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10394.json
1half-true
Says hesecured the highest possible bond rating for the city of Tampa.
city-budget
bob-buckhorn
Florida
none
2
1
2
1
0
a campaign ad
6986.json
2mostly-true
Says Connie Macks Penny Plan would cut over $200 billion out of Medicare, over $1 trillion out of Social Security. ... $3 trillion out of defense.
debates,federal-budget,medicare,social-security
bill-nelson
Florida
democrat
3
1
8
10
0
a debate
3474.json
3true
Says a Lubbock terror suspects alleged plan to use baby dolls to conceal chemical explosives is similar to a 1995 plot to blow up 12 jumbo jets over the Pacific Ocean.
terrorism
michael-mccaul
congressman
Texas
republican
1
0
1
4
0
a statement
7275.json
2mostly-true
Says a recent study shows Florida students are second in the world in fourth grade reading, behind Singapore.
education
rick-scott
Governor
Florida
republican
28
23
38
34
7
a discussion with black lawmakers
5319.json
0false
Says President Barack Obama has an Environmental Protection Agency proposal that would raise the price of gasoline by 25 cents a gallon.
environment
newt-gingrich
Co-host on CNN's "Crossfire"
Georgia
republican
16
15
20
10
11
an interview on "Meet the Press"
4607.json
5pants-fire
Appalachian Power Company is making record profits.
energy,market-regulation
ward-armstrong
Minority leader, House of Delegates
Virginia
democrat
0
3
0
0
1
in TV ads.
11497.json
1half-true
For the first time in 35 years, we have more businesses closing than starting.
corrections-and-updates,economy,small-business
marco-rubio
U.S. Senator
Florida
republican
33
24
32
35
5
the third Republican presidential debate
415.json
5pants-fire
According to The Book of Revelations the anti-christ ... will be a man, in his 40s, of MUSLIM descent ... is it OBAMA??
obama-birth-certificate,religion
chain-email
none
11
43
8
5
105
a chain e-mail
3431.json
0false
The Texas Constitution still contains Jim Crow provisions about the poll tax and restrictions on women having the right to vote.
legal-issues
charles-reed
retiree
Texas
democrat
0
1
0
0
0
an oped column.
7355.json
2mostly-true
With the exception of slavery and the Chinese Exclusion Act, our laws have never barred persons from becoming citizens.
immigration
zoe-lofgren
U.S. House member
California
democrat
0
0
0
1
0
a House hearing on immigration
1863.json
3true
If voters agree in November to approve a one-cent sales tax increase, that will give "Hillsborough County the highest sales tax of all Florida counties."
taxes,transportation
david-caton
executive director of the Florida Family Association
Florida
republican
0
0
0
0
0
a mass e-mail
12002.json
1half-true
Says Donald Trump has written 10 checks to Hillary Clinton and four of those checks were not to her Senate campaign. It was to her presidential campaign.
campaign-finance
ted-cruz
Senator
Texas
republican
36
33
15
19
8
a Republican presidential debate in Detroit
12893.json
0false
Says President Bill Clinton did not sign NAFTA.
bipartisanship,bush-administration,congress,economy,foreign-policy,history,jobs,labor,trade,workers
nowthis
journalist
0
1
0
0
1
a viral video
5523.json
2mostly-true
Says Gov. Scott Walker cut aid to local schools despite campaigning on trying to restore two-thirds state funding for education
education,state-budget
kathleen-falk
democrat
1
3
3
1
0
an appearance at Marquette University
7056.json
1half-true
On support for U.S. Rep. Paul Ryans Medicare reform plan
federal-budget,health-care,medicare
tommy-thompson
Wisconsin
republican
6
8
2
5
3
debate comments
12649.json
2mostly-true
For 21 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, we simply do not have data to say anything about trends in poverty.
economy,foreign-policy
morten-jerven
none
0
0
0
1
0
an article
1182.json
0false
Health reform will "give every American the same opportunity" to buy health insurance the way members of Congress do.
health-care
barack-obama
President
Illinois
democrat
70
71
160
163
9
a speech to Congress
12715.json
2mostly-true
Donald Trump rooted for the housing crisis, because he knew he could make money off of it.
economy,housing
scott-peters
U.S. Representative
California
democrat
0
0
0
1
0
a media conference call.
