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Brady Campaign Prevent Gun Violence says The Florida Department of Agricultures website FreshFromFlorida.com can be used to get a permit to carry a loaded hidden gun without ever leaving your house.

false statement

a congressional briefing

Federal Transit Administration says The Atlanta streetcar is expected to create 930 jobs during construction, totaling more than 5,600 jobs over the next 20 years.

false statement

a press release

Alison Lundergan Grimes says Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, would help lift over a million Americans out of poverty.

true statement

a debate

Mitch Mcconnell says Secretary of State John Kerry, when he was a senator, flew to Managua and met with a communist dictator there, Daniel Ortega, and accused the Reagan administration of engaging in terrorism.

true statement

an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"

Donald Trump says NATO is opening up a major terror division. ... Im sure Im not going to get credit for it, but that was largely because of what I was saying and my criticism of NATO.

false statement

a presidential debate at Hofstra University

Barack Obama says "Sen. Obama has always had a 100 percent prochoice rating."

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an e-mail message sent to voters before Super Tuesday.

Frank Caprio says Since Gina Raimondo took office, investment fees on the states pension portfolio have gone up from about $12 million annually to about $50 million.

true statement

an appearance on "10 News Conference"

Rick Perry says The (federal) debt is growing by more than $4 billion a day.

true statement

in "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington"

David Scott says Under President Barack Obamas jobs bill, states would no longer have to lay off teachers, firefighters and police officers.

true statement

a WABE-FM (90.1) radio interview

Terry Mcauliffe says Of our 98,000 teachers who are K-12, over 53,000 of those teachers today are over 50 years old.

false statement

a speech.

Scott Walker says Two-thirds of Wisconsinites receiving unemployment checks are not required to search for work due to current work search exemptions.

true statement

a speech

Ron Johnson says Under President Obamas health-care reforms, the premium for an average plan for a family didnt go down by $2,500 per year, its gone up about $2,500 per year.

true statement

an interview

Donna Brazile says The IRS also investigated liberal groups, groups that had progressive in their name. ... The IRS was basically looking at everybody.

true statement

comments on CNN's "State of the Union"

Paul Ryan says Obama promised unemployment would never go above 8 percent.

true statement

a vice presidential debate

Barack Obama says The economy is creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999.

true statement

the State of the Union address

Adam Hasner says President Obama decided not to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York.

true statement

a press release from the Mitt Romney campaign

Mark Pocan says In a majority of states, you can now marry freely, but can still be fired for who you love.

true statement

a statement

Blog Posting says Say Oregon Reps. Peter DeFazio and Earl Blumenauer are socialists who are openly serving in the U.S. Congress.

false statement

web pages

Joe Biden says Rudy Giuliani is "probably the most underqualified man since George Bush to seek the presidency."

false statement

Philadelphia

Ted Cruz says About half of the presidents have been governors; half of them, senators.

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remarks in New Hampshire

Hillary Clinton says After Britains vote to leave the European Union, within 24 hours, Americans lost $100 billion from our 401(k)s.

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remarks in Cincinnati, Ohio

Kathleen Sebelius says Medicaid spending declined by 1.9 percent in 2012, the second such decline in 47 years.

true statement

a speech

Bruce Elfant says 88 Texas constables have died in the line of duty.

true statement

a press statement.

Republican Party Florida says Gov. Rick Scott cut the cost of prepaid college tuition by nearly $20,000.

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a TV ad

Dave Yost says The city of Columbus would save $41 million a year if employees had to contribute to their own, guaranteed-check pensions.

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a newspaper column

Alex Sink says "As Florida's CFO, I shut down Krakow's scam and refunded more than $1.2 million to Josephine and other victims of this con man."

true statement

a fundraising e-mail to supporters

Hillary Clinton says You had more women getting computer sciences degrees in the 80s by a factor of 2-plus than you do now.

true statement

a conference in Silicon Valley

Blog Posting says The Air Force wants taxpayers to fund a fantasy football league.

false statement

blog posts

Government Not God Pac says Barack Hussein Obama will ... force courts to accept Islamic Sharia law in domestic disputes.

false statement

a newspaper ad

Joe Scarborough says About 3 percent of murders and crimes are committed with guns from people who actually (legally) purchase those guns.

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a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe"

Texas House Democratic Caucus says Some neighborhood schools are closing.

true statement

a press release

John Mccain says "He told gay organizers in Massachusetts he would be a stronger advocate for special rights than even Ted Kennedy."

