan to eliminate the corporate tax.	economy,state-budget,taxes	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	in his State of the State speech
8010.json	half-true	Texas ranks: #1 in worker deaths, #1 carbon emissions, #50 in high school graduates, #50 in funding for mental health patients.	climate-change,education,energy,environment,health-care,states,workers	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a fake Rick Perry 2016 poster.
2095.json	false	Obamas dog has his own plane	transportation	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	conservative blogs
11898.json	mostly-true	Americans havent had a raise in 15 years.	economy,jobs	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee
6531.json	half-true	The Romney-Ryan plan for Medicare does not affect benefits for anyone 55 or older.	health-care,medicare	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a campaign stop at The Villages
4905.json	pants-fire	Says the congressional ethics investigation against him was conducted by a very partisan political committee in a way that related more to the politics of the Democratic Party than to ethics.	bipartisanship,ethics	newt-gingrich	Co-host on CNN's "Crossfire"	Georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren
1418.json	half-true	We lowered the business tax from 4 percent down to 1 percent.	corporations,economy,small-business,taxes	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a Republican gubernatorial debate
6682.json	barely-true	The president promised that if he spent money on a stimulus program that unemployment would go to 5.7 percent or 6 percent. Those were his words.	jobs,stimulus	jon-bramnick	State Assemblyman	New Jersey	republican	1	0	0	1	0	an interview on NJToday
1615.json	half-true	Florida's cost for the Medicaid expansion will be $1.6 billion a year or more.	health-care,state-budget	bill-mccollum		Florida	republican	2	1	2	0	1	a press conference
10084.json	true	Says Jeb Bush -- not Charlie Crist -- signed legislation that let Duke Energy collect money for nuclear projects.	debates,energy,florida	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a gubernatorial debate in Davie
2298.json	true	The federal government is now on track for the second-largest budget deficit in 65 years.	federal-budget,pundits	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	comments on his TV show
3584.json	true	Foreign aid makes up about 1 percent of our entire budget.	federal-budget,foreign-policy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech.
10014.json	true	We have a retiree that is collecting a $17,000 paycheck a month . . . tax free.	debates,debt,deficit,disability,economy,history,labor,legal-issues,pensions,public-safety,retirement,unions,workers	jorge-elorza	Law professor	Rhode Island	democrat	1	1	0	2	0	a Providence Journal-WPRI debate
8087.json	half-true	A provision of the Senate immigration bill would require you to have government permission to get a second job.	government-regulation,immigration,jobs	charles-kuck	Immigration attorney	Georgia	none	0	0	1	0	0	an immigration forum
13468.json	pants-fire	Says Denzel Washington supports Donald Trump and speaks out against Barack Obama.	elections,fake-news	americanpoliticnews			none	0	0	0	0	1	Internet sites
1797.json	mostly-true	Says state's expected "increase in federal political clout is almost entirely due to the growth of the African American and Hispanic populations in Texas in virtually every region of the state.	census,elections	lone-star-project		Washington	democrat	0	1	2	1	0	an e-mail blast.
8375.json	half-true	Says Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke has proven on the Madison Board of Education that she supports raising taxes and spending.	education,state-budget,taxes	republican-party-wisconsin		Wisconsin	republican	4	3	2	3	0	a web post
8760.json	half-true	Buried in the Affordable Care Act is a huge government bailout.	health-care	charles-krauthammer			none	1	0	1	0	0	a "Washington Post" op-ed
2048.json	true	Were spending $1 trillion a year on our foreign policy.	federal-budget,foreign-policy,military	ron-paul	U.S. representative	Texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a CNN interview
13093.json	half-true	Says Charlie Crist stood there, over 3 African-American prisoners inchains, on their knees, on the side of the road. Saying that it was a great sight. Saying we needed to bring it to Florida.And you did this whether you know or not on the eve of Juneteenth, the day the African-American community celebrates the end of slavery.	criminal-justice	david-jolly		Florida	republican	4	0	1	1	0	a debate
7103.json	true	Three thousand felons voted in Rhode Island in 2008.	civil-rights,criminal-justice,elections,public-safety	carolyn-medeiros	Executive director, Alliance for Safe Communities	Rhode Island	newsmaker	1	0	0	0	0	a radio interview
3773.json	false	The health care price tag for childhood obesity in Georgia is $2.4 billion annually and rising.	public-health	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	a speech
6705.json	barely-true	Says Congressman Jon Runyan has a plan to raise Medicare costs $6,400 a year.	health-care,medicare,message-machine-2012	shelley-adler			democrat	1	2	0	0	0	a video posted on YouTube
2645.json	mostly-true	There currently are 825,000 student stations sitting empty across Florida in every district and at every grade level.	children,education,florida-amendments	yes-8		Florida	none	0	0	0	1	0	a website
5670.json	true	Says streetcars carry more people than buses you attract more riders who dont ride transit now, and actually the operating costs are not any greater than the bus.	transportation	charlie-hales	Senior vice president, HDR Engineering	Oregon	none	1	1	0	0	0	an interview.
10740.json	mostly-true	99 percent of all new income today (is) going to the top 1 percent.	income,wealth	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	comments on "Fox News Sunday"
12015.json	mostly-true	We have a higher rate of tested lead in people in Cleveland than in Flint.	environment,public-health	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	the Democratic debate in Flint
11053.json	mostly-true	25 percent of federal inmates are noncitizens.	immigration	larry-oconnor			republican	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on "The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson" on Fox News
8153.json	barely-true	I have the most Grammys of anyone my age, but I havent won one against a white person.	pop-culture	kanye-west	Rapper/producer		none	1	0	0	0	0	a newspaper interview
9076.json	pants-fire	Reporters rehearse questions with White House press (secretary).	pundits	drudge-report			none	0	0	0	0	2	a post on their website
8304.json	mostly-true	Governor Deal has increased education spending every year hes been in office.	education	brian-robinson		Georgia	republican	1	1	0	2	0	a statement
517.json	pants-fire	From Obama's book: "I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race."	candidates-biography	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	an e-mail message
12800.json	mostly-true	Donald Trump called the military that I served in a disaster.	military	john-hutson	Retired Navy Admiral	New Hampshire	none	0	0	0	1	0	a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia
10159.json	barely-true	Says Sen. Elizabeth Warren lives in a $5.4 million mansion.	candidates-biography,housing	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a meme on social media
4978.json	false	The Obama administration just issued instructions that terrorism training should not involve any reference to Islam.	homeland-security,islam,new-hampshire-2012,religion	newt-gingrich	Co-host on CNN's "Crossfire"	Georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a foreign policy debate with Jon Huntsman in Manchester, N.H., Dec. 12, 2011
11414.json	true	60 percent of all Americans do not want to see Planned Parenthood defunded.	abortion,federal-budget,health-care,polls,public-health,women	gwen-moore	U.S. House member -- 4th District	Wisconsin	democrat	3	4	4	3	1	a speech
4174.json	barely-true	Says unemployment in Trenton is twice as much as what we see in every other area of the state and, as a result, we have seen an increase in crime.	crime,jobs	shirley-turner	State senator 	New Jersey	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a speech on the Senate floor
2441.json	false	The Bush administration had been giving (auto companies) billions of dollars and just asking nothing in return.	corporations,economy,transportation	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a town hall meeting
6511.json	true	Clayton County Public Schools recently achieved a milestone that has eluded other metropolitan districts across the state by meeting federal guidelines for having a highly qualified staff.	education	clayton-county-schools		Georgia	none	0	0	0	0	0	a press release
11166.json	mostly-true	I took the state of Ohio from an $8 billion hole to a $2 billion surplus.	economy,state-budget	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland
3253.json	half-true	For thousands of public employees, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walkers budget-repair bill would take away any say they have in the workplace, and eliminate their union.	labor,state-budget	afl-cio			none	1	0	2	0	0	a television ad
3406.json	false	Says Charlotte Nash pretends to be a chicken farmer in order to get property tax exemptions.	candidates-biography	larry-gause			republican	0	1	0	0	0	a flier and campaign website
2271.json	false	On birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants.	immigration	harry-reid	Senate Democratic Leader	Nevada	democrat	4	5	3	7	3	his Senate re-election campaign effort. 
9520.json	true	Republican candidate for governor Ken Block was fined and had to admit that (he) funneled money illegally to the Moderate Party.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography,history	allan-fung	mayor, city of Cranston, R.I.	Rhode Island	republican	2	2	0	2	1	a debate
8666.json	half-true	The new Atlanta Braves stadium will require no tax increase for homeowners and provide $3 million annually for Cobb County schools.	sports,taxes	revitalize-cobb		Georgia	none	1	0	1	0	0	a flier
316.json	half-true	"But it was Hillary Clinton, in an interview with Tom Brokaw, who quote 'paid tribute' to Ronald Reagan's economic and foreign policy."	history	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a radio ad in South Carolina
11768.json	pants-fire	Hostages were released as soon as Ronald Reagan took office because Iran perceived that America was no longer under the command of someone weak.	foreign-policy	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview on "Meet the Press"
8942.json	pants-fire	A photo from the Russia-Finland hockey game shows a sad Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev.	sports	tweets			none	2	3	1	2	3	posts on Twitter.
8992.json	mostly-true	In 1968, a full-time worker earning minimum wage, could actually support a family of three above the poverty line. Today, that same worker would earn less than the poverty line for a family of two.	families,poverty,workers	virginia-interfaith-center-public-policy			none	0	0	0	1	0	a hearing.
13438.json	half-true	Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens spent another $600,000 on image consultants to rebrand his charity, The Mission Continues.	candidates-biography	chris-koster	Attorney general of Missouri	Missouri	democrat	0	0	2	3	0	a campaign ad
11780.json	pants-fire	Says his much-discussed boots are made in Wisconsin.	candidates-biography	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an exchange with voters at an Iowa campaign event
13377.json	mostly-true	Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson doesnt even believe that theres a man-made role in climate change.	environment	russ-feingold		Wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	a meeting with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board.
6243.json	barely-true	Bill Nelson was the deciding vote on the health care law.	health-care,message-machine-2012,voting-record	american-commitment			none	2	1	0	0	1	a television ad
3144.json	barely-true	Veterans can now download their electronic medical records with a click of the mouse.	health-care,technology,veterans	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	his State of the Union address
10911.json	true	Fox News barely covered (the Duggar family) scandal until Megyn Kelly was able to secure this interview.	pop-culture,pundits	brian-stelter	CNN senior media correspondent		none	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on "CNN Tonight"
12176.json	half-true	China is in the South China Sea and (building)a military fortress the likes of which perhaps the world has not seen.	china,foreign-policy,military	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview with the New York Times
8541.json	true	During my eight years as county executive, we cut the number of county workers by 20 percent.	county-budget,county-government,unions	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a book
3743.json	mostly-true	(Bill) Nelson voted for billions in wasteful spending earmarks like the Bridge to Nowhere.	federal-budget,transportation	george-lemieux		Florida	republican	4	1	6	4	0	a Web ad
6645.json	true	Under President Barack Obamas leadership, since June 2009, (the auto) industry has added a quarter of a million jobs.	jobs	bob-king	President of the UAW	Michigan	none	0	0	0	0	0	a speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
2513.json	false	Jobs incentive program created over 1,200 high-wage jobs since 2009.	county-budget,economy	tammy-hall	Lee County Commissioner		none	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign mailer
1494.json	false	My opponent... lost 43,000 jobs in Houston since he took over; we are losing jobs.	economy	farouk-shami	Businessman	Texas	democrat	1	2	2	0	1	a debate
13523.json	half-true	A recent study found that cities where Uber operates have 3.6%-5.6% fewer drunk driving deaths than cities without access to ridesharing.	economy,transportation	uber	A ride-sharing service	Texas	none	0	0	1	1	0	an online petition and in a press release
11051.json	half-true	More businesses are closing than are opening for the first time in our nations history.	economy	todd-wilcox		Florida	republican	0	1	1	0	0	a campaign announcement
4639.json	false	Foster children are disproportionately victims of identity theft.	children,consumer-safety,crime,families,financial-regulation	james-langevin	Congressman	Rhode Island	democrat	1	1	2	1	0	a speech
3597.json	barely-true	Full marriage equality [would provide same-sex couples] with about 1,700 rights.	civil-rights,gays-and-lesbians,marriage	bill-fischer	lobbyist and spokesman for Marriage Equality Rhode Island	Rhode Island	newsmaker	1	0	0	0	0	a Providence Journal story
552.json	half-true	Obama says his bill "reduced welfare rolls nearly 80 percent."	poverty	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a TV ad.
2266.json	false	Reporters have uncovered another Scott company accused of criminal acts. But Scott wont come clean.	candidates-biography,crime,message-machine	florida-first-initiative		Florida	none	1	1	0	0	0	in a TV ad.
2286.json	barely-true	The seed of Muslim is passed through the father.	religion	franklin-graham			none	1	1	0	0	0	an interview on CNN
9787.json	mostly-true	The number of SWAT raids have gone up by 1,400 percent since the 1980s.	crime,criminal-justice,drugs	john-oliver	Host, Last Week Tonight		none	0	0	2	4	0	a segment on his show, "Last Week Tonight"
7206.json	false	Says that under Texas law, it takes six years to close a failing school.	education	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	remarks to the Dallas Regional Chamber
5175.json	half-true	The planned expansion of Savannahs port is a jobs creating project.	jobs	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	an op-ed
10071.json	true	Says Rick Scott changed his promise from700,000 jobs created on top of what normal growth would be to just 700,000 jobs.	economy,jobs	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a campaign ad
11859.json	half-true	I waited until (the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement) had actually been negotiated before deciding whether to endorse it.	candidates-biography,history,trade	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	comments during the New Hampshire Democratic debate
6146.json	true	Gov. Romney was very clear, he would veto the DREAM Act.	immigration	david-plouffe	Senior Adviser to the President		democrat	1	0	0	2	0	a comment on 'Fox News Sunday'
7915.json	barely-true	The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. cannot account for creating one single job.	jobs	chris-larson	Wisconsin Senate Minority Leader	Wisconsin	democrat	6	5	0	1	1	an interview
3375.json	half-true	Under the clear letter of the law, (Justice Clarence Thomas) must recuse himself from the case challenging the constitutionality of the health care law.	ethics,health-care,supreme-court	anthony-weiner		New York	democrat	2	1	2	0	0	an interview on Fox News
7407.json	true	Collectively states are spending more on Medicaid than they do on K-12 education.	education,medicaid,state-budget	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	a speech.
2660.json	true	Lizbeth Benacquisto broke election law 105 times, hiding special interest contributors.	ethics,message-machine	kevin-rader		Florida	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a TV campaign ad
7405.json	half-true	Every dollar we invested in high-quality, early education programs can save more than $7 later on by boosting graduation rates, reducing teen pregnancy, even reducing crime.	children,education	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech
8814.json	false	Recently, Florida has successfully reduced the environmental permitting time down to just two days.	environment,government-regulation,market-regulation	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	an event with employees from the Department of Environmental Protection
908.json	mostly-true	Energy nominee Steven Chu has called coal "his worst nightmare."	energy	james-inhofe	U.S. Senator	Oklahoma	republican	0	1	0	1	0	in a news release
8648.json	false	Gov. Charlie Crist sought for and got approved the automatic restoration of felon rights for nonviolent offenders for the first time in Florida history.	civil-rights,crime,elections	dan-gelber		Florida	democrat	2	2	1	3	0	Charlie Crist's campaign website
804.json	pants-fire	"And 100 percent, John, of your ads . . . 100 percent of them have been negative."	candidates-biography	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.
6838.json	mostly-true	Were up 123,000 jobs over the last year and three-quarters. Were actually, according to the Bureau of Labor statistics, down 500 ... auto jobs in Ohio.	economy,jobs	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a television interview
8712.json	true	The commission form of government is definitely losing favor in the United States.	county-government	kimberly-nelson	associate professor	North Carolina	none	0	0	0	0	0	a meeting
2015.json	true	The company I created, Point Judith Capital, "is the only venture capital firm in Rhode Island."	candidates-biography	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	Rhode Island	democrat	2	1	2	5	1	a video on her web page
7242.json	mostly-true	Says how much money the government is collecting from people...in terms of the gross domestic product is the lowest in 40, 50 years.	federal-budget,taxes	bill-pascrell	U.S. House of Representatives	New Jersey	democrat	0	3	4	4	0	an interview on WOR-AM
8520.json	true	In fact, theres more state funding for education today than any other time.	education,state-budget	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a response to a public school teacher
4140.json	false	Says President Barack Obamas own economists say the stimulus cost $278K per job created.	economy,jobs,stimulus	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a Twitter message.
565.json	false	The U.S. government spends less on energy innovation "than the pet food industry invests in its own products."	energy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the campaign's energy plan.
10963.json	half-true	For most black people in the history of this country it was illegal to pass as a white person. You were actually put in jail if you tried to pass.	civil-rights,criminal-justice,diversity,history	michael-skolnik	President, GlobalGrind.com		none	0	0	1	0	0	comments on CNN
8717.json	pants-fire	Obamacare Medical Codes Confirm: Execution by Beheading To Be Implemented in America.	health-care,legal-issues,public-health	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	blog posts
11560.json	barely-true	After Sandy Hook, Ted Cruz stopped Obamas push for new gun control laws.	guns	courageous-conservatives-pac			republican	2	0	0	0	0	a video ad posted online
749.json	half-true	Henry Kissinger "said that we should meet with Iran guess what without precondition."	foreign-policy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss.
1807.json	false	"Minnick voted to let the government fund abortion under Obamacare."	abortion,health-care,message-machine	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a TV ad
5515.json	half-true	Says traffic fatalities have fallen dramatically, even as population has risen. You are more likely to stay alive biking, walking and driving around Portland than you were before he took over the Portland Bureau of Transportation.	transportation	sam-adams	Mayor of Portland	Oregon	democrat	3	2	5	2	0	a commentary article.
6890.json	barely-true	Newgard owed more than $13,000 for unpaid taxes on his $1 million Milwaukie apartment complex.	message-machine-2012,taxes	future-pac-oregon-house-democrats	campaign committee	Oregon	democrat	3	0	0	0	1	a campaign ad
163.json	barely-true	"She hasn't run a corner store. She hasn't run a state. She hasn't run a city. She has never run anything."	job-accomplishments	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a TV ad airing in New Hampshire.
8966.json	false	On expanding Medicaid as part of the health care law	medicaid,poverty	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	public statements
5736.json	true	[O]ver 200,000 ordinary citizens were given the opportunity to identify projects they preferred.	taxes,transportation	metro-atlanta-voter-education-network			none	0	0	1	0	0	
1984.json	false	"In Florida alone, more than $3.5 billion a year is spent on health care and criminal justice for illegal immigrants."	immigration	ritch-workman	State representative	Florida	republican	1	1	0	0	0	a 'Florida Today' opinion page article published
264.json	true	"Ronald Reagan did amnesty."	immigration	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a debate in Manchester, N.H.
9026.json	half-true	Every child in Colorado who has been given medical marijuana for treatment for seizures has had diminished seizure activity.	children,health-care,marijuana	allen-peake	member, Georgia House of Representatives	Georgia	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a meeting
7594.json	false	Says that under President Barack Obamas health care law, your insurance premiums could go up by 200 percent and cost as much as a new Explorer.	health-care	fred-thompson	Actor	Tennessee	republican	1	4	3	3	0	a tweet
11343.json	false	Daraprim is still underpriced, relative to its peers.	corrections-and-updates,health-care,public-health	martin-shkreli	CEO, Turing Pharmaceuticals		none	0	1	0	0	0	comments on Bloomberg TV
4871.json	mostly-true	Says out of 588 school districts, we give 31 (former Abbott) districts 70 percent of the aid.	education	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a forum at the University of Notre Dame
1897.json	half-true	Since 2000, "the Texas clean air program achieved a 22 percent reduction in ozone and a 46 percent decrease in NOx emissions."	environment	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a press release
2348.json	mostly-true	The presidents party always gets shellacked in midterms. Its only twice, 1934 and 2002, that the presidents party actually gained in both the House and the Senate.	elections,history,pundits,abc-news-week	mary-jordan	Journalist at the Washington Post	Washington, D.C.	none	0	0	0	2	0	a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
3563.json	true	Proposed fees for Rhode Island beaches will still be less than some of the town beaches.	recreation,state-budget	richard-licht	state director of administration in Rhode Island	Rhode Island	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	TV interview
10150.json	barely-true	Rick Scott vetoed funding for 30 Florida rape crisis centers. Scott said the centers werent needed.	health-care,state-budget,women	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a TV ad
7311.json	false	When George Bush became president of the United States, 17 million people were in poverty. When he left, 30 million people were in poverty.	bush-administration,poverty	marcia-fudge	Representative from Ohio's 11th Congressional District	Ohio	democrat	0	1	2	4	0	a panel discussion on poverty
3719.json	true	There is a situation in this country where youre nearing 50 percent of people who dont even pay income taxes.	taxes	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	an appearance on CNBC's "Squawk Box"
5843.json	mostly-true	Since 2009, the Ohio Republican Party has made more contacts with voters nearly 6.6 million than any other GOP state organization in the nation.	job-accomplishments	kevin-dewine	Chairman of the Ohio Republican Party	Ohio	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a resignation letter
10699.json	barely-true	Suntrust Bank cancels account because company sells guns.	financial-regulation,guns	florida-news-flash			none	1	0	0	0	0	a website headline
10413.json	true	Over the past five years, the American automobile industry has created about 500,000 new jobs.	economy,jobs	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech in Wayne. Mich.
