Occupy Democrats says House Republicans just passed a bill that makes it legal for single mothers to be fired by their employers.

Context: a meme on Facebook


Beto Orourke says This president has offered fewer executive actions than almost any other president preceding his presidency in recent history.

Context: comments on CNN's "State of the Union"


Mark Neumann says Barack Obama and his team are socialists in every respect of the word.

Context: an interview


Ohio Federation Teachers says The (Jackson) plan (for reforming Cleveland schools) lacks any data or methods proven to raise student achievement.

Context: a news release


Mary Burke says Under Scott Walkers policies, the typical Wisconsin family has actually seen their real income drop by nearly $3,000 in the last four years.

Context: a debate


Michael Reagan says Ronald Reagan got the Saudis to flood the market with cheap oil.

Context: an op-ed on Townhall.com


Facebook Posts says . Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, once said, Wind is a finite resource and harnessing it would slow the winds down, which would cause the temperature to go up.

Context: a meme on social media


Wisconsin Anti Violence Effort Educational Fund says People are five to seven times more likely to be murdered in workplaces that allow firearms than in those that prohibit it.

Context: website article, emails, direct mail


National Republican Senatorial Committee says U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy voted to allow members of Congress to receive taxpayer-funded health care for life.

Context: a statement on a website


Chris Matthews says Under Floridas voting law, a requirement to turn in voter registrations within 48 hours makes it impossible to meet the deadline if youre working right to the end of the week.

Context: comments on MSNBC's "Hardball"


Ben Carson says There are a multitude of vaccines that do not prevent deadly and crippling diseases.

Context: the second GOP debate


Jeff Wentworth says We dont have bars on campus in Texas. Its against the law... no alcohol allowed.

Context: an interview on MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews"


Chris Smith says there have been well over 54 million abortions since 1973.

Context: a speech on the House floor


Herman Cain says China holds 26 percent of the U.S. debt.

Context: a speech in Iowa


Sam Adams says Portland has higher standards than feds on allowed police use of force.

Context: a tweet.


American Action Network says Ed Perlmutter voted for Viagra for rapists paid for with tax dollars.

Context: a campaign ad


Tim Lee says Cobb County businesses have already been awarded contracts worth $250 million on construction of a new Braves stadium.

Context: mass email


Nfl Players Association says A National Football League lockout would cost Atlanta $160 million in lost jobs and revenue.

Context: a letter


Barack Obama says "Ronald Reagan met with Gorbachev; Kennedy met with Khruschev; and Nixon met with Mao and these were folks who have done horrendous damage not only to their own countries but to other countries."

Context: an interview on Fox News' <i>America's Election HQ</i>


Vern Buchanan says Vern Buchanan has been completely exonerated in a Federal Election Commission action.

Context: in a news release


Pat Quinn says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walkers budget calls for raising property taxes by nearly $500 billion.

Context: an email to campaign supporters


Marc Morial says The Latino unemployment rate is higher than the white rate and the black rate is higher than the Latino rate.

Context: a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press"


Rick Perry says the Obama administration never responded to his 2012 letter flagging the uptick in unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

Context: an interview on Fox & Friends


Donald Trump says President Obama has spent over $2 million in legal fees defending lawsuits about his birth certificate.

Context: an interview on NBC's "Today" show


Bruce Hanna says this House processed and approved as many bills as previous Legislatures.

Context: a statement during OPB's Think Out Loud


Joe Biden says Biden was responsible for "ending genocide in Bosnia."

Context: a TV ad


Ron Gerberry says The last three days of early voting happen to be the most populated days of voting that we have in early voting.

Context: a news conference


Donald Carcieri says Repealing the sales tax on boats in Rhode Island has spawned 2,000 companies, 7,000 jobs and close to $2 billion a year in sales activity.

Context: an interview on Fox News' "The Neil Cavuto Show," about U.S. Sen. John Kerry's boat


Restore Our Future says Newt Gingrich supports amnesty for illegal immigrants.

Context: a TV ad airing in Iowa and Florida


Charles Schumer says Last year, 244 suspected terrorists walked into gun shops and attempted to purchase a firearm; 223 were able to get the firearm.

Context: a news conference


Matthew Dowd says Poll results from the past 35 years show that State of the Union speeches do not move presidential approval numbers.

Context: an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"


People American Way says Marco Rubio voted to deport young people known as Dreamers.

Context: a radio ad


Howard Dean says "There's no rationing in any of these bills."

Context: an appearance on ABC's "This Week"


State Democratic Party Wisconsin says A bill backed by Sean Duffy and other House Republicans could actually require the Internal Revenue Service to conduct audits of rape victims who get an abortion.

Context: an email


Mitt Romney says Obamacare puts the federal government between you and your doctor.

Context: prepared remarks


Leticia Van De Putte says The state-hired company that evaluates state-mandated student exams goes on Craigslist to get examiners to read our students essays.

Context: a debate


Tim Kaine says Pinnacle Overlook in Southwest Virginia is closer to eight other state capitals than to Richmond.

Context: a tweet.


Committee Florida Education says Dan Gelber: On the record against scholarships to help our needy children attend Jewish private schools.

Context: a mailer


Pierre Thomas says Saturdays shootings reflect a disturbing trend. Mass shootings have become commonplace since the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007. There have been dozens of incidents where three or more people have been fatally wounded. Hundreds have died.

Context: a report on ABC News' "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"


Kurt Schrader says tax revenues are the lowest they have been since World War II.

Context: a newsletter.


Rick Scott says Barack Obamas health care law will be the biggest job-killer ever.

Context: a "Fox and Friends" interview


Don Gaetz says The cost to implement Florida's class size amendment so far has been "$16 billion."

Context: debate on the Senate floor.


Michele Bachmann says Secretary Geithner has left the option on the table of abandoning the dollar for a multinational currency.

Context: a press release.


Mary Burke says Scott Walker cut funding to local governments in Wisconsin, contributing to the second-largest increase in violent crime in the Midwest.

Context: a debate


American Future Fund says U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich spent a trillion of our tax dollars on a stimulus for failed companies here and jobs overseas.

Context: an advertisement


Gerard Robinson says FCAT tests account for less than 1 percent of the instructional time provided during the year.

Context: a written statement


Lloyd Doggett says that according to one economist, $1 of unemployment benefits boosts the economy by $1.61.

Context: an opinion article at HuffingtonPost.com


Ken Cuccinelli says The health care bill has six years of costs against 10 years of tax revenue.

Context: an appearance on Fox News.


Tommy Thompson says Despite opposition from national Club for Growth, Club for Growth Wisconsin has endorsed him for U.S. Senate.

Context: an interview


Snooki says "Obama put a 10 percent tax on tanning."

Context: a video promo for "Jersey Shore"


Ann Kirkpatrick says Sen. John McCain has taken more money from Wall Street than any other sitting senator.

Context: a U.S. Senate debate


Pete Gallego says Just two weeks ago, Congressman Hurd quit his post on the House Committee on Small Business saying that he was unable to find the time to serve.

Context: an email blast


Ed Gillespie says Obamacare passed by just one vote in the Senate. It wouldnt have passed without Mark Warners vote.

Context: a web ad.


George Lemieux says Adam Hasners record includes requesting over $92.2 million in earmarks.

Context: a Web post Aug. 1, 2011


Sam Stein says No one beta-tested healthcare.gov.

Context: an interview on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe'


Culinary Workers Union says Susie Lee and her husband own 17 homes across the country and use their private jet to take vacations, and invest in companies like Walmart, Halliburton and GEO Group.

Context: a letter sent to union members


Cory Booker says for the first time in the history of the United States, the government cut taxes during wartime

Context: an interview on NPR’s “Tell Me More” with Michel Martin


Barry Smitherman says he sued Obamas EPA seven times.

Context: a campaign video


Tom Toles says A working woman will earn $7.70 on $10.

Context: an editorial cartoon


GaGOP says Even when all other state agencies took cuts, Gov. [Nathan] Deal increased education spending every year.

Context: press release


Nathan Deal says Georgia is now the eighth most populous state in the nation, moving from the number 10 position in just four years.

Context: the governor's State of the State address


Raymond Frank says Travis County Sheriff Greg Hamilton has accepted $42,000 from strip-club interests and $10,000 from local alcohol distributors.

Context: an advertisement.


Michael Steele says President Obama will now own 60 percent of GM, and his union buddies will own almost 20 percent.

Context: a press release.


Bob Duffy says If upstate New York split from downstate the economic indicators of upstate New York would be among the lowest in the country.

Context: an op-ed in the Rochester Business Journal


Sid Miller says that since lawmakers acted, we have 130 new businesses across Texas doing helicopter hog hunts.

Context: as quoted in a commentary by Ken Herman of the Austin American-Statesman


Bernie S says When New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer wanted to provide drivers licenses to those who are undocumented. (Hillary Clinton) said dont do it.

Context: a Democratic debate in Miami


Wayne Lapierre says Cass Sunstein, President Obama's nominee for regulatory czar, "wants to give legal standing to animals so they can sue you for eating meat."

Context: a CPAC conference


American Energy Alliance says Gas prices have doubled because Obama opposed exploring for energy in Alaska. He gave millions of tax dollars to Solyndra, which then went bankrupt. And he blocked the Keystone pipeline. So we will all pay more at the pump.

Context: a television ad


Jerry Brown says Californias credit rating is the worst in the country.

Context: a video on his campaign website


Billboard says The price of gasoline was at $1.85 a gallon when President Barack Obama took office and has since nearly doubled because of his policies

Context: a billboard


Paul Begala says Lee Leffingwell has been mayor of Austin, Texas for about as long as Sarah Palin was governor of Alaska.

Context: a TV interview.


Albio Sires says Just in the past 10 years, college tuition has increased 28 percent.

Context: a speech on the House floor


Lena Taylor says Gov. (Scott) Walker has yet to create a job, he gives away millions to his friends, and he raises taxes on working people.

Context: a news release


Lou Dobbs says Because of President Barack Obamas failure to push job creation, the black unemployment rate in Ferguson, Mo., is three times higher than the white unemployment rate.

Context: comments on Fox News' "America's Newsroom"


Peter Barca says 70 percent of the people who voted on June 5, 2012, just didnt feel comfortable with the recall of the governor, weakening any idea that Wisconsin is fully behind this Walker agenda.

Context: a speech


Facebook Posts says A sign in Dearborn, Mich., for the Advancement of Islamic Agenda for America says, Allah be praised. America we will kill you all and nothing you can do to stop it.

