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7277.json
4barely-true
Poverty levels (are) at an all-time high.
poverty
bernie-s
U.S. Senator
Vermont
independent
18
12
22
41
0
an interview on MSNBC
13355.json
4barely-true
On ISIS, (Michael Bennet) chose the (Washington) insiders over our generals.
terrorism
restoration-pac
organization
1
0
0
0
1
A TV ad
288.json
3true
"You know, Sen. McCain said the other day that we might have troops (in Iraq) for 100 years..."
iraq
hillary-clinton
Presidential candidate
New York
democrat
40
29
69
76
7
a debate in Las Vegas.
3952.json
3true
Says the state budget includes spending on commercials for Fortune 500 companies.
state-budget
david-simpson
Texas House Representative
Texas
republican
0
0
0
1
0
an op-ed
10118.json
0false
Says high-speed rail would have created 60,000 jobs.
debates,message-machine-2014,stimulus,transportation
charlie-crist
Florida
democrat
15
9
20
19
2
a debate
4917.json
1half-true
Says IBM leader told Obama that using IBM technology to cut fraud could pay for health care reform.
federal-budget,health-care,technology
newt-gingrich
Co-host on CNN's "Crossfire"
Georgia
republican
16
15
20
10
11
the Texas Patriots PAC debate in The Woodlands, Texas
4096.json
2mostly-true
Since President Obama took office, 2 million jobs. Gone.
economy,jobs,message-machine
republican-national-committee-republican
republican
6
6
11
5
2
a television commercial
203.json
4barely-true
Supported in-state tuition in Arkansas for illegal immigrants "if you'd sat in our schools from the time you're 5 or 6 years old and you had become an A-plus student," among other things.
immigration
mike-huckabee
author
Arkansas
republican
12
5
9
3
4
a debate in St. Petersburg
74.json
3true
Health insurance premiums "have almost doubled ... since 2000."
health-care
hillary-clinton
Presidential candidate
New York
democrat
40
29
69
76
7
a speech in Des Moines, Iowa.
915.json
1half-true
"Our economy could fall $1 trillion short of its full capacity, which translates into more than $12,000 in lost income for a family of four."
economy,stimulus
barack-obama
President
Illinois
democrat
70
71
160
163
9
in a weekly YouTube and radio address
3572.json
2mostly-true
To pay for government growth, leaders of both parties borrowed $4 billion a day, leaving us with todays $14 trillion debt.
deficit,federal-budget
marco-rubio
U.S. Senator
Florida
republican
33
24
32
35
5
an opinion article in the 'Wall Street Journal'
13113.json
2mostly-true
Says that except for Donald Trump, every other major party nominee for the past 40 years has released their tax returns.
candidates-biography,income,taxes,wealth
tammy-baldwin
U.S. Representative
Wisconsin
democrat
5
5
7
4
0
a statement
12228.json
4barely-true
Senate Bill 1070, simply, just mirrors federal law.
immigration
jan-brewer
Arizona
republican
3
1
1
0
1
an interview with Fox Business
11771.json
4barely-true
I helped write the Affordable Care Act.
corrections-and-updates,health-care
bernie-s
U.S. Senator
Vermont
independent
18
12
22
41
0
comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate
12281.json
0false
Dolphins are rapists. Look it up.
animals,science
unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt
none
0
1
0
0
0
in an episode of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"
3794.json
2mostly-true
The U.S. has 47 million people on food stamps. Thats 14 million more than when the current occupant of the White House took over.
economy,families,hunger
herman-cain
Georgia
republican
4
11
5
3
3
a speech announcing his presidential run
10169.json
4barely-true
Republicans are trying to impeach our president.
congress,message-machine-2014
color-change
activist
1
0
0
0
0
an Arkansas flyer
5619.json
1half-true
Weve had a dramatic drop in violent crime since this law (stand your ground) has been in effect.
corrections-and-updates,crime,criminal-justice
dennis-baxley
state representative
Florida
republican
0
0
1
0
0
an interview on MSNBC
5106.json
1half-true
My recommended budget includes $1 billion in new state funding for education.
education,state-budget
rick-scott
Governor
Florida
republican
28
23
38
34
7
his State of the State address
1432.json
1half-true
The "pay-as-you-go law ... was a big reason why we had record surpluses in the 1990s."
federal-budget
barack-obama
President
Illinois
democrat
70
71
160
163
9
his State of the Union address
3013.json
2mostly-true
In 1998, nearly half of Floridas fourth-graders were functionally illiterate. Today, 72% of them can read.
education
jeb-bush
Florida
republican
17
5
17
24
2
a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece.