1070.json
5pants-fire
The Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 would guarantee Barack Obama will never be held accountable for producing forged birth documents.
candidates-biography,obama-birth-certificate
chain-email
none
11
43
8
5
105
an e-mail received by many people.
4740.json
0false
Wisconsin ranks 48th out of all 50 states in venture capital investment.
jobs
john-klenke
Assembly representative
Wisconsin
republican
0
1
0
0
0
a presentation
10095.json
4barely-true
The CDC is spending money on things like jazzercise, urban gardening and massage therapy that could be redirected to Ebola.
ebola,health-care,public-health
cory-gardner
U.S. House of Representatives
Colorado
republican
4
1
0
0
0
a debate
5229.json
1half-true
When I was fighting against cap and trade, the speaker was sitting down with Nancy Pelosi on a sofa encouraging it.
bipartisanship,cap-and-trade,climate-change,energy
mitt-romney
Former governor
Massachusetts
republican
34
32
58
33
19
a debate in Tampa, Fla.
5277.json
2mostly-true
Savannah is home to the fastest-growing port in the nation.
economy,transportation
casey-cagle
republican
1
0
0
2
0
a speech
7741.json
3true
If you are a federally licensed gun dealer and your license is revoked because youve engaged in misconduct ... your entire inventory under prevailing law is deemed your personal collection. You then can sell it free from any background checks.
guns
david-cicilline
mayor of Providence
Rhode Island
democrat
7
4
5
4
1
an appearance on 10 News Conference
5107.json
2mostly-true
In the past year, Floridians, not government, created almost 135,000 new private sector jobs. We netted more than 120,000 total jobs in the first 11 months of 2011; the third most of any state in the nation.
economy,jobs
rick-scott
Governor
Florida
republican
28
23
38
34
7
his State of the State address
5115.json
1half-true
Says that when Republicans held Congress and the presidency, they doubled the size of the (U.S.) Department of Education.
education,federal-budget
ron-paul
U.S. representative
Texas
republican
5
8
8
8
3
an interview.
473.json
2mostly-true
"My friend, we have increased the size of government by some 40 percent just in the last few years."
federal-budget
john-mccain
U.S. senator
Arizona
republican
31
39
31
37
8
a television interview.
86.json
3true
"In New York, when she ran for reelection, she carried 58 of our 62 counties. George Bush had won 40 counties in New York just two years earlier."
elections
hillary-clinton
Presidential candidate
New York
democrat
40
29
69
76
7
a comment by husband Bill Clinton on Larry King Live.
9778.json
2mostly-true
Wisconsin is 38th in the country in terms of proficiency standards in student testing.
children,education,government-regulation
mary-burke
Madison school board member
Wisconsin
democrat
5
5
11
8
3
a news article
3893.json
1half-true
Says that Sarah Palin and Craig Huey would ban a womans right to choose in every case
abortion
janice-hahn
California
democrat
0
0
1
0
0
a TV ad
8390.json
4barely-true
Six years after unionization, 20,000 fewer children in Illinois were being served by the Child Care and Development Fund program.
children,families,labor,unions
jennifer-parrish
Home-based child care
Minnesota
activist
1
0
0
0
0
a newspaper commentary
8915.json
1half-true
A government report shows that alternatives to the Keystone XL pipeline are worse for the environment.
climate-change,energy,environment
ralph-reed
republican
0
2
1
0
0
a CNN "Crossfire" segment
398.json
2mostly-true
John McCain and George W. Bush want to spend "a trillion dollars in Iraq over the next 10 years."
iraq
campaign-defend-america
Washington, D.C.