Context: a meme on social media


Rush Limbaugh says Obama regime planned the influx of illegal alien children at the border.

Context: a broadcast of the "Rush Limbaugh Show"


Hans Von Spakovsky says 134,000 (criminal) aliens have been released by the (Obama) administration in just the past two years.

Context: an article on the Heritage Foundation website


Cory Booker says if you are shot in the city of Newark, you have over an 80 percent chance that youve been arrested before an average of 10 times.

Context: a radio interview on WBGO’s “Newark Today”


Club Growth says When it comes to taking cuts in tough budget times, Wisconsin state workers havent had to sacrifice.

Context: a television ad


Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump has been talking about the option of using a nuclear weapon against our Western European allies.

Context: a campaign ad


Barack Obama says McCain intervened on behalf of Charles Keating with federal regulators... that allowed Keating to continue his fraud at an incredible cost to taxpayers.

Context: a Web site


Mitt Romney says the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing that it couldnt build a factory in South Carolina because South Carolina is a right-to-work state.

Context: a video ad


Joe Biden says Since Newtown, more people have died at the end of a gun than we have lost in Afghanistan.

Context: a tweet from Barack Obama's Twitter feed


Donald Trump says The Trump Winery near Charlottesville, Va. is the largest winery on the East Coast.

Context: a news conference


Keith Parker says Only 18 percent of jobs are accessible by transit for metro Atlanta residents. 33 percent for those living in the city.

Context: a Twitter post


Jeb Bush says Why would our president close the embassy to the Vatican? Hopefully, it is not retribution for Catholic organizations opposing Obamacare.

Context: a tweet


Fred Thompson says "With those first principles, it allowed a fellow like me to get in his truck and go from one end of the state to the other; started 20 points down and wound up 20 points ahead on election night."

Context: Washington, D.C.


Donald Trump says I have the No. 1 show on NBC.

Context: an interview on NBC's "Today" show


Wisconsin Alliance Reform says Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg agreed to use a technicality to give a convicted sex offender a new hearing because he didnt understand the charge.

Context: a TV ad


Morgan Brittany says According to a government supplier of emergency products, the Disaster Assistance Response Team was told to be prepared to be activated in the month of October for an outbreak of Ebola.

Context: an article on the WND website


Sarah Palin says "That luxury jet was over the top. I put it on eBay."

Context: a speech in St. Paul, Minn.


Raymond Lahood says Thirty-five states have accepted high-speed intercity rail money.

Context: a speech to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.


Rand Paul says Hillary Clinton completely ignored dozens and dozens of requests for more security for the Benghazi consulate.

Context: comments on CNN's "State of the Union"


Joe Heck says There is no evidence to support the claim that Guantanamo is used as a recruiting tool for terrorists.

Context: a press release


Gerry Connolly says Obama has doubled the stock market from where we started when he was sworn into office

Context: a TV interview


Newt Gingrich says On supporting the budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan

Context: comments in various media outlets


Terry Mcauliffe says When I became governor, I inherited a large deficit. You know what? We just turned that into the largest surplus in Virginia history.

Context: a TV interview.


Scott Walker says My support from young voters -- those 18 to 24 -- in November 2014 was largely unheard of for a Republican.

Context: a speech


Charlotte Bergmann says Obamacarerepresents the largest tax increase in the history of the world.

Context: an email newsletter.


Barack Obama says John McCain opposed bankruptcy protections for families "who were only in bankruptcy because of medical expenses they couldn't pay."

Context: a speech in Chicago, Ill.


Paul Ryan says Even a 100 percent tax on millionaires would only fund four months of government operations, failing to seriously address budget deficits and debt.

Context: a television interview


Mike Rogers says Thousands of Westerners and Americans are fighting with extremists in eastern Syria and Iraq.

Context: an interview on "Fox News Sunday"


Rick Santorum says Claims Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she prefers the South African Constitution over the United States Constitution.

Context: a speech


Tom Cotton says Hillary Clinton was literally present when we pressed the reset button with Russia just a few months after Russia had invaded Georgia.

Context: an interview on "Meet the Press"


John Boehner says "Our national debt ... is on track to exceed the size of our entire economy ... in just two more years."

Context: an op-ed in the Des Moines Register


John Mccain says "I will keep taxes low and cut them where I can. My opponent will raise them."

Context: St. Paul, Minn.


Ron Klein says The IRS filed an $11,000 lien against (Allen) West for back taxes. Three liens were placed on his home for unpaid bills, and a judge ordered West to pay over $5,000 for past due credit card bills.

Context: a campaign TV advertisement.


Eileen Brady says we could have saved ourselves the cost of building the Powell Butte water reservoir.

Context: a debate


Sam Houston says he would have almost twice the actual experience practicing law Greg Abbott did on becoming attorney general of Texas.

Context: a campaign web page


Republican Governors Association says Gubernatorial candidate Maggie Hassan supported 33 tax and fee increases as Senate Majority Leader.

Context: an ad titled “Hiding”


Bill Spelman says challenger Dominic Chavez is a Rick Perry Republican lobbyist.

Context: a campaign mailer.


Mitt Romney says If you take into account all the people who are struggling for work, or have just stopped looking, the real unemployment rate is over 15 percent.

Context: a speech in Las Vegas, Nev., on Feb. 4, 2012


Roger Williams says A congressional laundry closed due to the partial government shutdown.

Context: as quoted in a newspaper article


Mary Burke says Scott Walker cut taxes for the wealthiest and raised taxes on 140,000 Wisconsin families.

Context: a TV ad


Charles Schumer says If you work 40 hours a week at the proposed minimum wage of $10.10 an hour, you get out of poverty.

Context: an interview on MSNBC


Arizonans Responsible Drug Policy says In one Colorado hospital, 50 percent of newborns tested had marijuana in their system.

Context: a political advertisement


Charlie Crist says Republicans included the Akin amendment in the Republican Party platform, which bans abortion, even for rape victims.

Context: a Tampa Bay Times op-ed


Better Austin Today Political Action Committee says that under City Council Member Randi Shade, Austin had the highest city debt per person in Texas.

Context: a campaign mailer.


Chris Christie says Gross income tax receipts are exceeding the Administrations projections for this fiscal year prior to Sandy.

Context: State of the State address


Citizens Lower Taxes And Stronger Economy says Because of a local version of Amendment 4, the taxpayers of St. Pete Beach have had to pay hundreds of thousands in legal bills.

Context: an Internet ad.


Barack Obama says Doctors, nurses, hospitals, even the pharmaceutical industry, (and) AARP say that health reform makes sense to do.

Context: a speech on health care reform


Blog Posting says "Barack Obama loves Che Guevara."

Context: blog postings responding to a news video showing the flag.


Jim Renacci says Betty Sutton and House Democrats gutted Medicare by $741 billion to pay for Obamacare.

Context: a campaign email


Bernie S says One out of four corporations doesnt pay a nickel in (federal income) taxes.

Context: a segment of CNN's "Crossfire"


Chris Abele says Were one of the only communities in the country that didnt lose population in the last census.

Context: a speech


Rick Perry says I had five of my citizens that were killed last week because of border security problems.

Context: an interview on The Daily Show


Steny Hoyer says There were more job losses per month in the last three months under President Bush than in the past three months under President Obama.

Context: a statement on the House floor.


Donald Trump says the U.S. election system is rigged.

Context: multiple speeches and interviews


Gordon Challstrom says Oregon and the federal government now have more than one million acres of burnt land and millions of trees are being left to rot.

Context: a campaign website statement


Pat Boone says This (Independent Payment Advisory Board) board can ration care and deny certain Medicare treatments so Washington can fund more wasteful spending.

Context: a television ad


Jerry Jones says The cheerleaders for the Dallas Cowboys have entertained more troops in the world than Bob Hope.

Context: an interview with ESPN aired Jan. 9, 2015


Adam Hasner says Scary fact about our national debt. In 1791 it was $75 million. Today, it rises by that amount in about an hour.

Context: a tweet


Josh Mandel says he earned the highest possible credit ratings as state treasurer.

Context: a campaign commercial


Sabino Pio Renteria says Fifteen years ago, you couldnt even get a pizza delivered in that neighborhood.

Context: a cover story in the Austin Chronicle


Rick Santorum says Romneycare is a top-down, government-run health care system.

Context: a Republican presidential primary debate


Chris Taylor says The Capitol rotunda was actually made to invite the people in and to accommodate protests.

Context: a video


John Mccain says "I said two years ago that the Fannie and Freddie thing was a very serious problem and we had to work on it."

Context: an interview on CNN's "American Morning"


Rick Perry says he has yet to get a response from Barack Obama to his August 2010 letter making border security requests.

Context: an interview on CNN.


Nicholas Kristof says More preschoolers are shot dead each year than police officers are in the line of duty.

Context: a New York Times op-ed


Bobby Scott says The health care reform law reduces the deficit by nearly $1.2 trillion over the next two decades.

Context: in a news release.


Mitt Romney says Hillary Clinton erased all of her emails even though they were subject to recall and review by Congress.

Context: comments on "Fox News Sunday"


Chain Email says Over 214,000 doctors opt out of Obamacare exchanges.

Context: a chain email


Jennifer Shilling says The 2011-13 state budget cuts overall funding for public schools by $1.6 billion

Context: a statement on her legislative website


Hillary Clinton says Americans havent had a raise in 15 years.

Context: a Hillary for America ad


Mary Burke says a $12.5 million incentive deal she approved for Abbott Laboratories contained strong protections for taxpayers if job creation goals were not met.

Context: a news release


Ron Wyden says "We had bipartisan legislation that got through the Senate" that would have prevented bonuses like AIG's "and then somehow mysteriously disappeared."

Context: an interview on The Rachel Maddow Show


Barack Obama says The United States has one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world.

Context: the State of the Union address


Hillary Clinton says "Barack (Obama) has one of his biggest supporters in terms of funding, the Exelon Corporation, which has spent millions of dollars trying to make Yucca Mountain the waste depository."

Context: Las Vegas


Farouk Shami says Bill White is discriminating. Hes taking jobs from African Americans and giving them to his friends.

Context: a Dallas press conference


Rick Scott says A legacy of taxing and borrowing crippled the economy we inherited two years ago.

Context: his State of the State speech


Diane Douglas says The Arizona State Board of Educations failure to report teachers whose certifications have been revoked or suspended ... resulted in the death of a student.