3823.json
4barely-true
In the late 1980s, the U.S. was nearly the lowest-taxed nation in the world, and a quarter century later were nearly the highest.
history,taxes
steve-moore
none
1
1
1
0
0
a column in the Wall Street Journal
3009.json
3true
Proposed federal regulations would affect every streetsign in the country
transportation
william-howell
Speaker of the Virginia House
Virginia
republican
0
0
0
0
1
a speech.
2657.json
2mostly-true
There are 100 members of the U.S. Senate. Fifty-seven of them, including Russ Feingold, are lawyers. There are zero manufacturers and one accountant.
candidates-biography,message-machine
ron-johnson
Wisconsin
republican
14
6
10
10
1
a campaign TV ad
1769.json
3true
Scott Maddox is a "lobbyist."
candidates-biography,elections
adam-putnam
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture
Florida
republican
0
1
1
2
1
a campaign statement.
5500.json
2mostly-true
A hundred percent of all the jobs lost during the recession have been reclaimed in Texas while the nation is at about 36 percent.
economy,jobs
rick-perry
Governor
Texas
republican
30
30
42
23
18
an interview posted online by WFAA-TV in Dallas
914.json
3true
Democrats have said that "even one hearing (on the stimulus bill) would be one too many, and that we have a single day to approve these five complex propositions that will affect the lives of millions."
economy,stimulus
joe-barton
U.S. Representative
Texas
republican
3
1
0
0
0
a statement at a committee meeting.
7475.json
1half-true
Do you know which state has the worst ratio of white voter turnout to African-American voter turnout? Massachusetts. Do you know what has the best, where African-American turnout actually exceeds white turnout? Mississippi.
civil-rights,elections,legal-issues
john-roberts
Chief Justice of the United States
Washington, D.C.
none
0
0
1
0
0
a Supreme Court oral argument
9132.json
3true
The National Science Foundation awarded $700,000 to fund a climate change musical.
climate-change,federal-budget,science
lamar-smith
Congressman
Texas
republican
2
5
1
3
0
a committee hearing
7061.json
1half-true
Obamas Environmental Protection Agency sent emails for Hispanic Heritage Month with a photo of Che Guevara.
message-machine-2012
mitt-romney
Former governor
Massachusetts
republican
34
32
58
33
19
a Spanish-language TV commercial
2711.json
4barely-true
Morgan Griffith fought for a plan that would have taken money away from our schools and given it to Northern Virginia schools instead.
education,state-budget
rick-boucher
U.S. Representative
Virginia
democrat
1
0
0
0
0
a TV ad
5331.json
0false
Says that as Wisconsin governor he never raised taxes.
job-accomplishments,state-budget,state-finances,taxes
tommy-thompson
Wisconsin
republican
6
8
2
5
3
an interview
13059.json
3true
In the past decade in New York State more than 30 current and former state officeholders have been convicted, sanctioned or accused of wrongdoing more than any other state.
ethics
elaine-phillips
State Senate Candidate
New York
republican
0
0
0
0
0
a post on Facebook
8152.json
3true
Why didnt (uninsured Americans) buy insurance? Because of the expense.
health-care,poverty
rand-paul
Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician
Kentucky
republican
7
8
10
12
3
an interview on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show"
6310.json
2mostly-true
Nearly 100,000 people get shot every year. Thats 270 people a day and 87 dead.
guns
facebook-posts
Social media posting
none
14
18
15
11
36
on the Internet
286.json
1half-true
"Congress just passed another huge, pork-filled spending bill. The Democrats allowed less than a day to read all 3,400 pages and stuffed it with nearly 10,000 earmarks costing about $10-billion dollars."
federal-budget
john-mccain
U.S. senator
Arizona
republican
31
39
31
37
8
a speech to the Americans for Prosperity Michigan summit in Livonia, Mich.
1666.json
2mostly-true
"This census is also the shortest and least intrusive count in modern history."
census
patrick-mchenry
U.S. Congressman
North Carolina
republican
0
1
0
2
0
a press release
10088.json
0false
Says Charlie Crist voted against minimum wage when he was in the Senate.
debates,florida,jobs
rick-scott
Governor
Florida
republican
28
23
38
34
7
a gubernatorial debate in Davie
8472.json
5pants-fire
Soldiers Donating to Tea Party Now Face Punishment Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
campaign-finance,military
rhode-island-tea-party
none
0
0
0
0
1
a posting on Twitter
5077.json
4barely-true
[Renewable energy] projects . . . get us off foreign oil and away, step by step, from these foreign entanglements that we have to get into to defend our oil supply.
