test_noy.tsv

label	statement	subject	speaker	speaker_job	state	party	context
--	Wisconsin is on pace to double the number of layoffs this year.	jobs	katrina-shankland	State representative	Wisconsin	democrat	a news conference
--	Says John McCain has done nothing to help the vets.	military,veterans,voting-record	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	comments on ABC's This Week.
--	Suzanne Bonamici supports a plan that will cut choice for Medicare Advantage seniors.	medicare,message-machine-2012,campaign-advertising	rob-cornilles	consultant	Oregon	republican	a radio show
--	When asked by a reporter whether hes at the center of a criminal scheme to violate campaign laws, Gov. Scott Walker nodded yes.	campaign-finance,legal-issues,campaign-advertising	state-democratic-party-wisconsin		Wisconsin	democrat	a web video
--	Over the past five years the federal government has paid out $601 million in retirement and disability benefits to deceased former federal employees.	federal-budget,pensions,retirement	brendan-doherty		Rhode Island	republican	a campaign website
--	Says that Tennessee law requires that schools receive half of proceeds -- $31 million per year -- from a half-cent increase in the Shelby County sales tax.	county-budget,county-government,education,taxes	stand-children-tennessee	Child and education advocacy organization.	Tennessee	none	in a post on Facebook.
--	"Says Vice President Joe Biden ""admits that the American people are being scammed"" with the economic stimulus package."	economy,stimulus	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	a press release.
--	Donald Trump is against marriage equality. He wants to go back.	gays-and-lesbians,marriage	sean-patrick-maloney	Congressman for NY-18	New York	democrat	a speech at the Democratic National Convention
--	We know that more than half of Hillary Clintons meetings while she was secretary of state were given to major contributors to the Clinton Foundation.	foreign-policy	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	"comments on ""Meet the Press"""
--	We know there are more Democrats in Georgia than Republicans. We know that for a fact.	elections	mike-berlon		Georgia	democrat	an article
--	PolitiFact Texas says Congressman Edwards attacks on Bill Flores are false.	ethics,message-machine	bill-flores	Businessman	Texas	republican	a TV ad.
--	Denali is the Kenyan word for black power.	environment	viral-image			none	an image shared on Facebook
--	Says 57 percent of federal spending goes to the military and just 1 percent goes to food and agriculture, including food stamps.	federal-budget,military,poverty	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	a meme on social media
--	On residency requirements for public workers	city-government,county-government,unions	chris-abele	Philanthropist	Wisconsin	none	a letter
--	Says the unemployment rate for college graduates is 4.4 percent and over 10 percent for noncollege-educated.	education,jobs	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	a speech
--	Unfortunately we have documented instances where people defecated in the (Statehouse) building.	labor,state-budget	tom-niehaus	President of the Ohio Senate	Ohio	republican	interviews with reporters
--	A recent Gallup poll found that 72 percent of Americans and 56 percent of Democrats say the biggest threat to our nations security is big government.	government-efficiency,government-regulation,polls	marsha-blackburn	U.S. Representative	Tennessee	republican	a speech to the Freedom Summit in New Hampshire
--	"""Each year, 18,000 people die in America because they don't have health care."""	health-care	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a speech in Des Moines, Iowa.
--	"""Ronald Reagan faced an even worse recession"" than the current one."	economy,history	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	her book, Going Rogue
--	There have not been any public safety issues in cities that allow transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender they identify as.	crime,gays-and-lesbians,sexuality	chris-sgro	Executive Director, Equality NC	North Carolina	activist	a speech urging Charlotte's anti-discrimination ordinance be left intact
--	Says Mitt Romney was one of the first national Republican leaders to endorse Marco Rubio.	elections	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	a prepared statement
--	The number of illegal immigrants could be 3 million. It could be 30 million.	immigration	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a speech in Phoenix, Ariz.
--	Marijuana is less toxic than alcohol.	drugs,health-care,marijuana	marijuana-policy-project			none	a TV ad
--	Says Charlie Crist is embroiled in a fraud case for steering taxpayer money to a de facto Ponzi scheme.	jobs,state-budget	republican-party-florida			republican	a TV ad
--	Now, there was a time when someone like Scalia and Ginsburg got 95-plus votes.	sotomayor-nomination,supreme-court	lindsey-graham	U.S. senator	South Carolina	republican	a Senate hearing
--	I was gone when there was a red line against Syria.	foreign-policy	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	the second presidential debate
--	Tim Kaine hiked tuition as governor, but now claims to champion affordability.	education,state-budget	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	a blog post.
--	Contends that President Obama literally said (if) his cap-and-trade proposals were to pass, that utility rates, his words now, would, necessarily skyrocket.	climate-change,energy	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	MSNBC interview.
--	Active duty males in the military are twice as likely to develop prostate cancer than their civilian counterparts.	health-care,military	cliff-stearns	U.S. representative	Florida	republican	a press release
--	Its been since 1888 that a Senate of a different party than the president in the White House confirmed a Supreme Court nominee.	congress,supreme-court	cory-gardner	U.S. House of Representatives	Colorado	republican	a talk show
--	Under Rosemary Lehmberg, the Travis County D.A.s office convened the grand jury that indicted Rick Perry.	crime,criminal-justice	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	a commentary
--	On which team hes rooting for in the World Series.	baseball,recreation	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	
--	Tom Ganley has two Fs from the Better Business Bureau and over 160 complaints in just three years.	message-machine,campaign-advertising	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	an election ad
--	The United States has a low voter turnout rate.	elections	mamie-locke	State senator	Virginia	democrat	an interview.
--	Says Thomas Jefferson said, You might be able to fool the people for awhile, and they may go astray, but sooner or later the American people are going to wake up and they will correct the course.	health-care,history	herman-cain		Georgia	republican	a video on Cain TV
--	Because of the federal health care law, 300,000 health plans canceled in Florida.	health-care	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	a television ad from Let's Get to Work
--	In Massachusetts, Scott Brown pushed for a law to force women considering abortion -- force them -- to look at color photographs of developing fetuses.	abortion,legal-issues,women	jeanne-shaheen	Senator	New Hampshire	democrat	an ad
--	The Fed created $1.2 trillion out of nothing, gave it to banks, and some of them foreign banks, so that they could stabilize their operations.	economy,financial-regulation	dennis-kucinich	U.S. representative	Ohio	democrat	a television interview
--	Texas families have kept more than $10 billion in their family budgets since we successfully fought to restore Texas sales tax deduction a decade ago.	states,taxes	kevin-brady	U.S. House member	Texas	republican	a press release
--	Pre-existing conditions are covered under my (health care) plan.	debates,health-care	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	a presidential debate in Denver
--	Greg Abbott activated the state guard to monitor Jade Helm 15 in case the troops try to impose martial law, disarm innocent Texans, and detain them in tunnels beneath closed Walmart stores.	military,states	doonesbury			none	the strip about Greg Abbott and the Jade Helm military exercise
--	Says he won the second debate with Hillary Clinton in a landslide in every poll.	debates,elections,polls	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a tweet
--	Says bag litter increased after San Francisco banned single-use shopping bags.	environment	drew-springer			republican	a press release
--	In 1993, Newt Gingrich first advocated for the individual mandate in health care. And as recently as May of this year, he was still advocating for it.	health-care	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	a Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa
--	Says as a result of the national health care reform, the Congressional Budget Office says we save $250 million over the first 10 years. Over the next 10 years, we save $1.2 trillion in savings in terms of health care.	health-care	robert-menendez	U.S. Senator	New Jersey	democrat	an interview on Richard French Live
--	"""You said you would vote against the Patriot Act, then you came to the Senate, you voted for it."""	terrorism	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a debate in Manchester, N.H.
--	The federal minimum wage is worth about 20 percent less than it was when Ronald Reagan gave his first address to a joint session of Congress.	economy,history,income,workers	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	the State of the Union address
--	A proposed tax to fund transportation projects would spend $90,000 to take a single vehicle off the road during the morning and afternoon commute.	transportation	steve-brown	Fayette County Commissioner	Georgia	republican	a forum hosted by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
--	A salesclerk at Hobby Lobby who needs contraception is not going to get that service through her employers health care plan because her employer doesnt think she should be using contraception.	abortion,health-care,legal-issues,women	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	an interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival
--	Says Charlie Crist voted against raising the minimum wage.	economy,jobs	republican-party-florida			republican	a campaign commercial
--	Hillary Clinton said gun confiscation would be worth considering.	guns	national-rifle-association			none	a flier.
--	Already, a prototype driverless car has traveled more than 300,000 miles in the crowded maze of California streets without a single accident.	consumer-safety,public-safety,technology,transportation	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	a speech at CPAC
--	Last year, out of the 500,000 (in) population growth we had in the state of Texas, about 250,000 of the 500,000 came to Texas... from the other 49 states.	economy,immigration	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	his inaugural address.
--	When undocumented children are picked up at the border and told to appear later in court ... 90 percent do not then show up.	children,foreign-policy,immigration,legal-issues	jeff-flake	U.S. Senator	Arizona	republican	"an interview on the PBS ""News Hour"""
--	Says Gov. Chris Christie cut spending (by) $1 billion and provided $850 million in new education funding.	education,state-budget	committee-our-childrens-future	Political advocacy group	New Jersey	none	a television ad
--	Hes the only candidate whos balanced budgets and brought jobs to Providence.	candidates-biography,state-budget	steven-costantino	House Finance Chairman 	Rhode Island	democrat	a TV commercial 
--	Studies have shown that in the absence of federal reproductive health funds, we are going to see the level of abortion in Georgia increase by about 44 percent.	abortion	hank-johnson	U.S. Congressman	Georgia	democrat	an article published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
--	ACORN will be a paid partner with the Census Bureau and they will be in charge of going door-to-door and collecting data from the American public.	census	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	an interview with the Washington Times.
--	Sixty percent of the Hispanics support the Arizona immigration law	immigration	russell-pearce		Arizona	republican	a CNN interview
--	If the sequester hits, federal prosecutors will have to let criminals go.	crime,criminal-justice,federal-budget,legal-issues	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a speech in Washington, D.C. 
--	Says Dick Cheney de-Baathisized the Iraqi government and created ISIS.	foreign-policy,iraq,terrorism	chris-matthews	Host of MSNBC's Hardball		none	a broadcast on MSNBC
--	Says Bill and Hillary Clinton attended Donald Trumps last wedding.	candidates-biography	carlos-curbelo	Miami-Dade school board member	Florida	republican	a radio interview
--	I did not play any role in bringing the company to RI as did others in government. I was tasked with handling the legislation affecting the company by my superiors.	bankruptcy,debt	steven-costantino	House Finance Chairman 	Rhode Island	democrat	a statement
--	Obamacare insurance cooperative failures should be expected because theyre like any business, and when you start businesses in America, at the fifth year, half of the businesses have closed.	health-care	ezekiel-emanuel	Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy 		democrat	"a discussion on MSNBC's ""Up with Steve Kornacki"""
--	The tax cut deal is giving $700 billion to millionaires and billionaires.	deficit,economy,taxes	sherrod-brown	U.S. Senator	Ohio	democrat	a CNN interview
--	Says Marco Rubio said Social Security and Medicare haveweakened us as a people.	medicare,social-security	patrick-murphy		Florida	democrat	a Florida Senate debate
--	"""Across the country, $174 billion of the Recovery Act have been committed in its first 130 days."""	economy,federal-budget,stimulus	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	a news release.
--	"As secretary of the Department of Energy under former President Bill Clinton, ""I created reserves of home heating oil."""	energy	bill-richardson	Governor	New Mexico	democrat	a debate in Manchester, N.H.
--	Twenty-five states have lower unemployment than Texas which is tied with Mississippi for more minimum-wage jobs than anywhere in the United States.	job-accomplishments,jobs	lloyd-doggett	Texas congressman in the U.S. Houst of Representatives	Texas	democrat	an interview with ABC TV.
--	Of the 20 bills [Rep. David] Cicilline has sponsored in his three years in office, not a single one has advanced past the embryonic committee stage.	bipartisanship,congress,congressional-rules,job-accomplishments,voting-record	ian-prior	Northeast regional spokesman, National Republican Congressional Committee	Rhode Island	republican	a Providence Journal commentary
--	Says Donald Trump has said he loves war, including with nukes.	candidates-biography,foreign-policy,military	priorities-usa-action			democrat	"an ad discussed on ""Meet the Press"""
--	Any state tax law has to start in the House and the renewal of the state hospital bed tax this year started in the Senate, which is unconstitutional.	state-finances,taxes	david-pennington	Mayor of Dalton	Georgia	none	a public meeting
--	Every child born today inherits a $30,000 share in a national debt that stands at more than $13 trillion.	deficit	tim-pawlenty			republican	"his book, ""Courage to Stand: An American Story"""
--	A strong bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives voted to defund Obamacare.	congressional-rules,federal-budget,health-care	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	a news release
--	Proximity to high-voltage power lines lowers property values by as much as 30 percent.	energy,environment,housing,recreation	friends-india-point-park		Rhode Island	organization	a web site
--	What the facts say is ...the best scenario for kids is a loving mom and dad.	children,diversity	reince-priebus	Chairman, Republican National Committee	Wisconsin	republican	"comments on ""Meet the Press"""
--	Says Mark Neumann = Nancy Pelosi	federal-budget,infrastructure,message-machine,transportation,voting-record	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	campaign TV and radio ads
--	To hear Gov. Christie tell it, everything in New Jersey is going just fine. Well I see another New Jersey with 400,000 unemployed. One of the worst jobless rates in the country. Working and middle class families have seen costs soar, from property taxes to college tuition.	education,jobs,taxes	barbara-buono	State Senator	New Jersey	democrat	a gubernatorial campaign television ad
--	Says delegates cant legally change the Republican National Convention rules to prevent Donald Trumps nomination.	corrections-and-updates,elections,legal-issues	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	"an interview on ""Meet the Press"""
--	Rebuilding three high schools will benefit 40 percent of Portland Public School students.	education	carole-smith	Portland schools superintendent	Oregon	none	a press briefing
--	Proposition 2 on Novembers Texas ballot does not cost state taxpayers any money.	elections,water	H204TEXAS-PAC			none	an email blast.
--	Providence has the lowest crime rate in three decades.	crime,job-accomplishments	david-cicilline	mayor of Providence	Rhode Island	democrat	a debate
--	On banning earmarks.	federal-budget	bill-nelson		Florida	democrat	Senate floor votes
--	Says hes taken an 8% pay decrease in each of the nine years he has been in office.	candidates-biography,county-budget,county-government	gerald-daugherty	Businessman	Texas	republican	his campaign website
--	1 percent of Americans are millionaires. 47 percent of House Reps. are millionaires. 56 percent of Senators are millionaires.	occupy-wall-street	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	Facebook
--	The decision for the United States to buy heavy water from Iran will directly subsidize Irans nuclear program.	energy,foreign-policy,nuclear	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	a news release
--	The Texas Department of Transportation... misplaced a billion dollars.	transportation	debra-medina	Businesswoman	Texas	republican	a debate.
--	A judges order means theres a Constitution exemption zone if you live within 100 miles of the United States border.	civil-rights,immigration,privacy,technology	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	a Facebook post
--	Pepper ... kicked off a jock tax, imposing a levy on the sports and entertainment industry.	message-machine,taxes	dave-yost	Ohio auditor	ohio	republican	a campaign video
--	"Mitch McConnell opposed ""legislation to create and protect Kentucky jobs . . . help for the unemployed. . . health care for Kentucky's children,"" and ""fair pay for women."""	economy,health-care,workers	democratic-national-committee			none	a television ad
--	Under Mayor Tom Barrett, the number of Milwaukee police officers has not increased.	city-budget,crime,job-accomplishments	bob-donovan	Member of Milwaukee Common Council	Wisconsin	none	an interview
--	Taxpayers subsidize 80 percent of each MARTA trip	transportation	brett-bittner	Executive Director, Libertarian Party of Geo		libertarian	an interview
--	President Obama, Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Nancy Pelosi passed a $1.2 trillion stimulus bill.	stimulus	george-allen	consultant	Virginia	republican	
--	Says Milken Institute rated San Antonio as nations top-performing local economy.	economy	julian-castro	Mayor, San Antonio	Texas	democrat	his speech at the Texas Democratic Party State Convention in Houston
--	Says people in Africa literally walk two and three hundred miles in order to vote.	elections	mike-bennett	State Senator	Florida	republican	comments made on the Senate floor.
--	Before World War II, very few people actually had health insurance.	health-care,public-health	james-carr	manager of business operations at a community hospital	Virginia	libertarian	an interview
--	Half of children struck by cars near schools are hit by parents driving children to school.	transportation	safe-routes-schools	safety program	Oregon	none	a mailer
--	Citizens Property Insurance has over $500 billion worth of risk, with less than $10 billion worth of surplus.	state-budget,weather	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	comments to the press
--	Tom Leppert pledged to make Dallas a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants.	immigration	conservative-renewal-pac	Political action committee	Texas	republican	a TV ad.
--	Putting three Republicans in my Cabinet...is unprecedented.	history	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a news conference
--	When Atlanta Police Chief George Turner was interim head of the department, overall crime fell 14 percent and violent crime dropped 22.7 percent.	crime	kasim-reed			democrat	a press release
--	From 1980 to 1990, the top 1 percent saw their income go up by roughly 80 percent while the median wage in the country over (the same) 10 years went up 3 percent.	economy,history,income,pundits,taxes	rachel-maddow	MSNBC host		none	"HBO's ""Real Time with Bill Maher"""
--	I am very proud, as governor of Florida, that we signed the first divestment act, as it relates to Iran, divesting any investments in companies that would invest in Iran.	florida,foreign-policy	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	a U.S. Senate debate on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
--	As a result of climate change, ice fishermen in Wisconsin are already noticing fewer days they can be out on our ice covered lakes.	climate-change,environment	mark-pocan	State Assembly member, 78th District	Wisconsin	democrat	a speech
--	Muslim nations did not call out the people who celebrated the 9/11 attacks.	islam,terrorism	bill-oreilly	Fox News Channel host		none	"a broadcast of Fox News' ""The O'Reilly Factor"""
--	Says Donald Trump said of women, And you can tell them to go f--- themselves.	women	priorities-usa-action			democrat	a television ad
--	The Taliban has been there for years and years, I mean, hundreds of thousands of years.	afghanistan,terrorism	kendrick-meek		Florida	democrat	a debate
--	Iran President Hassan Rouhani has more Cabinet members with Ph.D.s from American universities than members of Barack Obamas Cabinet.	education,foreign-policy	bob-schieffer	Host of CBS' Face the Nation	Washington, D.C.	journalist	comments at a forum at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
--	The words subhuman mongrel, which Ted Nugent called President Barack Obama, were used by the Nazis to justify the genocide of the Jewish community.	history	wolf-blitzer	CNN host		none	comments on CNN
--	(Barack Obama) says hes going to reduce the long-term debt and deficit by $4 trillion, doesnt say how hes going to do it.	debt,deficit	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	an interview on NBC’s “Meet The Press”
--	Birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger wasan active participant in the Ku Klux Klan.	abortion	william-obrien	Speaker of the House of Representatives	New Hampshire	republican	a Facebook post
--	Says President Obama and his National Labor Relations Board sued Boeing over its decision to open a plant in South Carolina.	economy,jobs,market-regulation	nikki-haley	Governor	South Carolina	republican	a speech at the Republican convention
--	Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson led the fight to let polluters release unlimited amounts of carbon pollution and took nearly $225,000 from polluters.	environment,government-regulation	league-conservation-voters			organization	a television ad
--	Orrin Hatch co-sponsored a 1993 health care bill that had an individual mandate.	health-care,pundits	cenk-uygur			democrat	MSNBC Live
--	More (student-athletes) graduate than the students who arent student-athletes.	education,sports	mark-emmert	NCAA president		none	"comments on ABC's ""This Week"""
--	U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett is the most liberal man in the United States Congress.	bipartisanship,candidates-biography	donna-campbell	Physician	Texas	republican	a speech
--	Its entirely possible that the Democratic nominee, [Hillary Clinton], earned more money giving a single speech on Wall Street than I made the six years that I was there back in the 1980s In fact, its quite likely.	income	pat-toomey	Candidate for U.S. Senate	Pennsylvania	republican	an interview with Chris Stigall on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT
--	Says Mitt Romney flip-flopped on an assault weapons ban.	guns,message-machine-2012	democratic-national-committee			none	a campaign advertisement
--	Says state Senate President Stephen Sweeney gave us the nations highest income tax rates, driving out jobs.	income,jobs,message-machine-2012,taxes	americans-prosperity-new-jersey			none	a television ad posted on YouTube
--	Delaware Democratic Senate candidate Chris Coons thought that a 911 call should be taxed.	message-machine,public-safety,taxes,technology	christine-odonnell	Candidate for U.S. Senate	Delaware	republican	a campaign commercial
--	When Tim Kaine was governor, spending soared, blowing holes in the budget every year.	job-accomplishments,message-machine-2012,state-budget,state-finances	crossroads-gps	Conservative advocacy group		republican	a TV ad.
--	President Obama has the lowest public approval ratings of any president in modern times.	history,polls	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	a Republican presidential debate in Orlando
--	Neville Chamberlain told the British people: Accept the Nazis. Yes, they will dominate the continent of Europe, but that is not our problem. Lets appease them. Why? Because it cant be done. We cannot possibly stand against them.	health-care,history	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	speech advocating repeal of Obamacare law
--	On an income cap for recipients of the popular HOPE scholarship	education	jason-carter	State Senator	Georgia	democrat	forum
--	Wisconsin is dead last in the Midwest for job creation.	government-regulation,job-accomplishments,jobs,labor,unions,workers	mark-pocan	State Assembly member, 78th District	Wisconsin	democrat	an interview
--	On running a civil and polite campaign.	message-machine,campaign-advertising	roy-barnes	Attorney	Georgia	democrat	a television interview
--	Says President Barack Obama has taken 92 days of vacation since he was sworn in, compared to 367 for President George W. Bush at the same point in his presidency.	bush-administration,pundits,recreation	al-sharpton		New York	democrat	"a segment of his MSNBC show, ""Politics Nation"""
--	The federal government reviewed and verified his administrations numbers showing Wisconsin added 23,608 jobs in 2011.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	a debate
--	Tom Suozzi raised taxes by hundreds of millions of dollars as Nassau County executive.	taxes	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	a blog post on the NRCC website
--	John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, has proposed forcing abortions and putting sterilants in the drinking water to control population.	abortion,pundits	glenn-beck			none	his TV program
--	Mitt Romney drove to Canada with the family dog Seamus strapped to the roof of the car.	animals,candidates-biography,pundits	gail-collins	Columnist for the New York Times	New York	journalist	a column
--	Many of the founding fathers were very actively involved in cockfighting.	animals,history	matt-bevin	Investment manager	Kentucky	republican	a radio interview
--	Says state Sen. Sheila Harsdorf wants to eliminate Medicare as we know it.	medicare,retirement	shelly-moore	Teacher	Wisconsin	democrat	a campaign flier
--	The majority of people travelling to these destination resorts are not going for the primary purpose of gambling.	gambling	frank-fahrenkopf	Retired president and CEO of the American Gaming Association		republican	"an opinion piece in the ""Miami Herald"""
--	Says Bill Nelson voted 98 percent of the time with Barack Obama.	voting-record	connie-mack	U.S. representative from Fort Myers	Florida	republican	a U.S. Senate debate
--	I did not I did not I do not say that. I do not say that climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese.	candidates-biography,china,climate-change,economy,energy,environment,history,science	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a presidential debate
--	In Florida we have 75,000 on (a) waiting list for child care and 23,000 on waiting lists for community care for the elderly.	children,education,state-budget	nan-rich	candidate for governor	Florida	democrat	"a ""Tampa Tribune"" blog"
--	Says NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell interviewed domestic abuse victim Janay Rice with Ray Rice present and for every domestic violence agency, every law enforcement agency, thats a no-no.	criminal-justice,sports	mike-wise	Columnist, Washington Post		none	"comments on CNN's ""State of the Union"""
--	I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration specifically waterboarding work.	afghanistan,bush-administration,candidates-biography,ethics,foreign-policy,homeland-security,human-rights,iraq,public-safety,terrorism	todd-wilcox		Florida	republican	a newspaper interview
--	Virginia has made no progress on jobs since Bob McDonnell took office.	jobs,message-machine-2012	democratic-party-virginia		Virginia	democrat	a web video
--	"""The Iraq Study Group reported that (Saddam Hussein) had designs on reviving his nuclear program."""	iraq	fred-thompson	Actor	Tennessee	republican	a debate in Dearborn, Mich.
--	The sex-offender registry has been around for a long time, and the research thats out there says that it has no positive impact on the public safety.	crime	ohio-public-defenders-office		Ohio	none	a newspaper interview
--	Ronald Reagan raised the national debt 18 times.	deficit	jim-webb	writer	Virginia	democrat	a TV interview.
--	On whether global warming is man-made.	climate-change,environment	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	Fairbanks, Alaska
--	The number of inmates since 2000 on death row dying of natural causes has now surpassed the number of inmates executed.	crime,legal-issues	dean-cannon	state House speaker	Florida	republican	comments to reporters.
--	Quite frankly, it was during the Bush years of spending, multiplied now by the Obama years that we have this mess.	bipartisanship,debt,deficit,federal-budget	steve-latourette	Former U.S. representative from Ohio's 11th District	Ohio	republican	an interview on “Fox News Sunday”
--	Republicans have proposed dozens of (health care) solutions designed to help control costs and improve quality.	health-care	ron-johnson		Wisconsin	republican	the weekly Republican address
--	When the union says I want to eliminate tenure, thats not true.	education,state-budget,unions	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	a speech at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
--	Says Hillary Clinton has donated every cent shes ever earned from speaking fees to charity.	candidates-biography	occupy-democrats			organization	a post on Facebook
--	Charlottes anti-discrimination ordinance would have opened all bathrooms to all sexes at all times if it hadnt been overturned.	city-government,gays-and-lesbians,government-regulation,public-safety	dan-forest	Lieutenant Governor	North Carolina	republican	a tweet
--	Eighty percent of the American people support an approach (to federal budget problems) that includes revenues and includes cuts.	federal-budget,polls,taxes	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a press conference
--	Social Security has nothing to do with the federal deficit.	federal-budget,social-security	hank-johnson	U.S. Congressman	Georgia	democrat	a twitter post
--	About 1 percent of all the gun sellers are responsible for more than half of the guns that are used in crimes.	crime,government-regulation,guns	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a forum
--	On pay for fired Milwaukee police officers	state-budget	alberta-darling	State Senator, 8th District	Wisconsin	republican	an interview
--	Texas is the state that has now gone the longest without electing a Democrat statewide.	elections,history	joaquin-castro	attorney	Texas	democrat	a panel at the Texas Tribune Festival.
--	Says CNN reported Ben Carson was taking a break from campaigning and the Cruz campaign forwarded that news to our volunteers.	candidates-biography	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	the New Hampshire GOP debate
--	Today, if you were raised poor, youre just as likely to stay poor as you were 50 years ago.	families,income,poverty	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	a column posted on Medium.com
--	Says President Barack Obama told a room of students, Children, every time I clap my hands together, a child in America dies from gun violence, and then a child told him he could solve the problem by not clapping any more.	guns	chain-email			none	a chain email
--	The United States has the longest surviving constitution.	foreign-policy,history,new-hampshire-2012	jon-huntsman		Utah	republican	a campaign appearance in Milford, N.H. 
--	Says, In Oregon in 2010, 49 percent of all pregnancies were unintended.	children,families,health-care,women	carolyn-tomei			democrat	a House floor speech
--	Austin school district teachers are the lowest paid of any urban Texas district and the lowest paid of any surrounding school district.	education,state-budget,state-finances	gina-hinojosa	President, Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees	Texas	none	an interview with Kiah Collier, Austin American-Statesman reporter
--	Says Clackamas County has more urban renewal debt than all the other Oregon counties combined.	county-government	john-lee	Chair of Clackamas County Republicans	Oregon	republican	in a press release 
--	NASA scientists fudged the numbers to make 1998 the hottest year to overstate the extent of global warming.	climate-change,environment	steve-doocy	"Co-host of Fox New Channel's ""Fox and Friends"""	New York	journalist	"a broadcast of ""Fox and Friends."""
--	The University of Wisconsin System is larger than any business in the state of Wisconsin.	state-budget	dale-kooyenga	State Representative	Wisconsin	republican	a radio interview
--	There is no record of congresswoman Betty Sutton ... ever holding a single in-person town hall meeting open to the general public.	job-accomplishments	jim-renacci	U.S. representative 	Ohio	republican	a news release
--	Mark Herring voted to allow sex offenders, including rapists, to serve shorter sentences.	criminal-justice	mark-obenshain	State senator	Virginia	republican	a campaign brochure.
--	Iraq has the second-largest oilfields in the world (behind) Saudi Arabia.	energy,foreign-policy	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News
--	Says states mandated tests come from an English company.	education	george-lavender	State representative	Texas	republican	in Texas House of Representatives debate
--	Says he got twice as much money from the sale of County Grounds land than Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker was willing to accept.	job-accomplishments	lee-holloway	Chairman, Milwaukee County Boaerd of Supervisors	Wisconsin	none	an interview with a weekly newspaper
--	We spend in tax loopholes annually $1.1 trillion. Thats more than we spend on our defense budget in a year, on Medicare or Medicaid in a year.	taxes	jeanne-shaheen	Senator	New Hampshire	democrat	an interview with the editorial board of 'The Telegraph.'
--	On the Bush tax cuts.	taxes	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	flip-o-meter
--	Over half of the black workers in this country earn less than $15 an hour.	diversity,economy,jobs	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	a Democratic presidential candidates' forum in Rock Hill, S.C.
--	Insured Floridians pay about $2,000 for every hospital stay to cover the cost of the uninsured.	health-care,medicaid	florida-chamber-commerce		Florida	none	a report on health care costs
--	Sixteen million jobs were created under Ronald Reagans presidency.	jobs	newt-gingrich	"Co-host on CNN's ""Crossfire"""	Georgia	republican	a speech
--	This would be the largest casino in the United States.	gambling	its-still-bad-idea		Oregon	organization	a campaign press event
--	"Barack Obama's health care plan ""will cost taxpayers $1,700 more to cover each new person."""	health-care	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	in a television ad
--	"""Barack Obama ... 96 percent of his votes have been solely along party line."""	candidates-biography	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	St. Louis
--	President Obama and Nancy Pelosi said Obamacare would save money because they factored in 10 years worth of tax revenue and only six and half years worth of expenses.	health-care	eric-hovde			republican	a television interview
--	"John McCain ""has not led on nonproliferation issues when he had the chance in the Senate."""	foreign-policy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a statement by campaign spokesman Bill Burton
--	Says American polling shows Russian President Vladimir Putin has an 80 percent approval rating.	polls	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	"an interview on NBC's ""Meet the Press"""
--	Pasco County schools have graduation rates substantially higher than the state average and dropout rates below the state average.	education	heather-fiorentino	superintendent of Pasco County's public schools	Florida	republican	a press release
--	Eighty-five percent of the states in the United States that had electrocution have now abolished it.	criminal-justice,states	scott-surovell	State delegate	Virginia	democrat	a floor debate.
--	Says that each year, about 25,000 American women become pregnant through rape or incest.	abortion,crime	wendy-davis	state senator	Texas	democrat	an opinion article
--	Bill Nelson leased land that he owned for six cows, taking advantage of an agricultural tax loophole to dodge $43,000 in taxes just last year.	agriculture,taxes	american-crossroads			republican	a TV commercial
--	In rural Virginia, Sen. Warner ran 8-10 points ahead of a traditional Democrat -- ahead of Senator Kaine, ahead of Governor McAuliffe.	elections	david-hallock	Aide	Virginia	democrat	a forum
--	I can tell you with certainty (capandtrade)would have a devastating impact on our economy.	cap-and-trade,climate-change	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	an interview on CBS' Face the Nation
--	Today many Florida teachers are at risk of having their pay impacted by the performance of children who are not even in their classrooms or subject areas.	education	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	a Tampa Bay Times op-ed
--	Mitt Romney left Massachusetts $1 billion in debt.	deficit,job-accomplishments,message-machine-2012,state-budget,state-finances	red-white-and-blue-fund			none	a campaign ad
--	Says Barack Obama promised he would cut the deficit in half but didnt.	federal-budget	lenny-curry	chairman of the Republican Party of Florida	Florida	republican	"an interview on ""Political Connections"""
--	Old City in Philadelphiaused to have more than a dozen clubs and thats what we were known for and now were down to two.	nightlife	job-itkzkowitz	Old City District executive director	Pennsylvania	none	In the Philadelphia Business Journal
--	Says Denmarks suicide rate has been about twice as high as the United States over the past five decades.	economy,foreign-policy,public-health	viral-image			none	a shareable graphic on the Web
--	China has total control, just about, of North Korea.	foreign-policy,nuclear	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.
--	The fact is the Clinton Foundation has got about 80 percent in overhead and 20 percent of the money is actually getting into the places it should.	candidates-biography	reince-priebus	Chairman, Republican National Committee	Wisconsin	republican	"comments on ""The Mike Gallagher Show"""
--	The U.S. Constitution owes its notion of democracy to the Iroquois Tribes.	diversity,history	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	a meme
--	Since the first of the year, 153 businesses at last count had moved out of California to Texas.	economy	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	on an episode of Fox & Friends
--	Barack Obama has provided guns to Mexican drug cartels.	drugs,guns,legal-issues	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth.
--	Says Chris Koster fell silentas attorney general in pursuing a case against a free classified service accused of promoting prostitution after accepting over $12,000 in campaign contributions from people affiliated with the service.	campaign-finance,legal-issues,women	eric-greitens	gubernatorial candidate	Missouri	republican	a press release
--	Health care premiums for consumers have doubled since 2001.	health-care	jay-rockefeller	U.S. Senator	West Virginia	democrat	a column in the newspaper Roll Call
--	Says, Less than half of all states have legal protections on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, despite the fact that LGBT Americans report employment discrimination and unemployment at much higher rates than the U.S. average.	civil-rights,diversity,gays-and-lesbians,jobs,workers	jeff-merkley	U.S. Senator	Oregon	democrat	a press release
--	Gov. Romney himself, with 28 other Republican governors, supported policies that would have eliminated the time limits in the welfare reform law and allowed people to stay on welfare forever.	welfare	jay-carney	White House press secretary	District of Columbia	none	a press White House press briefing
--	Under Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, Ohio is 44th in the country in terms of getting money actually into worker retraining.	economy,government-efficiency,jobs	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	a debate
--	Im well aware that medical marijuana is a recognized, medical, viable treatment for this sort of [pancreas] pain condition.	candidates-biography,crime,drugs,health-care,legal-issues,marijuana,public-health	robert-watson	lawyer	Rhode Island	republican	a speech on the House floor
--	Says Rick Perry recently said he wanted another (Texas) business tax.	state-budget,taxes	kathie-glass	lawyer	Texas	libertarian	a debate.
--	By a two-to-one margin, Rhode Islanders want to ban assault weapons and we have a very small percentage of gun owners in this state, less than 13 percent.	government-regulation,guns,legal-issues,public-health,public-safety,recreation,market-regulation,states	linda-finn	landscape designer	Rhode Island	democrat	a speech during a rally at the Rhode Island state house
--	"""Right now, an employer has more of a chance of getting hit by lightning than be prosecuted for hiring an undocumented worker. That has to change."""	immigration	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	Las Vegas
--	Wisconsin dropped from second in the country to 41st among states where more than half the students took the ACT exam.	children,education,state-budget,states	state-democratic-party-wisconsin		Wisconsin	democrat	a news release
--	Says 315,000 mostly minority Texas students are enrolled in failing schools.	education	dan-patrick	Lieutenant governor-elect	Texas	republican	a state Senate committee hearing April 9, 2013
--	Says At age 76 when you most need it, you are not eligible for cancer treatment under Affordable Care Act.	health-care,medicare	chain-email			none	a chain email
--	Says an Obama administration policy prohibits people who work with at-risk youth from promoting marriage as a way to avoid poverty.	marriage,poverty	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	a debate in South Carolina
--	...Secret documents reveal that Iran could obtain a nuclear weapon far sooner than we were told. And Tammy Duckworth voted yes (on the Iran nuclear deal).	nuclear	independent-voice-illinois-pac		Illinois 	none	an attack video advertisement of Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth
--	If you look at the results of Obamacare, what you see is emergency room visits are up over 50 percent.	polls	carly-fiorina		California	republican	"an interview on CNN's ""State of the Union"""
--	Loranne Ausley voted six times to tax your savings.	taxes	republican-party-florida			republican	statements on the party's website.
--	Four state Assembly Democrats scored a death blow to northeast Wisconsins economy by killing hundreds of jobs at a potential Bass Pro Shops near Green Bay.	environment,jobs	scott-suder	state Assembly majority leader	Wisconsin	republican	a news release
--	"""The president campaigned against this type of legislation."""	federal-budget	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	a speech on the House floor.
--	One in every three women has an abortion during her lifetime.	abortion	wendy-davis	state senator	Texas	democrat	a legal brief
--	"Barack Obama ""is more to the left of the announced Socialist in the United States Senate."""	candidates-biography	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	an interview with the <i>Kansas City Star</i>
--	What president has the worst record on female labor force participation? Barack Obama.	history,labor,women,workers	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	a graphic posted on his website
--	Two million more Latinos are in poverty today than when President Obamatook his oath of office less than eight years ago.	economy,immigration,poverty,welfare	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland
--	The Social Security trust fund is already facing imminent bankruptcy.	social-security,taxes	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	a news conference
--	Seven hundred thousand. Thats how many California jobs will be lost thanks to the politicians raising the minimum wage.Now Florida is adding one million jobs, not losing them.	jobs,labor,states	enterprise-florida	The public-private economic development agency 	Florida	organization	Enterprise Florida radio ads in California
--	America is No. 1 in wind power.	energy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	the State of the Union address
--	The percentage of black children born without a father in the home has risen from 7 percent in 1964 to 73 percent today, due to changes from President Lyndon Johnsons Great Society.	children,families,marriage,poverty	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	a meme on the Internet
--	I said no to these big bank bailouts.	economy,message-machine,voting-record	lloyd-doggett	Texas congressman in the U.S. Houst of Representatives	Texas	democrat	a TV ad
--	People have a constitutional right to have semiautomatic rifles.	guns,legal-issues,supreme-court	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	an interview
--	This budget also reflects the smallest state government workforce per 1,000 residents in Florida in this century.	jobs,state-budget	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	a press release
--	The film and TV industry supports more than 24,000 direct jobs and pays local workers more than $1.68 billion in wages in Georgia.	jobs	motion-picture-association-america			none	a press release
--	Property taxes have increased 20 percent under four years of Chris Christie.	taxes	milly-silva	Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor; executive vice president of 1199 SEIU	New Jersey	democrat	a speech to an American Legion in Little Ferry
--	When it comes to income taxes, Wisconsin is one of the best places in the country to be poor but top 4 or 5 worst for middle-income earners.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	robin-vos	Wisconsin Assembly speaker	Wisconsin	republican	an interview
--	ACORN could get up to $8.5 billion more tax dollars despite being under investigation for voter registration fraud in a dozen states.	federal-budget	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	a press release
--	Says Congressman Jon Runyan does not want to cut taxes for the middle class, but only for millionaires.	taxes	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	a video posted on YouTube
--	On his half pay pledge.	job-accomplishments	jeff-scrima	Mayor of Waukesha	Wisconsin	none	a series of public statements and actions
--	Over 10 years, (extending tax cuts for the wealthy) would add less to the deficit than Obama added with the stimulus in one year.	federal-budget,pundits,taxes,abc-news-week	george-will	Columnist	Maryland	columnist	"a roundtable discussion on ABC's ""This Week with Christiane Amanpour''"
--	The collective net worth of Americans has taken a $5.5 trillion hit ... mainly due to plummeting home values.	economy,housing	nina-turner	State senator	Ohio	democrat	an opinion column
--	Gov. Rick Scott backed the federal shutdown.	federal-budget	florida-democratic-party		Florida	democrat	an online video
--	The average Georgia family makes $6,000 less than the average family did 10 years ago when inflation is factored in.	economy,income	jason-carter	State Senator	Georgia	democrat	a speech
--	As weve seen that federal support for states diminish, youve seen the biggest job losses in the public sector -- teachers, police officers, firefighters losing their jobs.	economy,jobs,stimulus,workers	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a press conference
--	Says New START, passed while Clinton was secretary of state, is a treaty cutting Russias nuclear arms.	candidates-biography,foreign-policy,nuclear	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a television ad
--	Says his free public university tuition program is paid for by a tax on Wall Streets speculation.	education	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	a CNN interview
--	Ohio ranks 46th in the country in putting dollars in the classroom.	education,government-efficiency	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	a news conference
--	Under a Wisconsin bill, minor offenses such as violating pet leash laws, seat belt laws, parking infractions, etc., would now be arrestable offenses.	civil-rights,guns,legal-issues	john-birch-society			organization	an article on the group's website
--	Says in 2003 Texas cut $10 billion out of the entire budget, yet we put $1.8 billion more into public education. We put $800 million more into health and human services.	state-budget	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	an interview with The Texas Tribune and Newsweek
--	Under Hillary Clintons plan illegal immigrants convicted of committing crimes get to stay.	immigration	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a TV ad
--	The Obama administration leaked information, deliberately or otherwise, that led to the identification of the Pakistani doctor that helped us in achieving our goals and killing bin Laden.	foreign-policy,message-machine-2012,military,terrorism	special-operations-opsec-education-fund			none	a web video
--	Over the last several months, there was a review board headed by two distinguished Americans, Mike Mullen and Tom Pickering, who investigated every element of the Benghazi incident.	foreign-policy,terrorism	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a press availability
--	Says, when this governor came to office, he had (an) 11 billion dollar - I call it mismanagement deficit.	debt,deficit,state-budget	jon-bramnick	State Assemblyman	New Jersey	republican	"a panel discussion for ""On The Record with Michael Aron"""
--	Georgia and other states with weak gun laws have more crime.	guns	michael-bloomberg		New York	independent	an interview
--	Says President Barack Obama spent nearly a trillion dollars on make-work government jobs.	economy,federal-budget,jobs,stimulus	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	a response to the State of the Union address
--	Among Hispanics, support for immigration reform is close to universal.	immigration	bill-richardson	Governor	New Mexico	democrat	a web interview with ABC News
--	Says a Ted Cruz ad has got me bull-dozing down a house.I never bulldozed it down. Its false advertising.	housing	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	"an interview on NBC's ""Meet the Press"""
--	Wages adjusted for inflation havent risen since the turn of the last century.	economy,jobs,workers	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa
--	Says 95 percent of people caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border said in a survey we are coming because weve been promised amnesty.	immigration	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	a press conference 
--	There would be tens of thousands of jobs created if President Barack Obama approved the Keystone XL pipeline.	environment,jobs	anna-kooiman	Fox News host		none	"a segment on ""Fox & Friends"""
--	Weve brought trade cases against China at nearly twice the rate as the last administration.	bush-administration,china,job-accomplishments,trade	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a speech at Port of Tampa
--	When we started this health care debate a year ago, 85 percent of the American people had health insurance, and 95 percent of the 85 percent were happy with it.	health-care,pundits	george-will	Columnist	Maryland	columnist	a roundtable segment on ABC's This Week
--	Since John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, more Americans have died by gunfire within our own country than American servicemen and women who were killed in all our wars.	guns	virginia-center-public-safety		Virginia	organization	a rally flier
--	"""Obama said he would unilaterally renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement."""	foreign-policy	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	Hempstead, N.Y.
--	In the 513 days between Trayvon dying, and todays verdict, 11,106 African-Americans have been murdered by other African-Americans.	crime	tweets			none	tweets
--	Says If you compare the Portland Metro area to the CDCs statewide cavity rates ... the Portland Metro area would actually rank as having the 15th lowest cavity rate in the U.S.	public-health,water	clean-water-portland			organization	a campaign flier
--	"He received ""A"" ratings from ""every conservative organization that gives ratings."""	job-accomplishments	tom-tancredo	U.S. representative	Colorado	republican	a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.
--	It costs $10,000 a year to keep a child in school; it costs $30,000 a year to keep someone in prison.	crime,education,public-safety,state-budget	john-kitzhaber	Governor of Oregon	Oregon	democrat	in State of the State speech
--	Says Republican Rep. Charlie Dent wants to kick the Freedom Caucus out of the Republican conference for voting our conscience.	congress,congressional-rules,corrections-and-updates	dave-brat	College professor	Virginia	republican	"comments on ""Meet the Press"""
--	"""He was offered medical care for his injuries if he would give up military information in return. John McCain said, 'No.' """	candidates-biography	fred-thompson	Actor	Tennessee	republican	a speech at the Republican National Convention
--	Two-thirds of Wisconsin corporations dont pay state income taxes.	corporations,income,taxes	one-wisconsin-now		Wisconsin	organization	a news release and report
--	There are literally teachers now who are getting pink slips because of sequestration.	education,federal-budget	arne-duncan	U.S. Secretary of Education	Illinois	democrat	"an appearance on ""Face the Nation."""
--	Obamacare ... will kill jobs across America.	health-care,jobs,message-machine-2012	us-chamber-commerce			none	a television ad
--	Last weeks three most-viewed television programs wereSunday Night Football, Thursday Night Football and Monday Night Football.	sports	george-will	Columnist	Maryland	columnist	"a panel on ""Fox News Sunday"""
--	On federal stimulus money for expanding rail service.	federal-budget,state-budget,stimulus,transportation	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	an announcement of an application for federal stimulus money for rail
--	About 106,000 soldiers had a prescription of three weeks or more for pain, depression or anxiety medication.	health-care,military,abc-news-week	gen-peter-chiarelli	Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army		none	"an interview on ""This Week."""
--	Georgia loses millions of dollars of revenue because people go out of state to buy fireworks.	economy,states	jeff-mullis	State Senator	Georgia	republican	a meeting
--	If you and I fail to defund ObamaCare now, some 16,000 new IRS agents will be begin prying into our private medical records, eyeing each and every one of our treatments and prescriptions for violations.	health-care,retirement	association-mature-american-citizens		Washington, D.C. 	organization	a direct mail letter
--	"""John McCain says it's okay with him if the U.S. spends the next thousand years in Iraq."""	iraq	votevetsorg			none	a television ad.
--	Says that in 2015, illegal immigrants accounted for 75 percent of federal drug possession convictions and 5 percent to 30 percent of convictions for murder and kidnapping plus two other crimes.	crime,criminal-justice,immigration	sean-hannity	Radio/TV host		none	a slide presented on Hannity’s show during an Austin interview of Donald Trump
--	The Clinton Foundation is a charity where President and Secretary Clinton and their daughter, they take no salary, they get no money from it, they take no personal benefit from it.	candidates-biography,ethics	hilary-rosen			democrat	"""The Diane Rehm Show"""
--	Says his bill, HB 97, would prevent the use of taxpayer dollars on abortions.	abortion,health-care	matt-gaetz	State Representative	Florida	republican	comments before a House subcommittee
--	The average Atlanta resident spends an extra $924 each year in additional gasoline and wasted time.	transportation	citizens-transportation-mobility		Georgia	none	a flier
--	Federal health care reforms amounted to the government takeover of health care.	health-care	tommy-thompson		Wisconsin	republican	a television ad
--	"""Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have changed their positions (on the Iraq war withdrawal) to follow Chris Dodd."""	iraq	chris-dodd	U.S. senator	Connecticut	democrat	a TV ad.
--	Saturday Night Live executive producer Lorne Michaels could be put in jail under this amendment for making fun of any politician.	campaign-finance,legal-issues	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	a Senate floor speech
--	"When he worked for ATT, he ""was responsible for large parts in a $5 billion organization."""	job-accomplishments	john-albers			republican	
--	6,400 Ohioans ... lost manufacturing jobs in the month of September.	economy,jobs	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	a news release
--	Mitch McConnell voted with Harry Reid to infringe on our gun rights.	congress,guns	matt-bevin	Investment manager	Kentucky	republican	a television ad
--	Says Ron Johnson gave himself a $10 million sweetheart corporate payout	small-business	russ-feingold		Wisconsin	democrat	in a campaign ad
--	Of the roughly 15 percent of Americans who dont have health insurance, half of them made more than $50,000 a year.	health-care,income	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	"an interview on Comedy Central's ""The Daily Show"""
--	The United States can immediately tap a domestic energy resource of more than 1.5 trillion barrels of oil, six times more than Saudi Arabia.	climate-change,energy,environment,foreign-policy,gas-prices	eric-hovde			republican	a news release
--	Says House Democrats voted to use your tax dollars for abortions by voting against bill defunding Planned Parenthood.	abortion,health-care,public-health	tennessee-republican-party		Tennessee	republican	a mailer sent for a state legislative campaign.
--	We need a Senator who shows up to work. Sherrod Brown missed over 350 official votes.	job-accomplishments,message-machine-2012,campaign-advertising,voting-record	josh-mandel	Ohio treasurer	Ohio	republican	a campaign commercial
--	It is already in the law that there is a requirement to screen (refugees) for religion.	foreign-policy,religion,terrorism	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	"an interview on ""Face the Nation"""
--	At the mere request from Putin, President Obama withdrew the plans for a missile defense program based in Poland and the Czech Republic.	foreign-policy	dick-cheney			republican	"an interview on ""Fox News Sunday"""
--	"""I did very well with young people in Ohio, Massachusetts, California."""	elections	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a news conference in Greensburg, Pa.
--	"Health care reform ""would bring down the deficit by as much as $1 trillion over the next two decades."""	federal-budget,health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a State of the Union speech
--	"McCain ""has opposed stem cell research."""	health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a radio ad
--	Austin has more lobbyists working for it than any other municipality in Texas.	city-government,ethics	dave-claunch	Businessman	Texas	none	a meeting of the West Lake Hills City Council
--	The EPA wants to hire 230,000 new government regulators that will cost the taxpayer $21 billion.	environment,federal-budget,market-regulation	allen-west	U.S. representative, Florida District 22	Florida	republican	a TV interview
--	If the Trans-Pacific Partnership is fast-tracked through the Senate, it wont receive a committee assignment and the consideration will include no debate.	congressional-rules,trade	chain-email			none	a chain email
--	On whether the government should bail out insurance giant AIG.	corporations,economy	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	
--	The Cleveland police has issued a stand down order to officers.	public-safety	mike-cernovich	blogger	California	none	his blog
--	The Keystone pipeline creates 35 permanent jobs after construction, according to a government report.	energy,environment	van-jones	"Co-host of CNN's ""Crossfire"""	Washington, D.C.	democrat	"a segment on CNN's ""Crossfire"""
--	We already pay the highest electricity prices in the country here in New England.	energy	richard-paglia	vice president Spectra Energy		none	a TV interview
--	"""We're going to have more troops (in Afghanistan) . . . than the Russians had."""	afghanistan	john-murtha			democrat	the show 'Hardball With Chris Matthews'
--	Victory! Republicans by 2 to 1 vote to endorse Mark Neumann on first ballot at GOP convention.	elections	mark-neumann	Developer and homebuilder	Wisconsin	republican	a website alert
--	Florida is investing record amounts of funding for HIV/AIDS prevention.	public-health,state-budget	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	a Tampa Bay Times interview
--	"""There's only four senators senior to me ... there's still 44 older than me."""	candidates-biography	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	Springfield, Ill.
--	All four on Mount Rushmore, they were all independents at one critical point in their career.	elections,history	larry-pressler	Candidate for U.S. Senate	South Dakota	independent	a campaign forum
--	We didnt go out asking people to join the stand your ground task force.	crime,public-safety	jennifer-carroll	Lieutenant governor	Florida	republican	Capitol news conference
--	Rhode Islands exports have increased by 53 percent in the last two years.	economy,states,trade	lisa-tomasso	State Representative	Rhode Island	democrat	a news release.
--	Giant companies like Toyota will not locate in a state that has not passed a right-to-work law	corporations,economy,jobs,labor,unions	stephen-laffey	farmer	Colorado	republican	a radio interview
--	"Mitt Romney boasts that he is ""proud to be the only major candidate for president to sign the tax pledge. The others have not."""	taxes	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	a radio ad.
--	More than 250 (voter registration) groups, ranging across the entire political spectrum, have filed with the state and are registering voters right now.	elections	lenny-curry	chairman of the Republican Party of Florida	Florida	republican	"an ""Orlando Sentinel"" opinion piece"
--	"Barack Obama got more campaign contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ""than any other member of Congress, except for the Democratic chairmen of the committee that oversees them."""	ethics	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	Green Bay, Wis.
--	"""I brought down crime more than anyone in this country -- maybe in the history of this country -- while I was mayor of New York City."" -"	crime	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	a debate in Orlando, Fla.
--	A planning group said that to meet anticipated traffic demands by 2035, Interstate 35 between Austin and Round Rock will need a dozen additional lanes going north and 14 additional southbound lanes.	transportation	sid-covington	Chairman, Lone Star Rail District	Texas	none	an opinion column by Sid Covington, the district's chairman of the board
--	Foreign Chinese prostitution money is allegedly behind the groups funding Congressman Sean Duffys Republican Majority.	campaign-finance	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	a news release
--	The United States is the only developed country in the world without paid maternity leave.	jobs,women,workers	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	an op-ed for Huffington Post
--	A voucher school that closed after 9 days this year collected $5.4 million in taxpayer subsidies since first opening.	state-budget	jennifer-shilling	State Assembly member, 95th District	Wisconsin	democrat	a tweet
--	Rhode Islands unemployment insurance system is the most expensive such system in the country.	economy,government-efficiency,government-regulation,small-business,state-budget,state-finances,states,taxes,workers	kenneth-block	businessman		republican	an interview on Rhode Island Public Radio
--	Says a YouTube video shows Thomas DiMassimo, the man who rushed Trump at an Ohio rally, dragging the American flag on the ground like it was a piece of garbage.	elections	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	"Donald Trump on Sunday, March 13th, 2016, in an interview on ""Meet the Press"""
--	"Obama worked with ""Sen. Dick Lugar, a Republican, to help lock down loose nuclear weapons."""	military	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a television ad
--	The United States spends $2.2 billion on free cell phones, $27 million on Moroccan pottery classes and pays for the travel expenses for the watermelon queen in Alabama.	agriculture,federal-budget,foreign-policy,poverty	sean-duffy	Member of the U.S. House	Wisconsin	republican	an interview
--	The United States is at historic record highs of individuals being apprehended on the border from countries with terrorist ties such as Pakistan or Afghanistan or Syria.	afghanistan,immigration,terrorism	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	"comments on CNN's ""State of the Union"""
--	The transportation package passed by the General Assembly would impose the largest tax increase in Virginias history.	taxes	jamie-radtke		Virginia	republican	a website post.
--	My home state since June of 2009 created 40 percent of the new jobs in America.	jobs	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	a speech
--	Onion Creeks highest flow rate on a recent night of flooding was 120,000 cubic feet per second, which is nearly double the average flow rate of Niagara Falls.	corrections-and-updates,water	city-austin		Texas	none	a press release
--	As governor of Florida, I used a combination of strategies to help reduce heroin use among youth in Florida by approximately 50 percent.	drugs,health-care,public-health	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	a column posted on Medium
--	Says last year 13 million (health insurance) rebates went out, in all 50 states. Another 8.5 (million) rebates are being sent out this summer, averaging around 100 bucks each.	health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a speech at the White House
--	Says his state budget will provide an increase in state funding for the 2011-12 school year.	education,state-budget	john-kitzhaber	Governor of Oregon	Oregon	democrat	an e-mail
--	Says the estate tax, in many cases, forces family farmers and small businesses owners to sell their holdings.	agriculture,families,small-business,taxes	robert-hurt	U.S. Congressman	Virginia	republican	a statement.