Context: remarks made during a state Senate Education Committee meeting.


Jan Brewer says "Law enforcement in the state of Arizona supports" the state's new immigration law.

Context: a Fox News interview with Greta Van Susteren


Marco Rubio says Charlie Crist "bizarrely vetoed" $9.7 million for a teaching hospital at the University of Florida "despite having previously argued the budget request had merit."

Context: comments on his campaign website


Blog Posting says Obama creates new tax on Christmas trees, fees get passed on to consumers.

Context: tweet and blogs


Viral Image says That 59 divisions in Philly had no votes for Romney in 2012 is (a) mathematical and statistical impossibility.

Context: various websites


Ted Cruz says About 70 percentof Republicans nationwide ...dont think Donald Trump is the right guy to take on Hillary Clinton in November.

Context: an interview on "Meet the Press"


Marc Thiessen says Barack Obama has gone from blaming George W. Bush to plagiarizing George W. Bush.

Context: a broadcast of Fox News' "The Kelly File"


Terry Mcauliffe says Women still earn about 77 cents for every dollar a man earns for working the same job.

Context: a video.


Tim Kaine says Donald Trump says all Mexicans are rapists.

Context: a speech.


Republican Party Texas says "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said this week that the Democrats have to pass their terrible health care bill so that the American people can actually find out what's in it."

Context: an e-mail blast


Republican National Committee Republican says 2008: Unions Spent $400 Million to Elect Obama.

Context: a political advertisement


Leticia Van De Putte says Texas high school graduates must pass Algebra II to be eligible for automatic admission to states public universities.

Context: an opinion column.


Jake Tapper says Israel in the last three weeks haskilled more Palestinian children, more than 200, than the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in military operations since 2006.

Context: comments on CNN


Charlie Crist says "Our graduation rate is the highest it's ever been."

Context: his State of the State address


Dick Cheney says Terrorist detainees were not covered by the Geneva Convention. They were unlawful combatants. And under those circumstances, they were not entitled to the normal kinds of courtesies and treatment.

Context: an interview on Fox News


National Rifle Association says Patrick Murphy supports a gun ban on commonly owned semi-automatic firearms used for hunting, recreational shooting and self defense.

Context: a campaign mailer


Rand Paul says There are many studies that indicate that the longer people get unemployment insurance, it provides some disincentive to work.

Context: an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"


Republican Party Wisconsin says Mary Burkes 2007-09 state budget had a tax hike of $1.8 billion -- costing every man, woman and child in the state an extra $310.

Context: a website ad


Christopher Blazejewski says Under current law, if you go on a dating website and you say youre 32 and youre actually 42, youve committed a misdemeanor.

Context: a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House (which was transmitted electronically)


Norcross City Council says The proposed raises for the Norcross City Council would put it in line with other liked-sized communities.

Context: an article


Johnny Isakson says There has never been a death caused by a [commercial nuclear] reactor in the United States, even when Three Mile Island failed in the 1970s.

Context: a YouTube.com video


Bill Clinton says Obama spent "40 percent of the PAC money, 43 percent to be exact, on Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina politicians."

Context: an interview with the mtvU editorial board


Barack Obama says "For the first time in history, my administration posts our White House visitors online."

Context: a State of the Union speech


Sacramento Bee Editorial Board says Texas ranks last in the percentage of residents with high school diplomas.

Context: an editorial.


Ron Johnson says The climate hasnt warmed in quite a few years. That is proven scientifically.

Context: an interview


Chris Christie says Bruce Springsteen played in 1975 at Seton Hall University in South Orange at Walsh gym.

Context: an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon


Todd Staples says In the fall of 2009, only 21 percent of Texas high school graduates enrolled in a four-year public university.

Context: a Web post.


Dick Morris says A North Carolina study proves that probably over a million people voted twice in (the 2012) election.

Context: in a broadcast of Fox News' "Hannity"


Leslie Curran says Tarpon Springs takes its homeless to St. Petersburg.

Context: a city council meeting


Rachel Maddow says The overall fact about illegal immigration is that its not actually getting worse.

Context: "The Rachel Maddow Show"


Marco Rubio says Hillary Clinton has been in office and in government longer than anybody else running here tonight.

Context: comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland


Dan Patrick says More people are apprehended after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border a week than are born in Texas each week.

Context: an interview with Laura Ingraham


Bob Mcdonnell says For more than 30 years after World War II, there was a steady reduction in U.S. debt as a percentage of gross domestic product.

Context: an interview.


Barack Obama says "While I was working on those streets watching those folks see their jobs shift overseas, you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board at Wal-Mart."

Context: a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.


Jon Huntsman says The United States sends $300 billion -- half our trade deficit -- overseas for oil to unstable and unfriendly regimes.

Context: a speech on energy policy at University of New Hampshire


Video says Our population has grown from about 1 million in the 1970s to almost 7 million today.

Context: Super Bowl bid


Robert Deuell says its estimated that 300 babies a year are sent home from the hospital with an unrecognized congenital heart defect; it is the most common birth defect in America.

Context: remarks on the floor of the Texas Senate.


Johnny Isakson says Since President Obama took office, gas prices have gone up 67 percent.

Context: a Twitter post


Charlie Crist says Rick Scott tried to slash school funding by $3.3 billion.

Context: his campaign website


Betsy Mccaughey says The health care reform bill would make it mandatory absolutely require that every five years people in Medicare have a required counseling session that will tell them how to end their life sooner.

Context: on the Fred Thompson radio show


Ron Johnson says Before Act 10, the total cost of public sector employees employment was 29 percent higher than that in the private sector. After the act, its still 22 percent higher.

Context: a radio interview


Barack Obama says When President Franklin D. Roosevelt started Social Security, it only affected widows and orphans, and when Medicare began, it was a small program.

Context: a press conference


Barack Obama says The deficit was on track to top $1 trillion the year I took office.

Context: a televised address


Bill Clinton says We paid down the debt for four years -- paid down $600 billion on the national debt.

Context: an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"


Dan Boren says A vast majority of the production in the United States comes from small independent oil and gas companies.

Context: an interview on Fox News


Emilys List says As part of legislative fights over abortion rights,Mike Coffman co-sponsored a bill to redefine rape.

Context: a fundraising email


Patrick Murphy says An Army report stated Allen West performed illegal acts, merited court martial, faced 11 years in prison.

Context: an ad


Joyce Beatty says each year approximately 30,000 people in the United States die as a result of gunfire, and about 80,000 people are wounded.

Context: a floor speech in the House of Representatives


Cleta Winslow says In this city, there hasnt been a stadium thats lasted more than 27 years.

Context: a meeting


Bonnie Reiss says When he served as governor, Schwarzenegger preserved more land than any other gubernatorial administration in Californias history.

Context: a newspaper column.


Gil Kerlikowske says More people are driving under the influence of drugs than are driving under the influence of alcohol. A recent roadside survey showed that 16 percent of the people tested, tested positive for illicit or licit drugs. Thats significantly higher than alcohol.

Context: an interview on C-SPAN's Washington Journal


Blog Posting says Florida U.S. Reps. Corrine Brown, Alcee Hastings and Frederica Wilson are Socialists.

Context: various web pages


Gregory J Costantino says Rep. Peter Petrarca voted on two pieces of legislation that helped auto body shops ... and at that point I think there is a conflict of interest.

Context: a television interview


Facebook Posts says Hillary Clinton refuses to testify before Congress about the 2012 attack in Benghazi.

Context: a meme on social media


Gop Critics says Commerce Secretary nominee John Bryson appears to endorse world government.

Context: a web news story


Barack Obama says Obama says McCain went to Bermuda and "pledged to protect tax breaks for American corporations that hide their profits offshore."

Context: in a television ad


Sacramento Bee Editorial Board says Texas is last in mental health expenditures.

Context: an editorial


Ted Strickland says Rob Portman even voted to allow people on the terrorism watch list to buy guns.

Context: a campaign ad


Jay Carney says the Obama Administration has fulfilled all of Texas requests for fire management assisting grants.

Context: a press gaggle


Paul Sadler says federal debt doubled during the Bush administration.

Context: a debate of Democratic primary runoff candidates for U.S. Senate in Dallas


House Republicans says "The administration raises revenue for nationalized health care through a series of new taxes, including a light switch tax that would cost every American household $3,128 a year."

Context: a press release and Web post


Jeffrey Grybowski says Offshore wind power is significantly less expensive than solar energy.

Context: a television interview


Andrew Napolitano says The Constitution simply does not authorize the federal government to own any of this land (in the Western states).

Context: an interview on "Hannity"


Sarah Ponder says $800,000 cost of Texas special legislative session would pay for 1.6 million condoms, 90,000 months of the pill or 20 full-time sexual health educators.

Context: a rally at the state Capitol


Senate Leadership Fund says (Deborah) Ross defends those who want to burn the American flag, and even called efforts to ban flag-burning ridiculous, yet refused to help a disabled veteran fly the flag.

Context: a TV ad


Sid Miller says Texas agriculture is at 98 percent efficiency in water use and just about maxed out as to what we can do on the conservation end of it.

Context: a symposium on water hosted by the Texas Tribune


John Edwards says An estimated 56 million Americans don't have bank accounts.

Context: New York City.


Rick Perry says Our president has labeled Americans as soft.

Context: an online video


Jeanine Pirro says ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi was released by Obama in 2009.

Context: a broadcast on Fox News


Barack Obama says The NRA used to support expanded background checks.

Context: remarks in the White House Rose Garden


Bill Richardson says "Going to public financing really disadvantages Democrats because you're not able to raise funds between the day you win the primaries and the time you're officially nominated."

Context: an interview on CNN


Charlotte Nash says [E]mployment in Gwinnett is up more than 3 percent over last year, and unemployment is the lowest of the five core metro counties.

Context: a speech


Barack Obama says The average minimum wage worker is 35 years old.

Context: a weekly address


Russ Feingold says Ive been outspent by my opponents every time Ive run for U.S. Senate.

Context: a TV interview and multiple other sources


Donald Trump says In the history of Republican primaries, Ive gotten the most votes in the history of the Republican party.

Context: a speech at the California Republican Party Convention


Jd Hayworth says "The Massachusetts Supreme Court...defined marriage as simply, quote,the establishment of intimacy ... I guess that would mean if you really had affection for your horse, I guess you could marry your horse."