climate-change,energy,environment
sheldon-whitehouse
U.S. Senator
Rhode Island
democrat
2
3
2
7
0
a Senate hearing
780.json
3true
"I have disagreed strongly with the Bush administration on this issue" of global warming.
environment
john-mccain
U.S. senator
Arizona
republican
31
39
31
37
8
a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
11982.json
1half-true
Says Donald Trump has saidhewould be neutral between Israel and its enemies.
israel
conservative-solutions-pac
Florida
organization
3
0
1
0
0
a TV ad
10184.json
4barely-true
Dave Brat said the best way to fix Social Security would be to give seniors back what they paid in and no more.
message-machine-2014,social-security
jack-trammell
Professor
Virginia
democrat
1
0
0
0
0
a TV ad.
4418.json
5pants-fire
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is considering implementing mandatory physical fitness testing for security staff.
workers
chain-email
none
11
43
8
5
105
a chain email
8012.json
2mostly-true
Twenty-four percent of doctors in Virginia currently dont accept new Medicaid patients because the reimbursement rates are so low.
health-care,medicaid
dave-schwartz
Virginia director of Americans for Prosperity
Virginia
republican
0
0
0
1
0
a speech.
10018.json
2mostly-true
In the last six years of Ciancis administration violent crime was down in the United States. It was down in the region. It was down in Rhode Island. But it was up in Providence.
crime,criminal-justice,public-safety
jorge-elorza
Law professor
Rhode Island
democrat
1
1
0
2
0
a debate
10808.json
2mostly-true
There are more poor people today as a percentage of our population than the 1970s.
poverty
jeb-bush
Florida
republican
17
5
17
24
2
an interview with reporters at the North Carolina GOP headquarters
11386.json
2mostly-true
Irans regime is responsible for more than 1,000 American casualties during the Iraq war and has plotted a terrorist attack here in our nations capital.
foreign-policy,iraq,terrorism
michael-mccaul
congressman
Texas
republican
1
0
1
4
0
the Republican weekly radio/TV address
3360.json
3true
Says taxes paid by the poorest residents of Texas are above the national average.
income,taxes
paul-krugman
New York Times columnist
none
0
2
3
4
0
an op-ed column.
2381.json
4barely-true
Says John Boehner changed his position on extending Bush tax cuts.
taxes
robert-gibbs
Former White House Press Secretary
democrat
1
1
0
1
0
a White House news release
4637.json
1half-true
New Jerseys poverty rate has increased since this governor took office and the number of New Jerseyans without health insurance has risen.
health-care,poverty
stephen-sweeney
State Senator
democrat
1
2
3
1
0
a message on Facebook
11111.json
4barely-true
Obamas Clean Power Plan ... eliminates coal-fired power plants.
climate-change,energy,environment
robert-henneke
Director, The Center for the American Future
Texas
organization
1
0
0
0
0
an oped column
9340.json
4barely-true
Estimates for adopting Obamacares Medicaid expansion show it will cost Virginia taxpayers $902 million through 2022.
medicaid,state-budget
campaign-liberty
republican
1
0
0
0
0
a petition.
9628.json
0false
Obamacare already has caused millions of hardworking Virginians to lose their health insurance.
health-care
barbara-comstock
State delegate
Virginia
republican
1
1
0
0
0
a web post.
7102.json
0false
More Tennesseans have hunting and fishing licenses than vote.
elections,recreation
lamar-alexander
republican
1
2
2
0
0
in a news release announcing support for the Sportsmen's bill.
3269.json
1half-true
The federal government regulates the holes in Swiss cheese.
food-safety,government-efficiency
lynn-westmoreland
republican
1
1
3
0
0
3487.json
0false
American troops have never been under the formal control of another nation.
foreign-policy,military
karl-rove
Texas
republican
2
5
2
8
0
an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News
3566.json
0false
We have a guy who is going to be speaker of the House in four years, and his name has been on the ballot one time.
candidates-biography,elections,redistricting
scott-randolph
State Representative
Florida
democrat
0
1
1
0
0
comments during an appearance on 'The Rachel Maddow Show' on MSNBC
2991.json
0false
We continue to see these isolated incidents of people trying to vote five, six times a day.
crime,elections
scott-fitzgerald
State Senator, 13th District
Wisconsin
republican
1
2
1
0
0
an interview with a newspaper editorial board
7540.json
3true
Seven of the 10 highest-income counties in the country ring the city of Washington D.C.
corrections-and-updates,federal-budget,pundits,wealth
sarah-palin
Alaska
republican
9
19
9
6
6
a speech at CPAC
4092.json
0false
I sponsored and was the co-sponsor of the only legislation that ever passed that had E-Verify provisions in it back in 2010 when I served in the Legislature.