6830.json	false	Right now, the (Congressional Budget Office) says up to 20 million people will lose their insurance as Obamacare goes into effect next year.	debates,health-care	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	the first presidential debate in Denver
11799.json	half-true	Says Cresent Hardy agreed with Mitt Romney about the 47 percent and said that people with disabilities are, and I quote him, a drain on society.	candidates-biography,disability	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	comments during the Nevada Battleborn Battleground Dinner at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas
4030.json	false	One of the reasons that Budweiser stayed in New Jersey is the money they got from RGGI to put solar on their roof to save on their energy costs.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,corporations,environment	jeff-tittel	Director of the New Jersey Sierra Club		none	0	1	1	0	1	testimony to the General Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities committee
301.json	false	Obama said that "since 1992, the Republicans have had all the good ideas..."	ethics	bill-clinton	former president	Arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	in Pahrump, Nev.
6742.json	mostly-true	The national debt of $16 trillion, is enough to buy both the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds 1,918 times.	debt,federal-budget,sports	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a news release
5050.json	mostly-true	Says Rick Santorum voted for the Bridge to Nowhere.	federal-budget,message-machine-2012	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an online video
9071.json	pants-fire	President Barack Obama spent $5 billion paying Ukrainians to riot and dismantle their democratically elected government.	foreign-policy	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a Facebook meme
2102.json	half-true	The lieutenant governor has the power to be an economic ambassador and negotiate on economic development	legal-issues	jeremy-kapstein		Rhode Island	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a comment on the Dan York Show
5275.json	half-true	Sheldon Whitehouses failure of leadership, the adding of almost $8 trillion in debt in his first full term, is shameful...	deficit,federal-budget,voting-record	barry-hinckley		Rhode Island	republican	0	4	1	2	2	a YouTube video
2656.json	true	Says Ron Johnson likes to say there are too many lawyers in the Senate 57. Hed be the 70th millionaire.	candidates-biography	russ-feingold		Wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	a campaign rally
9806.json	half-true	David Perdue led efforts to ship thousands of jobs overseas.	job-accomplishments	democratic-party-georgia-georgia			democrat	1	1	1	0	0	press release
11326.json	mostly-true	At this point in 2012, Rick Perry was ahead at 29.9 percent, and we had seven more leads before it finally settled on Mitt Romney.	elections,polls	karl-rove		Texas	republican	2	5	2	8	0	comments on "Fox News Sunday"
7894.json	pants-fire	A hidden provision in Obamacare taxes sporting goods as medical devices.	health-care,taxes	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	an email
6246.json	false	The health care law could cost up to $2 trillion, double what we were promised.	corrections-and-updates,federal-budget,health-care,message-machine-2012	american-commitment			none	2	1	0	0	1	a television ad
9468.json	pants-fire	President Barack Obama is the first president to keep a dog-trainer on retainer for $102,000 a year at taxpayer expense.	animals,federal-budget	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email
9954.json	mostly-true	Greg Abbott heads up a party whose platform calls for the repeal of the Voting Rights Act.	civil-rights,elections	wendy-davis	state senator	Texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.
6218.json	false	Says Clackamas County Measure 3-401 will hurt our county, cripple economic growth, and increase our taxes with excessive special elections.	county-budget,county-government,elections,taxes	clackamas-county-democrats			democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign press release
4232.json	true	Theres actually 600 abortions done after the 20th week of pregnancy every year in Ohio.	abortion	peggy-lehner	State senator	Ohio	republican	0	0	0	0	0	a radio interview
7203.json	true	Even hunters are restricted from using large capacity magazines: there is a five cartridge limit for large game hunting, and three for bird hunting.	guns,recreation	ginny-burdick			democrat	0	0	0	0	0	an email
5517.json	mostly-true	Georgia ranks last in job growth.	jobs	ted-jackson	Fulton County Sheriff	Georgia	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	a letter
12789.json	half-true	The Iran nuclear deal is putting billions of dollars back into a country thats the worlds largest supporter of terrorism. We are actually giving them the money to fund the terrorists that are killing us and our allies.	terrorism	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	9	11	10	7	3	a speech at the Republican National Convention.
717.json	half-true	When George Bush said we shouldnt investigate why the governments response to Hurricane Katrina was so incompetent, John McCain stood with him.	bush-administration,natural-disasters	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	St. Clair Shores, Mich.
1309.json	barely-true	Women pay 48 percent more for health insurance.	health-care	louise-slaughter		New York	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a statement on the House floor
580.json	false	"Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump? O-ba-ma! O-ba-ma!"	energy	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a TV ad
12393.json	false	Weve already lost $500 million in economic impact from HB2 fallout in North Carolina.	economy,gays-and-lesbians,sexuality,states	chris-sgro	Executive Director, Equality NC	North Carolina	activist	0	1	0	1	0	a press release
6319.json	true	The state of Georgia has lost 200,000 total jobs and 50,000 construction jobs since May 2007.	transportation	kasim-reed			democrat	1	0	5	7	1	news conference
10873.json	mostly-true	Says roughly two-thirds of (state) corporations didnt pay any income tax in Virginia.	corporations,state-finances,taxes	commonwealth-institute		Virginia	organization	0	0	0	1	0	a blog post.
4728.json	half-true	Because of Barack Obama the mission in Iraq ended.	iraq	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign ad
13418.json	false	Students at the University of Texas in Austin have been advised not to wear cowboy boots or cowboy hats on Halloween.	education	todd-starnes			republican	0	2	0	0	0	a commentary posted on Fox News
8266.json	pants-fire	The United States stood alone in the war in Iraq.	iraq	debbie-wasserman-schultz	U.S. Representative, Florida District 23	Florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	a CNN interview
6091.json	false	Rob Portman shares radical, ideological views toward women.	abortion,health-care,voting-record,women	ohio-democratic-party		Ohio	democrat	4	1	2	2	2	a news release
11015.json	barely-true	Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson voted to cut $700m from Medicare.	federal-budget,medicare,trade	moveon			democrat	2	4	3	0	0	a Facebook post
6049.json	half-true	When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs, a rate twice the national average.	economy,history,jobs,message-machine-2012,states	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a television ad
9690.json	barely-true	We would create thousands of jobs in Colorado, if the Keystone Pipeline were to be built.	climate-change,energy,environment,government-regulation	cory-gardner	U.S. House of Representatives	Colorado	republican	4	1	0	0	0	an interview on Univision Radio
10642.json	false	More than 7,000 Americans lost their lives to climate change-fueled events last year.	climate-change,environment	don-beyer	8th District congressional candidate	Virginia	democrat	1	2	1	3	0	an op-ed.
9290.json	barely-true	The death penalty is a deterrent that does affect and impact people.	crime,criminal-justice	tom-coburn	U.S. Senator	Oklahoma	republican	2	3	3	2	0	an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
6860.json	false	Says she is a registered nurse.	candidates-biography	laurie-monnes-anderson	State senator	Oregon	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	in voters' guide
11612.json	barely-true	In 2013, the United States accepted 67 percent of the worlds refugees.	foreign-policy,terrorism	michael-needham	CEO, Heritage Action		republican	1	0	0	1	0	comments on "Fox News Sunday"
11574.json	mostly-true	500,000 U.S. troops came home from Iraq and Afghanistan with PTSD and traumatic brain injury.	foreign-policy,veterans	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	comments at the Iowa Democratic debate
8921.json	mostly-true	North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis would let insurance companies deny coverage for pre-existing conditions.	health-care	patriot-majority-usa			democrat	1	1	0	2	1	a campaign ad
7343.json	half-true	Says in Katrina, they approved $60 billion within 10 days of the storm on a voice vote.	natural-disasters,weather	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	an interview on the “Late Show with David Letterman”
8860.json	barely-true	Virginia is the No. 1 recipient of federal dollars.	economy,federal-budget,state-budget,states	terry-mcauliffe	Governor	Virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a speech.
7699.json	barely-true	A recent study of a proposed cap-and-trade policys effect on Wisconsin consumers showed it could raise gasoline prices by 141 percent and electricity rates by 171 percent by 2030.	economy,environment,gas-prices	ron-johnson		Wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	a constituent email
2430.json	barely-true	Austin politicians want to cram more kids into classrooms so they dont have to make the tough decisions to balance the budget.	education,message-machine	kendra-yarbrough-camarena		Texas	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a TV ad.
7869.json	half-true	The violent crime rate in America is the same as it was in 1968, yet our prison system has grown by over 500 percent.	civil-rights,criminal-justice	john-lewis	Congressman	Georgia	democrat	0	1	2	1	0	an op-ed
13402.json	barely-true	Says Russ Feingold voted to raise taxes on Social Security benefits for seniors, he even tried to give Social Security benefits to illegal immigrants.	federal-budget,immigration,income,social-security,taxes	ron-johnson		Wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	a radio ad
3636.json	false	Every person on death row was a foster kid.	children,families,florida,public-service	steve-wise	State Senator	Florida	republican	0	1	1	0	0	in a Senate Education PreK-12 committee hearing
713.json	barely-true	"Through competition as governor, I got agreements to build a nearly $40-billion natural gas pipeline."	energy	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	Virginia
3831.json	barely-true	Wisconsins technical college graduates have a higher employment rate and starting salaries than four-year college graduates nationwide.	education,jobs	michael-rosen	Economics instructor, union leader, blogger	Wisconsin	none	1	0	0	0	0	a blog posting
2783.json	false	The average federal employee makes $120,000 a year. The average private employee makes $60,000 a year.	economy,federal-budget,abc-news-week,workers	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	an interview on ABC's This Week with Christiane Amanpour
7724.json	pants-fire	Science has not shown greenhouse gases to be a problem.	climate-change,environment,science,weather	wayne-smith	Civil engineer	Texas	republican	0	0	0	0	1	an interview.
3039.json	false	Portland spent nearly $1 million in federal stimulus money to install bike path signs where they already existed.	government-efficiency,stimulus,transportation	victoria-taft	radio talk show host	Oregon	none	0	2	0	0	1	a website posting
7702.json	half-true	If anyone should know irresponsible it should be Senator Buono. Shes the one, her budget left us with a $2 billion budget deficit in fiscal 10 that I had to fix. Her mistakes. And for fiscal year 2011 an $11 billion budget deficit. Her mistakes, along with her partner Jon Corzine.	debt,state-budget,state-finances	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a statement on NJ101.5 FM's "Ask the Governor" program
12557.json	half-true	If Question 1 were to pass here in Nevada, we would have more restrictive gun laws here in Nevada dealing with the transfer of firearms than they do in California.	guns	robert-uithoven	Lobbyist	Nevada	republican	0	0	1	0	0	on an episode of Nevada NewsMakers
302.json	half-true	The Bush administration has "the Pentagon trying to take away the signing bonuses when a soldier gets wounded and ends up in the hospital, something that I'm working with a Republican senator to try to make sure never can happen again."	military	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a debate in Las Vegas
6337.json	mostly-true	Says Chris Christie has refused to fund pensions by billions of dollars, and got legislative approval to begin properly funding pensions in 2018.	pensions,retirement	dannel-malloy	Governor	Connecticut	democrat	0	0	1	1	0	a radio interview
337.json	barely-true	In the Florida Republican primary, "we got a very large percentage of the, quote, conservative vote."	elections	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	an interview on "Face the Nation"
7045.json	barely-true	Says opponent Chad Chadwell wants condom techniques demonstrated to your children.	education,sexuality	tere-mccann	Certified Public Accountant	Texas	none	1	0	0	0	0	a campaign mailer.
3839.json	pants-fire	Says that PolitiFact Ohio confirms that Betty Sutton maxed out federal debt	deficit,federal-budget	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	an e-mail news release
4790.json	false	The job [of correctional officer] lowers your life expectancy . . . Metropolitan did a study in, I believe it was 1998, and the life expectancy was 58.	crime,pensions,retirement,unions,workers	david-mellon	President, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers	Rhode Island	labor-leader	0	1	0	0	0	testimony at a state pension hearing
4787.json	true	Torture is illegal by our laws. Its illegal by international laws.	foreign-policy,human-rights,legal-issues	ron-paul	U.S. representative	Texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a Republican presidential debate in Spartanburg, S.C.
659.json	true	Biden is "one of the least wealthy members of the U.S. Senate."	candidates-biography	howard-dean	Democratic National Committee chairman	Vermont	democrat	1	4	1	2	0	a TV interview
12951.json	barely-true	Says Hillary Clinton abided by the ethics agreement between the Clinton Foundation and the Obama administration.	ethics	jennifer-granholm	Former governor of Michigan	Michigan	democrat	1	0	3	2	0	an interview on CNN
4165.json	half-true	Says the most dangerous time for children is from 3 to 6 p.m., during which time juvenile crime rates triple	children,crime,education	raymond-lesniak			democrat	0	0	2	0	0	testimony during a Senate hearing
2947.json	false	State employees in Wisconsin earn about 8 percent less than if they worked in the private sector.	state-budget	bryan-kennedy	President, Wisconsin chapter of American Federation of Teachers	Wisconsin	none	0	1	0	0	0	a TV interview
10685.json	false	You know how many children in the history of the United States have died in a fire (at school)? Zero.	education,guns,public-safety	greg-steube	Sarasota state representative, District 73	Florida	republican	1	1	0	0	0	a Florida House judiciary committee hearing
2288.json	false	Paul Broun Jr. sides with sexual deviants to support sale of crush videos.	voting-record	russell-edwards		Georgia	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	his campaign Web site
2297.json	half-true	The DeWine campaign is receiving money from so many more people.(Cordrays) money is coming almost exclusively from the party, labor unions, and special counsel that he has given business to.	campaign-finance,elections	mike-dewine	Ohio attorney general	Ohio	republican	2	0	3	1	0	a television interview
7414.json	mostly-true	Nobody in total is proposing cutting anything. Were trying to reduce the rate of growth in government.	deficit,federal-budget,medicaid,medicare	ron-johnson		Wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	a radio interview
2734.json	true	Sen. Harry Reid voted against declaring English our national language, twice.	immigration,message-machine	sharron-angle	Republican nominee for Nevada U.S. Senate seat	Nevada	republican	3	1	1	0	0	a TV ad
4984.json	false	Following the catastrophic, cascading collapse of major investment banks on Wall Street in 2007.....Nobody was prosecuted, no hearings were held and no reforms were implemented.	economy,financial-regulation,occupy-wall-street	michael-doherty			republican	1	3	1	1	0	a news release
3660.json	mostly-true	Says we have now more Border Patrol officers than weve had at any time in our history.	immigration	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview
12646.json	mostly-true	40% of Americans know someone who has been killed by a gun.	guns,public-safety,market-regulation	debbie-wasserman-schultz	U.S. Representative, Florida District 23	Florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	a Medium post
8467.json	false	The number of Americans who receive means-tested government benefits -- welfare -- now outnumbers those who are year-round full-time workers.	pundits,welfare	charlie-sykes	Talk show host for WTMJ-AM in Milwaukee	Wisconsin	talk-show-host	0	1	0	0	2	a broadcast of the Charlie Sykes Show on WTMJ
12647.json	mostly-true	Says Patrick Murphy has taken more money from Wall Street than any other member of Congress other than the speaker and the majority leader.	campaign-finance	alan-grayson	U.S. House of Representatives	Florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	an interview with the "Tampa Bay Times" editorial board
6709.json	half-true	Says he will protect your guaranteed benefits in Medicare while Mitt Romney would take away Medicare as guaranteed benefits.	health-care,medicare,message-machine-2012	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a campaign commercial
4093.json	barely-true	The [Georgia] General Assembly took away the Atlanta Board of Educations oversight of the superintendent.	education	ralph-long	State Representative	Georgia	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a press conference
2113.json	half-true	We caught (the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) lying to us about the results of air quality studies in the Barnett Shale.	environment	wendy-davis	state senator	Texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	a speech at the Texas Democratic convention
13090.json	barely-true	Over the past eight years, black youth unemployment is up.	diversity,economy,jobs	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	an email 
760.json	false	"Obama, Biden and their liberal allies oppose clean coal."	energy	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a radio ad.
9448.json	barely-true	There have been 74 school shootings in America since Sandy Hook.	children,education,guns	everytown-gun-safety	Advocacy group	New York	none	3	0	1	0	0	an infographic that went viral
4680.json	half-true	For each $1 billion in infrastructure investment, 42,000 jobs are created.	economy,infrastructure,jobs	steve-latourette	Former U.S. representative from Ohio's 11th District	Ohio	republican	0	0	3	1	0	a statement on his congressional website
5799.json	false	Says George Norcross said the TAKEOVER OF RUTGER$ CAMDEN WILL COST NEW JER$EY BILLION$.	education,state-finances	r2rmerge			none	0	1	0	0	0	a flier
4006.json	false	Says he cant release his internal affairs record because there are Attorney General guidelines in place protecting it.	criminal-justice,legal-issues,transparency	samuel-demaio			none	0	1	0	0	0	an interview on FOX 5's "Good Day New York"
6690.json	barely-true	David Cicilline was required to provide key information about city finances to an independent outside auditor. The deadlines were clear -- yet [he intentionally] missed them by months until after the November 2010 election.	candidates-biography,city-budget,city-government,debt,deficit,campaign-advertising	brendan-doherty		Rhode Island	republican	1	2	1	1	0	a news release
1657.json	false	The Florida House is "holding the FINAL public hearing" of a controversial education bill in the middle of spring break..."when they hope (teachers) are not watching or listening."	education	florida-education-association		Florida	none	0	2	0	0	0	a statement on the group's Web site
2016.json	true	Weare picking up oil with shovels and paper and plastic bags.	oil-spill	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview on "Fox & Friends"
11684.json	false	The Milwaukee County bus system has among the highest fares in the nation.	transportation	chris-larson	Wisconsin Senate Minority Leader	Wisconsin	democrat	6	5	0	1	1	a TV interview
5098.json	half-true	President Obama has raised taxes 19 times.	taxes	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an e-mail to the Los Angeles Times
6981.json	false	Says GM used taxpayer dollars to prop up operations in China.	china,jobs,message-machine-2012	let-freedom-ring			none	0	2	1	0	0	a Web video
12033.json	half-true	Banks paid Hillary Clinton over $1 million and are contributing millions more to elect her.	campaign-finance,financial-regulation	future45			republican	0	0	1	0	0	a television ad
641.json	mostly-true	"We spent $3-million of your money to study the DNA of bears."	federal-budget	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	Orange County, Calif.
5789.json	half-true	One out of two Americans are living either in or near poverty. That means 150 million Americans, half of us.	economy,poverty,welfare	tavis-smiley	television and radio host	California	none	1	0	1	0	0	an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
11064.json	half-true	Limberbutt McCubbins (a five-year-old cat) is a candidate in the 2016 presidential election.	animals,corrections-and-updates,elections	limberbutt-mccubbins			democrat	0	0	1	0	0	comments on his website.
10234.json	barely-true	Says Jonathan Gruber was some adviser who never worked on our staff.	health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	Brisbane, Australia, for the G20 summit
2335.json	true	Jennifer Carroll is the first African-American Republican woman to be part of a statewide ticket in Florida.	candidates-biography,elections	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a press release.