Context: a radio interview


David Dewhurst says The federal health care plan "costs Texas taxpayers $2.4 billion per year."

Context: a press release


Club Growth says When the New Hampshire Legislature raised the gasoline tax, gas prices in the state were skyrocketing.

Context: a campaign ad


Dennis Kucinich says Social Security didnt cause the debt crisis. Social Security had nothing to do with the debt crisis.

Context: a speech in the House of Representatives


Marsha Blackburn says that in the U.S. House of Representatives weve had bipartisan support for the repeal of Obamacare for getting rid of cap and trade for building the Keystone Pipeline.

Context: an appearance on "Face the Nation" on CBS


David Cicilline says We will spend $100 billion in Afghanistan this year, fixing roads, building bridges, training police officers, and more, [and] cutting the same things in our own country.

Context: a TV debate


Jim Webb says The war in Iraq was a major factor in blowing the top off the price of oil.

Context: a committee hearing.


Barack Obama says This type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesnt happen in other places with this kind of frequency.

Context: remarks at the White House


Harry Reid says Mitt Romney did not pay taxes for 10 years.

Context: an interview with the Huffington Post


Senior Citizens League says A "massive" federal computer network will make your medical records available to "millions of people" with a "complete lack of privacy and confidentiality," while doctors and hospitals who don't take part face "stiff penalties."

Context: a letter to members


Kathleen Clyde says Wrong precinct rules exacerbate our provisional ballot problems (and) HB 194 does nothing to solve the wrong-precinct problem.

Context: an email


Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump used undocumented labor to build the Trump Tower.

Context: in a debate


State Democratic Party Wisconsin says Gov. Scott Walker has been rated Americas most factually-challenged politician.

Context: a website post


Harry Reid says Sharron Angle would eliminate the Department of Education.

Context: a campaign commercial


Don Balfour says An illegal immigrant who gains admission at a public college takes class space away from students who are legal residents.

Context: a committee hearing


Sharron Angle says On whether BPs $20 billion fund to compensate oil spill victims is a slush fund.

Context: a local radio interview


Rick Scott says On in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.

Context: interviews and news releases


National Republican Congressional Committee says Jacky Rosen has refused to tell us whether she supports Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton.

Context: an automated call


Lincoln Chafee says The five economic indicators that the federal government tracks - for the first time since August 2006 - were positive this October.

Context: a newspaper interview


Tom Coburn says "Medicare has at least $80 billion worth of fraud a year. That's a full 20 percent of every dollar that's spent on Medicare goes to fraud."

Context: Fox News Channel's On the Record With Greta Van Susteren


Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says In slashing $1.7 billion from Social Security, Rep. Jim Renacci may end up forcing the entire agency to ... shut down for a month, causing seniors to not get their benefits on time, halting claims processing, and forcing new retirees and disabled workers into a backlog.

Context: a news release


Connie Mack says Sen. Bill Nelson voted to spend $144,541 to see how monkeys react under the influence of cocaine.

Context: a television ad


Jeb Hensarling says "What were the old annual deficits under Republicans have now become the monthly deficits under Democrats."

Context: a Republican retreat in Baltimore


Peggy Noonan says (President) Reagans second inaugural was moved inside the Capitol. It was. Because of a terrible snowstorm.

Context: a broadcast of ABC's "This Week"


Chris Redfern says a poll shows that without a name attached, Democrats are just one point behind Gov. John Kasich.

Context: a news conference


Bob Beckel says There were more people at the Air and Space Museum than at a rally against the health care bills.

Context: Sean Hannity's show on Fox News


People Ethical Treatment Animals says People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals estimates 200 animals will be spared annually as the result of former President Bill Clinton adopting a vegan diet.

Context: an article


Rick Perry says Texas did not bail out a loan program he oversaw as state agriculture commissioner.

Context: Fox News Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa


Bernie S says We spend almost twice as much per capita on health care as do the people of any other country.

Context: an interview on "Meet the Press"


David Dewhurst says On repealing the 17th Amendment

Context: a debate


Democratic Party Oregon says Bruce Starr voted to throw 6,000 Oregonians off unemployment.

Context: a press release.


Rush Holt says We need to pass a carbon tax to stop climate change. Break up the Wall Street banks. And stop the government spying on innocent Americans. Cory Booker doesnt support any of these ideas.

Context: a Democratic primary U.S. Senate seat campaign TV ad


Colorado Citizens Accountable Government says while serving in the city council, Rachel Zenzinger voted to use tax dollars to take a taxpayer-funded junket to China.

Context: a political mailer


New Jersey Senate Democrats says The governor is trying to take credit for recent actions taken by these companies. The problem is that for all three companies, the decision to move or stay in New Jersey happened before Chris Christie became governor.

Context: a press release


Scott Walker says My property taxes went down largely because my technical college portion went down 35.5% because of the money we put in at state.

Context: a tweet


Mitt Romney says more than 1 million Texans are jobless, the state has its highest unemployment rate in more than 20 years and joblessness doubled on Rick Perrys watch.

Context: a campaign video.


John Mccain says "He has asked for $932-million of earmark pork-barrel spending, nearly a million dollars for every day that hes been in the United States Senate."

Context: in debate in Oxford, Miss.


Mary Landrieu says Canada "does spills into their water to practice in the event that this would happen. That is not allowed in the United States."

Context: comments on 'Meet The Press'


Edith Ajello says Lots of studies seem to indicate that minors find it very easy to get marijuana, easier than to get alcohol.

Context: an interview with The Providence Journal


David Miliband says The geography of poverty has changed fundamentally in the last 15 years, with more of it concentrated in fragile and conflict states.

Context: a panel discussion


Donald Trump says Russia has tremendous numbers of nuclear warheads 1,800, by the way where they expanded, and we didnt.

Context: the third presidential debate


Tim Ryan says For every dollar we invest in Head Start, we get $5 to $7 back into our economy.

Context: an interview on Fox News


Mike Dovilla says President Obamas decision to not issue a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline meant we were denied the ability immediately to reduce prices at the pump.

Context: a letter to the editor


Hillary Clinton says she is the subject of 60 books.

Context: a forum on faith-related issues at Messiah College in Grantham, Penn.


Bob Mcdonnell says Seven out of the 10 states with the lowest unemployment rates (have) Republican governors That approach that Republicans are using is working.

Context: a debate.


Mitt Romney says In writing his book, Gov. Perry pointed out that by any measure Social Security has been a failure.

Context: the CNN-Tea Party Express debate in Tampa


National Republican Senatorial Committee says The stimulus created zero jobs.

Context: a web ad.


John E Sununu says The health care law reduces the number of uninsured in America by 3 percent for how much money? $2 trillion.

Context: a panel on "Meet the Press"


Barack Obama says "We import more oil today than ever before."

Context: a newspaper interview


Pete Gallego says Will Hurd tends to have a 96 percent straight Republican, straight party voting record.

Context: a blog post by the Texas Tribune


Hilary Rosen says Chris Christie vetoed Planned Parenthood funding five times over the course of his governorship.

Context: comments on CNN's "State of the Union"


Paul Krugman says Greece is not a big economy. Its about the size of metropolitan Miami.

Context: an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"


Carlos Lopez Cantera says Ive cut the budget of the (lieutenant governors) office by more than half.

Context: in an interview with Fox 13


Marco Rubio says Forty cents of every dollar being spent by the federal government is being borrowed from my children.

Context: a Fox News interview


Karina Wood says Cigarette butts poison babies and small children because of the nicotine in them.

Context: testimony before the R.I. Senate Judiciary Committee


Carly Fiorina says One of the things I would immediately do is bring back the warrior class -- Petraeus, McChrystal, Mattis, Keane, Flynn. ... Every one was retired early because they told President Obama things that he didnt want to hear.

Context: a GOP debate on CNN


Scott Walker says under his budget-repair bill, collective bargaining is fully intact.

Context: a radio interview


Nathan Deal says Since I took office, over 319,000 new private sector jobs have been created in Georgia with nearly 93,000 of those coming in the past 12 months.

Context: the governor's State of the State address


Barack Obama says "And it's going to be difficult for us to do this as long as we're spending $275 million a day on a war that should have never been authorized..."

Context: Washington, DC.


Henry Sanders says Today in Selma, Ala., the poverty rate is roughly nine times that of whites.

Context: a video clip aired on NBC's "Meet the Press"


Marco Rubio says President Obama was proposing pinprick strikes for military intervention in Syria.

Context: a U.S. Senate debate


Raul Castro says there are no political prisoners in Cuba.

Context: a press conference in Havana


National Republican Congressional Committee says Illinois Democrat David Gill would end Medicare.

Context: a campaign commercial


Joe Biden says "First, he said he would leave residual forces in Iraq, and now he says he wouldn't."


Sam Adams says last year the graduation rate for our combined six-district footprint jumped 5.5 percent.

Context: a term review document.


Dick Cheney says President Obama's own director of national intelligence, Admiral Blair, put it this way: 'High-value information came from interrogations in which those methods were used and provided a deeper understanding of the al-Qaida organization that was attacking this country.'

Context: a speech at the American Enterprise Institute


Jeb Bush says When he (Donald Trump) asked Florida to have casino gambling, we said no.

Context: the CNN debate


Edward Flynn says Milwaukee police use deadly force at a rate that is among the lowest in the country.

Context: a news conference


Hillary Clinton says "When Sen. Edwards ran in 2004, he wasn't for universal health care. I'm glad he is now."

Context: Las Vegas


Chris Christie says Barbara Buono voted to raise her own pay 40 percent.

Context: a gubernatorial campaign TV ad


Garnet Coleman says Texas has the most uninsured people of any state -- 6 million.

Context: an interview for WFAA-TV's "Inside Texas Politics."


Ron Johnson says Ill be running against a career politician.

Context: a television interview


Libraries Yes Committee says Multnomah County libraries are open 44 hours per week the lowest of any library in the four-county region.

Context: a campaign mailer.


Ron Fournier says Mike Huckabee appeared in diabetes infomercials to endorse cures and treatments that no health agency supports.

Context: a pundit panel on "Face the Nation"


Todd Staples says EPA regulation of greenhouse gases will endanger 575 Texas dairy facilities, 58 swine operations, 1,300 corn farms and 28,000 beef cattle operations.

Context: a campaign Web post


Facebook Posts says Facebook has unveiled new rules to stop their users from creatingposts related in any way to religion.