immigration
adam-hasner
Florida
republican
2
1
4
4
0
a debate
7395.json
3true
Says Texas is last in workers compensation coverage.
labor,workers
sacramento-bee-editorial-board
none
1
0
1
1
0
an editorial
7460.json
2mostly-true
In annual surveys of Rhode Island communities that receive Drug Free community grants, many report that more than 50 percent of youth surveyed do not think daily marijuana use poses any serious risk of harm.
drugs,education,marijuana
nancy-devaney
chairwoman, Ocean State Prevention Alliance
Rhode Island
newsmaker
0
1
0
1
0
A news release
7122.json
0false
Operating a health care exchange would be illegal in Georgia and some states because of legislation passed in those states.
health-care
michael-cannon
Cato Institute director of health policy studies
libertarian
0
1
0
0
0
an article
5318.json
1half-true
In the 2011 legislative session, DEQs budget was cut 18.5 percent a disproportionate cut compared to other natural resource agencies.
environment,government-regulation,state-budget
oregon-environmental-council-oregon-business-assoc
organization
0
0
1
0
0
a letter
1177.json
3true
If you already have health insurance through your job, or Medicare, or Medicaid, or the VA, nothing in this plan will require you or your employer to change the coverage or the doctor you have.
health-care
barack-obama
President
Illinois
democrat
70
71
160
163
9
a speech to Congress
7309.json
2mostly-true
Says the area damaged by Hurricane Sandy represents roughly 10 percent of our nations economy.
economy,weather
rodney-frelinghuysen
republican
1
0
0
1
0
a speech on the House floor
11168.json
1half-true
$700 billion was robbed (from Medicare) to pay for Obamacare.
federal-budget,health-care,medicare
mike-huckabee
author
Arkansas
republican
12
5
9
3
4
the first Republican debate
12615.json
1half-true
DUI arrests dropped significantly in Tampa once Uber began operating here.
crime,technology
dana-young
Majority Leader for the Florida House of Representatives
Florida
republican
0
0
2
0
0
a tweet
6914.json
3true
Tennessee students now cover about 67 percent of the cost of their education at public universities, and some 60 percent at community colleges.
education
john-g-morgan
Chancellor to Tennessee Board of Regents
Tennessee
none
0
0
0
0
0
Testimoney to the U.S. Senate Education Committee
6050.json
0false
On opposing any and all efforts to increase taxes.
taxes,transportation
nathan-deal
republican
9
5
11
11
0
pledge
3141.json
4barely-true
Regulations on developers have thwarted construction on county-owned land in Milwaukees downtown Park East corridor.
jobs,labor
jeff-stone
Member of State Assembly, 82nd District
Wisconsin
republican
1
0
0
1
0
a statement at a candidate forum
11319.json
5pants-fire
Pediatricians have cut down on the number and proximity of vaccines because they recognize there have been too many in too short a period of time.
public-health
ben-carson
republican
7
12
3
2
4
the CNN GOP presidential debate
1136.json
1half-true
The health care reform plan being proposed in Congress would mean big tax increases.
health-care
us-chamber-commerce
none
6
3
3
1
1
a TV ad
8808.json
2mostly-true
Marijuana today is genetically modified, with THC levels that far surpass the marijuana of the 1970s.
drugs,marijuana,public-health
patrick-kennedy
Congressman
Rhode Island
democrat
0
1
2
1
0
an interview with MSNBC
10707.json
4barely-true
Says U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy has sided with the GOP on key votes twice as often as he sided with Democrats.
congress,voting-record
brook-hines
democrat
1
0
0
0
0
an online op-ed column
6047.json
0false
Homosexual behavior cuts your lifeby about 20 years.
gays-and-lesbians,health-care,sexuality
bob-marshall
State delegate
Virginia
republican
0
2
0
0
1
an interview.