11090.json	mostly-true	Georgia has more than 700 law enforcement agencies, and fewer than 20 percent of them are state-certified.	crime,public-safety	police-chief-billy-grogan	police chief	Georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	press release
9858.json	pants-fire	Says Dan Sullivan approved a light sentence for a sex offenderwho got out of prison andis now charged with a gruesome murder and sexual assault.	crime,criminal-justice,message-machine-2014	mark-begich	Senator	Alaska	democrat	0	0	0	2	1	a campaign ad
10541.json	mostly-true	One third of our age group (Millennials) have moved back in with their parents.	families,jobs	joseph-yost	State legislator	Virginia	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a floor speech.
9685.json	barely-true	Because of the current immigration crisis, Republicans want to repeal a 2008law that President George W. Bush signed and want to be on record as not wanting to protect children from ...sex trafficking.	immigration	lawrence-odonnell			none	2	2	0	3	0	comments on his show
11271.json	mostly-true	It has been the law since the beginning of the country that the children of American citizens born ... abroad are American citizens by birth.	immigration,legal-issues	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	speaking to reporters in Iowa
11863.json	true	Owen in MA vs. Owen in RI Advantage:Rhode Island.	corporations,economy,jobs	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	Rhode Island	democrat	2	1	2	5	1	economic development report
7966.json	mostly-true	In 1960, most black children were raised in two-parent, monogamous families. Today we have only 20 percent of black children being raised in two-parent, monogamous families...	families,welfare	ew-jackson	Pastor	Virginia	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a speech.
4029.json	mostly-true	If youre a wealthy CEO or a hedge fund manager in America right now, your taxes are lower than theyve been since the 1950s.	taxes	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference
7588.json	pants-fire	College students who are NOT U.S. Citizens and who get the PELL Grant plan to return to their home countries after getting free gas cards and child care.	education,immigration,welfare	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	an email
13014.json	false	Donald Trumps been completely consistent about his plan for nonviolent undocumented immigrants.	candidates-biography,immigration	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	an interview on "Meet the Press"
733.json	barely-true	"Barack Obama has the longest track record of any candidate in this election in support of the 'Bridge To Nowhere.' "	federal-budget	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a news release.
11857.json	false	Says a Sanders campaign ad never said ... a newspaper endorsed us that did not.	elections	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a Democratic presidential debate in Durham, N.H.
594.json	false	"Obama will charge a 28 percent tax on all home sales."	taxes	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail
9124.json	half-true	A Koch brothers group is going to college campuses, giving away free booze to try to bribe young folks out of getting health insurance.	Alcohol,health-care	organizing-action	Group supporting President Barack Obama	Washington, D.C.	democrat	0	0	1	1	0	a fundraising email
2236.json	mostly-true	Said he won the Democratic primary without one ... negative TV spot.	message-machine,campaign-advertising	roy-barnes	Attorney	Georgia	democrat	0	0	3	3	1	a television interview
7982.json	half-true	About 95 percent of (Ohios) electricity comes from burning coal.	energy,environment	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a news conference
5125.json	false	Says over the last two years, New Jersey Schools Development Authority employees have not started or completed one single school project, and Im not talking about major school renovation. Im talking about replacing boilers, roofs.	education	david-sciarra		New Jersey	none	0	1	0	1	0	testimony before the state Assembly Budget Committee
6971.json	false	Says Tammy Baldwin voted to gut Medicare for seniors.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare	tommy-thompson		Wisconsin	republican	6	8	2	5	3	a TV ad
10167.json	false	The stand your ground lawcaused the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.	crime,guns,legal-issues	senate-majority-pac	political action committee	Washington, D.C. 	democrat	3	4	4	1	0	a radio ad
9862.json	true	In Georgia, Perdues company closed plants and moved jobs to China.	job-accomplishments	michelle-nunn	Chief Executive Officer, Points of Light Foundation	Georgia	democrat	3	0	1	2	0	an ad
2634.json	half-true	Says Republican Reid Ribble says stimulus bill failed to jumpstart the economy, but his roofing company made almost $300,000 off stimulus funded projects.	candidates-biography,message-machine,stimulus	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	a campaign TV ad
8731.json	false	Under a proposed bill, a $100,000 homes flood insurance premium would be maybe $200 or $300 annually.	florida,housing	gus-bilirakis	Congressman	Florida	republican	1	1	0	1	0	a Bay News 9 interview
9878.json	half-true	Social Security has never contributed one cent to the deficit. Not one cent.	social-security	jeff-merkley	U.S. Senator	Oregon	democrat	0	1	3	6	0	a roundtable discussion with senior citizens
3954.json	half-true	Obamacare takes $500 billion out of Medicare and funds Obamacare.	health-care,medicare	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a Republican presidential candidate debate in New Hampshire
12225.json	half-true	The state that has the highest per capita number of guns that end up committing crimes in New York come from Vermont.	crime,guns	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	an event in Port Washington, N.Y.
2139.json	true	Over the last 10 years, incomes for the top 1 percent have grown. Meanwhile, the bottom half of the country, theyve seen their wages stagnate.	economy,pundits,abc-news-week	donna-brazile	Political commentator	Washington, D.C.	democrat	0	1	4	7	0	a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week"
5068.json	mostly-true	I think with the exception of the last year or maybe the last two years, we were at 100 percent when it came to contributing to the Providence pension fund.	city-budget,pensions,retirement,taxes	david-cicilline	mayor of Providence	Rhode Island	democrat	7	4	5	4	1	an appearance on WPRI's Newsmakers
11801.json	false	Almost all of the polls that have come out suggest that I am a much stronger candidate against the Republicans than is Hillary Clinton.	polls	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a town hall meeting in Underwood, Iowa.
6652.json	true	The Obama administration is allowing state waivers from welfare work requirements only if they had a credible plan to increase employment by 20 percent.	welfare	bill-clinton	former president	Arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	a convention speech
2979.json	half-true	All but one of the 50 states already have some form of a balanced budget amendment in their state constitutions.	federal-budget,state-budget	john-cornyn	Senator	Texas	republican	5	3	6	2	1	an op-ed
1988.json	false	The U.S. deficit "increases at $3 million per second."	economy,federal-budget,government-efficiency,health-care	bill-clegg	lawyer	Rhode Island	republican	0	1	0	0	0	candidate web page
8782.json	mostly-true	President Barack Obamas judicial appointments for Georgia and the region were drafted in secret and not vetted by legal groups among the presidents supporters.	congress,legal-issues	david-scott	Congressman 	Georgia	democrat	0	0	2	1	0	a letter
103.json	half-true	"I have not changed my position on the (gay) marriage amendment or anything else related to marriage."	families,gays-and-lesbians	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an interview on MSNBC
399.json	mostly-true	McCain and Bush are millionaires who are "for tax cuts for millionaires."	taxes	campaign-defend-america		Washington, D.C.	none	0	1	0	2	0	a television ad
10114.json	pants-fire	The Affordable Care Act says that at age 76 when you most need it most, you are not eligible for cancer treatment. Cancer hospital will ration care according to the patients age.	health-care	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email
12275.json	false	The Human Rights Campaign is more powerful than the NRA.	campaign-finance,gays-and-lesbians,sexuality	pat-mccrory	Governor of North Carolina	North Carolina	republican	5	2	3	0	1	in interview on Meet The Press with Chuck Todd
10864.json	mostly-true	About 85 percent of hotel guests who will pay the new $5 hotel/motel fee will be from outside Georgia.	tourism,transportation	jay-roberts			republican	0	0	0	1	0	a House floor debate
13096.json	true	We spend more per student than almost any other major country in the world.	education,government-efficiency	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in Cleveland
3656.json	pants-fire	Says the hospital listed on Barack Obamas just-publicized long-form birth certificate denies the president was born there.	obama-birth-certificate	leo-berman	State representative	Texas	republican	0	2	0	0	1	a Texas Tribune article
428.json	pants-fire	"Hillary (Clinton), one time late at night when she was exhausted, misstated and immediately apologized for it, what happened to her in Bosnia in 1995."	foreign-policy	bill-clinton	former president	Arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	Boonville, Ind.
1864.json	mostly-true	"We now actually import more oil than we did before 9/11."	energy,abc-news-week,trade	john-kerry	Secretary of State	Massachusetts	democrat	3	2	2	5	0	an interview on ABC's "This Week''
12042.json	mostly-true	If you look at Latino kids between 17 and 20 who graduated high school, 36 percent of them are unemployed or underemployed. African-American kids are unemployed or underemployed to the tune of 51 percent.	diversity,economy,jobs	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a Democratic presidential debate in Miami
2034.json	pants-fire	Says Gov. Rick Perry is by far and away the highest-paid state employee on an hourly basis.	candidates-biography,elections,ethics	bill-white	Former mayor of Houston	Texas	democrat	2	3	5	7	3	a press conference.
3313.json	false	Says the Hawaii governor cant find anything that says (President Barack Obama) was born in Hawaii.	elections,obama-birth-certificate	leo-berman	State representative	Texas	republican	0	2	0	0	1	a news article
9657.json	false	Under President Ronald Reagan, illegal immigrants were not pouring in likethey are now.	immigration	deirdre-imus			republican	0	1	0	0	0	a broadcast on Fox Business of "Imus in the Morning"
2175.json	mostly-true	House Democrats have a two-to-one advantage money-wise against House Republicans.	campaign-finance,elections,abc-news-week	nancy-pelosi	House Minority Leader	California	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	an interview on ABC's "This Week"
9948.json	half-true	Georgia can substantially increase its funding for education by going after $2.5 billion in uncollected taxes.	education	jason-carter	State Senator	Georgia	democrat	1	0	2	1	0	press conference
10015.json	mostly-true	Most people in New Hampshire want to raise the minimum wage. (State Rep. Marilinda) Garcia opposes it.	income	americans-responsible-solutions			none	1	0	1	2	0	an ad
8420.json	false	Says nearly 30,000 federal employees in Oregon were furloughed during the government shutdown.	economy,federal-budget,jobs	suzanne-bonamici	State Senator	Oregon	democrat	0	3	0	0	1	an opinion piece. 
1225.json	barely-true	After Fahrenheit 9/11 came out, "Bush's approval rating never was better, it only got worse."	elections	michael-moore	Documentary filmmaker		none	2	5	1	6	0	a press conference
939.json	true	"We are making the largest investment in education in our nations history."	education,stimulus	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a bill signing ceremony in Denver.
11493.json	mostly-true	No city in the state, no state in this nation, for that matter the entire world, has adopted (clean energy) targets more ambitious in scale.	climate-change,energy	kevin-de-leon	California Senate leader	California	democrat	0	0	0	3	0	a speech
7547.json	false	In the last two years, we have reduced the deficit by $2.5 trillion.	deficit,federal-budget	harry-reid	Senate Democratic Leader	Nevada	democrat	4	5	3	7	3	a Senate floor speech
9850.json	barely-true	The prosecutor who brought the indictment of Texas Gov. Rick Perryhas ties to Obama. He has ties to the Democrats.	ethics	tom-delay	Former U.S. House member	Texas	republican	1	0	1	1	1	an interview on "State of the Union"
4454.json	mostly-true	Hurricane Irene was the second-largest storm to hit North America in terms of power outages -- and the first hurricane to make landfall in New Jersey since 1904.	energy,weather	jersey-central-power-light			none	0	0	0	1	0	an advertisement
263.json	true	"Sen. Obama's chair in New Hampshire is a lobbyist. He lobbies for the drug companies."	ethics	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a debate in Manchester, N.H.
7839.json	true	Says, Oregon has the third largest class size in the nation.	children,education	oregon-pta			organization	0	0	0	0	0	a newsletter
9519.json	barely-true	U.S. Senate candidate David Perdues company took $3 million from the federal stimulus program that President Barack Obama created.	stimulus	jack-kingston	U.S. Representative	Georgia	republican	3	1	4	3	0	radio and television add
10126.json	false	My opponent supported policies that increased tuition by 18 percent.	education,state-finances	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a campaign TV ad
306.json	barely-true	"I was fighting against those (Republican) ideas when you were practicing law and representing your contributor, Rezko, in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago."	candidates-biography	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
1323.json	half-true	A cap-and-trade plan promoted by Barack Obama would hit hardest those already struggling to make ends meet.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,energy	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	her book "Going Rogue"
6491.json	false	Says Bill Nelson voted to raise our taxes 150 times.	candidates-biography,taxes	connie-mack	U.S. representative from Fort Myers	Florida	republican	3	3	1	3	1	a video on his campaign website
10571.json	true	America produces more oil and gas than any other nation in the world.	energy	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a speech.
10634.json	barely-true	Many of the alarmists on global warming, theyve got a problem because the science doesnt back them up. In particular, satellite data demonstrate for the last 17 years, theres been zero warming.	climate-change,science	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview on "Late Night with Seth Meyers"
12283.json	barely-true	She is the only candidate who has stood by our community and immigration reform from the beginning.	immigration	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a radio ad in spanish
6606.json	mostly-true	There is an increasing amount of evidence from public polling that the highest number of Americans ever identify themselves as pro-life.	abortion	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview on 'Face the Nation'
1382.json	false	Says Bill White is for gay marriage.	gays-and-lesbians,marriage	republican-party-texas		Texas	republican	3	1	1	3	1	in a Web ad
12712.json	barely-true	Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have left us with $19 trillion in debt.	debt,federal-budget,taxes	sean-duffy	Member of the U.S. House	Wisconsin	republican	5	1	6	1	2	a speech
1778.json	barely-true	Says the EPA "outsourced the scientific basis for its greenhouse gas regulation to a scandal-plagued international organization that cannot be considered objective or trustworthy."	energy,environment,legal-issues	greg-abbott	governor	Texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	a press release
7956.json	half-true	Recent record-low water levels in Lake Michigan are evidence that global warming is leading to the evaporation of our Great Lakes.	climate-change,environment,water	richard-durbin	Senator	Illinois	democrat	0	2	1	0	1	a Senate floor speech
8603.json	barely-true	Says Gov. Scott Walker has dropped Wisconsin to 45th in the nation in job growth prospects while campaigning for president out of state.	economy,elections,job-accomplishments,jobs	mike-tate			democrat	1	2	2	1	0	a fund-raising email
1335.json	barely-true	The Senate health care bill is longer than Tolstoy's 'War and Peace.'	health-care	orrin-hatch	U.S. Senator	Utah	republican	2	0	1	0	0	a news release
5008.json	barely-true	In a watershed 1958 decision, the Warren court asserted by itself that the Supreme Court was supreme over the president and the Congress.	history,legal-issues	newt-gingrich	Co-host on CNN's "Crossfire"	Georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
7085.json	mostly-true	Half the lottery directors across the country had not run a lottery before they were hired.	lottery	brian-robinson		Georgia	republican	1	1	0	2	0	a newspaper article 
1607.json	half-true	"Americans who get their insurance through the workplace, cost savings could be as much as $3,000 less per employee than if we do nothing."	health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a health care speech
3650.json	false	The Georgia Lottery Corp. has only once in the past 16 years paid out the agreed upon 35 percent of proceeds to the account which funds the HOPE scholarship.	education	allie-mccullen		Georgia	none	0	1	0	0	0	a speech
3176.json	mostly-true	Says the foreman of the jury that convicted him was a Greenpeace activist.	bipartisanship,criminal-justice,environment	tom-delay	Former U.S. House member	Texas	republican	1	0	1	1	1	an interview.
1088.json	half-true	On a single-payer health care system.	health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	public statements
4371.json	false	Says that in 2009 ExxonMobil paid no federal income taxes, received a $156 million rebate.	corporations,taxes	dennis-kucinich	U.S. representative	Ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	a television interview
5372.json	pants-fire	A 10-year state program that created 202 jobs at a cost of $247,000 per job was approved by former Gov. Jim Doyle.	job-accomplishments,jobs	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a tweet
4676.json	false	GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain called Ron Pauls followers ignorant.	campaign-advertising	ron-paul	U.S. representative	Texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	the Republican presidential debate at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire
9118.json	false	Ralph Hall has never voted to raise the debt ceiling.	debt,federal-budget,voting-record	cat-pac		Texas	organization	0	1	0	0	0	a campaign mail flier
13510.json	mostly-true	Says Donald Trump won more counties than any candidate on our side since Ronald Reagan.	elections	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
4547.json	mostly-true	Says that to drive the length of the newly drawn 15th District youd find yourself on the road as long as it would take to drive from Columbus to Niagara Falls.	elections,redistricting	chris-redfern	Chairman of the  Ohio Democratic Party	Ohio	democrat	0	0	2	4	0	a news conference
11967.json	mostly-true	There is not a single candidate in the Republican primary that thinks we should do anything about climate change.	climate-change	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference
3049.json	false	Says the claims that Texas faces a $27 billion shortfall are flat-out false.	state-budget	talmadge-heflin	Director, Center for Fiscal Policy, Texas Public Policy Foundation	Texas	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a blog post.
7458.json	mostly-true	Since January 2010, New Jersey has added 103,000 new private sector jobs. The last two years -- 2011 and 2012 -- have been the best two years of private sector job growth since 1999.	jobs	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a budget speech to the New Jersey Legislature
1741.json	true	"Congress can tell [the Supreme Court] which cases they ought to hear. We have that authority."	supreme-court	arlen-specter	Senator	Pennsylvania	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on MSNBC's Daily Rundown
11047.json	barely-true	Says Donald Trump has given more money to Democratic candidates than Republican candidates.	campaign-finance,elections	ben-ferguson			none	1	0	0	0	0	comments on CNN
6998.json	true	Says Mitt Romney wants to add $2 trillion to defense budget that the military hasnt asked for.	debates,military	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a presidential debate
9119.json	barely-true	If the legislature refuses to expand Medicaid, 27 states are going to get our money Virginia taxpayer money into their states to provide health care for their citizens, paid for by us.	health-care,medicaid,taxes	terry-mcauliffe	Governor	Virginia	democrat	12	6	2	2	3	a radio interview.
12117.json	half-true	The Trans-Pacific trade deal could cost America 448,000 more jobs.	trade	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a political ad for Bernie 2016
9467.json	pants-fire	Barack Obama is the first president to file lawsuits against the states he swore an oath to protect.	legal-issues,states	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	
10290.json	mostly-true	More than 70 percent of American adults have committed a crime that could lead to imprisonment.	criminal-justice	stephen-carter			democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an opinion piece in "Bloomberg Views"
3066.json	false	Says Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is hypocritical for challenging the constitutionality of the new health care law.	health-care,voting-record	ohio-alliance-retired-americans		Ohio	none	0	1	0	0	0	a news release
5004.json	barely-true	A study says Massachusetts has lost 18,000 jobs because residents were required to obtain health insurance under an act signed into law by Mitt Romney.	health-care	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a Republican presidential debate
12202.json	half-true	Attorney General Roy Cooper refuses to do his job by not defending House Bill 2 in a lawsuit.	ethics,gays-and-lesbians,campaign-advertising,states	phil-berger	N.C. Senate president pro tem	North Carolina	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a Facebook post
9257.json	barely-true	Says Georgia Democratic Senate hopeful Michelle Nunn supports higher taxes.	taxes	ending-spending-action-fund			independent	4	0	0	2	0	a television ad
4056.json	barely-true	A year since the Recovery Summer, there has been been a fall, winter and spring of no recovery.	economy	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	an interview on the Fox Business Channel
9540.json	pants-fire	Gov. Deal has the worst record on education in the history of this state.	education	matt-mcgrath	campaign manager	Georgia	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	press release and fundraising email
10888.json	false	The American murder rate is 50 times that of any other developed nation.	crime,guns	russell-brand	Actor		none	0	1	0	0	0	an episode of 'The Trews'
5480.json	pants-fire	Says in the 2012 State of the Union address, President Obama didnt even mention the deficit or debt.	deficit	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a rally in Cleveland, Ohio
12287.json	true	As a former federal prosecutor, I prosecuted over 4,000 cases.	candidates-biography,criminal-justice,legal-issues	catherine-hanaway	Candidate for governor of Missouri	Missouri	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a debate
9791.json	half-true	Says Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., voted to raise the Social Security retirement age on us.	social-security	martha-robertson	Tompkins County legislator 	New York	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a campaign ad
519.json	barely-true	Ive supported every investigation (into Hurricane Katrina) and ways of finding out how what caused the tragedy. Ive met with people on the ground. Ive met with the governor.	bush-administration,natural-disasters	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a news conference in Baton Rouge, La.