Context: posts on social media


Chris Sununu says The Democrats are very sly. (in New Hampshire) we have same day voter registration, and to be honest, when Massachusetts elections are not very close, theyre busing them in all over the place.

Context: a radio interview


Jerry Brown says California has added twice as many jobs as Florida over the past year.

Context: a statement


Alan Grayson says In the past two years in Congress, Ive written more bills, passed more amendments on the floor of the House and enacted more of my bills into law than any other member of the House.

Context: an announcement video


Jason Nassour says Travis County Commissioner Gerald Daugherty claims to have taken a pay cut, but for 2016, he voted to raise his salary by 19.6 percent.

Context: a Facebook post


Traditional Values Coalition says The Employment Non-Discrimination Act discriminates against Christian daycare, Christian parents, Christian business owners, and the rights of religious freedom.

Context: a fundraising email


Mitt Romney says "Now, I also support the Bush tax cuts. Sen. McCain voted against them originally. He now believes they should be made permanent. I'm glad he agrees they should be made permanent."

Context: Boca Raton.


Barack Obama says Irans defense budget is $30 billion. Our defense budget is closer to $600 billion.

Context: an interview with the 'New York Times.'


City Brookhaven says Brookhaven homeowners pay hundreds of dollars less in property taxes compared with owners of the same-value homes in unincorporated DeKalb County.

Context: a city mailer


Josh Earnest says The mosquito population in South Florida is larger than it is in many other communities in the country.

Context: a White House press briefing


Americans Prosperity says health insurance premiums will rise under Obamacare.

Context: a television ad


Victoria Seaman says Erv Nelson voted yes on the pro-amnesty SJR 21, a bill urgingCongress to provide citizenship for those residing illegally in our country.

Context: in campaign literature distributed at a candidate forum


Ken Cuccinelli says Virginia is the number one state per capita in screening out people with mental illness from gun purchases.

Context: a debate.


Kiki Curls says Missouri is the state with the lowest paid workers.

Context: following a Missouri Senate Budget Committee hearing


Pete Gallego says The average student loan debt in Texas is over $22,000...the cost of an average size pickup truck. But unlike car owners, students are not allowed to refinance their loans at lower rates.

Context: an email blast


Pink Slip Rick says Rick Scotts proposal for election reform only mandates 48 hours of early voting.

Context: social media posts


Ward Armstrong says On whether the state should ramp up borrowing to build roads.

Context: a news release.


Bono says People think AIDS is done --its not done.

Context: an interview with the "Irish Times"


Americans Prosperity Georgia Chapter says Electricity rates are 40 percent higher in states that have required utility companies to use a certain amount of renewable energy such as solar power.

Context: an email


Lindsey Graham says South Carolina has a labor shortage, specifically in the meatpacking industry.

Context: a Senate hearing


Jim Kenney says When the City and the Fairmount Park Conservancy invested $5 million in Hunting Park, crime went down 89 percent within a half mile radius of the park over the next three years.

Context: a budget address to City Council


Jan Crawford says On day one, six people were able to sign up for health insurance through the federal marketplace.

Context: comments on CBS' "Face the Nation"


Nicholas Mattiello says Lets start with the premise that Rhode Island already has one of the 10 strictest [gun laws] amongst all the states.

Context: newspaper story


Bernie S says that in her speech to the pro-Israel group AIPAC, Hillary Clinton had one line on the Palestinian people.

Context: an interview on ABC's 'This Week'


Kirk Watson says in our region, 2011 was worst drought year ever recorded.

Context: an opinion piece in the Austin American-Statesman


Steve Moore says In the 1980s, The lowest income people had the biggest gains.

Context: HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"


Donald Trump says Florida has issued more than 3 million conceal carry permits in the past 30 years. Only 168 have been revoked.

Context: a speech to the NRA


Facebook Posts says For every one job created under the Obama administration, 75 people went on food stamps.

Context: a meme on social media


Nina Turner says that after she declared her candidacy for Congress, the redistricting process was manipulated to allow incumbent politicians to guarantee their re-election.

Context: a news release


Eric Greitens says Chris Koster opposes right-to-work efforts because he has taken $8 million from union bosses.

Context: a press release


Occupy Democrats says Bush Jr. handed Obama a $1.4 trillion deficit and Obama reduced Bush Jr.s deficit to just $492 billion.

Context: a meme first posted on Facebook


John Boehner says President Barack Obama made unilateral changes to Obamacare 38 times.

Context: comments on CBS' "Face the Nation"


Barbara Sharief says Broward Countys unemployment rate of 5.3 percent is the lowest in Florida.

Context: a speech in Davie, Fla.


Generation Opportunity says Obamacare could force thousands of volunteer fire stations to cut service or close entirely!

Context: a Facebook post


Afscme says The Wisconsin Retirement System for public employees is a self-funded pension plan and its the money of the workers that funds it.

Context: a radio appearance


Kurt Bauer says Ninety-five percent of the money used for union-operated worker training centers comes from employers.

Context: a panel discussion


Al Gore says If we got solar energy from an area of the Southwestern desert 100 miles on a side, that would be enough, in and of itself, to provide 100 percent of all the electricity needs for the United States of America in a full year.

Context: a Senate committee hearing


Van Taylor says I helped pass what, if enacted, would be the largest tax cut in Texas history through the State Senate.

Context: a press release


Scott Rigell says Under Ryan plan,those 54 and younger would receive the same kind of healthcare options now enjoyed by members of Congress.

Context: a newsletter.


Chuck Todd says Bernie Sanders was there when it came to (same-sex) marriage 20 years ago. ... He was there when it wasnt popular.

Context: a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press"


Todd Staples says David Dewhurst is the first lieutenant governor in history to have a personal security detail.

Context: the Texas Debate hosted by KERA-TV, Channel 13, in Dallas


Blog Posting says The administration has issued rules for $1 abortions in ObamaCare and requires all persons enrolled in insurance plans that include elective abortion coverage to pay an abortion premium.

Context: blog posts and links on the Internet


Scott Walker says Overwhelming Democrat and Republican votes in 2011 for legislation in two special sessions on jobs demonstrated the bipartisan nature of the Wisconsin Legislature.

Context: a radio appearance


Bill White says Gov. Rick Perry has never held a private-sector job.

Context: an interview


Mitt Romney says President Obama promised hed keep unemployment below 8 percent if the stimulus passed.

Context: a private campaign fundraiser


Gavin Newsom says Indiana Gov. Mike Pence advocated diverting taxpayer dollars to so-called conversion therapy.

Context: a speech at the Democratic National Convention


Paul Sadler says Ted Cruz has pledged to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, which would end federal aid to college students.

Context: a press release.


John Kasich says We are in the bottom 10 in dollars in the classroom and the top 10 in dollars in the bureaucracy and red tape.

Context: an interview on Fox News


Ted Strickland says With 320,000 net Ohio manufacturing jobs lost, (Sen. Rob) Portman calls NAFTA a proven success.

Context: a Facebook post


Committee Protect Florida says Kathryn Starkey only attended half of those meetings.

Context: in a mailer


Alison Littell Mchose says Illegal immigration costs state taxpayers over $3 billion every year.

Context: a news release


Eric Cantor says a liberal immigration reform group endorsed his GOP primary opponent, Dave Brat.

Context: a campaign email.


Marco Rubio says Welders make more money than philosophers.

Context: the fourth GOP primary debate.


Barack Obama says Teddy Roosevelt first called for (health care) reform nearly a century ago.

Context: a White House conference on health care.


Ohio Democratic Party says Mike Dovilla supports a plan that could allow a foreign corporation to take over the Ohio Turnpike

Context: an election flier


Charlie Crist says Charlie Crist broke the quarter "record for fundraising in a U.S. Senate race in Florida."

Context: an e-mail to supporters from campaign manager Eric Eikenberg


Paul Ryan says The Murray-Ryan deal is the first divided-government budget agreement since 1986.

Context: a press conference


John Boehner says The American people spoke pretty loudly. They said stop all the looming tax hikes....

Context: comments to reporters


Debra Medina says For the hour after the (Jan. 14) debate, Debra Medina was the No. 1 search on Google and for the remainder of that night No. 3.

Context: an interview


Joe Straus says state budget deal between Texas House and Senate leaders funds nursing homes, our public schools and universities and provides financial aid for college students.

Context: a press release.


Rand Paul says When (John) Brennan ... was asked directly Is there any geographic limitation to your drone strike program? Brennan responded and said, no, there is no limitation.

Context: a Senate filibuster


Mike Huckabee says Time magazine called him "one of America's best governors."

Context: a TV ad airing in Michigan


John Mccain says On supporting the Supreme Court abortion decision Roe v. Wade

Context: flip-o-meter


American Crossroads says After four years of a celebrity president 85% (of recent college grads are) moving back in with their parents.

Context: a campaign ad


Harry Reid says Hispanic unemployment has been ticking down from an all-time high of 13.9 percent because of the policies weve implemented.

Context: an online chat with the "Washington Post"


Michele Bachmann says Rick Perry co-chaired Al Gores campaign for president.

Context: the Bloomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.


Donald Trump says I was totally against the war in Iraq.

Context: the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum


Rob Portman says There have been literally hundreds of new tax preferences and loopholes added to the code since 1986, last time we did this.

Context: a television interview


Rob Cornilles says Suzanne Bonamici supports the $500 billion cut to Medicare passed last year.

Context: a speech.


Energycitizensorg says Gas will reach $4 a gallon under a cap-and-trade plan.

Context: an ad in the Washington Post


Andrew Cuomo says Were losing as many people to heroin and opioid overdoses as we lost to the AIDS epidemic at its peak.

Context: a press conference in Buffalo before signing legislation to combat heroin addiction.


National Republican Senatorial Committee says Democratic Senate candidate Bruce Braley voted to cut $700 billion from Medicare to support Obamacare.

Context: a campaign ad


New Hampshire Democratic Party says Preventive care coverage under the Affordable Care Act has already helped Granite Staters save money and live healthier lives.

Context: in a press release


Donald Trump says 25 percent of U.S. Muslims agreed that violence against Americans here in the United States is justified as a part of the global jihad.

Context: a campaign statement


Ann Coulter says 1928 was last time Republicans had the White House, the House and the Senate.

Context: a tweet


Chain Email says Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise taxes on all income brackets.

Context: a chain e-mail


Amy Kremer says U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss votes more with Democrats than with conservatives.