--	Sayvideo shows massive alligator strolling across Florida golf course.	animals	blog-posting			none	Internet posts
--	On whether people can keep their insurance under the Affordable Care Act.	health-care	kurt-schrader	U.S. representative	Oregon	democrat	a TV interview.
--	"""We're spending $1.6 billion for all of Latin America in terms of aid and assistance, a fraction of what we're spending in Iraq, the $500 billion we've spent there"""	foreign-policy	chris-dodd	U.S. senator	Connecticut	democrat	a debate in Miami, Fla.
--	If you look at the number of illegal immigrants coming into the country, it is net zero. Its been that way now for almost two years.	immigration	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	an interview on 'Meet the Press.'
--	Weve introduced a bill that includes $12 billion in cuts over the next week.	federal-budget	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	a public statement
--	Wisconsins lawsuit rules are so anti-business that the states system is one of the most promiscuous in America.	legal-issues,small-business	national-federation-independent-business-wiscons		Wisconsin	none	a news release
--	Says Joseph Stalin said if you want to bring America down you, have to undermine three things: our spiritual life, our patriotism and our morality.	foreign-policy	ben-carson			republican	a GOP debate on CBS
--	From now on, we have to pay the Russians $50 million an astronaut to send Americans to the space station	space	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	an interview with CBS
--	The gender gap in his support is not unique to me and theres not a huge gap from where Republicans have been in presidential, gubernatorial and US Senate elections in recent years.	elections,women	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	an interview
--	Bryce Reeves chaired a group bankrolled by a New York billionaire who fired hundreds of Virginia workers and sent their jobs to China.	china,jobs,message-machine-2012	edd-houck		Virginia	democrat	a TV ad.
--	In 2011, Alabama and Massachusetts passed legislation allowing non-citizens who are legal residents to vote in state and local elections.	elections,legal-issues	anastasia-williams	State representative in Rhode Island	Rhode Island	democrat	a House Judiciary Committee hearing
--	"""Across the country, more than half of the U.S. attorney seats remain without a prosecutor chosen by Obama."""	legal-issues	thomas-melsheimer	Attorney	Texas	democrat	an op-ed article
--	The Red Sox waited 87 long years to win the World Series.	baseball,recreation	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	a debate in St. Petersburg
--	Almost every state has offered an insurance plan on its health exchange that does not cover abortion.	abortion,health-care,women	Rhode_Island_Catholic		Rhode Island	none	a newspaper editorial
--	The largest tax increase that we have ever had in our state is yours it is the business margins tax that you signed, governor.	corporations,economy,small-business,taxes	kay-bailey-hutchison	U.S. Senator	Texas	republican	in a Republican gubernatorial debate
--	Georgia has the second-highest rate of childhood obesity in the United States.	children	childrens-healthcare-atlanta			none	a press release
--	Says Tom Ganley has been sued over 400 times, for fraud, discrimination and more, and a judge called Tom Ganleys business practices deceptive and unconscionable.	job-accomplishments,message-machine	betty-sutton	U.S. representative from Ohio's 13th District	Ohio	democrat	a television campaign ad
--	A recall election for Wisconsin governor would cost $7.7 million -- $7.7 million that may already be allocated to merit raises for teachers or health care for the poor or school books for your kids.	education,elections,health-care,state-budget	rebecca-kleefisch	Candidate for lieutenant governor	Wisconsin	republican	a video
--	Says my plan is a property tax cut.	state-budget,taxes	stephen-sweeney	State Senator		democrat	an interview on NJToday
--	We are giving almost $2 billion of taxpayer money to the junk food and fast food industries every year to make the (childhood obesity) epidemic worse.	consumer-safety,food-safety,health-care,taxes	dennis-kucinich	U.S. representative	Ohio	democrat	a news release
--	Not one American flag on the massive stage at the Democratic National Convention until people started complaining- then a small one. Pathetic.	patriotism	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a tweet
--	A bill by Earl Blumenauer would mandate GPS tracking devices on all our vehicles.	privacy,transportation	delia-lopez	Real estate investor	Oregon	republican	a statement on campaign website
--	As a prosecutor, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser did not investigate or file charges in a case involving 30-year pedophile priest, then participated in cover-up.	legal-issues	greater-wisconsin-political-fund		Wisconsin	none	a TV ad
--	There is a precedent for not nominating someone to the U.S. Supreme Court in the middle of a presidential election.	congress,history,legal-issues,supreme-court	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	an interview
--	Health insurance and medical costs are going down because of Obamacare.	elections,health-care	ed-schultz	MSNBC television host		none	"a broadcast of ""The Ed Show"""
--	The war on drugs led to a 500 percent increase in incarceration in our country, disproportionately affecting poor and disproportionately affecting minorities.	crime	cory-booker	U.S. senator	New Jersey	democrat	"an interview on ""Meet the Press"""
--	Says Texas GOP platform calls for end to teaching critical thinking in public schools.	education	gail-collins	Columnist for the New York Times	New York	journalist	in her New York Times column
--	Four out of 10 homicides are committed by gun in this city.	crime,guns	sam-adams	Mayor of Portland	Oregon	democrat	a city council meeting
--	A picture shows former President Bill Clinton naked with another woman.	fake-news	political-insider			none	a post on their website
--	"""There is no disagreement that we need action by our government, a recovery plan that will help to jump-start the economy."""	economy,stimulus	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a news conference
--	If you want out of the individual mandate... all you have to do now is tick off the box that says hardshipand youre out.	health-care	charles-krauthammer			none	"an interview on ""The O'Reilly Factor"""
--	Many Nevadans relied on Uber for work, but after accepting $70,000 from taxi companies, Catherine Cortez Masto went after Uber ... (driving) them out of town.	transportation	freedom-partners-action-fund			organization	a television ad
--	Says it probably costs more than $300,000 to run for a seat on the Pedernales Electric Cooperative board of directors.	elections,energy	troy-fraser	Businessman, investor	Texas	republican	a Texas Senate committee hearing.
--	Last month, 44 of the 50 states saw an increase in the unemployment rate.	economy,jobs,states	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	a speech to the Republican National Convention in Tampa
--	Wind power is the most undependable form of renewable energy.	economy,energy,environment,science,technology	james-oneil	attorney	Rhode Island	democrat	"an appearance on ""10 News Conference."""
--	Charlie Crist allowed college tuition to increase up to 15 percent every year.	education,state-budget	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	a campaign commercial
--	"""The House has never failed to pass a budget in the modern era."""	federal-budget,abc-news-week	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	"an interview on ABC's ""This Week''"
--	Mr. Renacci was registered as a foreign trade lobbyist in the United States government.	campaign-advertising,trade	john-boccieri	Former member of Congress	Ohio	democrat	a debate
--	"""Tommy Thompson created the first school choice program in the nation, giving thousands of Milwaukee students the choice of where they go to school no matter where they live or how much money their parents make."""	education	tommy-thompson		Wisconsin	republican	his campaign Web site.
--	Says the main Central Texas food bank is delivering 50 percent more food to the poor than three years ago.	economy,poverty	lloyd-doggett	Texas congressman in the U.S. Houst of Representatives	Texas	democrat	a speech delivered to U.S. House of Representatives.
--	"McCain ""still thinks it's okay when women don't earn equal pay for equal work."""	legal-issues	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a speech at the Democratic National Convention.
--	"The Baucus bill ""contains provisions that would send massive federal subsidies directly to both private insurance plans and government-chartered cooperatives that pay for elective abortion."""	abortion,health-care	national-right-life-committee			none	a press release
--	Gene Green is the NRAs favorite Democrat in Congress. ... Its no wonder the congressman has a lifetime A rating from the NRA.	guns	adrian-garcia	29th Congressional District candidate	Texas	democrat	a campaign news release
--	"Obama ""won health care for 150,000 people."""	health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	
--	The CBO says that if you raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, half a million people would lose their jobs.	economy,jobs	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	"comments on CNN's ""State of the Union."""
--	State lawmakers are spending taxpayer money for parking that billionaire Arthur Blank could build while paying some state employees so little they are on food stamps.	economy,poverty,sports,state-budget,state-finances,transparency	tyrone-brooks	State representative	Georgia	democrat	a statement
--	State governments have little ability to stimulate job growth in the short run.	economy	david-wyss			none	a newspaper article
--	"""He (Obama) chairs the subcommittee on Europe. ... He's held not one substantive hearing to do oversight."""	foreign-policy	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a debate in Cleveland
--	Says the U.S. federal income tax rate was 0 percent until 1913.	history,taxes	ron-paul	U.S. representative	Texas	republican	a Republican presidential debate in South Carolina
--	"Sarah Palin ""already has more executive experience"" than Barack Obama and Joe Biden ""combined."""	candidates-biography	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	St. Paul, Minn.
--	Texas has, now, the highest share of minimum-wage workers in the nation.	workers	linda-chavez-thompson	Labor organizer	Texas	democrat	a speech to the Central Texas Democratic Forum
--	Two months ago, Donald Trump said that ISIS was not our fight.	foreign-policy,terrorism	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	a GOP debate on CNN
--	Says that on average, Democratic congressional districts received 81 percent more stimulus funds than Republican districts.	stimulus	kay-bailey-hutchison	U.S. Senator	Texas	republican	an op-ed piece.
--	"""You had supported John McCain's military strategies pretty adamantly until this race."""	iraq	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	St. Louis
--	Says critics who say he cut Medicaid are wrong; his budget added $1.2 billion to the program	medicaid,state-budget,state-finances	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	a television interview
--	Says she will work to raise the federal minimum wage back to the highest level its ever been $12 an hour in todays dollars.	economy,jobs,workers	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a column posted on Medium.com
--	$29 is what families on SNAP (i.e. food stamps) have to live on for a week.	federal-budget,hunger	gwyneth-paltrow	Actress	California	democrat	a tweet
--	The Medford Water Commission was fined $279,000 for dumping plain drinking water into a stream.	environment,government-regulation,water	doug-whitsett	state senator	Oregon	republican	a legislative hearing
--	Nothing in the Constitution explicitly guarantees our right to vote.	elections,legal-issues,supreme-court	mark-pocan	State Assembly member, 78th District	Wisconsin	democrat	a speech
--	Sherrod Brown and his special interest allies in Washington are plotting to spend over $13 million to defeat Josh Mandel.	campaign-finance,elections	ohio-republican-party		Ohio	republican	an emailed statement
--	"On the new dollar coins, ""'In God We Trust' is gone!"""	patriotism	chain-email			none	a message circulated to many people.
--	Says Gov. Scott Walkers proposed state budget contained 110 pages of errors -- an unusually high number -- and millions of dollars worth of mistakes that were corrected with a follow-up document.	state-budget	chris-taylor			democrat	a press release
--	Takes credit for substantially reducing the size of the state workforce.	job-accomplishments,jobs	george-allen	consultant	Virginia	republican	campaign literature.
--	If you look at most of the polls, this is a margin-of-error race on Fourth of July between Mitt Romney and the president.	elections,polls	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	an interview on CNBC
--	In the last 10 years, Georgias middle class income has dropped $6,500.	census,income	jason-carter	State Senator	Georgia	democrat	television ad
--	Rooting for the Red Sox is like rooting for the drug companies.	baseball	sherrod-brown	U.S. Senator	Ohio	democrat	an appearance on MSNBC
--	Says Rick Perrys Pay to Play politics led him to send $899 million to an offshore call center in Bermuda, driving down enrollment in childrens health insurance	health-care	texas-democratic-party	Political party	Texas	democrat	news release
--	On allowing a vote on universal gun background checks in the U.S. Senate.	guns	johnny-isakson	U.S. Senator	Georgia	republican	
--	President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid support Rick Perrys decision to give in-state tuition to illegal immigrants.	education,immigration	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	a campaign video.
--	"""Obama has more czars than the Romanovs."""	pop-culture	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	a Twitter message
--	Gov. McDonnells proposed budget is cutting public education.	city-budget,county-budget,education,pensions,state-budget	donald-mceachin	State senator	Virginia	democrat	a speech.
--	A [bank] surveillance camera capturing a criminals face and other identifiable traits would certainly discourage robbery attempts and serve as a deterrent to robbers.	crime,criminal-justice	stephen-ucci	Rhode Island legislator	Rhode Island	democrat	a news release
--	Medicare costs have slowed down dramatically. In fact, the first two months of this fiscal year, Medicare costs were down even in nominal terms relative to the previous year.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare	peter-orszag	Director of the Office of Management and Budget		democrat	"an interview on CNN's ""State of the Union"""
--	Says Donald Trump and Mike Pence want to gamble with your retirement benefits in the stock market.	retirement,social-security	harry-reid	Senate Democratic Leader	Nevada	democrat	a speech at the DNC
--	U.S. Rep. Connie Mack voted to raise his own pay several times.	congressional-rules,federal-budget,income	george-lemieux		Florida	republican	a press release
--	No poll done this year ... shows less than a majority to reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons.	guns,polls	dianne-feinstein	U.S. Senator	California	democrat	a speech on the Senate floor
--	"""I have spent virtually every weekend since Memorial Day in the Panhandle."""	oil-spill	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	a speech at the Florida Association of Counties conference
--	In the 2012 election, there were more votes cast than registered voters in St. Lucie County, and Palm Beach County had 141 percent turnout.	elections	viral-image			none	a viral image
--	Im not a conspiracy theorist and I never allow conspiracy theorists on my program.	pundits	peter-lavelle	Crosstalk host on RT		journalist	"a segment on RT's ""CrossTalk"""
--	Says Romney called Russia our No. 1 enemy.	foreign-policy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a convention speech
--	Theres been no conclusive or specific report to say Russia was trying to muddy the election.	elections,foreign-policy	reince-priebus	Chairman, Republican National Committee	Wisconsin	republican	"comments on ""Meet the Press"""
--	Says Christopher Little has a history of working against environmental protection by defending the worst types of corporate polluters	candidates-biography,elections,environment,legal-issues	edwin-pacheco	Democratic party chairman	Rhode Island	democrat	a press release from the Rhode Island Democratic Party
--	John Kasich says he won, despite 12 visits by a president, somewhere between $45 (million) and $50 million (spent against him,) 500 paid volunteers in here calling me every name in the book, former presidents, first ladies and God-knows-who-else.	elections	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	a speech to lobbyists
--	Opponents of Section 5 (of the Voting Rights Act) complain of state expense, yet their only cost is the paper, postage and manpower required to send copies of legislation to the federal government for review.	elections,supreme-court	john-lewis	Congressman	Georgia	democrat	newspaper column
--	Says Nick Kahl made it harder for many families to cover basic health care expenses.	health-care,taxes	matt-wand	Attorney	Oregon	republican	a campaign mailer
--	In California, the windmills are killing hundreds and hundreds of eagles.	energy,environment	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a speech on energy policy
--	There is nothing in the current state public records law that prohibits sensitive or confidential business information from being just that, confidential.	government-efficiency,jobs	matt-lundy	State representative	Ohio	democrat	a news release
--	We did not even have a federal income tax in this country until 1913.	history,taxes	jim-webb	writer	Virginia	democrat	a web post.
--	"""The White House is won in the swing states, and I am winning the swing states."""	elections	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a speech in Charleston, W.Va.
--	Says opponent U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore is Wisconsins most absent member of Congress, missing nearly 17 percent of the House votes in the second quarter of 2012.	voting-record	dan-sebring	Auto repair shop owner	Wisconsin	republican	a radio ad
--	Says Gov. Scott Walker dropped out or was kicked out of college short of a degree not long after he was kicked out of student elections at Marquette University.	candidates-biography,education	state-democratic-party-wisconsin		Wisconsin	democrat	a web posting
--	Eliminating affirmative action in admissions in Florida led to more African American and Hispanic kids attending our university system than before.	education	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	a CPAC appearance
--	When it comes to transportation funds, Georgians spend more in taxes and on red tape than they get back from the federal government.	taxes,transportation	tom-graves			republican	a speech
--	Federal stimulus money went to a Georgia Tech project that will apparently involve the professor jamming with world-renowned musicians to hopefully also create satisfying works of art.	stimulus	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	a report
--	The U.S. doesnt make television sets anymore.	technology,trade	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a campaign speech
--	When these same Republicans - including Mr. Boehner - were in charge, the number of earmarks and pet projects went up, not down.	federal-budget	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a speech in Cleveland, Ohio.
--	Wisconsins projected state budget shortfall is now as low as $1.5 billion	state-budget	jim-doyle	Lawyer	Wisconsin	democrat	a statutorially required report on the state budget deficit
--	Heroin .. pours across our southern borders.	drugs	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	the third presidential debate
--	Before the Republican wave in 2010, Democrats had an advantage on the generic ballot in Congress. Even in 1994 with the Gingrich revolution ... Democrats had that advantage.	elections	jonathan-karl	ABC News chief White House correspondent		journalist	"a conversation on ABC's ""This Week"""
--	Roy Barnes made Georgia dead last in education and Georgia led the nation in job losses.	economy,education,message-machine	republican-governors-association		Washington, D.C.	republican	a television ad
--	"""Sen. McCain was already turning his sights to Iraq just days after 9/11, and he became a leading supporter of an invasion and occupation of (Iraq)."""	iraq	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	Orlando, Fla.
--	In labor negotiations with city employees, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett demanded concessions that went beyond those mandated by Gov. Scott Walkers collective bargaining law	city-budget,labor	afscme			none	a letter to members
--	Says hes arrested more criminals, including thousands of child predators and sex offenders, than any previous Texas attorney general.	crime,criminal-justice,job-accomplishments,public-safety	greg-abbott	governor	Texas	republican	a campaign television ad
--	Brazil built a $300 million stadium in the Amazon rainforest that is only going to be used for four World Cup games, and theres no team that can fill it afterwards.	sports	john-oliver	Host, Last Week Tonight		none	"a segment on ""Last Week Tonight"""
--	Sources show (Connie) Mack as a resident of California, living with his wife in Palm Springs.	candidates-biography	george-lemieux		Florida	republican	a Web ad
--	We have an Army that just cut 40,000 spots.	military	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	a speech at the Iowa State Fair
--	In South Sudan, more teenage girls die in childbirth than finish high school.	education,foreign-policy,poverty,public-health,women	unicef			none	an article on Medium
--	Says Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur actually lives in a fancy condo in the Washington, D.C. suburbs.	congress,elections,job-accomplishments,message-machine-2012	campaign-primary-accountability	Political action committee	Texas	none	a campaign commercial
--	"U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin didn't want a border fence to block illegal immigration ""because he is afraid that someone will get hurt trying to go around the fence."""	homeland-security,human-rights,immigration	michael-j-gardiner	Lawyer	Rhode Island	republican	a posting on his website
--	Despite attention on global warming, fewer Americans carpool today to work than carpooled in 1980 and SUVs have never been a larger proportion of the vehicles being sold in this country.	climate-change,environment,transportation	george-will	Columnist	Maryland	columnist	a TV talk show
--	Says in 2002, he won more Hispanic votes than Anglo votes, 60 percent in the state.	candidates-biography,diversity,elections	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	a Telemundo News interview
--	"""A lot of the ideas in terms of the (health insurance) exchange, just being able to pool and improve the purchasing power of individuals in the insurance market, that originated from the Heritage Foundation."""	health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	an interview on NBC's Today show
--	Says Mitt Romney supports cap and trade.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,corrections-and-updates,message-machine-2012	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	a video ad airing in Michigan
--	Since the beginning of the year weve created a net increase of 45,000 jobs.	economy,jobs	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	a television interview
--	Texas has a higher unemployment rate than neighboring states.	economy	bill-white	Former mayor of Houston	Texas	democrat	an e-mail
--	The State Election Board has issued nearly $275,000 in fines to violators of absentee ballot laws.	elections	brian-kemp	Secretary of State	Georgia	republican	
--	My supporters arent special interest groups in Madison and Milwaukee.	campaign-finance	mark-neumann	Developer and homebuilder	Wisconsin	republican	a campaign radio ad
--	While 9,000 state employees were added to the states payroll, Oregons revenue forecasts dropped by more than $4 billion.	state-budget,state-finances	dennis-richardson	state representative	Oregon	republican	a newsletter
--	"""John McCain fought to rein in Fannie and Freddie...but Democrats blocked the reforms."""	economy	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	an advertisement
--	Dark money spending in the 2016 election cycle is 10 times what it was at the same point in the 2012 election cycle, when it topped $308 million.	campaign-finance,congress,elections	tammy-baldwin	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	democrat	a campaign email
--	Says there is an upcoming vote to preserve benefits of Texas homestead exemption for seniors and the disabled.	elections,taxes	chain-email			none	a chain email forwarded by an Austin American-Statesman reader.
--	The government is trying to now close the Lincoln Memorial for any kind of large gatherings.	civil-rights,pundits	glenn-beck			none	comments on his radio program
--	You know what (Saddam Hussein) did well? He killed terrorists.	foreign-policy,terrorism	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a rally in Raleigh, N.C.
--	The average age of the minimum wage worker is 35 years old.	corporations,economy,government-regulation,income,labor,poverty,states,wealth,workers	erin-lynch	Rhode Island state senator, lawyer	Rhode Island	democrat	a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island Senate
--	"Says McCain ""supported George Bush's policies 95 percent of the time."""	bush-administration	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	a rally in Springfield, Ill.
--	More Americans have died from guns in the United States since 1968 than on battlefields of all the wars in American history.	guns,military	nicholas-kristof			none	his column in the New York Times
--	There is no war on coal. Period. There are more coal jobs and more coal produced in Ohio than there were five years ago, in spite of the talking points and the yard signs.	economy,energy,environment,jobs	sherrod-brown	U.S. Senator	Ohio	democrat	a debate
--	Says One of the states largest governments made charging this tax one of their top priorities just this year.	message-machine-2012,taxes	Yes-on-79		Oregon	none	a state voters' pamphlet argument
--	The immigration bill has a specific provision that says that Secretary Napolitano does not have to build any fence if she chooses not to.	immigration	jeff-sessions		Alabama	republican	an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation”
--	Says Donald Trump publicly invited Putin to hack into Americans (emails).	civil-rights,crime,foreign-policy,homeland-security,technology	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a Presidential debate
--	The Congressional Budget Office estimates that for every $1 we spend on unemployment benefits, $1.90 is put into our economy.	economy,federal-budget,stimulus,taxes	james-langevin	Congressman	Rhode Island	democrat	an online forum on ProJo.com
--	In Syria, we struck a deal where we got 100 percent of the chemical weapons out.	foreign-policy	john-kerry	Secretary of State	Massachusetts	democrat	"comments on NBC's ""Meet the Press"""
--	On redistricting.	redistricting	richard-saslaw	State Senate Minority Leader	Virginia	democrat	an interview.
--	We had a three-hour debate, no discussion about the national debt, very little about the economy.	debates,elections	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	"an interview on ""This Week."""
--	Obama-Nelson economic record: Job creation ... at slowest post-recession rate since Great Depression.	economy,jobs	adam-hasner		Florida	republican	a tweet
--	Says Democrat Hank Gilbert has a criminal conviction for theft, has multiple years of unpaid taxes, has multiple tax liens and fines, unsafe driving convictions (and) has recently been accused of taking a bribe and is on record lying to the press this year about his criminal record.	candidates-biography,crime	todd-staples	state agriculture commissioner	Texas	republican	a consultant's e-mail to PolitiFact Texas.
--	The Trans-Pacific Partnership was designed for China to come in, as they always do, through the back door and totally take advantage of everyone.	china,trade	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	the fourth GOP primary debate.
--	More women are graduating from college now than men.	education,women	mitch-mcconnell	Senate minority leader	Kentucky	republican	remarks to voters in Kentucky
--	We have 41,000 people right now on the waitlist for financial-based assistance for our tech colleges and universities, most of them for tech schools.	education,state-budget	mary-burke	Madison school board member	Wisconsin	democrat	an interview
--	Were taxing our small businesses now at rates higher than corporations.	corporations,small-business,taxes	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	an interview
--	Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as half a billion to an electric car company that created hundreds of jobs in Finland.	corporations,energy,environment,message-machine-2012,stimulus	americans-prosperity			none	a TV ad
--	"""Health insurance companies' costs are only 4 percent of all health care spending."""	health-care	americas-health-insurance-plans	Trade group representing the health insurance industry	Washington, D.C.	none	an advertisement
--	Says Donald Trump once suggested that he would try to negotiate down the national debt.	candidates-biography,debt,deficit,economy,federal-budget	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a Presidential debate
--	Says DonaldTrump got, you know, $1.8 billion worth of free media. I got, like, none.	elections	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	"an interview on NBC's ""Meet the Press"""
--	When I withdrew in June of 2008, polls were showing that at least 40 percent of my supporters said, oh, they werent going to support Sen. Obama.	polls	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a town hall on ABC's 'Good Morning America'
--	Says Larry Taylor gave in-state tuition to illegal immigrants.	education,immigration	conservative-voters-texas-pac			none	whylarrywhy.com
--	After the attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi,Libya,the ambassadors body was dragged through the street.	foreign-policy,terrorism	laura-ingraham	Political commentator and radio talk show host		none	"a broadcast of ABC's ""This Week"""
--	The increase in the current state budget was greater than the inflation rate and the rate of population growth in Georgia.	state-budget	libertarian-party-georgia			libertarian	a press release
--	Six thousand people have sought addiction treatment through expanded Medicaid.	bipartisanship,drugs,medicaid	maggie-hassan	Candidate for governor	New Hampshire	democrat	her State of the State speech in Nashua
--	When students leave our high schools and they go to the community college, 70-75 percent of them have to pay to take remedial math.	children,education	deborah-gist	Commissioner of education	Rhode Island	state-official	"an appearance on ""A Lively Experiment."""
--	Of those 850,000 (new Texas) jobs, most were public-sector jobs and minimum-wage jobs.	economy,jobs	bill-white	Former mayor of Houston	Texas	democrat	an interview
--	It is a fact that it costs more to run the schools in August.	education	kathleen-angelucci	Cobb County School Board member	Georgia	republican	a newspaper article
--	The problem with raising tax rates on the wealthiest Americans is that more than half of them are small business owners.	deficit,federal-budget,taxes	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	a news conference
--	Franklin Roosevelt never allocated more than 12 percent of GDP to federal spending, while the percentage for Barack Obama is not projected to drop below 22.8 percent.	federal-budget,pundits	glenn-beck			none	a commentary on Fox News Channel's 'Glenn Beck Program'
--	Fifty-seven of Rubios 100 ideas ultimately became law.	candidates-biography,florida	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	his campaign Web site
--	Ninety-six percent of failing schools are spending above $8,400, the average annual per student expenditure, and 26 percent spend considerably more than that.	education	nathan-deal			republican	an interview
--	About 78 to 81 House Democrats are members of the Communist Party. ... Its called the Congressional Progressive Caucus.	candidates-biography	allen-west	U.S. representative, Florida District 22	Florida	republican	a town hall meeting in Jensen Beach, Fla.
--	Military spending cuts, known as the sequester, were President Barack Obamas idea.	federal-budget,military	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	the Republican response to the State of the Union
--	"""George Bush, and a Republican Congress, have presided over a 55 percent increase in the size of domestic government spending in the last seven years."""	federal-budget	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	"a comment by McCain campaign adviser Carly Fiorina on MSNBC's ""Morning Joe"""
--	"""Clinton aides admit it (a gas tax holiday) won't do much for you but would help her politically."""	energy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	in a television ad
--	Bill McCollum backed Jim Greers effort to hide financial irregularities.	ethics,message-machine,transparency	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	a TV ad.
--	"""First, he was in favor of my plan, now he's attacking it."""	iraq	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	
--	Creflo Dollar needed a $65 million Gulfstream G650 to carry thousands of pounds of food and other supplies -- as well as the Word of God -- worldwide.	religion,transparency	juda-engelmayer	New York publicist	Georgia	none	interviews
--	Halliburton gave Dick Cheney a $34 million payout when he left the company to join the presidential ticket.	candidates-biography,corporations,energy,environment,oil-spill,pundits	chris-matthews	Host of MSNBC's Hardball		none	an interview with Jay Leno on NBC's The Tonight Show
--	All Aboard Florida is a 100 percent private venture. There is no state money involved.	state-budget,transportation	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	a TV interview
--	Fox News is banned in Canada because it violatesa law thatprevents news channels from lying to their viewers.	ethics,foreign-policy	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	posts on Facebook
--	On ending stop and frisk	public-safety	jim-kenney	Philadelphia Mayor	Pennsylvania	democrat	Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney clarified his stance on stop and frisk to the Al Día editorial board.
--	Says under President Barack Obama theres been the lowest discretionary spending weve had in decades in the United States.	federal-budget	cory-booker	U.S. senator	New Jersey	democrat	a roundtable discussion on NBC’s “Meet The Press”
--	In one year, (President Obama) provided $90 billion in breaks to the green energy world into solar and wind, to Solyndra and Fisker and Tesla and Ener1.	candidates-biography,corporations,debates,energy,environment,stimulus	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	the first presidential debate in Denver
--	Says that 98,184 Texans are now driving with temporary drivers licenses lacking their photos.	crime,elections,legal-issues	mario-gallegos	Retired firefighter	Texas	democrat	a Texas Senate committee meeting.
--	Youve been tremendously deceived by people who say the Earth is not flat.	corrections-and-updates,science,space	bob	Hip hop artist		none	in a Jan. 25 tweet
--	Jennifer Carrolls an outsider.	candidates-biography,elections	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	a press conference.
--	Hedge fund managers pay less in taxes than nurses and truck drivers.	economy,income,jobs,taxes	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	an appearance in Mason City, Iowa
--	Says President Barack Obamas approval rating gained 3 points in the last couple months.	polls	dan-pfeiffer	Adviser to President Barack Obama		democrat	"an interview on ""Meet the Press"""
--	In the city of Milwaukee, weve still got a mayor and a police chief who are furloughing police officers at a time when we have violence all across the city.	city-budget,crime	robin-vos	Wisconsin Assembly speaker	Wisconsin	republican	a radio interview
--	A proposal to reduce the deficit involved large tax cuts for the top bracket.	federal-budget,taxes,abc-news-week	paul-krugman	New York Times columnist		none	" ""This Week with Christiane Amanpour"""
--	Says Mitch McConnell voted two times against the Violence Against Women Act.	crime,criminal-justice,message-machine-2014,women	alison-lundergan-grimes	Secretary of State	Kentucky	democrat	a campaign ad
--	His new running mate, Congressman Ryan, put forward a plan that would let Governor Romney pay less than 1 percent in taxes each year.	taxes	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a speech at Windham High School in New Hampshire
--	Wisconsin law says all recall petition signers must sign in the presence of another person.	elections	kurt-schuller	State treasurer	Wisconsin	republican	a tweet
--	In early voting in Miami-Dade County, there is a trickle of two or three people a day at a very high cost to keep those public libraries and polls open.	elections,florida	miguel-diaz-de-la-portilla	State Senator District 36	Florida	republican	a Senate Rules Committee meeting
--	I never lobbied under any circumstance for Freddie Mac.	campaign-finance,ethics	newt-gingrich	"Co-host on CNN's ""Crossfire"""	Georgia	republican	a debate in Iowa
--	Says Mitt Romneys housing policy is, Dont try and stop the foreclosure process. Let it run its course and hit the bottom.	housing,message-machine-2012	democratic-national-committee			none	a campaign ad
--	"""In just a few years in office, Sen. Obama has accumulated the most liberal voting record in the Senate."""	candidates-biography	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	a speech in New Orleans
--	Whether the Amendment passes or not, the medical use of marijuana is a federal criminal offense.	criminal-justice,drugs,health-care,marijuana,states	pam-bondi		Florida	republican	an initial brief to the Florida Supreme Court
--	Jules Bailey was instrumental in creating the Business Energy Tax Credit that let companies like Wal-Mart profit by $11 million while costing the Oregon general fund $33 million.	state-finances,taxes	brian-wilson	Self-employed financial consultant	Oregon	none	a campaign email
--	Based on current trends, 15.5 million girls will be married in the next 16 years as children.	women	emma-watson			none	a speech at the UN
--	"""New Mexico was 46th in teacher pay (when he was elected), now we're 29th."""	education	bill-richardson	Governor	New Mexico	democrat	a TV ad.
--	The big Wall Street banks, the big corporations give many times more political donations to Democrats than Republicans.	campaign-finance,corporations,elections	jim-demint	President, Heritage Foundation	South Carolina	republican	an interview
--	David Perdue has never voted in a Republican primary until his name was on the ballot.	voting-record	jack-kingston	U.S. Representative	Georgia	republican	Friends of Jack Kingston flyer
--	If you don't count illegal aliens, people who qualify for other insurance, and people who make more than $75,000 a year, it leaves about 15 million people who are uninsured.	health-care	orrin-hatch	U.S. Senator	Utah	republican	an interview on Fox News
--	The War in Afghanistan is officially the longest war Americans have ever been asked to endure.	afghanistan,history,military	dennis-kucinich	U.S. representative	Ohio	democrat	a statement posted to his website
--	Says JimRenacci has consistently voted for loopholes that encourage outsourcing of our jobs.	financial-regulation,taxes,trade,voting-record	betty-sutton	U.S. representative from Ohio's 13th District	Ohio	democrat	a debate
--	Says in Texas its legal to shoot someone whos committing a public nuisance under the cover of dark.	guns,legal-issues	robert-reich	Economics professor at the University of California (Berkeley)	California	democrat	a blog post
--	"A small business receiving a federal tax credit ""to provide health care for its employees ... would be barred under the Stupak Amendment from allowing their employees to use ... the health care that they offer them for abortion."""	abortion,health-care	ed-rendell	Governor	Pennsylvania	democrat	the 'Rachel Maddow Show'
--	Individuals and small businesses will be hit by increases in health insurance premiums as high as 39 percent.	health-care	americans-united-change			none	a recorded phone message
--	Says Barack Obamas comments indicate he believes in redistribution of wealth.	government-efficiency,message-machine-2012	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	a speech
--	Says of the 2,000 Portland households in the year-long (composting) pilot, 87 percent of participants reported being satisfied with the overall system.	polls	sam-adams	Mayor of Portland	Oregon	democrat	an article on his website
--	Says Oregon state employees received a catch-up pay raise in 1981 -- just two years after they agreed not to take a raise in exchange for a retirement benefit.	labor,retirement,unions	dennis-richardson	state representative	Oregon	republican	a press briefing
--	Here in Pennsylvania, the annual cost for infant childcare is over $10,000 per child, which is more than most families pay in rent and almost the same cost as in-state college tuition.	children,families,poverty	katie-mcginty		Pennsylvania	democrat	
--	All of Texas is conservative, except a little bit of Austin.	polls,states	sean-hannity	Radio/TV host		none	while interviewing Donald Trump in Austin
--	Under this tax cut, middle-class families dont save enough for a weeks worth of groceries, while millionaires save enough to go on an exotic vacation.	income,taxes	lou-greenwald	State Assemblyman	New Jersey	democrat	a press release
--	The poverty rate amongst women is the worst its been in 17 years and the extreme poverty rate is the worst its ever been.	poverty,women	george-allen	consultant	Virginia	republican	a debate.
--	Says the word Dhimmitude is on page 107 of the health care law and means Muslims are specifically exempted from the government mandate to purchase insurance.	health-care,religion	chain-email			none	a chain email
--	Scientists have shown us (that) the greater possibilities, the real science movement, has been with adult stem cell research. It has not been with embryonic.	health-care	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	a news conference with reporters
--	On the National Animal Identification System.	agriculture,candidates-biography	todd-staples	state agriculture commissioner	Texas	republican	a Tea Party rally in El Paso
--	Elorza wants to teach our public school children about the non-existence of God.	candidates-biography,education,government-regulation,legal-issues,campaign-advertising,pop-culture,religion,science,unions	Local-799-international-assoc-fire-fighters		Rhode Island	none	in a mailer
--	Donald Trump says that NATO is obsolete and that we need to get rid of NATO...	foreign-policy,military	tim-kaine	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	a debate.
--	On implementing a sales tax.	message-machine,taxes	doug-ainge	high school teacher	Oregon	democrat	a television ad
--	A few weeks ago, (the) education committee in Congress is deciding whats going to be in your local salad bar.	congress,education,food-safety,market-regulation	dave-brat	College professor	Virginia	republican	a podcast.
--	Ninety percent of the people in Arkansas still love Bill Clinton.	elections,abc-news-week	donna-brazile	Political commentator	Washington, D.C.	democrat	a statement on ABC News' 'This Week.'
--	The problem of unwanted sexual contacts in the military is not just a womans issue. More than half of the victims are men.	military	kirsten-gillibrand	U.S. Senator	New York	democrat	an interview on Face the Nation
--	Says a study shows that children who live with a biological parent and the parents boyfriend or girlfriend have a 20 times greater chance of being sexually abused.	children,crime,families,marriage	glenn-grothman	State Senator, 20th District	Wisconsin	republican	an interview
--	A proposed regional transportation tax will last a minimum of 10 years, and has been approved to last longer.	transportation	anonymous-flier			none	
--	Says our 12 month job increase was the sixth highest in the nation.	jobs	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	a speech before the state Legislature
--	Warren Buffett called (Jeff) Greenes scheme financial weapons of mass destruction.	candidates-biography,financial-regulation,message-machine	kendrick-meek		Florida	democrat	a television ad
--	Its not true that since hes been the president, executions in Iran have increased by four times.	crime,human-rights,abc-news-week	mahmoud-ahmadinejad			none	"ABC's ""This Week"""
--	Says I am happy to decline PERS so that the County can save over $68,000 over a four year term that would have been paid on my behalf.	county-budget,county-government,message-machine-2012,retirement	john-ludlow	Businessman		republican	a Facebook post
--	Says Chris Dudley thinks Oregons minimum wage is too high.	jobs,message-machine	john-kitzhaber	Governor of Oregon	Oregon	democrat	a television ad
--	Over half the people on disability are either anxious or their back hurts.	disability	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	a speech in New Hampshire
--	"""The Democrats in the Senate and some members of Congress defended what Fannie and Freddie were doing. They resisted any change."""	economy	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	Nashville, Tenn.
--	Today California is kicking our butt, creating more jobs and more economic growth than Texas.	economy,jobs,states	julian-castro	Mayor, San Antonio	Texas	democrat	comments at Texas Democratic Party convention
--	Says Gov. Mike Pence and Rep. Mike Coffman take the same positions on a number of things... Coffman and Pence oppose equal rights for LGBT Americans.	gays-and-lesbians	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	a news release
--	All of Floridas four-year state colleges now offer bachelors degrees for only $10,000.	education	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	his State of the State speech
--	One of every two Wisconsin residents are on some kind of government handout.	federal-budget,medicare,social-security	scott-fitzgerald	State Senator, 13th District	Wisconsin	republican	a speech at the state GOP convention
--	A new ruling by the EPA would force dairy farmers to comply with the Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Program when dealing with spilt milk -- the same regulations oil and natural gas producers must follow.	environment	morgan-griffith	U.S. Congressman	Virginia	republican	a newsletter.
--	Last year, we had zero percent growth in GDP in Virginia ...The only states that did worse than us were Alaska and Mississippi.	economy	glen-sturtevant			republican	a candidates' forum.
--	In the U.S. Constitution, theres a little section in there that talks about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.	history	herman-cain		Georgia	republican	in a speech announcing his presidential run
--	In 1990, the U.S. led the world in the percentage of 25-34 year olds with college degrees. Today we are in 12th place.	education	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	a meme on social media
--	"""I have something in common with my husband. He never carried caucuses either. He lost all of the ones that I've lost."""	elections	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	an ABC/Politico interview
--	Your tax dollars are not being used to sue you, the people.	redistricting	alan-hays	state senator	Florida	republican	a public hearing about redistricting
--	Federal, state and local governments have subsidized the production of the Volt to the tune of estimates between $50,000 and $250,000 per vehicle sold.	corporations,energy,technology	jim-jordan	U.S. representative	Ohio	republican	a congressional hearing
--	In Cobb County, every meeting opened with a prayer. The ACLU objected. Sued ... [Sam] Olens took on the ACLU and won!	legal-issues,religion	sam-olens		Georgia	republican	a campaign ad
--	Felony crimes in the city of Atlanta are the lowest they have been since 1969.	crime	kasim-reed			democrat	a speech
--	Both the Democratic and Republican candidates for president in 2016 are quite unpopular.	elections	jimmy-carter		Georgia	democrat	interview with an AP reporter in Memphis
--	Republicans are attempting to remove Barack Obama from Georgias Presidential Ballot in 2012.	elections	georgia-democrats		Georgia	democrat	an online fundraising bid
--	Says Hillary Clinton takes tens of millions of dollars from countries that hate women, that disrespect women, that throw gays off of buildings.	foreign-policy,terrorism	kellyanne-conway			republican	"comments on ""Meet the Press"""
--	Says he came to the Republican Party sooner in age than Ronald Reagan.	candidates-biography,new-hampshire-2012	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	Republican presidential primary debate
--	Voter turnout for some groups in the 2008 presidential general election in Georgia was far greater than it should have been demographically.	elections	warren-kampf	State Representative	Pennsylvania	republican	a town hall meeting
--	Fluoride in the water, that was originally done by the Nazis!	corrections-and-updates,history,public-health,science,water	jesse-ventura	Author	Minnesota	independent	an interview with Salon.com
--	"""He was a member of the Iraq Study Group and was either fired or quit from a very important commission that was trying to figure out the way forward in Iraq."""	iraq	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	Interview on Fox News
--	If an individual is determined to commit suicide, the availability of a gun is not a factor because they will find a way.	guns,public-health	michael-chippendale	State Representative	Rhode Island	republican	"a debate on WPRI's ""Newsmakers program"""
--	Presidents Hoover, Truman and Eisenhower collectively ordered the deportation of at least 15 million illegal aliens.	history,immigration,legal-issues	chain-email			none	a chain e-mail
--	The total number of dollars that passes through the Department of Development is like $900 million and like $650 (million) of it has nothing to do with development, which is breathtaking when you think about it.	government-efficiency,state-budget	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	a statement to reporters
--	Medicare only has about 50 percent of it paid for by either premiums or payroll taxes, and the rest is deficit spending ... or debt spending.	medicare,abc-news-week	tim-pawlenty			republican	"ABC's ""This Week"""
--	In the 2014 election, 80 percentofpoor people did not vote.	income,voting-record	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	"an interview on NBC's ""Meet the Press"""
--	Says the Nike bill is not a tax break ... this does not lower the taxes that Nike will pay nor does it prevent the Legislature from raising those taxes in the future.	state-budget,taxes	john-kitzhaber	Governor of Oregon	Oregon	democrat	legislative testimony.
--	Thanks to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Vietnam is drafting and presenting unprecedented labor reforms, changing their Constitution to recognize worker organizations in Vietnam for the first time.	labor,trade	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a press conference at the White House
--	As state treasurer, Alexi Giannoulias lost $73 million in our kids college savings.	economy,education,message-machine	mark-kirk	U.S. Senator	Illinois	republican	a TV ad
--	District 22 includes about 80% of the district I have represented since 2010. District 20 includes about 20% of the area I have represented since 2010.	redistricting	jack-latvala	State Senator	Florida	republican	a newsletter
--	We now work the longest hours of any people around the world.	labor	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	a C-SPAN interview
--	When lenders foreclose on homes, they typically suffer losses that exceed 30 percent of the value of the home.	housing	thaddeus-mccotter	Congressman	Michigan	republican	"an op-ed in the ""National Review"""
--	"""The policy of the Bush administration was also not to add new nuclear capabilities."""	foreign-policy,military,abc-news-week	robert-gates	Secretary of Defense		none	"ABC's ""This Week"""
--	"""We haven't built a refinery, I think, in 30 years."""	energy	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	a debate in Manchester, N.H.
--	In the state legislature, I supported Second Amendment rights.	guns	jason-kander	Secretary of State	Missouri	democrat	a campaign ad
--	Says the health care reform bill was paid for, in part, by taking money from students and the student loan system.	education,health-care	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	a conference call with reporters
--	The Republican National Convention is a Super Bowl times four.	economy,elections,tourism	reince-priebus	Chairman, Republican National Committee	Wisconsin	republican	comments made to reporters while in Tampa
--	"John McCain ""has threatened extinction for North Korea and sung songs about bombing Iran."""	foreign-policy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	Oxford, Miss.
--	Says more Republicans than Democrats voted for the Wall Street bailouts.	economy,financial-regulation	kurt-schrader	U.S. representative	Oregon	democrat	a radio show
--	Says a prank phone call caused 400 children to be taken from their parents... without warrant.	civil-rights	debra-medina	Businesswoman	Texas	republican	an e-mail.
--	A bill that could restrict free speech when the president is nearby was signed by President Barack Obama in secret.	congressional-rules,legal-issues,transparency	andrew-napolitano	judge		republican	an interview on Fox News
--	Californias Prop 55 prevents $4 billion in new cuts to our schools.	education,state-finances	yes-55		California	organization	a television advertisement
--	George Allen voted for budgets that increased the national debt by $16,400 for every second he served in the U.S. Senate.	federal-budget	jamie-radtke		Virginia	republican	a news release
--	This town (Wilmington, Ohio) hasnt taken any money from the government. They dont want any money from the government.	economy,families,jobs,pundits	glenn-beck			none	his radio broadcast
--	We were not, I repeat, were not told that waterboarding or any of these other enhanced interrogation methods were used.	terrorism	nancy-pelosi	House Minority Leader	California	democrat	a news conference.
--	22 Countries Invaded by the U.S. in 20 Years.	foreign-policy,military,terrorism	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	viral posts on the Internet
--	Sixteen [federal] programs exist to fight homelessness and some of them are duplicative.	federal-budget	jack-kingston	U.S. Representative	Georgia	republican	a presentation
--	The U.S. Constitution is the oldest written constitution still in use today among nations.	history	bob-goodlatte	U.S. Congressman	Virginia	republican	a video.
--	Says U.S. Senate opponent Tommy Thompson favors raising taxes on small businesses.	health-care,taxes	tammy-baldwin	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	democrat	debate comments
--	Republicans offered Wisconsin bar patrons free shots (of alcohol) to sign recall petitions against Democrats.	elections,labor,state-budget	chris-larson	Wisconsin Senate Minority Leader	Wisconsin	democrat	a tweet
--	Says Donald Trumpsfoundation took money other people gave to his charity and then bought a six-foot-tall painting of himself.	candidates-biography	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a speech in Philadelphia
--	The Democrat-led Senate has failed to pass a budget for 750 days ... Senate Democrats have neglected one of their most basic responsibilities.	federal-budget,government-efficiency	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	a news release
--	On Common Core.	education	bobby-jindal	Governor of Louisiana	Louisiana	republican	"an op-ed in ""USA Today."""
--	Says Ron Johnson helped companies ship jobs overseas.	foreign-policy,jobs,trade	russ-feingold		Wisconsin	democrat	a TV ad
--	Florida Democrats just voted to impose Sharia law on women.	islam,legal-issues,religion	blog-posting			none	in various social media posts
--	Says opponent Beto ORourke wants to legalize drugs.	drugs,marijuana,message-machine-2012	silvestre-reyes	U.S. House member	Texas	democrat	a video advertisement.
--	Says Bill Clinton opposes President Barack Obamas plan to raise taxes on wealthy Americans.	message-machine,taxes	american-crossroads			republican	a television ad airing in Orlando
--	Ninety-seven percent of Americans do not receive subsidies for health care under the Affordable Care Act.	congress,government-regulation,guns,public-health,states	austin-scott		Georgia	republican	press conference
--	Our economy is not growing.	economy	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	a speech at the Republican convention
--	"""It doesn't make sense to me to send $1-billion a day out of our country. We can be energy independent and should be."""	energy	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	Florida.
--	Says Scott Walkers plan to replace Obamacare is a new entitlement program for every single American human being from the time they are born right up until they grow old and become eligible for Medicare.	federal-budget,health-care,taxes,welfare	bobby-jindal	Governor of Louisiana	Louisiana	republican	a statement
--	Says state Senate candidate Monk Elmer voted to exceed the (school district property tax) spending caps.	education,message-machine,taxes	american-federation-children			none	a direct mail campaign piece 
--	"""For at least a year now, I have called for two additional brigades, perhaps three."""	military	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	Afghanistan
--	Says Hillary Clinton wants to go to a single-payer plan for health care	health-care	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a presidential debate
--	Foreign aid is less than 1 percent of our federal budget.	corrections-and-updates,federal-budget,foreign-policy	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	a GOP debate at the University of Miami
--	Pay-as-you-go is the principle that helped transform large deficits into surpluses in the 1990s.	federal-budget	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a speech at the White House.
--	"Obama has ""visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any president in his first six months in office."""	foreign-policy	chain-email			none	a widely circulated e-mail
--	Says Texas has so few gas-pump inspectors in the field, the HEBs of this state, the Brookshires of this state, theyre calibrating their own gas pumps. The (Texas Department of Agriculture) just sends them the stickers and they calibrate them.	consumer-safety,energy,job-accomplishments	hank-gilbert	Cattle raiser	Texas	democrat	a speech.
--	We have empowered state insurance commissioners to review the rate hikes that are taking place in states. And in some states like North Carolina, they have already used it and rolled back premium increases by 25 percent.	children,health-care,job-accomplishments	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	"an interview on Comedy Central's ""Daily Show with Jon Stewart"""
--	Says a rather extraordinary amount of non-classroom employees were added by Texas school districts over the last decade.	state-budget,taxes	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	a comment to reporters.
--	"A mortgage buyback plan is ""my proposal, it's not Sen. Obama's proposal, it's not President Bush's proposal."""	economy	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	Nashville, Tenn.
--	"""The permission to engage was given before the word RPG was ever used."""	ethics,human-rights,military	julian-assange			none	"an interview on Comedy Central's ""The Colbert Report"""
--	"""Senator Obama has voted 94 times to either increase your taxes or against tax cuts."""	taxes	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	comment from McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds on Fox News
--	Lorain is the poorest urban school district in the state of Ohio.	education,poverty,state-budget	dan-ramos	State representative	Ohio	democrat	a speech in the Ohio House
--	The Senate health care bill does not contain limits on medical malpractice lawsuits.	health-care	mitch-mcconnell	Senate minority leader	Kentucky	republican	a floor speech
--	Narragansett Bay waters are getting warmer -- 4 degrees Fahrenheit warmer in the winter since the 1960s.	climate-change,environment,history,science	sheldon-whitehouse	U.S. Senator	Rhode Island	democrat	a Senate speech published on YouTube
--	Says Barack Obama has the legal authority to let in really however many refugees he wants, from whatever country.	federal-budget,foreign-policy,immigration,terrorism	ron-johnson		Wisconsin	republican	a public forum
--	Of all cities in the United States with more than 100,000 people, Providence is the 183rd safest.	crime	brett-smiley		Rhode Island	democrat	a campaign speech
--	In Japan, executives of failing companies say 'I'm sorry' and then either do one of two things: resign or go commit suicide.	ethics	chuck-grassley	U.S. senator	Iowa	republican	a radio interview
--	Says President Barack Obama said that American exceptionalism is no more exceptional than the exceptionalism of any other country.	foreign-policy,patriotism	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	an op-ed in the 'Wall Street Journal'
--	Says Barack Obamas favorability rating in Israel once clocked in at 4 percent.	israel,polls	kinky-friedman	Author	Texas	democrat	an opinion column.
--	Says Donald Trump proposes to deport 16 million people, 11 million who are here without documents, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence want to get rid of birthright citizenship.	children,homeland-security,human-rights,immigration	tim-kaine	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	the 2016 vice presidential debate
--	Says U.S. House candidate Carlos Curbelo opposes the repeal of Obamacare.	health-care	ed-macdougall	Cutler Bay mayor	Florida	republican	a radio ad
--	Says, Statistics indicate that one in eight children, and one in 18 adults in Oregon suffers from mental illness.	health-care,public-health,state-budget	peter-courtney	Senate President in Oregon Legislature		democrat	a press release
--	One in five American households have nobody under the same roof thats got a job.	economy,families,jobs,workers	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	remarks in Cocoa Beach, Fla.
--	"""George Bush ... used a signing statement (on a FEMA bill) to say, 'I don't have to follow that, unless I choose to.' """	legal-issues	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	debate in Johnston, Iowa
--	Obamas mid-term approval ratings are similar to other presidents who went on to re-election.	polls	tim-kaine	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	a TV interview.
--	"""I saved the taxpayers $2-billion on a bogus Air Force Boeing tanker deal where people went to jail."""	federal-budget	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	St. Petersburg, Fla.
--	Says the fluoride Austin is putting in its drinking water is toxic waste.	public-health	mike-ford	Retiree	Texas	none	a letter.
--	The new light bulbs will cost roughly six times the cost of the light bulbs we now use.	energy,market-regulation	ameripac			none	a fundraising letter
--	Only three in 10 young Americans under 30 -- 30 percent under 30 -- have full-time work.	jobs,workers	ron-meyer	Press secretary	Virginia	republican	a TV interview.
--	Emory University students were provided counseling after someone wrote Trump 2016 in chalk on campus.	education	viral-media-reports	none	Georgia	none	Newspaper, television and social media
--	Through the Clinton Foundation, the Clintons are now worth in excess of $100 million.	candidates-biography	america-rising-now	pro-Trump super PAC		organization	"an ad played on ""Meet the Press"""
--	The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Wisconsins photo ID election law	elections	debbie-wasserman-schultz	U.S. Representative, Florida District 23	Florida	democrat	a news release
--	A telephone company will no longer have to provide landline service to customers if there is an alternative provider, including wireless.	market-regulation	ward-armstrong	Minority leader, House of Delegates	Virginia	democrat	a House floor speech.
--	The people of Tiverton have historically supported [gambling measures] at a rate higher than the rest of the state.	economy,gambling,history,polls,recreation,tourism	john-taylor-2	chairman of the board, Twin River	Rhode Island	business-leader	"an interview on WPRI-TV's ""Newsmakers."""
--	We know how to stop AIDS: persuade men not to have sex with men.	gays-and-lesbians,health-care	bryan-fischer	Radio host		none	"his ""Focal Point"" radio show"
--	Democrats in Congress had control since January of 2007. They haven't passed a law making waterboarding illegal. They haven't gone into any of these things and changed law.	human-rights,legal-issues,terrorism	newt-gingrich	"Co-host on CNN's ""Crossfire"""	Georgia	republican	a television interview
--	Alexander Hamilton was an immigration hawk.	history,immigration	rush-limbaugh	Radio host		none	"""The Rush Limbaugh Show"""
--	And weve constantly been the lowest unemployed county in the state.	job-accomplishments	bob-terry	Washington County commissioner	Oregon	none	an Oregon Public Broadcasting interview
--	The federal government can tell General Motors what to charge for its automobiles.	bankruptcy,financial-regulation	phil-gingrey	U.S. Congressman	Georgia	republican	a CNN interview
--	A few weeks ago Obama took Hamas and Iran OFF the terror list.	foreign-policy,israel,nuclear,terrorism	glenn-beck			none	a Facebook post
--	Once a woman enters into the sex trade, her average life expectancy is seven years.	children,crime,public-health,public-safety,recreation,sexuality,women,workers	rebecca-quigley	"host, ""State of the State."""	Rhode Island	none	"a comment on a ""State of the State"" TV program."
