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11381.json | 1half-true
| We sell 40 percent of our guns without a background check. | guns | mark-kelly | newsmaker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | an interview on "State of the Union" |
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6897.json | 1half-true
| On ending the war in Iraq, Gov. Romney said that was a tragic mistake, we should have left 30,000 troops there. | iraq | joe-biden | U.S. senator | Delaware | democrat | 11 | 10 | 21 | 16 | 4 | the vice presidential debate |
6653.json | 1half-true
| Weve got 7.2 percent unemployment (in Ohio), but when you include the folks who have stopped looking for work, its actually over 10 percent. | economy,jobs | rob-portman | U.S. senator from Ohio | Ohio | republican | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 1 | a television interview |
11919.json | 2mostly-true
| Says Dontre Hamilton, who was killed during a confrontation with a Milwaukee police officer, was unarmed. | crime,criminal-justice,public-health,public-safety,urban | hillary-clinton | Presidential candidate | New York | democrat | 40 | 29 | 69 | 76 | 7 | a debate |
1108.json | 5pants-fire
| "All non-US citizens, illegal or not, will be provided with free health care services." | health-care,immigration | chain-email | none | 11 | 43 | 8 | 5 | 105 | a chain e-mail |
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12100.json | 1half-true
| Requiring photo ID would keep about 200,000 Missourians from voting. | elections,legal-issues | kip-kendrick | State representative | Missouri | democrat | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | a League of Women Voters Town Hall meeting |
9751.json | 4barely-true
| Kids coming from an affluent background are taking advantage of all these student loan programs and grants while many middle-class families with no connection to college are picking up the tab. | education,federal-budget | ron-johnson | Wisconsin | republican | 14 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | statement at a town hall meeting |
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178.json | 2mostly-true
| "I believe in tax cuts. I believe in being a supply-sider. I cut the income tax I think it was 24 percent. We got 42 percent more revenues." | taxes | rudy-giuliani | Attorney | New York | republican | 9 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 | Dearborn, Mich. |
10564.json | 1half-true
| At this particular point in time, looking at the field, theres only one individual thats ever had the uniform of his country onand thats me. | candidates-biography,military | rick-perry | Governor | Texas | republican | 30 | 30 | 42 | 23 | 18 | a web ad |
12757.json | 2mostly-true
| Nearly 180,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records, ordered deported from our country, are tonight roaming free to threaten peaceful citizens. | immigration | donald-trump | President-Elect | New York | republican | 63 | 114 | 51 | 37 | 61 | in a speech at the Republican convention |
625.json | 4barely-true
| John McCain worries about nuclear waste in Arizona, but not in Nevada. | energy | barack-obama | President | Illinois | democrat | 70 | 71 | 160 | 163 | 9 | a television ad |
8396.json | 0false
| Rather than prioritize and pass ethics reform measures to restore trust in state government, (Democrats) sat on their hands and did nothing when they were the majority. | ethics | GaGOP | republican | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | a press release |
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1468.json | 0false
| Vice President Joe Biden's meeting "with the transparency and accountability board . . . was closed to the public." | economy,stimulus,transparency | sarah-palin | Alaska | republican | 9 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 6 | a speech to members of the Tea Party |
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5299.json | 0false
| Says she wiped out the state Agriculture Departments inspections of eggs at retail sites like grocery stores. | agriculture,market-regulation | susan-combs | State comptroller | Texas | republican | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | an interview |
10664.json | 5pants-fire
| Says Ted Cruz just flip-flopped about the president needing to be U.S.-born. | candidates-biography | facebook-posts | Social media posting | none | 14 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 36 | an online meme |
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13460.json | 3true
| Texas spends more per day to house an inmate than we do on a student. | crime,criminal-justice,education,state-budget,state-finances,states | jennie-lou-leeder | Head swim coach | Texas | democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | an interview with the Austin American-Statesman |
7563.json | 3true
| If you go back to 1999, Wayne LaPierre testified on behalf of the NRA that background checks were appropriate and should be done. | guns | michael-bloomberg | New York | independent | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | an appearance on 'Meet the Press' |
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9348.json | 2mostly-true