Context: an interview


Patrick Murphy says For the second quarter in a row, my campaign has raised more money than any other challenger in the nation and brought our fundraising total to over $800,000.

Context: a statement on his campaign website


Scott Walker says the recall elections that aimed to remove him and other Republican officials from office cost tens of millions of dollars to run.

Context: an interview


Scott Walker says In Wisconsin, only half of all the adults with serious psychological distress received mental health treatment or medication.

Context: a speech


Hillary Clinton says "She stood by ground zero workers who sacrificed their health after so many sacrificed their lives and kept standing till this administration took action."

Context: a television ad


Donald Trump says On gift taking,Bob McDonnell took a fraction of what (Tim) Kaine took.

Context: an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"


Chain Email says This is the first time since World War II that five nuclear-powered aircraft carriers were docked together.

Context: a chain email


Bart Stupak says "While Exxon Mobil has 40 pages on its media response strategy, its plan for resource protection is only five pages long and its plan for oil removal is just nine pages long."

Context: a Congressional hearing


Coalition Bring Jobs Ri says By voting to approve [Question 1], we can . . . save 900 jobs at Twin River.

Context: a TV commercial


Bernard Jackvony says There hasnt been a Republican in the legislature or the City Council in Providence in over 30 years.

Context: a television interview


Mitt Romney says Ive never voted for a Democrat when there was a Republican on the ballot.

Context: a Republican presidential debate in Jacksonville, Fla.


Tammy Baldwin says U.S. Senate rival Tommy Thompson wants to give a new $265,000 tax cut to millionaires like himself while raising taxes on the middle class.

Context: a television ad


John Boehner says The (economic stimulus) legislation could open billions of taxpayer dollars to left-wing groups like the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).

Context: a news release


Patrick Lynch says Exposure to the electromagnetic fields from power lines has been associated with childhood leukemia and other diseases.

Context: a newspaper commentary


Alberta Darling says At the 50 Milwaukee schools serving at least 80% African-American and at least 80% low income students, the reading proficiency is 8%.

Context: an interview


Chain Email says Obama replaced the American flag on the tail of his plane with his campaign logo.

Context: a widely circulated chain e-mail.


William Perry says Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed held not one conversation with the public about the new Falcons stadium project

Context: newspaper column


Donald Trump says I never said that Marco Rubio was Mark Zuckerbergs personal senator.

Context: a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.


Hillary Clinton says The only two (Donald Trump tax returns) we have show that he hasnt paid a penny in taxes.

Context: an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"


Bill Nelson says In a budget deal struck in 2011 a trillion dollars of cuts went into effect immediately, and then a special committee was set up ... to get agreement on another $3 trillion of cuts.

Context: an interview on Central Florida News 13


John Mccain says If you're a small business and don't "adopt the health care plan that Senator Obama mandates, he's going to fine you."

Context: a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.


Reince Priebus says Weve lost 26 million jobs since (Obamas) been president.

Context: an interview on NBC's "Today" show


Nancy Pelosi says "Whether in Illinois or Washington, Barack Obama has bridged partisanship to bring about significant reform."

Context: Denver


David Dewhurst says I have cut taxes 63 times, including a 2006 property tax reduction that ranks as the largest in state history.

Context: a blog post on his campaign website


Bill Pascrell says New Jersey has the largest transit system in the entire country.

Context: an interview on WOR 710-AM's "The John Gambling Show"


Mary Burke says New jobs numbers are in, and Wisconsin has fallen to dead last in Midwest job growth.

Context: a television ad


National Right Life Committee says "Under the Baucus bill ... federal funds would subsidize coverage of elective abortions."

Context: a press release


Chris Christie says Four balanced budgets in a row, with no new taxes for anyone. The best job growth in 12 years. Nearly 130,000 new private-sector jobs. Merit pay to reward New Jerseys best teachers, and the most education funding ever.

Context: a television ad


Ibdeditorialscom says Cap-and-trade is wildly unpopular with Americans.

Context: an editorial


Marco Rubio says "By registration fewer than 20 percent of Florida voters are Independents."

Context: a campaign memo.


Public Comments Common Core Hearing says Teachers were not involved in developing the Common Core State Standards.

Context: Tampa, Fla.


Sharon Day says As a senator, Hillary Clinton paid women less than the men in her office.

Context: a speech at the Republican convention


Ed Gillespie says Mark Warners record is one of acting against the Keystone XL pipeline.

Context: a news release.


Carlos Trujillo says This (parent trigger) legislation was drafted by President Obamas top advisers. It was drafted by President Clintons top advisers.

Context: a House Education Committee meeting


State Democratic Party Wisconsin says Ron Johnson voted to turn Medicare into a voucher program.

Context: a radio ad


Hillary Clinton says Bernie Sanders advocated putting Iranian troops into Syria to try and resolve the conflict there. Putting them right on the doorstep of Israel.

Context: the Democratic debate in Durham, N.H.


Chain Email says Barack Obama's church gave a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan.


Jim Bohl says Toothpaste contains the poison substance of fluoride.

Context: a news conference


Barack Obama says "Today, we import triple the amount of oil than we had on the day Senator McCain took office."

Context: a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver


Newt Gingrich says Shutdowns are a normal part of the constitutional process, with 12 shutdowns under Democratic House Speaker Tip ONeill and two during his own speakership.

Context: a comment on CNN's "Crossfire"


Newt Gingrich says Since 2007, Texas has gained 440,000 people while Maryland has lost 20,000.

Context: a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"


Mary Squires says Said state insurance commissioner candidate Ralph Hudgens fights hard to strip women of life-saving coverage such as mammograms.

Context: a newspaper interview


Jeb Bush says My two appointments to the Florida Supreme Court, Raul Cantero and Kenneth Bell, have earned reputations as its most consistent conservatives.

Context: a post on Medium


Texas Values says legislation supported by gay rights activists would strip mother and father from future Texas birth certificates.

Context: an interview aired by Austin’s KTBC-TV, Channel 7


David Holmes says Gerald Daugherty advocated lowering the penalty for crimes like strangulation in domestic violence cases because they just throw more people into the jail system.

Context: a Facebook post and video


Mike Adams says Mercury is used in vaccines, and there is no safe level of mercury.

Context: a story making the rounds on social media


Lee Leffingwell says four-year terms for City Council members are the norm in most cities of our size.

Context: State of the City address.


Tommy Thompson says "Tommy Thompson is the father of welfare reform, creating the groundbreaking Wisconsin Works program in Wisconsin that became the model for national and international reforms."

Context: the Web.


Barack Obama says We now sell more products made in America to the rest of the world than ever before.

Context: a speech on homeownership


Dave Weldon says Theres no wildlife in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Context: a statement on Central Florida News 13’s 'Political Connections'


Bernie S says Right now, in every major poll, national poll and statewide poll done in the last month, six weeks, we are defeating Trump, often by big numbersand always at a larger margin than Secretary Clinton is.

Context: an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press'


Chris Abele says I have fought for our shared values without being an ideologue or a partisan

Context: a news conference announcing his candidacy for Milwaukee County executive


Jim Keffer says The costs of cancer and all affiliated issues are over $20 billion a year to this state.

Context: House floor remarks


Scott Bruun says On a cap-and-trade plan.

Context: a candidate forum


Brian Kemp says The left is blatantly attempting to disrupt Georgias elections.

Context: a tweet


Ted Cruz says Obamas net neutrality proposalputs the government in charge of determining Internet pricing, terms of service and what types of products and services can be delivered.

Context: a Facebook post


Barack Obama says President Barack Obama reduced the cost of prescription drugs for nearly 3.6 million Americans in 2011.

Context: a web video ad


Bob Buckhorn says Tampa Bay isleading the state in jobs creation.

Context: a campaign ad


John Mccain says "Earmarked dollars have doubled just since 2000, and more than tripled in the last 10 years."

Context: a campaign Web site.


Marco Rubio says Ted Cruz is a supporter of legalizing people that are in this country illegally and proposed giving them work permits.

Context: remarks to reporters in South Carolina


Bobby Jindal says Our economy (in Louisiana) has grown 50 percent faster than the national GDP, even since the national recession.

Context: an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"


Chris Dodd says On whether he wrote a provision that allowed AIG to dole out bonuses.

Context: a CNN interview.


John Depetro says [The] ACLU and atheists in Denver are demanding the NFL stop [Tim Tebow] from praying on the sidelines.

Context: an assertion on his WPRO radio show


Adam Hasner says Lois Frankel spent over $13,000 in taxpayer money on a marble shower in a private bathroom with her own toilet.

Context: an ad


Jill Stein says Wisconsin uses voting machines that are outlawed, they are illegal.

Context: a video


Jim Francesconi says Half of Oregon university students are on Pell Grants.

Context: a guest column


Nelson Wolff says uncompensated health care costs absorbed by Texas hospitals are adding $1,800 a year to Texas private insurance rates.

Context: a Texas Capitol press conference.


Lee Leffingwell says Invested $90 million in traffic fixes without raising taxes.

Context: a campaign mailer.


Ryan Lizza says Countries bombed: Obama 7, Bush 4

Context: a tweet


Karen Harrington says U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz has blamed the Republicans for the creation of Hamas.

Context: an interview


Tim Ryan says A report in Navy Times said that 7.3 percent of Army, Navy and Marines have thought about attempting suicide.

Context: a House committee hearing


Rick Perry says We cut property taxes by one-third in the state of Texas while Ive been governor.

Context: a forum in Hampton, N.H.


Juan Hernandez says Texas passed a state Dream Act before any other state.

Context: a Dallas Morning News blog post


Ronda Storms says Hillsboroughs Public Transportation Commission has a rule that says cabbies have to wear socks. I mean, please. Come on.

Context: a newspaper interview.


Bernie S says Increasing the min. wage to $15 an hour would reduce spending on food stamps, public housing and other programs by over $7.6 billion a year.

Context: a tweet


Jorge Ramos says 80 journalists have been killed in Mexico in the last decade.

Context: an interview on NPR


Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says U.S. Rep. Allen West wants to bring back earmarks.

Context: a press release


Will Weatherford says Almost 1,000 people a day are moving to Florida because they are more free here than they are in some other states.

Context: Americans for Prosperity-Florida rally


Texas Association School Boards says Texas ranks 49th in per-pupil funding among the states.

Context: an advertisement.


Barack Obama says "The Washington Times ... pointed out that we had succeeded where previous administrations had failed" on spending cuts.

Context: a speech to House Democrats.