--	Says Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez has passed one bill in her 20 years in Congress, and that was to rename a post office.	elections	kamala-harris	Attorney General	California	democrat	a U.S. Senate campaign debate.
--	Under the House Republican budget, if these cuts were to be spread out evenly the year after next, nearly 10 million college students would see their financial aid cut by an average of more than $1,000 each.	education,federal-budget	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	remarks to a meeting of the Newspaper Association of America
--	The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has estimated that the Obama administrations Power Plan will cause energy costs in Texas to rise as much as 16 percent per year.	corrections-and-updates,energy,environment	lamar-smith	Congressman	Texas	republican	Op-ed column in the San Antonio Express-News
--	John Boozman supports privatizing Social Security	message-machine,social-security	blanche-lincoln	U.S. Senator for Arkansas	Arkansas	democrat	a TV ad
--	Slot machines in Miami-Dade and Broward counties have generated 20 percent of the promised $500 million per year for schools.	education,gambling	no-casinos		Florida	none	a statement on their website
--	Jebs policies in Florida helped lead to its almost total collapse.	economy,florida	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a tweet
--	We are almost halfway to our goal of 1,000 rapes prosecuted!	crime	tim-mcginty	Cuyahoga County prosecutor	Ohio	democrat	his campaign website
--	One in every five families in the state of New Jersey has a loved one with a mental illness, a serious mental illness, and today, we dont care.	health-care,state-budget	richard-codey	State Senator	New Jersey	democrat	a speech on the Senate floor
--	Says kids who start in the ninth grade in the city of Newark this past September, 23 percent of them will graduate in four years.	education	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	a radio interview
--	Says that, unlike the U.S. Senate, even the Libyan government, in the middle of a civil war, passed a budget on June 15, 2011	federal-budget,foreign-policy,government-efficiency	ann-marie-buerkle	Candidate for U.S. House	New York	republican	a news release
--	The nonpartisan CBO, Congressional Budget Office, has said that the No. 1 policy decision that brought us to the need to prevent the nation from defaulting on our debt for the first time in history were the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003.	deficit,federal-budget	debbie-wasserman-schultz	U.S. Representative, Florida District 23	Florida	democrat	debate on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives
--	When Rick Scott was deposed in lawsuits about his company, he took the Fifth 75 times.	candidates-biography,legal-issues	florida-democratic-party		Florida	democrat	a TV ad
--	Vern Buchanan. His old business was caught illegally funneling over $60,000 in campaign donations to Buchanan to influence his election.	campaign-finance	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	in a radio ad
--	"Says McCain was a ""Hanoi Hilton songbird"" who collaborated with the enemy."	candidates-biography	vietnam-veterans-against-john-mccain			none	a flyer sent to news organizations in South Carolina
--	Were spending less money today, in upcoming fiscal year 2014 than the Corzine-Buono budget spent in fiscal year 2008.	state-budget,state-finances	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	"an interview on NJ101.5 FM's ""Ask the Governor"" program"
--	In New Mexico, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish spent federal stimulus funds on campaign Christmas cards.	ethics,message-machine	susana-martinez	Candidate for governor of New Mexico	New Mexico	republican	a campaign commercial
--	House Republicans are ramming through legislation ... to classify pizza as a vegetable for the purpose of school lunches.	education,public-health	democratic-national-committee			none	an e-mail message
--	Wendy Davis legal work is currently under FBI investigation.	candidates-biography,crime,criminal-justice,ethics	greg-abbott	governor	Texas	republican	a billboard message
--	On whether hes had a relationship with Vladimir Putin.	candidates-biography,foreign-policy	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	various interviews and speeches
--	Says Gov. Chris Christies poll ratings have been going up.	polls	piers-morgan	"Host of ""Piers Morgan Tonight"""		talk-show-host	"an interview with Gov. Chris Christie on ""Piers Morgan Tonight"""
--	The United States is the only developed country in the world that has not cut its corporate tax rate.	corporations,taxes	herman-cain		Georgia	republican	an interview
--	"""I committed to public financing; (Obama) committed to public financing."""	ethics	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	a news conference in Columbus, Ohio
--	Says Donald Trump wants to replace Obamacare with a single-payer system.	health-care,public-health	reid-ribble	Candidate for 8th District U.S. House seat	Wisconsin	republican	an interview
--	"The U.S. energy policy is to ""borrow money from China to buy oil from countries that don't like us."""	energy	mark-warner	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	Denver
--	All private healthcare plans must conform to government rules to participate in a Healthcare Exchange.	health-care,market-regulation	chain-email			none	a chain e-mail
--	On debating.	elections	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	a press release
--	"Obama supports ""teaching schoolchildren in 2nd grade, no less about homosexual relationships."""	education,gays-and-lesbians	focus-family-action			none	a Web article
--	Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed became a city resident in the last annexation, opening the door to his candidacy.	elections	keisha-lance-bottoms			democrat	an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story
--	In Pennsylvania, President Barack Obamas policies have increased unemployment 19 percent, led to the loss of 37,900 manufacturing jobs, and left 189,000 more people in poverty.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs,message-machine-2012,poverty,states	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	a Web video
--	Virtually every person across this country has seen premiums going up and up and up due to Obamacare.	health-care	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	a conversation with reporters
--	Secure Communities has a proven track record of enhancing public safety by focusing on violent offenders and those that pose a threat to our communities and our national security.	crime,immigration	peter-kilmartin	state representative	Rhode Island	democrat	a news release
--	Every (U.S. Supreme Court) nominee since 1875 has received a nomination hearing.	supreme-court	mark-herring	State senator	Virginia	democrat	a letter
--	"""The 1990s were a time of prosperity. We created more than 22-million new jobs, moved 8-million people out of poverty, and turned our economy around."""	economy	bill-clinton	former president	Arkansas	democrat	
--	The Affordable Care Act will likely go down as the biggest tax increase in history.	financial-regulation,health-care,taxes	josh-mandel	Ohio treasurer	Ohio	republican	a news release
--	The unemployment rate is declining faster in Tampa than almost anywhere else.	economy,jobs	bob-buckhorn		Florida	none	a speech at the RNC
--	New Jersey loses net, that is minus those who come into the state, 30,000 students a year.	education	susan-cole	Montclair State University President		none	an interview on NJTV
--	All the talk about socialism during the campaign made young people more interested in it by Election Day.	economy	michael-moore	Documentary filmmaker		none	the movie Capitalism: A Love Story
--	Ive done more impeachments than anybody else in the history of the country.	congressional-rules,criminal-justice,history,job-accomplishments	jim-sensenbrenner	Member of Congress	Wisconsin	republican	a House Judiciary Committee hearing
--	Says Marco Rubio believes the earth is 9,000 years old and that humans hunted dinosaurs to extinction; says Rand Paul believes the earth is 10,000 years old and God removed dinosaurs to make space for humans.	religion,science	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	a post from Being Liberal
--	The Affordable Care Act basically puts a penalty or a tax on employers for every new job they create.	economy,health-care,jobs,taxes	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	"an interview on CBS' ""60 Minutes"""
--	In Texas, we created over 1 million new jobs while the rest of the nation lost over 2 million.	job-accomplishments,jobs,message-machine-2012	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	a television ad
--	Women have come through the recession worse off than men the numbers bear that out. We went from a 7 percent unemployment rate for women when he (President Barack Obama) was elected to an 8.1 percent now.	economy,jobs	caroline-casagrande	Assemblywoman	New Jersey	republican	"an interview on My9TV.com's ""New Jersey Now"" program"
--	"""The fact of the matter is that my colleague from New York, Senator Clinton, there are 50 percent of the American public that say they're not going to vote for her."""	elections	chris-dodd	U.S. senator	Connecticut	democrat	a debate in Philadelphia
--	A $250 fine if youre caught with a plastic bag coming out of a store. Plastic bag police anyone?	environment	victoria-taft	radio talk show host	Oregon	none	a tweet
--	In countries where there are higher, more strict gun laws, there is more gun violence.	guns	eric-bolling	"Co-host on Fox News Channel's ""The Five"""		none	"a broadcast of ""The Five"" on Fox News"
--	Says he never wanted to raise the debt ceiling.	debt,federal-budget	mike-collins	co-owner, Collins Industries	Georgia	republican	a flier
--	Thanks to (North Carolinas) governor and the legislature, the average teachersalary can barely support a family.	education,families,state-budget,workers	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a speech in Raleigh, NC
--	There never really was a Hastert Rule.	congressional-rules	dennis-hastert			republican	"a broadcast of MSNBC's ""The Cycle"""
--	Says Donald Trump wants to undo marriage equality.	gays-and-lesbians,marriage	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a campaign speech
--	It has been over 80 years since a lame-duck president appointed a Supreme Court justice.	supreme-court	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	a debate in Greenville, S.C.
--	Says Rick Santorum opposes right-to-work	labor,workers	ron-paul	U.S. representative	Texas	republican	a campaign commercial
--	In 1981, Matagorda, Brazoria, and Galveston Counties all opted out of the Social Security program for their employees. Today, their program is very, very well-funded and there is no question about whether its going to be funded in years to come.	social-security	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	an interview.
--	Virginia ranked near the bottom of the nation 50 years ago in per capita income but is in the top 10 today. It had a very low rate of higher education attainment but is now above the national average.	education	tim-kaine	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	a TV interview.
--	Says (Clinton) called President Assad a reformer. She called Assad a different kind of leader.	foreign-policy	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	a speech at the Republican National Convention
--	"""As a state rep, I was considered the fourth-most conservative in the Legislature."	states	rick-green			republican	a speech
--	Rand Paul wants us to pay $2,000 just to get Medicare.	health-care,medicare,message-machine	jack-conway	Kentucky Attorney General	Kentucky	democrat	a campaign commercial
--	Says Hillary Clinton opposed an individual mandate and favored an employer mandate back in 1993.	health-care,public-health	bobby-jindal	Governor of Louisiana	Louisiana	republican	an op-ed for Politico Magazine
--	There are more than 46 million Americans living in poverty today -- the largest number in 54 years.	medicaid,poverty	kirk-cox	House majority leader	Virginia	republican	a speech.
--	Since I introduced my budget -- first budget -- in March of 2010, weve created 50,000 new private-sector jobs for the people of this state.	jobs,state-budget	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	a news conference in Belmar 
--	Scott Walker cut school funding more per student than any governor in America.	children,education,message-machine-2014,state-budget,states,taxes	greater-wisconsin-political-fund		Wisconsin	none	a TV ad
--	Says he would be first CPA to serve as Texas comptroller.	state-finances	raul-torres	Accountant, politician	Texas	republican	a campaign video
--	On Donald Trumps plan to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities, because of a decision by the Supreme Court, no presidents in a position to cut off funding across the board. It has to be very specific to the matter at hand.	city-budget,county-budget,federal-budget,homeland-security,immigration,state-budget	bill-de-blasio	New York City Mayor	New York	democrat	a WNYC interview
--	Thomas Jefferson said, That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.	elections	jody-hice			republican	a Facebook post
--	Proposed gun control legislation will outlaw practically every firearm, make you pay $100 per firearm, put you into a police database and make it nearly impossible to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon.	crime,criminal-justice,government-regulation,guns,market-regulation	ed-doyle	administrator, Rhode Island chapter, Gun Rights Across America.	Rhode Island	activist	a news release and Facebook post
--	Says Donald Trump thinks a grown man pretending to be a woman (should) be allowed to use the womens restroom.	candidates-biography,corrections-and-updates,gays-and-lesbians,campaign-advertising	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	an attack ad
--	"""McCain has voted repeatedly at least six times against funding for global HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB fund, once as one of only 14 senators."""	foreign-policy	democratic-national-committee			none	a news release.
--	The Border Patrol has 20,000 agents more than twice as many as there were in 2004.	immigration	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a speech in El Paso
--	The fact is that red light cameras change driver behavior and cut down on the most dangerous types of accidents.	public-safety	rick-kriseman	State Representative	Florida	democrat	a Tampa Bay Times questionnaire
--	Under (Rick Perrys) watch as governor, over six million Texans have no health care coverage, including one million children, homeowners suffer from the highest insurance rates in the country, and college tuition has skyrocketed 136 percent.	children,economy,education,health-care	democratic-national-committee			none	a press release
--	Georgias HOPE scholarship is still the richest scholarship program in America.	education	michael-adams	President of the University of Georgia		none	a newspaper article
--	Abortions account for 94 percent of the services provided for pregnant women by Planned Parenthood.	abortion,health-care,human-rights,religion,women	thomas-tobin	Bishop of the Diocese of Providence		none	a newspaper column
--	While (Charlie Crist) was governor, utility costs went up 30 percent and went from below the national average to above the national average. Since I got elected, utility rates have come down 11 percent and now we are below the average.	debates,energy,message-machine-2014	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	a debate
--	Bernie Sanders opposesthe Trans-Pacific Partnership, and Hillary Clinton supportsit.	trade	viral-image			none	a viral Internet chart
--	On supporting right to work legislation in 2015	corporations,economy,labor,small-business,unions,workers	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	a statement
--	Says the success of his economic agenda is supported by the fact we went from unemployment at 9.2 percent when I decided to run for governor four years ago to two points lower.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	a television interview
--	In the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, it was the Democrats who cut $500 billion from Medicare. And they also put in place the Independent Payment Advisory Board, 15 unelected bureaucrats, which will be making decisions about health care for our seniors and for all Americans.	health-care,medicare	allen-west	U.S. representative, Florida District 22	Florida	republican	a Fox News interview
--	Were trailing every other state in the Midwest in terms of job creation since January of 2011.	state-budget,state-finances,states,taxes	mary-burke	Madison school board member	Wisconsin	democrat	an interview
--	POTUS economists: Stimulus Has Cost $278,000 per job.	stimulus	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	a tweet on Twitter
--	The education tax burden for Shelby County -- and Tennessee -- is one of the lowest in the country.	education,taxes	kriner-cash	Superintendent, Memphis City Schools		none	a presentation to Shelby County's schools merger Transition Planning Commission
--	Says Donald Trumps conversion to pro-life beliefs are akin to Justin Biebers, who said in the past that abortion was no big deal to him.	abortion	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	an interview on CNN
--	By the time I left the State Department, economic growth was up and opium production was down in Afghanistan, while infant mortality declined and school enrollment rose by more than sevenfold.	drugs,economy,education,foreign-policy,health-care,public-health,women	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	"her book, ""Hard Choices"""
--	We have the most productive workers in the world.	economy,workers	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	a speech at the Democratic National Convention
--	Before I was state treasurer, my Rhode Island business helped create over 1,000 jobs.	candidates-biography,economy,job-accomplishments,jobs,message-machine-2014	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	Rhode Island	democrat	a campaign ad
--	Says Bill White profiteered in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita.	ethics,infrastructure,transparency	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	a Perry website
--	Alabamas Crimson Tide will be the underdog in Saturdays game against the Georgia Bulldogs, the first time in 72 consecutive games that Alabama has not been favored by oddsmakers to win.	gambling,sports	espn	news	Georgia	none	in an article
--	Says Rick Scott took $200,000 in campaign contributions from a company that profited off pollution.	climate-change,energy,environment,message-machine-2014	nextgen-climate			organization	TV ad
--	In a lawsuit between private citizens, a Florida judge announced the decision was going to be based on Islamic Law.	florida,legal-issues,religion	adam-hasner		Florida	republican	a speech before conservative activists
--	Says Democrats raised taxes over 115 times in the past 10 years, making New Jersey increasingly unaffordable and chasing jobs to neighboring states.	economy,jobs,taxes	tom-kean-jr	New Jersey Senate Minority Leader		republican	a news release
--	Metro on whether it could use bond money for restoration.	taxes	metro			none	voters pamphlet
--	Roy Barnes is like Barack Obama because theyre both doing a lot of apologizing.	message-machine	republican-governors-association		Washington, D.C.	republican	a TV commercial
--	"""Barack Obama thinks terrorists just need a good talking to."""	terrorism	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	a direct mail piece
--	The Germans, the French, countries that opposed us in the (Iraq) war, all believed (Saddam Hussein) had weapons of mass destruction.	iraq	paul-wolfowitz	visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute	New York	none	"an interview on NBC's ""Meet the Press"""
--	The pope and Donald Trump and Tammy Baldwin all agree on eliminating the carried-interest tax break.	financial-regulation,income,religion,taxes	tammy-baldwin	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	democrat	an interview
--	Agriculture has always required a significant workforce from abroad.	agriculture,history,immigration,workers	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	a blog post on RedState.com
--	Says Jon Huntsman supports changes in Medicare that would deny guaranteed benefits to 980,000 New Hampshire residents.	medicare,new-hampshire-2012	new-hampshire-democratic-party		New Hampshire	democrat	a statement on the state Democratic website.
--	Across the United States, 25 percent of voting age African Americans do not have the photo ID that this bill would require.	elections	armond-budish	Minority leader in the Ohio House of Representatives	Ohio	democrat	
--	Says Rick Scott stripped women of access to public health care.	abortion	rick-scotts-starbucks-heckler	Activist, stay-at-home mom	Florida	activist	a confrontation with Rick Scott at Starbucks
--	A majority of Americans agree with a ban on assault weapons. And by the way, so did Ronald Reagan.	guns	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	in a speech
--	Only 42 percent of young Georgians have a college certificate or degree, but soon 60 percent of jobs will require some college credential.	education,jobs	hank-huckaby	University System chancellor	Georgia	none	civic club speech
--	Texas has the lowest crime rate in this state since 1968 because of changes in law regarding nonviolent drug offenders.	crime,criminal-justice,drugs	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	valedictory speech as governor to the Texas Legislature
--	Says HJM 20 was the only bill not assigned to a House committee.	government-efficiency	oregon-catalyst			organization	a blog post.
--	Says if you try to hide marijuana in a hemp field, it becomes worthless. The THC goes away.	drugs,government-regulation,marijuana,market-regulation,science	larry-yarborough	N.C. Representative	North Carolina	republican	a meeting in the legislature about hemp regulations
--	The Texas Senate approved a bill to put a special label on the insurance cards of anyone who bought a plan through Obamacare that includes the letter S for subsidy.	health-care	al-sharpton		New York	democrat	"a broadcast of MSNBC's ""PoliticsNation"""
--	Said the year before he took office, the state lost 119,000 private-sector jobs, labeling them Corzine jobs losses of 2009.	jobs	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	a keynote speech to a commercial real estate group
--	Says the state is required pick up 70 percent of the cost of K-12 education.	education,state-budget	john-kitzhaber	Governor of Oregon	Oregon	democrat	a speech.
--	Theres a loophole where you can sell guns without a background check 40 percent of guns are sold that way at gun shows and over the Internet.	criminal-justice,guns	michael-bloomberg		New York	independent	"an interview on ""Face the Nation"""
--	Illinois suffered 1,652 overdose deaths in 2014 ... of which 40 percent were associated with heroin. Illinois is ranked number one in the nation for a decline in treatment capacity between 2007 and 2012, and is now ranked the third worst in the country for state-funded treatment capacity.	drugs	richard-durbin	Senator	Illinois	democrat	a press release 
--	The minimum wage has risen $2.35 in the last two years. Thats 31 percent.	economy,families,government-regulation,income,poverty,small-business,workers	leonidas-raptakis	State Senator	Rhode Island	democrat	testimony before the House Committee on Labor
--	ColoradoCare would have higher revenues than McDonalds.	elections,health-care	colorado-health-institute			none	an analysis report 
--	Everywhere that we have more citizens carrying guns, crime is less. Theres a study showing that where states have open carry or concealed carry, but particularly open carry, the crime is down 25 percent.	crime,guns	dan-patrick	Lieutenant governor-elect	Texas	republican	"an interview on NBC's ""Meet the Press"""
--	Weve seen 115,000 jobs created in the American auto industry since GM and Chrysler emerged from bankruptcy.	economy,jobs	brian-deese	deputy director of the White House National Economic Council		democrat	a telephone news conference
--	Bill Nelson voted to confirm Sonia Sotomayor, who signed a Supreme Court opinion saying Americans do not have an individual right to own firearms.	guns,supreme-court	national-rifle-association			none	an anti-Nelson mailer
--	The Stupak Amendment doesnt just say you cant use your federal insurance subsidy to pay for an abortion, it says, if youre getting a federal subsidy of any kind, youre not allowed to buy an insurance plan that covers abortion even with your own money.	abortion,health-care,pundits	rachel-maddow	MSNBC host		none	her show on MSNBC
--	Says President Barack Obama already passed all these Obamacare taxes. About a dozen of them hit middle-income taxpayers.	health-care,taxes	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	"an interview on ""Fox News Sunday"""
--	The music industry is the biggest export from Africa after oil and gas.	ebola,economy,foreign-policy,pop-culture	dbanj	Musician		none	"comments on ABC's ""This Week"""
--	The presidents health care law raids Medicare by more than $500 billion and creates a Medicare rationing board a group of 15 unelected bureaucrats to slow the growth of Medicare spending.	health-care,medicare	scott-garrett	Congressman	New Jersey	republican	an op-ed on NorthJersey.com
--	Congress used earmarks for more than 200 years.	congress,corrections-and-updates,federal-budget	harry-reid	Senate Democratic Leader	Nevada	democrat	a news conference
--	Venezuela is a country whose defense budget is probably 1/600th of the United States.	military	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a news conference.
--	"""Senator Obama thinks we can achieve energy independence without more drilling and without more nuclear power."""	energy	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	
--	The average family (is) now bringing home $4,000 less than they did just five years ago.	economy,families	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	a Republican weekly address
--	On the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)	financial-regulation	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	statements to the media
--	Leticia Van de Putte opposed putting National Guard troops on the border, would send millions to Central American governments instead and wrote the law giving in-state tuition to illegal immigrants.	immigration	dan-patrick	Lieutenant governor-elect	Texas	republican	a TV ad
--	Says there are four super PACs on the Republican side of the Texas U.S. Senate race.	campaign-finance	paul-sadler	Lawyer	Texas	democrat	a Travis County Democratic Party candidate forum
--	Unfortunately, since Mr. Fosters been mayor ... there are less people employed in the city of St. Petersburg than there were prior to his taking office.	jobs	rick-kriseman	State Representative	Florida	democrat	a Tampa Bay Times/mayoral debate
--	Says U.S. Rep. Ron Kinds stimulus cost taxpayers $278,000 per job.	jobs,stimulus,taxes	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	a news release
--	When you read the Koran, it talks about dont take Christians and Jews as your friends.	islam	sean-hannity	Radio/TV host		none	"a segment on ""Hannity"""
--	Dan Patrick called for increasing the gas tax and the state sales tax.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	
--	Congressman Joe Heck has (voted) 62% of the time with Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats on a variety of important issues.	voting-record	sharron-angle	Republican nominee for Nevada U.S. Senate seat	Nevada	republican	in a television ad
--	Chile ranks third internationally in economic freedom, while the U.S. ranks 17th.	economy,foreign-policy,pundits	glenn-beck			none	a video blog post
--	Under the White Houses budget proposal, we will not be adding more to the national debt by the middle of the decade.	deficit,federal-budget	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a press conference
--	"""Bill McCollum said tax cuts don't work."""	taxes	alex-sink		Florida	democrat	a comment on her Facebook page.
--	The tax burden on Virginia families was lower under Tim Kaine than under George Allen.	families,taxes	tim-kaine	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	a news release.
--	Says CharlieCrist made it easier for Duke to take your money.	energy,florida	republican-party-florida			republican	a campaign commercial
--	Says a Barack Obama black imposter joke got a standing ovation at San Angelo rodeo.	polls	chain-email			none	a chain email.
--	Already in Wisconsin we have seen fewer people pursuing education as a career due to the Act 10 collective bargaining law.	education,state-budget,state-finances,workers	mary-burke	Madison school board member	Wisconsin	democrat	an interview
--	SaysMaggie Hassan was out of state on 30 days over the last three months.	job-accomplishments,public-service	kelly-ayotte	U.S. Senator	New Hampshire	republican	a press release
--	Gov. Kasich and the Republican-dominated legislature have foregone the popular option of closing tax loopholes that amount to $7 billion annually in this state.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	dan-ramos	State representative	Ohio	democrat	a newspaper column
--	Says his Texas election fraud investigations have resulted in 50 convictions.	crime,elections,legal-issues	greg-abbott	governor	Texas	republican	a press release
--	Miami-Dade County is the No. 1 donor county in the state.	state-budget,taxes	rene-garcia	state senator	Florida	republican	a Florida Cabinet meeting
--	We havent had a Republican senator in Washington for ... why, I think Clifford Case was our last Republican senator.	congress,history	christine-whitman	President, The Whitman Strategy Group	New Jersey	republican	an interview on The John Gambling radio show
--	Judging by a recent vote, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz thinks its okay for medical marijuana patients to go to federal prison.	crime,criminal-justice,drugs,marijuana	americans-safe-access		Washington D.C.	organization	a TV ad
--	Federal prosecutions for lying on background checks to buy guns are down 40 percent under President Barack Obama.	guns,legal-issues	bob-goodlatte	U.S. Congressman	Virginia	republican	a TV appearance.
--	We havent yet taken out a negative ad.	campaign-finance,elections,abc-news-week	christine-odonnell	Candidate for U.S. Senate	Delaware	republican	a debate
--	Jane Norton supported the largest tax hike in Colorado history.	message-machine,state-budget,states,taxes	americans-job-security			none	an issue advocacy ad
--	"""Here in Florida, Ive slashed government by 10 percent. That's $7 billion."""	state-budget	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	radio advertisement for U.S. Senate campaign
--	Over the past year ... our 16 counties have hemorrhaged more than 6,000 jobs with no apparent end in sight.	economy,stimulus	steve-southerland	U.S. Representative, Florida District 2	Florida	republican	a press release.
--	Since President Barack Obama took office, you have 1,700 employees just at the Department of Transportation earning over $170,000.	bush-administration,federal-budget,income,transportation	eric-hovde			republican	an interview
--	New Jerseys governor cut $1.6 billion from public education while handing out $2.1 billion in corporate tax breaks, more than the entire previous decade.	corporations,education,state-budget,state-finances	new-jersey-state-afl-cio		New Jersey	organization	a Facebook page post
--	"""Even with recent changes, the average hourly wage at General Motors is still $75 an hour."""	transportation	spencer-bachus	U.S. Representative	Alabama	republican	
--	U.S. House opponent Paul Ryan supports cutting funding for veterans by 24 percent.	disability,federal-budget,health-care,housing,veterans	rob-zerban			democrat	an interview
--	Since 1970, the Clean Air Act has reduced toxic and health-threatening air pollution by 60 percent while our economy has grown more than 200 percent.	environment	hank-johnson	U.S. Congressman	Georgia	democrat	a web post
--	Missouri is #1 in the nation for holding down tuition increases at public universities.	federal-budget,state-budget	jay-nixon	Governor	Missouri	democrat	a post on Twitter
--	The Milwaukee business community did not speak about the facts -- and in support of train manufacturer Talgo -- as the Milwaukee-Madison rail link was being killed.	state-budget,transportation	talgo-inc	Spanish-owned manufacturer of trains		none	a statement from the company
--	The U.S. representatives that voted to keep militarizing the police received 73 percent more campaign money from the defense industry than the representatives who voted to stop it.	campaign-finance,corrections-and-updates,criminal-justice,federal-budget,military	representus	Activist group focusing on campaign finance, corruption	Massachusetts	none	a meme on social media
--	We have never done business with Donald Trump.	candidates-biography	patrick-murphy		Florida	democrat	a TV interview on WFLA
--	"""Sen. McCain says it was not a mistake to vote against the Bush tax cuts ... but now says the tax cuts need to be made permanent."""	taxes	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	a press release
--	"During the Reagan era, while productivity increased, ""wages for working people remained frozen."""	economy	michael-moore	Documentary filmmaker		none	"his movie ""Capitalism: A Love Story"""
--	When you look at the earned income tax credit, it has about a 25 percent fraud rate. Were looking at $20 billion to $30 billion.	taxes,welfare	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	a forum at the Freedom Partners 2015 California retreat
--	Unemployment insurance kept more than 620,000 children out of poverty in 2012.	children,poverty,workers	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a Facebook post
--	170,000 of the jobs created in Texas under Gov. Rick Perry were government jobs.	economy,jobs,state-budget,state-finances,states,workers	ron-paul	U.S. representative	Texas	republican	a Republican presidential debate in Tampa
--	Says 97 percent of food stamp benefits are paid in the proper amounts to people who are really eligible.	agriculture,poverty	pete-gallego	Former legislator and U.S. House member	Texas	democrat	a U.S. House committee meeting.
--	To this day, (the Cuban government) is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives.	foreign-policy,terrorism	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	a news conference
--	The Senate has not passed a budget in more than three years, not a good budget, not a bad budget, no budget.	federal-budget	leonard-lance			republican	an interview on NJToday
--	Congress includes 36 people accused of spousal abuse, 84 arrested for drunk driving in the past year, 71 with terrible creditand more.	congress,crime,ethics	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	a Facebook meme
--	Says the initial Portland plastic bag ban represented only a modest share of total single-use checkout bag use.	city-government	sam-adams	Mayor of Portland	Oregon	democrat	a proposed ordinance.
--	The Bundy Ranch deal is all about Nevada Sen. Harry Reid using federal violence to take peoples land in his state so he can package it to re-sell it to the Chinese.	china,environment,government-regulation	blog-posting			none	multiple blog and video posts
--	"""There's no evidence anywhere that offshore drilling has hurt tourism in any area where it has been allowed."""	energy,environment	barney-bishop	president, Associated Industries of Florida	Florida	none	a press release
--	Says Wisconsin women facing pay discrimination cant do something about it under bill passed by Republicans.	civil-rights,legal-issues,women,workers	kathleen-falk			democrat	a speech
--	Under the new health care law, if a landscaper wants to buy a new lawnmower, or a restaurant needs a new ice-maker, they have to report that to the feds.	health-care,taxes	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	a speech at the City Club of Cleveland
--	Says that President Obama said if Congress passed the economic stimulus bill, we would have unemployment at 8 percent and no higher. And it went higher.	pundits,stimulus,abc-news-week	george-will	Columnist	Maryland	columnist	"ABC's ""This Week"""
--	Says Charlie Crist implemented Jeb Bushs A+ Plan.	education	progressive-choice			organization	a campaign mailer
--	We have 650 people who move to Texas every day.	corrections-and-updates,economy,population,states	glenn-hegar	Farmer	Texas	republican	a speech in Georgetown, Texas
--	By some estimates, as few as 2 percent of the 50,000 (Central American) children who have crossed the border illegally this year have been sent home.	immigration	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	"an op-ed in the ""Wall Street Journal"""
--	Says city of Portland has a one-time $22 million surplus	government-efficiency	sam-adams	Mayor of Portland	Oregon	democrat	his blog
--	I never gave up custody of my children. I never lost custody of my children.	candidates-biography,corrections-and-updates,families,marriage	wendy-davis	state senator	Texas	democrat	a speech
--	"""The New England Journal of Medicine released a survey the week that President Obama signed Obamacare stating that over 30 percent of American physicians would leave the profession if the government took over health care."""	health-care	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	"on CBS's ""Face the Nation"""
--	You can buy lobster with food stamps.	government-regulation,state-budget	greg-morris			republican	an article
--	I cut more as a percentage out of government than any state in the country this past decade. And where is Michigan in terms of its economic growth? Cutting did not result in economic growth.	deficit,economy,states	jennifer-granholm	Former governor of Michigan	Michigan	democrat	"an interview on NBC's ""Meet the Press"""
--	The Obama administration gave Iran $400 million in ransom payment cash.	foreign-policy,nuclear,terrorism	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	remarks in Michigan
--	I remember one of [Curt Schillings] teammates said he painted his sock, the bloody sock.	baseball,economy,pop-culture	lincoln-chafee		Rhode Island	democrat	in a comment on the John DePetro Show
--	Not one dime gets added to the deficit because of Social Security.	deficit,disability,retirement,social-security	mark-pocan	State Assembly member, 78th District	Wisconsin	democrat	an interview
--	The United States of America, right now, has the strongest, most durable economy in the world.	economy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	the State of the Union address
--	Canada sets aside 36 percent of their visas for people with skills they think their country needs. We set aside 6 percent.	immigration	michael-bloomberg		New York	independent	"an interview on ""Meet the Press."""
--	The federal health care law is probably the biggest tax increase ever in the history of our country.	health-care,taxes	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	comments during a tour of a manufacturing plant.
--	There are 60,000 fewer jobs today in this state than we had in 2008.	jobs	ovide-lamontagne	Attorney	New Hampshire	republican	a Republican gubernatorial debate at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, N.H.
--	On toll roads.	state-budget,transportation	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	an interview on toll roads as an option for state highways
--	Says Republicans supported legislation on early voting and in-person voting in 2005.	elections,government-regulation,voting-record	teresa-fedor	State representative	Ohio	democrat	a news conference
--	Chained CPI would save $1 trillion in the second decade off the federal budget debt, a report shows.	economy,federal-budget,medicare,social-security	david-brooks			none	"comments on NBC's ""Meet the Press"""
--	Says Austin is the largest city in America without a congressional district anchored in it.	redistricting	elliott-naishtat	Attorney	Texas	democrat	a Texas House floor debate.
--	"A president must ""obtain Congress' consent before formally accepting the Nobel Prize."""	foreign-policy,legal-issues	ginny-brown-waite	Congresswoman	Florida	republican	a letter to President Obama
--	When people enter the service, theres not a mental health evaluation.	health-care,military	michael-mccaul	congressman	Texas	republican	"comments on ""Fox News Sunday"""
--	Road congestion costs rush hour drivers in Austin and Dallas more than $1,000 a year. And in Houston, its even more -- almost $1,500 a year.	transportation	greg-abbott	governor	Texas	republican	op-ed in Austin American-Statesman
--	Theres more murders with hammers last year than...shotguns and pistols and AK-47s.	guns	bill-jackson	State Senator	Georgia	republican	a meeting
--	Uses headlines to portray Gov. Rick Perry as beholden to special interests.	ethics	kay-bailey-hutchison	U.S. Senator	Texas	republican	A TV advertisement
--	Ms. Kagan has spent her entire professional career in Harvard Square, Hyde Park and the D.C. Beltway.	kagan-nomination,supreme-court	john-cornyn	Senator	Texas	republican	a press release
--	Her campaign and her supporters in her campaign were the ones that borne out the birther movement.	obama-birth-certificate	reince-priebus	Chairman, Republican National Committee	Wisconsin	republican	an interview on NBC's Meet the Press
--	Because of voter fraud, Republican candidates need to do a point or two better to win statewide elections in Wisconsin.	city-government,crime,elections	reince-priebus	Chairman, Republican National Committee	Wisconsin	republican	an interview
--	Nine million people have lower-cost HIV/AIDS medicine because of the work of the Clinton Foundation and my husband.	foreign-policy,public-health	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	an interview on CNN
--	Chris Christie helped funnel $6 million in federal Hurricane Sandy money to a senior center in Belleville, N.J., a place that suffered no damage.	housing,weather	lawrence-odonnell			none	"a segment on MSNBC's ""The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell"""
--	Massachusetts under Gov. Mitt Romney initially ranked last among states in job growth, but by the end of his governorship, we were in the middle of the pack.	economy,history,jobs,states	eric-fehrnstrom	Senior adviser to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign	Massachusetts	republican	"an interview on ABC's ""This Week with George Stephanopoulos"""
--	The federal budget bill reauthorizes the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which provides taxpayer dollars so that the Four Seasons hotel can build a resort in Turkey.	federal-budget	michael-needham	CEO, Heritage Action		republican	"comments on ""Fox News Sunday"""
--	Says that 9 million to 50 million undocumented immigrants live in the United States.	immigration,population	texas-federation-republican-women			republican	an approved resolution.
--	Ohioans want an end to pay-to-play politics.	crime,criminal-justice,ethics	ed-fitzgerald	Cuyahoga County executive	Ohio	democrat	an email announcing his gubernatorial campaign kickoff
--	We are the only industrialized nation that doesnt guarantee workers paid family leave.	families,jobs,women	kirsten-gillibrand	U.S. Senator	New York	democrat	a speech at the Democratic National Convention
--	A single mother of two cant qualify for basic healthcare through Medicaid if she makes more than $3,504 dollars a year.	health-care	chris-koster	Attorney general of Missouri	Missouri	democrat	a tweet
--	General Motors is the largest corporation in the world again.	corporations,economy	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	a “Face the Nation” interview
--	"A mailer from the Obama campaign ""accurately indicates"" that Hillary Clinton would ""force uninsured people to buy insurance, even if they can't afford it."""	health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	Cleveland, Ohio
--	Says Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel supports allowing the United States to default on its obligations.	deficit,federal-budget	ohio-democratic-party		Ohio	democrat	a news release
--	Says Mitt Romney belittled middle-class tax cuts as nothing more than little Band-Aids.	taxes	florida-democratic-party		Florida	democrat	a news release
--	A referendum gives the people the chance to decide on cutting the Milwaukee County Board budget by two-thirds	county-budget,county-government	leah-vukmir	Member of state Assembly	Wisconsin	republican	a news release
--	Even among second and third generation Muslims in the United States, theres no real assimilation.	diversity,immigration,religion	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity
--	Hackers broke into Virginias prescription-drug database (and) ... obtained more than 8.2 million patient records and a total of nearly 36 million prescriptions.	drugs	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	testimony before Congress.
--	Says Ted Cruz was just bribed by the Kochs to introduce a bill that would give them and their allies Americas national forests, parks, and other public lands and open them for mining, drilling, fracking and logging.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography,crime,environment	occupy-democrats			organization	a Facebook photo post
--	The (Russian) ruble is already going down.	economy,foreign-policy	john-kerry	Secretary of State	Massachusetts	democrat	"comments on CBS' ""Face the Nation"""
--	On subsidies for ethanol production.	agriculture,environment,federal-budget	george-allen	consultant	Virginia	republican	a blog post.
--	One out of five of our children live in a family thats on food stamps.	agriculture,children,federal-budget,hunger	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	a speech in Iowa
--	Says she brought together business, labor and hospitals to give 94,000 Oregon children health care.	health-care	eileen-brady			democrat	in a campaign ad
--	According to independent analysis, unfair trade deals have resulted in the loss of over 64,000 jobs in Wisconsin ... But Ron Johnson favors those deals.	jobs,message-machine,trade	russ-feingold		Wisconsin	democrat	campaign TV and radio ads
--	Ohio currently ranks 50th out of all states in income growth.	economy,income	lisa-hamler-fugitt	Executive director of the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks	Ohio	none	testimony before a House subcommittee
--	We knew Strom Thurmond had proposed the amendment that blocked Puerto Ricos use of Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection.	bankruptcy,corrections-and-updates	john-oliver	Host, Last Week Tonight		none	"a broadcast of HBO's ""Last Week Tonight"""
--	In the four years before I became governor, we increased state debt $5.2 billion. Weve paid it down $2 billion.	debt	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	a TV interview
--	Says they said it was impossible to balance a budget at the same time, with an $11 billion deficit and we did it.	state-budget,state-finances	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa
--	Says Bruce Starr broke the law by letting lobbyists wine and dine him in Maui.	ethics,message-machine	chuck-riley	State representative	Oregon	democrat	a television ad
--	Latina who enthusiastically supported Donald Trump on stage in Las Vegas in October 2015 has been deported.	immigration	blog-posting			none	social media posts, blogs
--	"""John McCain is right on that one. The line-item veto is the best tool the president has to rein in excessive spending."""	federal-budget	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	an interview on CNBC.
--	In 2009, the FBI referred more than 71,000 cases of people failing background checks when trying to buy a gun to another federal agency, but U.S. attorneys ultimately prosecuted only 77 of them.	crime,criminal-justice,government-regulation,guns	mayors-against-illegal-guns			organization	a website post
--	Says Barack Obama is the first president in modern history not to have a single year of 3 percent growth.	economy	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a campaign speech
--	Half of all hospitalized seniors are suffering from malnutrition so severe that it either caused their illness or it prevents them from getting better.	health-care,hunger,poverty	meals-wheels-rhode-island		Rhode Island	organization	a fundraising letter
--	Under conservative leadership, Congress has reduced the federal deficit by 60 percent nearly $800 billion.	congress,deficit,economy,federal-budget	american-action-network			republican	a newspaper ad
--	Says Patrick Murphy never worked as a CPA and was never a small business owner.	candidates-biography	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	a TV ad
--	In 2012, Wall Street gave Scott Brown more campaign contributions than any other candidate -- $5.3 million.	campaign-finance,financial-regulation,message-machine-2014	jeanne-shaheen	Senator	New Hampshire	democrat	a radio ad
--	$65 billion would be added to the deficit if we keep the cuts for people on the highest incomes.	federal-budget,taxes	mark-warner	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	n Op/Ed in The Financial Times
--	What I look at every month is how many more New Jerseyans are back to work. You have another 9,900 last month that are back to work and over almost 90,000 that are back to work now since I became governor.	jobs	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	a news conference
--	Says Newt Gingrich co-sponsored a bill with Nancy Pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting Chinas brutal one-child policy.	abortion,bipartisanship,candidates-biography,children,china,environment,federal-budget,message-machine-2012	restore-our-future	super PAC		republican	a television ad
--	"Poor people go to a ""payday lender...and they pay 300, 400, 500 percent interest."""	poverty	john-edwards	former senator	North Carolina	democrat	a speech in Americus, Ga.
--	Other states have considered or have sunset advisory commissions; the federal government has the ability, too.	state-budget,state-finances	bruce-starr	State senator	Oregon	republican	a floor speech
--	Under Wisconsin law, anyone who knows anything about a John Doe secret criminal investigation cant talk about it.	campaign-finance,county-government,crime,criminal-justice,elections	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	a TV interview
--	""" ... following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding."""	history	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	a campaign event in St. Petersburg
--	"On the economic crisis, ""the biggest problem in this whole process was the deregulation of the financial system."""	economy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	Nashville, Tenn.
--	Texas high school graduation rate went from 27th in the country in 2002, to second highest in the country in 2013.	education,states	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	a speech at the National Press Club
--	Says the secret John Doe criminal investigation of his campaign has been resolved and two judges have said it is over.	campaign-finance,legal-issues	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	a TV interview
--	"Obama came into office ""with a $1.3 trillion deficit before I had passed any law. ... We came in with $8 trillion worth of debt over the next decade."""	economy,federal-budget	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a Republican retreat in Baltimore
--	Says Daniel Webster wants to make divorce illegal, even for abused wives.	marriage,message-machine,religion,women	alan-grayson	U.S. House of Representatives	Florida	democrat	a TV ad.
--	Says Amanda Fritz publicly claimed to be endorsed by NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon, both on her website and in the voters guide.	city-government,message-machine-2012,women	mary-nolan	Represents Southwest Portland in Oregon House	Oregon	democrat	a campaign press release
--	"""I'll tell you what I can tell this country: If they want a president who doesn't believe in God, there's probably plenty of choices."""	religion	mike-huckabee	author	Arkansas	republican	Manchester, N.H.
--	Drinking champagne could help prevent Alzheimers and other forms of dementia.	Alcohol,health-care,medicare	viral-media-reports	none	Georgia	none	 social media and in print
--	Because of the health care act, The people who have health care and like it in this county are not going to be able to keep what they have.	health-care	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	a TV interview.
--	Ford is moving all of their small-car production to Mexico.	corporations,trade,workers	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a rally in Delaware, Ohio
--	Right now in Georgia, nearly one in three leaving our prisons are re-convicted within three years.	criminal-justice	nathan-deal			republican	a speech
--	Says Kay Hagan supports waivers for friends of Obama and special treatment for Congress and their staffs.	health-care	americans-prosperity			none	a YouTube ad
--	Says shes never said dont build Texas 45 Southwest.	transportation	karen-huber	Travis County commissioner, Precinct 3	Texas	democrat	an Austin American-Statesman news stor
--	The Department of Homeland Security is the only federal department not funded for this entire fiscal year by Congress.	congress,federal-budget,homeland-security,terrorism	lloyd-doggett	Texas congressman in the U.S. Houst of Representatives	Texas	democrat	oped commentary
--	If you are a member of union, your median weekly income is roughly $200 more than if you are a nonunion member, and that doesnt include benefits.	unions,workers	thomas-perez	Secretary of Labor	Maryland	democrat	an interview.
--	"""For every dollar (in the stimulus package) that is spent to help small businesses, $4 is being spent to help upkeep the grass on the lawns of Washington."""	economy,stimulus	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	an interview on the Fox News Channel.
--	If sea levels rise six feet due to climate change, Waterplace Park in Providence and Wickford village would be swamped	environment,science	grover-fugate	Executive director of the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council	Rhode Island	state-official	a TV interview
--	Chinese tire imports threatened 1,000 American jobs, so President Obama stood up to China and protected American workers. Mitt Romney attacked Obamas decision.	china,message-machine-2012,trade	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a television ad
--	Says the state of Texas rates as unacceptable almost 500 of the states 8,000 public schools.	education	dan-patrick	Lieutenant governor-elect	Texas	republican	a Texas Tribune interview.
--	The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation is a proven job creator.	jobs	john-nygren	State Assembly, 89th District	Wisconsin	republican	a press conference
--	Says Dan Patrick proposed Arizona-style show-me-your-papers legislation.	crime,criminal-justice,immigration	julian-castro	Mayor, San Antonio	Texas	democrat	Univision debate on immigration
--	Our (Texas) graduation rate ranks 43rd out of 50 states.	education	bill-white	Former mayor of Houston	Texas	democrat	in a TV ad
--	Says that his transportation budget and Ohio Turnpike plan would make sure we have lower tolls than weve had through the history of the turnpike.	transportation	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	an interview televised March 22 on “State of Ohio”
--	The war spending bill actually spends more money on the International Monetary Fund than on the war.	military	lynn-westmoreland			republican	a press release on the House GOP's blog.
--	North Carolina has one of the fastest growing populations as well as the fastest growing economy in the country.	economy,income,population,states	pat-mccrory	Governor of North Carolina	North Carolina	republican	an official announcement
--	Says Paul Ryans budget relies on the same $700 billion in savings from Medicare that Mitt Romney and other Republicans have been attacking Democrats about.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare,retirement	stephanie-cutter	"Co-host on CNN's ""Crossfire"""	Massachusetts	democrat	"an interview on ""Face the Nation"""
--	Says Hillary Clintons State Department blocked investigation into Orlando killers mosque.	terrorism	blog-posting			none	an article
--	The Madison-Milwaukee (high-speed) train line is dead.	job-accomplishments,transportation	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	a statement issued by a transition team leader
--	In February, John McCain suggested the Bergdahl-Taliban swap that he now calls outrageous and dangerous.	afghanistan,foreign-policy	rachel-maddow	MSNBC host		none	"a broadcast of the ""Rachel Maddow Show"""
--	Says that in 2011, Oregon had the second fastest growing economy in the nation.	economy,jobs	john-kitzhaber	Governor of Oregon	Oregon	democrat	a speech.
--	Robert Hurt supported a bill that helped the uranium industry after taking contributions from the industry and because his father had a stake in it.	energy,campaign-advertising	sierra-club			none	a TV ad
--	Sherrod Brown supported President Obamas $453 billion tax increase.	economy,jobs,message-machine-2012,taxes	crossroads-gps	Conservative advocacy group		republican	a television ad
--	I never favored cap and trade.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,environment	newt-gingrich	"Co-host on CNN's ""Crossfire"""	Georgia	republican	a Republican presidential candidate forum
--	The runnerup to Caitlyn Jenner for ESPNs Arthur Ashe Courage Award was Army veteran Noah Galloway, who lost an arm and leg to a roadside bomb in Iraq.	pop-culture,sports	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	in posts on Facebook
--	Every year the state loses 8,000-10,000 acres of land in bear country.	environment	new-jersey-sierra-club			none	a press release
--	Caution: Kissing and cuddling chickens can be hazardous to your health.	agriculture,animals,food-safety,public-health,urban	centers-disease-control	federal agency	Georgia	none	radio interview
--	Says Connie Mack is protecting Chevron oil from a multi-billion dollar lawsuit over pollution of rivers and rainforests.	congress,oil-spill	bill-nelson		Florida	democrat	a TV attack ad
--	Theyre paying a less rate of tax -- these richest people in America -- than they have in the last 80 years.	taxes,wealth	steve-rothman			democrat	a campaign video posted on YouTube
--	The coalition of Arab states against Libyas Moammar Gadhafi is the biggest coalition against a fellow Arab leader since the Persian Gulf War in 1990-1991.	foreign-policy,military,abc-news-week	robin-wright	Senior fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace	Washington, D.C.	none	"an interview on ABC's ""This Week with Christiane Amanpour"""
--	The CBO says if we raise the minimum wage the way Charlie (Crist) wants to do it, it would lose 500,000 jobs.	economy,jobs,workers	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	a gubernatorial debate
--	The Obama administration is using as its legal justification for these airstrikes (on the Islamic State), an authorization for military force that the president himself has called for repeal of.	iraq,terrorism	julie-pace	White House reporter, Associated Press	Washington	journalist	a question to White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest
--	Florida is enjoying its lowest crime rate in 39 years.	crime	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	a campaign website
--	There has never been a panther attack in the history of Florida.	environment	ron-bergeron			state-official	a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meeting
--	In this judicial race, special interest groups have demanded money from me, in exchange for endorsement and support.	elections,ethics	eve-schatelowitz-alcantar	Attorney	Texas	democrat	a response to League of Women Voters of Texas.
--	Before Medicare, only 51 percent of Americans 65 and older had health care coverage and nearly 30 percent lived below the poverty line. Today, thanks to Medicare ... nearly all seniors have coverage and 75 percent fewer struggle in poverty.	medicare,poverty	ron-kind	U.S. representative	Wisconsin 	democrat	a news release
--	Says the federal government hosted a conference and ordered 250 muffins at 16 bucks a piece.	federal-budget,pundits	bill-oreilly	Fox News Channel host		none	"an interview on ""The Daily Show"""
--	Says the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction proposal went from President Barack Obamas desk to the garbage can.	deficit,federal-budget,new-hampshire-2012	jon-huntsman		Utah	republican	an NBC-Facebook debate in Concord, N.H.
--	"""Fifty-six percent decline in overall crime. A 73 percent decline in motor-vehicle theft. A 67 percent decline in robbery. A 66 percent decline in murder. This is way beyond what happened in the nation during this period of time."	crime	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	New York, N.Y.
--	In 1958, there were 16 states in this country that prohibited -- prohibited -- an African-American and a Caucasian from being married.	civil-rights,gays-and-lesbians,marriage	sheila-oliver	Assemblywoman	New Jersey	democrat	a news conference
--	Says Donald Trump has changed his mind on abortion.	abortion	carly-fiorina		California	republican	the first Republican presidential debate
--	It has been many years, if ever, since an inmate has completed his or her high school diploma while incarcerated in a state correctional facility for adults.	corrections-and-updates,criminal-justice,public-safety	lc-buster-evans	Assistant Commissioner	Georgia	none	in a press release
--	Says U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul is the sixth-richest person in Congress.	candidates-biography	ted-ankrum	Retired	Texas	democrat	a speech
--	"McCain is ""raising campaign cash with one of (Jack) Abramoff's closest business partners: scandal-plagued conservative activist Ralph Reed."""	ethics	democratic-national-committee			none	
--	More than 10 years of free trade has brought a $2 billion per day trade deficit.	economy,trade	sherrod-brown	U.S. Senator	Ohio	democrat	a news release
--	Says Kurt Schrader voted to cut $500 billion from Medicare, threatening thousands of Oregon seniors and their access to their current coverage.	health-care,medicare,message-machine	scott-bruun	State representative	Oregon	republican	a television ad
--	Believe it or not, consumer spending is up over the last eight months.	economy	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	"an appearance on ""Meet the Press"""
--	Under Common Core standards, it takes more than a minute to teach a student how to add nine plus six.	education	greg-abbott	governor	Texas	republican	interview on Fox News Sunday
--	Rick Scott says he supported in-state tuition for Dreamers while Charlie Crist was against it.	education,immigration	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	a CNN debate
--	Black children constitute 18 percent of the nations public school population but 40 percent of the children who are suspended or expelled.	civil-rights,education	john-lewis	Congressman	Georgia	democrat	an op-ed
--	I opposed TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) and have always opposed TPP.	trade	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	the Republican debate in Miami
--	President Obama and liberal former DNC Chairman Tim Kaines $787 billion stimulus failed to create jobs.	deficit,economy,stimulus	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	a press release.
--	Says that during his eight years as Florida governor, we created 1.3 million net new jobs -- more jobs created than Texas.	economy,jobs	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's economic summit in Orlando
--	"Marco Rubio's ""income skyrocketed while his power increased."""	candidates-biography	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	a TV advertisement
--	This ban will only apply to Oregon commercial fishermen. Washington commercial fishermen would still be allowed to use gillnets on the Columbia River.	elections,environment,government-regulation	salmon-all			organization	a guest column
--	Says Republican recall challenger Jonathan Steitz failed to pay his taxes.	candidates-biography,taxes	greater-wisconsin-political-fund		Wisconsin	none	campaign mailer
--	In six years, (U.S. Rep. Gary) Peters introduced zero bills that became law.	congress,corrections-and-updates,voting-record	ending-spending-action-fund			independent	a campaign ad
--	Measures taken by my administration have saved taxpayers $1 billion.	state-budget	donald-carcieri	Governor	Rhode Island	republican	a commentary in The Providence Journal
--	Says his proposed payroll tax cut will mean an extra $1,500 in your pocket compared to if we do nothing.	economy,jobs,taxes	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a speech. 
--	In last weeks debate, Bernie questioned Hillarys commitment to fighting climate change because a whopping 0.2 percent of the money given to our campaign has come from employees of oil and gas companies. Not even 2 percent, mind you: 0.2 percent.	campaign-finance,energy,environment	robby-mook	Campaign manager for Hillary Clinton	New York	democrat	a Medium post
--	A few months ago when you were asked whats the biggest geopolitical threat facing America, you said Russia.	corrections-and-updates,debates,foreign-policy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a presidential debate
--	Says his views on reparations for slavery are the same as Barack Obamas and Hillary Clintons.	diversity,income,poverty	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	"comments on ""Meet the Press."""