none
0
1
0
2
0
a television ad
3372.json
1half-true
Says Justice Elena Kagan recused herself in many cases where she had little role as solicitor general, simply because of the appearance of a conflict of interest.
legal-issues
anthony-weiner
New York
democrat
2
1
2
0
0
an interview on Fox News
1274.json
1half-true
"Democrats rang up a $1.42 trillion budget deficit in 2009 the single largest in American history."
economy,federal-budget
freedom-project
republican
0
0
1
0
0
a press release
8426.json
0false
Common Core expects English teachers to spend at least half of their reading instructional time at every grade level on informational texts.
corrections-and-updates,education
sandra-stotsky
none
0
1
0
0
0
during a public hearing
4802.json
0false
If they made no changes whatsoever, the [state employees pension] plan still had enough money to go forward for approximately the next 16 years.
pensions,retirement,state-budget,state-finances,unions,workers
philip-keefe
President, Service Employees International Union Local 580
Rhode Island
labor-leader
0
1
0
0
0
an appearance on 10 News Conference
7627.json
0false
Says its an old wives story that Margaret Thatcher told George H.W. Bush not to go wobbly.
foreign-policy,history,iraq
dick-cheney
republican
5
4
2
2
1
an interview on Fox News
629.json
0false
Oil companies "haven't touched" 68 million acres where they already have rights to drill.
energy
barack-obama
President
Illinois
democrat
70
71
160
163
9
Lansing, MI
4516.json
4barely-true
Says President Barack Obama failed to stand up for the bipartisan debt solutions of the Simpson-Bowles Commission.
deficit,federal-budget
chris-christie
Governor of New Jersey
New Jersey
republican
10
17
27
19
8
a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
1914.json
0false
Phoenix, Arizona, Im told, is now the No. 2 kidnapping capital in the world, right behind Mexico City.
crime,immigration
david-dewhurst
Lieutenant governor
Texas
republican
8
8
10
5
5
a speech
2761.json
5pants-fire
Congresswoman Kathy Castor voted to spend $2.6 million to teach prostitutes in China to drink responsibly.
economy,health-care,stimulus
mike-prendergast
Florida
republican
0
0
0
0
1
a campaign mailer
11355.json
3true
On the main GOP presidential debate:Not one candidate on the debate stage has military experience
candidates-biography,military
jim-gilmore
President and CEO of Free Congress Foundation
Virginia
republican
0
0
0
0
0
a tweet.
242.json
1half-true
"As governor, Mike Huckabee supported higher income taxes, sales taxes, gas taxes, grocery taxes, tobacco taxes, beer taxes, Internet taxes, nursing home bed taxes."
taxes
club-growth
none
4
5
4
2
0
a TV ad
972.json
4barely-true
"As a percentage of gross domestic product, we are reducing nondefense discretionary spending to its lowest level since the '60s, lower than it was under Reagan, lower than it was under Clinton, lower than it was under Bush, or both Bushes."
federal-budget
barack-obama
President
Illinois
democrat
70
71
160
163
9
a news conference.
11306.json
2mostly-true
Says Donald Trump supports the Wall Street bailout.
congress,economy
club-growth
none
4
5
4
2
0
a TV ad in Iowa
5744.json
3true
Georgia is one of three states that effectively have no regulations whatsoever on lobbyists giving to legislators.
ethics
joshua-mckoon
Georgia
republican
0
1
0
0
0
a press conference
8409.json
1half-true
Live cats have holes drilled into their skulls, posts put into their heads and coils put into their eyes, and some have had their ears cut off or are intentionally deafened or starved at UW-Madison labs that do research to improve hearing in humans.
animals,education,health-care,public-health,science
people-ethical-treatment-animals
none
0
0
2
0
0
a robo-call and video
13421.json
0false
Says Ron Johnson is benefiting from several super PACs, I am not.
campaign-finance,elections
russ-feingold
Wisconsin
democrat
2
4
7
5
1
a meeting with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board.