| The Wisconsin school voucher program has no research that shows that its going to improve student learning. | children,education,poverty,religion,state-budget | mary-burke | Madison school board member | Wisconsin | democrat | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 3 | a forum |
8329.json | 4barely-true
| With Obamacare, were fixing to get hit with the biggest entitlement program the American taxpayers have ever seen. | federal-budget,health-care | saxby-chambliss | U.S. Senator | Georgia | republican | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire" |
1991.json | 0false
| Says his GOP challenger, Doug MacGinnitie, "hadnt voted in a Republican primary for almost 20 years until 2008. | voting-record | brian-kemp | Secretary of State | Georgia | republican | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | a Cobb County Republican Party breakfast speech June 5 |
104.json | 3true
| "I don't think that Rudy or Fred or John McCain support the marriage amendment." | gays-and-lesbians,legal-issues | mitt-romney | Former governor | Massachusetts | republican | 34 | 32 | 58 | 33 | 19 | an interview on MSNBC |
612.json | 0false
| John McCain refuses to support a new bipartisan energy bill "because it would take away tax breaks from oil companies like Exxon Mobil." | energy | barack-obama | President | Illinois | democrat | 70 | 71 | 160 | 163 | 9 | a news release |
7347.json | 2mostly-true
| Says Gov. John Kasich can remove the president of the State Board of Education. | education,guns | chris-redfern | Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party | Ohio | democrat | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | a press statement |
9841.json | 3true
| Wisconsins dead last in Midwest job growth. | economy,job-accomplishments,jobs,message-machine-2014 | mary-burke | Madison school board member | Wisconsin | democrat | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 3 | a campaign TV ad |
3321.json | 3true
| The law has not established whether Rhode Island public employees have property rights to their pensions. | legal-issues,pensions,public-service,state-budget | gina-raimondo | venture capital company founder | Rhode Island | democrat | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | a radio interview |
4387.json | 2mostly-true
| Rail doesnt do a great job in lessening traffic. | transportation | chip-rogers | State Senator | Georgia | republican | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | a meeting |
8112.json | 4barely-true
| A judge took the Star Scientific tax case away from Ken Cuccinelli | ethics,legal-issues | terry-mcauliffe | Governor | Virginia | democrat | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | debate |
8451.json | 5pants-fire
| Wisconsin sold fresh water to California, helping that states dairy industry, and lost a bunch of jobs (and) a bunch of farmland. | agriculture,jobs,states,water | amardeep-kaleka | democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | an interview |
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10621.json | 2mostly-true
| Every day, a black name resume is 50 percent less likely to get responded to than a white nameresume. | corrections-and-updates,diversity,jobs | jalen-ross | none | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | comments on CNN's "State of the Union" |
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10825.json | 3true
| During the Bush administration, you actually had a prominent liberal write a book about how Bush was preparing for a fascist takeover of this country. | bush-administration,corrections-and-updates,terrorism | rich-lowry | Editor, National Review | none | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | comments on ABC's "This Week" |
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12290.json | 2mostly-true
| Over the past two years, Florida has cut more than $1 billion in taxes. | taxes | rick-scott | Governor | Florida | republican | 28 | 23 | 38 | 34 | 7 | a press release |
11712.json | 0false
| Says he faced a record budget deficit in Virginia in 2014. | state-budget | terry-mcauliffe | Governor | Virginia | democrat | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | a radio interview. |
12504.json | 5pants-fire
| Says Bernie Sanders wins California landslide, But ⅔ of his votes arent counted. | elections | blog-posting | none | 7 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 44 | a headline in the Justice Gazette |
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7755.json | 1half-true
| Says Texas leads the nation in fatal industrial accidents. | labor | jim-marston | Environmental Defense Fund vice president of energy program, director of Texas regional office | Texas | organization | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | a Texas Tribune interview |
133.json | 3true
| Nearly half of Hispanic voters in Arizona's last election supported four measures that were "very tough on illegal immigration." | iraq | hillary-clinton | Presidential candidate | New York | democrat | 40 | 29 | 69 | 76 | 7 | |
7652.json | 5pants-fire
| Gov. Scott Walker (is) more than halfway to (his) 250,000 jobs goal. | jobs | maciver-institute | Think tank | Wisconsin | independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | a web posting |
6178.json | 0false