--	Says the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing that it cant build a factory in a non-union state.	labor,new-hampshire-2012	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	a Republican presidential primary debate
--	Says by rejecting an expansion of Medicaid under the new law, Georgia was depriving 25,000 veterans of health care coverage.	health-care,veterans	michelle-nunn	Chief Executive Officer, Points of Light Foundation	Georgia	democrat	an interview
--	Says the case of a Texas judge who refused to perform heterosexual weddings exposes a double standard in the case against Kentucky clerk Kim Davis.	gays-and-lesbians,legal-issues,religion	viral-image			none	a Facebook post
--	Obamacare will drive 2.5 million Americans out of the workforce.	health-care,jobs	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	a television ad from Let's Get to Work
--	After laying off 30,000 people,Carly Fiorina said that in retrospect, I would have done them all faster.	candidates-biography,corporations,jobs	anonymous-cyber-squatter	Unknown	Unknown	none	a website
--	Peter Kilmartin voted for the 38 Studios loan guarantee and his State House job was to twist [legislators] arms to vote for deals like this.	bankruptcy,baseball,economy,history,jobs,message-machine-2014,campaign-advertising,state-budget,state-finances	dawson-hodgson	State Senator	Rhode Island	republican	a radio commercial
--	On Donald Trumps track record in business	candidates-biography	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	"an interview with NBC's ""Meet the Press"""
--	Eleven states complete their [legislative] sessions within three calendar months, and another five only meet biennially.	elections,government-efficiency	kenneth-block	businessman		republican	a newspaper commentary
--	With the exception of baby formula, the federal government does not require any food to carry an expiration date, and state laws vary widely.	corrections-and-updates,food-safety	john-oliver	Host, Last Week Tonight		none	"a segment on ""Last Week Tonight"""
--	On my first day in office, I ordered a review of every regulation in the pipeline and every contract exceeding $1 million.	state-budget	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	his State of the State speech.
--	The amount of money that we put into running our own state legislature is nearly as much as we put into the University of Rhode Island.	economy,education,government-efficiency,state-budget	dawson-hodgson	State Senator	Rhode Island	republican	a radio interview
--	Says Sean Duffy was a no-show as Ashland County District Attorney while he was on the campaign trail	job-accomplishments,message-machine	julie-lassa	State Senator, 24th District	Wisconsin	democrat	a campaign TV ad
--	Beaverton enjoys the most diverse population (by percentage of population) among Oregon cities.	diversity	city-beaverton	city	Oregon	none	a press release
--	Evidence shows Zika virus turns fetus brains to liquid.	public-health	blog-posting			none	a informal news website
--	Says after leaving the White House, Hillary Clinton was forced to return an estimated $200,000 in White House china, furniture and artwork that she had stolen.	ethics	viral-image			none	a post shared on Facebook
--	Georgia is the Saudi Arabia of pine trees.	energy	georgia-politicians			none	 political campaign
--	U.S. Senate candidate Jack Kingston voted for the Cash for Clunkers program.	federal-budget	david-perdue	U.S. Senate candidate	Georgia	republican	television ad
--	Put simply, less government spending equals more private sector jobs.	economy,federal-budget,jobs,stimulus	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	a press release.
--	I turned a $110 million deficit into a $1.6 million surplus for our city.	candidates-biography,city-budget,city-government,debt,deficit,economy,history,taxes,unions	angel-taveras	Mayor of Providence	Rhode Island	democrat	a fundraising letter
--	Seventy percent of Americans dont have a college degree.	corrections-and-updates,education	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	"an interview on ""Face the Nation."""
--	Under the plan, for the first five years your employer not only has to keep the coverage, but you can't migrate to the public plan.	health-care	anthony-weiner		New York	democrat	"an interview on ""Fox and Friends"""
--	Says the oil industry subsidies that President Barack Obama is attacking dont exist	energy,taxes	bill-johnson	U.S. representative	Ohio	republican	a news conference
--	President Barack Obamas veto of the Keystone XL pipeline killed 42,000 jobs.	energy,jobs	tom-graves			republican	a press release
--	"""John McCain decided to stand with George Bush 95 percent of the time (last year)."""	bush-administration	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	St. Paul, Minn.
--	Says Bill Pascrell voted to eliminate all estate taxes for billionaires, and I voted no.	message-machine-2012,taxes	steve-rothman			democrat	a video posted on YouTube
--	In Hillary Clintons tax returns, you saw a lot of income coming from donors to the Clinton Foundation and people who benefitted from her State Department term as well.	candidates-biography,income	paul-manafort			republican	"an interview on ""State of the Union"""
--	Says that when the Rolling Stones performed in an Austin park, they paid $25,000 to the nearby city of Rollingwood for one night of inconvenience.	city-government,recreation	barry-bone	Businessman	Texas	none	an opinion column in the Westlake Picayune.
--	Says the NAACPs Ohio chapter has endorsed Issue 2.	elections,redistricting	voters-first-ohio		Ohio	none	a news story
--	Florida led the nation in job creation while Bush was governor.	candidates-biography,economy,florida	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	a campaign video
--	Says Marco Rubio knows full well I voted for his amendment to increase military spending to $697 billion.	federal-budget,military,voting-record	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.
--	Says Joe Heck voted to shut down the government.	voting-record	catherine-cortez-masto		Nevada	democrat	a Nevada U.S. Senate debate.
--	Oil production is down 14 percent this year on federal land.	energy	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	the second presidential debate
--	Of the 98 top oxycodone-dispensing doctors who used to live in Florida, today, there are none.	criminal-justice,drugs,florida,public-safety	pam-bondi		Florida	republican	a campaign commercial
--	A white family is likely to have about six times as much wealth than a black or Hispanic family coming out of the recession.	income,jobs	alicia-menendez			none	"comments on ABC's ""This Week"""
--	John McCain has changed position on invading Iraq.	iraq	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	a television interview
--	State employees are actually going to get a pay raise.	state-budget	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	a news conference
--	A Texas law requires every high school to have a voter registrar and part of their responsibility is to make sure that when children become 18 and become eligible to vote, that they vote.	education,elections	paul-saldana	Community advocate, member and vice presidentof Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees	Texas	democrat	a civic summit hosted by Austin's KLRU-TV
--	Federal spending on entitlements is projected to consume all revenue by 2045.	federal-budget,health-care,medicaid,medicare,social-security	josh-mandel	Ohio treasurer	Ohio	republican	a letter to Ohio lawmakers
--	Congressman Kasich wants to use our tax dollars to give secret bonuses to his corporate friends.	economy,jobs,message-machine,state-budget,transparency	ted-strickland	Former Ohio governor	Ohio	democrat	a campaign video
--	The Democrat majority in the Senate has failed to submit [a] budget in the past 1,000 days.	federal-budget	johnny-isakson	U.S. Senator	Georgia	republican	a press release
--	Says Rick Perry increased spending in Texas by more than 50 percent.	state-budget,state-finances	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	the Blooomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.
--	Says as a share of the US economy, the governments support for research and development (RD) has fallen by nearly two-thirds since the 1960s.	federal-budget,science	rush-holt			democrat	an opinion article
--	Says Texas Republican leaders have proposed laying off thousands of teachers.	education,jobs	boyd-richie	Texas Democratic Party chair	Texas	democrat	a press release.
--	The Democratic health care bill in the House would create 53 new government bureaucracies.	health-care	charles-boustany		Louisiana	republican	response to President Obama's health care address to Congress
--	Says that Donald Trump supported Charlie Crist.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland
--	Dollar General added 2,500 stores and 20,000 jobs during his four-year tenure as CEO.	candidates-biography	david-perdue	U.S. Senate candidate	Georgia	republican	a video
--	Property tax exemptions can be granted to small businesses that move into Milwaukee County.	jobs,small-business,taxes	chris-abele	Philanthropist	Wisconsin	none	a campaign news release
--	Gov. Sarah Palin got precisely zero support for her call for Alaskas Democratic Senator Mark Begich to resign because Ted Stevens corruption conviction was overturned.	elections,pundits	rachel-maddow	MSNBC host		none	an episode of her MSNBC show
--	Says overwhelming majorities of Americans support gun legislation like background checks.	civil-rights,crime,guns	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	the State of the Union Address
--	Under the DREAM Act, after two years of higher education or military service you are eligible for citizenship. Once a citizen, this paves the way to bring the rest of (your) extended family to the United States.	immigration	ted-poe	U.S. House Representative	Texas	republican	an opinion piece
--	Since President Barack Obama took office, 2 million more Americans are out of work.	economy	phil-gingrey	U.S. Congressman	Georgia	republican	a press statement
--	Says opponent David Dewhurst is a career politician.	candidates-biography	tom-leppert	Businessman	Texas	republican	a campaign statement.
--	Says Virginia economic development officials decided they didnt want to bid on his companys electric automobile plant.	candidates-biography,china,economy,energy	terry-mcauliffe	Governor	Virginia	democrat	a news conference.
--	The State Department says the 42,000 jobs created by the Keystone XL pipeline are ongoing, enduring jobs.	energy,jobs	russ-girling	CEO TransCanada		none	"comments on ABC's ""This Week"""
--	Wisconsins new state budget includes a 15 percent increase for road construction and yet weve got local towns tearing up paved roads and replacing them with gravel.	campaign-finance,state-budget,transportation	mike-mccabe			none	a speech
--	The Obama administration is refusing to directly arm the Kurds.	foreign-policy,iraq,terrorism	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	"comments on CNN's ""State of the Union"""
--	The Obama administrations green stimulus program funneled close to $2 billion dollars to overseas firms, creating thousands of jobs in China.	china,jobs,message-machine-2012,stimulus	americans-tax-reform			none	a mailer to voters
--	The worlds 62 richest people own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion poorest.	poverty	oxfam-america			none	a tweet
--	There are approximately 18,000 (police) departments in the United States.	crime,criminal-justice	charles-ramsey			none	"an interview on ""Meet the Press"""
--	The cost-of-living increase in Social Security is tied to wage inflation.	social-security	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	"an interview on NBC's ""Meet the Press"""
--	Nearly a quarter of all adults in this state have some college credit without a degree.	economy,education,jobs	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	a speech
--	Of the more than 1.3 million temporary mortgage modifications, over half have defaulted.	housing	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	a debate
--	Republicans tried to block the deficit commission.	federal-budget	tim-kaine	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	a segment of CBS' ''Face The Nation.''
--	The state is able to sharply curtail contract bargaining rights for state employee unions.	jobs,labor,state-budget	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	a luncheon speech at the Milwaukee Press Club
--	On his support for sharply limiting collective bargaining by public employees.	labor,state-budget	jeff-stone	Member of State Assembly, 82nd District	Wisconsin	republican	various votes and public statements
--	Georgia is one of only about seven states in the country that has a AAA bond rating.	state-finances	nathan-deal			republican	a speech before the Atlanta Press Club
--	Rick Perry attempted to fast-track unnecessary coal-fired power plants, which degrade air quality and would cost billions. Fortunately, a court stopped him.	environment	bill-white	Former mayor of Houston	Texas	democrat	an e-mail
--	Two years ago Providence alone spent $50,000 a year notifying the school department about residents in the states sex offender registry.	children,crime,criminal-justice	joee-lindbeck	special assistant attorney general	Rhode Island	state-official	a House Finance Committee hearing
--	In many instances, (peoples) health care costs are more than their mortgage costs or their rent, which, by the way, is a first in American history.	economy,government-regulation,health-care,history,market-regulation	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a speech
--	Since the passage of Obamas stimulus package, over 1 million additional jobs were lost and nearly 25 million Americans are out of work, are stuck in part-time work, or have given up looking.	jobs,stimulus	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	a campaign mailer
--	Three in four low-income workers dont have any paid sick days available.	health-care,income,labor,public-health,workers	sherrod-brown	U.S. Senator	Ohio	democrat	 a news release
--	Says Vince Polistina is collecting nearly $70,000 in taxpayer-funded salaries -- plus a government pension.	income,pensions	new-jersey-democratic-state-committee		New Jersey	democrat	a political mailer
--	The Department of Health and Human Services is providing $160 million to the state of Pennsylvania to set up a new high-risk insurance pool program that would cover any abortion legal in the state.	abortion,health-care	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	a news release
--	"""We have SAT scores lower than that of Alabama."""	education,message-machine	john-oxendine		Georgia	republican	in a video on his Web site. 
--	Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried not far from President Kennedys grave.	crime,history,islam,pundits,religion,terrorism	john-depetro	Talk-show host	Rhode Island	talk-show-host	a comment on WPRO radio.
--	Gov. Romneys plan would cut taxes for the folks at the very top.	message-machine-2012,taxes	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	an advertisement
--	Says David Prosser = Scott Walker.	candidates-biography,job-accomplishments,labor,state-budget	greater-wisconsin-political-fund		Wisconsin	none	a television ad
--	Politician Reid Ribble wants to phase out Social Security, forcing Wisconsin seniors to fend for themselves.	message-machine,social-security	steve-kagen	U.S. House member -- 8th District	Wisconsin	democrat	a campaign TV ad
--	Says Houstons 18th congressional district has been gentrified and is home to more Anglos than African Americans.	candidates-biography,census,diversity,elections	john-faulk	Accountant	Texas	republican	a speech
--	The Hyde Amendmentlanguage was in the (human trafficking) bill. The Democratic sponsor admits it was in the bill, and she voted for it.	abortion,bipartisanship	karl-rove		Texas	republican	"comments on ""Fox News Sunday"""
--	Says Joe Heck voted 10 times to defund Planned Parenthood ... and Heck opposes a womans right to choose, even when her health is at risk.	abortion	catherine-cortez-masto		Nevada	democrat	a television ad
--	"Stimulus tax cuts ""began showing up in paychecks of 4.8 million Indiana households about three months ago."""	stimulus,taxes	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a speech in Wakarusa, Ind.
--	Says Hillary Clinton called the Trans-Pacific Partnership the gold standard. You called it the gold standard of trade deals. You said its the finest deal youve ever seen.	candidates-biography,economy,foreign-policy,history,trade	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a Presidential debate
--	Bernie Sanders voted against the Brady Bill -- background checks and waiting periods.	guns,voting-record	generation-forward-pac			democrat	an attack ad.
--	Says Charlie Crist and Missouri Rep. Todd Akin hold same abortion views. No exception except the life of the mother.	abortion,candidates-biography	lenny-curry	chairman of the Republican Party of Florida	Florida	republican	a tweet
--	Barack Obama has doubled our national debt. Doubled it. Its going to be close to $20 trillion when he leaves.	debt,economy	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a rally.
--	Say Matt Wand cut Troutdale police, created a slush fund for himself.	crime,ethics,public-safety	future-pac-oregon-house-democrats	campaign committee	Oregon	democrat	a campaign mailer
--	Were second only to Boston in college students per capita.	education	chris-abele	Philanthropist	Wisconsin	none	a speech
--	Not even expensive bottled water, like Perrier and Evian, are of good enough quality to pump out of mines in Southwest Virginia, according to the EPA regulation.	environment	morgan-griffith	U.S. Congressman	Virginia	republican	an e-mail newsletter and House floor speech.
--	Obama Declares November National Muslim Appreciation Month.	islam,religion	blog-posting			none	blog posts
--	Says Catherine Cortez Masto was happy to line her own pockets with taxpayer dollars when state employees were slammed with frozen salaries.	candidates-biography	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	a blog post 
--	Under Obamacare, The IRS will have access to the American peoples protected health care information.	health-care,taxes	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	a floor speech.
--	Mike Martinez has voted to raise taxes and utility rates while ending free bus service for seniors.	taxes,transportation,voting-record	steve-adler	Mayor of Austin	Texas	democrat	a TV ad
--	Ohio has one of the highest provisional ballot rates in the country, and many of them go uncounted each election.	elections	kathleen-clyde	State representative	Ohio	democrat	a news conference
--	Rand Paul wants to end all federal faith-based initiatives, and even end the deduction for religious charities.	message-machine,religion,taxes	jack-conway	Kentucky Attorney General	Kentucky	democrat	a campaign commercial
--	Homicides last year increased by 17 percent in Americas 50 largest cities. Thats the largest increase in 25 years.	crime,criminal-justice	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland
--	The Canadians they (dropped) their tax rates to 15 percent. The average tax rate on businesses in the industrialized world is 25 percent.	taxes	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	the vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky.
--	White men account for 69 percent of those arrested for violent crimes.	crime	sally-kohn			columnist	an opinion piece on CNN.com
--	We know that tax cuts are remarkably un-stimulative when you compare them with different kinds of government spending.	economy,pundits,stimulus,taxes	rachel-maddow	MSNBC host		none	"the ""Rachel Maddow Show"""
--	The climate-change agreement between the United States and China requires the Chinese to do nothing at all for 16 years.	china,climate-change,environment,foreign-policy	mitch-mcconnell	Senate minority leader	Kentucky	republican	a media availability
--	Says in fiscal year 2011, the state had a projected $11 billion deficit.	deficit,state-budget,state-finances	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	a State of the State address
--	Wisconsin election officials to accept Mickey Mouse, Hitler signatures on recall petitions.	elections,legal-issues	maciver-institute	Think tank	Wisconsin	independent	a video
--	"""I wrote to Secretary Paulson, I wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke [in March 2007], and told them this is something we have to deal with, and nobody did anything about it."""	economy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
--	The Great Wall of China, built 2,000 years ago, is 13,000 miles (long).	history	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	remarks after the Super Tuesday balloting
--	When the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport needed to stop its earthquake spike a few years ago, they temporarily shut down the wells that were injecting fracking fluid into the ground ... (and) those earthquakes stopped.	energy,environment	rachel-maddow	MSNBC host		none	"a broadcast of MSNBC's ""The Rachel Maddow Show"""
--	Says Supreme Court candidate JoAnne Kloppenburgs record as a state Justice Department lawyer consists only of the prosecution of cases regarding regulation of docks.	candidates-biography,environment,legal-issues	david-prosser	Wisconsin Supreme Court justice	Wisconsin	none	statement during a candidate forum
--	One half of federal spending goes to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid while the other half goes to other programs funded with money borrowed from a foreign land.	federal-budget	rob-woodall	U.S. Representative	Georgia	republican	a town hall meeting
--	"""Medicare began as a public option and now holds 97 percent of the market share."""	health-care,medicare	tom-price	Congressman	Georgia	republican	a fundraising letter
--	Says Sen. Mitch McConnell is the No. 1 recipient of contributions from lobbyists this cycle.	campaign-finance,congress,campaign-advertising	alison-lundergan-grimes	Secretary of State	Kentucky	democrat	a campaign email to supporters
--	"""98 percent of small businesses make less than $250,000"" and would not see a tax increase under Barack Obama's plan."	taxes	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	Hempstead, N.Y.
--	''The leading Democratic candidate once said that the unfettered free market is the most destructive force in modern America.''	economy	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	Dearborn, Mich.
--	Says the American public overwhelmingly opposed Democratic-steered health care plan.	health-care	kay-bailey-hutchison	U.S. Senator	Texas	republican	a radio address
--	Says Dan Patrick supported giving a $5,000 taxpayer-funded voucher to every family to buy a car.	families,federal-budget,transportation	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	a TV ad
--	Right now, if Rhode Island police come across a young person with a gun, they really dont legally have the right to take it away from them.	crime,criminal-justice,guns,legal-issues	linda-finn	landscape designer	Rhode Island	democrat	a TV interview
--	We have trade agreements with 20 countries, and we have trade surpluses with each one of those 20.	trade	don-beyer	8th District congressional candidate	Virginia	democrat	an interview.
--	This March, for the first time in human history, the monthly average carbon dioxide in our atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million. The range had been 170-300 parts per million for hundreds of thousands of years.	climate-change,congress	sheldon-whitehouse	U.S. Senator	Rhode Island	democrat	U.S. Senate
--	Jon Corzine, elected governor. Teams up with Barbara Buono. $1.2 billion sales tax increase? Passed. Most spending in state history? Passed. After Buono named budget chair, taxes and fees increase 23 times in just two years. State debt? Up $13.4 billion. Unemployment? Doubled.	debt,jobs,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	A gubernatorial campaign television ad
--	The Obama administration supported Muslim allies trying to establish a new international blasphemy standard.	civil-rights,foreign-policy,religion,terrorism	jonathan-turley			none	"a ""Washington Post"" op-ed"
--	"""Congress' approval rating is 11 percent. You know who's higher? Dick Cheney and HMOs."""	job-accomplishments	bill-richardson	Governor	New Mexico	democrat	Las Vegas
--	"""Oil companies ...currently have 68-million acres that they're not using."""	energy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
--	Says Donald Trumps proposed tax treatment of hedge fund managers makes the current loophole even worse.	taxes	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a speech
--	John Raeses wife is registered to vote in Florida so she cant even vote for him.	candidates-biography,elections,message-machine	joe-manchin	Senator from West Virginia	West Virginia	democrat	a campaign ad
--	Scientists tell us that we could have a cure in 10 years for Alzheimers were it not for overzealous regulators, excessive taxation and greedy litigators.	government-regulation,health-care,market-regulation,science	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	a speech at CPAC
--	Mitt Romney made over a hundred million dollars by shutting down (a Marion, Ind. paper) plant.	candidates-biography,corporations,message-machine-2012	priorities-usa-action			democrat	in a TV ad
--	More people are struck by lightning than commit in-person voter fraud by impersonation.	civil-rights,crime,elections,government-regulation	mark-pocan	State Assembly member, 78th District	Wisconsin	democrat	a blog post
--	Says Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine want to expand (Obamacare) into a single-payer program.	drugs,health-care,history	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	the 2016 Vice Presidential debate
--	Says the last non-partisan commission to improve the voting experience in America concluded that #VoterID was necessary.	elections	greg-abbott	governor	Texas	republican	a Twitter post.
--	Oregon school districts are directing 24 percent of their food budgets to purchase local foods. Thats the highest percentage in the country.	agriculture	oregon-department-agriculture		Oregon	government-body	a news release
--	Germany is crime-riddled right now because of migration to Europe.	crime,criminal-justice,human-rights,immigration,public-safety	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	an interview with NBC News
--	Says theCongressional Budget Officehas estimatedevery penny of the federal budget will go to interest on the debt and entitlement spending by 2025.	deficit,federal-budget	frank-wolf	U.S. Representative	Virginia	republican	a floor speech.
--	Mitt Romney said it was tragic to end the war in Iraq.	iraq	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
--	During Obamas first five years as president, black unemployment increased 42 percent. During Reagans presidency, black unemployment dropped 20 percent.	diversity,economy,history,jobs	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	a meme on social media
--	Milwaukee lost the headquarters for MillerCoors because the area lacks good transit.	jobs,transportation	jason-haas	Milwaukee County supervisor	Wisconsin	none	a newspaper interview
--	Says President Obama said of the national debt, If I dont have this done in three years, then theres going to be a one-term proposition.	deficit,message-machine-2012	americans-prosperity			none	an Americans for Prosperity attack ad
--	Black Lives Matter, who are attacking law enforcement officers -- Barack Obama had them to the White House.	civil-rights,crime,criminal-justice	sean-duffy	Member of the U.S. House	Wisconsin	republican	an interview
--	In 2012, there were nearly 12.2 million arrests and only 410 uses of deadly force by police in the United States.	civil-rights,criminal-justice,guns,public-safety	edward-flynn			none	an interview
--	Every major religion is opposed to same-sex marriage.	gays-and-lesbians,religion	phil-burress	President, Citizens for Community Values	Ohio	republican	news story
--	Says Texas has more than 80,000 abortions each year.	abortion	jonathan-stickland	State representative	Texas	republican	a tweet
--	Says Thomas Jefferson said that government is best which governs least.	government-regulation,history	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	a tweet
--	The $18.8 billion in funding for K-12 education funding is the highest in Florida history and includes a record $10.6 billion in state funds.	education	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	a press release about his education budget proposal
--	In the 2000 Florida election, at least 1,100 eligible voters were wrongly dropped from voting rolls in an attempt to purge a list of felons. Many of those who were dropped showed up to vote and were told they could not.	elections	bill-nelson		Florida	democrat	letter to Gov. Rick Scott
--	"""My grandfather came home from ... (World War II) exhausted from the burdens he had borne, and died the next day."""	candidates-biography	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	St. Paul, Minn.
--	The largest U.S. companies would owe $620 billion in U.S. taxes on the cash they store in tax havens.	corporations,taxes	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	a tweet
--	If Trump had just put his fathers money in a mutual fund ... hed have $8 billion.	wealth	occupy-democrats			organization	a Facebook post
--	Fewer black and Latino men participate in the labor force, compared to young white men.	diversity,economy,jobs	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	an event at the White House
--	Says Adam Hasner gives the wealthy tax breaks worth $250,000 a year but hikes middle class taxes $2,000.	message-machine-2012,taxes	lois-frankel		Florida	democrat	a television ad
--	State House incumbent Jill Chambers, R-Atlanta, personally profits from taxpayer money.	ethics	georgia-house-democratic-caucus-behalf-elena-paren			democrat	a campaign mailer
--	The group that supported the presidents health care bill the most? Latinos.	health-care	david-plouffe	Senior Adviser to the President		democrat	an interview
--	Women take birth control, more than half of them, as a medication for other conditions.	abortion,health-care,sexuality	barbara-boxer	U.S. Senator	California	democrat	"an interview on MSNBC's ""Jansing & Co."""
--	Says the Feingold garage ad is a fake: Hes not standing in front of his house.	job-accomplishments,message-machine	mark-belling	Talk show host for WISN-AM	Wisconsin	talk-show-host	a website posting and statement during his radio show
--	"McCain ""hasn't held executive responsibility."""	candidates-biography	wesley-clark		Arkansas	democrat	"an interview on CBS' ""Face the Nation"""
--	"""McCain got more money from Airbus' U.S. executives than any other politician."""	ethics,military	campaign-money-watch			none	a TV ad
--	Forty-five percent of doctors say theyll quit if health care reform passes.	health-care,pundits	glenn-beck			none	a statement on his Fox News Channel program
--	Says Glenn Grothman pushed through state tax credits that when phased in, someone that owns a factory that produces millions in income will pay less tax than their nephew would if he worked full time at Taco Bell for minimum wage.	income,small-business,state-budget,taxes	mark-harris	Winnebago County Executive	Wisconsin	democrat	an interview
--	"Says that under a new program jail ""time for non-violent, mentally ill offenders has been reduced by 50 percent."""	crime,government-efficiency,job-accomplishments	karen-sage	Attorney	Texas	democrat	a mailer
--	"""John McCain intervened, which helped Airbus get that Pentagon contract."""	ethics,military	campaign-money-watch			none	a TV ad
--	"""I have never said that I don't wear flag pins or refuse to wear flag pins."""	patriotism	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	Philadelphia
--	Say71 percent of doctors say Hillarys health concerns are serious and could be disqualifying.	candidates-biography,pundits	blog-posting			none	internet postings
--	Expanding the sale of full-strength beer and wine to grocery stores isgood for everybody.	Alcohol	your-choice-colorado		Colorado 	organization	a TV ad
--	Says history suggests sports will quickly subsume a lot of the attention span of the country in the presidential primary.	elections,sports	hugh-hewitt			republican	"a panel discussion on CNN's ""State of the Union"""
--	The U.S. has now spent more on reconstructing Afghanistan than was spent on the Marshall Plan and the reconstruction of Europe.	afghanistan	matt-wuerker	Politico editorial cartoonist		none	a political cartoon on Politico
--	The federal debt is more than $14 trillion, almost equal to the size of our entire economy, and every child born today inherits a $45,000 share of the national debt before they take their first breath.	deficit,federal-budget	jim-renacci	U.S. representative 	Ohio	republican	a video posted to YouTube
--	I wake up every morning in a house (the White House) that was built by slaves.	diversity,history	michelle-obama		Illinois	democrat	a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia
--	Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele spent $100,000 of taxpayer money on a new luxury SUV.	county-budget	wisconsin-working-families-party			none	a direct mail flier
--	The media never show crowds.	elections	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a rally in Pensacola, Fla.
--	The governor has made a commitment to billions of dollars in debt and new spending without any explanation of how he plans to pay that money back.	transportation	brian-moran	State Democratic chairman	Virginia	democrat	a news release.
--	Says he had to impose tougher cost controls on state employees than any previous Wisconsin governor.	job-accomplishments,state-budget	jim-doyle	Lawyer	Wisconsin	democrat	a television interview
--	Says the Congressional Budget Office is expecting a protracted economic malaise for at least the next decade under current policies.	economy	tom-price	Congressman	Georgia	republican	a post on Medium
--	It was Hillary Clinton who left Americans in harms way in Benghazi and after four Americans fell said, What difference at this point does it make?	candidates-biography	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	the Republican national convention
--	"""Congresswoman Bachmann actually said we should be 'weaned' off our Social Security and Medicare. She wants to privatize Social Security and replace Medicare with some kind of voucher system."""	medicare,social-security	americans-united-change			none	a radio ad
--	Says children are coming into the U.S. in staggering numbers because President Barack Obama has been promising amnesty.	immigration	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	a press conference at Lackland Air Force Base
--	The United States has never been richer, if you look at per capita GDP.	economy,federal-budget,taxes	jan-schakowsky	Representative of 9th District of Illinois	Illinois	democrat	an interview on MSNBC
--	Michele Bachmanns legislative record is offering failed amendments.	candidates-biography,voting-record	tim-pawlenty			republican	a statement from the campaign
--	Says that when San Francisco banned plastic grocery bags, you saw the number of instances of people going to the ER with things like salmonella and other related illnesses spike.	environment,health-care,public-health	james-quintero	Director, Center for Local Governance, Texas Public Policy Foundation	Texas	none	a panel discussion at SXSW Eco
--	Scott Walker had a 2.3 GPA when he was asked to leave Marquette University for cheating.	candidates-biography,education,elections	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	a meme
--	Says a company that got tax breaks from the state later laid off 100 Ohioans, even as its CEO cut a half-million-dollar check to Kasichs super PAC.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography,ethics	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	ad paid for by campaign for Ted Cruz
--	Ohio Director of Job Creation Mark Kvamme just clawed back about $900,000 from companies that made promises and they didnt keep them.	government-efficiency,state-budget	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	his State of the State speech
--	There is no clinical evidence that vaccinating healthcare workers protects patients.	health-care,labor,public-health,unions	service-employees-international-union-committee-po		Washington, D.C.	newsmaker	a lawsuit
--	On in-state tuition for unauthorized immigrants.	education,immigration,state-budget,state-finances	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	an interview with the Texas Tribune
--	I made a bunch of these promises during the campaign. ... Weve got about 60 percent done in three years.	job-accomplishments,politifacts-top-promises	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a speech at a fundraiser
--	On the day of the New Hampshire primary in 1980, the top 13 people of Ronald Reagans staff quit.	history	newt-gingrich	"Co-host on CNN's ""Crossfire"""	Georgia	republican	a speech before the Atlanta Press Club
--	Some of the wealthiest Americans are African-American now.	wealth	rush-limbaugh	Radio host		none	comments on his radio show
--	Theres 400 more people working in health care today in New Hampshire than when we passed the budget.	health-care,state-budget,state-finances	william-obrien	Speaker of the House of Representatives	New Hampshire	republican	an interview with the Telegraph editorial board
--	President Barack Obamas health care reform slashed $500 billion from Medicare.	health-care,medicare,public-health	sean-duffy	Member of the U.S. House	Wisconsin	republican	a news release
--	The U.S. ranks 37th in the world for health care.	health-care	paul-hipp	singer and actor	New York	none	a YouTube video
--	A high school dropout makes on average $19,000 a year, a high school graduate makes $28,000 a year, a college graduate makes $51,000 a year.	education,pundits	don-lemon	CNN anchor	Georgia	journalist	a commentary on CNN
--	Theres almost 1 million Texans who are unemployed and thats an all-time record number in our state.	economy	bill-white	Former mayor of Houston	Texas	democrat	a speech
--	Nearly 70 percent of all federal spending will go towards Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid in fiscal year 2014.	federal-budget,medicaid,medicare,social-security	todd-young	Republican congressional candidate	Indiana	republican	a letter to a constituent
--	In Ohio, each year an estimated 1,000 children become victims of human trafficking, and over 3,000 more are at risk.	children,trade	joyce-beatty	Member of Congress	Ohio	democrat	in a press conference
--	"Claims that Obama said, ""For those who oppose our policies, you should just shut up and go away."""	elections,florida	cw-bill-young	U.S. Representative, Florida District 10	Florida	republican	 a meeting of Florida Republicans
--	Says, Yet in Salem they have traditionally waited until the money is almost gone to pay for the most important things in our states budget.	education,state-budget	shawn-lindsay	state representative	Oregon	republican	a campaign press release
--	18 percent of our land in our state right now is either federally, state or county owned for conservation purposes.	animals,environment,recreation,state-finances	alberta-darling	State Senator, 8th District	Wisconsin	republican	a legislative meeting
--	"""The race will tighten, just because that's what happens at the end of campaigns. They always have."""	elections	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a TV interview
--	Even after Obamacare is fully implemented, there still will be tens of millions of people not covered.	health-care	suzanne-somers	Actress	California	none	"a column in the ""Wall Street Journal"""
--	The [Obama] administrations regulatory assault on coal-fired energy has put thousands of Americans out of work	energy,environment,jobs	roy-blunt	Senator	Missouri	republican	a news release
--	We have 80,000 abortions in Texas every year.	abortion,corrections-and-updates	dan-patrick	Lieutenant governor-elect	Texas	republican	remarks on the Senate floor
--	Says Tri-Rail shows the potential problems with investing in high-speed rail.	state-budget,stimulus,transportation	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	an interview with CNN.
--	Says U.S. Senate rival Tommy Thompson is a big corporate lobbyist and has been lobbying during the middle of the campaign.	congressional-rules	eric-hovde			republican	a radio appearance
--	"""Congressman Paul introduces numerous pieces of substantive legislation each year, probably more than any single member of Congress."""	job-accomplishments	ron-paul	U.S. representative	Texas	republican	a statement on his campaign Web site.
--	Four members of the Rhode Island General Assembly went to vote in 2010 and were told they had already voted.	debates,elections,legal-issues	john-carlevale	co-founder, State of the State	Rhode Island	republican	a TV debate
--	"The Democrat-backed health care reform plan ""will require (Americans) to subsidize abortion with their hard-earned tax dollars."""	abortion,health-care,taxes	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	an op-ed for National Review
--	Mark Warner cast the tiebreaking vote to pass Obamacare.	health-care,voting-record	ken-cuccinelli	Attorney General	Virginia	republican	an interview.
--	In Iraq, violence is down to an all-time low since the start of the war.	foreign-policy,iraq,military	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	"an interview on NBC's ""Today Show"""
--	North Koreas missiles are not going to have a capability to reach the United States anytime real soon.	foreign-policy,nuclear	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	remarks made on the Fox News segment, Outnumbered
--	Im running for office with much more experience and qualifications than Barack Obama had when he ran.	candidates-biography	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	a meeting with the Des Moines Register editorial board
--	Says Measure 3-386 will cost a fortune for elections while Measure 3-388 will cost less.	county-government	ann-lininger	Clackamas County Commissioner	Oregon	county-commissioner	in campaign literature 
--	In 2008, Charlie Crist applauded the pick of Sarah Palin and said she would do a great job.	candidates-biography	george-lemieux		Florida	republican	a Tampa Bay Times guest column
--	The president promised to close the space gap, but he now seems intent on repeating the events that created the space gap in the first place -- putting in place a new rocket design and then trying to underfund the effort...	science	bill-posey	Congressman	Florida	republican	a press release responding to Obama's budget proposal.
--	Republicans dont think its a good idea to make the child care tax credit stronger.	children,taxes	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a response to a question during an appearance in Columbus, Ohio.
--	More than half of women under 30 who give birth do so outside of marriage...	families,women	don-beyer	8th District congressional candidate	Virginia	democrat	a website post
--	I cut spending while serving in the state Legislature	state-budget,state-finances,states,taxes	marilinda-garcia	New Hampshire state representative	New Hampshire	republican	a tweet
--	If we ban the practice of earmarks, we could save the American taxpayer anywhere between $15 (billion) to $20 billion dollars a year in pork-barrel spending.	federal-budget	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	a campaign video
--	Our welfare system now consumes 42 percent of our budget.	elections,government-efficiency,medicaid,state-finances,welfare	patricia-morgan	Financial adviser	Rhode Island	republican	a campaign flier
--	Agriculture is the strongest industry in Ohio.	agriculture,economy	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	a speech to the Ohio Farm Bureau
--	This is the first time in the history that weve had the raising of a debt limit also with spending cuts.	federal-budget,history	allen-west	U.S. representative, Florida District 22	Florida	republican	an interview on CNN
--	"Sarah Palin was repeating ""Abraham Lincoln's words"" in discussing the war in Iraq."	religion	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	Fairbanks, Alaska
--	Kelly Ayotte voted for a budget that had $90 billion of cuts to Pell Grants.	education,voting-record	maggie-hassan	Candidate for governor	New Hampshire	democrat	a debate
--	Says U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV passed only one bill in seven years.	message-machine-2012,voting-record	american-bridge-21st-century			democrat	a TV ad
--	Republican-leaning states get more in federal dollars than they pay in taxes.	federal-budget,state-finances,states	blog-posting			none	a graphic circulating on the Internet
--	"Barack Obama said in 2004 ""that he basically agreed with the way George Bush was conducting the war."""	iraq	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	Cleveland, Ohio
--	Says President Barack Obama is a socialist.	government-regulation,new-hampshire-2012,patriotism	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	a Republican debate in New Hampshire.
--	Wisconsin was literally broke when Republicans took office in January 2011.	state-budget	jim-steineke	State Assembly representative	Wisconsin	republican	a tweet
--	About two-thirds of Medicaid beneficiaries are children, but they account for one-third of the programs cost, while one-third are elderly, and they account for two-thirds of the cost.	children,federal-budget,health-care	sherrod-brown	U.S. Senator	Ohio	democrat	an interview on MSNBC
--	Says Tom Cottons vote in Congress to change Medicare will increase out-of-pocket expenses for every senior in Arkansas.	health-care,medicare,retirement	mark-pryor	U.S. Senator	Arkansas	democrat	a campaign ad
--	Says the Obama administration approved a major disaster declaration for Oklahoma in 2009, when nine of the states 77 counties burned for about three days, while Texas wildfires have been burning for longer without such a declaration.	natural-disasters	todd-staples	state agriculture commissioner	Texas	republican	a Texas Tribune interview
--	Our campaign depends on small donations for the majority of our support.	campaign-finance	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a victory speech after the March 15 primaries
--	"Says Crist campaign website ""has eliminated all references to our Republican Party."""	candidates-biography	tom-grady	State Representative	Florida	republican	an e-mail to Crist.
--	On a cap-and-trade plan.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,energy,environment	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	a Washington Post op-ed
--	There hasnt really been a lot of net growth in the federal workforce when you compare it to say, 1990.	government-efficiency,jobs	gerry-connolly	U.S. Representative	Virginia	democrat	an interview.
--	The American Conservative Union gives [Rep. Tim] Ryan a dismal 0.0 percent rating for the billions he has contributed to our national debt.	deficit,federal-budget	marish-agana	Pediatrician	Ohio	republican	a news release announcing her candidacy
--	The departments of Commerce, Education and Energy and the EPA saw their spending increase by between 130 percent and 219 percent between 2008 and 2010.	federal-budget,stimulus	jeb-hensarling	U.S. Congressman	Texas	republican	"a hearing of the congressional ""Supercommittee"""
--	Says he hasnt changed his view on abortion restrictions.	abortion	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	a TV interview
--	Says the director of an anti-abortion group receiving a Texas grant to provide womens health services believes HIV can be spread through the sewer system.	health-care,public-health	joaquin-castro	attorney	Texas	democrat	a tweet about Carol Everett of the Heidi Group
--	Says Rick Perry of Texas was the governor who relied most on stimulus funds to close his states budget deficit in 2010.	state-budget,state-finances,stimulus	martin-omalley	Maryland governor	Maryland	democrat	a press release
--	Democrats are cutting our school funding. Four times in the last 10 years before we came into office.	education	bruce-rauner	Governor	Illinois	republican	a speech at the Illinois State Fair
--	Says President Barack Obama himself has granted waivers allowing into the United States refugees who provided material support to terrorists.	immigration,terrorism	greg-abbott	governor	Texas	republican	a press conference with Sen. Ted Cruz
--	In almost every other country in the world, artists and musicians are paid when their music is played on the radio. In fact, the only countries besides the U.S. who do not have a radio-performance right are China, Iran and North Korea.	china,congress,workers	kevin-russell	Leader, Shinyribs band	Texas	none	an opinion column
--	"""One man sacrificed for his country. One man opposed a flawed strategy in Iraq. One man had the courage to call for change. One man didn't play politics with the truth. One man stands up to the special interests."""	iraq	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	a TV ad airing in Virginia, the District of Columbia and Maryland
--	Says Paul Ryan supports banning all abortions, even in cases of rape or incest.	abortion	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a tweet
--	More than 1,000 American soldiers have lost their lives in Afghanistan in the last 27 months. This is more than the combined total of the nine years before.	afghanistan,military	chain-email			none	a chain email
--	Weve doubled the production of clean energy.	energy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a speech in Knoxville, Tenn.
--	Most Americans support the legalization of marijuana.	drugs,marijuana,polls	gary-johnson	Presidential candidate	New Mexico	libertarian	a Medium post
--	Under Barack Obama, the U.S. now has the lowest workforce since (President Jimmy) Carter.	economy,history,jobs,message-machine-2012	american-future-fund			organization	a campaign ad
--	A rural hospital in Missouri closes every 8 months. The legislatures failure to expand Medicaid has brought crisis to many of Missouris rural health care providers.	medicaid	chris-koster	Attorney general of Missouri	Missouri	democrat	an Instagram post
--	Harambe received 15,000 votes in the presidential election.	elections,fake-news	blog-posting			none	articles on the Internet and social media posts
--	The United States is one of only seven nations that allows elective abortions after 20 weeks post-fertilization.	abortion	family-foundation		Virginia	organization	a Facebook post.
--	Says Thom Tillis gives tax breaks to yacht and jet owners.	message-machine-2014,taxes,wealth	senate-majority-pac	political action committee	Washington, D.C. 	democrat	a campaign ad
--	During his time as House speaker, unemployment came down from 5.6 percent to under 4 (percent).	job-accomplishments,jobs	newt-gingrich	"Co-host on CNN's ""Crossfire"""	Georgia	republican	a campaign video
--	Obamacare was the Republican plan in the early 90s.	health-care	ellen-qualls			democrat	comments on Fox News Channel
--	We had an amendment in the health care law that said the federal government is going to take over education.	education,health-care	allen-west	U.S. representative, Florida District 22	Florida	republican	a Fox News TV show
--	(Assembly Democrats) wanted to raise the gas tax by $2.4 billion. We said no to that....Theyre down on the ground. Theyre sweating. Theyre twitching. Its ugly, cause I keep saying no.	taxes	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	a video posted on YouTube
--	Says he turned down a Medicaid expansion under Obamacare, but because of actions he took, for the first time in Wisconsins history everyone living in poverty is covered under Medicaid.	health-care,medicaid,poverty,public-health,state-budget	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	a speech
--	Says Patrick Murphy switched his vote on All Aboard Florida ... because his father tried to get in a bid to build it and was unsuccessful.	congress,transportation	alan-grayson	U.S. House of Representatives	Florida	democrat	an interview with CBS4
--	Says U.S. Sen Sherrod Brown promised that the first stimulus bill would fund the Brent Spence Bridge.	infrastructure,stimulus	josh-mandel	Ohio treasurer	Ohio	republican	a news release
--	Tampa got more (federal housing) money because they scored higher on the blight scoring system, so theyve got a much bigger problem than we do.	housing,urban	bill-foster	Mayor, St. Petersburg	Florida	republican	a mayoral forum
--	In nine Democratic debates, Weve not had one question about a womans right to make her own decisions about reproductive health care, not one question.	abortion,debates	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a Democratic debate in Brooklyn
--	The Manchin-Toomey amendment would have criminalized certain private transfers of firearms between honest citizens, requiring lifelong friends, neighbors and some family members to get government approval.	corrections-and-updates,guns	national-rifle-association			none	a statement
--	"""McCain Trying to Have it Both Ways on Iraq"""	iraq	democratic-national-committee			none	a news release
--	The budget submitted by Obama will add more to the debt than the outstanding debt of the previous 43 presidents combined.	deficit,federal-budget	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	a letter to the editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch
--	"""I've issued a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling."""	energy,oil-spill	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	an address from the Oval Office
--	Toomey and Trump will ban abortion and punish women who have them.	abortion	naral-pro-choice		Washington, D.C.	organization	an ad.
--	Tuition at Rutgers has increased 10 percent since Gov. Chris Christie took office because he cut funding for higher education.	education,state-finances	barbara-buono	State Senator	New Jersey	democrat	a speech to students at the Rutgers New Brunswick campus
--	The reason we even have colleges is that at some point there were politicians who said, You know what? We should start colleges.	education,history	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	an interview with YouTube celebrity Bethany Mota
--	Capital Metro originally said MetroRails yearly operating costs would be about $2.5 million. Last year ... it cost $13 million to operate.	taxes,transportation	bob-cole	Co-owner and morning show host, KOKE FM, Austin	Texas	none	morning radio show on KOKE-FM
--	Providence has more of its pension fund invested in hedge funds and is less transparent about it than the state.	city-budget,labor,pensions,retirement,state-budget,state-finances,transparency	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	Rhode Island	democrat	a fundraising letter.
--	Says President John F. Kennedy released a star Green Bay Packer from military reserve duty so that he could play in the 1961 NFL Championship Game.	history,military,sports	j-jacobs			journalist	an interview
--	If the General Assembly does not address the states structural deficit, more than 23,000 education professionals will be immediately yanked out of Pennsylvania schools.	state-budget	tom-wolf	Candidate for governor	Pennsylvania	democrat	his budget proposal address
--	Says he brought 1,200 jobs to Texas by moving his factories here from China.	economy,job-accomplishments	farouk-shami	Businessman	Texas	democrat	a TV ad
--	U.S. Rep. Paul Broun has not authored any legislation that has been adopted by Congress.	congress,voting-record	stephen-simpson		Georgia	republican	an article
--	On recess appointments.	foreign-policy,legal-issues,workers	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a prepared statement
--	"""Four years as a congressman, he [U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson] never talked about MARTA."""	transportation	vernon-jones			democrat	a candidate forum
--	Texas has the highest rate of uninsured in the nation. ... And there are more uninsured children in Texas than in any other state.	health-care	kathleen-sebelius	U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary	Kansas	democrat	an opinion column
--	Eighty percent of Wall Street executives and their spouses donations go to Democrats.	campaign-finance,financial-regulation	louie-gohmert	U.S. House member	Texas	republican	a speech at the New Hampshire Freedom Summit
--	Like me, Scott Walker opposed the 1998 transportation bill and the $9 billion of wasteful spending.	federal-budget,message-machine,taxes	jim-sensenbrenner	Member of Congress	Wisconsin	republican	a radio ad for the Scott Walker gubernatorial campaign
--	Newspapers say Florida made bad investments, lost hundreds of millions of dollars, billions in pension funds lost. Who was in charge of Floridas investments? Alex Sink.	financial-regulation,message-machine,retirement,state-budget	republican-party-florida			republican	a campaign ad
--	Says 80 percent of the health care dollars are spent by 20 percent of the population.	health-care,public-health	alan-bates	State Senator	Oregon	democrat	a floor speech.
--	Steve Southerland did not pay his taxes in 05, 06, 07, 08 or 09.	message-machine,taxes	allen-boyd		Florida	democrat	a TV ad
--	Eliminating Obamacare ... saves $95 billion a year.	federal-budget,health-care,new-hampshire-2012	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	a presidential primary debate in New Hampshire
--	There are 4.7 percent of Virginians who are minimum wage earners who are over 25 years of age working full-time and trying to raise a family.	families,workers	mark-obenshain	State senator	Virginia	republican	a floor debate.
--	Says broken compact fluorescent light bulbs allegedly cause migraines and epilepsy attacks.	consumer-safety,environment,public-health	phyllis-schlafly	Founder, Eagle Forum	Missouri	republican	an e-mail blast.
--	At least a quarter of those apprehended at the border have criminal records.	crime,immigration	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	a news story
--	Says Rick Scotts record on jobs includes Florida ranked 2nd in the nation in long-term unemployment.	economy,workers	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	a post on his campaign website
--	Says President Obamas new immigration plan is amnesty.	immigration	jim-demint	President, Heritage Foundation	South Carolina	republican	a news release
--	For the first time in over 40 years, Republicansdont hold a single statewide office in Virginia.	elections,history	ed-gillespie	Republican strategist	Washington, D.C.	republican	a speech
--	Polls show that Americans overwhelmingly support expanding background checks.	guns	gabrielle-giffords	U.S. Representative	Arizona	democrat	"an op-ed in the ""New York Times"""
--	Nearly 20% of our residents are born abroad.	city-government,diversity,families,immigration,population	city-austin		Texas	none	a press release
--	When it comes to jobless workers, Mitt Romney says he likes to fire people.	candidates-biography,workers	jack-markell	governor	Delaware	democrat	a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. 
--	A child born in America today will inherit $1.5 million in debt the moment theyre placed in their mothers arms.	debt,federal-budget	john-mccallum		Georgia	republican	a video
--	Says the U.S. fleet of attack submarines is scheduled to fall below the 48 boats that Navy says it needs to carry out current missions.	federal-budget,military	randy-forbes	Representative	Virginia	republican	a column.
--	Georgias share of money from the Federal Highway Trust Fund declined 12 percent between 2008 and 2013.	state-budget,state-finances,transportation	associated-press	journalists		none	in a newspaper article
--	"""Americans spend 100-million hours a year filling out these forms (FAFSA). That is the equivalent of 55,500 full-time jobs."""	education	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	Plymouth, N.H.
--	If you look at the application for a security clearance, I have a clearance that even the president of the United States cannot obtain because of my background.	candidates-biography,military	allen-west	U.S. representative, Florida District 22	Florida	republican	a candidate forum
--	Says Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie made a late-night visit to Kinkos to forge President Barack Obamas birth certificate two days before Obama unveiled it to the media.	obama-birth-certificate	chain-email			none	e-mail messages circulating on the Internet
--	"In the Illinois Legislature, Barack Obama ""voted 'present,' instead of yes or no"" on seven votes involving abortion rights."	abortion	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	Iowa
--	If you want to vote in Texas, you can use a concealed-weapon permit as a valid form of identification, but a valid student ID isnt good enough.	elections,states	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a speech in Houston
--	Says the cascading effects of climate change contributed to the rise of ISIS.	climate-change,environment,foreign-policy,terrorism	martin-omalley	Maryland governor	Maryland	democrat	interview with Democracy Now!
--	Says state Rep. Sandy Pasch, her recall opponent, voted to allow public school employees to use taxpayer dollars to pick up the tab forViagra.	health-care,unions	alberta-darling	State Senator, 8th District	Wisconsin	republican	a TV ad and campaign flier
--	"Barack Obama ""rejects everyone white, including his mother and his grandparents."""	candidates-biography	jerome-corsi	author	New Jersey	constitution-party	his book <i>The Obama Nation</i>. 
--	A company hired to do Common Core testing in Florida will attract every one of your children to become as homosexual as they possibly can.	corrections-and-updates,education,gays-and-lesbians	charles-van-zant	Member of Florida House of Representatives	Florida	republican	speech in March publicized May 16 by Think Progress
--	The U.S. Supreme Court has not traditionally asked a lot of questions during oral arguments.	supreme-court	clarence-thomas	U.S. Supreme Court Justice	Georgia	none	a speech
--	Fracturing or horizontally fracturing the shale to open up larger pockets of natural gas ... has been used for over 60 years and, as of 2009, over 80,000 wells have been fracked in Ohio.	energy,environment	kris-jordan	State senator	Ohio	republican	a speech in the Ohio Senate
--	"In 2004, ""20 percent of U.S. households were getting about 75 percent of their income from the federal government. ... Another 20 percent were receiving almost 40 percent."""	economy,federal-budget,medicare,retirement,social-security,taxes	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	a speech to the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
--	We are now eighth in the nation in job creation . . . we are No. 1 in the Midwest.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	a news conference
--	In Europe, church attendance rates (are) in the single digits because churches are supported by taxes.	new-hampshire-2012	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	a house party in Henniker, N.H.
--	Says George LeMieux even compared Marco Rubio to Barack Obama.	candidates-biography	adam-hasner		Florida	republican	an Internet ad
--	Says Barack Obama promised to halve the deficit in his first term.	deficit,economy	matt-mackowiak	Consultant	Texas	republican	an opinion column.
--	Says the government has gotten the TARP money back plus a profit.	financial-regulation	bill-clinton	former president	Arkansas	democrat	"an interview on ""The Daily Show"""
--	Points of Light is the worlds largest volunteer organization.	job-accomplishments	michelle-nunn	Chief Executive Officer, Points of Light Foundation	Georgia	democrat	television ad
--	Says Mark Pryorcut Medicare to pay for Obamacare.	health-care,medicare	tom-cotton	U.S. House of Representatives	Arkansas	republican	a campaign ad
--	Says Tim Kaine actually tried to raise taxes by about $4 billion.	candidates-biography,debt,deficit,history,taxes	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	the 2016 Vice Presidential debate
--	Says Marco Rubio is proposing a new $1 trillion welfare program in tax credits and $1 trillion in new military spending.	children,families,federal-budget,military,taxes,welfare	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	a debate
--	I am the only senator who turned down the state pension plan for part-time legislators.	pensions	don-balfour			republican	campaign flier
--	Female buffalo lead the herd.	animals,candidates-biography	hugh-fitzsimons	Rancher	Texas	democrat	a blog post on campaign website
--	There is no system to vet refugees from the Middle East.	immigration,terrorism	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a speech on terrorism and immigration
--	Says Chris Christies plan to kick-start our economy is to propose an income tax cut that disproportionately benefits the wealthy, and...hes still proposing it.	taxes	barbara-buono	State Senator	New Jersey	democrat	an interview on bluejersey.com
--	Obama used $20 million in federal money to emmigrate (sic) Hamas Refugees to the USA.	foreign-policy	chain-email			none	a chain e-mail
--	On offshore drilling.	energy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	
--	We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt.	candidates-biography,elections	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	an interview on ABC
--	I think its seven or eight of the California system of universities dont even teach an American history course. Its not even available to be taught.	education,history	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	in a speech in Wisconsin
--	Sen. Bob Menendez voted to enact a new tax on the sale of homes of 3.8%.	health-care,housing,income,taxes	menendez-facts			none	a blog
--	Says his budget provides the highest state funding level in history for education.	education	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	a news conference
--	Ive been here almost every day.	civil-rights,crime,criminal-justice	jay-nixon	Governor	Missouri	democrat	"on ABC's ""This Week"""
--	In the early 1980s, Sen. Edward Kennedy secretly offered to help Soviet leaders counter the Reagan administrations position on nuclear disarmament.	bipartisanship,congress,foreign-policy,history	mackubin-thomas-owens	senior fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute	Rhode Island	columnist	a commentary in The Providence Journal
--	Says an EPA permit languished under Strickland but his new EPA director got it done in two days.	environment,government-efficiency	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	a news conference
--	Says the governor is going around the state talking about [how] we should fund an income tax cut that benefits higher income earners and not lower income earners	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	john-burzichelli			democrat	an interview with NJToday
--	When Obama was sworn into office, he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Kuran (Their equivalency to our Bible, but very different beliefs).	obama-birth-certificate,religion	chain-email			none	
--	Says Having organizations parading as being social welfare organizations and then being involved in the political combat harkens back to why the statute a hundred years ago said that they were prohibited.	campaign-finance,congress,taxes	earl-blumenauer	U.S. representative	Oregon	democrat	a U.S. Ways and Means hearing
--	Says nearly half of Oregons children are poor.	poverty	jim-francesconi	Member of the State Board of Higher Education	Oregon	none	an opinion article
--	"On attacks by Republicans that various programs in the economic stimulus plan are not stimulative, ""If you add all that stuff up, it accounts for less than 1 percent of the overall package."""	economy,stimulus	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	interview with CBS News
--	Says when armed civilians stop mass shootings with guns, an average of 2.5 people die; otherwise, an average of 18 people die.	guns	jim-rubens	Small business owner	New Hampshire	republican	in an interview at gun shop in Hudson, N.H.