6757.json	mostly-true	Their New York casino deal was called rigged and corrupt.	gambling	its-still-bad-idea		Oregon	organization	0	0	0	1	1	a campaign ad
3147.json	true	Says there have been 50 million abortions since Roe v. Wade was decided.	abortion	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a speech
1758.json	barely-true	Late changes to the Arizona immigration law "lay to rest questions over the possibility of racial profiling."	immigration,legal-issues	jan-brewer		Arizona	republican	3	1	1	0	1	a news release
7851.json	barely-true	Says 13 Texas universities have announced or implemented a $10,000 degree.	education	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	a press release
8191.json	mostly-true	Says an illegal immigrant fraudulently claimed children who actually lived in Mexico on income tax forms to collect more than $29,000.	immigration,taxes	jack-kingston	U.S. Representative	Georgia	republican	3	1	4	3	0	an interview
4219.json	false	The (State Board of Administration) transparency issue got a great airing the last legislative session.	financial-regulation,state-finances,transparency	ash-williams	Executive Director, Florida State Board of Administration	Florida	none	0	1	0	0	0	response to a question from Gov. Rick Scott
6252.json	false	83% of doctors have considered leaving the profession because of #Obamacare.	health-care,polls	jeff-duncan	U.S. House of Representatives	South Carolina	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a tweet
9921.json	barely-true	Says Scott Walkers jobs agency gives financial incentives that lead Wisconsin companies to look at shipping jobs elsewhere. ... A company got $4.6 million in taxpayer money and actually reduced its jobs by 300 people.	economy,jobs,state-budget,taxes,workers	mary-burke	Madison school board member	Wisconsin	democrat	5	5	11	8	3	an interview
4545.json	half-true	Says that in 2001, Rick Perry spoke favorably of binational health insurance between Mexico and Texas.	health-care,immigration	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	12	16	13	7	5	a Republican presidential debate
9061.json	barely-true	Says President Abraham Lincoln enforced the Fugitive Slave Act until the Civil War ended.	history	andrew-napolitano	judge		republican	3	0	2	0	3	a broadcast of "The Daily Show"
4666.json	false	Says his parents came to America following Fidel Castros takeover of Cuba.	candidates-biography,immigration	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a biography on his U.S. Senate website
12751.json	true	Our trade deficit in goods reached nearly $800 billion last year alone.	economy,trade	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland
1539.json	mostly-true	The Democrats' health care bills would end "the denial of ... coverage to those who have a pre-existing condition," while the Republican bill would not.	health-care,abc-news-week	nancy-pelosi	House Minority Leader	California	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
7287.json	mostly-true	Says Ohios economic recovery started in February 2010.	economy	ted-strickland	Former Ohio governor	Ohio	democrat	2	6	7	4	1	a news release
5942.json	pants-fire	Gov. Scott Walker is helping pay for the criminal defense of a man accused of boy rape.	crime	graeme-zielinski	spokesman, Democratic Party of Wisconsin	Wisconsin	democrat	0	0	0	0	2	Tweets
754.json	barely-true	Barack Obama "pays for every dime" of his spending plans.	federal-budget	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	Oxford, Miss.
12910.json	pants-fire	Says there were multiple instances of voter fraud in Wood County, Ohio.	elections	viral-image			none	5	5	0	3	15	viral image circulating on the internet
8002.json	half-true	Says Canada has one-tenth of our populationyet it issues far more high-skilled visas (more than 150,000) yearly than we do (65,000).	corrections-and-updates,immigration	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a Wall Street Journal op-ed
7905.json	barely-true	Says a group estimates that the annual cost to Oregon taxpayers for government services to illegal aliens, after any income tax revenue from them, is $1 billion.	economy,education,immigration,state-budget,taxes,workers	oregon-republican-party			organization	1	1	0	0	0	in a press release
3844.json	mostly-true	Says for the first time ever, Texas lawmakers are not funding student population growth.	education,state-budget,state-finances	wendy-davis	state senator	Texas	democrat	5	1	8	12	1	a filibuster.
9999.json	false	Leticia Van de Putte voted to give illegal immigrants in this country free health care--not emergency health care but total free health care.	health-care,immigration,public-health	dan-patrick	Lieutenant governor-elect	Texas	republican	4	4	3	4	4	a debate in Austin
8291.json	barely-true	Since sequester began federal employment has been subtracting 6,000-7,000 jobs per month	federal-budget,jobs	political-line			none	1	0	0	0	0	a Twitter post
5881.json	mostly-true	Says no Austin City Council member lives south of Lady Bird Lake or north of 45th Street.	city-government	shaun-ireland			none	0	0	0	1	0	a campaign video on the city's website
3047.json	half-true	Ohio taxpayers spent more than $67 million for the year on food stamps and Medicaid for Wal-Mart workers	health-care,state-budget	robert-hagan	State representative	Ohio	democrat	0	0	2	1	0	a speech in the Ohio House of Representatives
7308.json	mostly-true	One out of every five law enforcement officers thats killed is killed with an assault weapon.	crime,guns	dianne-feinstein	U.S. Senator	California	democrat	1	1	0	4	0	an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
9705.json	pants-fire	Mitt Romney did not run his campaign on the basis of arguing his experience in the business world was a reason to vote for him.	elections,campaign-advertising	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview
6039.json	false	Says PolitiFact issued a True ruling on Paul Krugman calling Governor Christie a fiscal phony.	jobs	new-jersey-democratic-state-committee		New Jersey	democrat	2	2	1	0	0	a newsletter
2023.json	barely-true	Alexi Giannoulias top aide was a longtime BP lobbyist.	message-machine,oil-spill	mark-kirk	U.S. Senator	Illinois	republican	2	1	2	0	0	a campaign ad
10473.json	barely-true	The streetcar project proposed for downtown Milwaukee would actually take precious revenue away from the Milwaukee Public Schools.	transportation	joe-davis-sr	Milwaukee alderman	Wisconsin	none	1	0	0	0	0	a video
2816.json	true	Federal spending is the highest its been as a share of our economy in 60 years (and) revenue is the lowest its been as a share of our economy in 60 years.	economy,federal-budget,taxes,abc-news-week	kent-conrad	U.S. Senator	North Dakota	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
4331.json	mostly-true	Last year -- actually, this year in May -- we saw New Jersey Transit fares rise anywhere from 25 percent to 47 percent.	transportation	albert-papp-jr	New Jersey Association of Railroad Passengers President	New Jersey	none	0	0	0	1	0	an interview on News 12 New Jersey’s Power & Politics show
5835.json	mostly-true	Says excessive speculation is pushing up oil prices and a recent report estimates it adds 56 cents to every gallon of gasoline siphoned from the pump.	economy,energy	sherrod-brown	U.S. Senator	Ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	a news release
5780.json	half-true	Weve got four Supreme Court justices who signed their name to a declaration that Americans have no fundamental right to self-defense.	guns,legal-issues,supreme-court	ted-nugent	musician	Texas	republican	0	0	2	0	2	a speech at the annual convention of the National Rifle Association
3244.json	pants-fire	Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has threatened to call out the National Guard if workers protest against changes to bargaining laws.	labor,state-budget	progressive-change-campaign-committee			none	0	1	1	1	1	an email blast to supporters
4120.json	false	Under our (2011-13) budget, the average (Wisconsin) property taxpayer will save $700.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a news release and column
10461.json	half-true	Al-Qaida has grown fourfold in five years.	foreign-policy,terrorism	jack-keane	Fox News military analyst		none	0	0	1	0	0	comments on "Fox News Sunday"
5900.json	false	The salaries of Wisconsins best-educated public school teachers were slashed by Gov. Scott Walker through a recent administrative rule change.	education,labor,state-budget	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	an email
935.json	false	The stimulus has $30 million in there to protect mice in San Francisco.	federal-budget,stimulus	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	a statement on Fox News Channel.
11459.json	pants-fire	CNNs Crap Polling is so bad that it shows that no one under the age of 50 has an opinion of Hillary Clinton.	polls	viral-image			none	5	5	0	3	15	an image on the Internet
7235.json	pants-fire	Our numbers are going up at the airport.	economy,tourism,transportation	james-bennett	director, Department of Economic Development, Providence, R.I.	Rhode Island	newsmaker	0	1	0	0	1	a Gov. Lincoln Chafee YouTube video
3523.json	half-true	When you compare our state pension system to other systems throughout the country, our benefits are not gold-plated. They are not rich. They are actually average or below average.	retirement,state-budget,taxes,workers	james-cenerini	legislative affairs/political action coordinator for Council 94	Rhode Island	labor-leader	0	0	1	0	0	testimony before the Rhode Island Senate Finance Committee
3359.json	true	Texas would have to increase current state spending by 28 percent just to reach the national average for spending per resident.	state-budget	scott-mccown	executive director, Center for Public Policy Priorities	Texas	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	a letter.
2427.json	pants-fire	Speaker Pelosi ... has been busy sticking the taxpayer with her $100,000 bar tab for alcohol on the military jets that shes flying.	ethics,government-efficiency	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a speech to the Values Voter Summit
7468.json	half-true	Says Studies show the average age of entry into prostitution is 12 to 14 years old.	children,county-government,families	diane-mckeel		Oregon	county-commissioner	0	0	1	0	0	in a guest column
2268.json	false	The Obama Health and Human Services Department is planning to compile a federal health record on all U.S. citizens by 2014, including each individuals Body Mass Index.	health-care,privacy	ann-marie-buerkle	Candidate for U.S. House	New York	republican	0	1	1	0	0	a page on her campaign website
7162.json	mostly-true	Says that the state spends more money on tax giveaways than it receives in tax collection.	state-budget,taxes	our-oregon	political group	Oregon	democrat	0	1	0	3	0	a blog post.
4187.json	true	Thirty-four of the last 44 (debt ceiling increases) have been for less than a year. So, this notion that short-term is somehow the exception, its actually the rule.	deficit,federal-budget	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	an interview on MSNBC
3062.json	false	Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican!	bipartisanship,history	raging-elephants	Political Group	Texas	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a web post
7820.json	barely-true	We have one charter school that for seven years has been rated unacceptable.	education	bill-ratliff	Lobbyist	Texas	republican	1	0	0	0	0	an interview with Texas Monthly magazine.
7134.json	barely-true	Says he first unveiled his new legislative agenda in Wisconsin, not in California as critics complain	education,government-regulation,state-budget,taxes	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview
9089.json	barely-true	There are over 100 pipelines between the United States and Canada right now.	climate-change,energy,environment	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	public remarks
1461.json	mostly-true	The Senate-passed health care bill "is identical to the Massachusetts health care plan -- the same thing."	health-care,pundits	paul-krugman	New York Times columnist		none	0	2	3	4	0	an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
7906.json	barely-true	The Government Accountability Office estimated (Obamacare) will add to the long-term deficit by $6.2 trillion.	deficit,health-care	morgan-griffith	U.S. Congressman	Virginia	republican	3	2	1	0	0	a news release.
9534.json	mostly-true	Nearly 60 percent of women who use birth control do so for more than just family planning.	health-care,supreme-court,women	debbie-wasserman-schultz	U.S. Representative, Florida District 23	Florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	a statement to the media
5546.json	true	In 1950, the average American lived for 68 years and 16 workers supported one retiree. Today, the average life expectancy is 78 and three workers support one retiree.	retirement,social-security	frank-wolf	U.S. Representative	Virginia	republican	1	0	0	0	0	a news release
4304.json	barely-true	Under Gov. Scott Walker, unemployment is increasing in Wisconsin at twice the rate it is nationally.	jobs	state-democratic-party-wisconsin		Wisconsin	democrat	5	7	2	2	7	a news release
3202.json	false	In Mexico, they dont have birth certificates... they dont have registration cards for voters. They have one national ID.	immigration	pete-gallego	Former legislator and U.S. House member	Texas	democrat	1	1	2	2	0	an interview on "Capital Tonight"
6781.json	mostly-true	Deficit spending exploded during the Obama administration to $5.3 trillion over four years, compared to $2 trillion in eight years under President George W. Bush.	debt,deficit,federal-budget,taxes	ron-johnson		Wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	a campaign speech
13023.json	true	As governor, Ted Strickland left only 89 cents in Ohios rainy day fund.	economy,job-accomplishments	us-chamber-commerce			none	6	3	3	1	1	a campaign ad 
1938.json	false	Under President George W. Bush, "the national debt went from $5 trillion to $12 trillion."	federal-budget,history	richard-durbin	Senator	Illinois	democrat	0	2	1	0	1	a Senate floor speech
2012.json	barely-true	The U.S. "only ranks 25th worldwide on defense spending as a percentage of GDP."	federal-budget,foreign-policy,military	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a Facebook posting
9443.json	barely-true	Under Gov. Scott Walker, employer confidence now stands at 95 percent, compared to only 10 percent at the end of the Gov. Jim Doyle-Mary Burke administration.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs,polls	republican-party-wisconsin		Wisconsin	republican	4	3	2	3	0	a statement
8818.json	false	We have the lowest beer tax in the nation.	taxes	rod-monroe	State Senator	Oregon	democrat	0	2	0	0	0	an Oregon Senate work session
2353.json	barely-true	John Boehner said the jobs of teachers and nurses and police officers and firefighters are government jobs that werent worth saving.	economy,education,states	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech on Labor Day
5010.json	mostly-true	[E]xcise tax increases drive commerce across state lines.	taxes	grover-norquist	President, Americans for Tax Reform		republican	0	3	0	2	1	a letter
709.json	pants-fire	"Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' the Second AmendmentBan use of firearms for home defense."	guns	national-rifle-association			none	3	5	1	5	3	direct mail piece
94.json	barely-true	"If we manufactured 5-million of these 2.5-meg windmills across the country, we could electrify the entire nation the entire nation."	energy	mike-gravel	Author and lecturer	Alaska	libertarian	1	0	1	0	1	a debate in Hanover, N.H.
5596.json	half-true	Says Tennessee has some of the lowest beer excise tax rates in the country.	Alcohol,corrections-and-updates,taxes	tax-foundation			none	0	0	2	1	0	a map published on its blog.
11243.json	mostly-true	Buying the naming rights to the new Falcons stadium is the largest marketing deal in Mercedes-Benz history.	sports	steve-cannon	CEO, Mercedes-Benz USA	Georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	press release
8847.json	mostly-true	For the first time in over a decade, business leaders around the world have declared that China is no longer the worlds No. 1 place to invest; America is.	economy,foreign-policy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	State of the Union address
971.json	mostly-true	His proposed budget would "cut our deficit in half by the end of my first term."	federal-budget	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	in a news conference.
4354.json	mostly-true	As governor, [Mitt Romney] balanced the budget without raising taxes and created jobs.	candidates-biography	ed-lindsey	State Representative	Georgia	republican	0	0	0	2	0	a press release
8323.json	mostly-true	(Obamacare) is a bill which has never once had a majority of Americans favor it.	health-care,polls,pundits	newt-gingrich	Co-host on CNN's "Crossfire"	Georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	on CNN's "Crossfire"
9682.json	mostly-true	97 percent of the 100 poorest counties in America are in red states.	county-government,poverty	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a meme on social media
12157.json	half-true	Despite the passage of HB2, towns, cities and counties in North Carolina are still allowed to set stricter non-discrimination policies for their own employees if they choose.	city-government,county-government,gays-and-lesbians,government-regulation,sexuality	pat-mccrory	Governor of North Carolina	North Carolina	republican	5	2	3	0	1	a list of rebuttals to criticism over the law
4634.json	true	When we got the income tax in 1913, the top rate was 7 percent. By 1980, the top rate was 70 percent.	history,taxes	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
3653.json	pants-fire	CNN did a poll recently where Obama and I are statistically tied.	polls	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a press conference
6484.json	mostly-true	NASCAR fans are twice as likely as non fans to serve in the military and 37 percent of active servicemembers and veterans are NASCAR fans.	military	steve-phelps	Chief Marketing Officer, NASCAR		none	0	0	0	1	0	
11557.json	half-true	Says President Dwight Eisenhower moved 1.5 million illegal immigrants out of this country.	history,immigration	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	the Fox Business Network debate
5751.json	mostly-true	By the time I finish this speech, two Americans will be slain, six women will be raped, 27 of us will be robbed, and 50 more will be beaten.	corrections-and-updates,crime	wayne-lapierre			none	3	1	3	1	0	a speech to a national meeting of the National Rifle Association
8437.json	false	Common Core is being used by the Obama Administration to turn the Department of Education into what is effectively a national school board.	education	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a statement given to the Tampa Bay Times
13048.json	half-true	For immigrants with visa overstays, we make no effort to hold them accountable to that or uphold the law.	immigration	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	an interview on Meet the Press
3613.json	true	[Appalachian Power] wants another 10 percent rate increase. The compensation package for CEO Mike Morris rose 22 percent to $8.7 million in 2010.	market-regulation	ward-armstrong	Minority leader, House of Delegates	Virginia	democrat	0	3	0	0	1	a Twitter post.
6625.json	half-true	By the time(Mitt Romney)left office, Massachusetts was 47th in the nation in job creation.	economy,jobs,states	deval-patrick	governor	Massachusetts	democrat	0	0	1	1	0	a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
8344.json	half-true	In states where the federal government helps run these (health care) marketplaces, the average American will have more than 50 different plans to choose from, with different levels of coverage.	corrections-and-updates,health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at Largo, Md.
5367.json	true	Florida unemployment has dropped more than 2 percentage points, down from 12 percent to 9.9 percent, the second-largest drop in the nation.	economy,jobs	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a speech at the CPAC conference
9716.json	pants-fire	The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau passed a rule giving the agency unprecedented power to shut down businesses, no matter what the reason, at any time it wishes.	financial-regulation	katie-pavlich	Townhall.com editor		none	0	0	0	0	1	an article on Townhall.com
4985.json	barely-true	DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz denied unemployment went up under Obama.	economy,jobs	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	an email to reporters
640.json	mostly-true	McCain, "voted against renewable sources of energy, against biofuels, against solar power, against wind power.... "	energy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	Youngstown, Ohio
6412.json	mostly-true	Says Connie Mack IV has been a promoter for Hooters with a history of bar room brawling, altercations and road rage.	candidates-biography,10-news-tampa-bay	bill-nelson		Florida	democrat	3	1	8	10	0	a TV ad
37.json	mostly-true	"I'm the first person who really took up the issue of the war. Four years ago I said that there was no proof that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and, actually... did an analysis which disproved the cause for the war."	iraq	dennis-kucinich	U.S. representative	Ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	Washington, DC
8102.json	barely-true	Our recent state budgets have far exceeded population and inflation growth.	population,state-budget,state-finances	tom-pauken	Small business owner	Texas	republican	1	0	0	0	0	an oped column.