4430.json
1half-true
One international flight a day in a wide-bodied jet ... one flight daily generates $150 million a year and approximately 2,300 jobs.
economy,transportation
bob-buckhorn
Florida
none
2
1
2
1
0
in an interview on WEDU-TV
3189.json
0false
I didnt raise taxes once.
taxes
barack-obama
President
Illinois
democrat
70
71
160
163
9
an interview on Super Bowl Sunday
12127.json
1half-true
Mitt Romney did not endorse Ted Cruz, even though he said he is voting for Cruz and urged others to do likewise.
pundits
romney-allies
none
0
0
1
0
0
The New York Times
6202.json
0false
Says the health care law rations care, like systems in Canada and Great Britain.
health-care
rick-scott
Governor
Florida
republican
28
23
38
34
7
an interview on Fox News
8741.json
4barely-true
Oregon is spending $10 million advertising Obamacare with ads that dont even mention the program and how to enroll in it and that dont mention the word insurance.
taxes
tom-coburn
U.S. Senator
Oklahoma
republican
2
3
3
2
0
Coburn's "Wastebook 2013"
4776.json
4barely-true
Says the Treasury Department says 41 percent of all business income reported on individual returns would be hit by the [millionaires] surtax that would harm small businessmen and women, the very people we are counting on to create new jobs.
income,small-business,taxes
rodney-frelinghuysen
republican
1
0
0
1
0
an email newsletter
6487.json
4barely-true
I led the fight to require the Coast Guard to buy their engines from us, not foreign companies.
federal-budget,jobs,message-machine-2012,military
tammy-baldwin
U.S. Representative
Wisconsin
democrat
5
5
7
4
0
a TV ad
1782.json
0false
On Sandra Day O'Connor: "I think one reason she was a good judge is she had no judicial experience" before she joined the Supreme Court.
job-accomplishments,kagan-nomination,supreme-court
harry-reid
Senate Democratic Leader
Nevada
democrat
4
5
3
7
3
a speech on the Senate floor
2663.json
5pants-fire
Says PolitiFact says Amendment 4 will force counties and cities across Florida to raise taxes and fees.
florida-amendments
citizens-lower-taxes-and-stronger-economy
Florida
none
1
0
2
0
1
a newspaper ad.
8470.json
3true
In Massachusetts, half of the primary care doctors are not accepting new patients.
health-care
john-fleming
U.S. Representative
Louisiana
republican
0
2
0
0
0
a discussion on CNN's "State of the Union"
431.json
1half-true
"He took on special interests and won, passing the toughest ethics law yet."
candidates-biography,ethics
barack-obama
President
Illinois
democrat
70
71
160
163
9
a television ad.
10033.json
5pants-fire
Says U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland voted himself health care for life.
elections,health-care
democratic-congressional-campaign-committee
democrat
11
8
5
1
9
a campaign commercial
8225.json
0false
A proposed San Antonio ordinance will allow men into womens restrooms in the city.
city-government,legal-issues
texas-values
none
1
1
0
0
0
an email blast
8831.json
0false
John Cornyn backed his pal David Dewhurst for the U.S. Senate over Ted Cruz.
candidates-biography
steve-stockman
U.S. representative
Texas
republican
1
3
0
0
1
a Stockman campaign web page
9694.json
4barely-true
Since 1999, 440 people have been killed in attacks on church property in the United States.
guns
georgiacarryorg-georgiacarryorg
none
1
0
0
0
0
an interview with Georgia Public Broadcasting
10946.json
0false
Says Scott Walker runs a state government that bans employees from talking about climate change.
environment
forecast-facts
organization
0
1
0
0
0
a statement on a web page.