--	Says Tennessee is providing millions of dollars to virtual school company for results at the bottom of the bottom.	education,state-budget	andy-berke	Lawyer and state senator	Tennessee	democrat	a letter to state Senate education committee chairwoman Dolores Gresham.
--	The health care reform plan would set limits similar to the socialized system in Britain, where people are allowed to die if their treatment would cost more than $22,000.	health-care	club-growth			none	a TV ad
--	Says Donald Trump started his career back in 1973 being sued by the Justice Department for racial discrimination because he would not rent apartments in one of his developments to African-Americans.	candidates-biography,diversity,housing	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	the first presidential debate
--	Bill White has a long history of trying to limit or even disenfranchise military voters.	military	republican-party-texas		Texas	republican	an e-mail
--	John McCains chief economic adviser during the 08 race estimated that Trumps promises would cause America to lose 3.5 million jobs.	economy	tim-kaine	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia
--	Says 21,000 Wisconsin residents got jobs in 2011, but 18,000 of them were in other states.	job-accomplishments,jobs,states	kathleen-vinehout			democrat	remarks
--	State revenue projections have missed the mark month after month.	state-budget	steve-henson	State Senator	Georgia	democrat	a press release
--	The median income of a middle class family went down $2,100 from 2001 to 2007.	income,new-hampshire-2012	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	speaking at New Hampshire’s Plymouth State University
--	"""Every citizen is entitled to the freedom of speech, but no one should have the right to use government funds or institutions to portray acts that are morally reprehensible to the vast majority of Americans."""	gays-and-lesbians	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	a press release
--	Rick Perry has advocated abandoning Social Security, scuttling Medicaid and ending the federal income tax.	medicaid,social-security,taxes	margaret-carlson	Columnist	District of Columbia	none	a politics column.
--	Two thirds to three quarters of people without [health] insurance in Rhode Island work.	health-care,poverty,public-health,welfare	elizabeth-roberts	Lieutenant Governor	Rhode Island	democrat	"a panel discussion on ""A Lively Experiment"""
--	Congress has spent 66 of the first 100 days of this term in recess.	congress	john-barrow	Congressman	Georgia	democrat	a letter
--	Mark Sharpe has lowered property taxes by 17 percent.	candidates-biography,taxes	mark-sharpe	Hillsborough County commissioner	Florida	republican	a campaign mailer
--	Says Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad chartered a plane to remove 124 young illegal immigrants from his state and take them back to Honduras.	immigration	chain-email			none	a chain email
--	If you dont buy cigarettes at your local supermarket, your grocery bill wont go up a dime. The same is true of the sugary drink tax. If passed, you can avoid paying the tax by not buying sugary drinks.	taxes	philadelphia-daily-news			none	In an editorial
--	Says President Barack Obama has said that everybody should hate the police.	civil-rights,crime,criminal-justice	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	an interview on Fox News
--	Georgia has had ʺmore bank failures than any other state.ʺ	bankruptcy	lynn-westmoreland			republican	a meeting
--	Bank of America could create 878,300 jobs with benefits if they spent their 2010 bonuses on job creation.	financial-regulation,jobs,occupy-wall-street	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	a Facebook post
--	Thom Tillis cut almost $500 million from education.	children,congress,economy,education,jobs,state-budget,state-finances	emilys-list			organization	a television ad
--	If people work and make more money, they lose more in benefits than they would earn in salary.	poverty,welfare	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	"his book, ""American Dreams"""
--	We are poised to get rid of over 1,000 more regulations in 2012.	government-regulation,market-regulation	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	speech at CPAC
--	A flight from Atlanta to Houston was canceled due to a terrorist dry run.	crime,terrorism	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	a post on Facebook
--	Administrative employees at colleges and universitieshave more than doubled over the last 25 years, outpacing the growth of students by more than 2 to 1.	education	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	a book
--	Private prison systems are calculating how many new beds (they will need) based on the ... number of third graders.	crime,education	kathleen-ford	Attorney	Florida	democrat	a mayoral forum
--	Amendment 1 protects Florida seniors from scams and rip-offs.	energy,florida-amendments	consumers-smart-solar			organization	a web ad
--	"""If Barack Obama would apply for a job with the FBI or with the Secret Service, he would be disqualified because of his past associations with William Ayers."""	candidates-biography	chain-email			none	our inbox
--	We have more kids take the SAT than any other state in the nation. I mean a high percentage of our kids take the SAT.	education	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	an interview with CNBC
--	Walker says hes for lower taxes. But Milwaukee County spending has gone up by $349 million.	message-machine,taxes	tom-barrett	Mayor of Milwaukee	Wisconsin	democrat	a campaign TV ad
--	Says he did not say Republicans would filibuster immigration reform.	immigration,abc-news-week	jon-kyl	U.S. Senator	Arizona	republican	"an interview on ""This Week."""
--	Worldwide credit card transactions, the credit card fraud rate is 0.04 percent, compared to almost 8 percent, 9 percent, 10 percent of Medicare fraud.	crime,government-efficiency,medicare	peter-roskam	U.S. Representative	Illinois	republican	an interview with Fox News
--	In the month of January, Canada created more new jobs than we did.	economy,workers	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference
--	Under his leadership, more people in Wisconsin have access to health care.	health-care,medicaid,message-machine-2014,poverty,public-health	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	an ad
--	Charlie Crist attacks me for positions he held, like, six months ago, (when) he was running in the Republican primary.	families,health-care,immigration,social-security	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	a U.S. Senate debate on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
--	Says Donald Trumps only economic agenda is imposing massive taxes on the American people with a 40 percent tax hike of a giant tariff.	economy,jobs,taxes	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	"an interview on ""Meet the Press"""
--	The loan guarantee program that helped Solyndra was a program that was supported by President Bush.	energy,federal-budget	david-plouffe	Senior Adviser to the President		democrat	"an interview on ""Meet the Press"""
--	Says President Obama just granted all of Congress an exception to Obamacare.	congress,health-care	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	a speech to the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa
--	"Bill McCollumhas ""recovered $200 million in Medicaid fraud."""	elections,florida,job-accomplishments,message-machine	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	a campaign commercial for Bill McCollum
--	Despite the U.S. spending $10 billion on Iraqs electrical system, Baghdad still only gets five hours of electricity a day.	energy,infrastructure,iraq,abc-news-week	george-packer	Staff writer for The New Yorker		none	"ABC's ""This Week"""
--	Tim Kaine urged$500 billion in Medicare cuts.	health-care,medicare,message-machine-2012	american-crossroads			republican	a TV ad. 
--	Over 3 million Americans are employed in the growing green-collar workforce, which is more than the number of people working in the fossil fuel industry.	economy,energy,environment,jobs,transportation	tammy-baldwin	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	democrat	a news release
--	"""Because of the steps we took, there are about 2 million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed."""	economy,stimulus	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	his State of the Union address
--	Says that In 2009, I saved ratepayers around $500 million by persuading the Council to pursue a less expensive compliance mechanism if the City is required to treat Bull Run drinking water.	city-budget,city-government,environment,public-health,water	amanda-fritz	Portland city commissioner		democrat	in campaign literature
--	The military has spent $500 million enforcing the Dont Ask, Dont Tell policy regarding gays and lesbians in the military.	military	joe-morrissey	Delegate	Virginia	independent	a floor speech.
--	Were. . . keeping and creating jobs in our state. From American Greetings, to Wendys, to Diebold, weve gone to their doorsteps to keep jobs right here in Ohio.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	an ad from the Republican Governors Association
--	Obama for President and Baldwin for Senate have kept their campaign offices up and running in Fox Valley, Eau Claire and La Crosse with their staffs preparing for the next battle.	elections	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	a fund raising letter
--	From 2003 to 2006, Sesame Street made more than $211 million from toy and consumer product sales.	children,federal-budget	jim-demint	President, Heritage Foundation	South Carolina	republican	a blog post
--	(John) Kasich was the architect who balanced the budget, cut spending, created a surplus, igniting record job creation.	economy,federal-budget,job-accomplishments,message-machine	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	a campaign video
--	The federal government is going after school districts, trying to force them to let boys shower with little girls.	education,sexuality,sports	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	an interview with Steven Crowder
--	Says that President Obama said in 2008 that his proposed greenhouse gas regulations will bankrupt anyone who wants to build a new coal-fired power plant.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,environment	ohio-coal-association	Lobbying group for Ohio's coal industry	Ohio	none	testimony to a House subcommittee
--	There has been $5 trillion in debt added over the last four years.	debt	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa
--	Says that under Gov. Rick Perry, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers have had standing orders not to inquire into the immigration status of people unless theyre under arrest.	immigration,public-safety	bill-white	Former mayor of Houston	Texas	democrat	an interview.
--	(Dennis) Richardson wants to make drastic cuts to services we depend on: schools, home care for seniors, even public safety -- all so Richardson can keep more than $440 million in unspent funds for his political priorities.	state-budget	our-oregon	political group	Oregon	democrat	a political ad
--	Nobody covered the remarks of Patricia Smith, the mother of a Benghazi victim, live, but almost everybody covered KhizrKhans, Mr. Khans remarks live.	pundits	brian-kilmeade	Fox and Friends co-host		none	on Fox and Friends
--	The cost of the food stamp program is at an all-time high.	federal-budget	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	a Facebook post
--	Says opponent Mary Burke says she supports Obamacare unequivocally and wants to expand it.	federal-budget,health-care,medicaid	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	a TV ad
--	Says Essex County residents suffer the second highest property taxes in the nation.	taxes	joseph-chiusolo	Municipal Councilman	New Jersey	republican	a press release
--	Ken Lanci is a lifelong Clevelander	candidates-biography	ken-lanci	chairman and chief executive of Consolidated Graphics Group Inc.,	Ohio	independent	news release, website
--	Originally, Democrats promised that if you liked your health care plan, you could keep it. One year later we know that you need a waiver to keep your plan.	health-care	morgan-griffith	U.S. Congressman	Virginia	republican	a newsletter.
--	Says Carlos Lopez-Cantera even voiced enthusiastic support for bringing an Arizona-style immigration law to Florida, calling the measure common sense.	immigration	allison-tant	Florida Democratic Party chairwoman	Florida	democrat	a press release
--	Says that when Democrats controlled Congress and the White House, federal spending as a share of the Gross Domestic Product leapt from 18.2 percent in 2001 to 25.2 percent in 2009 -- the largest such increase in any eight-year period since World War II.	debt,economy,federal-budget,voting-record	john-cornyn	Senator	Texas	republican	a Facebook post.
--	The CBOs latest report confirms what Republicans have been saying for years now. Under Obamacare, millions of hardworking Americans will lose their jobs.	economy,health-care,jobs	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	a news release.
--	The U.S. Supreme Court is five guys who start determining what contraceptions are legal.	health-care,sexuality,women	nancy-pelosi	House Minority Leader	California	democrat	a press conference
--	Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker slashed pensions and benefits for public employees.	health-care,state-budget,state-finances,unions,workers	mike-tate			democrat	an interview on MSNBC
--	Adding ethanol to gas raises food costs.	agriculture,energy	james-durkan	Candidate for U.S. Senate	Tennessee	republican	a statement on his campaign website.
--	Says Mitt Romney once supported President Obamas health care plan but now opposes it.	health-care,message-machine-2012	democratic-national-committee			none	a television ad
--	The USAFreedom Act undercuts privacy becausethe phone records will be in the hands of the phone companies with hundreds of people available to look at the records, versus 20 or 30 people in the government.	homeland-security,terrorism	lindsey-graham	U.S. senator	South Carolina	republican	an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper
--	The people who were running the budget, in the Corzine years, decided to steal from the unemployment trust fund. As did other Governors before. We simply dont do that, havent done it, and wont permit it.	state-finances,taxes	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	"an answer to a caller on NJ 101.5's ""Ask The Governor"" program"
--	You can import as many hemp products into this country as you want...but we cant grow it.	drugs,legal-issues,marijuana	william-devereaux	lawyer	Rhode Island	none	a legislative hearing 
--	Says Gina Raimondos venture capital firm secured a secret no-bid contract funded by taxpayers.	candidates-biography,city-government,corporations,ethics,message-machine-2014,campaign-advertising,pensions,retirement	angel-taveras	Mayor of Providence	Rhode Island	democrat	a commercial
--	We spend more money on antacids than we do on politics.	campaign-finance,economy	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	"comments on NBC's ""Meet the Press"""
--	Mitt Romney has proposed cutting his own taxes while raising them on 18 million working families.	taxes	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a campaign speech in Ohio
--	Social Security is a Ponzi scheme.	social-security	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	a Republican presidential debate
--	Says Pennsylvania charges a top income tax rate of 3 percent and Delaware has no state income tax at all.	taxes	joe-pennacchio	State Senator	New Jersey	republican	a news release
--	Jeff Greene can buy anything ... he owns two mansions.	candidates-biography,elections,message-machine	kendrick-meek		Florida	democrat	a TV ad.
--	Says Elizabeth Warren lied when she says I want to abolish the Federal Minimum Wage.	workers	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a tweet
--	"Obama says his health care plan is ""universal."""	health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	Las Vegas, Nev. 
--	Brendan Doherty wants to repeal Obamacare, increasing drug prices for seniors.	drugs,health-care,medicare,message-machine-2012,campaign-advertising,poverty,public-health	david-cicilline	mayor of Providence	Rhode Island	democrat	a campaign commercial
--	Abortion coverage is a standard insurance benefit in nearly 90 percent of private plans sold in the U.S.	abortion,health-care	naral-pro-choice-america			organization	a statement.
--	Since we last debated in Las Vegas, nearly 3,000 people have been killed by guns.	corrections-and-updates,guns	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a debate in Iowa
--	Toledo is fourth in the nation behind much bigger cities Miami, Las Vegas, Portland in number of human trafficking arrests and rescues.	crime,human-rights	teresa-fedor	State representative	Ohio	democrat	a speech in the Ohio Senate
--	94 percent of winning candidates in 2010 had more money than their opponents.	campaign-finance,occupy-wall-street	occupy-wall-street	Protest movement	New York	activist	a sign at an Occupy Wall Street protest
--	"""Barack Obama and Joe Biden oppose new drilling at home and oppose nuclear power."""	energy	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	a statement on the RNC Web site
--	President Obama went around the world and apologized for America.	foreign-policy	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	a debate in Orlando, Fla.
--	Says the federal agency in charge of Medicare and Medicaid will disburse $803 billion in benefits this year, making it larger than all but 15 of the worlds economies.	economy,health-care	michael-mccaul	congressman	Texas	republican	an e-mail
--	"Marco Rubio ""supported $800,000 for AstroTurf for a field where he played flag football."""	state-budget	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	a statement on a campaign Web site
--	The Republican leadership in the House has refused to address the issues that matter the most to Rhode Island, such as passing a jobs bill.	climate-change,congress,economy,energy,environment,jobs,workers	jonathan-boucher	Executive director, Rhode Island Democratic Party	Rhode Island	democrat	a Providence Journal commentary
--	The dollar has fallen over 44% since Bernanke began pumping money into the system beginning back in 2002.	economy	virginia-tea-party-patriots			none	a letter to Congress.
--	Congress will begin its recess without having allocated one penny to fight Zika.	public-health	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a post on Medium
--	I am the only candidate on either side who has laid out a specific plan about what I would do to defeat ISIS.	foreign-policy,terrorism	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a speech in Burlington, Iowa
--	The new health care law will cut $500 billion from Medicare. That will hurt the quality of our care.	health-care,medicare,message-machine	60-plus-association			none	a campaign ad
--	President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college.	education	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	a speech in Troy, Mich.
--	Before this law, any group could go out anywhere, register voters, sit on the voter registration forms for unlimited amount of time.	elections	lenny-curry	chairman of the Republican Party of Florida	Florida	republican	an interview
--	The results of Atlanta Public Schools 2010 and 2011 CRCT tests have not been questioned.	education	beverly-hall			none	a commentary published in Education Week
--	Ed Gillespie would not mention (Donald Trumps) name unless he was condemning him.	campaign-advertising	corey-stewart	Chairman, Prince William County board of supervisors	Virginia	republican	an interview.
--	The delay inschool testingwas not that of a vendor, the problem was not that of the test materials itself,it was the product of a cyber attack.	education	h-marlene-otoole	state representative	Florida	republican	House Education Appropriations Committee Hearing
--	Democrats already agreed to a deal that Republicans wanted, that Eric Cantor said would be a win.	federal-budget,pundits	bill-burton	Managing director, Global Strategy Group		democrat	"an appearance on CNN's ""Crossfire"""
--	One of the main functions of the Department of Homeland Securitys SAVE database is checking voter registration citizenship status.	elections	ken-detzner	Secretary of State	Florida	republican	a state Senate ethics and elections committee hearing
--	Eight of the nine justices in the Supreme Court decision (on campaign finance) said that not only is it constitutional for Congress to require disclosure of the special interest money, but they recommend we do it.	campaign-finance,supreme-court	charles-schumer	Senator	New York	democrat	a press conference
--	The reality is, we are holding some of the most dangerous terrorists in the world right now in our federal prisons, including the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the 'shoe bomber,' the 'Unabomber,' and many others.	terrorism	richard-durbin	Senator	Illinois	democrat	a speech on the Senate floor.
--	Barack Obama is the First President to terminate Americas ability to put a man in space.	history,space	chain-email			none	a chain e-mail
--	Says George Washington said a free people should be armed to guard against government tyranny.	government-regulation,guns	louie-gohmert	U.S. House member	Texas	republican	an interview on ‘Fox News Sunday’
--	"""Under the new and little known 'global justice' initiative,"" the Obama administration has ordered FBI agents to ""read Miranda Rights to high-value terrorist detainees captured on the battlefield."""	foreign-policy,legal-issues,military,terrorism	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	a GOP survey
--	Wholly domestic communication between you and your wife can go to New York to London and back and get caught up in the (NSA) database.	homeland-security,technology,terrorism	edward-snowden		Russia	libertarian	"an interview on ""Last Week Tonight"""
--	Says for every dollar the state spent on audits last year, it delivered $64 in cost savings.	government-efficiency	kate-brown	Secretary of State	Oregon	democrat	a speech at the Oregon Summit.
--	When I was governor, not only did test scores improve we also narrowed the achievement gap.	education	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	a speech to the NAACP
--	Georgia is nearly 50 percent Democratic and (the Republican majority) diminished our voting strength to 32 percent through gerrymandered maps.	redistricting	nikema-williams	Interim  of the Democratic Party of Georgia	Georgia	democrat	a party press release
--	Says a Republican hasnt won [an election] for a presidency in New Jersey since 1988.	elections,states	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	a news conference
--	40 percent of illegal immigrants had a visa and then became illegal, mostly because they changed jobs.	agriculture,homeland-security,immigration,jobs,population	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	a news conference
--	Says Ted Cruz slurred Republican senators including John Cornyn as graybeards and spineless jellyfish.	candidates-biography,congress	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	a press release.
--	Says Mary Landrieu voted to fund benefits for illegal immigrants ahead of veterans.	federal-budget,immigration,message-machine-2014,veterans	bill-cassidy	U.S. House of Representatives	Louisiana	republican	a campaign ad
--	Despite having their budget increased by over 40 percent since 2009 pending claims for benefits with the (Department of Veterans Affairs) have increased from 391,000 to 890,000 under the Obama Administration.	veterans	tom-graves			republican	a ZPolitics op-ed
--	U.S. Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., does not want to audit the Federal Reserve.	financial-regulation	rick-allen	businessman	Georgia	republican	a tweet
--	This unit is the only one in the state that strives to implement the principles of Mother-Friendly care as outlined by the national Coalition for Improving Maternity Services Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative.	health-care	coalition-save-memorial-hospital-birthing-center-p		Rhode Island	none	statement
--	I am going to be on the ballot in all 50 states. There is no other third-party candidate thats going to come close to achieving that.	elections	gary-johnson	Presidential candidate	New Mexico	libertarian	an interview with Evan Smith on “Overheard,” premiered Sept. 6, 2012
--	After World War II, we tried, convicted, and, in some cases, executed Japanese soldiers for war crimes that included charges of waterboarding.	history,terrorism	bobby-scott	U.S. Congressman	Virginia	democrat	a news release.
--	Says Gov. Scott Walker approved a gutting of two tax credits that help the poor and elderly.	income,poverty,taxes	gwen-moore	U.S. House member -- 4th District	Wisconsin	democrat	a song/speech
--	Ken Bucks (District Attorneys) office? His spending skyrocketed by 40 percent.	crime,message-machine,states	jane-norton		Colorado	republican	a television ad
--	The photonics bill that was sponsored in Congress and written, was written by Congressman Tom Reed, not Congresswoman Louise Slaughter.	economy,jobs	mark-assini	Candidate for Congress	New York	republican	a debate on WROC
--	"McCain ""said he was 'stumped' when asked whether contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV."""	health-care	planned-parenthood			none	Denver
--	Says most Texas schools spend 45 out of 180 school days in mandated testing.	education,state-budget	ted-lyon	Attorney	Texas	democrat	an opinion column in the Austin American-Statesman
--	Tell me what Madeleine Albrights position was on the War on Iraq. I wouldnt be surprised if she supported it.	foreign-policy,iraq	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	comments on Meet the Press
--	On the propriety of budget reconciliation.	energy,federal-budget,health-care	judd-gregg	U.S. Senator		republican	a speech on the Senate Floor.
--	We were the last flag flying in Benghazi.	foreign-policy,terrorism	trey-gowdy	U.S. House of Representatives	South Carolina	republican	"an interview on ""Fox News Sunday"""
--	Says legislation pending in the House would effectively limit or eliminate time-and-a-half for people who work overtime.	labor,small-business,workers	armond-budish	Minority leader in the Ohio House of Representatives	Ohio	democrat	a letter to editor in The Plain Dealer
--	The American people will not support doing anything about people that are in this country illegally until the law is enforced first.	immigration	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	an ABC Republican debate in New Hampshire
--	The cost for renovating the headquarters of the U.N. has doubled from the original estimate.	federal-budget	cliff-stearns	U.S. representative	Florida	republican	a press release
--	Mitt Romney is proposing a tax plan that would give millionaires another tax break and raises taxes on middle class families by up to $2,000 a year.	message-machine-2012,taxes	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a TV ad
--	"""There have been three people tried and convicted by the last administration in military courts. Two are walking the street right now."""	crime,homeland-security,legal-issues,military,terrorism	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	"an interview on ""Face the Nation"""
--	Medicare insurance premiums will be rising to $120.20 per month in 2013 and $247.00 per month in 2014.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare,poverty,retirement	chain-email			none	a message via the Internet
--	The NCAA will get billions from the mens basketball tournament. Players get a trophy.	education,sports	arian-foster	Running back, Houston Texans		none	a tweet
--	The budget currently being debated significantly decreases the use of one-time resources.	state-budget	ron-amstutz	State representative	Ohio	republican	a newspaper column
--	Damage by protesters to the Wisconsin state Capitol will cost $7.5 million to repair.	labor,state-budget	mike-huebsch	Secretary, Department of Administration	Wisconsin	republican	a statement made by a staffer during a court hearing.
--	Americans work way more than an average of industrialized countries around the world.	jobs	keith-ellison	Member, U.S. House of Representatives	Minnesota	democrat	"comments on ABC's ""This Week"""
--	Says Ted Strickland in this campaign bragged about his A-plus rating with the NRA. ... He has said he has a mixed and spotty record on this issue and that he can be criticized for it. Those are his words, not mine. So I dont know where he is on this issue.	guns	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	the Ohio Senate debate
--	Says new Medicare billing guidelines have nine codes for (injuries by) turkeys.	animals,government-regulation,health-care,medicaid,medicare,market-regulation	ted-poe	U.S. House Representative	Texas	republican	an interview on Fox Business Network
--	Says Virginia Del. Mark Cole wants schools to check childrens genitals before using bathroom.	children,education,fake-news,sexuality	occupy-democrats			organization	a blog post.
--	A monthly police and fire protection fee on all Wisconsin phone bills does nothing to support police and fire.	criminal-justice,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	andre-jacque			republican	an interview
--	Illegal immigration wasnt a subject that was on anybodys mind until I brought it up at my announcement.	immigration	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	the first Republican debate
--	"""One man opposed a flawed strategy in Iraq. One man had the courage to call for change. One man didn't play politics with the truth."""	iraq	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	a TV ad
--	"""I never had a filibuster-proof Senate."""	bipartisanship,health-care,supreme-court,abc-news-week	bill-clinton	former president	Arkansas	democrat	an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
--	Pregnant women who stand for five to six hours at a time increase their risk of pre-term pregnancy by 80 percent.	families,government-regulation,health-care,public-health,science,women,workers	michael-solomon	president, Providence City Council	Rhode Island	democrat	a news release
--	Says 100,000 are on waiting list to attend Texas charter schools.	education	dan-patrick	Lieutenant governor-elect	Texas	republican	Senate Education Committee hearing
--	The new Ukrainian government introduced a law abolishing the use of languages other than Ukrainian in official circumstances.	foreign-policy	russia-today			none	a posting on their website
--	Chemical weapons have been used probably 20 times since the Persian Gulf War.	foreign-policy,military,terrorism	ted-yoho	U.S. House of Representatives	Florida	republican	an interview on Fox Business Network
--	The Senate immigration bill has immediate legalization ... and the border security is sometime in the future, and just like in 1986, its designed never to come into being.	corrections-and-updates,immigration	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	an interview with Fox News
--	Nearly half of African-American children under the age of 6 are living in abject poverty.	children,diversity,poverty	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a rally in Springfield, Ohio
--	Eric Holder is supportive of the NAACPs efforts to get the United Nations involved in our elections.	elections,foreign-policy	true-vote			none	a Web post.
--	In Wisconsin, teachers make $89,000 in salary and benefits, compared to $48,000 for all other workers in the United States.	education,labor,pundits	eric-bolling	"Co-host on Fox News Channel's ""The Five"""		none	his Fox Business Network program
--	During the last five years, Iran has perpetrated terror attacks in 25 different countries on five continents.	foreign-policy,terrorism	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee
--	President Obama has left the U.S. with the lowest number of active-duty troops since before World War II, putting the nation at risk.	military	jack-kingston	U.S. Representative	Georgia	republican	Campaign ad
--	Say Michelle Obama mandates weighing children in day care.	children,corrections-and-updates,food-safety,government-regulation,public-health	blog-posting			none	posts on social media
--	On high-speed rail.	federal-budget,state-budget,transportation	tom-petri	U.S. House member -- 6th District	Wisconsin	republican	a news release 
--	Every student paying out-of-state tuition actually covers more than the cost of instruction.	immigration	james-jolly			none	a University of Georgia System newsletter
--	The Georgia Department of Education has implemented a new policy beginning in August that states that public schools will no longer accept credits from home school entities or non-traditional education centers.	education	nancy-gordeuk	founder, TNT Academy	Georgia	none	an online posting
--	Says its not possible for some Wisconsin residents to watch Packers games, theyre forced to watch Viking games, so he got a law passed to fix the problem.	population,market-regulation,sports	ron-johnson		Wisconsin	republican	a radio ad
--	Democratic Sens. Ed Markey, Al Franken and Jeanne Shaheen took Bribes From Iran They Back Insane NUKE Deal.	foreign-policy,nuclear	blog-posting			none	posts on the Internet
--	President Barack Obamas latest executive order mandates the apprehension and detention of Americans who merely show signs of respiratory illness.	ebola,public-health	blog-posting			none	an article posted on Infowars.com
--	The Milwaukee County sheriffs department plays only a limited role as a traditional law enforcement agency and in 2009 reported far fewer crimes to the FBI than the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee police did.	county-budget,county-government,crime	chris-abele	Philanthropist	Wisconsin	none	a speech
--	Obama Makes Huge Move to BAN Social Security Recipients From Owning Guns	disability,guns,retirement,social-security	blog-posting			none	various conservative websites
--	I never supported a state income tax for Texas.	taxes	paul-sadler	Lawyer	Texas	democrat	the U.S. Senate candidate debate at WFAA-TV in Dallas.
--	Unlike virtually every other campaign, we dont have a super PAC.	campaign-finance	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	comments on Twitter.
--	Within just a few years, immigration as a share of national population is set to break all historical records.	immigration	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a speech in Arizona
--	Ed Gillespies firm even lobbied for five foreign governments, including a dictator now awaiting trial for war crimes.	candidates-biography,message-machine-2014	mark-warner	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	a TV ad.
--	We have a system now where in 40 states, the highest-paid public employee is the state universitys head football or basketball coach.	education,sports,state-budget	jim-moran	U. S. Congressman	Virginia	democrat	a Facebook post
--	Because of violence spreading from Mexico, youve got bullets hitting the city hall in El Paso. Youve got bombs exploding in El Paso.	crime,drugs,homeland-security,immigration	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	an interview
--	Decriminalizing marijuana will save the state anywhere from $4 (million) to $11 million dollars.	crime,criminal-justice,drugs,government-regulation,legal-issues,marijuana,public-health,state-finances	john-g-edwards	State Representative	Rhode Island	democrat	a debate on the House floor
--	Says there are concrete examples of University of Texas job applicants or prospective applicants and students as well as invited speakers changing their minds because of handguns being allowed in campus buildings and classrooms.	education,guns	lisa-moore	Professor, Department of English, The University of Texas at Austin	Texas	none	"an interview for NPR's ""All Things Considered"""
--	The Massachusetts health care plan is wildly unpopular among state residents.	health-care,polls,pundits	laura-ingraham	Political commentator and radio talk show host		none	"an interview on Fox News' ""O'Reilly Factor"""
--	The IRS scandal clearly showed some criminal behavior.	legal-issues,taxes	mike-rogers	national security commentator for CNN	Michigan	republican	"an interview on CBS' ""Face the Nation"""
--	TSA WILL ACCEPT DRIVERS PRIV CARDS FOR ID AT THE AIRPORT	immigration	lars-larson	radio talk show host	Oregon	none	 an email
--	Forty percent of people in this country, illegally, are overstaying visas.	immigration	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	an appearance on 'Fox & Friends'
--	Says Lee Fisher wanted a $1.1 billion tax increase which could have driven countless jobs out of state.	economy,message-machine,stimulus,taxes	american-crossroads			republican	an election ad
--	Scientists project that the Arctic will be ice-free in the summer of 2013.	climate-change,environment	john-kerry	Secretary of State	Massachusetts	democrat	an op-ed published in the Huffington Post
--	Ilana Shafran Mandels stake in Forest City Enterprises constitutes significantly less than 1 percent of the companys shares and any implication of a conflict of interest is legally incorrect.	candidates-biography,transparency	josh-mandel	Ohio treasurer	Ohio	republican	a news release
--	When White House communications director Anita Dunn said that Mao Tse-tung was one of her favorite philosophers, only Fox News picked that up.	pundits	bill-oreilly	Fox News Channel host		none	a comment on the O'Reilly Factor
--	Says only about 250 Texans have been killed in action since 9/11.	afghanistan,iraq,military,terrorism	leticia-van-de-putte	Pharmacist	Texas	democrat	remarks on the floor of the Texas Senate.
--	Super Bowl L by everybodys estimation is a $500 million economic impact to the state of Florida.	economy,sports	ron-book	lobbyist	Florida	none	a state legislative committee hearing
--	The number of illegal immigrants in the United States is 30 million, it could be 34 million.	census,immigration	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	"an interview on MSNBC's ""Morning Joe."""
--	You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down -- Abraham Lincoln said it.	candidates-biography,taxes	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	"comments on ""Fox News Sunday"""
--	Last year, Beaverton School District had the highest number of homeless students ever recorded in Oregon.	education,housing	city-beaverton	city	Oregon	none	a press release
--	The state budget has increased almost $800 million a year in each of the last two years.	state-budget	jeff-amason	attorney	Georgia	libertarian	interview on The Monica Perez Show, WSB
--	In the past 10 years, our (Austin) water rates have increased by 100 percent and we now have the highest water cost of the top 10 cities in Texas.	water	brigid-shea	Principal, Carbon Shrinks LLC	Texas	democrat	an op-ed column.
--	Says in this next biennium, the cost of primary and secondary education is going to increase by more that $1000 per student. Half of that $1000 $500 per student is accounted for by the increased cost of PERS alone.	education	john-kitzhaber	Governor of Oregon	Oregon	democrat	his State of the State Address.
--	Says Hillary Clinton is the one that labeled African-American youth as superpredators.	crime	reince-priebus	Chairman, Republican National Committee	Wisconsin	republican	an interview during NBC's Meet the Press
--	The insurance companies are making that choice (to cancel or change policies), not the president.	corrections-and-updates,health-care	ezekiel-emanuel	Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy 		democrat	"a ""Fox News Sunday"" interview"
--	Ezekiel Emanuel, one of President Obama's key health care advisers, says medical care should be reserved for the nondisabled. So watch out if you're disabled.	health-care	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	a statement on the House floor
--	On whether state employees should contribute to their pensions.	retirement	bob-mcdonnell	Governor	Virginia	republican	a Dec. 19, 2010 speech to legislators.  
--	Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them.	foreign-policy	ben-carson			republican	the first Republican debate
--	Says Mitt Romney, as governor of Massachusetts, put into place socialized medicine.	health-care	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	a Republican presidential debate in Iowa
--	The same federal government that offers some money for a program is walking away from another health care program.	medicaid	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	a speech
--	I didnt try to push a bill to reduce lottery scholarship proceeds for students.	education,lottery	dolores-gresham	State senator	Tennessee	republican	in an interview with The Commercial Appeal.
--	The Confederate battle flag in South Carolina was first flown at the statehouse in 1961.It was flown as a symbol of massive resistance to racial desegregation.	diversity,history,states	eugene-robinson			none	"comments on NBC's ""Meet the Press"""
--	Several times, Obama has apologized for what he deems to be American arrogance, dismissiveness, and derision; for dictating solutions, for acting unilaterally ... .	foreign-policy,patriotism,terrorism	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	"his book ""No Apology."""
--	Some even advocate wiping out 401(k)s entirely and replacing them with government-run accounts.	retirement	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	a press release.
--	In 2000, I wrote about Osama bin Laden, Weve got to take him out.	terrorism	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a speech.
--	I ended up my time as governor with a general fund budget that was smaller than the one I started with.	state-budget	tim-kaine	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	a debate.
--	A friends sister died from Obamacare becauseBlue Shield completely just pulled out of California.	health-care	ann-coulter	Columnist and author	New York	republican	"an interview on ""Fox & Friends Weekend"""
--	Obamacare includes a $63 charge every American will begin paying (in 2013) as a way to cover some of the increased costs associated with providing health insurance to those with pre-existing conditions.	health-care,market-regulation	jim-renacci	U.S. representative 	Ohio	republican	a newspaper column
--	Forty years ago ... about half of congressional districts were genuinely competitive. Today, only about 10 percent of House races on Cook Political Report are listed as toss-ups or lean to one party.	bipartisanship,history	john-barrow	Congressman	Georgia	democrat	in an op-ed
--	When the national debt reaches $15 trillion, it means that U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio will reach 99.7 percent of our debt and this is $47,900 for every living American.	deficit,federal-budget	leonard-lance			republican	a speech on the House floor
--	Most Americans are ready to put it [marijuana prohibition] behind us and move on.	drugs,marijuana	mason-tvert			none	a news release
--	Obama tells Russia that hell turn over Americas defense system to them if re-elected.	foreign-policy,military	eric-johnson			republican	a Twitter post
--	The National Technical Information Service spends millions of taxpayer dollars to print and sell government documents that are available free in online searches.	federal-budget,government-efficiency,transparency	david-perdue	U.S. Senate candidate	Georgia	republican	a press release
--	Says Bill Young voted twice for the Ryan budget that ends the current Medicare system.	medicare	jessica-ehrlich	attorney	Florida	democrat	a TV commercial
--	I kicked crooked cops and government officials off the public pension rolls.	candidates-biography,crime,ethics,job-accomplishments,legal-issues	joseph-fernandez		Rhode Island	democrat	a candidate mailing
--	"Romney left Massachusetts ""with a $245-million debt because of the big government-mandated health care system."""	health-care	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	a debate in Simi Valley, Calif.
--	Repealing and replacing Obamacare thats going to save $1 trillion over a 10-year period.	debt,health-care	george-allen	consultant	Virginia	republican	a debate.
--	The Georgia Legislatures last day of session ends at midnight.	states,transparency	david-ralston		Georgia	republican	comments from the House floor
--	The brutal fact is, when it comes to education, America is slipping behind other nations.	education	bob-mcdonnell	Governor	Virginia	republican	a speech.
--	I always supported civil unions.	gays-and-lesbians	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	a press conference
--	Because Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a 30-bill job creation package, New Jersey ranks 50th in the nation in job creation.	jobs	lou-greenwald	State Assemblyman	New Jersey	democrat	a message on Facebook
--	A poll taken a few months ago found 70 percent approval or higher for the Act 10 collective bargaining law.	city-government,county-government,education,health-care,pensions,polls,state-budget,state-finances,taxes,unions	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	an interview
--	Sherrod Brown gave huge bonuses to executives.	economy,message-machine-2012,stimulus,voting-record	josh-mandel	Ohio treasurer	Ohio	republican	a campaign commercial
--	Unfortunately everyone needs to cut back in these tough economic times. Thats why I voted to cut my own pay along with the pay of our state employees.	job-accomplishments,state-budget,voting-record	matt-patten	State representative	Ohio	democrat	a campaign mailer
--	Says Donald Trump thinks that climate change is a hoax, invented by the Chinese.	climate-change,science	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	"an interview on NBC's ""Meet the Press"""
--	Polls show Bernie Sanders would do better than Hillary Clinton in a head-to-head battle against Donald Trump.	elections	georgians-bernie-sanders-president		Georgia  	democrat	Facebook post.
--	Increasing the bottle deposit to 10 cents on a case of water bottles could literally double the price of that product in the store.	environment,water	matt-wingard	State representative	Oregon	republican	a House floor session
--	What difference, at this point, does it make? I am the guy that got under her skin and provoked that infamous response from Hillary Clinton by asking a pretty simple question, Why didnt you just pick up the phone and call the survivors (of the Benghazi attack)?	candidates-biography,foreign-policy	ron-johnson		Wisconsin	republican	the GOP convention in Cleveland
--	Kasim Reed has kept every promise he made as a candidate.	city-government,elections	kasim-reed			democrat	a press release
--	Wisconsins laws ranked the worst in the world for mining investment.	environment,government-regulation,jobs	wisconsin-manufacturers-and-commerce		Wisconsin	organization	testimony to the Legislature
--	More people now die in Wisconsin from drug overdoses than car crashes.	drugs	brad-schimel			republican	an opinion piece
--	In Connecticut and New York, students at Achievement First schools consistently outperform city and statewide averages.	city-government,education	angel-taveras	Mayor of Providence	Rhode Island	democrat	a newspaper commentary
--	Rick Scotts prison plan would cut Floridas prison budget in half, close prisons, and release tens of thousands of prisoners early -- murderers, rapists, sex offenders, armed robbers, drug dealers.	crime,message-machine	florida-police-benevolent-association		Florida	none	a TV ad.
--	"Obama's one education accomplishment was ""legislation to teach 'comprehensive sex education' to kindergartners."""	education	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	in a television ad
--	"""Forcing Americans off of their current health coverage and onto a government-run plan isn't the answer, but that's exactly what the Democrats' plan would do."""	health-care	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	a statement on his Web site
--	"During the Monica Lewinsky scandal, the Clintons brought the Rev. Jeremiah Wright to the White House for ""spiritual counseling."""	candidates-biography	michael-moore	Documentary filmmaker		none	MichaelMoore.com
--	Only 14 percent of Americans were able to keep these individual market plans for two years before Obamacare became law.	health-care	van-jones	"Co-host of CNN's ""Crossfire"""	Washington, D.C.	democrat	"a panel on ABC's ""This Week"""
--	Never mind that no red light camera, no speed camera, nor any radar gun has ever stopped one accident from occurring.	transportation	tom-mccarey			none	In a Penn Live editorial
--	Only five states, including Georgia, do not have a hate crimes law.	crime	various-media-reports	reporting	Georgia	none	church shooting aftermath
--	Marcy Kaptur voted against a ban which would have prevented the aborting of a baby girl for the sole reason that shes a girl.	abortion,message-machine-2012,voting-record	samuel-wurzelbacher	Republican candidate for Congress	Ohio	republican	a campaign video
--	The Health Care Compact bill would end Medicares guaranteed benefit for Tennessees Medicare recipients and shift management of the federal health care plan to the states TennCare program.	health-care,medicaid,medicare	tennessee-democratic-party		Tennessee	democrat	Tennessee Democratic Party press release sent via email in a version specifically cri
--	"Barack Obama supported keeping troops in Iraq, but now he wants a ""precipitous withdrawal"" regardless of ""conditions on the ground"" or ""consequences of a defeat for the United States,"" an RNC radio ad."	iraq	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	a radio ad.
--	When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs, a rate twice the national average, and fell to 47th in job creation, fourth from the bottom.	economy,jobs	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	campaign ad “We’ve heard it all before,” airing in New Hampshire and around the U.S
--	Barack Obama is only the second Democrat in the last 75 years to win Ohio twice with more than 50 percent of the vote.	elections	chris-redfern	Chairman of the  Ohio Democratic Party	Ohio	democrat	a news conference
--	ISIS is going to people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists.	corrections-and-updates,terrorism	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	the Dec. 19 Democratic presidential debate
--	"The musical Mamma Mia! has ""been selling out for years."""	pop-culture	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	a town hall in Aspen, Colo.
--	"The Bush administration's latest plans for troop withdrawal from Iraq by 2011 are ""more or less the same time frame I announced two years ago."""	iraq	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	Chester, Va. 
--	Chris Christie has not been effective at creating jobs (or have) a record of governing for effectiveness. ... New Jersey (has) one of the higher unemployment rates in the country at 9.4 percent.	jobs,states	martin-omalley	Maryland governor	Maryland	democrat	"an interview on CBS's ""Face the Nation"""
--	Barack Obama refuses to acknowledge Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.	foreign-policy,israel	republican-jewish-coalition	Advocacy group	Washington, D.C.	republican	an election flier 
--	I created the school choice program.	education	gary-george	Lawyer	Wisconsin	democrat	an interview
--	Nearly 25 percent of all automobile accidents are caused by texting while driving.	public-safety,transportation	doug-holder	Florida House of Representatives	Florida	republican	a committee hearing on HB 13
--	"""The reality is, with a $2 trillion-a-year health care budget, we're spending more on health care, nearly 17 percent of our gross domestic product, versus 3.8 percent of GDP on the entire military budget."""	health-care	mike-huckabee	author	Arkansas	republican	
--	Bernie Sanders admits he is a Democratic Socialist. Nazis were Democratic Socialists.	candidates-biography,history	jason-villalba	Attorney	Texas	republican	a tweet
--	We have four combat-ready brigades out of 40 in the U.S. Army.	federal-budget,military,terrorism	dick-cheney			republican	"a broadcast of ""Hannity"" on Fox News"
--	Every time the weight of that vehicle is reduced by a hundred pounds, your chances of dying are going to go up by about 5 percent. Peel three hundred pounds off youre 15 percent more likely to die in that car.	energy,environment,market-regulation,transportation	lars-larson	radio talk show host	Oregon	none	an online post
--	Says hesso bipartisan that 12 of my bills were signed into law by Democratic President Bill Clinton.	job-accomplishments	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	a debate
--	I still live in the same working-class neighborhood I grew up in.	housing	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	GOP response to Obama's State of the Union
--	Im running against a groundhog. He saw his shadow on the primary day, and no one has seen him since.	candidates-biography,energy	jeff-weems	Lawyer	Texas	democrat	a speech
--	Says British voters under 50, especially millennials, overwhelmingly voted to stay, in the European Union. It was older voters who voted to leave.	polls	tim-kaine	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	"comments on ""Meet the Press"""
--	Fundamental changes made to the language describing the Wisconsin Idea in the University of Wisconsin Systems mission statement were the result of a drafting error.	education,government-efficiency,public-service,state-budget	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	a tweet
--	Financed the largest parking expansion program without a rate increase.	city-budget	dick-greco			none	city report reprinted as 2011 mayoral campaign material
--	Says Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio had it set so that the winner takes everything, because they wanted to make sure that I didnt get anything in the Florida primary.	elections	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a speech in Rome, N.Y.
--	4.7 million people have lost their insurance in 32 states due to Obamacare.	health-care	dana-loesch	Radio talk show host		republican	"an interview on MSNBC's ""The Ed Show"""
--	The average family premium has increased by 29% under Obama!	health-care	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	a tweet
--	On Medicare for current retirees, hes cutting $716 billion from the program.	debates,medicare	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	a presidential debate
--	Sen. Marco Rubio refuses to accept the basic science on climate change and is a climate change denier.	climate-change,environment,science	organizing-action	Group supporting President Barack Obama	Washington, D.C.	democrat	an email to Obama supporters in Florida
--	There are 10 or 20 deaths a year from foodborne illness in the United States.	agriculture,health-care,market-regulation	tom-coburn	U.S. Senator	Oklahoma	republican	a Senate floor speech
--	Says when Republicans took over the state legislature in 2010, New Hampshires tax rate for employers was 50th in the nation, and unemployment had more than doubled under Democrats.	jobs,taxes	william-obrien	Speaker of the House of Representatives	New Hampshire	republican	a campaign mailer sent to New Boston residents in August 2012
--	About 1 in 10 public school teachers in Wisconsin would have been laid off without federal stimulus funds.	education,stimulus	jim-doyle	Lawyer	Wisconsin	democrat	an interview with the BBC NewsHour
--	CNN accidentally aired 30 minutes of pornography in Boston on Thanksgiving night.	fake-news	blog-posting			none	posts on the Internet
--	Bill McCollum voted four times to raise his own pay, by a total of $51,000, and earns a congressional pension worth more than $75,000 a year.	candidates-biography	florida-democratic-party		Florida	democrat	an advertisement by the Florida Democratic Party
--	"The signers of the Declaration of Independence were ""brave people, most of whom, by the way, were clergymen."""	religion	mike-huckabee	author	Arkansas	republican	Orlando
--	Says Donna Campbell is pushing a 35 percent sales tax extending to medicine, groceries and real estate.	taxes	jeff-wentworth	State Senator	Texas	republican	a campaign mailer.
--	Over 40 percent of children born in America are born out of wedlock.	marriage,sexuality,women	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.
--	"We're borrowing money from China and Saudi Arabia ""to finance this war"" in Iraq."	federal-budget	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	Cape Girardeau, Mo.
--	Says that in his first two years, Wisconsin has seen its best two-year job growth in a decade.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	a campaign press statement
--	In 45 out of 50 states, on average men are seeing their premiums double, going up 99 percent. Women up 62 percent.	health-care,pundits	sean-hannity	Radio/TV host		none	a broadcast of the Sean Hannity Show on WBAP AM
--	Georgia is the second-fastest growing state for international tourists.	tourism	chris-cummiskey	Economic Development Commissioner	Georgia	none	a budget presentation
--	When I left the Senate, we were on a trajectory towards a balanced budget.	deficit,federal-budget,taxes	george-allen	consultant	Virginia	republican	a debate.
--	Guess what, governor? Theres no fried butter in Newark. Just 13 percent unemployment.	jobs	barbara-buono	State Senator	New Jersey	democrat	an online gubernatorial campaign ad
--	Says Republican-approved changes to make it more difficult to participate in Ohio elections include reducing in-person early voting from 35 days to six.	elections	armond-budish	Minority leader in the Ohio House of Representatives	Ohio	democrat	a news release
--	High-speed rail would have cost Florida taxpayers $1 billion to build.	transportation	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	TV interview
--	Between 2000 and 2006, health insurance company profits quadrupled.	health-care	chris-van-hollen		Maryland	democrat	comments on the House floor
--	Says One-third of our healthcare dollars go to wasteful insurance billing and bureaucracy.	health-care,public-health	jennifer-williamson	Attorney	Oregon	democrat	a campaign mailer
--	Obama, instead of nominating a health professional, he nominated someone who is an anti-gun activist (for surgeon general).	congress,corrections-and-updates,ebola,guns,health-care,public-health	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	an interview on CNN
--	Black people are eight times more likely to be arrested than white people in Madison.	city-government,civil-rights,crime,criminal-justice,guns,public-safety	young-gifted-and-black-coalition			activist	an open letter
--	"""For the first time in history, the Democratic Congress will not allow an increase in the social security COLA (cost of living adjustment)."""	social-security	chain-email			none	a chain e-mail
--	Says Ted Cruz said, There is no place for gays or atheists in my America. None. Our Constitution makes that clear.	candidates-biography,gays-and-lesbians,marriage,religion	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	an online meme
--	We spend more on our military than the next eight nations combined.	federal-budget,military	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	his 2016 State of the Union address
--	Says Cape May, Cumberland, Salem and part of Atlantic counties are all south of the Mason-Dixon line.	history	raymond-bateman			republican	an opinion piece on DailyRecord.com
--	Says Republican opponent Jason Isaac is peddling a plan meaning Texans would pay the highest sales taxes in America, up to 14.5 percent.	message-machine,taxes	patrick-rose	Attorney	Texas	democrat	a TV ad.
--	David Dewhurst currently owes more than $1 million to vendors for services provided to his 2012 U.S. Senate campaign.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography	dan-patrick	Lieutenant governor-elect	Texas	republican	a press release
--	Says Rick Perry supported a guest worker program to help people who would otherwise be illegal aliens.	immigration	libertarian-national-committee			libertarian	a video posted on its website
--	On climate change, the temperature readings have been fabricated, and its all blowing up in their (scientists) faces.	climate-change	dana-perino	"Co-host on Fox News Channel's ""The Five"""		republican	"a broadcast of ""The Five"" on Fox News"
--	Republicans created a trillion dollar prescription drug entitlement program without paying for it.	deficit,federal-budget,health-care	bobby-scott	U.S. Congressman	Virginia	democrat	
--	Test scores had gone up steadily for 40 years until No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top.	bush-administration,education	diane-ravitch	University professor	New York	newsmaker	a speech
--	Warren Buffett says stop Obamacare now and start over.	health-care	tom-graves			republican	an ABC News interview
--	When you add a dollar value to mandates, government took almost 50 percent of the American peoples money.	federal-budget,market-regulation,taxes	larry-elder	Radio talk show host		talk-show-host	"CNN's ""Crossfire"" roundtable"
--	In Florida, theyre already talking about how the Ryan-Romney plan will end Medicare and replace it with a voucher.	medicare,message-machine-2012	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a radio ad
--	I opposed the only multilateral trade deal that came before the Senate while I was there.	trade,voting-record	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	an economic speech in Warren, Mich.
--	Says Ohios Issue 2 will create a redistricting commission that will have a blank check to spend our money.	elections,government-efficiency,redistricting,state-budget	ohio-republican-party		Ohio	republican	an election flier 
--	Andrew Jackson was the last president who actually balanced the federal budget, where we had no national debt.	debt,deficit,federal-budget,history	ben-carson			republican	a Fox Business interview
--	"Sarah Palin endorsed a Wasilla policy that charged sexual assault victims for their ""rape kits."""	crime	blog-posting			none	blog postings on many Web sites.
--	One-third of our college grads leave Ohio within three years.	economy,education,jobs	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	a speech
--	Says Gwen Graham was a Washington lobbyist.	candidates-biography	steve-southerland	U.S. Representative, Florida District 2	Florida	republican	a campaign commercial
--	Theres no data that says a gun-free zone has saved lives.	guns	michael-oneill	aviation mechanic	Rhode Island	none	a legislative hearing 
--	On support for Trade Promotion Authority, calledfast-track	trade	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	an op-ed on Breitbart
--	Republicans have already cut our neighborhood public schools three budgets in a row.	education	katrina-shankland	State representative	Wisconsin	democrat	a news release
--	Says David Jolly lobbied for government-run health care just last year.	candidates-biography,campaign-advertising	kathleen-peters	District 69 state representative	Florida	republican	comments during a press conference
--	The Chilean privatization scheme that Sharron Angle supports has resulted in hidden fees, fewer benefits, and millions of people with no coverage.	financial-regulation,foreign-policy,message-machine,social-security	patriot-majority-pac	liberal advocacy organization	Washington, D.C.	none	a campaign commercial
--	The Dolphins stadium renovation will create more than 4,000 new local jobs.	county-budget,jobs,sports,state-budget	friends-miami-first	promoting approval of financing for Sun Life Stadium	Florida	none	a mailer
--	Says the state budget doubled property tax credits for seniors and middle class New Jerseyans and had no tax increases for any New Jersey family for the second year in a row.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	a radio ad
--	In June 2012 we actually had more people go on Social Security Disability [85,000] ... than the 80,000 jobs that were created.	economy,jobs,social-security	allen-west	U.S. representative, Florida District 22	Florida	republican	a radio interview
--	Between June 30 and July 10, CNN interviewed 17 Israeli public officials versus onePalestinian official.	foreign-policy,israel	rula-jebreal			none	comments on MSNBC
--	The poverty rates in America today arent much better than when we started the War on Poverty.	poverty	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	a speech
--	Says his sons were targeted on Facebook by out-of-state protesters.	children,families,privacy	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	a speech
--	The Republican who was just elected governor of the great state of Florida paid his campaign staffers, not with money, but with American Express gift cards.	campaign-finance,elections,pundits	rachel-maddow	MSNBC host		none	comments on her MSNBC show.
--	Marco Rubio tried to insert $1.5 million for a rowing institute into the state budget.	message-machine,state-budget,voting-record	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	a TV ad.
--	Up until recently, 75 percent of all the sorties that left the base came back without dropping their ordnances, because there was such a concern about making sure that there were no civilian casualties.	foreign-policy,military,terrorism	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	an interview on 'This Week' 
--	There is not a single documented case of abuse of the bulk metadata collectionprogram.	homeland-security,terrorism	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	a USA Today op-ed
--	Because of Obamacare, you have so many part-time jobs.	health-care	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a Phoenix rally
--	The Confederate battle flag at the South Carolina statehouse must fly at a height of 30 feet. Any changes -- taken down, or even at half-staff, if that can be done -- must be passed by a supermajority of the General Assembly.	diversity,history,states	jean-casarez	CNN correspondent		none	comments on CNN
--	Every worker pays 15.3 percent payroll tax.	new-hampshire-2012,taxes,workers	herman-cain		Georgia	republican	an interview on MSNBC
--	The Walton family, which owns Wal-Mart, controls a fortune equal to the wealth of the bottom 42 percent of Americans combined.	corporations,economy,income,labor,wealth	one-wisconsin-now		Wisconsin	organization	an email
--	President Obama pushed through the stimulus based on the promise of keeping unemployment under 8 percent.	economy,jobs,stimulus	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	a written statement.
--	Ed Gillespie supports a personhood amendment.	abortion,human-rights	mark-warner	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	a debate.
--	"""(Bill) Ayers and Obama ran a radical education foundation together."""	patriotism	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	a Web ad
--	President Obama is shrinking our military.	federal-budget,military	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	a speech in Las Vegas, Nev.