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an automated call to voters

Marco Rubio says The years that I was speaker, the Florida House consistently offered leaner budgets than the governor offered.

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an ABC News U.S. Senate debate.

Rick Scott says We are already almost halfway to our 2010 goal of creating 700,000 new jobs in seven years.

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2013-14 veto message

David Jolly says the U.S. Supreme Court found that Social Security is not guaranteed.

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a Congressional campaign debate

Jon Keyser says Michael Bennet wants to close Guantanamo Bay prisonand bring terrorists right here to Colorado.

false statement

a candidate forum

Oregon Right Life Pac says Oregonians have an amazing no-cost way to fight abortion with free political donations

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a newspaper ad

Sean Hannity says The president said hes going to bring in 250,000 (Syrian and Iraqi) refugees into this country.

false statement

a segment of Fox News' "Hannity"

Rush Limbaugh says Research shows that a vast majority of arriving immigrants today come here because they believe that government is the source of prosperity, and thats what they support.

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a radio interview

Mitt Romney says Newt Gingrichs immigration plan offers a new doorway to amnesty.

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a press conference

John Robitaille says Mr. Caprio is a career politician who has never worked in the private sector.

false statement

a campaign news release

Patricia Morgan says In Rhode Island, 9 percent of workers use the states temporary disability insurance program each year while in New Jersey, the rate is only 3 percent.

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a speech on the House floor.

Dave Brat says In just 17 years, spending for Social Security, federal health care and interest on the debt will exceed ALL tax revenue!

true statement

a Facebook post

Hillary Clinton says President Obama took more money from Wall Street in the 2008 campaign than anybody ever had.

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a Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.

Mark Warner says Donald Trump has said nuclear proliferation is OK.

true statement

a TV interview.

Barack Obama says "Hillary Clinton has taken over $800,000 from lobbyists."

true statement

an online ad.

Rob Portman says Barack Obama has never even worked in business.

false statement

a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa

John Cornyn says the Arizona immigration law expressly bans racial profiling.

true statement

on NBC's "Meet the Press"

Louie Gohmert says Gov. Rick Perry has been begging for the federal government to send the Coast Guard to patrol two lakes on the U.S.-Mexico border.

false statement

a radio interview.

Donald Trump says On the VA: Over 300,000 veterans have died waiting for care.

true statement

a speech.

Mitt Romney says Were now spending 42 percent of our economy on government.

true statement

the first presidential debate in Denver

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says Rob Cornilles supports privatizing Medicare.

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campaign material

Texas Right Life says In 2005, Dan Branch tried to expand third-trimester abortions in Texas.

false statement

an email blast

Armond Budish says We (Democrats) have made steady progress creating jobs and improving our schools.

true statement

a news release

Jeff Kruse says Michigan and Massachusetts raised their bottle deposit and could no longer afford the program because the redemptions were so high there was no profit in there.

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on the Oregon Senate floor

Mike Haridopolos says Whether you like to admit it or not, half our general revenue goes to education.

true statement

comments to reporters.

Kendrick Meek says Im the only one whos fought against developers draining the Everglades!

false statement

a television ad

Americans United Change says Ron Johnson calls Social Security a Ponzi scheme and wants to privatize the program.

true statement

an ad

Paul Skip Stam says There are 31 other states and 10,000 other cities that have the same type of policies that we just passed, referring to North Carolinas House Bill 2.

true statement

a newspaper interview

Bernie S says Climate change is directly related to the growth of terrorism.

true statement

a Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa.

Eric Cantor says The jobs bill includes President Obamas tax on soup kitchens

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a blog post

Paul Ryan says the Obama administration spent taxpayer dollars on electric cars in Finland (and) windmills in China.

true statement

the vice-presidential debate

Chain Email says "While Sarah was Mayor of Wasilla she tried to fire our highly respected City Librarian because the Librarian refused to consider removing from the library some books that Sarah wanted removed."

true statement

a chain e-mail

Robert Puente says If Milwaukee approves reducing its maximum forfeiture for marijuana possession to $50, the city would have 23 different bicycle violations that have a higher forfeiture.

true statement

remarks to the Milwaukee Common Council

Marco Rubio says We have more illegal immigrants here than we did five years ago.

false statement

an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"

Ron Paul says Rick Perry wrote a letter supporting Hillarycare.

true statement

a presidential debate

Blog Posting says The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office received zero complaints about the Washington Redskins name.

false statement

blog posts

Nancy Pfotenhauer says The presidents health care proposals will cause most Americans to have their premiums increased, not decreased, and hundreds of millions of people lose their current insurance coverage.