429.json
3true
"As a state senator, he (Obama) even refused to support a measure to stop sex businesses from opening near schools or places of worship!"
legal-issues
focus-family-action
none
1
2
0
0
0
an article written by Tom Minnery
2225.json
0false
We could cut unemployment in half simply by reclaiming the jobs taken by illegal workers.
immigration
lamar-smith
Congressman
Texas
republican
2
5
1
3
0
a floor speech
10731.json
3true
We are in the sixth year of recovery, and median income is below what it was at the start of the recovery.
economy,income
jeb-bush
Florida
republican
17
5
17
24
2
an interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
2238.json
3true
The unemployment rate for folks whove never gone to college is almost double what it is for those who have.
economy,education
barack-obama
President
Illinois
democrat
70
71
160
163
9
a speech at the University of Texas at Austin
12271.json
2mostly-true
Under the federal Controlled Substance Act, marijuana is listed in the same Schedule I as heroin, even though marijuana is not a killer drug like heroin.
crime,criminal-justice,drugs,government-regulation,public-health
bernie-s
U.S. Senator
Vermont
independent
18
12
22
41
0
a speech
8439.json
0false
As a result of Obamacare, we are becoming something of a part-time employment country.
health-care,jobs,pundits
maria-bartiromo
Host, On the Money with Maria Bartiromo
New York
journalist
0
1
0
0
0
an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press"
8772.json
5pants-fire
Oregon Rep. Tina Kotek, D-Portland, has never held a job nor run a business
job-accomplishments
bill-post
Radio talk show host
Oregon
republican
0
0
0
0
1
a tweet by Post
11383.json
1half-true
Its estimated we leave somewhere north of $350 billion a year - thats billion - a year on the table uncollected because IRS doesnt have the resources.
government-efficiency,taxes
gerry-connolly
U.S. Representative
Virginia
democrat
1
0
4
1
0
radio interview.
461.json
2mostly-true
The Rev. Wright compared "the United States Marine Corps with Roman legionnaires who were responsible for the death of our Savior."
terrorism
john-mccain
U.S. senator
Arizona
republican
31
39
31
37
8
Coral Gables, Fla.
12280.json
1half-true
Says Nevada state Sen. Michael Roberson forced Common Core for Nevada schools.
education
danny-tarkanian
Nevada
republican
1
0
1
0
0
a television ad
7092.json
2mostly-true
In 2011, our state-run lottery funded New Jersey classrooms by over $930 million.
education,gambling,state-finances
big-gamble-nj
New Jersey
none
0
0
0
1
0
a website
8904.json
4barely-true
Social Security was advocated in the 1930s as a way of getting people to quit working, because they thought we were confined to a permanent scarcity of jobs in this country.
economy,history,poverty,social-security,workers
george-will
Columnist
Maryland
columnist
7
6
3
5
1
a roundtable discussion on "Fox News Sunday"
550.json
4barely-true
"I didn't say" it doesn't really matter whether Gore or Bush is president.
elections
ralph-nader
Attorney, activist
Connecticut
independent
1
1
0
1
0
an interview with "Democracy Now!," an independent radio program
11974.json
2mostly-true
There isnt a single (Texas) legislator under the age of 30, even though millennials make up 25 percent of the electorate in Texas.
history,population
huey-rey-fischer
Texas
democrat
0
0
0
1
0
a press release
1937.json
3true
Langevin votes the party line about 98 percent of the time."
bipartisanship
mark-zaccaria
Rhode Island
republican
2
2
0
0
0
a posting on his website
10339.json
2mostly-true
Says that in 2008, President Barack Obama said normalization with Cuba would first require liberation of all political prisoners and some basic steps toward freedom, including freedom of the press, political parties, labor unions.
foreign-policy,human-rights
mario-diaz-balart
U.S. Representative
Florida
republican
0
0
0
1
0
a press conference
7687.json
2mostly-true
The United States currently has the highest corporate tax rate in the world.
corporations,taxes
leonard-lance
republican
0
0
1
2
0
a news release about tax reform
13082.json
5pants-fire
I finished the controversyabout wherePresident Barack Obama was born.
obama-birth-certificate
donald-trump
President-Elect
New York
republican
63
114
51
37
61
in a speech
4018.json
0false
There is no $30 million pot of money for redistricting issues, including defending redistricting lawsuits. Your tax dollars are not being spent on anything like that.