10607.json	half-true	The vast majority of our international commitments take effect without congressional approval.	congress,foreign-policy	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	a statement released to the media
4874.json	half-true	Says the federal stimulus program was ineffective because the number of jobs has actually decreased by 18,300 through July 2011.	jobs,stimulus	greg-walden	U.S. representative	Oregon	republican	3	0	1	0	0	his website
4792.json	false	The United States regulations are among the most difficult in the world.	economy,environment,health-care,market-regulation	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a press release
6583.json	half-true	Says Sherrod Brown voted for the $1.17 trillion health care law that adds a new tax on Ohio manufacturers.	health-care,taxes	crossroads-gps	Conservative advocacy group		republican	9	1	4	1	2	a campaign commercial
2029.json	true	Sen. McConnell offered a fully paid two-month extension of unemployment insurance.	economy,federal-budget	john-cornyn	Senator	Texas	republican	5	3	6	2	1	a conference call with Texas reporters
1683.json	mostly-true	"The video doesn't show the broader picture of the firing that was going on at American troops."	iraq,military,abc-news-week	robert-gates	Secretary of Defense		none	0	0	1	2	0	ABC's "This Week"
8084.json	pants-fire	Under Obamacare, 75 percent of small businesses now say they are going to be forced to either fire workers or cut their hours.	economy,health-care,jobs,small-business	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a FoxNews.com op-ed
2330.json	barely-true	When Peppers tax was finally voted down, Pepper laid off cops and closed jails and let criminals run free in the streets.	government-efficiency,job-accomplishments,message-machine,taxes	dave-yost	Ohio auditor	ohio	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a campaign video
1651.json	half-true	''Both Democrats and Republicans are advocating for the use of student test scores to measure teacher effectiveness.''	bipartisanship,education	foundation-floridas-future		Florida	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a press release
11094.json	mostly-true	We borrow a million dollars every minute.	debt,deficit	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a campaign rally in Houston
11655.json	barely-true	There are over 700,000 Americans on some watch list or another that would all be captured in a Democratic amendment intended to stop suspected terrorists from buying guns.	guns,homeland-security	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
2850.json	half-true	The (Ohio) economy is on the mend. It is in better shape than it was when we took office.	economy,state-budget	pari-sabety	Former state budget director	Ohio	none	0	0	1	0	0	a presentation at a conference
11180.json	true	The Republican presidential nominee hasnt won women since 1988.	women	heather-mcghee	President, Demos		none	1	0	1	0	0	a panel discussion on "Meet the Press"
9892.json	mostly-true	Says Michelle Nunn has acknowledged allowing a convicted felon to hold a fundraiser for her.	campaign-finance	ending-spending-action-fund			independent	4	0	0	2	0	a radio ad
1598.json	half-true	A national poll found that among people who oppose the Democratic health care reform bill, "almost 40 percent" opposed it not because it goes too far, but because "they dont think it goes far enough. ... They will not be unhappy when we pass health care reform."	health-care	john-yarmuth	U.S. House of Representatives	Kentucky	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a speech on the House floor
6311.json	barely-true	Stimulus dollars paid for windmills from China.	china,energy,message-machine-2012,stimulus	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a campaign commercial
11615.json	half-true	The Libyan people have voted twice in free and fair elections for the kind of leadership they want.	elections,foreign-policy	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations
9342.json	half-true	In the Georgia-Russia conflict, we flew a brigade of Georgian soldiers from Iran to Georgia and sent U.S. ships into the Black Sea and provided various kinds of supplies.	foreign-policy	dick-cheney			republican	5	4	2	2	1	an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
32.json	half-true	"He's leading by example, refusing contributions from PACs and Washington lobbyists."	ethics	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a TV ad.
13477.json	true	Says John Bolton supported the Iraq War and said last year thatI still think the decision to overthrow Saddam was correct.	foreign-policy,military,terrorism	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a column on rare.us
6917.json	false	Signs letter saying Consumer Product Safety Commission is acting without consultation or input from the company to stop the sale of Buckyballs.	consumer-safety,government-regulation,public-safety,market-regulation	marsha-blackburn	U.S. Representative	Tennessee	republican	2	2	1	0	0	in a letter co-signed with others in Congress.
11469.json	false	On receiving campaign contributions from out-of-state donors	campaign-finance	russ-feingold		Wisconsin	democrat	2	4	7	5	1	an interview
2973.json	false	The Democrats health care reform law is agovernment takeover of health care.	health-care	robert-hurt	U.S. Congressman	Virginia	republican	2	4	1	0	0	a news release.
3125.json	false	Says he helped lead an outside audit thatll save (Milwaukee County) taxpayers over $200 million.	candidates-biography,county-budget	chris-abele	Philanthropist	Wisconsin	none	3	5	4	4	2	a campaign TV ad
13331.json	barely-true	Just like Donald Trump, David Jolly wants to outlaw a womans right to choose.	abortion	dccc-lgo			democrat	1	1	0	0	0	a campaign ad
4940.json	barely-true	Speaker Gingrich has said that we ought to get rid of our child labor laws.	education,labor,poverty	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	an interview on Fox News
5713.json	barely-true	Women account for 92.3 percent of the jobs lost under Obama.	corrections-and-updates,jobs,women	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	Mitt Romney's website
11568.json	half-true	Says Hillary Clinton and the Democrats admitted theres one candidate who scares Hillary Clinton, and thats Sen. Marco Rubio.	candidates-biography	baby-got-pac			organization	0	0	1	0	0	a campaign ad
10264.json	mostly-true	Texas had the worst voter participation in the country in the November 2014 elections.	elections,population	jason-stanford	Political consultant	Texas	democrat	1	0	0	1	0	a commentary
6368.json	half-true	Its typical for a presidential candidate to release 10 or 11 years of tax returns.	candidates-biography,taxes	bill-clinton	former president	Arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	an interview on 'Today'
7662.json	barely-true	Says Texas school systems lose 45 days a year on testing.	education	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	in an appearance on Mark Davis’ KSKY-AM radio show
969.json	false	Obama nominee Dawn Johnsen called motherhood 'involuntary servitude.'	abortion	house-republicans			republican	0	3	4	0	1	a blog post.
7874.json	half-true	New Jerseys once-broken pension system is now solvent.	pensions,state-finances	13th-district-gop-slate		New Jersey	republican	0	0	1	0	0	A primary election campaign mailer
1124.json	pants-fire	Page 992 of the health care bill will establish school-based 'health' clinics. Your children will be indoctrinated and your grandchildren may be aborted!	abortion,health-care	liberty-counsel			none	0	0	0	0	1	a memo on the group's Web site.
12132.json	true	During three and a half years of campaigning, Lamar Smith has never once appeared at a moderated debate to defend his positions on the issues.	elections	matt-mccall	Small business owner	Texas	republican	0	0	0	0	0	Press release
10351.json	false	Says President Barack Obama got a pass over controversalremarks byRev. Jeremiah Wright, while a12-year-old speech by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise hasblown up into a national story.	pundits	newt-gingrich	Co-host on CNN's "Crossfire"	Georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
8583.json	half-true	Only 536 Georgians are signed up for Obamacare while 400,000 in the state lost their health insurance.	health-care	lynn-westmoreland			republican	1	1	3	0	0	a tweet
7327.json	false	Says the jurisdictions with the strictest gun control laws, almost without exception have the highest crime rates and the highest murder rates.	guns	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	an interview on PBS
8757.json	barely-true	Under Obamacare, when you turn Medicaid over to the states ... the money will be available up front for the expansion for a few years. Then, the money will go away.	health-care	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	comments on CBS' "Face the Nation"
2001.json	mostly-true	Says Republican lieutenants to House Speaker Joe Straus aired radio ads supporting Democrat(ic state Rep.) Mark Homer... helping the Democrat to a narrow win.	bipartisanship,campaign-finance	david-barton	President, Wallbuilders	Texas	republican	1	0	1	2	0	an open letter
8242.json	false	Says U.S. Rep. Tom Price is sending letters both supporting and opposing the small-business killing Internet Tax Mandate.	congress,taxes	georgia-campaign-liberty		Georgia	none	0	1	0	0	0	a flier
10073.json	barely-true	Four million women have fallen into poverty in the last six years.	poverty,women	david-perdue	U.S. Senate candidate	Georgia	republican	5	1	4	5	1	a U.S. Senate debate
7220.json	true	There is over 20 times more energy in a proposed Southside uranium mining site than there is in all the oil thats estimated to be off Virginias coast	energy,environment	patrick-wales	Project manager, Virginia Uranium	Virginia	none	0	0	0	0	0	a symposium.
9510.json	mostly-true	Candidates for governor routinely disclose their spouses tax returns.	campaign-finance,elections	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a campaign commercial
2372.json	half-true	There have been more terrorist attacks on U.S. soil by ... Muslims in Obamas first 18 months in office than in the six years under Bush after he invaded Iraq.	foreign-policy,homeland-security,military,pundits,terrorism	ann-coulter	Columnist and author	New York	republican	2	3	3	0	4	a column
9642.json	barely-true	Obamas 2012 policy on younger immigrants created these children coming across the border.	immigration	lou-dobbs			none	1	2	0	1	0	a broadcast of "Lou Dobbs Tonight"
13366.json	mostly-true	Says Marco Rubio has a 98 percent voting record with the Koch brothers.	voting-record	patrick-murphy		Florida	democrat	2	1	4	5	0	a U.S. Senate debate 
3791.json	pants-fire	Unions dont have to comply with Obamacare.	health-care,unions	crossroads-gps	Conservative advocacy group		republican	9	1	4	1	2	a Web ad
3905.json	barely-true	Roughly 700 Georgians die needlessly each year because they are too far from a trauma center.	polls	kevin-bloye			none	1	0	0	0	0	AJC story
900.json	mostly-true	If Obama's economic plan creates 600,000 new government jobs, "that's about the size of the post office work force."	federal-budget,stimulus	mitch-mcconnell	Senate minority leader	Kentucky	republican	7	6	5	7	0	in a news interview
3081.json	false	Despite the administration telling us (health care reform) was going to reduce health care costs, they now acknowledge its going to dramatically increase health care costs.	health-care	lamar-smith	Congressman	Texas	republican	2	5	1	3	0	a radio interview
5349.json	false	Maryland is creating jobs at 2 times the rate that Virginia is.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	martin-omalley	Maryland governor	Maryland	democrat	3	1	10	4	0	a TV interview.
11115.json	true	(Hillary Clintons State Department) actually admonished one of her ambassadors because he wasnt using the proper server.	technology,transparency	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
12197.json	barely-true	Says Hillary Clinton has been saying lately that she thinks that I am, not qualifiedto be president.	candidates-biography,elections,campaign-advertising	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	18	12	22	41	0	a speech at Temple University
6865.json	barely-true	Eric Cantor took $5 million from Sheldon Adelson, a Las Vegas casino owner.	campaign-finance	wayne-powell	lawyer	Virginia	democrat	1	1	0	0	1	a debate.
9635.json	half-true	Literally, by the time a child is 18 years of age, theyve killed over 100,000 people in video games and other online things.	pop-culture	mark-omara	CNN legal analyst		none	0	0	1	0	0	comments on CNN
2209.json	barely-true	Bill McCollum voted for higher taxes and fees 42 times while he was in Congress.	message-machine,taxes,voting-record	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a TV ad.
10004.json	mostly-true	Says Sen. Kay Hagan has missed half of the (Senate Armed Services) Committees hearings in 2014.	congress,corrections-and-updates,message-machine-2014,voting-record	thom-tillis	House Speaker and U.S. Senate candidate	North Carolina	republican	2	0	1	1	0	a campaign ad
7067.json	pants-fire	Sheldon Whitehouse [got] a secret closed-door briefing, warning of the [2008 economic] crash.	bankruptcy,bush-administration,candidates-biography,congress,congressional-rules,corporations,economy,ethics,financial-regulation,government-regulation,history,legal-issues,message-machine-2012,campaign-advertising	peoples-majority			organization	0	0	0	0	1	a TV commercial
7523.json	mostly-true	Says the federal government is supporting a study in Hawaii to develop a menu for when we colonize Mars.	federal-budget,science,space	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a speech at the CPAC conference
5169.json	mostly-true	And by the way, when I was governor, I did make the payment into the pension fund.	retirement,state-budget	richard-codey	State Senator	New Jersey	democrat	0	0	0	2	0	a radio interview
9215.json	false	ObamaCare enrollment lie: Obama counts an enrollee as a web user putting a plan in their online shopping carts.	health-care	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a tweet
3120.json	half-true	While the government grew, we lost more than 2 million jobs.	economy,federal-budget,history	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a rebuttal to the State of the Union address
9187.json	barely-true	Obamacare is costing 2 million jobs.	health-care,jobs	laura-ingraham	Political commentator and radio talk show host		none	2	5	1	0	1	comments on ABC's "This Week"
9220.json	false	Liberals have figured out a Facebook algorithm and all the people getting banned from Facebook are somehow conservatives.	pundits	todd-starnes			republican	0	2	0	0	0	an interview on "Hannity"
10029.json	true	The states overall revenues only returned this year to 2007 levels.	economy,state-budget,state-finances	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	candidate forum
12637.json	barely-true	President Barack Obama attended an Islamic madrassa.	education,islam	pat-robertson	Religious broadcaster	Virginia	republican	1	0	0	0	1	a TV broadcast
10191.json	half-true	2014 midterm election spending by the left and the right are both equal.	campaign-finance	joe-scarborough	Host of a morning show on MSNBC		none	1	4	3	3	0	a segment on "Morning Joe"
5906.json	barely-true	The expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts ... would be the biggest tax increase in the history of the country, about $4.6 trillion over 10 years.	taxes	charles-bass	U.S. Representative 	New Hampshire	republican	3	2	0	0	0	an interview with the editorial board of the 'Telegraph.'
8361.json	half-true	Violent crime is up since the last year of Sharpe James administration. This year its higher. The unemployment rate is almost 15 percent. The high school dropout rate is over 50 percent.	crime,education,jobs	steve-lonegan	Conservative Activist	New Jersey	republican	1	2	2	0	0	an interview on the John Gambling radio show
6444.json	false	I have voted every year in Wisconsin.	candidates-biography,elections,voting-record	tommy-thompson		Wisconsin	republican	6	8	2	5	3	an interview
11883.json	barely-true	Were spending tremendous amounts of money to educate our kids. In the world, were No. 1 per pupil by a factor of four.	education	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	comments at the University of Iowa
1325.json	true	Obama has admitted a cap and trade plan would cause electricity bills to skyrocket.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,energy,environment	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	her book "Going Rogue"
9686.json	pants-fire	Says John Cornyn dodged the draft during the Vietnam War.	candidates-biography,history,military,public-service	david-alameel	Investor	Texas	democrat	0	1	1	0	1	his speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention
10800.json	half-true	Baltimore spends the third highest per capita on its public schools.	education	chris-wallace	Fox News Sunday host		none	0	0	3	1	0	a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday"
1883.json	half-true	The final pitch of Don Larsens perfect game in the 1956 World Series was a foot and half probably high and outside.	baseball,history,pundits,abc-news-week	george-will	Columnist	Maryland	columnist	7	6	3	5	1	a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week
1726.json	barely-true	The financial services bill will end "too-big-to-fail."	consumer-safety,economy,financial-regulation,market-regulation,abc-news-week	sherrod-brown	U.S. Senator	Ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	an interview on ABC's This Week
4336.json	true	When Social Security first started, there was 16 workers for every retiree. Today there are three workers for every retiree and soon there will be only two for every retiree.	social-security	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
1065.json	mostly-true	Medicare and Medicaid are the single biggest drivers of the federal deficit and the federal debt by a huge margin.	federal-budget,health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a town hall meeting
12390.json	mostly-true	Every Republican nominee since Richard Nixon, who at one time was under an audit, has released their tax returns.	history,taxes	chris-wallace	Fox News Sunday host		none	0	0	3	1	0	an episode of "Fox News Sunday"
7935.json	pants-fire	Says abortion increases the risk of breast cancer.	abortion	ron-hood	Ohio Representative	Ohio	republican	0	0	0	0	1	House Bill 200
7939.json	pants-fire	Says a rape kit can be used to clean out women, basically like dilation and curettage.	abortion,health-care,public-health	jodie-laubenberg	Texas House member	Texas	republican	0	0	0	1	1	Texas House debate on Senate Bill 5.
3034.json	half-true	In my 12 years in the House, I have watched my district go from a solidly Democratic district to a heavily solid Republican district.	bipartisanship	allan-ritter	businessman	Texas	republican	0	0	1	0	0	a press conference.
8077.json	mostly-true	Rick Scott invested $38 million in the Port of Jacksonvilles vital Mile Point Project, which covered missing federal funds for the project.	economy,federal-budget,state-budget	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	a newspaper ad
2778.json	false	The debt is nearly $6 trillion more than when President Obama was sworn into office.	deficit,federal-budget	george-allen	consultant	Virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a newspaper Op/Ed
7880.json	mostly-true	We (Georgia) collect fewer state taxes per capita than any other state although state taxes are low, Georgia is the eighth-most-dependent state on the federal government.	taxes	jason-carter	State Senator	Georgia	democrat	1	0	2	1	0	a meeting
8785.json	pants-fire	Action by the Milwaukee County Board will provide the County Executive with the same level of security as the Governor and the Mayor of Milwaukee while saving taxpayers $300,000.	county-budget,county-government,crime,criminal-justice,homeland-security	david-cullen	Milwaukee County Supervisor	Wisconsin	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a constituent newsletter
12305.json	mostly-true	Says LeBron James stops paying his Social Security taxes at the beginning of the second quarter of the first game of the season.	social-security,taxes	alan-grayson	U.S. House of Representatives	Florida	democrat	6	5	4	11	1	an Orlando debate
1074.json	barely-true	"In Wisconsin, the stimulus paid for a bridge to a bar called Rusty's Backwater Saloon. They've got great burgers, but no new jobs."	economy,stimulus	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a Web ad
2904.json	mostly-true	Says more than $3.5 billion in state revenue that is supposed to be dedicated to basic needs and functions is being diverted to make the books look balanced.	state-budget	kirk-watson	lawyer	Texas	democrat	0	0	0	2	0	a speech.
1581.json	barely-true	Bill White spent his city billions of dollars into debt (and) saw crime rates soar while he backed gun control.	bankruptcy,crime,guns	cathie-adams	Chair, Republican Party of Texas	Texas	republican	1	1	1	0	1	a fund-raising letter
11792.json	pants-fire	Blue Cross Blue Shield cancelled all their individual (health care) policies in the state of Texas, effective Dec. 31.	corrections-and-updates,health-care	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a New Hampshire appearance
12178.json	mostly-true	Recent reports state that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has apprehended several members of known Islamist terrorist organizations crossing the southern border in recent years.	homeland-security,immigration,terrorism	ron-desantis	member of Congress	Florida	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a House Oversight Committee National Security Subcommittee hearing
2606.json	half-true	Says gas pumps in different parts of Texas are missing state inspection stickers and/or their inspections are out of date--and thats cheating consumers.	consumer-safety,crime,energy	hank-gilbert	Cattle raiser	Texas	democrat	1	1	2	0	0	a campaign video.
4048.json	half-true	Says Gov. Scott Walkers budget includes tax breaks for corporations and the rich that will cost the state of Wisconsin taxpayers $2.3 billion over the next decade.	state-budget,taxes	one-wisconsin-now		Wisconsin	organization	0	2	2	1	1	a news release
10827.json	true	The state budget will include scholarship money for minority students as a concession to Senate Democrats for supporting the GOP-initiated transportation bill.	jobs,state-budget,transportation	senate-democrats	minority party		none	0	0	0	0	0	interviews
7419.json	barely-true	The president flagrantly defies the 2006 federal law ordering the construction of a secure border fence along the entire Mexican border.	immigration	wayne-lapierre			none	3	1	3	1	0	an op-ed for the Daily Caller
4743.json	pants-fire	Corrupt political bosses. Money laundering. Fraud. Its just another day at the office for Vin Gopal.	elections,message-machine-2012	new-jersey-republican-state-committee	Political Party	New Jersey	republican	0	1	0	0	1	a political advertisement
13153.json	mostly-true	These people that we were going to deport for good reason ended up becoming citizens. Ended up becoming citizens. And it was 800. And now it turns out it might be 1,800, and they dont even know.	immigration	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a presidential debate at Hofstra University
8279.json	half-true	According to an article in the Economist magazine, Americans are guaranteed to live above the poverty line if they graduate from high school, keep their first job for over a year and get and stay married.	economy,education,jobs,marriage	barry-smitherman	Member, Texas Railroad Commission	Texas	republican	0	0	1	0	1	prepared remarks for speech to Texas Alliance for Life
13505.json	mostly-true	We (in Illinois) have the fifth-highest tax burden in the country.	taxes	christine-radogno	Illinois Senate Republican Leader	Illinois	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a press conference
5253.json	true	Says the New York Giants train in New Jersey, they play in New Jersey and most of their players live in New Jersey.	sports	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	an interview on “Meet the Press”
13130.json	true	In Chicago, theyve had thousands of shootings, thousands since Jan. 1. Thousands of shootings.	crime,guns,public-safety	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a Presidential debate
8889.json	mostly-true	If you have a union job, youre making on average $950 a week. If you have a non-union job, youre making $750 a week.	jobs,workers	thomas-perez	Secretary of Labor	Maryland	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
12678.json	barely-true	We flood communities with so many guns that it is easier for a teenager to buy a Glock than get his hands on a computer or even a book.	guns	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at a memorial service in Dallas
4858.json	true	Says Mitt Romney flip-flopped on a taxpayer protection pledge.	message-machine-2012,taxes	democratic-national-committee			none	8	2	10	8	0	a campaign advertisement
3842.json	barely-true	Gerry Connolly and his fellow Democrats went on a spending spree and now their credit card is maxed out.	deficit,federal-budget	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	an e-mail.