false statement

an interview on CNN

Gary Johnson says (Mexican immigrants) are more law-abiding than U.S. citizens and that is a statistic.

true statement

an interview on CNN

Stephen Sweeney says Chris Christie vetoed a jobs package of 30 bills.

true statement

a radio interview

Sheldon Whitehouse says There are already more American jobs in the solar industry than in coal mining.

true statement

a newspaper commentary

Pat Quinn says Illinois gubernatorial candidate Bill Bradys first priority after winning the primary was to sponsor a bill that would mass-euthanize sheltered dogs and cats in gas chambers.

true statement

a campaign commercial

Matthew Dowd says Barack Obama is in an economy thats only worsened since hes been president of the United States.

true statement

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

Rudy Giuliani says Romney failed to take action against "sanctuary cities" in Massachusetts.

true statement

St. Petersburg, Fla.

One New Jersey says New Jersey is down nearly 200,000 jobs from its pre-recession peak and with Gov. Chris Christie New Jersey has trailed the rest of America when it comes to unemployment for 12 consecutive months.

true statement

an article posted on One New Jersey’s website

Darrell Issa says Thomas Eric Duncan came into the United States with an elevated temperature.

false statement

comments on CNN's "State of the Union"

Robert Gibbs says We have been in Afghanistan longer now than we have been in any foreign land conducting a war in our nations history.

true statement

an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"

Michael Williams says Gas prices have gone up $2 since Obama took office.

true statement

a tweet.

Alan Grayson says Webster sponsored a bill to create a form of marriage that would trap women in abusive relationships.

true statement

a TV ad.

Chris Christie says judges get better benefits at a lower cost than everybody else in the state.

true statement

a news conference

Robert Jacquard says There are a lot of casinos across the country that have gone bankrupt.

true statement

a speech

Eric Cantor says Small businesses create 70 percent of the jobs in America.

true statement

a news release.

Americas Health Insurance Plans says Seniors with coverage under Medicare Advantage will give up "more than their share" because of health care reform

true statement

a televison advertisement

Dream Defenders says Over 12,000 school kids were arrested in Florida. It makes Florida the nations leader in that area.

true statement

a meeting with Wansley Walters, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary

Greg Abbott says If Texas were a country our economy would rank # 10...in the WORLD.

true statement

a tweet

David Cicilline says There are more oil rigs in operation in the United States than the rest of the world combined.

false statement

a debate

Wendy Davis says Payday lenders profit from the poor by charging 1,000-plus percent interest.

true statement

a press release

Marcy Kaptur says The Social Security trust fund is sound. Without anything being done, it would function well into 2038; and even after that time with no changes, we could pay 80 percent of the benefits that people have earned.

true statement

House of Representatives floor speech

Americans Tax Reform says It is a commitment voters take very seriously: The only incumbent in Ohio to break his Pledge and vote for Ted Stricklands income tax hike was defeated soundly on Tuesday.

true statement

a news release

Tweets says The Obama administration shut down the Amber Alert program because of the government shutdown.

false statement

messages on Twitter

Tamara Holder says The Republicans have 2 percent of the Muslim vote.

true statement

comments on the Hannity show.

Hank Johnson says [W]e see Americas prison population exploding, with America having a greater percentage of its people behind bars than any other nation in the world!

true statement

a letter

Chain Email says that in a hearing, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords suggested to Gen. David Petraeus that the Army put more emphasis on less environmentally damaging methods, like stabbing or clubbing enemy forces in order to minimize the carbon output.

false statement

a chain e-mail

Facebook Posts says Every single one of the 41 Republican senators who just blocked a raise in the minimum wage will receive a $2,800 cost-of-living adjustment on January 1, 2015.

true statement

a meme shared on social media

Mike Murphy says In Texas, the No. 1 name for new male babies many of whom will vote one day is Jose.

true statement

a column in Time magazine.

Hillary Clinton says Marco Rubio voted against authorizing President Obama to strike Syria after Assad used chemical weapons on his own people.

true statement

a posting on the Clinton website

Sean Hannity says Under the Cash for Clunkers program, all we've got to do is ... go to a local junkyard, all you've got to do is tow it to your house. And you're going to get $4,500.

false statement

a Fox News interview

Bernie S says Not one Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real.

false statement

a Democratic debate in New Hampshire

Bernie S says While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 percent.

true statement

a political ad

Ted Cruz says David Dewhurst has a record of promoting an income tax.

false statement

a handout.