redistricting
will-weatherford
State Representative
Florida
republican
2
3
4
3
0
a redistricting meeting in Panama City
10322.json
4barely-true
Georgia has had 12 school shootings in the two years since the mass killing at Sandy Hook Elementary School, more than any other state.
children,education,guns,public-safety
everytown-gun-safety
Advocacy group
New York
none
3
0
1
0
0
a recent report
11699.json
3true
If you are going to kill the families of terrorists, realize that theres something called the Geneva Convention were going to have to pull out of.
legal-issues,military,terrorism
rand-paul
Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician
Kentucky
republican
7
8
10
12
3
a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
10003.json
4barely-true
David Perdue opposes laws that provide equal pay protections for women.
jobs,labor,women
georgians-together
PAC
Georgia
democrat
1
0
1
0
0
television attack ad
8694.json
1half-true
A quarter of our workers make $18,000 per year.
economy,jobs,poverty,workers
teresa-ghilarducci
economist at the New School
New York
none
0
0
1
0
0
an interview on MSNBC's "Up"
11270.json
2mostly-true
Twenty-three million Americans suffer from addiction, but only 1 in 10 get treatment.
drugs,health-care,public-health
hillary-clinton
Presidential candidate
New York
democrat
40
29
69
76
7
an op-ed in the New Hampshire Union-Leader
1553.json
2mostly-true
Reconciliation was used "for tax cuts for the rich twice under Bush."
federal-budget,legal-issues,taxes
alan-grayson
U.S. House of Representatives
Florida
democrat
6
5
4
11
1
an interview on CNN's Larry King Live
10847.json
4barely-true
We had an agreement that the president could have signed that would have kept 10,000 troops in Iraq.
iraq
jeb-bush
Florida
republican
17
5
17
24
2
a response to a question after a town hall meeting
8693.json
0false
We dont show people playing these games. We dont show them winning playing the video lottery games.
gambling
jack-roberts
Oregon Lottery director
Oregon
republican
0
1
0
0
0
an interview on Oregon Public Broadcasting
6530.json
2mostly-true
Weve got the highest corporate tax rate in the world.
taxes
joseph-kyrillos
State Senator
New Jersey
republican
3
3
2
2
1
a radio interview
3880.json
0false
The states tax burden has, according to census figures released today, cost our state another 190,000 residents in 2009.
census,economy,taxes
tom-kean-jr
New Jersey Senate Minority Leader
republican
0
2
1
0
0
a press release
8927.json
4barely-true
Nonpartisan government analysts say Obamacare will cost our economy up to 2.5 million jobs.
economy,federal-budget,health-care,jobs
national-republican-congressional-committee
republican
18
9
8
5
8
a television ad
469.json
2mostly-true
A gas tax holiday "would at best provide 30 cents a day for three months for a grand total of $28."
energy
barack-obama
President
Illinois
democrat
70
71
160
163
9
a television interview
4117.json
2mostly-true
Says recent polls show Americans agree with Republicans that the federal debt ceiling should not be raised and the debt and deficit should be dealt with mostly by cutting spending.
deficit,federal-budget,polls
josh-trevino
Vice President of Communications, Texas Public Policy Foundation
Texas
republican
0
0
0
1
0
a TV appearance.
5611.json
3true
New business startups are at the lowest levels in 30 years.
economy,jobs
john-boehner
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Ohio
republican
13
22
11
4
2
a news release
10661.json
2mostly-true
Florida is one of the few states that has actually had a narrowing of the achievement gap based on income, or based on race or ethnicity.
education,poverty
jeb-bush
Florida
republican
17
5
17
24
2
a business roundtable in New Hampshire
8219.json
4barely-true
Says Ken Cuccinelli supported a law that could allow people to carry missile launchers into airports.
guns,homeland-security
terry-mcauliffe
Governor
Virginia
democrat
12
6
2
2
3
a tweet.