| Obamacare means that for up to 20 million Americans, they will lose the insurance they currently have, the insurance that they like and they want to keep. | health-care | mitt-romney | Former governor | Massachusetts | republican | 34 | 32 | 58 | 33 | 19 | a speech in Washington, D.C. |
6339.json | 1half-true
| Mike Dovillas big ideas like expanding the Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit, which helped bring films like The Avengers to Cleveland, have helped make our state No. 1 in the Midwest for job creation. | economy,job-accomplishments,jobs | mike-dovilla | State representative | Ohio | republican | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | In a campaign mailer |
1729.json | 1half-true
| U.S. Rep. Bill Young "has accepted $737,000 from lobbyists and recipients of his earmarks." | candidates-biography,elections,message-machine | charlie-justice | democrat | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | a web ad. |
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8119.json | 3true
| Since the Affordable Care Act passed, 90 percent of job growth has been in full-time positions. | economy,jobs,workers | alan-krueger | Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers | Washington, D.C. | democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | an interview with Bloomberg television |
1550.json | 3true
| Debt has almost doubled in Austin under Gov. Perry. | economy | bill-white | Former mayor of Houston | Texas | democrat | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | a speech |
4077.json | 1half-true
| Lets say (Republicans) take away half of our delegates. Theyre worth more than Iowas, New Hampshires and almost South Carolinas combined. | elections | will-weatherford | State Representative | Florida | republican | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | an interview with the "St. Petersburg Times" editorial board |
11207.json | 4barely-true
| Theres a tremendous other number of public officials who have done the same thing as Hillary Clinton with a private email server. | technology,transparency | howard-dean | Democratic National Committee chairman | Vermont | democrat | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | an interview on "Morning Joe" |
4216.json | 0false
| Under last years health care reform, a bunch of bureaucrats decide whether you get care, such as continuing on dialysis or cancer chemotherapy. | health-care | phil-gingrey | U.S. Congressman | Georgia | republican | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | a news conference |
9365.json | 4barely-true
| The Obama administration spent $205,075 in stimulus funds to relocate a shrub that sells for $16. | economy,stimulus | ted-cruz | Senator | Texas | republican | 36 | 33 | 15 | 19 | 8 | a report |
981.json | 0false
| There has been no net global warming for over a decade now. | climate-change,environment | cato-institute | libertarian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | a political advertisement. |
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11074.json | 1half-true
| Thanks to the Obama administrations negotiations, Irans nuclear program will be under lock, key and camera 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. | foreign-policy,homeland-security,nuclear | don-beyer | 8th District congressional candidate | Virginia | democrat | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | an op-ed |
1674.json | 0false
| This race will be the Democrats top target this November. | elections,states | debra-lehrmann | republican | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | a mailer |
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6032.json | 1half-true
| Georgia Public Service Commission member Stan Wise has received about 95 percent of his campaign money from the utilities he is supposed to be regulating. | campaign-finance | pam-davidson | Georgia | republican | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | a statement |
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7388.json | 2mostly-true
| Says he and Mitt Romney agreed on tying minimum wage increases to inflation. | poverty,workers | barack-obama | President | Illinois | democrat | 70 | 71 | 160 | 163 | 9 | the State of the Union address |
10166.json | 0false
| As a result of Obamacare, California seniors face benefit cuts of over $1,700. | federal-budget,health-care,medicare,message-machine-2014 | american-crossroads | republican | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | a campaign ad |
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8371.json | 3true
| For the first time since the Korean War, total federal spending has gone down for two years in a row. | federal-budget | dennis-ross | U.S. House of Representatives | Florida | republican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times |
3744.json | 2mostly-true
| Says Rick Perry turned down our invitation to meet President Barack Obama in El Paso. | bipartisanship,immigration | jay-carney | White House press secretary | District of Columbia | none | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | a press gaggle aboard Air Force One. |
8262.json | 4barely-true
| In 2012, the state put together a list of over 100,000 people that they thought were ineligible to vote. Came out there were less than 10. | elections | charlie-crist | Florida | democrat | 15 | 9 | 20 | 19 | 2 | a speech to Louisiana Democrats |