7534.json	false	In the United States, 50 percent of social services are provided by the Catholic church.	poverty,religion	frank-keating	Former governor of Oklahoma	Oklahoma	republican	0	1	0	0	0	an appearance on NBC's 'Meet the Press'
9624.json	half-true	Jeff Mann has an ethics complaint against him alleging he used county workers for campaign work, which is an indictable offense.	ethics	vernon-jones			democrat	0	0	1	1	1	an Atlanta Press Club debate
4252.json	half-true	Central Falls schools are overfunded by state money by as much as $8 million.	bankruptcy,city-budget,education,state-finances	daniel-mckee	Mayor	Rhode Island	democrat	0	0	1	2	0	a radio interview
12733.json	mostly-true	SaysHillary (Clinton) wants to increase the number (of Syrian refugees) by 500 percent.	immigration	newt-gingrich	Co-host on CNN's "Crossfire"	Georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	a speech at the Republican convention
8300.json	barely-true	Weve used (generally accepted accounting principles) here in this building the last two years.	state-budget,state-finances,states	dale-kooyenga	State Representative	Wisconsin	republican	1	1	2	2	0	a legislative hearing
3708.json	pants-fire	Benzene has never been proven to be harmful.	environment	rick-hardcastle	Texas House Representative	Texas	republican	0	0	0	0	1	remarks on the House floor
10371.json	true	Western Europeans can fly in the United States without even having a visa.	terrorism	michael-mccaul	congressman	Texas	republican	1	0	1	4	0	an interview on CBS "Face the Nation"
835.json	half-true	Measures in Barack Obama's health plan could "lower health care costs for the typical family by $2,500 a year."	health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	in a television ad
8863.json	half-true	Wisconsin is not a high tax and fee state. When you look at all the money state and local governments bring in from residents, were more in the middle.	state-budget,state-finances,states,taxes	mary-burke	Madison school board member	Wisconsin	democrat	5	5	11	8	3	a speech
6414.json	true	Ninety percent of the topsoil has inadequate moisture to grow crops.	agriculture,states,water,weather	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	an announcement at the Ohio State Fair
9137.json	barely-true	Women in the U.S. get 23 percent less pay than men for the same exact work.	women	jimmy-carter		Georgia	democrat	3	0	2	2	0	Television interview 
6018.json	false	Says Gov. Scott Walker made draconian cuts to public safety budgets that put police officers at greater risk of harm.	city-budget,city-government,crime,public-safety,state-budget,state-finances	tom-barrett	Mayor of Milwaukee	Wisconsin	democrat	2	5	8	5	3	a website alert
5762.json	true	The (ARC Tunnel) project was originally estimated to be $8.7 billion, and New Jersey alone was on the hook for all overruns.	transportation	jennifer-beck			republican	0	2	0	0	0	an interview on NJToday
11957.json	pants-fire	Says that in the Philippines more than a century ago, Gen. John Pershing took 50 bullets, and he dipped them in pigs blood, and shot 49 Muslim rebels. The 50th person, he said, You go back to your people, and you tell them what happened. And for 25 years, there wasnt a problem.	corrections-and-updates,history,military,religion,terrorism	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a rally in North Charleston, S.C.
7559.json	false	On support of Gov. John Kasichs drilling tax plan	taxes	bill-batchelder	State representative	Ohio	republican	0	1	1	1	3	
5211.json	mostly-true	More than one in five of veterans aged 20 to 24 cant find a job to support their family or to ease the transition to civilian life.	economy,jobs,military,veterans	sherrod-brown	U.S. Senator	Ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	a news release
6799.json	false	Says the public option considered in the health care law backed by U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin was wildly unpopular.	health-care,medicare,message-machine-2012,polls	us-chamber-commerce			none	6	3	3	1	1	a TV ad
1519.json	true	"Since 1981, reconciliation has been used 21 times. Most of it's been used by Republicans."	bipartisanship,health-care	harry-reid	Senate Democratic Leader	Nevada	democrat	4	5	3	7	3	the televised health care summit
12509.json	mostly-true	We admit more than 100,000 lifetime migrants from the Middle East each year.	foreign-policy,immigration	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a statement after a terrorist attack in Orlando
3349.json	barely-true	Weve seen local union after local union rush to their school boards, their city councils, their technical school boards and rush through contracts in the past two weeks that had no contributions to the pension and no contribution to health care.	labor,state-budget	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an appearance on a TV interview program
10902.json	false	Most polls show foreign nations have lower regard for the U.S. now than they did before Obamas time.	polls	gretchen-carlson	co-anchor on "Fox & Friends"	Minnesota	none	1	1	0	0	1	a "Gretchen's Take" on The Real Story
5029.json	true	Says Ron Paul doesnt believe in marriage licenses.	marriage	gail-collins	Columnist for the New York Times	New York	journalist	2	1	1	3	0	an oped column.
2375.json	barely-true	Scott Walker supported the same transportation bill hes attacking me for. He said at the time it would save the taxpayers money.	federal-budget,message-machine,transportation	mark-neumann	Developer and homebuilder	Wisconsin	republican	2	4	1	2	1	a campaign TV ad
4991.json	barely-true	In this country we have more natural gas than Saudi Arabia has oil.	energy,environment	jon-huntsman		Utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	a Republican presidential primary debate
957.json	false	In eighth grade math, weve fallen to ninth place.	education	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech on education
4662.json	mostly-true	During my tenure as governor, Wisconsins overall tax burden went DOWN.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	tommy-thompson		Wisconsin	republican	6	8	2	5	3	a campaign fundraising email
4073.json	true	Rhode Island spends 52 percent more per capita on human service programs than the national average.	children,families,government-efficiency,health-care,medicaid,poverty,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	gary-sasse		Rhode Island	newsmaker	0	0	0	0	0	an interview on 10 News Conference
12766.json	false	An analysis showed that Bernie Sanders would have won the Democratic nomination if it were not for the Super Delegates.	elections	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a tweet
10127.json	mostly-true	Jason Carter never passed a bill in his tenure in the state Senate.	states	nathan-deal			republican	9	5	11	11	0	debate
13209.json	barely-true	Says Hillary Clinton set aside environmental and labor rules to help a South Korean company with a record of violating workers rights set up what amounts to a sweatshop in Haiti.	corrections-and-updates,environment,labor,workers	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech in North Carolina
6695.json	false	Says Republican U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy voted against paying our soldiers and against increasing combat pay while voting to protect his own pay.	congressional-rules,federal-budget,message-machine-2012,military	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	a TV ad
10443.json	half-true	In Iraq and Syria, American leadership, including our military power, is stopping (the Islamic States) advance.	foreign-policy,military,terrorism	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the State of the Union address
626.json	half-true	McCain's attacks on Obama are 'not true,' 'false,' 'baloney,' according to media outlets.	foreign-policy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a TV ad
2686.json	false	Says Robert Hurt supports the tax loopholes that send American jobs overseas.	economy,jobs,message-machine,taxes	tom-perriello	lawyer	Virginia	democrat	0	2	1	0	0	a TV ad
6731.json	false	The president went on a stimulus-fueled spending binge that stuck every American man, woman and child with a $50,000 share of this $16 trillion debt.	debt,federal-budget,stimulus	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a news release
12786.json	half-true	We moved 100 times as many people out of poverty as moved out when President (Ronald) Reagan was in office, with 40 percentmore jobs.	jobs,poverty	bill-clinton	former president	Arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	a video at the DNC
12196.json	mostly-true	There are no rules governing the 2016 Republican convention, the rules have not been set.	elections,legal-issues,states	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	an interview
464.json	pants-fire	His true name is Barak Hussein Muhammed Obama.	candidates-biography,obama-birth-certificate	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	
12732.json	half-true	There are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	8	10	12	5	0	a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland
12387.json	barely-true	Now in half the homes in California, people speak a language other than English in their own homes.	immigration	pat-buchanan			republican	1	0	1	0	0	an NPR interview
5237.json	true	Says he eliminated an EPA rule that treated spilled milk like it was oil.	agriculture,environment,government-regulation	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the State of the Union address
12121.json	pants-fire	Out of 67 counties (in Florida), I won 66, which is unprecedented. Its never happened before.	elections	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a press conference
8374.json	false	The health care marketplaces have no privacy protections.	health-care,technology	tom-cotton	U.S. House of Representatives	Arkansas	republican	3	4	2	3	1	an MSNBC interview
2591.json	false	Boyce gave (a lobbyists) wife a sensitive job in the treasurers office, a job Boyce admitted he only made available at their mosque.	job-accomplishments,message-machine	josh-mandel	Ohio treasurer	Ohio	republican	4	5	4	5	6	a television campaign ad
8585.json	mostly-true	The reason we have a national debt is not because of defense spending. What is driving our long-term debt are Medicare and Social Security programs.	debt,medicare,military,social-security	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a speech at American Enterprise Institute
818.json	half-true	The accuracy of the Obama tax calculator	taxes	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	campaign Web site
4143.json	true	On opposition to earmarks	deficit,federal-budget,transportation	bill-johnson	U.S. representative	Ohio	republican	2	1	0	0	0	an online news story
1997.json	true	I have filed every disclosure that has ever been required.	ethics	gail-buckner	State Senator	Georgia	democrat	0	0	0	0	0	political debate
6251.json	half-true	Says she stood up to Gov. Scott Walker on tax cuts for wealthy corporations while her congressional opponent voted with Walker.	economy,jobs,state-budget,taxes	kelda-helen-roys			democrat	0	1	1	0	0	news conference remarks
7781.json	false	We had people that were getting killed (in Benghazi), we had people who are willing to risk their lives to go save them, and somebody told them to stand down.	military,terrorism	jason-chaffetz		Utah	republican	0	1	0	0	1	an interview on Fox News
8630.json	mostly-true	Even after collective bargaining reforms, most Wisconsin public employees are still paying about 12 to 13 percent of their health insurance premiums, while most state residents who work in the private sector pay 20 to 25 percent.	health-care,state-budget,state-finances,unions	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an interview
10273.json	pants-fire	794 law enforcement officers have fallen in the line of duty since B.H. Obama took office, with no special recognition from the White House.	criminal-justice	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	14	18	15	11	36	a meme on social media
10538.json	barely-true	Rhode Island is one of the worst states for income equality.	economy,income,labor,poverty,unions	george-nee	President of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO	Rhode Island	labor-leader	2	0	1	0	0	testimony before R.I. House Labor Committee
4100.json	false	Floridas proposed Health Care Freedom Act will allow Floridians to opt out of Obamas govt. takeover of healthcare!	health-care,legal-issues,states	mike-haridopolos	Florida Senate President	Florida	republican	0	3	1	1	0	a posting on Twitter
10300.json	half-true	The authors of a report on CIAs torture techniques never interviewed a single CIA official.	homeland-security,human-rights,terrorism	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	33	24	32	35	5	a news release
12050.json	false	Common Core is education through Washington D.C.	education	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a GOP debate in Miami
1565.json	barely-true	The Senate version of the health care reform bill allows taxpayer money to pay directly for abortion in federal community health centers funded in the bill.	abortion,health-care	daniel-lipinski	Congressman	Illinois	democrat	1	0	0	0	0	a press release
1019.json	true	"Our government has now 'spent, lent, or committed' $12.8 trillion in its attempt to blunt the recession."	economy,stimulus	mark-sanford	Governor	South Carolina	republican	0	2	0	0	0	a commentary piece
1846.json	mostly-true	Sixty-four percent of Americans support the Arizona immigration law.	immigration,pundits	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	commentary on his television show
10481.json	true	The governors budget proposal reduces the state austerity cut to education to under $500 million for 2016.	education	alan-essig	Executive Director, Georgia Budget & Policy Institute	Georgia	none	0	0	0	0	0	blog post
2571.json	half-true	In ad attacking Rick Scott, says three executives of the Columbia/HCAhospital chain he ran were indicted.	health-care,legal-issues,message-machine	florida-democratic-party		Florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	a TV ad.
6655.json	half-true	Jeb Bush recently noted, Reagan himself would have been too moderate, too reasonable for todays GOP.	history	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a Democratic National Convention speech
441.json	half-true	"More than one person, on average, a day is murdered in Philadelphia."	crime	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	Philadelphia
7120.json	mostly-true	Says the tax code is effectively subsidizing the marketing efforts of fast food and junk food companies by as much as $19 billion over 10 years.	children,health-care,public-health,taxes	dennis-kucinich	U.S. representative	Ohio	democrat	1	3	4	6	0	a news release
7772.json	true	Says he has sued the Obama administration 25 times.	civil-rights,environment,legal-issues,redistricting	greg-abbott	governor	Texas	republican	11	3	8	6	5	remarks at FreedomWorks Texas Summit in Austin
10268.json	half-true	The poorest counties in the U.S. are in Appalachia and happen to be more than 90 percent white.	poverty	jim-webb	writer	Virginia	democrat	1	0	1	5	0	an announcement.
2784.json	mostly-true	In 2011, Milwaukee Public Schools will provide 77 cents in employee benefits for every dollar it spends on wages.	education	bob-donovan	Member of Milwaukee Common Council	Wisconsin	none	0	0	0	1	1	a news release
1730.json	pants-fire	We researched to find out if anybody on Fox News had ever said youre going to jail if you dont buy health insurance. Nobodys ever said it.	health-care,legal-issues,pundits	bill-oreilly	Fox News Channel host		none	4	6	3	5	1	a segment on the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor
12882.json	barely-true	In Catherine Cortez Mastos last term as attorney general, Nevada murder went up 11 percent, robbery went up 28 percent, rape 51 percent. When Cortez Masto left office, Nevada ranked as Americas third most dangerous state.	candidates-biography,crime,criminal-justice	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	a television ad
49.json	false	"The Z-visa that was offered in that Senate bill let everybody who's here illegally, other than criminals, stay here for the rest of their lives."	immigration	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a debate in Durham, N.H.
13084.json	true	Says thatRepublican Darryl Glennhas described Democrats as evil and has said hes tired of hearing about Republicans reaching across the aisle.	bipartisanship	michael-bennet		Colorado	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a Senate candidates debate
7520.json	mostly-true	Taxes and fees amount to about 20 percent of a typical $300 round-trip domestic ticket. Thats higher than taxes on products like alcohol, tobacco and firearms.	government-regulation,homeland-security,taxes,transportation	gary-kelly			business-leader	0	0	0	1	0	a column
11154.json	mostly-true	The stock market does better when you have a Democratic president in the White House.	economy,financial-regulation,history	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a town hall in Nashua, N.H.
12860.json	barely-true	Californias marijuana legalization initiative, Prop. 64 allows marijuana smoking ads in prime time, on programs with millions of children and teenage viewers.	marijuana	dianne-feinstein	U.S. Senator	California	democrat	1	1	0	4	0	a No on Prop. 64 campaign press release. 
2899.json	barely-true	In 2009, Jim Doyle and the Democrats rushed through a budget repair bill with billions in tax increases and held no public hearings.	state-budget,taxes	jeff-fitzgerald	Incoming speaker of state Assembly	Wisconsin	republican	2	0	1	2	2	a news release
7969.json	barely-true	Michelle Nunn has praised the Occupy movement.	occupy-wall-street	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	11	5	7	2	5	a press release
10770.json	half-true	Austin has gone from being the 24th most congested city just about 10 years ago to being the fourth most congested more congested than NYC.	population,transportation	steve-adler	Mayor of Austin	Texas	democrat	1	1	1	2	1	a speech
6127.json	false	Says Gov. Chris Christies proposed budget is the biggest spending budget in the history of the state of New Jersey. It is the largest in the nation at this point in time.	state-budget,states	vincent-prieto			democrat	0	1	0	0	0	an interview on My9 News' “New Jersey Now”
8883.json	pants-fire	Says President BarackObama has issued upwards of 1,000 executive orders, more than any modern president.	government-regulation,history	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email forwarded by readers
6213.json	mostly-true	Says state Sen. Paul Sarlo said in February on NJTV, there will be no tax increases in this budget and voted the other night in the Senate Budget Committee to raise income taxes $800 million.	state-budget,taxes	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a video posted on YouTube
50.json	barely-true	In countries that allow gay marriage, the rates of heterosexual marriage "have plummeted to where you have counties now in northern Europe where 80 percent of the first-born children are born out of wedlock."	families,gays-and-lesbians	sam-brownback	U.S. senator	Kansas	republican	1	1	0	0	0	a debate in Durham, N.H.
13320.json	half-true	The director of the FBI said that we cannot figure out who (Syrian refugees) are, what their intentions are, because we have no information on them, because we dont have any contact with the Syrian government or any people on the ground to be able to determine that.	foreign-policy,human-rights,immigration,terrorism	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	an Ohio Senate debate in Cleveland
8586.json	mostly-true	In a poll, 53 percent of young Republican voters . . . under age 35 said that they would describe a climate [change] denier as ignorant, out of touch or crazy.	bipartisanship,cap-and-trade,climate-change,environment,market-regulation,science	sheldon-whitehouse	U.S. Senator	Rhode Island	democrat	2	3	2	7	0	a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate
7341.json	true	Says out-of-state abortion clinics have marketed their services to minors in states with parental consent laws.	abortion	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a news release
13499.json	barely-true	President Obamas American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (was) a fancy name for almost a trillion-dollar spending bill. The ARRA was supposed to fix our crumbling roads and bridges, but now, we have absolutely nothing to show for it.	federal-budget,infrastructure,stimulus	eric-bolling	Co-host on Fox News Channel's "The Five"		none	2	1	1	1	0	a commentary on Fox News
8378.json	mostly-true	Louie Gohmert of Texas compared the current general-in-charge in Egypt to George Washington.	foreign-policy,history,pundits	gail-collins	Columnist for the New York Times	New York	journalist	2	1	1	3	0	her oped column
10059.json	mostly-true	If Florida had not taken the stimulus, it would have led to the firing of 20,000 teachers.	economy,education,stimulus	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a gubernatorial debate
13454.json	false	Says the KKK marched in Mebane, N.C., after Trumps victory	civil-rights,states,terrorism	viral-image			none	5	5	0	3	15	a post-election Tweet
1380.json	mostly-true	Illegal immigrants currently occupy 8 million jobs.	economy,immigration	lamar-smith	Congressman	Texas	republican	2	5	1	3	0	in a press release
9964.json	pants-fire	Michelle Nunns own plan says she funded organizations linked to terrorists.	elections,job-accomplishments,terrorism	david-perdue	U.S. Senate candidate	Georgia	republican	5	1	4	5	1	In a television ad
12370.json	mostly-true	University of Texas undergraduate student debt is less than $21,000 probably one of the lowest debts across the nation.	debt,education	bill-mcraven	Chancellor, University of Texas System	Texas	none	0	0	0	1	0	addressing the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
6906.json	false	On Iran sanctions	foreign-policy,military	tammy-baldwin	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	democrat	5	5	7	4	0	debate comments
3929.json	mostly-true	There was a recent report out that the premiums for Medicare and the payroll withholdings are only paying about half the program. So it is not financially solvent.	federal-budget,medicare	tim-pawlenty			republican	2	3	3	6	1	a debate in New Hampshire
12394.json	mostly-true	Closing our states wage gap would make a $9 billion difference to Missouri women.	jobs,women,workers	chris-koster	Attorney general of Missouri	Missouri	democrat	0	0	2	3	0	a tweet
9644.json	half-true	Right now, one third of all illegal aliens are going to California.	immigration	pat-buchanan			republican	1	0	1	0	0	comments on Fox News
13258.json	barely-true	If you look worldwide, the number of terrorist incidents have not substantially increased.	homeland-security,terrorism	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a CNN town hall
9419.json	true	The Israelisgave up 1,000 terrorists in return for one sergeant.	foreign-policy,military,terrorism	charles-krauthammer			none	1	0	1	0	0	remarks on Fox News
7132.json	false	National studies are already showing the negative effects that the health care law is having on businesses and our economy. Businesses across the country are raising their prices (or) cutting jobs as a result of the added cost.	economy,health-care,jobs,workers	pam-bondi		Florida	republican	2	2	0	4	0	remarks to the Florida Chamber of Commerce
12450.json	barely-true	Says the Human Rights Campaign is secretly funded	campaign-finance,corrections-and-updates,gays-and-lesbians,sexuality,transparency	pat-mccrory	Governor of North Carolina	North Carolina	republican	5	2	3	0	1	a radio interview on Charlotte's WBT
10625.json	mostly-true	The stock market has almost tripled since April of 2009.	economy,financial-regulation	jim-webb	writer	Virginia	democrat	1	0	1	5	0	an interview on ABC's "This Week"
5869.json	half-true	Each U.S. House member who voted to overhaul Social Security in 1983 was re-elected.	bipartisanship,social-security	saxby-chambliss	U.S. Senator	Georgia	republican	1	1	3	4	1	a speech
8096.json	half-true	A Republican housing finance reform bill would eliminate a persons ability to obtain 15- and 30-year mortgages.	federal-budget,financial-regulation,housing	gwen-moore	U.S. House member -- 4th District	Wisconsin	democrat	3	4	4	3	1	a news release
1601.json	false	"Kay Bailey Hutchison was elected state treasurer, succeeding Ann Richards. Democrats then abolished the position ... Hutchison later became a U.S. senator."	elections,government-efficiency	karl-rove		Texas	republican	2	5	2	8	0	his autobiography
2835.json	false	In his first meeting with University of Wisconsin System officials, Republican Governor elect Scott Walker told them to prepare for cuts.	education,state-budget	one-wisconsin-now		Wisconsin	organization	0	2	2	1	1	a news release 
7743.json	false	We have never gone a year in Virginia -- ever -- without passing a budget -- ever.	state-budget	ken-cuccinelli	Attorney General	Virginia	republican	1	10	3	2	1	a speech.