Michael Moore says In Flint, Mich., the pipes still havent been replaced. The water is still poisoned.

Context: remarks on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"


Bob Mcdonnell says "Here in Virginia, we have the opportunity to become the first state on the East Coast to explore for and produce oil and natural gas offshore."

Context: the Republican response to the State of the Union


Fox News Channel says Donald Trumps decision to skip the Fox News/Google debate in Des Moines is near unprecedented.

Context: a news release


John Mccain says "The McCain campaign is roughly in the position where Vice President Gore was running against President Bush one week before the election of 2000."

Context: remarks by chief strategist Steve Schmidt


Barack Obama says "We've won twice as many states. We've won a greater share of the popular vote."

Context: an interview on the Today Show.


Kay Bailey Hutchison says Health care reform: Everything about it is going to raise costs, raise taxes and lower the quality of health care.

Context: a TV ad


Steve Adler says The city of San Antonio reuses almost 40 percent of its water. You know how much the city of Austin reuses? About 5 percent. And thats not right. We can do better.

Context: a TWC News debate


Bill Oreilly says Since 1965, the United States has spent untold trillions yet the poverty rate hasnt budged.

Context: a comment on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor"


Bernie S says It costs a hell of a lot more money to put somebody in jail than send them to the University of Virginia.

Context: a speech.


Tom Kean Jr says New Jersey is the only state in the union that spent less on higher education than it did at the beginning of the decade.

Context: an interview with reporters at William Paterson University


Paul Ryan says he and Mitt Romney always said that we agree with the 2014 deadline for leaving Afghanistan.

Context: an appearance on 'This Week.'


Rick Perry says he said last year theres absolutely no reason for Texas to secede.

Context: an interview


Marilinda Garcia says U.S. Rep. Ann McLane Kuster used $293,000 of taxpayer money to send campaign mail.

Context: in a campaign tweet


Jim Renacci says Boccieri voted to spend a billion dollars an hour, every hour, for his first 50 days in office

Context: a statement on his campaign website


Sherrod Brown says While Mandels been busy traveling the country raising campaign money, he hasnt shown up for work.

Context: a campaign commercial


Hillary Clinton says Bernie Sanders wants higher standards for toy guns than real guns.

Context: a CNN interview


Marco Rubio says A million people a year come into the U.S. legally. No other country even comes close to that figure.

Context: an interview on Fox News


Bill Oreilly says The majority of people in polls do not support Obamacare.

Context: an interview with President Obama


Donald Trump says The Obama administration was actively supporting Al Qaeda in Iraq, the terrorist group that became the Islamic State.

Context: a Facebook post


Herman Cain says Said Planned Parenthoods early objective was to help kill black babies before they came into the world.

Context: a talk at a conservative think tank


Ron Paul says Due to the war in Iraq, 4,400 Americans are dead, 30,000 severely wounded and more than 100,000 are suffering from serious health problems related to post traumatic stress syndrome.

Context: a statement


Ron Paul says When the Republicans were in charge, they actually expanded government health care with the prescription drug program.

Context: an interview with the 'Telegraph'


Portland Association Teachers says administrator salaries were increased, but other school employees were left behind.

Context: a newsletter.


Einer Elhauge says In 1790, the first Congress, which was packed with framers, required all ship owners to provide medical insurance for seamen; in 1798, Congress also required seamen to buy hospital insurance for themselves. In 1792, Congress enacted a law mandating that all able-bodied citizens obtain a firearm.

Context: a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine


Rebecca Bell Metereau says Ken Mercer wants Sean Hannity and James Dobson included in social studies texts.

Context: a campaign flier


Hillary Clinton says On the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Context: an interview on PBS Newshour


Rick Scott says Charlie Crist could have expanded Medicaid after the health care law passed but didnt.

Context: a gubernatorial debate in Jacksonville


George Flinn says that when Congressman (Steve) Cohen took office in 2007, the unemployment rate was at 4.8 percent. The unemployment rate in Shelby County has reached 9.7 percent.

Context: in campaign mail piece


Jeb Bush says Hispanic students in Florida perform the best of any Hispanic population in the United States.

Context: a speech in Detroit


Reince Priebus says President Obama has grown the federal government payroll by 141,000 workers and wants to add 125,000 more.

Context: a Twitter post


Hillary Clinton says In Florida, when Jeb Bush was governor, state authorities conducted a deeply flawed purge of voters before the presidential election in 2000 and in2004 a plan to purge even more voters was headed off.

Context: in a speech at Texas Southern University


Josh Mandel says that Sen. Sherrod Brown is out there egging on a lot of these protesters who are spitting on policemen and going to the bathroom on policemens cars at these protests on Wall Street and other places.

Context: a radio interview


John Boehner says "President Obama pledged to go through the budget 'line by line,' but on his watch, non-defense spending has spiraled out of control, increasing by 67 percent in the last year alone."

Context: a live-blog post during the State of the Union address


Ted Cruz says Chuck Hagels nomination as defense secretary has been publicly celebrated by the Iranian government.

Context: a Politico column.


Bob Beckel says The Koch brothers are one of the biggest polluters in the country.

Context: a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News


Eddie Rodriguez says Texas is the only state that exempts jet fuel from its state motor fuels tax.

Context: a forum.


Kathie Tovo says the Austin City Council may give $4 million a year to subsidize a race track.

Context: a TV ad.


Caddy Mckeown says A baby in Coos County is two times as likely to be born to a mother who is someone who used tobacco during her pregnancy as is the average baby born in Oregon or the U.S.

Context: a House floor speech


Cathie Adams says "ObamaCare will use your tax dollars to provide free Viagra to convicted rapists and registered sex offenders."

Context: a fundraising letter


Rick Perry says Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison took 154 private flights all funded by taxpayers though commercial flights were readily available at a fraction of the cost.

Context: an online ad


Martavius Jones says From a standpoint of the county government, neither school system has received an increase in funding over the past six years.

Context: an interview on the Fox 13 News program "Memphis in the Morning."


Barack Obama says On reconciliation

Context: campaign speeches


Sean Hannity says Every new Republican member of the U.S. Senate said they will vote to repeal and replace Obamacare.

Context: a broadcast of "Hannity" on Fox News


Richard Saslaw says Virginias current unemployment rate is the lowest in Virginia history.

Context: a debate.


Mike Martinez says Austin mayoral candidate Steve Adler admitted his law firm worked with Koch Industries for nearly a decade.

Context: a press conference


Buzzfeed says In Providence, R.I., its illegal to sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday.

Context: a web site list


New Jersey Education Association says Trenton politicians cut $1.3 billion from education.

Context: a video ad


Council National Interest says The United States gives $8 million a day to Israel and gives that country a blank check.

Context: a billboard


Megyn Kelly says A new Colorado law literally allows residents to print ballots from their home computers, then encourages them to turn ballots over to collectors.

Context: a segment on "The Kelly File"


Republican National Committee Republican says Georgia has lost more than 124,000 jobs and the unemployment rate has increased since the stimulus passed

Context: a press release


Jason Isaac says state Rep. Patrick Rose votes 90 percent with liberals, backed the states largest tax increase, proposed nearly $15 billion in government spending and supported Obama-style government-run health care system for Texas.

Context: a video ad.


Doris Kearns Goodwin says During the Eisenhower Administration, not a single soldier died in combat.

Context: an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press"


Kathleen Ford says There is no planned air-conditioned restaurant out on the Lens.

Context: a mayoral debate


Hillary Clinton says On the Keystone XL pipeline

Context: in the first Democratic debate


William Barber says 80 percent of North Carolinians are for the living wage

Context: a speech announcing the Moral Monday march


Ted Cruz says California Senator, Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein said if she could say to Mr. America and Mrs. America, Give me your guns, Im rounding em up, she would.

Context: a TV interview


Nick Rahall says he has supported George Bush more than I have Barack Obama.

Context: an interview with "The Hill" newspaper


Bill Maher says The average fast food worker is 29, and most fast food workers are on some form of public assistance.

Context: comments on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"


Texas Public Policy Foundation says that in the last five years, Texas created more jobs than all other states combined.

Context: a television ad that ran through May 20


Michele Bachmann says By 2015, we will be sending so much interest to China that we will be paying for the entire Peoples Liberation Army.

Context: a Republican presidential debate in Michigan


Marco Rubio says Not even Tim Kaine is willing to say he trusts Hillary Clinton.

Context: a U.S. Senate debate in Orlando


Barack Obama says At the time that (Medicare Part D) was passed (it) was actually less popular than the Affordable Care Act, according to the polls.

Context: an NPR interview


Robert Menendez says the U.S. Senate has passed a budget over the last three years called the Budget Control Act.

Context: a debate on New Jersey 101.5-FM


House Republicans says Medicare officials have treated Humana and AARP inconsistently on how they can communicate with seniors.

Context: an article on its Web site


Fred Thompson says Huckabee "was one of the highest taxing governors that we had in this country and rivaling Bill Clinton in terms of the Cato ratings."

Context: an interview on the Fox News Channel.


National Border Patrol Council says Interior deportations under Obama were down 40 percent and at a nine-year low.

Context: a statement


Jeb Bush says Rick Scott got a majority of the Hispanic vote in Florida.

Context: an interview with his brother, former President George W. Bush, on CNN.


Uber says Recent news reports indicate DWI crashes in Austin dropped 23 percent since ridesharing entered the market.

Context: a web post


Donna Nesselbush says In an average grocery store, roughly 75 percent of processed foods contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs.

Context: a commentary


Sarah Palin says Obama would "experiment with socialism."

Context: a speech in Springfield, Mo.


Eddie Lucio Jr says A miscarriage is considered an abortion.

Context: remarks on the Senate floor


Donald Trump says The Islamic State just built a hotel in Syria.

Context: a speech announcing his 2016 presidential campaign


Greg Abbott says In reality, there have been no problems whatsoever with the Texas voter ID law.

Context: as quoted in an Associated Press news story


Sheldon Whitehouse says An April study found that about 70 percent of ads in this election cycle have been negative [due to SuperPACs], up from only 9 percent through the same period in 2008.

Context: a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate.


Blog Posting says Justice John Roberts Signed Off On Obamas Arrest For Treason.

Context: various posts on the Internet


Charlie Crist says All Aboard Florida is receiving millions in Florida taxpayer dollars.

Context: a fundraising email


Blog Posting says Ninety million Americans either arent working or arent looking for work.