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1918.json | 1half-true
| The Republican Party lost 1.1 million registered voters since 2008. The Democratic Party lost 1.2 million registered voters (while) voter registration in the Libertarian Party rose 8 percent. | bipartisanship,elections | libertarian-party-texas | Texas | libertarian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | a press release |
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4614.json | 2mostly-true
| The proudest accomplishment (of my tenure) was leaving the state with a $1.2 billion surplus, which was the largest wed ever had, and getting spending under control and a balanced budget. | state-budget,state-finances,taxes | christine-whitman | President, The Whitman Strategy Group | New Jersey | republican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | an interview on NJTV |
13344.json | 5pants-fire
| Recently though, the media has reported on thousands of illegal voters here in the commonwealth. | elections | john-rafferty | State Senator | Pennsylvania | republican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | a debate. |
13239.json | 4barely-true
| Stopped by Smiley Cookie to pick up some great cookies for the family, along with Rudy. | food | donald-trump | President-Elect | New York | republican | 63 | 114 | 51 | 37 | 61 | a Facebook post. |
4423.json | 2mostly-true
| Mike Trainor...still owes $250,000 to the state. | bankruptcy,economy,legal-issues | vincent-buddy-cianci | Rhode Island | independent | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | a talk show discussion |
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11018.json | 4barely-true
| The Supreme Courts views are radically out of step with public opinion regarding its decision to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide. | gays-and-lesbians,polls,supreme-court | ted-cruz | Senator | Texas | republican | 36 | 33 | 15 | 19 | 8 | an interview on NPR |
2930.json | 1half-true
| When it comes to the state deficit, Wisconsin is proportionally in as much trouble as the State of California. | state-budget | alberta-darling | State Senator, 8th District | Wisconsin | republican | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | a television interview |
4886.json | 1half-true
| Eighty percent of the net new jobs created in the state of Texas since 2009 went to the foreign-born. | economy,jobs | david-frum | Senior editor, The Atlantic | none | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | a New York magazine article. |
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4388.json | 5pants-fire
| Mayor Fung wants to punish our childrens education by removing 12 million dollars from current funding to pay for his private charter school. Your taxes would increase by between 6 and 8 percent per year. | children,city-budget,deficit,education,state-budget,taxes | richard-tomlins | Rhode Island | democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | a recorded telephone message to Cranston residents |
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1592.json | 1half-true
| "Under the ruling of the Supreme Court, any lobbyist could go into any legislator and say, if you don't vote our way on this bill, we're going to run a million-dollar campaign against you in your district." | corporations,elections | david-axelrod | democrat | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | an interview on ABC's This Week |
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5473.json | 2mostly-true
| There are a larger number of shark attacks in Florida than there are cases of voter fraud. | animals,elections | aclu-florida | Florida | none | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | interview on "The Colbert Report" |
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3408.json | 2mostly-true
| Democrats have now become the party of the [Atlanta] metro area and of blacks. | elections | alan-powell | Georgia | republican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | an interview |
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3959.json | 1half-true
| Says an alternative to Social Security that operates in Galveston County, Texas, has meant that participants will retire with a whole lot more money than under Social Security. | retirement,social-security | herman-cain | Georgia | republican | 4 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | a Republican presidential debate |
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2253.json | 0false
| On lifting the U.S. Cuban embargo and allowing travel to Cuba. | florida,foreign-policy | jeff-greene | Florida | democrat | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | a televised debate on Miami's WPLG-10 against Kendrick Meek. |
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1155.json | 5pants-fire
| The Department of Veterans Affairs has a manual out there telling our veterans stuff like, 'Are you really of value to your community?' You know, encouraging them to commit suicide. | health-care,veterans | michael-steele | chairman of the Republican National Committee | Maryland | republican | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | a Fox News interview |