11482.json	false	Says only about 2 percent of gunsales in Virginia are not subject to background checks.	guns	thomas-norment-jr	Minority leader, Virginia Senate	Virginia	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a debate.
7601.json	true	Says 90 percent of Americans and 74 percent of National Rifle Association members support background checks of gun purchasers.	guns,market-regulation	lee-leffingwell	Austin mayor	Texas	democrat	1	0	4	1	0	a press conference.
12995.json	barely-true	Illegal immigration costs our country more than $113 billion a year.	immigration	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech in Arizona
10534.json	half-true	UW-Madison spent down reserves as it was told to do two years ago and, facing new state budget cuts, has no more reserves to spend down.	education,state-budget,state-finances	rebecca-blank			none	0	0	1	0	0	a public meeting
1109.json	pants-fire	In the health care bill, "The 'Health Choices Commissioner' will decide health benefits for you. You will have no choice. None."	health-care,market-regulation	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail
1147.json	false	76 percent of Americans want a public health care option.	health-care	progressive-change-campaign-committee			none	0	1	1	1	1	their Web site
11146.json	half-true	In 1960, we spent more than 3 percent of our GDP on infrastructure projects like the Interstate Highway. Today we spend less than 1 percent of our GDP on these vital investments.	economy,infrastructure,transportation	gerry-connolly	U.S. Representative	Virginia	democrat	1	0	4	1	0	a written statement.
8636.json	true	At present spending levels, only citizens of New York have a greater local debt burden than Texans.	city-government,county-government,debt	debra-medina	Businesswoman	Texas	republican	0	1	3	1	0	a press release
3752.json	mostly-true	Says the Texas Board of Nursing has a backlog of 3,000 complaints against nurses, many of them sexual assaults, malfeasance.	crime,health-care,market-regulation	john-whitmire	Texas state senator	Texas	democrat	0	0	0	1	0	remarks on the Senate floor
9176.json	pants-fire	Says Bruce Braley took tens of thousands from his friends in the health insurance industry and gave them special favors by voting for Obamacare.	campaign-finance,health-care	freedom-partners	Advocacy group	Virginia	none	0	1	0	0	1	a campaign ad
6801.json	barely-true	Bob Menendez actually voted in favor of higher taxes more than 70 times!	taxes	joseph-kyrillos	State Senator	New Jersey	republican	3	3	2	2	1	an online news release
483.json	mostly-true	"Obama himself voted against funding our nation's veterans and troops in the field during a time of war."	military	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a statement by a spokesman
10155.json	barely-true	We have spent $350 million to deal with sea-level rise in the Miami area and hundreds of millions of dollars to deal with coral reefs.	climate-change,water	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	a CNN debate
1415.json	false	The House health care bill provides for "free abortion services, and probably forced participation in abortions by members of the medical profession."	abortion,health-care,immigration	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail
11412.json	half-true	Pollsters saydont actually believe our own data and Gallup stopped primary polling because they dont trust their methodology.	polls	steve-deace			republican	0	0	1	0	0	an interview on MSNBC's "News Nation"
10301.json	false	There is no good data showing secondhand smoke kills people.	public-health,science	john-stossel	Fox Business host		libertarian	0	1	0	0	0	an interview on "Fox and Friends"
8884.json	mostly-true	Says Bill OReilly spoke 40 percent of the words in an interview with President Barack Obama.	pundits	dana-milbank	Columnist for the Washington Post	Washington, D.C.	none	2	0	0	1	0	a broadcast of MSNBC's "Politics Nation"
1212.json	true	In a now-viral video, "impressionable youngsters at a public school in New Jersey ... have been instructed to sing the praises of 'Barack Hussein Obama.'"	education	michael-steele	chairman of the Republican National Committee	Maryland	republican	0	1	1	0	2	a blast e-mail from Republican National Committee
208.json	true	MikeHuckabee.com gets "more hits than virtually any other presidential candidate."	elections	mike-huckabee	author	Arkansas	republican	12	5	9	3	4	interview on Fox News
10605.json	barely-true	The Iranian parliament will get to say yes or no on this deal, and I think the United States Congress should have the exact same input into the process.	foreign-policy,nuclear	ron-johnson		Wisconsin	republican	14	6	10	10	1	an interview on 'Fox News Sunday'
4834.json	true	Says Apple CEO Steve Jobs told President Obama that the company moved factories to China because it needed 30,000 engineers.	foreign-policy,government-regulation,immigration,jobs	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a Republican debate in Washington
7345.json	half-true	Says the pension and health benefits reform eliminated collective bargaining for health benefits.	health-care,unions	barbara-buono	State Senator	New Jersey	democrat	3	1	4	4	1	an interview on Fox 5’s Good Day New York
913.json	false	Says a Congressional Budget Office report on spending by House Democrats in the economic stimulus concluded it "is just not stimulus. It won't help the economy grow."	economy,stimulus	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	an interview on the Fox News Channel.
3043.json	pants-fire	Members of Congress and their families and staff are exempt from repaying student loans.	congressional-rules,education	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail
4550.json	half-true	Says New Jerseys unemployment is significantly lower than it was when I got here. And weve created 50,000 new private sector jobs in the last 20 months after having lost 117,000 in the year before I got here.	jobs	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a press conference
10597.json	barely-true	U.S. military involvement in Libya allowed thousands of surface-to-air missiles to fall into the hands of radical Islamists.	military,terrorism	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	a speech at CPAC
9010.json	barely-true	Marijuana contains 50 to 70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than tobacco.	drugs	michael-cerullo		Rhode Island	none	1	0	0	0	0	a newspaper commentary
4184.json	false	The U.S. wont default, because default means that you dont pay your creditors. And it takes about 10 percent of the money thats coming in right now to pay interest to bondholders.	deficit,economy	tom-price	Congressman	Georgia	republican	1	2	5	3	0	an interview on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley"
3761.json	false	In the first year of the Obama administration, more jobs were created in the private sector than in the eight years of the Bush administration.	economy,history	nancy-pelosi	House Minority Leader	California	democrat	3	7	11	2	3	an interview with Bloomberg television
3264.json	mostly-true	In Austin, Ive got half-a-dozen or more schools on a list to be closed one of which I presented a federal blue-ribbon award to for excellence. And several hundred school personnel on the list for possible terminations.	education	lloyd-doggett	Texas congressman in the U.S. Houst of Representatives	Texas	democrat	1	0	2	7	0	comment quoted in a column.
11330.json	mostly-true	When Carly Fiorina says Hewlett-Packard revenues went up, thats because she bought Compaq. It was a terrible deal.	candidates-biography,job-accomplishments,technology	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	the second GOP primary debate
13087.json	true	Latinos are 17 percent of our countrys population but hold only 2 percent of its wealth.	diversity,economy,families,income,population,poverty	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech
12595.json	false	Says Hillary Clinton filibustered legislation to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.	candidates-biography,housing	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a campaign statement
331.json	barely-true	Hillary Clinton "agrees with (John McCain) in embracing the Bush-Cheney policy of not talking to leaders we don't like."	foreign-policy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	Denver
5238.json	mostly-true	Right now, American oil production is the highest that its been in eight years.	energy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the State of the Union address
1684.json	false	"No one questioned that she (Judge Sotomayor) was out of the mainstream."	supreme-court,abc-news-week	charles-schumer	Senator	New York	democrat	2	2	2	3	0	ABC's "This Week"
8846.json	true	Every four minutes, another American home or business goes solar.	energy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	State of the Union speech
7018.json	half-true	Were talking right now about a $12 billion hole in our current, so-called balanced state budget.	education,health-care,state-budget	donna-howard	Texas House Representative	Texas	democrat	1	0	1	2	0	East Austin meetup of Texans for Obama.
4376.json	true	Says Ron Paul insisted FEMA should be shut down.	federal-budget,public-safety,weather	maureen-dowd	Columnist for the New York Times	New York	none	0	0	0	0	0	an oped column.
5772.json	half-true	Under President Barack Obamas watch, oil production on federal lands has decreased 14 percent over the past year.	energy	jack-kingston	U.S. Representative	Georgia	republican	3	1	4	3	0	
1981.json	half-true	"In her first appellate argument, Ms. Kagan told the court that the speech and press guarantees in the First Amendment would allow the federal government to ban the publication of pamphlets discussing political issues before an election."	campaign-finance,elections,kagan-nomination	jeff-sessions		Alabama	republican	2	2	2	1	0	the Kagan confirmation hearing
6943.json	mostly-true	Says Barack Obama has pension investments that include Chinese firms, and investments through a Caymans trust.	china,debates,pensions,taxes	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	debate comments
9102.json	half-true	Says Sen. Thad Cochran voted to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on ... the Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska instead of shifting the money to repair a bridge damaged by Hurricane Katrina.	federal-budget,infrastructure,transportation,weather	chris-chocola	President of the Club for Growth	Indiana	republican	0	0	1	0	0	an op-ed supporting Senate candidate Chris McDaniel
6299.json	false	A study showed that President Barack Obamas health-care reforms will devastate Wisconsin by pushing people off employer-sponsored insurance, driving up premiums, increasing dependency and making 122,000 people ineligible for Medicaid.	federal-budget,health-care,medicaid,medicare,state-budget,states	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	an op-ed piece
5770.json	mostly-true	Says Ted Cruz represents a Chinese company found guilty of stealing blueprints from an American manufacturer.	candidates-biography,legal-issues,message-machine-2012	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	a TV ad.
1336.json	mostly-true	If you look at last year's presidential campaign, "you can't find a mention of public option."	health-care	joe-lieberman	Senator	Connecticut	independent	1	1	0	2	0	an interview with Politico
1422.json	barely-true	"With a stroke of a pen, the (U.S. Supreme Court) decided to overrule the 100-year-old ban on corporate expenditures."	corporations,elections,legal-issues,supreme-court	charles-schumer	Senator	New York	democrat	2	2	2	3	0	a press conference
8993.json	mostly-true	Says Rick Scott oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in the nations history.	candidates-biography,medicaid,medicare	florida-democratic-party		Florida	democrat	5	4	4	5	3	a press release
4210.json	false	Says New Jersey has fewer jobs since Gov. Chris Christie took office.	jobs	joshua-henne	One New Jersey spokesman	New Jersey	none	0	1	0	0	0	a press release from One New Jersey
10754.json	barely-true	Rosalyn Dance voted against President Obamas Medicaid expansion.	health-care,state-budget,voting-record	joe-morrissey	Delegate	Virginia	independent	1	0	1	1	0	a campaign flier.
12159.json	barely-true	Says Donald Trump wants us to pull out of NATO.	federal-budget,foreign-policy,military	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a campaign speech
5519.json	mostly-true	The Wisconsin state Assembly chambers extend to the bathroom and the parlor, and rules allow members to vote for each other if the member is in the chambers.	ethics	joel-kleefisch	State Assembly, District 38	Wisconsin	republican	0	0	0	1	0	a television interview
6298.json	pants-fire	Says President Barack Obama doubled the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year.	debt	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail
4209.json	mostly-true	Says Texas has the fourth-lowest debt per capita of any state in the nation, and we are the lowest of any of the big states.	state-budget,state-finances	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	30	30	42	23	18	an interview.
7080.json	true	Wisconsin still ranks first among the 50 states in manufacturing jobs per capita.	job-accomplishments,jobs	rebecca-kleefisch	Candidate for lieutenant governor	Wisconsin	republican	1	3	4	0	1	a radio address
6657.json	true	After a decade of decline, this country created over half a million manufacturing jobs in the last two and a half years.	economy,jobs	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
6643.json	mostly-true	In the last 29 months, our economy has produced about 4.5 million private-sector jobs.	economy,jobs	bill-clinton	former president	Arkansas	democrat	4	2	12	11	3	a speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
4918.json	barely-true	The Fed created $15 trillion in the bailout process and $5 trillion went overseas.	economy,new-hampshire-2012	ron-paul	U.S. representative	Texas	republican	5	8	8	8	3	a house party in New Hampshire
5041.json	false	New Jersey taxpayers will now face the highest tolls in the country.	transportation	steve-lonegan	Conservative Activist	New Jersey	republican	1	2	2	0	0	an email newsletter
7508.json	mostly-true	The majority of my contributions have been from private individuals giving $125 on average, not from PACs, not from groups.	campaign-finance,elections,legal-issues	ed-fallone			none	0	1	0	1	0	an interview
1996.json	mostly-true	"Today, we have more boots on the ground near the Southwest border than at any time in our history."	immigration	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech
9366.json	half-true	SaysDemocratic candidate for state school superintendent Alisha Thomas Morgan voted to slash funding for the preschool programs for disabled and special needs students.	education	valarie-wilson	Executive Director of the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership, Inc.	Georgia	democrat	0	0	1	0	0	a pamphlet
2161.json	half-true	Says the director of NASA says its main mission is Muslim outreach.	space	michael-sullivan	president and ceo, Empower Texans	Texas	republican	1	0	3	1	0	a Twitter post
5547.json	half-true	(GM and Chrysler) repaid their loans.	candidates-biography,corporations,economy,message-machine-2012,stimulus	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	in campaign video “The Road We’ve Traveled”
6617.json	pants-fire	Says Barack Obama is a Muslim.	candidates-biography,religion	hank-williams-jr	Country singer	Alabama	none	0	0	0	0	1	a concert in Fort Worth.
8795.json	false	Most of West Virginia is still owned, in excess of 90 percent, by out-of-state interests.	environment,public-health,wealth	bob-kincaid		West Virginia	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a broadcast of MSNBC's "Melissa Harris-Perry"
7462.json	true	Virginia is the only state that has a tradition of attorneys general resigning if they run for governor.	states	ken-cuccinelli	Attorney General	Virginia	republican	1	10	3	2	1	a radio interview.
11658.json	barely-true	A Muslim immigrant in Michigan can list his second, third or fourth wives as extended family and qualify for welfare.	immigration,income,islam,welfare	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	In a viral YouTube video
6759.json	false	Tim Kaine announced he wants to raise taxes on everyone.	taxes	george-allen	consultant	Virginia	republican	2	8	3	4	1	a news release.
1338.json	false	Senate health care legislation will "levy a new 'abortion premium' fee on Americans in the government-run plan."	abortion	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	the House GOP Web site
7499.json	mostly-true	A proposed ban on hollow-point bullets and bullets that expand upon impact essentially bans deer hunting.	guns,recreation	vicki-mckenna			talk-show-host	0	0	0	1	0	a radio talk show broadcast
4791.json	half-true	After losing 750,000 jobs a month before this administration, the U.S. economy under Barack Obama has had 20 straight months of growth, has added 2.8 million jobs in the private sector and added millions of jobs in manufacturing.	economy,jobs	debbie-wasserman-schultz	U.S. Representative, Florida District 23	Florida	democrat	7	9	8	15	3	an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
5978.json	pants-fire	Says Democratic legislators this year dont want to cut your taxes under any circumstances.	taxes	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	10	17	27	19	8	a video posted on YouTube
10991.json	pants-fire	Under the Affordable Care Act, anyone on Medicare who is admitted to a hospital for observation will be responsible for the bill. Medicare wont pay a cent.	health-care,medicare	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain email
7809.json	barely-true	Says Hillary Clinton was asked repeatedly to provide security in Benghazi on several occasions, including direct cables.	foreign-policy,terrorism	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	7	8	10	12	3	 an appearance on CNN’s ‘State of the Union’
5471.json	half-true	Pasco County opened 22 new schools over six years to keep pace with growth in student population and implement the class size amendment.	education	heather-fiorentino	superintendent of Pasco County's public schools	Florida	republican	0	0	1	0	1	a press release
813.json	false	"Obama raises taxes on seniors (and) hard-working families to give welfare to those who pay none."	taxes	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a Web ad
12760.json	mostly-true	The U.S. has to go to plane graveyards and museums to get parts for its 20-year-old jet fighters while it sells new jets to other countries.	military	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	Dallas fundraiser
1858.json	true	"For now, we are still below average in the metro region."	government-efficiency	francis-kungu			none	0	0	0	0	0	a presentation
2010.json	false	Japans interest on its own debt is 25 percent of its national budget	economy,abc-news-week	daniel-senor	Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at Council on Foreign Relations		republican	0	1	0	0	0	ABC's 'This Week'
521.json	false	"Did Obama know that Tony Rezko was saving him $300,000 on the purchase of his home?"	ethics	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	6	6	11	5	2	a news release
413.json	false	Barack Obama has written and co-sponsored more bills in three years than Hillary Clinton has in seven.	job-accomplishments	chain-email			none	11	43	8	5	105	a chain e-mail
2817.json	half-true	Sewer backups into basements caused the vast majority of the damage to homes and buildings in Milwaukees July floods, but federal flood insurance doesnt cover them.	environment	jim-bohl	Member of Milwaukee Common Council	Wisconsin	none	1	0	1	0	0	a news release
6562.json	true	Claims Ohio Gov. John Kasich says climate change is a problem.	climate-change,environment	florida-wildlife-federation		Florida	none	0	0	0	0	0	a billboard message
3606.json	half-true	Americans will pay more in taxes in 2011 than they will spend on groceries, clothing and shelter combined.	economy,taxes	reince-priebus	Chairman, Republican National Committee	Wisconsin	republican	2	12	8	3	1	a fundraising e-mail
5140.json	false	I also voted 98 percent of the time with Republicans in the Oregon Legislature.	bipartisanship,message-machine-2012,voting-record	suzanne-bonamici	State Senator	Oregon	democrat	0	3	0	0	1	a debate
7733.json	barely-true	The U.S. Army had a training program that put evangelical Christians, Catholics and Mormons in the same category of religious extremism as we do al-Qaida.	military,religion	randy-forbes	Representative	Virginia	republican	1	0	4	3	0	a congressional hearing.