Context: various Internet postings


Marco Rubio says The Iranians are now saying that what were saying the deal is and what they understand it to be are two different things.

Context: an interview on National Public Radio


Jim Jordan says The federal government has 77 different means-tested social welfare programs.

Context: an interview on the Fox Business Channel


Mike Pence says To use money from the TARP fund in the manner that is being discussed by the White House and congressional Democrats would be a violation of the law.

Context: a speech on the House floor


Renee Ellmers says Because George Holding doesnt live in the congressional district hes running for, he doesnt experience the same things that we are all experiencing.

Context: a debate on WRAL


Barack Obama says Weve cut the deficit by two-thirds.

Context: a speech


John Mccain says President Obama has never made a statement ... that he wanted a residual force left (in Iraq).

Context: an interview on CNN


Lynn Westmoreland says I have returned money every year since taking office.

Context: an article


Aclu Georgia Foundation says In the last 15 years, weve witnessed a dramatic expansion in the jailing of immigrants, from about 70,000 people detained annually to about 400,000.

Context: a press release


Ohio Republican Party says Maryellen OShaughnessy accepted campaign cash from indicted politician Jimmy Dimora.

Context: a campaign mailer


Chain Email says Palin "fired Wasilla's Police Chief because he 'intimidated' her."

Context: in an e-mail message


Martin Omalley says The CEO of Goldman Sachs let his employees know that hed be just fine with either Bush or Clinton.

Context: his presidential announcement speech


Ted Cruz says Republican leadership took the lead confirming Loretta Lynch as attorney general.

Context: an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press'


Lesley Cohen says Its bad enough that (Stephen) Silberkraus appeared in a sexual fetish film where women were kidnapped from their homes and forced to live naked in kennels and trained to be pets. But when Silberkraus isnt acting in films that degrade women, hes stalking them in his personal time.

Context: a political mail piece.


Republican Party Florida says Hillary Clinton voted to raise taxes on workers earning as little as $41,500.

Context: a Facebook post


John Mccain says "You know, the approval rating of Congress is down to 13 percent."

Context: an interview with Springfield, Mo., News-Leader


Ron Paul says Rick Santorum funded Planned Parenthood.

Context: a campaign commercial


Randi Weingarten says Schools in some states are spending up to 100 days a year doing test-prep or actual testing.

Context: a news release


Hemant Mehta says In Oregon, students are skipping math class to learn about the Bible.

Context: a blog post


Nicholas Kristof says The United States right now incarcerates more African-Americans as a percentage than apartheid South Africa did.

Context: a broadcast of the "Daily Show"


Don Willett says Before 2005, the percentage of Texas high school students meeting the college readiness standards of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board stood at 28% in English and 42% in math. Those figures stood at 65% and 66% in 2013.

Context: the majority Texas Supreme Court opinion in Texas school finance case


Republican National Committee Republican says "Obama's liberal fiscal agenda: Over $874-billion in new spending."

Context: a graphic on the RNC website.


Majority Pac says Tommy Thompson made millions from corporations who outsource American jobs and now hes trying to lavish huge tax breaks on them.

Context: a TV ad


Kevin Levitas says Georgia has a well-deserved reputation for setting the gold standard for food safety.

Context: a press releaase


Scott Walker says I asked the unions to pay into their own health care insurance ... and they said I was being unreasonable. I requested that they contribute toward their own pensions ... and they screamed it was unfair.

Context: a campaign fundraising letter


Joe Biden says We have created more jobs in this last year than the Bush administration (did) in eight years.

Context: a speech in Cleveland


Jim Mcgreevey says After I had resigned or announced my resignation, I abolished -- I prohibited pay-to-play for people that had county or state contracts.

Context: a radio interview


Campaign Fix Debt says If lawmakers fail to avert the fiscal cliff, 18 percent of the federal money that is sent to the states will be eliminated.

Context: a press release


Maciver Institute says In 2011, the average annual compensation for a teacher in the Milwaukee Public Schools system will exceed $100,000.

Context: a video news release


Joe Biden says U.S. Rep. Paul Ryans budget proposal eliminates Medicare in 10 years.

Context: remarks at a campaign fundraiser


Chris Christie says there are fewer jobs in America today than when Barack Obama became president.

Context: a campaign speech


Service Employees International Union Committee Po says U.S. Senate candidate Cory Gardner blocked immigration reform and voted to deport our DREAMers.

Context: a Spanish-language radio ad


Texans Accountable Government says PolitiFact validated and independently documented its criminal history claims about Adan Ballesteros.

Context: an email blast.


Barack Obama says Women make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns.

Context: the State of the Union address


Paige Kreegel says About 800 people refused to get a drug screening because they are out there on drugs.

Context: remarks in the state Legislature


Rahm Emanuel says Mitt Romney asked for a waiver from federal welfare rules.

Context: an appearance on Meet the Press


Bob Stacey says Tom Hughes supports paving over thousands of acres with over-development and sprawl.

Context: a television ad


Mark Zaccaria says Sen. Jack Reed cast the deciding vote in the Senate for the Affordable Care Act.

Context: an interview on "10 News Conference."


Brendan Doherty says David Cicilline was the state representative who opposed tough mandatory sentences for those convicted of domestic violence and child abuse.

Context: a news release


Cathie Adams says Bill White ...offered sanctuary to illegal immigrants.

Context: a fund-raising letter


Joe Scarborough says the Clintons burst through their own self-pronounced guidelines by acceptingforeign donations.There is a clip of Bill Clinton saying were not going to take foreign donations.

Context: a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe"


Dwight Jones says Overall we currently have $981 million, almost a billion dollars in active development projects right here in the City of Richmond.

Context: his annual State of the City Address.


Chris Dodd says Sixty-two percent of all personal bankruptcies are "caused by medical problems."

Context: an opinion piece.


Xi Jinping says China has made enormous progress in its human rights. That is a fact recognized by all the people in the world.

Context: a press conference in Beijing.


Rick Perry says the states Medicaid waiver proposal has languished in a file cabinet at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for more than two years.

Context: an interview


Jeb Bush says U.S. teenagers have now fallen behind their counterparts in Ireland, Poland and even Vietnam in math and science.

Context: a speech at the Manhattan Institute


Dan Flynn says Not one illness has been reported from raw milk in Texas in more than four years. A total of six illnesses have occurred in the last 20 years.

Context: a letter to state health officials


Anne Nolan says We have one of the highest percentages per capita of nonprofits in this state of any state in the union.

Context: a news show


Bob Mcdonnell says The GOP platform that seeks further limits on abortion and is silent on an exception for rape has been there for more than 30 years.

Context: a TV interview.


Laura Ingraham says Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has animmigrant family background.

Context: a broadcast of the "Laura Ingraham Show"


John Huppenthal says Under the new Arizona immigration law, police can't stop someone to check their immigration status unless they think they see something illegal.

Context: an interview on MSNBC's Hardball


Winning Our Future says Mitt Romney supervised a company guilty of massive Medicare fraud.

Context: an ad


Meg Whitman says California gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner, a Republican, "gave $10,000 to Al Gore's recount" effort in 2000.

Context: a campaign commercial


Frank Lautenberg says Just remember this: the presidents health care bill put 30 million people on health care rolls that werent there before.

Context: a video posted on YouTube


Facebook Posts says Fox News uses photo of a married couple promoting traditional marriage and the photo is actually of a same-sex couple.

Context: a Facebook post


Ben Carson says Every time we raise the minimum wage, the number of jobless people increases.

Context: the Republican debate in Milwaukee, Wis.


Hillary Clinton says Trump Management was charged with discriminating against African-Americans and breaking federal law.

Context: a Hillary for America television ad


Jon Huntsman says China is or soon will be the largest English-speaking nation in the world.

Context: a speech at Dartmouth College.


Jonathan Jarvis says The National Park Service has an annual budget that is less than the city of Austin.

Context: testimony before a U.S. House committee


Mike Polensek says It is ironic that (First Energy Corp. is) going to have a name on our (football stadium) where we (Cleveland Public Power) supply the electricity.

Context: a television interview


Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says Congressman Jeff Denhamhas agreed all illegal immigrants should be detained, arrested and deported.

Context: a campaign press release


Facebook Posts says In 2011, more people were murdered with knives, hands or feet or clubs and hammers than with any type of rifle.

Context: on Facebook


Donald Trump says As governor, Tim Kaine oversaw a huge increase in illegal immigration, a tremendous increase.

Context: a rally


Us Uncut says Indiana Gov. Mike Pence provides zero state funding for homeless shelters.

Context: a Facebook post


Levar Stoney says Virginias banning of felons from voting is a Jim Crow-era law.

Context: a radio interview.


Donald Trump says Weve broken by millions the all-time record for votes in a GOP presidential primary election.

Context: a campaign speech


Katrina Vanden Heuvel says Only one out of 10 minimum wage workers today are teen age or a young person.

Context: comments on ABC's "This Week"


Jeb Bush says Hillary Clintoninsists that when the progressive agenda encounters religious beliefs to the contrary, those beliefs have to be changed.

Context: his announcement speech at Miami Dade College


Hillary Clinton says Bernie Sanders has reversed his position on immunity for gun manufacturers and sellers.

Context: comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate


Joe Biden says "There's not a major bill I know with Hillary's name on it."

Context: a campaign event in Ames, Iowa


State Democratic Party Wisconsin says The national economic recovery has led to higher than expected tax revenues and projected budget surpluses in nearly every state in the nation, including Wisconsin.

Context: a news release


Nick Fish says we are going to sell this house and use the proceeds to stabilize rates.

Context: a statement on the Portland Water Bureau website


Jeff Fitzgerald says 15,000 IRS employees have to be added to administer ObamaCare and look at the tax implications.

Context: a television interview


Sean Hannity says As a senator, Hillary Clinton actually paid female staffers a lot less than men.

Context: a panel discussion


Americannewscom says According to recent reports, a group of death panels organized under Obamacare ordered their first execution.

Context: an article


Mike Huckabee says Weve just now given over $100 billion to Iran, the equivalent in U.S. terms is $5 trillion.

Context: comments on the CNN debate


Ted Cruz says My campaign finished the last quarter reporting the most cash on hand of any Republican in the field $13.8 million in the bank, $3.5 million more than the Jeb Bush campaign.

Context: a Houston press conference


Bernie S says I have a D-minus voting record from the NRA.

Context: a town hall in Underwood, Iowa