--	The only reason the unemployment rate is going down is because twice as many people dropped out of the employment pool as the number of jobs were created.	economy,jobs,workers	newt-gingrich	"Co-host on CNN's ""Crossfire"""	Georgia	republican	a press conference
--	Cap and trade legislation was originally a Republican idea.	climate-change,environment	debbie-wasserman-schultz	U.S. Representative, Florida District 23	Florida	democrat	in a question and answer after a speech
--	Says James Langevin voted to spend $3 billion for a jet engine no one wants.	economy,federal-budget,government-efficiency,military,voting-record	mark-zaccaria		Rhode Island	republican	a news release
--	Says Congressman Steve Rothman voted against funding for President Barack Obamas auto bailout and would have let automakers go bankrupt.	economy,message-machine-2012	bill-pascrell	U.S. House of Representatives	New Jersey	democrat	a news release
--	Georgias high school graduation rate topped 80 percent in 2010.	education	sonny-perdue	Governor of Georgia		republican	speeches at schools across the state
--	When a bill is sent to the governors office, there is no option for changing it. You sign it or you dont sign it. While there was lots of conversation, there was really no opportunity for any sort of amending.	labor	patty-judge	U.S. Senate candidate	Iowa	democrat	a post-debate interview
--	The IRS is already planning on 19,500 new employees to administer Obamas health care mandate.	health-care,new-hampshire-2012	jon-huntsman		Utah	republican	a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.
--	My campaign alone has created more jobs in the state of Rhode Island than Narragansett Beer.	Alcohol,debates,economy,jobs	clay-pell	Candidate for Rhode Island governor	Rhode Island	democrat	a TV debate
--	Algeria wanted to be taken off of the terror list at the time it made an unreported donation to the Clinton Foundation.	ethics,foreign-policy,homeland-security	joe-scarborough	Host of a morning show on MSNBC		none	a segment on 'Morning Joe'
--	The (health care) law does not demand that all of these cancellations go out.	health-care	nancy-pelosi	House Minority Leader	California	democrat	"an interview on NBC's ""Meet the Press"""
--	Says there are a half a trillion dollars in cuts to Medicare that are going to go in place as a result of health care reform.	health-care,medicare	jim-renacci	U.S. representative 	Ohio	republican	a town hall forum
--	We have the highest tax rate anywhere in the world.	taxes	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a speech.
--	Nevada Democratic Party leaders hijacked the process on the floor of the state convention ignoring the regular procedure and ramming through what they wanted to do.	elections	jeff-weaver	Bernie Sanders campaign manager		democrat	a television interview on CNN
--	Says that under the Obama administration, the debt has nearly doubled.	economy	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	a Phoenix town hall
--	Ballistic tests have confirmed that the death of at least one U.S. Border Patrol agent was caused by weapons that were part of a federal arms trafficking operation.	criminal-justice,guns	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	a post on his campaign website
--	Says his plan to end the toll on Ga. 400 fulfills his campaign promise to commuters.	transportation	nathan-deal			republican	
--	"""You know, when this thing first hit, I signed a declaration of emergency for the six counties that were directly affected, impacted in the Panhandle, then I extended that not long thereafter down into Sarasota County."""	oil-spill	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	a speech at the Florida Association of Counties conference
--	Says Mark Pryor voted to give Social Security benefits to illegal immigrants.	immigration,social-security	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	a campaign ad
--	Says the Central Health districts tax rate is the lowest among the largest counties in Texas, and it will continue to be the lowest if voters approve a proposed tax increase.	health-care,public-health,taxes	keep-austin-healthy-pac			none	a news article posted online Oct. 18, 2012.
--	The Austin Tea Party and an ultra-conservative millionaire are behind the campaign against the citys light-rail proposition.	city-budget,city-government,corrections-and-updates,transportation	lloyd-doggett	Texas congressman in the U.S. Houst of Representatives	Texas	democrat	a Let's Go Austin mailer
--	Under current U.S. immigration policy, literally one person with a green card can, in the extreme, bring in more than 270 of his relatives.	immigration	phil-gingrey	U.S. Congressman	Georgia	republican	a state legislative committee meeting
--	"Obama says America is great, but let's ""try to change it."""	patriotism	blog-posting			none	a blog posting
--	Only 20 colleges and universities have athletic departments with revenue exceeding expenses.	education,sports,state-budget	jim-moran	U. S. Congressman	Virginia	democrat	a Facebook post
--	The city of Charlotte passed a bathroom ordinance mandate on every private-sector employer in Charlotte.	gays-and-lesbians,states	pat-mccrory	Governor of North Carolina	North Carolina	republican	"an interview on NBC's ""Meet the Press"""
--	Medicare is going broke. The trust fund goes bankrupt in 2026.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare,retirement,taxes	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	remarks at a forum
--	The Clintons foundation took millions from foreign governments including United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.	campaign-finance,foreign-policy,campaign-advertising	american-crossroads			republican	a video
--	Rick Perry was the (campaign) chairman for Al Gore at one time, not too many years ago.	candidates-biography	ron-paul	U.S. representative	Texas	republican	an Iowa campaign stop.
--	My husband and I have never gotten a penny of money from the farm.	campaign-finance	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	an interview on Fox News
--	The health care law adds around $800 billion of taxes on the American people. It does not discriminate between rich and poor.	health-care	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	a newspaper op-ed
--	Says Obama policies contributed to gas prices rising from $1.89 in January 2009 to $3.51 today.	economy,energy,gas-prices	roger-williams	Businessman	Texas	republican	
--	"U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson ""compared a former vice president to a vampire ... and compared America's health care system to the Holocaust."""	health-care	republican-party-florida			republican	a press release
--	Back in the Great Recession, when millions of jobs across America hung in the balance, Donald Trump said rescuing the auto industry didnt really matter very much. He said, and I quote again, Let it go.	bankruptcy,candidates-biography,jobs	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a rally in Detroit
--	Says Rep. Charles Bass supports privatizing Social Security, risking trillions more on Wall Street.	social-security	ann-mclane-kuster	Attorney	New Hampshire	democrat	a rally outside the N.H. Statehouse.
--	After Russia went to war with Georgia in 2008, the U.S. sent a very strong message to Vladimir Putin by sending warships to the Black Sea and airlifting combat troops that Georgia had in Afghanistan back to Georgia.	foreign-policy,history,military	karl-rove		Texas	republican	"an interview on ""Fox News Sunday"""
--	A Georgia religious freedom bill would help Catholic institutions that, under Obamacare, could be forced to provide abortion-inducing drugs.	religion	joshua-mckoon		Georgia	republican	Talking with reporters about his bill.
--	No one on my staff has ever been charged with a crime.	city-government,crime,job-accomplishments	tom-barrett	Mayor of Milwaukee	Wisconsin	democrat	a debate
--	Arizona is spending less on a per-capita basis than every single state in this country in higher education.	education	michael-m-crow	Arizona State University President		education-official	front of the state Senate Appropriations Committee
--	For the cost of $5 vanilla soy latte a day, you can get a sweet health insurance plan to match.	health-care	cover-oregon		Oregon	organization	an Internet ad campaign
--	Rep. Frank Wolf voted to allow terror suspects to buy guns.	guns,terrorism	mayors-against-illegal-guns			organization	a web ad.
--	Says Donald Trump has the gall to say that prisoners of war like John McCain arent heroes.	military,veterans	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a national security speech in California
--	This is the first time in our state, and one of the first times in the country, where benefit reductions . . . has happened to people who are retired.	bankruptcy,deficit,economy,labor,legal-issues,pensions,public-service,retirement,state-budget,state-finances,states,taxes,unions,workers	george-nee	President of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO	Rhode Island	labor-leader	a pension forum
--	Access for 12,000 women to use Planned Parenthood -- not for the right to choose, but for basic health care -- was taken away by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch.	abortion,health-care,public-health,women	mahlon-mitchell			democrat	an interview
--	Says Mark Warner told PolitiFact Nationals Lie of the Year in 2013.	health-care,message-machine-2014	ed-gillespie	Republican strategist	Washington, D.C.	republican	a TV ad.
--	There was serious voter fraud in California.	elections	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a tweet
--	The House-passed budget proposal could cut funding for programs that help keep local neighborhoods safe, slash more than $1.7 million in anti-terror funds for Ohio.	crime,criminal-justice,federal-budget	sherrod-brown	U.S. Senator	Ohio	democrat	
--	Says when Rhode Island Lottery was proposed, state residents were enticed to vote for it with the promise that the money would be used for education.	education,gambling,history,state-budget,state-finances	harold-metts	Retired educator	Rhode Island	democrat	a news release
--	CBO reports that delaying the Obamacare individual mandate will reduce the deficit by $35 billion over ten years.	federal-budget,health-care	grover-norquist	President, Americans for Tax Reform		republican	a tweet
--	Voted the best specialty plate in America	pop-culture,states,transportation	friends-plum-beach-lighthouse		Rhode Island	organization	A highway billboard
--	We dont allow filming inside of the City Hall unless there is a specific reason.	city-government,transparency	h-ford-gravitt		Georgia	none	a meeting
--	Says Democrats racked up a $1 billion state deficit, while Republicans under Bill OBrien balanced the budget.	state-budget	new-boston-republican-committee		New Hampshire	republican	a campaign sign in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire
--	The IAEA, or the International Atomic Energy Agency, last month said the Iranians are not currently living up to their obligations.	israel,nuclear	liz-cheney			republican	"comments on ""Fox News Sunday"""
--	Says Matt Wand has sided with anti-choice activists to restrict access to reproductive health care services.	abortion,message-machine-2012,women	democratic-party-oregon	political party	Oregon	democrat	a campaign mailer
--	Under President Barack Obama,Weve got the lowest labor force participation in over three decades, since 1978.	economy	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	"an interview on CBS' ""Face the Nation"""
--	Ohios electricity rates are 10 percent below the national average.	economy,elections,energy	ted-strickland	Former Ohio governor	Ohio	democrat	a campaign speech
--	"""In the last 50 years, (the federal government has) only balanced the budget five times."""	federal-budget,message-machine	vern-buchanan	U.S. Rep.	Florida	republican	in a web video.
--	Weve seen six months of positive job growth by the private sector.	economy,abc-news-week	timothy-geithner			democrat	"ABC's ""This Week"""
--	Gov. Pence said, inarguably, Vladimir Putin is a better leader than President Obama.	foreign-policy	tim-kaine	U.S. Senator	Virginia	democrat	the vice presidential debate in Farmville, Va.
--	When I left Washington, we had a $5 trillion surplus.	deficit,federal-budget	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	"an interview on CBS' ""Face the Nation"""
--	When my grandfather came to this country back in 1925, there were no government benefits.	city-budget,county-budget,families,federal-budget,history,pensions,poverty,retirement,state-budget,veterans,welfare,workers	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	a campaign speech
--	Says, I-205, six miles of which runs through my district, already carries more traffic than I-5.	environment,infrastructure,state-budget,transportation	jackie-dingfelder			democrat	a floor speech
--	I had the lowest net worth of any American president in the 20th century when I took office.	history,wealth	bill-clinton	former president	Arkansas	democrat	"comments on NBC's ""Meet the Press"""
--	"""And he's the only candidate who will fight for a national catastrophe fund to reduce insurance rates."""	job-accomplishments	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	a TV ad
--	All of Liberia can produce less than one-third as much electricity as the Dallas Cowboys football stadium consumes at peak times.	ebola,energy,public-health	nicholas-kristof			none	"an op-ed in the ""New York Times"""
--	"""The last major oil spill from a drilling accident in America happened over 40 years ago in 1969."""	energy,oil-spill	eric-johnson			republican	a blog post
--	Were borrowing 20% of (the federal) budget.	federal-budget	glenn-grothman	State Senator, 20th District	Wisconsin	republican	an interview
--	The Medicaid expansion is going to cost Florida $1.9 billion a year.	health-care,medicaid,state-budget	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	comments on CNBC
--	Between the year 2000 and 2006, (insurance) premiums in this country doubled.	health-care	chris-van-hollen		Maryland	democrat	comments on the House floor
--	Says Rand Paul denied that he put forward a bill ... to zero out foreign aid and specifically spoke about Israel.	federal-budget,foreign-policy,israel	kirsten-powers			democrat	"a panel discussion on ""Fox News Sunday"""
--	There is long historical precedent for a Supreme Court with fewer justices.	history,supreme-court	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	a rally for a Colorado U.S. Senate nominee
--	(George) LeMieux never requested a single earmark and pushed to ban them all.	federal-budget	george-lemieux		Florida	republican	a Web ad
--	You know what Truman said, You want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.	candidates-biography,elections,ethics	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	comments at a town hall in North Canton, Ohio
--	Milwaukee County government employees pay much more for their health care than City of Milwaukee or State of Wisconsin employees.	county-government,health-care,workers	marina-dimitrijevic			none	an interview
--	Because as a Senator Toomey stood up for Wall Street. He wanted to privatize Social Security and invest it in the stock market. Wall Street would make billions in fees even if the stock market crashed.	social-security	afscme			none	In a political ad
--	"It's ""common knowledge"" that al-Qaida is receiving training from Iran."	iraq	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	Amman, Jordan
--	Ive got the spending down, Ive got the debt down a little bit, Ive got the reserves up.	county-budget,county-government,debt,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	mark-harris	Winnebago County Executive	Wisconsin	democrat	an interview
--	When I talk about (raising the) minimum wage ... half of Republicansagree with it.	economy,jobs,polls	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a speech to the Democratic National Committee in Boston
--	Says President Barack Obamas overturning of the Mexico City Policy means federal tax dollars can be used to fund abortion all over the world.	abortion	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	a speech in Los Angeles
--	Over half of science, technology, engineering and mathematics students receiving advanced degrees are not citizens of the United States of America.	education,immigration,science,technology	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
--	The last quarter, it was just announced, our gross domestic product was below zero. Who ever heard of this? Its never below zero.	economy,jobs	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	his presidential announcement speech
--	Unlike you and me, Congress gets to keep up to $11,000 a year in taxpayer subsidies under Obamacare.	health-care	karen-handel			republican	a radio ad
--	The 2010 DREAM Act failed despite strong bipartisan support.	bipartisanship,immigration	janet-napolitano	Secretary of Homeland Security 		democrat	a speech at the National Press Club
--	During the George W. Bush period, there were 13 attacks on various embassies and consulates around the world. Sixty people died.	foreign-policy,history,terrorism	john-garamendi	U.S. House of Representatives	California	democrat	"an interview on MSNBC's ""The Ed Show"""
--	Says Texas high school graduation rates are at an all-time highthe third-highest in the nationwhich represents a significant turnaround from just a few short years ago.	education	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	his State of the State address.
--	Public display of a long rifle is perfectly legal in Texas.	government-regulation,guns,legal-issues	mike-hashimoto	Editorial writer	Texas	none	a commentary
--	Says Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will force you to stop using your cell phone while driving.	public-safety,pundits,technology,transportation	lars-larson	radio talk show host	Oregon	none	a website posting
--	Says Donald Trumps tax plan gives the wealthy and corporations more than the Bush tax cuts by at least a factor of two.	taxes	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	the second presidential debate
--	Houston is the third-most toxic city in the United States of America.	economy,energy,environment	farouk-shami	Businessman	Texas	democrat	a debate.
--	The state GOP ticket says their top priority is a career-long mission to outlaw abortion in all cases and ban some common forms of birth control.	abortion	terry-mcauliffe	Governor	Virginia	democrat	a speech.
--	As a result of Roe vs. Wade, Americas maternal mortality rate dropped dramatically.	abortion,public-health,supreme-court,women	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	remarks at a Planned Parenthood event
--	We definitely lost way more jobs in Texas this year than we gained we lost 300,000 jobs in Texas alone this year.	economy	kay-bailey-hutchison	U.S. Senator	Texas	republican	a debate.
--	Planned Parenthood is not actually doing womens health issues.	abortion,women	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	remarks at a town hall in Colorado
--	Most of the stimulus money will be spent not this year, not next year, but in 2011.	economy,pundits,stimulus	george-will	Columnist	Maryland	columnist	an interview on This Week with George Stephanopoulos
--	Holly Turner... still takes her homestead (property tax) exemption in Fort Worth.	legal-issues,taxes	paul-workman	Businessman 	Texas	republican	a radio ad
--	Mercedes-Benz USA moving its headquarters to Atlanta will create at least 800 jobs.	economy,jobs	nathan-deal			republican	a press release
--	Fast and Furious began under the Bush administration.	guns	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	an interview on Univision
--	Says 80 percent of North Carolinians support the concept that men should not be in womens restrooms, changing rooms, bathrooms, etc.	civil-rights,gays-and-lesbians,polls,sexuality	tim-moore	Speaker of the N.C. House of Representatives	North Carolina	republican	a conversation with reporters
--	Says Alaska Sen. Mark Begich is on record supporting a carbon tax, even pushing Harry Reid to make it a priority.	energy,environment	americans-prosperity			none	a TV ad
--	Georgia had the worst job losses in state history under GOP watch.	jobs	roy-barnes	Attorney	Georgia	democrat	an Oct. 12 e-mail to reporters
--	"Under the House health care bill, the government ""will have to penalize citizens if we choose not to buy a plan that will cost a minimum of about $15,000 per family per year."""	health-care,taxes	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	a note on Facebook
--	Says 85 percent of Milwaukee shootings involve people with extensive criminal records shooting other people with extensive criminal records.	corrections-and-updates,crime,guns	edward-flynn			none	an interview
--	"""Bill Clinton cut the military drastically."""	military	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	a debate in Manchester, N.H.
--	Florida is second in the nation in the uninsured.	health-care,medicaid	christopher-l-smith	State Senator	Florida	democrat	a speech
--	Says Barack Obama endorsed a total ban on the manufacture, sale and possession of all handguns.	candidates-biography,guns	wayne-lapierre			none	a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference
--	75 percent of the Obamacare tax falls on the middle class.	health-care,message-machine-2012,taxes	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	on the Internet
--	Hartsfield-Jacksons new international terminal is opening within budget.	transportation	john-kennedy	SpokesmanHartsfield-Jackson International Airport		none	a radio interview
--	Says 92 percent of Texas counties had no abortion provider in 2008.	abortion	wendy-davis	state senator	Texas	democrat	a filibuster on the Senate floor
--	By advocating new requirements for voters to show ID cards at the polls, Republicans want to literally drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws.	elections,legal-issues	debbie-wasserman-schultz	U.S. Representative, Florida District 23	Florida	democrat	an interview with political commentator Roland Martin
--	The United states is borrowing more than 40 cents of every dollar we spend.	deficit,federal-budget,social-security	scott-rigell	U.S. Congressman	Virginia	republican	a press release.
--	Says Charlie Bass forfeits right to equal cost for TV ads under FCC rules	campaign-advertising	ann-mclane-kuster	Attorney	New Hampshire	democrat	a press release sent to The Telegraph on Aug. 31, 2012
--	I am now the No. 2 member of this House in terms of length of service.	job-accomplishments,public-service	bill-batchelder	State representative	Ohio	republican	a speech on the House floor
--	It was found unconstitutional to drug test elected officials because it prevents us, as citizens, from having that First Amendment right.	drugs	jimmie-t-smith	State Representative	Florida	republican	a House committee debate
--	Says the inspector general for the IRS said there was no political motivation and no outside influence for targeting of tax-exempt applications from tea party groups	taxes	sander-levin		Michigan	democrat	an interview on MSNBC
--	Says the United States is the Saudi Arabia of coal.	energy	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	a press conference
--	More black babies are aborted in NYC than born.	abortion,corrections-and-updates,women	cynthia-meyer	Deputy press secretary, Office of the Attorney General of Texas	Texas	republican	a tweet in response to Democratic presidential debate
--	Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican.	bipartisanship,history	charlotte-bergmann	Candidate	Tennessee	republican	a campaign billboard along I-240.
--	Says the states rainy day fund is our insurance policy against a major natural disaster.	state-budget,taxes	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	a conference call.
--	There comes a point in the last year of the president, especially in their second term, where you stop nominating both Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges.	supreme-court	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	"comments on ""Meet the Press"""
--	State Rep. Elena Parent supported Governor Nathan Deals plan to slash the HOPE scholarship.	education,elections	kyle-williams	attorney	Georgia	democrat	campaign fllier
--	Under Gov. Tom Corbett, Pennsylvania ranks 49th in job creation.	economy,jobs,states	fresh-start-pa	political action committee	Pennsylvania	democrat	a campaign ad
--	Under Gov. Kitzhaber, unemployment rose 65 percent, state spending went up 57 percent and personal incomes declined compared to the rest of the country.	economy	chris-dudley	Financial adviser	Oregon	republican	a speech in Albany
--	After the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax rate cuts ... there was more money coming into the treasury.	taxes	ron-christie			republican	"a panel discussion on HBO's ""Real Time with Bill Maher"""
--	Says Donald Trump is on record extensively supporting (the) intervention in Libya.	foreign-policy	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum 
--	Says Rick Scott cut education to pay for even more tax breaks for big, powerful, well-connected corporations.	education,taxes	florida-democratic-party		Florida	democrat	a TV ad
--	Says Ron Johnson justifies his support of trade agreements by saying the U.S. has the Trade Adjustment Assistance program for displaced workers, but then he voted to eliminate it.	trade	russ-feingold		Wisconsin	democrat	a news conference
--	On the night of the Wisconsin state Senate vote on the budget package, a mob showed up and busted down the door and took over the Capitol.	labor,state-budget	scott-fitzgerald	State Senator, 13th District	Wisconsin	republican	a radio interview
--	In the last 24 months, 10 rural Texas hospitals have been forced to shut their doors because state leaders chose not to expand Medicaid.	corrections-and-updates,health-care,public-health,state-budget,state-finances	childrens-defense-fund-texas	Advocacy group	Texas	none	a press release
--	Says Texas is dead last in support for mental health.	health-care,public-health,state-budget,state-finances	wendy-davis	state senator	Texas	democrat	a Twitter post.
--	Says Chuck Hagel has called for an end to our nuclear program.	foreign-policy,nuclear	americans-strong-defense			republican	a television ad
--	Ted Cruz defended a Chinese company that stole an invention from an American inventor.	china,corporations,legal-issues	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	an interview in Bow, N.H.
--	When I was born, less than 10 percent of the federal budget was entitlement spending. Its now 60 percent of the budget.	federal-budget,medicare,social-security	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.
--	Rhode Island has the highest percentage of uninsured adults of any state in New England.	economy,health-care,poverty	marie-ghazal	Chief Executive Officer, Rhode Island Free Clinic	Rhode Island	newsmaker	a commentary in The Providence Journal
--	Zika mosquitoes cant catch me.	public-health,sports	usain-bolt			newsmaker	an interview on NBC
--	Pinellas County voters elected me as their chief financial officer (and) elected me as (their) governor four years ago.	elections	alex-sink		Florida	democrat	a debate
--	Says opponents of the health care law prevailed on our two main arguments to the U.S. Supreme Court.	health-care	sam-olens		Georgia	republican	a speech
--	Its clear thatHillary Clintonviolated national security laws.	legal-issues	Jack_Graham	U.S. Senate Candidate	Colorado	republican	a debate
--	In Chicago, which has the toughest gun laws in the United States, probably you could say by far, they have more gun violence than any other city.	crime,guns	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	the third presidential debate
--	Under the Endangered Species Act, only 1 percent of the species that have been listed have actually been delisted.	animals,environment	cynthia-lummis	U.S. Representative		republican	a radio interview
--	"House Republicans ""weren't part of the negotiations"" on the Wall Street bailout plan."	economy	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss.
--	In Rhode Island, there were thousands of jobs that were created by the federal stimulus program	jobs,stimulus	james-langevin	Congressman	Rhode Island	democrat	campaign debates
--	Says states not directly involved in the gay marriage lawsuits that reached the Supreme Court are not bound by the courts ruling.	gays-and-lesbians,legal-issues,marriage,supreme-court	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	an interview with NPR News
--	Says Arizona, Missouri and Texas residents have a two-pet limit, so the public must surrender their third pet to the Humane Society.	animals	blog-posting			none	a Web article
--	Every bit of plastic that has ever been created still exists.	energy,environment,science	jeff-bridges	actor		activist	a Facebook video
--	"""Clinton's former pastor convicted of child molestation."""	religion	blog-posting			none	a posting on the Obama campaign blog. 
--	U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson chose to side with President Obama against the Keystone pipeline	climate-change,energy,message-machine-2012	freedom-pac		Florida	republican	a Web ad
--	Says Nelson Mandela was a communist.	foreign-policy,history	bill-oreilly	Fox News Channel host		none	"an exchange on Fox's ""The O'Reilly Factor"""
--	African Americans are twice as likely to be arrested and almost four times as likely to experience the use of force during encounters with the police.	crime,diversity,legal-issues	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	web site
--	On the Iraq war, I said it loud and clear, Youll destabilize the Middle East.	candidates-biography,debates,iraq	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a Republican presidential debate
--	"""I built that border fence in San Diego...and it reduced the smuggling of people and drugs...by 90 percent."""	immigration	duncan-hunter	U.S. representative	California	republican	a debate in Durham, N.H.
--	Says the person who Florida U.S. Rep. Allen West first hired as chief of staff told people attending a Tea Party rally that, We will use bullets if ballots dont work.	bipartisanship,elections,guns,campaign-advertising	debbie-wasserman-schultz	U.S. Representative, Florida District 23	Florida	democrat	comments on NBC's 'Meet the Press'
--	Bing Energy said it decided to move to Florida because of Gov. Rick Scotts plan to eliminate the corporate tax.	economy,state-budget,taxes	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	in his State of the State speech
--	Texas ranks: #1 in worker deaths, #1 carbon emissions, #50 in high school graduates, #50 in funding for mental health patients.	climate-change,education,energy,environment,health-care,states,workers	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	a fake Rick Perry 2016 poster.
--	Obamas dog has his own plane	transportation	blog-posting			none	conservative blogs
--	Americans havent had a raise in 15 years.	economy,jobs	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee
--	The Romney-Ryan plan for Medicare does not affect benefits for anyone 55 or older.	health-care,medicare	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	a campaign stop at The Villages
--	Says the congressional ethics investigation against him was conducted by a very partisan political committee in a way that related more to the politics of the Democratic Party than to ethics.	bipartisanship,ethics	newt-gingrich	"Co-host on CNN's ""Crossfire"""	Georgia	republican	an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren
--	We lowered the business tax from 4 percent down to 1 percent.	corporations,economy,small-business,taxes	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	a Republican gubernatorial debate
--	The president promised that if he spent money on a stimulus program that unemployment would go to 5.7 percent or 6 percent. Those were his words.	jobs,stimulus	jon-bramnick	State Assemblyman	New Jersey	republican	an interview on NJToday
--	Florida's cost for the Medicaid expansion will be $1.6 billion a year or more.	health-care,state-budget	bill-mccollum		Florida	republican	a press conference
--	Says Jeb Bush -- not Charlie Crist -- signed legislation that let Duke Energy collect money for nuclear projects.	debates,energy,florida	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	a gubernatorial debate in Davie
--	The federal government is now on track for the second-largest budget deficit in 65 years.	federal-budget,pundits	glenn-beck			none	comments on his TV show
--	Foreign aid makes up about 1 percent of our entire budget.	federal-budget,foreign-policy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a speech.
--	We have a retiree that is collecting a $17,000 paycheck a month . . . tax free.	debates,debt,deficit,disability,economy,history,labor,legal-issues,pensions,public-safety,retirement,unions,workers	jorge-elorza	Law professor	Rhode Island	democrat	a Providence Journal-WPRI debate
--	A provision of the Senate immigration bill would require you to have government permission to get a second job.	government-regulation,immigration,jobs	charles-kuck	Immigration attorney	Georgia	none	an immigration forum
--	Says Denzel Washington supports Donald Trump and speaks out against Barack Obama.	elections,fake-news	americanpoliticnews			none	Internet sites
--	"Says state's expected ""increase in federal political clout is almost entirely due to the growth of the African American and Hispanic populations in Texas in virtually every region of the state."	census,elections	lone-star-project		Washington	democrat	an e-mail blast.
--	Says Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke has proven on the Madison Board of Education that she supports raising taxes and spending.	education,state-budget,taxes	republican-party-wisconsin		Wisconsin	republican	a web post
--	Buried in the Affordable Care Act is a huge government bailout.	health-care	charles-krauthammer			none	"a ""Washington Post"" op-ed"
--	Were spending $1 trillion a year on our foreign policy.	federal-budget,foreign-policy,military	ron-paul	U.S. representative	Texas	republican	a CNN interview
--	Says Charlie Crist stood there, over 3 African-American prisoners inchains, on their knees, on the side of the road. Saying that it was a great sight. Saying we needed to bring it to Florida.And you did this whether you know or not on the eve of Juneteenth, the day the African-American community celebrates the end of slavery.	criminal-justice	david-jolly		Florida	republican	a debate
--	Three thousand felons voted in Rhode Island in 2008.	civil-rights,criminal-justice,elections,public-safety	carolyn-medeiros	Executive director, Alliance for Safe Communities	Rhode Island	newsmaker	a radio interview
--	The health care price tag for childhood obesity in Georgia is $2.4 billion annually and rising.	public-health	nathan-deal			republican	a speech
--	Says Congressman Jon Runyan has a plan to raise Medicare costs $6,400 a year.	health-care,medicare,message-machine-2012	shelley-adler			democrat	a video posted on YouTube
--	There currently are 825,000 student stations sitting empty across Florida in every district and at every grade level.	children,education,florida-amendments	yes-8		Florida	none	a website
--	Says streetcars carry more people than buses you attract more riders who dont ride transit now, and actually the operating costs are not any greater than the bus.	transportation	charlie-hales	Senior vice president, HDR Engineering	Oregon	none	an interview.
--	99 percent of all new income today (is) going to the top 1 percent.	income,wealth	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	"comments on ""Fox News Sunday"""
--	We have a higher rate of tested lead in people in Cleveland than in Flint.	environment,public-health	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	the Democratic debate in Flint
--	25 percent of federal inmates are noncitizens.	immigration	larry-oconnor			republican	"an interview on ""The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson"" on Fox News"
--	I have the most Grammys of anyone my age, but I havent won one against a white person.	pop-culture	kanye-west	Rapper/producer		none	a newspaper interview
--	Reporters rehearse questions with White House press (secretary).	pundits	drudge-report			none	a post on their website
--	Governor Deal has increased education spending every year hes been in office.	education	brian-robinson		Georgia	republican	a statement
--	"From Obama's book: ""I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race."""	candidates-biography	chain-email			none	an e-mail message
--	Donald Trump called the military that I served in a disaster.	military	john-hutson	Retired Navy Admiral	New Hampshire	none	a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia
--	Says Sen. Elizabeth Warren lives in a $5.4 million mansion.	candidates-biography,housing	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	a meme on social media
--	The Obama administration just issued instructions that terrorism training should not involve any reference to Islam.	homeland-security,islam,new-hampshire-2012,religion	newt-gingrich	"Co-host on CNN's ""Crossfire"""	Georgia	republican	a foreign policy debate with Jon Huntsman in Manchester, N.H., Dec. 12, 2011
--	60 percent of all Americans do not want to see Planned Parenthood defunded.	abortion,federal-budget,health-care,polls,public-health,women	gwen-moore	U.S. House member -- 4th District	Wisconsin	democrat	a speech
--	Says unemployment in Trenton is twice as much as what we see in every other area of the state and, as a result, we have seen an increase in crime.	crime,jobs	shirley-turner	State senator 	New Jersey	democrat	a speech on the Senate floor
--	The Bush administration had been giving (auto companies) billions of dollars and just asking nothing in return.	corporations,economy,transportation	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a town hall meeting
--	Clayton County Public Schools recently achieved a milestone that has eluded other metropolitan districts across the state by meeting federal guidelines for having a highly qualified staff.	education	clayton-county-schools		Georgia	none	a press release
--	I took the state of Ohio from an $8 billion hole to a $2 billion surplus.	economy,state-budget	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland
--	For thousands of public employees, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walkers budget-repair bill would take away any say they have in the workplace, and eliminate their union.	labor,state-budget	afl-cio			none	a television ad
--	Says Charlotte Nash pretends to be a chicken farmer in order to get property tax exemptions.	candidates-biography	larry-gause			republican	a flier and campaign website
--	On birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants.	immigration	harry-reid	Senate Democratic Leader	Nevada	democrat	his Senate re-election campaign effort. 
--	Republican candidate for governor Ken Block was fined and had to admit that (he) funneled money illegally to the Moderate Party.	campaign-finance,candidates-biography,history	allan-fung	mayor, city of Cranston, R.I.	Rhode Island	republican	a debate
--	The new Atlanta Braves stadium will require no tax increase for homeowners and provide $3 million annually for Cobb County schools.	sports,taxes	revitalize-cobb		Georgia	none	a flier
--	"""But it was Hillary Clinton, in an interview with Tom Brokaw, who quote 'paid tribute' to Ronald Reagan's economic and foreign policy."""	history	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a radio ad in South Carolina
--	Hostages were released as soon as Ronald Reagan took office because Iran perceived that America was no longer under the command of someone weak.	foreign-policy	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	"an interview on ""Meet the Press"""
--	A photo from the Russia-Finland hockey game shows a sad Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev.	sports	tweets			none	posts on Twitter.
--	In 1968, a full-time worker earning minimum wage, could actually support a family of three above the poverty line. Today, that same worker would earn less than the poverty line for a family of two.	families,poverty,workers	virginia-interfaith-center-public-policy			none	a hearing.
--	Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens spent another $600,000 on image consultants to rebrand his charity, The Mission Continues.	candidates-biography	chris-koster	Attorney general of Missouri	Missouri	democrat	a campaign ad
--	Says his much-discussed boots are made in Wisconsin.	candidates-biography	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	an exchange with voters at an Iowa campaign event
--	Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson doesnt even believe that theres a man-made role in climate change.	environment	russ-feingold		Wisconsin	democrat	a meeting with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board.
--	Bill Nelson was the deciding vote on the health care law.	health-care,message-machine-2012,voting-record	american-commitment			none	a television ad
--	Veterans can now download their electronic medical records with a click of the mouse.	health-care,technology,veterans	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	his State of the Union address
--	Fox News barely covered (the Duggar family) scandal until Megyn Kelly was able to secure this interview.	pop-culture,pundits	brian-stelter	CNN senior media correspondent		none	"an interview on ""CNN Tonight"""
--	China is in the South China Sea and (building)a military fortress the likes of which perhaps the world has not seen.	china,foreign-policy,military	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	an interview with the New York Times
--	During my eight years as county executive, we cut the number of county workers by 20 percent.	county-budget,county-government,unions	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	a book
--	(Bill) Nelson voted for billions in wasteful spending earmarks like the Bridge to Nowhere.	federal-budget,transportation	george-lemieux		Florida	republican	a Web ad
--	Under President Barack Obamas leadership, since June 2009, (the auto) industry has added a quarter of a million jobs.	jobs	bob-king	President of the UAW	Michigan	none	a speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
--	Jobs incentive program created over 1,200 high-wage jobs since 2009.	county-budget,economy	tammy-hall	Lee County Commissioner		none	a campaign mailer
--	My opponent... lost 43,000 jobs in Houston since he took over; we are losing jobs.	economy	farouk-shami	Businessman	Texas	democrat	a debate
--	A recent study found that cities where Uber operates have 3.6%-5.6% fewer drunk driving deaths than cities without access to ridesharing.	economy,transportation	uber	A ride-sharing service	Texas	none	an online petition and in a press release
--	More businesses are closing than are opening for the first time in our nations history.	economy	todd-wilcox		Florida	republican	a campaign announcement
--	Foster children are disproportionately victims of identity theft.	children,consumer-safety,crime,families,financial-regulation	james-langevin	Congressman	Rhode Island	democrat	a speech
--	Full marriage equality [would provide same-sex couples] with about 1,700 rights.	civil-rights,gays-and-lesbians,marriage	bill-fischer	lobbyist and spokesman for Marriage Equality Rhode Island	Rhode Island	newsmaker	a Providence Journal story
--	"Obama says his bill ""reduced welfare rolls nearly 80 percent."""	poverty	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a TV ad.
--	Reporters have uncovered another Scott company accused of criminal acts. But Scott wont come clean.	candidates-biography,crime,message-machine	florida-first-initiative		Florida	none	in a TV ad.
--	The seed of Muslim is passed through the father.	religion	franklin-graham			none	an interview on CNN
--	The number of SWAT raids have gone up by 1,400 percent since the 1980s.	crime,criminal-justice,drugs	john-oliver	Host, Last Week Tonight		none	"a segment on his show, ""Last Week Tonight"""
--	Says that under Texas law, it takes six years to close a failing school.	education	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	remarks to the Dallas Regional Chamber
--	The planned expansion of Savannahs port is a jobs creating project.	jobs	nathan-deal			republican	an op-ed
--	Says Rick Scott changed his promise from700,000 jobs created on top of what normal growth would be to just 700,000 jobs.	economy,jobs	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	a campaign ad
--	I waited until (the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement) had actually been negotiated before deciding whether to endorse it.	candidates-biography,history,trade	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	comments during the New Hampshire Democratic debate
--	Gov. Romney was very clear, he would veto the DREAM Act.	immigration	david-plouffe	Senior Adviser to the President		democrat	a comment on 'Fox News Sunday'
--	The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. cannot account for creating one single job.	jobs	chris-larson	Wisconsin Senate Minority Leader	Wisconsin	democrat	an interview
--	Under the clear letter of the law, (Justice Clarence Thomas) must recuse himself from the case challenging the constitutionality of the health care law.	ethics,health-care,supreme-court	anthony-weiner		New York	democrat	an interview on Fox News
--	Collectively states are spending more on Medicaid than they do on K-12 education.	education,medicaid,state-budget	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	a speech.
--	Lizbeth Benacquisto broke election law 105 times, hiding special interest contributors.	ethics,message-machine	kevin-rader		Florida	democrat	a TV campaign ad
--	Every dollar we invested in high-quality, early education programs can save more than $7 later on by boosting graduation rates, reducing teen pregnancy, even reducing crime.	children,education	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a speech
--	Recently, Florida has successfully reduced the environmental permitting time down to just two days.	environment,government-regulation,market-regulation	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	an event with employees from the Department of Environmental Protection
--	"Energy nominee Steven Chu has called coal ""his worst nightmare."""	energy	james-inhofe	U.S. Senator	Oklahoma	republican	in a news release
--	Gov. Charlie Crist sought for and got approved the automatic restoration of felon rights for nonviolent offenders for the first time in Florida history.	civil-rights,crime,elections	dan-gelber		Florida	democrat	Charlie Crist's campaign website
--	"""And 100 percent, John, of your ads . . . 100 percent of them have been negative."""	candidates-biography	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.
--	Were up 123,000 jobs over the last year and three-quarters. Were actually, according to the Bureau of Labor statistics, down 500 ... auto jobs in Ohio.	economy,jobs	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	a television interview
--	The commission form of government is definitely losing favor in the United States.	county-government	kimberly-nelson	associate professor	North Carolina	none	a meeting
--	"The company I created, Point Judith Capital, ""is the only venture capital firm in Rhode Island."""	candidates-biography	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	Rhode Island	democrat	a video on her web page
--	Says how much money the government is collecting from people...in terms of the gross domestic product is the lowest in 40, 50 years.	federal-budget,taxes	bill-pascrell	U.S. House of Representatives	New Jersey	democrat	an interview on WOR-AM
--	In fact, theres more state funding for education today than any other time.	education,state-budget	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	a response to a public school teacher
--	Says President Barack Obamas own economists say the stimulus cost $278K per job created.	economy,jobs,stimulus	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	a Twitter message.
--	"The U.S. government spends less on energy innovation ""than the pet food industry invests in its own products."""	energy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	the campaign's energy plan.
--	For most black people in the history of this country it was illegal to pass as a white person. You were actually put in jail if you tried to pass.	civil-rights,criminal-justice,diversity,history	michael-skolnik	President, GlobalGrind.com		none	comments on CNN
--	Obamacare Medical Codes Confirm: Execution by Beheading To Be Implemented in America.	health-care,legal-issues,public-health	blog-posting			none	blog posts
--	After Sandy Hook, Ted Cruz stopped Obamas push for new gun control laws.	guns	courageous-conservatives-pac			republican	a video ad posted online
--	"Henry Kissinger ""said that we should meet with Iran guess what without precondition."""	foreign-policy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss.
--	"""Minnick voted to let the government fund abortion under Obamacare."""	abortion,health-care,message-machine	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	a TV ad
--	Says traffic fatalities have fallen dramatically, even as population has risen. You are more likely to stay alive biking, walking and driving around Portland than you were before he took over the Portland Bureau of Transportation.	transportation	sam-adams	Mayor of Portland	Oregon	democrat	a commentary article.
--	Newgard owed more than $13,000 for unpaid taxes on his $1 million Milwaukie apartment complex.	message-machine-2012,taxes	future-pac-oregon-house-democrats	campaign committee	Oregon	democrat	a campaign ad
--	"""She hasn't run a corner store. She hasn't run a state. She hasn't run a city. She has never run anything."""	job-accomplishments	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	a TV ad airing in New Hampshire.
--	On expanding Medicaid as part of the health care law	medicaid,poverty	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	public statements
--	[O]ver 200,000 ordinary citizens were given the opportunity to identify projects they preferred.	taxes,transportation	metro-atlanta-voter-education-network			none	
--	"""In Florida alone, more than $3.5 billion a year is spent on health care and criminal justice for illegal immigrants."""	immigration	ritch-workman	State representative	Florida	republican	a 'Florida Today' opinion page article published
--	"""Ronald Reagan did amnesty."""	immigration	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	a debate in Manchester, N.H.
--	Every child in Colorado who has been given medical marijuana for treatment for seizures has had diminished seizure activity.	children,health-care,marijuana	allen-peake	member, Georgia House of Representatives	Georgia	republican	a meeting
--	Says that under President Barack Obamas health care law, your insurance premiums could go up by 200 percent and cost as much as a new Explorer.	health-care	fred-thompson	Actor	Tennessee	republican	a tweet
--	Daraprim is still underpriced, relative to its peers.	corrections-and-updates,health-care,public-health	martin-shkreli	CEO, Turing Pharmaceuticals		none	comments on Bloomberg TV
--	Says out of 588 school districts, we give 31 (former Abbott) districts 70 percent of the aid.	education	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	a forum at the University of Notre Dame
--	"Since 2000, ""the Texas clean air program achieved a 22 percent reduction in ozone and a 46 percent decrease in NOx emissions."""	environment	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	a press release
--	The presidents party always gets shellacked in midterms. Its only twice, 1934 and 2002, that the presidents party actually gained in both the House and the Senate.	elections,history,pundits,abc-news-week	mary-jordan	Journalist at the Washington Post	Washington, D.C.	none	"a roundtable discussion on ABC's ""This Week with Christiane Amanpour"""
--	Proposed fees for Rhode Island beaches will still be less than some of the town beaches.	recreation,state-budget	richard-licht	state director of administration in Rhode Island	Rhode Island	democrat	TV interview
--	Rick Scott vetoed funding for 30 Florida rape crisis centers. Scott said the centers werent needed.	health-care,state-budget,women	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	a TV ad
--	When George Bush became president of the United States, 17 million people were in poverty. When he left, 30 million people were in poverty.	bush-administration,poverty	marcia-fudge	Representative from Ohio's 11th Congressional District	Ohio	democrat	a panel discussion on poverty
--	There is a situation in this country where youre nearing 50 percent of people who dont even pay income taxes.	taxes	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	"an appearance on CNBC's ""Squawk Box"""
--	Since 2009, the Ohio Republican Party has made more contacts with voters nearly 6.6 million than any other GOP state organization in the nation.	job-accomplishments	kevin-dewine	Chairman of the Ohio Republican Party	Ohio	republican	a resignation letter
--	Suntrust Bank cancels account because company sells guns.	financial-regulation,guns	florida-news-flash			none	a website headline
--	Over the past five years, the American automobile industry has created about 500,000 new jobs.	economy,jobs	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a speech in Wayne. Mich.
--	Right now, the (Congressional Budget Office) says up to 20 million people will lose their insurance as Obamacare goes into effect next year.	debates,health-care	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	the first presidential debate in Denver
--	Says Cresent Hardy agreed with Mitt Romney about the 47 percent and said that people with disabilities are, and I quote him, a drain on society.	candidates-biography,disability	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	comments during the Nevada Battleborn Battleground Dinner at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas
--	One of the reasons that Budweiser stayed in New Jersey is the money they got from RGGI to put solar on their roof to save on their energy costs.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,corporations,environment	jeff-tittel	Director of the New Jersey Sierra Club		none	testimony to the General Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities committee
--	"Obama said that ""since 1992, the Republicans have had all the good ideas..."""	ethics	bill-clinton	former president	Arkansas	democrat	in Pahrump, Nev.
--	The national debt of $16 trillion, is enough to buy both the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds 1,918 times.	debt,federal-budget,sports	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	a news release
--	Says Rick Santorum voted for the Bridge to Nowhere.	federal-budget,message-machine-2012	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	an online video
--	President Barack Obama spent $5 billion paying Ukrainians to riot and dismantle their democratically elected government.	foreign-policy	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	a Facebook meme
--	The lieutenant governor has the power to be an economic ambassador and negotiate on economic development	legal-issues	jeremy-kapstein		Rhode Island	democrat	a comment on the Dan York Show
--	Sheldon Whitehouses failure of leadership, the adding of almost $8 trillion in debt in his first full term, is shameful...	deficit,federal-budget,voting-record	barry-hinckley		Rhode Island	republican	a YouTube video
--	Says Ron Johnson likes to say there are too many lawyers in the Senate 57. Hed be the 70th millionaire.	candidates-biography	russ-feingold		Wisconsin	democrat	a campaign rally
--	David Perdue led efforts to ship thousands of jobs overseas.	job-accomplishments	democratic-party-georgia-georgia			democrat	press release
--	At this point in 2012, Rick Perry was ahead at 29.9 percent, and we had seven more leads before it finally settled on Mitt Romney.	elections,polls	karl-rove		Texas	republican	"comments on ""Fox News Sunday"""
--	A hidden provision in Obamacare taxes sporting goods as medical devices.	health-care,taxes	chain-email			none	an email
--	The health care law could cost up to $2 trillion, double what we were promised.	corrections-and-updates,federal-budget,health-care,message-machine-2012	american-commitment			none	a television ad
--	President Barack Obama is the first president to keep a dog-trainer on retainer for $102,000 a year at taxpayer expense.	animals,federal-budget	chain-email			none	a chain email
--	Greg Abbott heads up a party whose platform calls for the repeal of the Voting Rights Act.	civil-rights,elections	wendy-davis	state senator	Texas	democrat	a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.
--	Says Clackamas County Measure 3-401 will hurt our county, cripple economic growth, and increase our taxes with excessive special elections.	county-budget,county-government,elections,taxes	clackamas-county-democrats			democrat	a campaign press release
--	Theres actually 600 abortions done after the 20th week of pregnancy every year in Ohio.	abortion	peggy-lehner	State senator	Ohio	republican	a radio interview
--	Even hunters are restricted from using large capacity magazines: there is a five cartridge limit for large game hunting, and three for bird hunting.	guns,recreation	ginny-burdick			democrat	an email
--	Georgia ranks last in job growth.	jobs	ted-jackson	Fulton County Sheriff	Georgia	democrat	a letter
--	The Iran nuclear deal is putting billions of dollars back into a country thats the worlds largest supporter of terrorism. We are actually giving them the money to fund the terrorists that are killing us and our allies.	terrorism	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	a speech at the Republican National Convention.
--	When George Bush said we shouldnt investigate why the governments response to Hurricane Katrina was so incompetent, John McCain stood with him.	bush-administration,natural-disasters	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	St. Clair Shores, Mich.
--	Women pay 48 percent more for health insurance.	health-care	louise-slaughter		New York	democrat	a statement on the House floor
--	"""Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump? O-ba-ma! O-ba-ma!"""	energy	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	a TV ad
--	Weve already lost $500 million in economic impact from HB2 fallout in North Carolina.	economy,gays-and-lesbians,sexuality,states	chris-sgro	Executive Director, Equality NC	North Carolina	activist	a press release
--	The state of Georgia has lost 200,000 total jobs and 50,000 construction jobs since May 2007.	transportation	kasim-reed			democrat	news conference
--	Says roughly two-thirds of (state) corporations didnt pay any income tax in Virginia.	corporations,state-finances,taxes	commonwealth-institute		Virginia	organization	a blog post.
--	Because of Barack Obama the mission in Iraq ended.	iraq	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a campaign ad
--	Students at the University of Texas in Austin have been advised not to wear cowboy boots or cowboy hats on Halloween.	education	todd-starnes			republican	a commentary posted on Fox News
--	The United States stood alone in the war in Iraq.	iraq	debbie-wasserman-schultz	U.S. Representative, Florida District 23	Florida	democrat	a CNN interview
--	Rob Portman shares radical, ideological views toward women.	abortion,health-care,voting-record,women	ohio-democratic-party		Ohio	democrat	a news release
--	Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson voted to cut $700m from Medicare.	federal-budget,medicare,trade	moveon			democrat	a Facebook post
--	When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs, a rate twice the national average.	economy,history,jobs,message-machine-2012,states	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a television ad
--	We would create thousands of jobs in Colorado, if the Keystone Pipeline were to be built.	climate-change,energy,environment,government-regulation	cory-gardner	U.S. House of Representatives	Colorado	republican	an interview on Univision Radio
--	More than 7,000 Americans lost their lives to climate change-fueled events last year.	climate-change,environment	don-beyer	8th District congressional candidate	Virginia	democrat	an op-ed.
--	The death penalty is a deterrent that does affect and impact people.	crime,criminal-justice	tom-coburn	U.S. Senator	Oklahoma	republican	"an interview on MSNBC's ""Morning Joe"""
--	Says she is a registered nurse.	candidates-biography	laurie-monnes-anderson	State senator	Oregon	democrat	in voters' guide
--	In 2013, the United States accepted 67 percent of the worlds refugees.	foreign-policy,terrorism	michael-needham	CEO, Heritage Action		republican	"comments on ""Fox News Sunday"""
--	500,000 U.S. troops came home from Iraq and Afghanistan with PTSD and traumatic brain injury.	foreign-policy,veterans	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	comments at the Iowa Democratic debate
--	North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis would let insurance companies deny coverage for pre-existing conditions.	health-care	patriot-majority-usa			democrat	a campaign ad
--	Says in Katrina, they approved $60 billion within 10 days of the storm on a voice vote.	natural-disasters,weather	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	an interview on the “Late Show with David Letterman”
--	Virginia is the No. 1 recipient of federal dollars.	economy,federal-budget,state-budget,states	terry-mcauliffe	Governor	Virginia	democrat	a speech.
--	A recent study of a proposed cap-and-trade policys effect on Wisconsin consumers showed it could raise gasoline prices by 141 percent and electricity rates by 171 percent by 2030.	economy,environment,gas-prices	ron-johnson		Wisconsin	republican	a constituent email
--	Austin politicians want to cram more kids into classrooms so they dont have to make the tough decisions to balance the budget.	education,message-machine	kendra-yarbrough-camarena		Texas	democrat	a TV ad.
--	The violent crime rate in America is the same as it was in 1968, yet our prison system has grown by over 500 percent.	civil-rights,criminal-justice	john-lewis	Congressman	Georgia	democrat	an op-ed
--	Says Russ Feingold voted to raise taxes on Social Security benefits for seniors, he even tried to give Social Security benefits to illegal immigrants.	federal-budget,immigration,income,social-security,taxes	ron-johnson		Wisconsin	republican	a radio ad
--	Every person on death row was a foster kid.	children,families,florida,public-service	steve-wise	State Senator	Florida	republican	in a Senate Education PreK-12 committee hearing
--	"""Through competition as governor, I got agreements to build a nearly $40-billion natural gas pipeline."""	energy	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	Virginia
--	Wisconsins technical college graduates have a higher employment rate and starting salaries than four-year college graduates nationwide.	education,jobs	michael-rosen	Economics instructor, union leader, blogger	Wisconsin	none	a blog posting
--	The average federal employee makes $120,000 a year. The average private employee makes $60,000 a year.	economy,federal-budget,abc-news-week,workers	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	an interview on ABC's This Week with Christiane Amanpour
--	Science has not shown greenhouse gases to be a problem.	climate-change,environment,science,weather	wayne-smith	Civil engineer	Texas	republican	an interview.
--	Portland spent nearly $1 million in federal stimulus money to install bike path signs where they already existed.	government-efficiency,stimulus,transportation	victoria-taft	radio talk show host	Oregon	none	a website posting
--	If anyone should know irresponsible it should be Senator Buono. Shes the one, her budget left us with a $2 billion budget deficit in fiscal 10 that I had to fix. Her mistakes. And for fiscal year 2011 an $11 billion budget deficit. Her mistakes, along with her partner Jon Corzine.	debt,state-budget,state-finances	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	"a statement on NJ101.5 FM's ""Ask the Governor"" program"
--	If Question 1 were to pass here in Nevada, we would have more restrictive gun laws here in Nevada dealing with the transfer of firearms than they do in California.	guns	robert-uithoven	Lobbyist	Nevada	republican	on an episode of Nevada NewsMakers
--	"The Bush administration has ""the Pentagon trying to take away the signing bonuses when a soldier gets wounded and ends up in the hospital, something that I'm working with a Republican senator to try to make sure never can happen again."""	military	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a debate in Las Vegas
--	Says Chris Christie has refused to fund pensions by billions of dollars, and got legislative approval to begin properly funding pensions in 2018.	pensions,retirement	dannel-malloy	Governor	Connecticut	democrat	a radio interview
--	"In the Florida Republican primary, ""we got a very large percentage of the, quote, conservative vote."""	elections	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	"an interview on ""Face the Nation"""
--	Says opponent Chad Chadwell wants condom techniques demonstrated to your children.	education,sexuality	tere-mccann	Certified Public Accountant	Texas	none	a campaign mailer.
--	Says that PolitiFact Ohio confirms that Betty Sutton maxed out federal debt	deficit,federal-budget	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	an e-mail news release
--	The job [of correctional officer] lowers your life expectancy . . . Metropolitan did a study in, I believe it was 1998, and the life expectancy was 58.	crime,pensions,retirement,unions,workers	david-mellon	President, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers	Rhode Island	labor-leader	testimony at a state pension hearing
--	Torture is illegal by our laws. Its illegal by international laws.	foreign-policy,human-rights,legal-issues	ron-paul	U.S. representative	Texas	republican	a Republican presidential debate in Spartanburg, S.C.