7739.json	mostly-true	The port provides more than 297,000 jobs directly to the state of Georgia.	federal-budget	johnny-isakson	U.S. Senator	Georgia	republican	2	3	3	2	0	an interview
4511.json	false	The Atlanta Beltline paid nearly $3.5 million for less than a quarter-acre.	government-efficiency	john-sherman			none	0	1	0	0	0	a newsletter
2669.json	half-true	Says Leah Vukmir supports allowing people to carry concealed weapons into day care centers, churches, health care clinics and playgrounds.	guns,message-machine	jim-sullivan	Former State Senator, 5th District	Wisconsin	democrat	1	2	2	0	0	campaign literature distributed to district residents
4239.json	pants-fire	Says Sen. Robert Cowles, her recall opponent, supported the sale of state-owned power plants not to the highest bidder, but to the biggest donors with no oversight.	energy,state-budget,state-finances	nancy-nusbaum	Retired teacher 	Wisconsin	democrat	0	0	0	0	1	a television ad
8483.json	false	West Linn has one of the highest per capita rates of home-based businesses in the United States.	economy	julie-parrish	businesswoman	Oregon	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a House floor speech
11598.json	half-true	The New York Police Department used to have surveillance going on in and around mosques in New York City. ... Our mayor totally cut that out.	civil-rights,islam,terrorism	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on MSNBC
9232.json	false	Says Al Franken voted to exempt himself and Congress from enrolling in (the Affordable Care Act marketplaces).	health-care,voting-record	mike-mcfadden		Minnesota	republican	0	1	0	0	0	a TV ad
1814.json	half-true	"Youve got almost twice as many cops in New York City as you do on our entire border. Thats nuts."	crime,homeland-security,immigration	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	8	8	10	5	5	an interview
3829.json	false	Under Gov. Bob McDonnell, more jobs have been lost than created in Southside and Southwest Virginia.	corrections-and-updates,economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	ward-armstrong	Minority leader, House of Delegates	Virginia	democrat	0	3	0	0	1	a news release.
2733.json	pants-fire	Patrick Rose voted to explore a state income tax.	message-machine,taxes,voting-record	jason-isaac	Transportation consultant	Texas	republican	2	0	1	0	1	a TV ad.
528.json	true	"John McCain stood up to the president and sounded the alarm on global warming ... five years ago."	environment	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a TV ad
5946.json	half-true	The recent process of awarding $3 billion worth of airport vending contracts was the most open and transparent procurement process in the citys history.	transparency,transportation	kasim-reed			democrat	1	0	5	7	1	a press release
8516.json	barely-true	Says new mandates are already reducing full-time employment.	economy,health-care,jobs	americans-prosperity			none	6	7	2	1	2	a television ad
13450.json	false	Beyonce and Jay Z, I like them, I like them ... I get bigger crowds than they do. Its true. I get far bigger crowds.	elections,pop-culture	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	a speech in Raleigh, N.C.
190.json	pants-fire	Edwards says if Congress won't pass universal health care, he'll tell Congress: "I'm going to use my power as president to take your health care away from you."	health-care	john-edwards	former senator	North Carolina	democrat	0	2	4	4	1	a TV ad
4484.json	half-true	Says Texas unemployment rate has doubled on Rick Perrys watch.	jobs	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	newspaper article
9786.json	barely-true	SaysDavid Perdue made tens of millions of dollars piling a firm with billions in debt.	job-accomplishments	democratic-party-georgia-georgia			democrat	1	1	1	0	0	a press release
7957.json	barely-true	The Southern Baptist Convention voted 13 years ago that women were inferior and had to be subservient to their husbands.	religion,women	jimmy-carter		Georgia	democrat	3	0	2	2	0	an interview
12549.json	false	The ammunition used in the Orlando shooting is banned by Geneva Convention. It enters the body, spins explodes.	guns	michael-moore	Documentary filmmaker		none	2	5	1	6	0	a tweet after the Orlando shooting
121.json	false	"Another one he should veto is the SCHIP program, which he should say 'Take the C out of, because now it's for everybody, like every other entitlement program.'"	health-care	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	Dearborn, Mich.
9670.json	mostly-true	Russia has an economy the size of Italy.	economy,foreign-policy	lindsey-graham	U.S. senator	South Carolina	republican	2	2	4	2	0	comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
5931.json	barely-true	Says that President Obama promised that with the stimulus plan, unemployment would never go above 8 percent. He even said it would be 6 percent by now.	economy,jobs	bob-latta	Member of the House of Representatinves	Ohio	republican	1	0	0	0	0	an email statement
5825.json	barely-true	Student loan rates set to double because a Democratic-controlled Congress voted to double them.	education,federal-budget	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	13	22	11	4	2	a Twitter post
1128.json	mostly-true	In every committee when the health care bill was considered, Democrats voted against an amendment that would require members of Congress and their staff to take the government-run public option as their health care plan.	health-care	newt-gingrich	Co-host on CNN's "Crossfire"	Georgia	republican	16	15	20	10	11	an interview with This Week.
4325.json	barely-true	The Dodd-Frank financial-reform laws hundreds of new rules will force small banks and credit unions to burn up an estimated 2,260,631 labor hours just for compliance.	financial-regulation,government-regulation	sean-duffy	Member of the U.S. House	Wisconsin	republican	5	1	6	1	2	an op-ed piece in the Washington Times
10822.json	barely-true	The families that are covered through the Low Income Pool is a different group of individuals than are covered by Obamacare.	health-care,medicaid,state-budget	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	28	23	38	34	7	an interview in Washington, D.C.
2234.json	mostly-true	Obamas approval numbers are in the low 40s.	pundits,abc-news-week	matthew-dowd	Commentator	Texas	independent	0	0	2	4	0	a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour''
19.json	pants-fire	"The president is brain-dead."	bush-administration	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	11	10	21	16	4	Des Moines, Iowa.
11924.json	mostly-true	Barack Obama will somehow manage to add more than $8 trillion to the national debt, which is more debt than the 43 presidents who held office before him compiled together.	debt,deficit,federal-budget	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	17	5	17	24	2	a column posted on Medium.com
8081.json	false	Rhode Island has the highest percentage of lawyers per capita in the country.	legal-issues	helio-melo	State Representative	Rhode Island	democrat	0	1	0	0	1	a newspaper interview
102.json	false	"I was the first presidential candidate to lay out a specific, truly universal health care plan."	health-care	john-edwards	former senator	North Carolina	democrat	0	2	4	4	1	Hanover, N.H.
801.json	half-true	"He voted twice for a budget resolution that increases the taxes on individuals making $42,000 a year."	taxes	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.
1024.json	mostly-true	Democrats have failed to answer the most basic question of how they want to pay for the more than $1 trillion of health care spending.	health-care	roy-blunt	Senator	Missouri	republican	2	1	0	1	1	a news release
8839.json	half-true	Over the past eight years, the United States has reduced our total carbon pollution more than any other nation on Earth.	energy,environment,foreign-policy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the State of the Union address
537.json	true	"More than half of all black children live in single-parent households, a number that has doubled doubled since we were children."	families	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a speech at a Chicago church
7574.json	pants-fire	Says the Democrats told the Catholic Church that theyll use federal powers to shut down church charities and hospitals if the church doesnt change its beliefs.	health-care,religion,sexuality	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	36	33	15	19	8	a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference
3311.json	mostly-true	The richest 400 taxpayers are taxed at a lower rate than a $29,000-a-year worker	income,taxes	sheldon-whitehouse	U.S. Senator	Rhode Island	democrat	2	3	2	7	0	a speech 
9429.json	mostly-true	Our trade with Mexico is $720 million a day; thats our No. 1 trading partner.	economy,foreign-policy,trade	leticia-van-de-putte	Pharmacist	Texas	democrat	2	2	4	1	1	an interview
3124.json	barely-true	The health care law is accelerating our country toward bankruptcy.	federal-budget,health-care	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	the GOP response to the State of the Union
6365.json	pants-fire	Foreign Chinese prostitution money is allegedly behind the groups funding Congressman Scott DesJarlaiss (TN-04) Republican Majority.	campaign-finance	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	11	8	5	1	9	Campaign news release
10595.json	barely-true	The State Department asked all secretaries of state to send their emails over. Hillary Clintonsthe only one whos done it.	elections,foreign-policy,transparency	charles-schumer	Senator	New York	democrat	2	2	2	3	0	comments on CBS' "Face the Nation"
3285.json	barely-true	When it comes to urgency on passing a budget repair bill, theres no rush on this thing because the fiscal year doesnt end until June 30, 2011.	labor,state-budget	jon-erpenbach	State Senator, District 27	Wisconsin	democrat	3	0	0	1	0	a television interview
12489.json	half-true	Under (Obamacare), you cant reward a person for better behavior. You cant have incentives to be healthier.	health-care	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	19	6	16	14	2	a town hall at Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service
12763.json	false	Says unlike Tim Kaine, who investedin education, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence slashed education funding.	education,state-budget	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a campaign rally in Miami, Fla.
8116.json	half-true	The federal deficit is growing.	deficit,federal-budget	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
7319.json	half-true	Says the New Years Day fiscal cliff deal reduces the deficit.	congress,deficit,federal-budget,taxes	sherrod-brown	U.S. Senator	Ohio	democrat	3	4	5	8	1	a news release
8177.json	pants-fire	Obamacare provision will allow forcedhome inspections by government agents.	civil-rights,health-care,privacy,public-health	blog-posting			none	7	19	3	5	44	blog posts
7381.json	false	Throughout, we have kept Congress fully informed of our efforts to create a legal framework on counterterrorism.	legal-issues,terrorism	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	the State of the Union Address
2098.json	mostly-true	The Arizona law basically parrots the federal immigration law.	immigration	tom-ganley	Businessman	Ohio	republican	1	0	0	1	0	a statement posted to his website
10454.json	half-true	More than 80 percent of sex trafficking victims in America are U.S. citizens.	crime,criminal-justice	john-cornyn	Senator	Texas	republican	5	3	6	2	1	a Senate floor speech
2231.json	half-true	Kathryn Starkey aided and abetted the continued taxation on residents properties over 70 percent of the time by seconding motions and voting to keep the millage rate the same.	candidates-biography,environment,taxes	committee-protect-florida		Florida	none	0	1	1	2	0	in a mailer
4381.json	mostly-true	H.B. 194, the Voter Suppression Bill, invalidates a vote where a voter properly marks the ballot in support of a particular candidate, but also writes in the name of that same candidate.	elections	marcia-fudge	Representative from Ohio's 11th Congressional District	Ohio	democrat	0	1	2	4	0	an e-mail to Democratic supporters
7316.json	true	Approximately 43 percent of all college grades today are As, an increase of 28 percentage points since 1960.	education	thomas-lindsay	Director, Center for Higher Education, Texas Public Policy Foundation	Texas	none	0	0	0	0	0	an opinion column.
7469.json	half-true	New Hampshire is currently the only state in the nation that does not have a full-service veterans hospital or equivalent access.	veterans	carol-shea-porter	Retired social worker	New Hampshire	democrat	1	0	1	1	0	a press release 
9617.json	mostly-true	Says Rick Scotts per-pupil education spending is about $200 less than what it was under Charlie Crist during the recession.	education,state-budget	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a "Tampa Bay Times" editorial board interview
9856.json	barely-true	Says Sen. JeanneShaheens wealth has surged while in public office.	congress,income,message-machine-2014,campaign-advertising	ending-spending-action-fund			independent	4	0	0	2	0	a campaign ad
10537.json	true	A bill to eliminate Delta Air Lines jet fuel tax breaks violates federal law and puts the state at risk of losing critical funding from the Federal Aviation Administration.	corporations,gas-prices,government-regulation,state-budget,taxes	trebor-banstetter	Delta spokesman	Georgia	none	0	0	0	1	0	in a statement
9156.json	true	Says he was the only statewide elected official to speak in favor of a federal guest worker plan at the 2012 Republican Party of Texas convention.	economy,immigration,workers	jerry-patterson	state land commissioner	Texas	republican	1	1	1	3	0	a news story
10248.json	half-true	Austin mayoral candidate Steve Adler opposed an injunction to stop a company from dumping petrochemicals directly into the Barton Springs aquifer.	city-government,corrections-and-updates,environment	brad-rockwell	Attorney	Texas	none	0	0	1	0	0	a press conference including mayoral candidate Mike Martinez
4613.json	mostly-true	The (Florida) casino proposed by Malaysian gambling conglomerate Genting would be nearly double the size of the largest casino in the world.	gambling	no-casinos		Florida	none	0	0	0	3	0	a statement on their website
4925.json	half-true	Suzanne Bonamici votes with her party a partisan 98 percent of the time.	bipartisanship,message-machine-2012,voting-record	rob-cornilles	consultant	Oregon	republican	1	1	3	1	1	in a debate
2138.json	half-true	Since the Democrats stimulus went into effect last year, Ohio has lost about 150,000 Jobs.	economy,jobs,stimulus	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	a news release
7840.json	true	The Obama administration has put out more of these major rules than the Clinton administration or the Bush administration during comparable times.	market-regulation	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	3	5	11	11	1	 Conference call with reporters
2642.json	barely-true	Says Marco Rubio sold a home to a chiropractor who had been lobbying him on automobile insurance legislation and once he sold the home, for $380,000 cash, the speakers position on the issue changed.	ethics	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	a Leadership Florida/Florida Press Association debate
8905.json	false	On the Cuba embargo	foreign-policy	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	15	9	20	19	2	an interview on HBO's "Real Time"
7879.json	false	Says Democratic Party created Planned Parenthood	history,sexuality	stephen-martin	State senator	Virginia	republican	0	2	0	0	0	an interview.
12031.json	barely-true	As governor, Kasich delivered the largest tax cut in the nation.	job-accomplishments,taxes	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	a Kasich for America ad, "Progress"
1318.json	pants-fire	In the health care bill, were now offering insurance for dogs.	health-care,pundits	glenn-beck			none	5	7	7	2	6	his radio program
9236.json	mostly-true	In 2013 we had the largest, the best, private sector job growth weve had in this state since the 1990s.	economy,jobs	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	26	41	32	40	11	a radio interview
3123.json	barely-true	The federal government now tells us which light bulbs to buy.	energy,market-regulation	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	8	22	6	4	16	a response to the State of the Union address
8201.json	barely-true	Congressman Patrick Murphy voted to keep the scandal-ridden IRS in charge of enforcing Obamacare.	health-care	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	18	9	8	5	8	a YouTube video
7658.json	mostly-true	We Really Do Have the Highest Corporate Tax Rate in the World.	taxes	tax-foundation			none	0	0	2	1	0	a press release
13052.json	true	Heroin comes in the United States from the southern border.	drugs	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	an interview on CNBC
5507.json	barely-true	A socially conservative group sponsored a prayer vigil to stop people from buying Girl Scout cookies because it thinks the Girl Scouts are affiliated with Planned Parenthood.	abortion,families,religion,women	hank-johnson	U.S. Congressman	Georgia	democrat	3	0	4	3	0	a Congressional hearing
6440.json	false	Says Ron Saunders made the choice to stand with Rick Scott on expanding school vouchers, restricting scholarships and giving tax breaks to the wealthy.	candidates-biography,children,education,taxes	tomorrows-vision-florida		Florida	democrat	0	1	0	0	0	a mailer
6876.json	half-true	Since President Obama took office, there are over 450,000 more unemployed women.	economy,jobs,message-machine-2012,women	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	34	32	58	33	19	a campaign ad
2130.json	barely-true	People in the top tax bracket, these so-called wealthy, most of them are small-business owners.	small-business,taxes,abc-news-week	stephen-hayes	Senior writer for the Weekly Standard		none	2	0	1	1	0	on ABC News' "This Week."
633.json	false	Barack Obama has "pledged to reduce the size of the military."	military	jerome-corsi	author	New Jersey	constitution-party	0	2	0	0	1	his book <i>The Obama Nation</i>. 
3632.json	true	Large majorities of the public oppose major changes to Medicare and favor higher taxes on the wealthy.	federal-budget,medicare,polls,pundits,taxes	paul-krugman	New York Times columnist		none	0	2	3	4	0	a newspaper column
510.json	pants-fire	"Fidel Castro endorses Obama."	foreign-policy	republican-party-florida			republican	10	6	6	6	4	an e-mail.
7983.json	true	Says spending in the fiscal 2009 budget was lower than spending in the fiscal 2014 budget	state-budget,state-finances	barbara-buono	State Senator	New Jersey	democrat	3	1	4	4	1	a state Senate budget hearing
7919.json	false	There is no statistical evidence that bail bonds increase the likelihood of those awaiting trial returning to court for their scheduled hearings.	criminal-justice	lena-taylor	State Senator, District 4	Wisconsin	democrat	1	1	0	1	1	an op-ed article
12752.json	mostly-true	Household incomes are down more than $4,000 since the year 2000.	economy,income	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	63	114	51	37	61	his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland
3984.json	true	The U.S. is spending one out of every six Defense Department dollars on Afghanistan.	afghanistan,federal-budget,military	jon-huntsman		Utah	republican	5	1	5	4	1	an interview on "Morning Joe."
9985.json	half-true	Says personhood legislation she sponsored would not have restricted access to reproductive services and was simply a statement that I support life.	abortion,women	joni-ernst	U.S. senator	Iowa	republican	2	1	1	1	0	a debate
1825.json	true	The Republican Party "fought very hard in the '60s to get the civil rights bill passed, as well as the voting rights bill."	civil-rights,elections,history,legal-issues,abc-news-week	michael-steele	chairman of the Republican National Committee	Maryland	republican	0	1	1	0	2	an interview on ABC's This Week
1888.json	false	A major part of the climate change bill sponsored by Sens. John Kerry and Joe Lieberman was essentially written by BP.	climate-change,corporations,energy,environment,oil-spill	mitch-mcconnell	Senate minority leader	Kentucky	republican	7	6	5	7	0	a Senate floor speech
11864.json	false	Ohios credit rating is as high as you can get, AA+.	state-budget	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	9	8	10	18	3	comments on Fox News
8231.json	false	Says every day of a special session costs taxpayers $40,000.	government-efficiency	sal-esquivel	State representative	Oregon	republican	0	1	0	0	0	an opinion article
1431.json	false	"We've excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs."	ethics	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	his State of the Union address
11101.json	half-true	The federal deficit would pay for 40 gallons of New Hampshire maple syrup for everyone in the United States.	deficit,population,states	kelly-ayotte	U.S. Senator	New Hampshire	republican	2	1	1	4	0	a town hall meeting in Colebrook, N.H.
5885.json	false	Says George Flinn has been a no show at scheduled forums.	campaign-advertising	charlotte-bergmann	Candidate	Tennessee	republican	0	2	0	0	1	in a press release calling for debates.
4104.json	half-true	Social Security and other federal checks may not go out on Aug. 3 if the debt ceiling is not increased.	deficit,federal-budget,social-security	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	an interview with CBS News
2981.json	half-true	TSA started off with 16,500 screeners and the agency has mushroomed to 67,000 employees with 3,590 administrative people ... making over $105,000 per year on average.	homeland-security,transportation	john-mica	U.S. Representative	Florida	republican	0	1	1	1	1	a Fox News interview.
1271.json	mostly-true	The proposed excise tax on "Cadillac" health plans will hit "those making less than $200,000" the hardest.	health-care,taxes	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	9	19	9	6	6	a note on Facebook
278.json	false	"I supported (the surge), I argued for it. I'm the only one on this stage that did."	iraq	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	31	39	31	37	8	a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
7013.json	barely-true	Says U.S. Rep. Charles Bass wants to privatize Social Security.	social-security	ann-mclane-kuster	Attorney	New Hampshire	democrat	2	1	3	0	0	an ad, “Janice,” released September 6, 2012
8716.json	half-true	More Americans believe the moon landing was fake than believe Obamacare is affordable.	health-care	tom-graves			republican	1	0	5	0	1	a Tweet
2661.json	pants-fire	In the past two years, Democrats have spent more money than this country has spent in the last 200 years combined.	federal-budget,history	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	9	6	4	4	4	an interview on Comedy Central's Daily Show with Jon Stewart
3419.json	half-true	For the first time in more than a decade, imports accounted for less than half of (the oil) we consumed.	energy,oil-spill,trade	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	70	71	160	163	9	a press conference
12548.json	mostly-true	Says Donald Trump has bankrupted his companies not once, not twice but four times.	candidates-biography	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	40	29	69	76	7	a speech on the economy
401.json	true	John McCain and George Bush have "absolutely no plan for universal health care."	health-care	campaign-defend-america		Washington, D.C.	none	0	1	0	2	0	a television ad
1055.json	false	"A new poll shows 62 percent support the president's plan to reform health care. That means ... letting you choose between keeping the private insurance you have and a public health insurance plan."	health-care	americans-united-change			none	1	4	4	1	0	an Internet ad.
9117.json	barely-true	No one claims the report vindicating New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the bridge scandal is conclusive.	candidates-biography,infrastructure	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	9	11	10	7	3	comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"