9485.json
0false
The proposed Gogebic iron ore mine is just up the hill from the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore caves along Lake Superior.
energy,environment
al-jazeera-america
journalist
0
1
0
0
0
a documentary
11085.json
0false
If youre from Syria and youre a Christian, you cannot come into this country as a refugee.
foreign-policy,immigration,religion
donald-trump
President-Elect
New York
republican
63
114
51
37
61
a speech in Las Vegas
11365.json
1half-true
Student loans from the federal government issued between 2007 and 2012 are on target to produce $66 billion in profits for the United States government.
debt,education,federal-budget
elizabeth-warren
U.S. senator
Massachusetts
democrat
0
0
3
3
0
a speech
3252.json
3true
One of the biggest causes of our soaring debt and economic insecurity ends up being Pentagon spending. The budget for the Pentagon consumes more than half of our discretionary spending.
deficit,federal-budget,military
dennis-kucinich
U.S. representative
Ohio
democrat
1
3
4
6
0
12180.json
0false
Millionaires working side by side with George Soros are bankrolling (John Kasichs) super PAC.
campaign-finance
trusted-leadership-pac
republican
0
1
0
0
0
a Trusted Leadership PAC ad
1891.json
5pants-fire
Georgia could get money for schools by scraping the gold off the gold dome of the state Capitol.
education
roy-barnes
Attorney
Georgia
democrat
0
0
3
3
1
a speech
2213.json
3true
Ive even cut my own salary -- twice.
government-efficiency,job-accomplishments,message-machine,state-budget
kevin-boyce
Ohio treasurer
Ohio
democrat
0
0
0
0
1
a campaign video
5722.json
5pants-fire
The 2011 Legislature did not cut Texas public school funding.
education,state-budget,state-finances
susan-combs
State comptroller
Texas
republican
0
1
0
0
1
a public appearance.
1566.json
3true
"Nearly all of the top 50 prescribers of oxycodone in the United States are in Florida."
crime
jeff-kottkamp
Florida
republican
0
1
1
0
0
an op-ed published in Florida newspapers
12242.json
2mostly-true
When this campaign began, I said that weve got to end the starvation minimum wage of $7.25, raise it to $15. Secretary Clinton said lets raise it to $12.
economy,income
bernie-s
U.S. Senator
Vermont
independent
18
12
22
41
0
a Democratic debate in New York
7766.json
2mostly-true
The economy added more jobs during four years under Obama than it did in the entire eight years under George W. Bush.
economy,job-accomplishments,jobs
gilberto-hinojosa
Chairman, Texas Democratic Party
Texas
democrat
0
4
1
2
1
an email blast.
12825.json
3true
We fixed a loophole in the (gun) background record check system so that we could make our commonwealth safer.
crime,criminal-justice,guns
tim-kaine
U.S. Senator
Virginia
democrat
8
3
15
15
0
a speech
11659.json
0false
In the weekend after the terrorist attacks in Paris, the White House said this couldnt happen in the United States. ISIS couldnt reach us here.
terrorism
joe-scarborough
Host of a morning show on MSNBC
none
1
4
3
3
0
on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
9476.json
2mostly-true
By 2006, the American people were overwhelmingly against the Iraq War.
history,iraq,military,polls
hillary-clinton
Presidential candidate
New York
democrat
40
29
69
76
7
her book, "Hard Choices"
9974.json
0false
In 2001 and 02 . . . we had the pension system funded at (the)100% level in that year, and we did for two years at that point.
debt,deficit,economy,history,job-accomplishments,labor,legal-issues,pensions,unions,workers
vincent-buddy-cianci
Rhode Island
independent
0
2
1
2
1
an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers."
10056.json
2mostly-true
As mayor, [Allan Fung] raised taxes three times.
city-budget,debt,economy,history,job-accomplishments,labor,pensions,retirement,taxes,workers
american-leadhership-pac
Political Action Committee
Rhode Island
organization
0
0
1
2
0
a TV commercial
8034.json
2mostly-true
Were importing about 10 percent of our milk supply. Were Americas Dairyland, but yet we dont have enough milk in this state to meet the demand for our cheesemakers.
agriculture,economy,states
scott-walker
Milwaukee County Executive
Wisconsin
republican
26
41
32
40
11
an interview
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Mitt Romney ... gave you government health care that is now bankrupting the state of Massachusetts.
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glenn-beck
none
5
7
7
2
6
a Webcast
12840.json
5pants-fire
Says, regarding the presence of classified information in her email, FBI Director James Comey said my answers were truthful, and what Ive said is consistent with what I have told the American people.
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hillary-clinton
Presidential candidate
New York
democrat
40
29
69
76
7
an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
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In North Carolina, paid family leave is more popular than college basketball.
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moms-rising
democrat
0
1
0
1
0
8622.json
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44% of homeless people are employed.
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facebook-posts
Social media posting
none
14
18
15
11
36
a meme on social media
7325.json
5pants-fire
Statistics show one male cat can father 420,000 kittens in five years.
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central-falls-police-department
none
0
0
0
0
1
a news release
13265.json
1half-true
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted for a trade agreement, with China costing Georgia 93,000 jobs.
trade
jim-barksdale
Senate Candidate
Georgia
democrat
0
0
2
0
0
a campaign video