--	"Biden is ""one of the least wealthy members of the U.S. Senate."""	candidates-biography	howard-dean	Democratic National Committee chairman	Vermont	democrat	a TV interview
--	Says Hillary Clinton abided by the ethics agreement between the Clinton Foundation and the Obama administration.	ethics	jennifer-granholm	Former governor of Michigan	Michigan	democrat	an interview on CNN
--	Says the most dangerous time for children is from 3 to 6 p.m., during which time juvenile crime rates triple	children,crime,education	raymond-lesniak			democrat	testimony during a Senate hearing
--	State employees in Wisconsin earn about 8 percent less than if they worked in the private sector.	state-budget	bryan-kennedy	President, Wisconsin chapter of American Federation of Teachers	Wisconsin	none	a TV interview
--	You know how many children in the history of the United States have died in a fire (at school)? Zero.	education,guns,public-safety	greg-steube	Sarasota state representative, District 73	Florida	republican	a Florida House judiciary committee hearing
--	Paul Broun Jr. sides with sexual deviants to support sale of crush videos.	voting-record	russell-edwards		Georgia	democrat	his campaign Web site
--	The DeWine campaign is receiving money from so many more people.(Cordrays) money is coming almost exclusively from the party, labor unions, and special counsel that he has given business to.	campaign-finance,elections	mike-dewine	Ohio attorney general	Ohio	republican	a television interview
--	Nobody in total is proposing cutting anything. Were trying to reduce the rate of growth in government.	deficit,federal-budget,medicaid,medicare	ron-johnson		Wisconsin	republican	a radio interview
--	Sen. Harry Reid voted against declaring English our national language, twice.	immigration,message-machine	sharron-angle	Republican nominee for Nevada U.S. Senate seat	Nevada	republican	a TV ad
--	Following the catastrophic, cascading collapse of major investment banks on Wall Street in 2007.....Nobody was prosecuted, no hearings were held and no reforms were implemented.	economy,financial-regulation,occupy-wall-street	michael-doherty			republican	a news release
--	Says we have now more Border Patrol officers than weve had at any time in our history.	immigration	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	an interview
--	40% of Americans know someone who has been killed by a gun.	guns,public-safety,market-regulation	debbie-wasserman-schultz	U.S. Representative, Florida District 23	Florida	democrat	a Medium post
--	The number of Americans who receive means-tested government benefits -- welfare -- now outnumbers those who are year-round full-time workers.	pundits,welfare	charlie-sykes	Talk show host for WTMJ-AM in Milwaukee	Wisconsin	talk-show-host	a broadcast of the Charlie Sykes Show on WTMJ
--	Says Patrick Murphy has taken more money from Wall Street than any other member of Congress other than the speaker and the majority leader.	campaign-finance	alan-grayson	U.S. House of Representatives	Florida	democrat	"an interview with the ""Tampa Bay Times"" editorial board"
--	Says he will protect your guaranteed benefits in Medicare while Mitt Romney would take away Medicare as guaranteed benefits.	health-care,medicare,message-machine-2012	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a campaign commercial
--	The [Georgia] General Assembly took away the Atlanta Board of Educations oversight of the superintendent.	education	ralph-long	State Representative	Georgia	democrat	a press conference
--	We caught (the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) lying to us about the results of air quality studies in the Barnett Shale.	environment	wendy-davis	state senator	Texas	democrat	a speech at the Texas Democratic convention
--	Over the past eight years, black youth unemployment is up.	diversity,economy,jobs	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	an email 
--	"""Obama, Biden and their liberal allies oppose clean coal."""	energy	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	a radio ad.
--	There have been 74 school shootings in America since Sandy Hook.	children,education,guns	everytown-gun-safety	Advocacy group	New York	none	an infographic that went viral
--	For each $1 billion in infrastructure investment, 42,000 jobs are created.	economy,infrastructure,jobs	steve-latourette	Former U.S. representative from Ohio's 11th District	Ohio	republican	a statement on his congressional website
--	Says George Norcross said the TAKEOVER OF RUTGER$ CAMDEN WILL COST NEW JER$EY BILLION$.	education,state-finances	r2rmerge			none	a flier
--	Says he cant release his internal affairs record because there are Attorney General guidelines in place protecting it.	criminal-justice,legal-issues,transparency	samuel-demaio			none	"an interview on FOX 5's ""Good Day New York"""
--	David Cicilline was required to provide key information about city finances to an independent outside auditor. The deadlines were clear -- yet [he intentionally] missed them by months until after the November 2010 election.	candidates-biography,city-budget,city-government,debt,deficit,campaign-advertising	brendan-doherty		Rhode Island	republican	a news release
--	"The Florida House is ""holding the FINAL public hearing"" of a controversial education bill in the middle of spring break...""when they hope (teachers) are not watching or listening."""	education	florida-education-association		Florida	none	a statement on the group's Web site
--	Weare picking up oil with shovels and paper and plastic bags.	oil-spill	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	"an interview on ""Fox & Friends"""
--	The Milwaukee County bus system has among the highest fares in the nation.	transportation	chris-larson	Wisconsin Senate Minority Leader	Wisconsin	democrat	a TV interview
--	President Obama has raised taxes 19 times.	taxes	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	an e-mail to the Los Angeles Times
--	Says GM used taxpayer dollars to prop up operations in China.	china,jobs,message-machine-2012	let-freedom-ring			none	a Web video
--	Banks paid Hillary Clinton over $1 million and are contributing millions more to elect her.	campaign-finance,financial-regulation	future45			republican	a television ad
--	"""We spent $3-million of your money to study the DNA of bears."""	federal-budget	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	Orange County, Calif.
--	One out of two Americans are living either in or near poverty. That means 150 million Americans, half of us.	economy,poverty,welfare	tavis-smiley	television and radio host	California	none	"an interview on CBS' ""Face the Nation"""
--	Limberbutt McCubbins (a five-year-old cat) is a candidate in the 2016 presidential election.	animals,corrections-and-updates,elections	limberbutt-mccubbins			democrat	comments on his website.
--	Says Jonathan Gruber was some adviser who never worked on our staff.	health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	Brisbane, Australia, for the G20 summit
--	Jennifer Carroll is the first African-American Republican woman to be part of a statewide ticket in Florida.	candidates-biography,elections	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	a press release.
--	Georgia has more than 700 law enforcement agencies, and fewer than 20 percent of them are state-certified.	crime,public-safety	police-chief-billy-grogan	police chief	Georgia	none	press release
--	Says Dan Sullivan approved a light sentence for a sex offenderwho got out of prison andis now charged with a gruesome murder and sexual assault.	crime,criminal-justice,message-machine-2014	mark-begich	Senator	Alaska	democrat	a campaign ad
--	One third of our age group (Millennials) have moved back in with their parents.	families,jobs	joseph-yost	State legislator	Virginia	republican	a floor speech.
--	Because of the current immigration crisis, Republicans want to repeal a 2008law that President George W. Bush signed and want to be on record as not wanting to protect children from ...sex trafficking.	immigration	lawrence-odonnell			none	comments on his show
--	It has been the law since the beginning of the country that the children of American citizens born ... abroad are American citizens by birth.	immigration,legal-issues	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	speaking to reporters in Iowa
--	Owen in MA vs. Owen in RI Advantage:Rhode Island.	corporations,economy,jobs	gina-raimondo	venture capital company founder	Rhode Island	democrat	economic development report
--	In 1960, most black children were raised in two-parent, monogamous families. Today we have only 20 percent of black children being raised in two-parent, monogamous families...	families,welfare	ew-jackson	Pastor	Virginia	republican	a speech.
--	If youre a wealthy CEO or a hedge fund manager in America right now, your taxes are lower than theyve been since the 1950s.	taxes	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a press conference
--	College students who are NOT U.S. Citizens and who get the PELL Grant plan to return to their home countries after getting free gas cards and child care.	education,immigration,welfare	chain-email			none	an email
--	Donald Trumps been completely consistent about his plan for nonviolent undocumented immigrants.	candidates-biography,immigration	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	"an interview on ""Meet the Press"""
--	"""Barack Obama has the longest track record of any candidate in this election in support of the 'Bridge To Nowhere.' """	federal-budget	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	a news release.
--	Says a Sanders campaign ad never said ... a newspaper endorsed us that did not.	elections	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	a Democratic presidential debate in Durham, N.H.
--	"""Obama will charge a 28 percent tax on all home sales."""	taxes	chain-email			none	a chain e-mail
--	A Koch brothers group is going to college campuses, giving away free booze to try to bribe young folks out of getting health insurance.	Alcohol,health-care	organizing-action	Group supporting President Barack Obama	Washington, D.C.	democrat	a fundraising email
--	Said he won the Democratic primary without one ... negative TV spot.	message-machine,campaign-advertising	roy-barnes	Attorney	Georgia	democrat	a television interview
--	About 95 percent of (Ohios) electricity comes from burning coal.	energy,environment	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	a news conference
--	Says over the last two years, New Jersey Schools Development Authority employees have not started or completed one single school project, and Im not talking about major school renovation. Im talking about replacing boilers, roofs.	education	david-sciarra		New Jersey	none	testimony before the state Assembly Budget Committee
--	Says Tammy Baldwin voted to gut Medicare for seniors.	federal-budget,health-care,medicare	tommy-thompson		Wisconsin	republican	a TV ad
--	The stand your ground lawcaused the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.	crime,guns,legal-issues	senate-majority-pac	political action committee	Washington, D.C. 	democrat	a radio ad
--	In Georgia, Perdues company closed plants and moved jobs to China.	job-accomplishments	michelle-nunn	Chief Executive Officer, Points of Light Foundation	Georgia	democrat	an ad
--	Says Republican Reid Ribble says stimulus bill failed to jumpstart the economy, but his roofing company made almost $300,000 off stimulus funded projects.	candidates-biography,message-machine,stimulus	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	a campaign TV ad
--	Under a proposed bill, a $100,000 homes flood insurance premium would be maybe $200 or $300 annually.	florida,housing	gus-bilirakis	Congressman	Florida	republican	a Bay News 9 interview
--	Social Security has never contributed one cent to the deficit. Not one cent.	social-security	jeff-merkley	U.S. Senator	Oregon	democrat	a roundtable discussion with senior citizens
--	Obamacare takes $500 billion out of Medicare and funds Obamacare.	health-care,medicare	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	a Republican presidential candidate debate in New Hampshire
--	The state that has the highest per capita number of guns that end up committing crimes in New York come from Vermont.	crime,guns	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	an event in Port Washington, N.Y.
--	Over the last 10 years, incomes for the top 1 percent have grown. Meanwhile, the bottom half of the country, theyve seen their wages stagnate.	economy,pundits,abc-news-week	donna-brazile	Political commentator	Washington, D.C.	democrat	"a roundtable discussion on ABC's ""This Week"""
--	I think with the exception of the last year or maybe the last two years, we were at 100 percent when it came to contributing to the Providence pension fund.	city-budget,pensions,retirement,taxes	david-cicilline	mayor of Providence	Rhode Island	democrat	an appearance on WPRI's Newsmakers
--	Almost all of the polls that have come out suggest that I am a much stronger candidate against the Republicans than is Hillary Clinton.	polls	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	a town hall meeting in Underwood, Iowa.
--	The Obama administration is allowing state waivers from welfare work requirements only if they had a credible plan to increase employment by 20 percent.	welfare	bill-clinton	former president	Arkansas	democrat	a convention speech
--	All but one of the 50 states already have some form of a balanced budget amendment in their state constitutions.	federal-budget,state-budget	john-cornyn	Senator	Texas	republican	an op-ed
--	"The U.S. deficit ""increases at $3 million per second."""	economy,federal-budget,government-efficiency,health-care	bill-clegg	lawyer	Rhode Island	republican	candidate web page
--	President Barack Obamas judicial appointments for Georgia and the region were drafted in secret and not vetted by legal groups among the presidents supporters.	congress,legal-issues	david-scott	Congressman 	Georgia	democrat	a letter
--	"""I have not changed my position on the (gay) marriage amendment or anything else related to marriage."""	families,gays-and-lesbians	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	an interview on MSNBC
--	"McCain and Bush are millionaires who are ""for tax cuts for millionaires."""	taxes	campaign-defend-america		Washington, D.C.	none	a television ad
--	The Affordable Care Act says that at age 76 when you most need it most, you are not eligible for cancer treatment. Cancer hospital will ration care according to the patients age.	health-care	chain-email			none	a chain email
--	The Human Rights Campaign is more powerful than the NRA.	campaign-finance,gays-and-lesbians,sexuality	pat-mccrory	Governor of North Carolina	North Carolina	republican	in interview on Meet The Press with Chuck Todd
--	About 85 percent of hotel guests who will pay the new $5 hotel/motel fee will be from outside Georgia.	tourism,transportation	jay-roberts			republican	a House floor debate
--	We spend more per student than almost any other major country in the world.	education,government-efficiency	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a rally in Cleveland
--	Says the hospital listed on Barack Obamas just-publicized long-form birth certificate denies the president was born there.	obama-birth-certificate	leo-berman	State representative	Texas	republican	a Texas Tribune article
--	"""Hillary (Clinton), one time late at night when she was exhausted, misstated and immediately apologized for it, what happened to her in Bosnia in 1995."""	foreign-policy	bill-clinton	former president	Arkansas	democrat	Boonville, Ind.
--	"""We now actually import more oil than we did before 9/11."""	energy,abc-news-week,trade	john-kerry	Secretary of State	Massachusetts	democrat	"an interview on ABC's ""This Week''"
--	If you look at Latino kids between 17 and 20 who graduated high school, 36 percent of them are unemployed or underemployed. African-American kids are unemployed or underemployed to the tune of 51 percent.	diversity,economy,jobs	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	a Democratic presidential debate in Miami
--	Says Gov. Rick Perry is by far and away the highest-paid state employee on an hourly basis.	candidates-biography,elections,ethics	bill-white	Former mayor of Houston	Texas	democrat	a press conference.
--	Says the Hawaii governor cant find anything that says (President Barack Obama) was born in Hawaii.	elections,obama-birth-certificate	leo-berman	State representative	Texas	republican	a news article
--	Under President Ronald Reagan, illegal immigrants were not pouring in likethey are now.	immigration	deirdre-imus			republican	"a broadcast on Fox Business of ""Imus in the Morning"""
--	House Democrats have a two-to-one advantage money-wise against House Republicans.	campaign-finance,elections,abc-news-week	nancy-pelosi	House Minority Leader	California	democrat	"an interview on ABC's ""This Week"""
--	Georgia can substantially increase its funding for education by going after $2.5 billion in uncollected taxes.	education	jason-carter	State Senator	Georgia	democrat	press conference
--	Most people in New Hampshire want to raise the minimum wage. (State Rep. Marilinda) Garcia opposes it.	income	americans-responsible-solutions			none	an ad
--	Says nearly 30,000 federal employees in Oregon were furloughed during the government shutdown.	economy,federal-budget,jobs	suzanne-bonamici	State Senator	Oregon	democrat	an opinion piece. 
--	"After Fahrenheit 9/11 came out, ""Bush's approval rating never was better, it only got worse."""	elections	michael-moore	Documentary filmmaker		none	a press conference
--	"""We are making the largest investment in education in our nations history."""	education,stimulus	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a bill signing ceremony in Denver.
--	No city in the state, no state in this nation, for that matter the entire world, has adopted (clean energy) targets more ambitious in scale.	climate-change,energy	kevin-de-leon	California Senate leader	California	democrat	a speech
--	In the last two years, we have reduced the deficit by $2.5 trillion.	deficit,federal-budget	harry-reid	Senate Democratic Leader	Nevada	democrat	a Senate floor speech
--	The prosecutor who brought the indictment of Texas Gov. Rick Perryhas ties to Obama. He has ties to the Democrats.	ethics	tom-delay	Former U.S. House member	Texas	republican	"an interview on ""State of the Union"""
--	Hurricane Irene was the second-largest storm to hit North America in terms of power outages -- and the first hurricane to make landfall in New Jersey since 1904.	energy,weather	jersey-central-power-light			none	an advertisement
--	"""Sen. Obama's chair in New Hampshire is a lobbyist. He lobbies for the drug companies."""	ethics	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a debate in Manchester, N.H.
--	Says, Oregon has the third largest class size in the nation.	children,education	oregon-pta			organization	a newsletter
--	U.S. Senate candidate David Perdues company took $3 million from the federal stimulus program that President Barack Obama created.	stimulus	jack-kingston	U.S. Representative	Georgia	republican	radio and television add
--	My opponent supported policies that increased tuition by 18 percent.	education,state-finances	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	a campaign TV ad
--	"""I was fighting against those (Republican) ideas when you were practicing law and representing your contributor, Rezko, in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago."""	candidates-biography	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
--	A cap-and-trade plan promoted by Barack Obama would hit hardest those already struggling to make ends meet.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,energy	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	"her book ""Going Rogue"""
--	Says Bill Nelson voted to raise our taxes 150 times.	candidates-biography,taxes	connie-mack	U.S. representative from Fort Myers	Florida	republican	a video on his campaign website
--	America produces more oil and gas than any other nation in the world.	energy	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	a speech.
--	Many of the alarmists on global warming, theyve got a problem because the science doesnt back them up. In particular, satellite data demonstrate for the last 17 years, theres been zero warming.	climate-change,science	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	"an interview on ""Late Night with Seth Meyers"""
--	She is the only candidate who has stood by our community and immigration reform from the beginning.	immigration	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a radio ad in spanish
--	There is an increasing amount of evidence from public polling that the highest number of Americans ever identify themselves as pro-life.	abortion	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	an interview on 'Face the Nation'
--	Says Bill White is for gay marriage.	gays-and-lesbians,marriage	republican-party-texas		Texas	republican	in a Web ad
--	Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have left us with $19 trillion in debt.	debt,federal-budget,taxes	sean-duffy	Member of the U.S. House	Wisconsin	republican	a speech
--	"Says the EPA ""outsourced the scientific basis for its greenhouse gas regulation to a scandal-plagued international organization that cannot be considered objective or trustworthy."""	energy,environment,legal-issues	greg-abbott	governor	Texas	republican	a press release
--	Recent record-low water levels in Lake Michigan are evidence that global warming is leading to the evaporation of our Great Lakes.	climate-change,environment,water	richard-durbin	Senator	Illinois	democrat	a Senate floor speech
--	Says Gov. Scott Walker has dropped Wisconsin to 45th in the nation in job growth prospects while campaigning for president out of state.	economy,elections,job-accomplishments,jobs	mike-tate			democrat	a fund-raising email
--	The Senate health care bill is longer than Tolstoy's 'War and Peace.'	health-care	orrin-hatch	U.S. Senator	Utah	republican	a news release
--	In a watershed 1958 decision, the Warren court asserted by itself that the Supreme Court was supreme over the president and the Congress.	history,legal-issues	newt-gingrich	"Co-host on CNN's ""Crossfire"""	Georgia	republican	"an interview on CBS' ""Face the Nation"""
--	Half the lottery directors across the country had not run a lottery before they were hired.	lottery	brian-robinson		Georgia	republican	a newspaper article 
--	"""Americans who get their insurance through the workplace, cost savings could be as much as $3,000 less per employee than if we do nothing."""	health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a health care speech
--	The Georgia Lottery Corp. has only once in the past 16 years paid out the agreed upon 35 percent of proceeds to the account which funds the HOPE scholarship.	education	allie-mccullen		Georgia	none	a speech
--	Says the foreman of the jury that convicted him was a Greenpeace activist.	bipartisanship,criminal-justice,environment	tom-delay	Former U.S. House member	Texas	republican	an interview.
--	On a single-payer health care system.	health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	public statements
--	Says that in 2009 ExxonMobil paid no federal income taxes, received a $156 million rebate.	corporations,taxes	dennis-kucinich	U.S. representative	Ohio	democrat	a television interview
--	A 10-year state program that created 202 jobs at a cost of $247,000 per job was approved by former Gov. Jim Doyle.	job-accomplishments,jobs	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	a tweet
--	GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain called Ron Pauls followers ignorant.	campaign-advertising	ron-paul	U.S. representative	Texas	republican	the Republican presidential debate at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire
--	Ralph Hall has never voted to raise the debt ceiling.	debt,federal-budget,voting-record	cat-pac		Texas	organization	a campaign mail flier
--	Says Donald Trump won more counties than any candidate on our side since Ronald Reagan.	elections	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	"an interview on NBC's ""Meet the Press"""
--	Says that to drive the length of the newly drawn 15th District youd find yourself on the road as long as it would take to drive from Columbus to Niagara Falls.	elections,redistricting	chris-redfern	Chairman of the  Ohio Democratic Party	Ohio	democrat	a news conference
--	There is not a single candidate in the Republican primary that thinks we should do anything about climate change.	climate-change	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a press conference
--	Says the claims that Texas faces a $27 billion shortfall are flat-out false.	state-budget	talmadge-heflin	Director, Center for Fiscal Policy, Texas Public Policy Foundation	Texas	republican	a blog post.
--	Since January 2010, New Jersey has added 103,000 new private sector jobs. The last two years -- 2011 and 2012 -- have been the best two years of private sector job growth since 1999.	jobs	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	a budget speech to the New Jersey Legislature
--	"""Congress can tell [the Supreme Court] which cases they ought to hear. We have that authority."""	supreme-court	arlen-specter	Senator	Pennsylvania	democrat	an interview on MSNBC's Daily Rundown
--	Says Donald Trump has given more money to Democratic candidates than Republican candidates.	campaign-finance,elections	ben-ferguson			none	comments on CNN
--	Says Mitt Romney wants to add $2 trillion to defense budget that the military hasnt asked for.	debates,military	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a presidential debate
--	If the legislature refuses to expand Medicaid, 27 states are going to get our money Virginia taxpayer money into their states to provide health care for their citizens, paid for by us.	health-care,medicaid,taxes	terry-mcauliffe	Governor	Virginia	democrat	a radio interview.
--	The Trans-Pacific trade deal could cost America 448,000 more jobs.	trade	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	a political ad for Bernie 2016
--	Barack Obama is the first president to file lawsuits against the states he swore an oath to protect.	legal-issues,states	chain-email			none	
--	More than 70 percent of American adults have committed a crime that could lead to imprisonment.	criminal-justice	stephen-carter			democrat	"an opinion piece in ""Bloomberg Views"""
--	Says Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is hypocritical for challenging the constitutionality of the new health care law.	health-care,voting-record	ohio-alliance-retired-americans		Ohio	none	a news release
--	A study says Massachusetts has lost 18,000 jobs because residents were required to obtain health insurance under an act signed into law by Mitt Romney.	health-care	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	a Republican presidential debate
--	Attorney General Roy Cooper refuses to do his job by not defending House Bill 2 in a lawsuit.	ethics,gays-and-lesbians,campaign-advertising,states	phil-berger	N.C. Senate president pro tem	North Carolina	republican	a Facebook post
--	Says Georgia Democratic Senate hopeful Michelle Nunn supports higher taxes.	taxes	ending-spending-action-fund			independent	a television ad
--	A year since the Recovery Summer, there has been been a fall, winter and spring of no recovery.	economy	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	an interview on the Fox Business Channel
--	Gov. Deal has the worst record on education in the history of this state.	education	matt-mcgrath	campaign manager	Georgia	democrat	press release and fundraising email
--	The American murder rate is 50 times that of any other developed nation.	crime,guns	russell-brand	Actor		none	an episode of 'The Trews'
--	Says in the 2012 State of the Union address, President Obama didnt even mention the deficit or debt.	deficit	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	a rally in Cleveland, Ohio
--	As a former federal prosecutor, I prosecuted over 4,000 cases.	candidates-biography,criminal-justice,legal-issues	catherine-hanaway	Candidate for governor of Missouri	Missouri	republican	a debate
--	Says Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., voted to raise the Social Security retirement age on us.	social-security	martha-robertson	Tompkins County legislator 	New York	democrat	a campaign ad
--	Ive supported every investigation (into Hurricane Katrina) and ways of finding out how what caused the tragedy. Ive met with people on the ground. Ive met with the governor.	bush-administration,natural-disasters	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	a news conference in Baton Rouge, La.
--	Their New York casino deal was called rigged and corrupt.	gambling	its-still-bad-idea		Oregon	organization	a campaign ad
--	Says there have been 50 million abortions since Roe v. Wade was decided.	abortion	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	a speech
--	"Late changes to the Arizona immigration law ""lay to rest questions over the possibility of racial profiling."""	immigration,legal-issues	jan-brewer		Arizona	republican	a news release
--	Says 13 Texas universities have announced or implemented a $10,000 degree.	education	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	a press release
--	Says an illegal immigrant fraudulently claimed children who actually lived in Mexico on income tax forms to collect more than $29,000.	immigration,taxes	jack-kingston	U.S. Representative	Georgia	republican	an interview
--	The (State Board of Administration) transparency issue got a great airing the last legislative session.	financial-regulation,state-finances,transparency	ash-williams	Executive Director, Florida State Board of Administration	Florida	none	response to a question from Gov. Rick Scott
--	83% of doctors have considered leaving the profession because of #Obamacare.	health-care,polls	jeff-duncan	U.S. House of Representatives	South Carolina	republican	a tweet
--	Says Scott Walkers jobs agency gives financial incentives that lead Wisconsin companies to look at shipping jobs elsewhere. ... A company got $4.6 million in taxpayer money and actually reduced its jobs by 300 people.	economy,jobs,state-budget,taxes,workers	mary-burke	Madison school board member	Wisconsin	democrat	an interview
--	Says that in 2001, Rick Perry spoke favorably of binational health insurance between Mexico and Texas.	health-care,immigration	rick-santorum		Pennsylvania	republican	a Republican presidential debate
--	Says President Abraham Lincoln enforced the Fugitive Slave Act until the Civil War ended.	history	andrew-napolitano	judge		republican	"a broadcast of ""The Daily Show"""
--	Says his parents came to America following Fidel Castros takeover of Cuba.	candidates-biography,immigration	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	a biography on his U.S. Senate website
--	Our trade deficit in goods reached nearly $800 billion last year alone.	economy,trade	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland
--	"The Democrats' health care bills would end ""the denial of ... coverage to those who have a pre-existing condition,"" while the Republican bill would not."	health-care,abc-news-week	nancy-pelosi	House Minority Leader	California	democrat	an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
--	Says Ohios economic recovery started in February 2010.	economy	ted-strickland	Former Ohio governor	Ohio	democrat	a news release
--	Gov. Scott Walker is helping pay for the criminal defense of a man accused of boy rape.	crime	graeme-zielinski	spokesman, Democratic Party of Wisconsin	Wisconsin	democrat	Tweets
--	"Barack Obama ""pays for every dime"" of his spending plans."	federal-budget	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	Oxford, Miss.
--	Says there were multiple instances of voter fraud in Wood County, Ohio.	elections	viral-image			none	viral image circulating on the internet
--	Says Canada has one-tenth of our populationyet it issues far more high-skilled visas (more than 150,000) yearly than we do (65,000).	corrections-and-updates,immigration	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	a Wall Street Journal op-ed
--	Says a group estimates that the annual cost to Oregon taxpayers for government services to illegal aliens, after any income tax revenue from them, is $1 billion.	economy,education,immigration,state-budget,taxes,workers	oregon-republican-party			organization	in a press release
--	Says for the first time ever, Texas lawmakers are not funding student population growth.	education,state-budget,state-finances	wendy-davis	state senator	Texas	democrat	a filibuster.
--	Leticia Van de Putte voted to give illegal immigrants in this country free health care--not emergency health care but total free health care.	health-care,immigration,public-health	dan-patrick	Lieutenant governor-elect	Texas	republican	a debate in Austin
--	Since sequester began federal employment has been subtracting 6,000-7,000 jobs per month	federal-budget,jobs	political-line			none	a Twitter post
--	Says no Austin City Council member lives south of Lady Bird Lake or north of 45th Street.	city-government	shaun-ireland			none	a campaign video on the city's website
--	Ohio taxpayers spent more than $67 million for the year on food stamps and Medicaid for Wal-Mart workers	health-care,state-budget	robert-hagan	State representative	Ohio	democrat	a speech in the Ohio House of Representatives
--	One out of every five law enforcement officers thats killed is killed with an assault weapon.	crime,guns	dianne-feinstein	U.S. Senator	California	democrat	"an interview on CBS' ""Face the Nation"""
--	Mitt Romney did not run his campaign on the basis of arguing his experience in the business world was a reason to vote for him.	elections,campaign-advertising	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	an interview
--	Says PolitiFact issued a True ruling on Paul Krugman calling Governor Christie a fiscal phony.	jobs	new-jersey-democratic-state-committee		New Jersey	democrat	a newsletter
--	Alexi Giannoulias top aide was a longtime BP lobbyist.	message-machine,oil-spill	mark-kirk	U.S. Senator	Illinois	republican	a campaign ad
--	The streetcar project proposed for downtown Milwaukee would actually take precious revenue away from the Milwaukee Public Schools.	transportation	joe-davis-sr	Milwaukee alderman	Wisconsin	none	a video
--	Federal spending is the highest its been as a share of our economy in 60 years (and) revenue is the lowest its been as a share of our economy in 60 years.	economy,federal-budget,taxes,abc-news-week	kent-conrad	U.S. Senator	North Dakota	democrat	"an interview on ABC's ""This Week with Christiane Amanpour"""
--	Last year -- actually, this year in May -- we saw New Jersey Transit fares rise anywhere from 25 percent to 47 percent.	transportation	albert-papp-jr	New Jersey Association of Railroad Passengers President	New Jersey	none	an interview on News 12 New Jersey’s Power & Politics show
--	Says excessive speculation is pushing up oil prices and a recent report estimates it adds 56 cents to every gallon of gasoline siphoned from the pump.	economy,energy	sherrod-brown	U.S. Senator	Ohio	democrat	a news release
--	Weve got four Supreme Court justices who signed their name to a declaration that Americans have no fundamental right to self-defense.	guns,legal-issues,supreme-court	ted-nugent	musician	Texas	republican	a speech at the annual convention of the National Rifle Association
--	Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has threatened to call out the National Guard if workers protest against changes to bargaining laws.	labor,state-budget	progressive-change-campaign-committee			none	an email blast to supporters
--	Under our (2011-13) budget, the average (Wisconsin) property taxpayer will save $700.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	a news release and column
--	Al-Qaida has grown fourfold in five years.	foreign-policy,terrorism	jack-keane	Fox News military analyst		none	"comments on ""Fox News Sunday"""
--	The salaries of Wisconsins best-educated public school teachers were slashed by Gov. Scott Walker through a recent administrative rule change.	education,labor,state-budget	chain-email			none	an email
--	The stimulus has $30 million in there to protect mice in San Francisco.	federal-budget,stimulus	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	a statement on Fox News Channel.
--	CNNs Crap Polling is so bad that it shows that no one under the age of 50 has an opinion of Hillary Clinton.	polls	viral-image			none	an image on the Internet
--	Our numbers are going up at the airport.	economy,tourism,transportation	james-bennett	director, Department of Economic Development, Providence, R.I.	Rhode Island	newsmaker	a Gov. Lincoln Chafee YouTube video
--	When you compare our state pension system to other systems throughout the country, our benefits are not gold-plated. They are not rich. They are actually average or below average.	retirement,state-budget,taxes,workers	james-cenerini	legislative affairs/political action coordinator for Council 94	Rhode Island	labor-leader	testimony before the Rhode Island Senate Finance Committee
--	Texas would have to increase current state spending by 28 percent just to reach the national average for spending per resident.	state-budget	scott-mccown	executive director, Center for Public Policy Priorities	Texas	democrat	a letter.
--	Speaker Pelosi ... has been busy sticking the taxpayer with her $100,000 bar tab for alcohol on the military jets that shes flying.	ethics,government-efficiency	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	a speech to the Values Voter Summit
--	Says Studies show the average age of entry into prostitution is 12 to 14 years old.	children,county-government,families	diane-mckeel		Oregon	county-commissioner	in a guest column
--	The Obama Health and Human Services Department is planning to compile a federal health record on all U.S. citizens by 2014, including each individuals Body Mass Index.	health-care,privacy	ann-marie-buerkle	Candidate for U.S. House	New York	republican	a page on her campaign website
--	Says that the state spends more money on tax giveaways than it receives in tax collection.	state-budget,taxes	our-oregon	political group	Oregon	democrat	a blog post.
--	Thirty-four of the last 44 (debt ceiling increases) have been for less than a year. So, this notion that short-term is somehow the exception, its actually the rule.	deficit,federal-budget	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	an interview on MSNBC
--	Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican!	bipartisanship,history	raging-elephants	Political Group	Texas	republican	a web post
--	We have one charter school that for seven years has been rated unacceptable.	education	bill-ratliff	Lobbyist	Texas	republican	an interview with Texas Monthly magazine.
--	Says he first unveiled his new legislative agenda in Wisconsin, not in California as critics complain	education,government-regulation,state-budget,taxes	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	an interview
--	There are over 100 pipelines between the United States and Canada right now.	climate-change,energy,environment	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	public remarks
--	"The Senate-passed health care bill ""is identical to the Massachusetts health care plan -- the same thing."""	health-care,pundits	paul-krugman	New York Times columnist		none	an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
--	The Government Accountability Office estimated (Obamacare) will add to the long-term deficit by $6.2 trillion.	deficit,health-care	morgan-griffith	U.S. Congressman	Virginia	republican	a news release.
--	Nearly 60 percent of women who use birth control do so for more than just family planning.	health-care,supreme-court,women	debbie-wasserman-schultz	U.S. Representative, Florida District 23	Florida	democrat	a statement to the media
--	In 1950, the average American lived for 68 years and 16 workers supported one retiree. Today, the average life expectancy is 78 and three workers support one retiree.	retirement,social-security	frank-wolf	U.S. Representative	Virginia	republican	a news release
--	Under Gov. Scott Walker, unemployment is increasing in Wisconsin at twice the rate it is nationally.	jobs	state-democratic-party-wisconsin		Wisconsin	democrat	a news release
--	In Mexico, they dont have birth certificates... they dont have registration cards for voters. They have one national ID.	immigration	pete-gallego	Former legislator and U.S. House member	Texas	democrat	"an interview on ""Capital Tonight"""
--	Deficit spending exploded during the Obama administration to $5.3 trillion over four years, compared to $2 trillion in eight years under President George W. Bush.	debt,deficit,federal-budget,taxes	ron-johnson		Wisconsin	republican	a campaign speech
--	As governor, Ted Strickland left only 89 cents in Ohios rainy day fund.	economy,job-accomplishments	us-chamber-commerce			none	a campaign ad 
--	"Under President George W. Bush, ""the national debt went from $5 trillion to $12 trillion."""	federal-budget,history	richard-durbin	Senator	Illinois	democrat	a Senate floor speech
--	"The U.S. ""only ranks 25th worldwide on defense spending as a percentage of GDP."""	federal-budget,foreign-policy,military	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	a Facebook posting
--	Under Gov. Scott Walker, employer confidence now stands at 95 percent, compared to only 10 percent at the end of the Gov. Jim Doyle-Mary Burke administration.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs,polls	republican-party-wisconsin		Wisconsin	republican	a statement
--	We have the lowest beer tax in the nation.	taxes	rod-monroe	State Senator	Oregon	democrat	an Oregon Senate work session
--	John Boehner said the jobs of teachers and nurses and police officers and firefighters are government jobs that werent worth saving.	economy,education,states	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a speech on Labor Day
--	[E]xcise tax increases drive commerce across state lines.	taxes	grover-norquist	President, Americans for Tax Reform		republican	a letter
--	"""Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' the Second AmendmentBan use of firearms for home defense."""	guns	national-rifle-association			none	direct mail piece
--	"""If we manufactured 5-million of these 2.5-meg windmills across the country, we could electrify the entire nation the entire nation."""	energy	mike-gravel	Author and lecturer	Alaska	libertarian	a debate in Hanover, N.H.
--	Says Tennessee has some of the lowest beer excise tax rates in the country.	Alcohol,corrections-and-updates,taxes	tax-foundation			none	a map published on its blog.
--	Buying the naming rights to the new Falcons stadium is the largest marketing deal in Mercedes-Benz history.	sports	steve-cannon	CEO, Mercedes-Benz USA	Georgia	none	press release
--	For the first time in over a decade, business leaders around the world have declared that China is no longer the worlds No. 1 place to invest; America is.	economy,foreign-policy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	State of the Union address
--	"His proposed budget would ""cut our deficit in half by the end of my first term."""	federal-budget	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	in a news conference.
--	As governor, [Mitt Romney] balanced the budget without raising taxes and created jobs.	candidates-biography	ed-lindsey	State Representative	Georgia	republican	a press release
--	(Obamacare) is a bill which has never once had a majority of Americans favor it.	health-care,polls,pundits	newt-gingrich	"Co-host on CNN's ""Crossfire"""	Georgia	republican	"on CNN's ""Crossfire"""
--	97 percent of the 100 poorest counties in America are in red states.	county-government,poverty	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	a meme on social media
--	Despite the passage of HB2, towns, cities and counties in North Carolina are still allowed to set stricter non-discrimination policies for their own employees if they choose.	city-government,county-government,gays-and-lesbians,government-regulation,sexuality	pat-mccrory	Governor of North Carolina	North Carolina	republican	a list of rebuttals to criticism over the law
--	When we got the income tax in 1913, the top rate was 7 percent. By 1980, the top rate was 70 percent.	history,taxes	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
--	CNN did a poll recently where Obama and I are statistically tied.	polls	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a press conference
--	NASCAR fans are twice as likely as non fans to serve in the military and 37 percent of active servicemembers and veterans are NASCAR fans.	military	steve-phelps	Chief Marketing Officer, NASCAR		none	
--	Says President Dwight Eisenhower moved 1.5 million illegal immigrants out of this country.	history,immigration	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	the Fox Business Network debate
--	By the time I finish this speech, two Americans will be slain, six women will be raped, 27 of us will be robbed, and 50 more will be beaten.	corrections-and-updates,crime	wayne-lapierre			none	a speech to a national meeting of the National Rifle Association
--	Common Core is being used by the Obama Administration to turn the Department of Education into what is effectively a national school board.	education	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	a statement given to the Tampa Bay Times
--	For immigrants with visa overstays, we make no effort to hold them accountable to that or uphold the law.	immigration	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	an interview on Meet the Press
--	[Appalachian Power] wants another 10 percent rate increase. The compensation package for CEO Mike Morris rose 22 percent to $8.7 million in 2010.	market-regulation	ward-armstrong	Minority leader, House of Delegates	Virginia	democrat	a Twitter post.
--	By the time(Mitt Romney)left office, Massachusetts was 47th in the nation in job creation.	economy,jobs,states	deval-patrick	governor	Massachusetts	democrat	a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
--	In states where the federal government helps run these (health care) marketplaces, the average American will have more than 50 different plans to choose from, with different levels of coverage.	corrections-and-updates,health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a speech at Largo, Md.
--	Florida unemployment has dropped more than 2 percentage points, down from 12 percent to 9.9 percent, the second-largest drop in the nation.	economy,jobs	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	a speech at the CPAC conference
--	The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau passed a rule giving the agency unprecedented power to shut down businesses, no matter what the reason, at any time it wishes.	financial-regulation	katie-pavlich	Townhall.com editor		none	an article on Townhall.com
--	DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz denied unemployment went up under Obama.	economy,jobs	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	an email to reporters
--	"McCain, ""voted against renewable sources of energy, against biofuels, against solar power, against wind power.... """	energy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	Youngstown, Ohio
--	Says Connie Mack IV has been a promoter for Hooters with a history of bar room brawling, altercations and road rage.	candidates-biography,10-news-tampa-bay	bill-nelson		Florida	democrat	a TV ad
--	"""I'm the first person who really took up the issue of the war. Four years ago I said that there was no proof that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and, actually... did an analysis which disproved the cause for the war."""	iraq	dennis-kucinich	U.S. representative	Ohio	democrat	Washington, DC
--	Our recent state budgets have far exceeded population and inflation growth.	population,state-budget,state-finances	tom-pauken	Small business owner	Texas	republican	an oped column.
--	The vast majority of our international commitments take effect without congressional approval.	congress,foreign-policy	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	a statement released to the media
--	Says the federal stimulus program was ineffective because the number of jobs has actually decreased by 18,300 through July 2011.	jobs,stimulus	greg-walden	U.S. representative	Oregon	republican	his website
--	The United States regulations are among the most difficult in the world.	economy,environment,health-care,market-regulation	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	a press release
--	Says Sherrod Brown voted for the $1.17 trillion health care law that adds a new tax on Ohio manufacturers.	health-care,taxes	crossroads-gps	Conservative advocacy group		republican	a campaign commercial
--	Sen. McConnell offered a fully paid two-month extension of unemployment insurance.	economy,federal-budget	john-cornyn	Senator	Texas	republican	a conference call with Texas reporters
--	"""The video doesn't show the broader picture of the firing that was going on at American troops."""	iraq,military,abc-news-week	robert-gates	Secretary of Defense		none	"ABC's ""This Week"""
--	Under Obamacare, 75 percent of small businesses now say they are going to be forced to either fire workers or cut their hours.	economy,health-care,jobs,small-business	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	a FoxNews.com op-ed
--	When Peppers tax was finally voted down, Pepper laid off cops and closed jails and let criminals run free in the streets.	government-efficiency,job-accomplishments,message-machine,taxes	dave-yost	Ohio auditor	ohio	republican	a campaign video
--	''Both Democrats and Republicans are advocating for the use of student test scores to measure teacher effectiveness.''	bipartisanship,education	foundation-floridas-future		Florida	republican	a press release
--	We borrow a million dollars every minute.	debt,deficit	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	a campaign rally in Houston
--	There are over 700,000 Americans on some watch list or another that would all be captured in a Democratic amendment intended to stop suspected terrorists from buying guns.	guns,homeland-security	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	"an interview on CNN's ""State of the Union"""
--	The (Ohio) economy is on the mend. It is in better shape than it was when we took office.	economy,state-budget	pari-sabety	Former state budget director	Ohio	none	a presentation at a conference
--	The Republican presidential nominee hasnt won women since 1988.	women	heather-mcghee	President, Demos		none	"a panel discussion on ""Meet the Press"""
--	Says Michelle Nunn has acknowledged allowing a convicted felon to hold a fundraiser for her.	campaign-finance	ending-spending-action-fund			independent	a radio ad
--	"A national poll found that among people who oppose the Democratic health care reform bill, ""almost 40 percent"" opposed it not because it goes too far, but because ""they dont think it goes far enough. ... They will not be unhappy when we pass health care reform."""	health-care	john-yarmuth	U.S. House of Representatives	Kentucky	democrat	a speech on the House floor
--	Stimulus dollars paid for windmills from China.	china,energy,message-machine-2012,stimulus	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	a campaign commercial
--	The Libyan people have voted twice in free and fair elections for the kind of leadership they want.	elections,foreign-policy	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations
--	In the Georgia-Russia conflict, we flew a brigade of Georgian soldiers from Iran to Georgia and sent U.S. ships into the Black Sea and provided various kinds of supplies.	foreign-policy	dick-cheney			republican	"an interview on ""Fox News Sunday"""
--	"""He's leading by example, refusing contributions from PACs and Washington lobbyists."""	ethics	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a TV ad.
--	Says John Bolton supported the Iraq War and said last year thatI still think the decision to overthrow Saddam was correct.	foreign-policy,military,terrorism	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	a column on rare.us
--	Signs letter saying Consumer Product Safety Commission is acting without consultation or input from the company to stop the sale of Buckyballs.	consumer-safety,government-regulation,public-safety,market-regulation	marsha-blackburn	U.S. Representative	Tennessee	republican	in a letter co-signed with others in Congress.
--	On receiving campaign contributions from out-of-state donors	campaign-finance	russ-feingold		Wisconsin	democrat	an interview
--	The Democrats health care reform law is agovernment takeover of health care.	health-care	robert-hurt	U.S. Congressman	Virginia	republican	a news release.
--	Says he helped lead an outside audit thatll save (Milwaukee County) taxpayers over $200 million.	candidates-biography,county-budget	chris-abele	Philanthropist	Wisconsin	none	a campaign TV ad
--	Just like Donald Trump, David Jolly wants to outlaw a womans right to choose.	abortion	dccc-lgo			democrat	a campaign ad
--	Speaker Gingrich has said that we ought to get rid of our child labor laws.	education,labor,poverty	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	an interview on Fox News
--	Women account for 92.3 percent of the jobs lost under Obama.	corrections-and-updates,jobs,women	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	Mitt Romney's website
--	Says Hillary Clinton and the Democrats admitted theres one candidate who scares Hillary Clinton, and thats Sen. Marco Rubio.	candidates-biography	baby-got-pac			organization	a campaign ad
--	Texas had the worst voter participation in the country in the November 2014 elections.	elections,population	jason-stanford	Political consultant	Texas	democrat	a commentary
--	Its typical for a presidential candidate to release 10 or 11 years of tax returns.	candidates-biography,taxes	bill-clinton	former president	Arkansas	democrat	an interview on 'Today'
--	Says Texas school systems lose 45 days a year on testing.	education	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	in an appearance on Mark Davis’ KSKY-AM radio show
--	Obama nominee Dawn Johnsen called motherhood 'involuntary servitude.'	abortion	house-republicans			republican	a blog post.
--	New Jerseys once-broken pension system is now solvent.	pensions,state-finances	13th-district-gop-slate		New Jersey	republican	A primary election campaign mailer
--	Page 992 of the health care bill will establish school-based 'health' clinics. Your children will be indoctrinated and your grandchildren may be aborted!	abortion,health-care	liberty-counsel			none	a memo on the group's Web site.
--	During three and a half years of campaigning, Lamar Smith has never once appeared at a moderated debate to defend his positions on the issues.	elections	matt-mccall	Small business owner	Texas	republican	Press release
--	Says President Barack Obama got a pass over controversalremarks byRev. Jeremiah Wright, while a12-year-old speech by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise hasblown up into a national story.	pundits	newt-gingrich	"Co-host on CNN's ""Crossfire"""	Georgia	republican	"an interview on CBS's ""Face the Nation"""
--	Only 536 Georgians are signed up for Obamacare while 400,000 in the state lost their health insurance.	health-care	lynn-westmoreland			republican	a tweet
--	Says the jurisdictions with the strictest gun control laws, almost without exception have the highest crime rates and the highest murder rates.	guns	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	an interview on PBS
--	Under Obamacare, when you turn Medicaid over to the states ... the money will be available up front for the expansion for a few years. Then, the money will go away.	health-care	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	"comments on CBS' ""Face the Nation"""
--	Says Republican lieutenants to House Speaker Joe Straus aired radio ads supporting Democrat(ic state Rep.) Mark Homer... helping the Democrat to a narrow win.	bipartisanship,campaign-finance	david-barton	President, Wallbuilders	Texas	republican	an open letter
--	Says U.S. Rep. Tom Price is sending letters both supporting and opposing the small-business killing Internet Tax Mandate.	congress,taxes	georgia-campaign-liberty		Georgia	none	a flier
--	Four million women have fallen into poverty in the last six years.	poverty,women	david-perdue	U.S. Senate candidate	Georgia	republican	a U.S. Senate debate
--	There is over 20 times more energy in a proposed Southside uranium mining site than there is in all the oil thats estimated to be off Virginias coast	energy,environment	patrick-wales	Project manager, Virginia Uranium	Virginia	none	a symposium.
--	Candidates for governor routinely disclose their spouses tax returns.	campaign-finance,elections	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	a campaign commercial
--	There have been more terrorist attacks on U.S. soil by ... Muslims in Obamas first 18 months in office than in the six years under Bush after he invaded Iraq.	foreign-policy,homeland-security,military,pundits,terrorism	ann-coulter	Columnist and author	New York	republican	a column
--	Obamas 2012 policy on younger immigrants created these children coming across the border.	immigration	lou-dobbs			none	"a broadcast of ""Lou Dobbs Tonight"""
--	Says Marco Rubio has a 98 percent voting record with the Koch brothers.	voting-record	patrick-murphy		Florida	democrat	a U.S. Senate debate 
--	Unions dont have to comply with Obamacare.	health-care,unions	crossroads-gps	Conservative advocacy group		republican	a Web ad
--	Roughly 700 Georgians die needlessly each year because they are too far from a trauma center.	polls	kevin-bloye			none	AJC story
--	"If Obama's economic plan creates 600,000 new government jobs, ""that's about the size of the post office work force."""	federal-budget,stimulus	mitch-mcconnell	Senate minority leader	Kentucky	republican	in a news interview
--	Despite the administration telling us (health care reform) was going to reduce health care costs, they now acknowledge its going to dramatically increase health care costs.	health-care	lamar-smith	Congressman	Texas	republican	a radio interview
--	Maryland is creating jobs at 2 times the rate that Virginia is.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	martin-omalley	Maryland governor	Maryland	democrat	a TV interview.
--	(Hillary Clintons State Department) actually admonished one of her ambassadors because he wasnt using the proper server.	technology,transparency	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	"an interview on ""Fox News Sunday"""
--	Says Hillary Clinton has been saying lately that she thinks that I am, not qualifiedto be president.	candidates-biography,elections,campaign-advertising	bernie-s	U.S. Senator	Vermont	independent	a speech at Temple University
--	Eric Cantor took $5 million from Sheldon Adelson, a Las Vegas casino owner.	campaign-finance	wayne-powell	lawyer	Virginia	democrat	a debate.
--	Literally, by the time a child is 18 years of age, theyve killed over 100,000 people in video games and other online things.	pop-culture	mark-omara	CNN legal analyst		none	comments on CNN
--	Bill McCollum voted for higher taxes and fees 42 times while he was in Congress.	message-machine,taxes,voting-record	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	a TV ad.
--	Says Sen. Kay Hagan has missed half of the (Senate Armed Services) Committees hearings in 2014.	congress,corrections-and-updates,message-machine-2014,voting-record	thom-tillis	House Speaker and U.S. Senate candidate	North Carolina	republican	a campaign ad
--	Sheldon Whitehouse [got] a secret closed-door briefing, warning of the [2008 economic] crash.	bankruptcy,bush-administration,candidates-biography,congress,congressional-rules,corporations,economy,ethics,financial-regulation,government-regulation,history,legal-issues,message-machine-2012,campaign-advertising	peoples-majority			organization	a TV commercial
--	Says the federal government is supporting a study in Hawaii to develop a menu for when we colonize Mars.	federal-budget,science,space	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	a speech at the CPAC conference
--	And by the way, when I was governor, I did make the payment into the pension fund.	retirement,state-budget	richard-codey	State Senator	New Jersey	democrat	a radio interview
--	ObamaCare enrollment lie: Obama counts an enrollee as a web user putting a plan in their online shopping carts.	health-care	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a tweet
--	While the government grew, we lost more than 2 million jobs.	economy,federal-budget,history	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	a rebuttal to the State of the Union address
--	Obamacare is costing 2 million jobs.	health-care,jobs	laura-ingraham	Political commentator and radio talk show host		none	"comments on ABC's ""This Week"""
--	Liberals have figured out a Facebook algorithm and all the people getting banned from Facebook are somehow conservatives.	pundits	todd-starnes			republican	"an interview on ""Hannity"""
--	The states overall revenues only returned this year to 2007 levels.	economy,state-budget,state-finances	nathan-deal			republican	candidate forum
--	President Barack Obama attended an Islamic madrassa.	education,islam	pat-robertson	Religious broadcaster	Virginia	republican	a TV broadcast
--	2014 midterm election spending by the left and the right are both equal.	campaign-finance	joe-scarborough	Host of a morning show on MSNBC		none	"a segment on ""Morning Joe"""
--	The expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts ... would be the biggest tax increase in the history of the country, about $4.6 trillion over 10 years.	taxes	charles-bass	U.S. Representative 	New Hampshire	republican	an interview with the editorial board of the 'Telegraph.'
--	Violent crime is up since the last year of Sharpe James administration. This year its higher. The unemployment rate is almost 15 percent. The high school dropout rate is over 50 percent.	crime,education,jobs	steve-lonegan	Conservative Activist	New Jersey	republican	an interview on the John Gambling radio show
--	I have voted every year in Wisconsin.	candidates-biography,elections,voting-record	tommy-thompson		Wisconsin	republican	an interview
--	Were spending tremendous amounts of money to educate our kids. In the world, were No. 1 per pupil by a factor of four.	education	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	comments at the University of Iowa
--	Obama has admitted a cap and trade plan would cause electricity bills to skyrocket.	cap-and-trade,climate-change,energy,environment	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	"her book ""Going Rogue"""
--	Says John Cornyn dodged the draft during the Vietnam War.	candidates-biography,history,military,public-service	david-alameel	Investor	Texas	democrat	his speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention
--	Baltimore spends the third highest per capita on its public schools.	education	chris-wallace	Fox News Sunday host		none	"a broadcast of ""Fox News Sunday"""
--	The final pitch of Don Larsens perfect game in the 1956 World Series was a foot and half probably high and outside.	baseball,history,pundits,abc-news-week	george-will	Columnist	Maryland	columnist	a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week
--	"The financial services bill will end ""too-big-to-fail."""	consumer-safety,economy,financial-regulation,market-regulation,abc-news-week	sherrod-brown	U.S. Senator	Ohio	democrat	an interview on ABC's This Week
--	When Social Security first started, there was 16 workers for every retiree. Today there are three workers for every retiree and soon there will be only two for every retiree.	social-security	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
--	Medicare and Medicaid are the single biggest drivers of the federal deficit and the federal debt by a huge margin.	federal-budget,health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a town hall meeting
--	Every Republican nominee since Richard Nixon, who at one time was under an audit, has released their tax returns.	history,taxes	chris-wallace	Fox News Sunday host		none	"an episode of ""Fox News Sunday"""
--	Says abortion increases the risk of breast cancer.	abortion	ron-hood	Ohio Representative	Ohio	republican	House Bill 200
--	Says a rape kit can be used to clean out women, basically like dilation and curettage.	abortion,health-care,public-health	jodie-laubenberg	Texas House member	Texas	republican	Texas House debate on Senate Bill 5.
--	In my 12 years in the House, I have watched my district go from a solidly Democratic district to a heavily solid Republican district.	bipartisanship	allan-ritter	businessman	Texas	republican	a press conference.
--	Rick Scott invested $38 million in the Port of Jacksonvilles vital Mile Point Project, which covered missing federal funds for the project.	economy,federal-budget,state-budget	republican-party-florida			republican	a newspaper ad
--	The debt is nearly $6 trillion more than when President Obama was sworn into office.	deficit,federal-budget	george-allen	consultant	Virginia	republican	a newspaper Op/Ed
--	We (Georgia) collect fewer state taxes per capita than any other state although state taxes are low, Georgia is the eighth-most-dependent state on the federal government.	taxes	jason-carter	State Senator	Georgia	democrat	a meeting
--	Action by the Milwaukee County Board will provide the County Executive with the same level of security as the Governor and the Mayor of Milwaukee while saving taxpayers $300,000.	county-budget,county-government,crime,criminal-justice,homeland-security	david-cullen	Milwaukee County Supervisor	Wisconsin	democrat	a constituent newsletter
--	Says LeBron James stops paying his Social Security taxes at the beginning of the second quarter of the first game of the season.	social-security,taxes	alan-grayson	U.S. House of Representatives	Florida	democrat	an Orlando debate
--	"""In Wisconsin, the stimulus paid for a bridge to a bar called Rusty's Backwater Saloon. They've got great burgers, but no new jobs."""	economy,stimulus	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	a Web ad
--	Says more than $3.5 billion in state revenue that is supposed to be dedicated to basic needs and functions is being diverted to make the books look balanced.	state-budget	kirk-watson	lawyer	Texas	democrat	a speech.
--	Bill White spent his city billions of dollars into debt (and) saw crime rates soar while he backed gun control.	bankruptcy,crime,guns	cathie-adams	Chair, Republican Party of Texas	Texas	republican	a fund-raising letter
--	Blue Cross Blue Shield cancelled all their individual (health care) policies in the state of Texas, effective Dec. 31.	corrections-and-updates,health-care	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	a New Hampshire appearance
--	Recent reports state that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has apprehended several members of known Islamist terrorist organizations crossing the southern border in recent years.	homeland-security,immigration,terrorism	ron-desantis	member of Congress	Florida	republican	a House Oversight Committee National Security Subcommittee hearing
--	Says gas pumps in different parts of Texas are missing state inspection stickers and/or their inspections are out of date--and thats cheating consumers.	consumer-safety,crime,energy	hank-gilbert	Cattle raiser	Texas	democrat	a campaign video.
--	Says Gov. Scott Walkers budget includes tax breaks for corporations and the rich that will cost the state of Wisconsin taxpayers $2.3 billion over the next decade.	state-budget,taxes	one-wisconsin-now		Wisconsin	organization	a news release
--	The state budget will include scholarship money for minority students as a concession to Senate Democrats for supporting the GOP-initiated transportation bill.	jobs,state-budget,transportation	senate-democrats	minority party		none	interviews
--	The president flagrantly defies the 2006 federal law ordering the construction of a secure border fence along the entire Mexican border.	immigration	wayne-lapierre			none	an op-ed for the Daily Caller
--	Corrupt political bosses. Money laundering. Fraud. Its just another day at the office for Vin Gopal.	elections,message-machine-2012	new-jersey-republican-state-committee	Political Party	New Jersey	republican	a political advertisement
--	These people that we were going to deport for good reason ended up becoming citizens. Ended up becoming citizens. And it was 800. And now it turns out it might be 1,800, and they dont even know.	immigration	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a presidential debate at Hofstra University
--	According to an article in the Economist magazine, Americans are guaranteed to live above the poverty line if they graduate from high school, keep their first job for over a year and get and stay married.	economy,education,jobs,marriage	barry-smitherman	Member, Texas Railroad Commission	Texas	republican	prepared remarks for speech to Texas Alliance for Life
--	We (in Illinois) have the fifth-highest tax burden in the country.	taxes	christine-radogno	Illinois Senate Republican Leader	Illinois	republican	a press conference
--	Says the New York Giants train in New Jersey, they play in New Jersey and most of their players live in New Jersey.	sports	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	an interview on “Meet the Press”
--	In Chicago, theyve had thousands of shootings, thousands since Jan. 1. Thousands of shootings.	crime,guns,public-safety	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a Presidential debate
--	If you have a union job, youre making on average $950 a week. If you have a non-union job, youre making $750 a week.	jobs,workers	thomas-perez	Secretary of Labor	Maryland	democrat	"an interview on MSNBC's ""Morning Joe"""
--	We flood communities with so many guns that it is easier for a teenager to buy a Glock than get his hands on a computer or even a book.	guns	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a speech at a memorial service in Dallas
--	Says Mitt Romney flip-flopped on a taxpayer protection pledge.	message-machine-2012,taxes	democratic-national-committee			none	a campaign advertisement
--	Gerry Connolly and his fellow Democrats went on a spending spree and now their credit card is maxed out.	deficit,federal-budget	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	an e-mail.
--	In the United States, 50 percent of social services are provided by the Catholic church.	poverty,religion	frank-keating	Former governor of Oklahoma	Oklahoma	republican	an appearance on NBC's 'Meet the Press'
--	Jeff Mann has an ethics complaint against him alleging he used county workers for campaign work, which is an indictable offense.	ethics	vernon-jones			democrat	an Atlanta Press Club debate
--	Central Falls schools are overfunded by state money by as much as $8 million.	bankruptcy,city-budget,education,state-finances	daniel-mckee	Mayor	Rhode Island	democrat	a radio interview
--	SaysHillary (Clinton) wants to increase the number (of Syrian refugees) by 500 percent.	immigration	newt-gingrich	"Co-host on CNN's ""Crossfire"""	Georgia	republican	a speech at the Republican convention
--	Weve used (generally accepted accounting principles) here in this building the last two years.	state-budget,state-finances,states	dale-kooyenga	State Representative	Wisconsin	republican	a legislative hearing
--	Benzene has never been proven to be harmful.	environment	rick-hardcastle	Texas House Representative	Texas	republican	remarks on the House floor
--	Western Europeans can fly in the United States without even having a visa.	terrorism	michael-mccaul	congressman	Texas	republican	"an interview on CBS ""Face the Nation"""
--	"Measures in Barack Obama's health plan could ""lower health care costs for the typical family by $2,500 a year."""	health-care	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	in a television ad
--	Wisconsin is not a high tax and fee state. When you look at all the money state and local governments bring in from residents, were more in the middle.	state-budget,state-finances,states,taxes	mary-burke	Madison school board member	Wisconsin	democrat	a speech
--	Ninety percent of the topsoil has inadequate moisture to grow crops.	agriculture,states,water,weather	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	an announcement at the Ohio State Fair
--	Women in the U.S. get 23 percent less pay than men for the same exact work.	women	jimmy-carter		Georgia	democrat	Television interview 
--	Says Gov. Scott Walker made draconian cuts to public safety budgets that put police officers at greater risk of harm.	city-budget,city-government,crime,public-safety,state-budget,state-finances	tom-barrett	Mayor of Milwaukee	Wisconsin	democrat	a website alert
--	The (ARC Tunnel) project was originally estimated to be $8.7 billion, and New Jersey alone was on the hook for all overruns.	transportation	jennifer-beck			republican	an interview on NJToday
--	Says that in the Philippines more than a century ago, Gen. John Pershing took 50 bullets, and he dipped them in pigs blood, and shot 49 Muslim rebels. The 50th person, he said, You go back to your people, and you tell them what happened. And for 25 years, there wasnt a problem.	corrections-and-updates,history,military,religion,terrorism	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a rally in North Charleston, S.C.
--	On support of Gov. John Kasichs drilling tax plan	taxes	bill-batchelder	State representative	Ohio	republican	
--	More than one in five of veterans aged 20 to 24 cant find a job to support their family or to ease the transition to civilian life.	economy,jobs,military,veterans	sherrod-brown	U.S. Senator	Ohio	democrat	a news release
--	Says the public option considered in the health care law backed by U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin was wildly unpopular.	health-care,medicare,message-machine-2012,polls	us-chamber-commerce			none	a TV ad
--	"""Since 1981, reconciliation has been used 21 times. Most of it's been used by Republicans."""	bipartisanship,health-care	harry-reid	Senate Democratic Leader	Nevada	democrat	the televised health care summit
--	We admit more than 100,000 lifetime migrants from the Middle East each year.	foreign-policy,immigration	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a statement after a terrorist attack in Orlando
--	Weve seen local union after local union rush to their school boards, their city councils, their technical school boards and rush through contracts in the past two weeks that had no contributions to the pension and no contribution to health care.	labor,state-budget	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	an appearance on a TV interview program
--	Most polls show foreign nations have lower regard for the U.S. now than they did before Obamas time.	polls	gretchen-carlson	"co-anchor on ""Fox & Friends"""	Minnesota	none	"a ""Gretchen's Take"" on The Real Story"
--	Says Ron Paul doesnt believe in marriage licenses.	marriage	gail-collins	Columnist for the New York Times	New York	journalist	an oped column.
--	Scott Walker supported the same transportation bill hes attacking me for. He said at the time it would save the taxpayers money.	federal-budget,message-machine,transportation	mark-neumann	Developer and homebuilder	Wisconsin	republican	a campaign TV ad
--	In this country we have more natural gas than Saudi Arabia has oil.	energy,environment	jon-huntsman		Utah	republican	a Republican presidential primary debate
--	In eighth grade math, weve fallen to ninth place.	education	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a speech on education
--	During my tenure as governor, Wisconsins overall tax burden went DOWN.	state-budget,state-finances,taxes	tommy-thompson		Wisconsin	republican	a campaign fundraising email
--	Rhode Island spends 52 percent more per capita on human service programs than the national average.	children,families,government-efficiency,health-care,medicaid,poverty,state-budget,state-finances,taxes	gary-sasse		Rhode Island	newsmaker	an interview on 10 News Conference
--	An analysis showed that Bernie Sanders would have won the Democratic nomination if it were not for the Super Delegates.	elections	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a tweet
--	Jason Carter never passed a bill in his tenure in the state Senate.	states	nathan-deal			republican	debate
--	Says Hillary Clinton set aside environmental and labor rules to help a South Korean company with a record of violating workers rights set up what amounts to a sweatshop in Haiti.	corrections-and-updates,environment,labor,workers	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a speech in North Carolina
--	Says Republican U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy voted against paying our soldiers and against increasing combat pay while voting to protect his own pay.	congressional-rules,federal-budget,message-machine-2012,military	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	a TV ad
--	In Iraq and Syria, American leadership, including our military power, is stopping (the Islamic States) advance.	foreign-policy,military,terrorism	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	the State of the Union address
--	McCain's attacks on Obama are 'not true,' 'false,' 'baloney,' according to media outlets.	foreign-policy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a TV ad
--	Says Robert Hurt supports the tax loopholes that send American jobs overseas.	economy,jobs,message-machine,taxes	tom-perriello	lawyer	Virginia	democrat	a TV ad
--	The president went on a stimulus-fueled spending binge that stuck every American man, woman and child with a $50,000 share of this $16 trillion debt.	debt,federal-budget,stimulus	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	a news release
--	We moved 100 times as many people out of poverty as moved out when President (Ronald) Reagan was in office, with 40 percentmore jobs.	jobs,poverty	bill-clinton	former president	Arkansas	democrat	a video at the DNC
--	There are no rules governing the 2016 Republican convention, the rules have not been set.	elections,legal-issues,states	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	an interview
--	His true name is Barak Hussein Muhammed Obama.	candidates-biography,obama-birth-certificate	chain-email			none	
--	There are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before.	economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	mike-pence	Governor	Indiana	republican	a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland
--	Now in half the homes in California, people speak a language other than English in their own homes.	immigration	pat-buchanan			republican	an NPR interview
--	Says he eliminated an EPA rule that treated spilled milk like it was oil.	agriculture,environment,government-regulation	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	the State of the Union address
--	Out of 67 counties (in Florida), I won 66, which is unprecedented. Its never happened before.	elections	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a press conference
--	The health care marketplaces have no privacy protections.	health-care,technology	tom-cotton	U.S. House of Representatives	Arkansas	republican	an MSNBC interview
--	Boyce gave (a lobbyists) wife a sensitive job in the treasurers office, a job Boyce admitted he only made available at their mosque.	job-accomplishments,message-machine	josh-mandel	Ohio treasurer	Ohio	republican	a television campaign ad
--	The reason we have a national debt is not because of defense spending. What is driving our long-term debt are Medicare and Social Security programs.	debt,medicare,military,social-security	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	a speech at American Enterprise Institute
--	The accuracy of the Obama tax calculator	taxes	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	campaign Web site
--	On opposition to earmarks	deficit,federal-budget,transportation	bill-johnson	U.S. representative	Ohio	republican	an online news story
--	I have filed every disclosure that has ever been required.	ethics	gail-buckner	State Senator	Georgia	democrat	political debate
--	Says she stood up to Gov. Scott Walker on tax cuts for wealthy corporations while her congressional opponent voted with Walker.	economy,jobs,state-budget,taxes	kelda-helen-roys			democrat	news conference remarks
--	We had people that were getting killed (in Benghazi), we had people who are willing to risk their lives to go save them, and somebody told them to stand down.	military,terrorism	jason-chaffetz		Utah	republican	an interview on Fox News
--	Even after collective bargaining reforms, most Wisconsin public employees are still paying about 12 to 13 percent of their health insurance premiums, while most state residents who work in the private sector pay 20 to 25 percent.	health-care,state-budget,state-finances,unions	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	an interview
--	794 law enforcement officers have fallen in the line of duty since B.H. Obama took office, with no special recognition from the White House.	criminal-justice	facebook-posts	Social media posting		none	a meme on social media
--	Rhode Island is one of the worst states for income equality.	economy,income,labor,poverty,unions	george-nee	President of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO	Rhode Island	labor-leader	testimony before R.I. House Labor Committee
--	Floridas proposed Health Care Freedom Act will allow Floridians to opt out of Obamas govt. takeover of healthcare!	health-care,legal-issues,states	mike-haridopolos	Florida Senate President	Florida	republican	a posting on Twitter
--	The authors of a report on CIAs torture techniques never interviewed a single CIA official.	homeland-security,human-rights,terrorism	marco-rubio	U.S. Senator	Florida	republican	a news release
--	Common Core is education through Washington D.C.	education	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a GOP debate in Miami
--	The Senate version of the health care reform bill allows taxpayer money to pay directly for abortion in federal community health centers funded in the bill.	abortion,health-care	daniel-lipinski	Congressman	Illinois	democrat	a press release
--	"""Our government has now 'spent, lent, or committed' $12.8 trillion in its attempt to blunt the recession."""	economy,stimulus	mark-sanford	Governor	South Carolina	republican	a commentary piece
--	Sixty-four percent of Americans support the Arizona immigration law.	immigration,pundits	glenn-beck			none	commentary on his television show
--	The governors budget proposal reduces the state austerity cut to education to under $500 million for 2016.	education	alan-essig	Executive Director, Georgia Budget & Policy Institute	Georgia	none	blog post
--	In ad attacking Rick Scott, says three executives of the Columbia/HCAhospital chain he ran were indicted.	health-care,legal-issues,message-machine	florida-democratic-party		Florida	democrat	a TV ad.
--	Jeb Bush recently noted, Reagan himself would have been too moderate, too reasonable for todays GOP.	history	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	a Democratic National Convention speech
--	"""More than one person, on average, a day is murdered in Philadelphia."""	crime	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	Philadelphia
--	Says the tax code is effectively subsidizing the marketing efforts of fast food and junk food companies by as much as $19 billion over 10 years.	children,health-care,public-health,taxes	dennis-kucinich	U.S. representative	Ohio	democrat	a news release
--	Says he has sued the Obama administration 25 times.	civil-rights,environment,legal-issues,redistricting	greg-abbott	governor	Texas	republican	remarks at FreedomWorks Texas Summit in Austin
--	The poorest counties in the U.S. are in Appalachia and happen to be more than 90 percent white.	poverty	jim-webb	writer	Virginia	democrat	an announcement.
--	In 2011, Milwaukee Public Schools will provide 77 cents in employee benefits for every dollar it spends on wages.	education	bob-donovan	Member of Milwaukee Common Council	Wisconsin	none	a news release
--	We researched to find out if anybody on Fox News had ever said youre going to jail if you dont buy health insurance. Nobodys ever said it.	health-care,legal-issues,pundits	bill-oreilly	Fox News Channel host		none	a segment on the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor
--	In Catherine Cortez Mastos last term as attorney general, Nevada murder went up 11 percent, robbery went up 28 percent, rape 51 percent. When Cortez Masto left office, Nevada ranked as Americas third most dangerous state.	candidates-biography,crime,criminal-justice	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	a television ad
--	"""The Z-visa that was offered in that Senate bill let everybody who's here illegally, other than criminals, stay here for the rest of their lives."""	immigration	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	a debate in Durham, N.H.
--	Says thatRepublican Darryl Glennhas described Democrats as evil and has said hes tired of hearing about Republicans reaching across the aisle.	bipartisanship	michael-bennet		Colorado	democrat	a Senate candidates debate
--	Taxes and fees amount to about 20 percent of a typical $300 round-trip domestic ticket. Thats higher than taxes on products like alcohol, tobacco and firearms.	government-regulation,homeland-security,taxes,transportation	gary-kelly			business-leader	a column
--	The stock market does better when you have a Democratic president in the White House.	economy,financial-regulation,history	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a town hall in Nashua, N.H.
--	Californias marijuana legalization initiative, Prop. 64 allows marijuana smoking ads in prime time, on programs with millions of children and teenage viewers.	marijuana	dianne-feinstein	U.S. Senator	California	democrat	a No on Prop. 64 campaign press release. 
--	In 2009, Jim Doyle and the Democrats rushed through a budget repair bill with billions in tax increases and held no public hearings.	state-budget,taxes	jeff-fitzgerald	Incoming speaker of state Assembly	Wisconsin	republican	a news release
--	Michelle Nunn has praised the Occupy movement.	occupy-wall-street	national-republican-senatorial-committee			republican	a press release
--	Austin has gone from being the 24th most congested city just about 10 years ago to being the fourth most congested more congested than NYC.	population,transportation	steve-adler	Mayor of Austin	Texas	democrat	a speech
--	Says Gov. Chris Christies proposed budget is the biggest spending budget in the history of the state of New Jersey. It is the largest in the nation at this point in time.	state-budget,states	vincent-prieto			democrat	an interview on My9 News' “New Jersey Now”
--	Says President BarackObama has issued upwards of 1,000 executive orders, more than any modern president.	government-regulation,history	chain-email			none	a chain email forwarded by readers
--	Says state Sen. Paul Sarlo said in February on NJTV, there will be no tax increases in this budget and voted the other night in the Senate Budget Committee to raise income taxes $800 million.	state-budget,taxes	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	a video posted on YouTube
--	"In countries that allow gay marriage, the rates of heterosexual marriage ""have plummeted to where you have counties now in northern Europe where 80 percent of the first-born children are born out of wedlock."""	families,gays-and-lesbians	sam-brownback	U.S. senator	Kansas	republican	a debate in Durham, N.H.
--	The director of the FBI said that we cannot figure out who (Syrian refugees) are, what their intentions are, because we have no information on them, because we dont have any contact with the Syrian government or any people on the ground to be able to determine that.	foreign-policy,human-rights,immigration,terrorism	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	an Ohio Senate debate in Cleveland
--	In a poll, 53 percent of young Republican voters . . . under age 35 said that they would describe a climate [change] denier as ignorant, out of touch or crazy.	bipartisanship,cap-and-trade,climate-change,environment,market-regulation,science	sheldon-whitehouse	U.S. Senator	Rhode Island	democrat	a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate
--	Says out-of-state abortion clinics have marketed their services to minors in states with parental consent laws.	abortion	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	a news release
--	President Obamas American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (was) a fancy name for almost a trillion-dollar spending bill. The ARRA was supposed to fix our crumbling roads and bridges, but now, we have absolutely nothing to show for it.	federal-budget,infrastructure,stimulus	eric-bolling	"Co-host on Fox News Channel's ""The Five"""		none	a commentary on Fox News
--	Louie Gohmert of Texas compared the current general-in-charge in Egypt to George Washington.	foreign-policy,history,pundits	gail-collins	Columnist for the New York Times	New York	journalist	her oped column
--	If Florida had not taken the stimulus, it would have led to the firing of 20,000 teachers.	economy,education,stimulus	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	a gubernatorial debate
--	Says the KKK marched in Mebane, N.C., after Trumps victory	civil-rights,states,terrorism	viral-image			none	a post-election Tweet
--	Illegal immigrants currently occupy 8 million jobs.	economy,immigration	lamar-smith	Congressman	Texas	republican	in a press release
--	Michelle Nunns own plan says she funded organizations linked to terrorists.	elections,job-accomplishments,terrorism	david-perdue	U.S. Senate candidate	Georgia	republican	In a television ad
--	University of Texas undergraduate student debt is less than $21,000 probably one of the lowest debts across the nation.	debt,education	bill-mcraven	Chancellor, University of Texas System	Texas	none	addressing the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
--	On Iran sanctions	foreign-policy,military	tammy-baldwin	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	democrat	debate comments
--	There was a recent report out that the premiums for Medicare and the payroll withholdings are only paying about half the program. So it is not financially solvent.	federal-budget,medicare	tim-pawlenty			republican	a debate in New Hampshire
--	Closing our states wage gap would make a $9 billion difference to Missouri women.	jobs,women,workers	chris-koster	Attorney general of Missouri	Missouri	democrat	a tweet
--	Right now, one third of all illegal aliens are going to California.	immigration	pat-buchanan			republican	comments on Fox News
--	If you look worldwide, the number of terrorist incidents have not substantially increased.	homeland-security,terrorism	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a CNN town hall
--	The Israelisgave up 1,000 terrorists in return for one sergeant.	foreign-policy,military,terrorism	charles-krauthammer			none	remarks on Fox News
--	National studies are already showing the negative effects that the health care law is having on businesses and our economy. Businesses across the country are raising their prices (or) cutting jobs as a result of the added cost.	economy,health-care,jobs,workers	pam-bondi		Florida	republican	remarks to the Florida Chamber of Commerce
--	Says the Human Rights Campaign is secretly funded	campaign-finance,corrections-and-updates,gays-and-lesbians,sexuality,transparency	pat-mccrory	Governor of North Carolina	North Carolina	republican	a radio interview on Charlotte's WBT
--	The stock market has almost tripled since April of 2009.	economy,financial-regulation	jim-webb	writer	Virginia	democrat	"an interview on ABC's ""This Week"""
--	Each U.S. House member who voted to overhaul Social Security in 1983 was re-elected.	bipartisanship,social-security	saxby-chambliss	U.S. Senator	Georgia	republican	a speech
--	A Republican housing finance reform bill would eliminate a persons ability to obtain 15- and 30-year mortgages.	federal-budget,financial-regulation,housing	gwen-moore	U.S. House member -- 4th District	Wisconsin	democrat	a news release
--	"""Kay Bailey Hutchison was elected state treasurer, succeeding Ann Richards. Democrats then abolished the position ... Hutchison later became a U.S. senator."""	elections,government-efficiency	karl-rove		Texas	republican	his autobiography
--	In his first meeting with University of Wisconsin System officials, Republican Governor elect Scott Walker told them to prepare for cuts.	education,state-budget	one-wisconsin-now		Wisconsin	organization	a news release 
--	We have never gone a year in Virginia -- ever -- without passing a budget -- ever.	state-budget	ken-cuccinelli	Attorney General	Virginia	republican	a speech.
--	Says only about 2 percent of gunsales in Virginia are not subject to background checks.	guns	thomas-norment-jr	Minority leader, Virginia Senate	Virginia	republican	a debate.
--	Says 90 percent of Americans and 74 percent of National Rifle Association members support background checks of gun purchasers.	guns,market-regulation	lee-leffingwell	Austin mayor	Texas	democrat	a press conference.
--	Illegal immigration costs our country more than $113 billion a year.	immigration	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a speech in Arizona
--	UW-Madison spent down reserves as it was told to do two years ago and, facing new state budget cuts, has no more reserves to spend down.	education,state-budget,state-finances	rebecca-blank			none	a public meeting
--	"In the health care bill, ""The 'Health Choices Commissioner' will decide health benefits for you. You will have no choice. None."""	health-care,market-regulation	chain-email			none	a chain e-mail
--	76 percent of Americans want a public health care option.	health-care	progressive-change-campaign-committee			none	their Web site
--	In 1960, we spent more than 3 percent of our GDP on infrastructure projects like the Interstate Highway. Today we spend less than 1 percent of our GDP on these vital investments.	economy,infrastructure,transportation	gerry-connolly	U.S. Representative	Virginia	democrat	a written statement.
--	At present spending levels, only citizens of New York have a greater local debt burden than Texans.	city-government,county-government,debt	debra-medina	Businesswoman	Texas	republican	a press release
--	Says the Texas Board of Nursing has a backlog of 3,000 complaints against nurses, many of them sexual assaults, malfeasance.	crime,health-care,market-regulation	john-whitmire	Texas state senator	Texas	democrat	remarks on the Senate floor
--	Says Bruce Braley took tens of thousands from his friends in the health insurance industry and gave them special favors by voting for Obamacare.	campaign-finance,health-care	freedom-partners	Advocacy group	Virginia	none	a campaign ad
--	Bob Menendez actually voted in favor of higher taxes more than 70 times!	taxes	joseph-kyrillos	State Senator	New Jersey	republican	an online news release
--	"""Obama himself voted against funding our nation's veterans and troops in the field during a time of war."""	military	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	a statement by a spokesman
--	We have spent $350 million to deal with sea-level rise in the Miami area and hundreds of millions of dollars to deal with coral reefs.	climate-change,water	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	a CNN debate
--	"The House health care bill provides for ""free abortion services, and probably forced participation in abortions by members of the medical profession."""	abortion,health-care,immigration	chain-email			none	a chain e-mail
--	Pollsters saydont actually believe our own data and Gallup stopped primary polling because they dont trust their methodology.	polls	steve-deace			republican	"an interview on MSNBC's ""News Nation"""
--	There is no good data showing secondhand smoke kills people.	public-health,science	john-stossel	Fox Business host		libertarian	"an interview on ""Fox and Friends"""
--	Says Bill OReilly spoke 40 percent of the words in an interview with President Barack Obama.	pundits	dana-milbank	Columnist for the Washington Post	Washington, D.C.	none	"a broadcast of MSNBC's ""Politics Nation"""
--	"In a now-viral video, ""impressionable youngsters at a public school in New Jersey ... have been instructed to sing the praises of 'Barack Hussein Obama.'"""	education	michael-steele	chairman of the Republican National Committee	Maryland	republican	a blast e-mail from Republican National Committee
--	"MikeHuckabee.com gets ""more hits than virtually any other presidential candidate."""	elections	mike-huckabee	author	Arkansas	republican	interview on Fox News
--	The Iranian parliament will get to say yes or no on this deal, and I think the United States Congress should have the exact same input into the process.	foreign-policy,nuclear	ron-johnson		Wisconsin	republican	an interview on 'Fox News Sunday'
--	Says Apple CEO Steve Jobs told President Obama that the company moved factories to China because it needed 30,000 engineers.	foreign-policy,government-regulation,immigration,jobs	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	a Republican debate in Washington
--	Says the pension and health benefits reform eliminated collective bargaining for health benefits.	health-care,unions	barbara-buono	State Senator	New Jersey	democrat	an interview on Fox 5’s Good Day New York
--	"Says a Congressional Budget Office report on spending by House Democrats in the economic stimulus concluded it ""is just not stimulus. It won't help the economy grow."""	economy,stimulus	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	an interview on the Fox News Channel.
--	Members of Congress and their families and staff are exempt from repaying student loans.	congressional-rules,education	chain-email			none	a chain e-mail
--	Says New Jerseys unemployment is significantly lower than it was when I got here. And weve created 50,000 new private sector jobs in the last 20 months after having lost 117,000 in the year before I got here.	jobs	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	a press conference
--	U.S. military involvement in Libya allowed thousands of surface-to-air missiles to fall into the hands of radical Islamists.	military,terrorism	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	a speech at CPAC
--	Marijuana contains 50 to 70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than tobacco.	drugs	michael-cerullo		Rhode Island	none	a newspaper commentary
--	The U.S. wont default, because default means that you dont pay your creditors. And it takes about 10 percent of the money thats coming in right now to pay interest to bondholders.	deficit,economy	tom-price	Congressman	Georgia	republican	"an interview on CNN's ""State of the Union with Candy Crowley"""
--	In the first year of the Obama administration, more jobs were created in the private sector than in the eight years of the Bush administration.	economy,history	nancy-pelosi	House Minority Leader	California	democrat	an interview with Bloomberg television
--	In Austin, Ive got half-a-dozen or more schools on a list to be closed one of which I presented a federal blue-ribbon award to for excellence. And several hundred school personnel on the list for possible terminations.	education	lloyd-doggett	Texas congressman in the U.S. Houst of Representatives	Texas	democrat	comment quoted in a column.
--	When Carly Fiorina says Hewlett-Packard revenues went up, thats because she bought Compaq. It was a terrible deal.	candidates-biography,job-accomplishments,technology	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	the second GOP primary debate
--	Latinos are 17 percent of our countrys population but hold only 2 percent of its wealth.	diversity,economy,families,income,population,poverty	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a speech
--	Says Hillary Clinton filibustered legislation to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.	candidates-biography,housing	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a campaign statement
--	"Hillary Clinton ""agrees with (John McCain) in embracing the Bush-Cheney policy of not talking to leaders we don't like."""	foreign-policy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	Denver
--	Right now, American oil production is the highest that its been in eight years.	energy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	the State of the Union address
--	"""No one questioned that she (Judge Sotomayor) was out of the mainstream."""	supreme-court,abc-news-week	charles-schumer	Senator	New York	democrat	"ABC's ""This Week"""
--	Every four minutes, another American home or business goes solar.	energy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	State of the Union speech
--	Were talking right now about a $12 billion hole in our current, so-called balanced state budget.	education,health-care,state-budget	donna-howard	Texas House Representative	Texas	democrat	East Austin meetup of Texans for Obama.
--	Says Ron Paul insisted FEMA should be shut down.	federal-budget,public-safety,weather	maureen-dowd	Columnist for the New York Times	New York	none	an oped column.
--	Under President Barack Obamas watch, oil production on federal lands has decreased 14 percent over the past year.	energy	jack-kingston	U.S. Representative	Georgia	republican	
--	"""In her first appellate argument, Ms. Kagan told the court that the speech and press guarantees in the First Amendment would allow the federal government to ban the publication of pamphlets discussing political issues before an election."""	campaign-finance,elections,kagan-nomination	jeff-sessions		Alabama	republican	the Kagan confirmation hearing
--	Says Barack Obama has pension investments that include Chinese firms, and investments through a Caymans trust.	china,debates,pensions,taxes	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	debate comments
--	Says Sen. Thad Cochran voted to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on ... the Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska instead of shifting the money to repair a bridge damaged by Hurricane Katrina.	federal-budget,infrastructure,transportation,weather	chris-chocola	President of the Club for Growth	Indiana	republican	an op-ed supporting Senate candidate Chris McDaniel
--	A study showed that President Barack Obamas health-care reforms will devastate Wisconsin by pushing people off employer-sponsored insurance, driving up premiums, increasing dependency and making 122,000 people ineligible for Medicaid.	federal-budget,health-care,medicaid,medicare,state-budget,states	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	an op-ed piece
--	Says Ted Cruz represents a Chinese company found guilty of stealing blueprints from an American manufacturer.	candidates-biography,legal-issues,message-machine-2012	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	a TV ad.
--	"If you look at last year's presidential campaign, ""you can't find a mention of public option."""	health-care	joe-lieberman	Senator	Connecticut	independent	an interview with Politico
--	"""With a stroke of a pen, the (U.S. Supreme Court) decided to overrule the 100-year-old ban on corporate expenditures."""	corporations,elections,legal-issues,supreme-court	charles-schumer	Senator	New York	democrat	a press conference
--	Says Rick Scott oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in the nations history.	candidates-biography,medicaid,medicare	florida-democratic-party		Florida	democrat	a press release
--	Says New Jersey has fewer jobs since Gov. Chris Christie took office.	jobs	joshua-henne	One New Jersey spokesman	New Jersey	none	a press release from One New Jersey
--	Rosalyn Dance voted against President Obamas Medicaid expansion.	health-care,state-budget,voting-record	joe-morrissey	Delegate	Virginia	independent	a campaign flier.
--	Says Donald Trump wants us to pull out of NATO.	federal-budget,foreign-policy,military	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a campaign speech
--	The Wisconsin state Assembly chambers extend to the bathroom and the parlor, and rules allow members to vote for each other if the member is in the chambers.	ethics	joel-kleefisch	State Assembly, District 38	Wisconsin	republican	a television interview
--	Says President Barack Obama doubled the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year.	debt	chain-email			none	a chain e-mail
--	Says Texas has the fourth-lowest debt per capita of any state in the nation, and we are the lowest of any of the big states.	state-budget,state-finances	rick-perry	Governor	Texas	republican	an interview.
--	Wisconsin still ranks first among the 50 states in manufacturing jobs per capita.	job-accomplishments,jobs	rebecca-kleefisch	Candidate for lieutenant governor	Wisconsin	republican	a radio address
--	After a decade of decline, this country created over half a million manufacturing jobs in the last two and a half years.	economy,jobs	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
--	In the last 29 months, our economy has produced about 4.5 million private-sector jobs.	economy,jobs	bill-clinton	former president	Arkansas	democrat	a speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
--	The Fed created $15 trillion in the bailout process and $5 trillion went overseas.	economy,new-hampshire-2012	ron-paul	U.S. representative	Texas	republican	a house party in New Hampshire
--	New Jersey taxpayers will now face the highest tolls in the country.	transportation	steve-lonegan	Conservative Activist	New Jersey	republican	an email newsletter
--	The majority of my contributions have been from private individuals giving $125 on average, not from PACs, not from groups.	campaign-finance,elections,legal-issues	ed-fallone			none	an interview
--	"""Today, we have more boots on the ground near the Southwest border than at any time in our history."""	immigration	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a speech
--	SaysDemocratic candidate for state school superintendent Alisha Thomas Morgan voted to slash funding for the preschool programs for disabled and special needs students.	education	valarie-wilson	Executive Director of the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership, Inc.	Georgia	democrat	a pamphlet
--	Says the director of NASA says its main mission is Muslim outreach.	space	michael-sullivan	president and ceo, Empower Texans	Texas	republican	a Twitter post
--	(GM and Chrysler) repaid their loans.	candidates-biography,corporations,economy,message-machine-2012,stimulus	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	in campaign video “The Road We’ve Traveled”
--	Says Barack Obama is a Muslim.	candidates-biography,religion	hank-williams-jr	Country singer	Alabama	none	a concert in Fort Worth.
--	Most of West Virginia is still owned, in excess of 90 percent, by out-of-state interests.	environment,public-health,wealth	bob-kincaid		West Virginia	democrat	"a broadcast of MSNBC's ""Melissa Harris-Perry"""
--	Virginia is the only state that has a tradition of attorneys general resigning if they run for governor.	states	ken-cuccinelli	Attorney General	Virginia	republican	a radio interview.
--	A Muslim immigrant in Michigan can list his second, third or fourth wives as extended family and qualify for welfare.	immigration,income,islam,welfare	chain-email			none	In a viral YouTube video
--	Tim Kaine announced he wants to raise taxes on everyone.	taxes	george-allen	consultant	Virginia	republican	a news release.
--	"Senate health care legislation will ""levy a new 'abortion premium' fee on Americans in the government-run plan."""	abortion	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	the House GOP Web site
--	A proposed ban on hollow-point bullets and bullets that expand upon impact essentially bans deer hunting.	guns,recreation	vicki-mckenna			talk-show-host	a radio talk show broadcast
--	After losing 750,000 jobs a month before this administration, the U.S. economy under Barack Obama has had 20 straight months of growth, has added 2.8 million jobs in the private sector and added millions of jobs in manufacturing.	economy,jobs	debbie-wasserman-schultz	U.S. Representative, Florida District 23	Florida	democrat	"an interview on NBC's ""Meet the Press"""
--	Says Democratic legislators this year dont want to cut your taxes under any circumstances.	taxes	chris-christie	Governor of New Jersey	New Jersey	republican	a video posted on YouTube
--	Under the Affordable Care Act, anyone on Medicare who is admitted to a hospital for observation will be responsible for the bill. Medicare wont pay a cent.	health-care,medicare	chain-email			none	a chain email
--	Says Hillary Clinton was asked repeatedly to provide security in Benghazi on several occasions, including direct cables.	foreign-policy,terrorism	rand-paul	Candidate for U.S. Senate and physician	Kentucky	republican	 an appearance on CNN’s ‘State of the Union’
--	Pasco County opened 22 new schools over six years to keep pace with growth in student population and implement the class size amendment.	education	heather-fiorentino	superintendent of Pasco County's public schools	Florida	republican	a press release
--	"""Obama raises taxes on seniors (and) hard-working families to give welfare to those who pay none."""	taxes	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	a Web ad
--	The U.S. has to go to plane graveyards and museums to get parts for its 20-year-old jet fighters while it sells new jets to other countries.	military	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	Dallas fundraiser
--	"""For now, we are still below average in the metro region."""	government-efficiency	francis-kungu			none	a presentation
--	Japans interest on its own debt is 25 percent of its national budget	economy,abc-news-week	daniel-senor	Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at Council on Foreign Relations		republican	ABC's 'This Week'
--	"""Did Obama know that Tony Rezko was saving him $300,000 on the purchase of his home?"""	ethics	republican-national-committee-republican			republican	a news release
--	Barack Obama has written and co-sponsored more bills in three years than Hillary Clinton has in seven.	job-accomplishments	chain-email			none	a chain e-mail
--	Sewer backups into basements caused the vast majority of the damage to homes and buildings in Milwaukees July floods, but federal flood insurance doesnt cover them.	environment	jim-bohl	Member of Milwaukee Common Council	Wisconsin	none	a news release
--	Claims Ohio Gov. John Kasich says climate change is a problem.	climate-change,environment	florida-wildlife-federation		Florida	none	a billboard message
--	Americans will pay more in taxes in 2011 than they will spend on groceries, clothing and shelter combined.	economy,taxes	reince-priebus	Chairman, Republican National Committee	Wisconsin	republican	a fundraising e-mail
--	I also voted 98 percent of the time with Republicans in the Oregon Legislature.	bipartisanship,message-machine-2012,voting-record	suzanne-bonamici	State Senator	Oregon	democrat	a debate
--	The U.S. Army had a training program that put evangelical Christians, Catholics and Mormons in the same category of religious extremism as we do al-Qaida.	military,religion	randy-forbes	Representative	Virginia	republican	a congressional hearing.
--	The port provides more than 297,000 jobs directly to the state of Georgia.	federal-budget	johnny-isakson	U.S. Senator	Georgia	republican	an interview
--	The Atlanta Beltline paid nearly $3.5 million for less than a quarter-acre.	government-efficiency	john-sherman			none	a newsletter
--	Says Leah Vukmir supports allowing people to carry concealed weapons into day care centers, churches, health care clinics and playgrounds.	guns,message-machine	jim-sullivan	Former State Senator, 5th District	Wisconsin	democrat	campaign literature distributed to district residents
--	Says Sen. Robert Cowles, her recall opponent, supported the sale of state-owned power plants not to the highest bidder, but to the biggest donors with no oversight.	energy,state-budget,state-finances	nancy-nusbaum	Retired teacher 	Wisconsin	democrat	a television ad
--	West Linn has one of the highest per capita rates of home-based businesses in the United States.	economy	julie-parrish	businesswoman	Oregon	republican	a House floor speech
--	The New York Police Department used to have surveillance going on in and around mosques in New York City. ... Our mayor totally cut that out.	civil-rights,islam,terrorism	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	an interview on MSNBC
--	Says Al Franken voted to exempt himself and Congress from enrolling in (the Affordable Care Act marketplaces).	health-care,voting-record	mike-mcfadden		Minnesota	republican	a TV ad
--	"""Youve got almost twice as many cops in New York City as you do on our entire border. Thats nuts."""	crime,homeland-security,immigration	david-dewhurst	Lieutenant governor	Texas	republican	an interview
--	Under Gov. Bob McDonnell, more jobs have been lost than created in Southside and Southwest Virginia.	corrections-and-updates,economy,job-accomplishments,jobs	ward-armstrong	Minority leader, House of Delegates	Virginia	democrat	a news release.
--	Patrick Rose voted to explore a state income tax.	message-machine,taxes,voting-record	jason-isaac	Transportation consultant	Texas	republican	a TV ad.
--	"""John McCain stood up to the president and sounded the alarm on global warming ... five years ago."""	environment	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	a TV ad
--	The recent process of awarding $3 billion worth of airport vending contracts was the most open and transparent procurement process in the citys history.	transparency,transportation	kasim-reed			democrat	a press release
--	Says new mandates are already reducing full-time employment.	economy,health-care,jobs	americans-prosperity			none	a television ad
--	Beyonce and Jay Z, I like them, I like them ... I get bigger crowds than they do. Its true. I get far bigger crowds.	elections,pop-culture	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	a speech in Raleigh, N.C.
--	"Edwards says if Congress won't pass universal health care, he'll tell Congress: ""I'm going to use my power as president to take your health care away from you."""	health-care	john-edwards	former senator	North Carolina	democrat	a TV ad
--	Says Texas unemployment rate has doubled on Rick Perrys watch.	jobs	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	newspaper article
--	SaysDavid Perdue made tens of millions of dollars piling a firm with billions in debt.	job-accomplishments	democratic-party-georgia-georgia			democrat	a press release
--	The Southern Baptist Convention voted 13 years ago that women were inferior and had to be subservient to their husbands.	religion,women	jimmy-carter		Georgia	democrat	an interview
--	The ammunition used in the Orlando shooting is banned by Geneva Convention. It enters the body, spins explodes.	guns	michael-moore	Documentary filmmaker		none	a tweet after the Orlando shooting
--	"""Another one he should veto is the SCHIP program, which he should say 'Take the C out of, because now it's for everybody, like every other entitlement program.'"""	health-care	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	Dearborn, Mich.
--	Russia has an economy the size of Italy.	economy,foreign-policy	lindsey-graham	U.S. senator	South Carolina	republican	"comments on CNN's ""State of the Union"""
--	Says that President Obama promised that with the stimulus plan, unemployment would never go above 8 percent. He even said it would be 6 percent by now.	economy,jobs	bob-latta	Member of the House of Representatinves	Ohio	republican	an email statement
--	Student loan rates set to double because a Democratic-controlled Congress voted to double them.	education,federal-budget	john-boehner	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ohio	republican	a Twitter post
--	In every committee when the health care bill was considered, Democrats voted against an amendment that would require members of Congress and their staff to take the government-run public option as their health care plan.	health-care	newt-gingrich	"Co-host on CNN's ""Crossfire"""	Georgia	republican	an interview with This Week.
--	The Dodd-Frank financial-reform laws hundreds of new rules will force small banks and credit unions to burn up an estimated 2,260,631 labor hours just for compliance.	financial-regulation,government-regulation	sean-duffy	Member of the U.S. House	Wisconsin	republican	an op-ed piece in the Washington Times
--	The families that are covered through the Low Income Pool is a different group of individuals than are covered by Obamacare.	health-care,medicaid,state-budget	rick-scott	Governor	Florida	republican	an interview in Washington, D.C.
--	Obamas approval numbers are in the low 40s.	pundits,abc-news-week	matthew-dowd	Commentator	Texas	independent	"a roundtable discussion on ABC's ""This Week with Christiane Amanpour''"
--	"""The president is brain-dead."""	bush-administration	joe-biden	U.S. senator	Delaware	democrat	Des Moines, Iowa.
--	Barack Obama will somehow manage to add more than $8 trillion to the national debt, which is more debt than the 43 presidents who held office before him compiled together.	debt,deficit,federal-budget	jeb-bush		Florida	republican	a column posted on Medium.com
--	Rhode Island has the highest percentage of lawyers per capita in the country.	legal-issues	helio-melo	State Representative	Rhode Island	democrat	a newspaper interview
--	"""I was the first presidential candidate to lay out a specific, truly universal health care plan."""	health-care	john-edwards	former senator	North Carolina	democrat	Hanover, N.H.
--	"""He voted twice for a budget resolution that increases the taxes on individuals making $42,000 a year."""	taxes	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.
--	Democrats have failed to answer the most basic question of how they want to pay for the more than $1 trillion of health care spending.	health-care	roy-blunt	Senator	Missouri	republican	a news release
--	Over the past eight years, the United States has reduced our total carbon pollution more than any other nation on Earth.	energy,environment,foreign-policy	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	the State of the Union address
--	"""More than half of all black children live in single-parent households, a number that has doubled doubled since we were children."""	families	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a speech at a Chicago church
--	Says the Democrats told the Catholic Church that theyll use federal powers to shut down church charities and hospitals if the church doesnt change its beliefs.	health-care,religion,sexuality	ted-cruz	Senator	Texas	republican	a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference
--	The richest 400 taxpayers are taxed at a lower rate than a $29,000-a-year worker	income,taxes	sheldon-whitehouse	U.S. Senator	Rhode Island	democrat	a speech 
--	Our trade with Mexico is $720 million a day; thats our No. 1 trading partner.	economy,foreign-policy,trade	leticia-van-de-putte	Pharmacist	Texas	democrat	an interview
--	The health care law is accelerating our country toward bankruptcy.	federal-budget,health-care	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	the GOP response to the State of the Union
--	Foreign Chinese prostitution money is allegedly behind the groups funding Congressman Scott DesJarlaiss (TN-04) Republican Majority.	campaign-finance	democratic-congressional-campaign-committee			democrat	Campaign news release
--	The State Department asked all secretaries of state to send their emails over. Hillary Clintonsthe only one whos done it.	elections,foreign-policy,transparency	charles-schumer	Senator	New York	democrat	"comments on CBS' ""Face the Nation"""
--	When it comes to urgency on passing a budget repair bill, theres no rush on this thing because the fiscal year doesnt end until June 30, 2011.	labor,state-budget	jon-erpenbach	State Senator, District 27	Wisconsin	democrat	a television interview
--	Under (Obamacare), you cant reward a person for better behavior. You cant have incentives to be healthier.	health-care	paul-ryan	U.S. Representative	Wisconsin	republican	a town hall at Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service
--	Says unlike Tim Kaine, who investedin education, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence slashed education funding.	education,state-budget	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a campaign rally in Miami, Fla.
--	The federal deficit is growing.	deficit,federal-budget	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	"an interview on ""Fox News Sunday"""
--	Says the New Years Day fiscal cliff deal reduces the deficit.	congress,deficit,federal-budget,taxes	sherrod-brown	U.S. Senator	Ohio	democrat	a news release
--	Obamacare provision will allow forcedhome inspections by government agents.	civil-rights,health-care,privacy,public-health	blog-posting			none	blog posts
--	Throughout, we have kept Congress fully informed of our efforts to create a legal framework on counterterrorism.	legal-issues,terrorism	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	the State of the Union Address
--	The Arizona law basically parrots the federal immigration law.	immigration	tom-ganley	Businessman	Ohio	republican	a statement posted to his website
--	More than 80 percent of sex trafficking victims in America are U.S. citizens.	crime,criminal-justice	john-cornyn	Senator	Texas	republican	a Senate floor speech
--	Kathryn Starkey aided and abetted the continued taxation on residents properties over 70 percent of the time by seconding motions and voting to keep the millage rate the same.	candidates-biography,environment,taxes	committee-protect-florida		Florida	none	in a mailer
--	H.B. 194, the Voter Suppression Bill, invalidates a vote where a voter properly marks the ballot in support of a particular candidate, but also writes in the name of that same candidate.	elections	marcia-fudge	Representative from Ohio's 11th Congressional District	Ohio	democrat	an e-mail to Democratic supporters
--	Approximately 43 percent of all college grades today are As, an increase of 28 percentage points since 1960.	education	thomas-lindsay	Director, Center for Higher Education, Texas Public Policy Foundation	Texas	none	an opinion column.
--	New Hampshire is currently the only state in the nation that does not have a full-service veterans hospital or equivalent access.	veterans	carol-shea-porter	Retired social worker	New Hampshire	democrat	a press release 
--	Says Rick Scotts per-pupil education spending is about $200 less than what it was under Charlie Crist during the recession.	education,state-budget	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	"a ""Tampa Bay Times"" editorial board interview"
--	Says Sen. JeanneShaheens wealth has surged while in public office.	congress,income,message-machine-2014,campaign-advertising	ending-spending-action-fund			independent	a campaign ad
--	A bill to eliminate Delta Air Lines jet fuel tax breaks violates federal law and puts the state at risk of losing critical funding from the Federal Aviation Administration.	corporations,gas-prices,government-regulation,state-budget,taxes	trebor-banstetter	Delta spokesman	Georgia	none	in a statement
--	Says he was the only statewide elected official to speak in favor of a federal guest worker plan at the 2012 Republican Party of Texas convention.	economy,immigration,workers	jerry-patterson	state land commissioner	Texas	republican	a news story
--	Austin mayoral candidate Steve Adler opposed an injunction to stop a company from dumping petrochemicals directly into the Barton Springs aquifer.	city-government,corrections-and-updates,environment	brad-rockwell	Attorney	Texas	none	a press conference including mayoral candidate Mike Martinez
--	The (Florida) casino proposed by Malaysian gambling conglomerate Genting would be nearly double the size of the largest casino in the world.	gambling	no-casinos		Florida	none	a statement on their website
--	Suzanne Bonamici votes with her party a partisan 98 percent of the time.	bipartisanship,message-machine-2012,voting-record	rob-cornilles	consultant	Oregon	republican	in a debate
--	Since the Democrats stimulus went into effect last year, Ohio has lost about 150,000 Jobs.	economy,jobs,stimulus	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	a news release
--	The Obama administration has put out more of these major rules than the Clinton administration or the Bush administration during comparable times.	market-regulation	rob-portman	U.S. senator from Ohio	Ohio	republican	 Conference call with reporters
--	Says Marco Rubio sold a home to a chiropractor who had been lobbying him on automobile insurance legislation and once he sold the home, for $380,000 cash, the speakers position on the issue changed.	ethics	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	a Leadership Florida/Florida Press Association debate
--	On the Cuba embargo	foreign-policy	charlie-crist		Florida	democrat	"an interview on HBO's ""Real Time"""
--	Says Democratic Party created Planned Parenthood	history,sexuality	stephen-martin	State senator	Virginia	republican	an interview.
--	As governor, Kasich delivered the largest tax cut in the nation.	job-accomplishments,taxes	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	"a Kasich for America ad, ""Progress"""
--	In the health care bill, were now offering insurance for dogs.	health-care,pundits	glenn-beck			none	his radio program
--	In 2013 we had the largest, the best, private sector job growth weve had in this state since the 1990s.	economy,jobs	scott-walker	Milwaukee County Executive	Wisconsin	republican	a radio interview
--	The federal government now tells us which light bulbs to buy.	energy,market-regulation	michele-bachmann	Congresswoman	Minnesota	republican	a response to the State of the Union address
--	Congressman Patrick Murphy voted to keep the scandal-ridden IRS in charge of enforcing Obamacare.	health-care	national-republican-congressional-committee			republican	a YouTube video
--	We Really Do Have the Highest Corporate Tax Rate in the World.	taxes	tax-foundation			none	a press release
--	Heroin comes in the United States from the southern border.	drugs	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	an interview on CNBC
--	A socially conservative group sponsored a prayer vigil to stop people from buying Girl Scout cookies because it thinks the Girl Scouts are affiliated with Planned Parenthood.	abortion,families,religion,women	hank-johnson	U.S. Congressman	Georgia	democrat	a Congressional hearing
--	Says Ron Saunders made the choice to stand with Rick Scott on expanding school vouchers, restricting scholarships and giving tax breaks to the wealthy.	candidates-biography,children,education,taxes	tomorrows-vision-florida		Florida	democrat	a mailer
--	Since President Obama took office, there are over 450,000 more unemployed women.	economy,jobs,message-machine-2012,women	mitt-romney	Former governor	Massachusetts	republican	a campaign ad
--	People in the top tax bracket, these so-called wealthy, most of them are small-business owners.	small-business,taxes,abc-news-week	stephen-hayes	Senior writer for the Weekly Standard		none	"on ABC News' ""This Week."""
--	"Barack Obama has ""pledged to reduce the size of the military."""	military	jerome-corsi	author	New Jersey	constitution-party	his book <i>The Obama Nation</i>. 
--	Large majorities of the public oppose major changes to Medicare and favor higher taxes on the wealthy.	federal-budget,medicare,polls,pundits,taxes	paul-krugman	New York Times columnist		none	a newspaper column
--	"""Fidel Castro endorses Obama."""	foreign-policy	republican-party-florida			republican	an e-mail.
--	Says spending in the fiscal 2009 budget was lower than spending in the fiscal 2014 budget	state-budget,state-finances	barbara-buono	State Senator	New Jersey	democrat	a state Senate budget hearing
--	There is no statistical evidence that bail bonds increase the likelihood of those awaiting trial returning to court for their scheduled hearings.	criminal-justice	lena-taylor	State Senator, District 4	Wisconsin	democrat	an op-ed article
--	Household incomes are down more than $4,000 since the year 2000.	economy,income	donald-trump	President-Elect	New York	republican	his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland
--	The U.S. is spending one out of every six Defense Department dollars on Afghanistan.	afghanistan,federal-budget,military	jon-huntsman		Utah	republican	"an interview on ""Morning Joe."""
--	Says personhood legislation she sponsored would not have restricted access to reproductive services and was simply a statement that I support life.	abortion,women	joni-ernst	U.S. senator	Iowa	republican	a debate
--	"The Republican Party ""fought very hard in the '60s to get the civil rights bill passed, as well as the voting rights bill."""	civil-rights,elections,history,legal-issues,abc-news-week	michael-steele	chairman of the Republican National Committee	Maryland	republican	an interview on ABC's This Week
--	A major part of the climate change bill sponsored by Sens. John Kerry and Joe Lieberman was essentially written by BP.	climate-change,corporations,energy,environment,oil-spill	mitch-mcconnell	Senate minority leader	Kentucky	republican	a Senate floor speech
--	Ohios credit rating is as high as you can get, AA+.	state-budget	john-kasich	Governor of Ohio as of Jan. 10, 2011	Ohio	republican	comments on Fox News
--	Says every day of a special session costs taxpayers $40,000.	government-efficiency	sal-esquivel	State representative	Oregon	republican	an opinion article
--	"""We've excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs."""	ethics	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	his State of the Union address
--	The federal deficit would pay for 40 gallons of New Hampshire maple syrup for everyone in the United States.	deficit,population,states	kelly-ayotte	U.S. Senator	New Hampshire	republican	a town hall meeting in Colebrook, N.H.
--	Says George Flinn has been a no show at scheduled forums.	campaign-advertising	charlotte-bergmann	Candidate	Tennessee	republican	in a press release calling for debates.
--	Social Security and other federal checks may not go out on Aug. 3 if the debt ceiling is not increased.	deficit,federal-budget,social-security	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	an interview with CBS News
--	TSA started off with 16,500 screeners and the agency has mushroomed to 67,000 employees with 3,590 administrative people ... making over $105,000 per year on average.	homeland-security,transportation	john-mica	U.S. Representative	Florida	republican	a Fox News interview.
--	"The proposed excise tax on ""Cadillac"" health plans will hit ""those making less than $200,000"" the hardest."	health-care,taxes	sarah-palin		Alaska	republican	a note on Facebook
--	"""I supported (the surge), I argued for it. I'm the only one on this stage that did."""	iraq	john-mccain	U.S. senator	Arizona	republican	a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
--	Says U.S. Rep. Charles Bass wants to privatize Social Security.	social-security	ann-mclane-kuster	Attorney	New Hampshire	democrat	an ad, “Janice,” released September 6, 2012
--	More Americans believe the moon landing was fake than believe Obamacare is affordable.	health-care	tom-graves			republican	a Tweet
--	In the past two years, Democrats have spent more money than this country has spent in the last 200 years combined.	federal-budget,history	eric-cantor	House Majority Leader	Virginia	republican	an interview on Comedy Central's Daily Show with Jon Stewart
--	For the first time in more than a decade, imports accounted for less than half of (the oil) we consumed.	energy,oil-spill,trade	barack-obama	President	Illinois	democrat	a press conference
--	Says Donald Trump has bankrupted his companies not once, not twice but four times.	candidates-biography	hillary-clinton	Presidential candidate	New York	democrat	a speech on the economy
--	"John McCain and George Bush have ""absolutely no plan for universal health care."""	health-care	campaign-defend-america		Washington, D.C.	none	a television ad
--	"""A new poll shows 62 percent support the president's plan to reform health care. That means ... letting you choose between keeping the private insurance you have and a public health insurance plan."""	health-care	americans-united-change			none	an Internet ad.
--	No one claims the report vindicating New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the bridge scandal is conclusive.	candidates-biography,infrastructure	rudy-giuliani	Attorney	New York	republican	"comments on NBC's ""Meet the Press"""