Boehner has said no to earmarks
We find the House Republican leader can rightfully claim a pure record on earmarks.
We find the House Republican leader can rightfully claim a pure record on earmarks.
Obama claims U.S. eighth graders are slipping at math. But we find they're actually improving.
Sen. Charles Schumer says Bridge to Nowhere, the poster child for earmark waste, could not happen in today's system. We say it could.
Obama budget chief Peter Orszag claimed earmarks are down 75 percent. He's way off.
We examine a couple of promises on energy. One makes Obama's budget plan, another doesn't.
Halfway through 100 days, he has made considerable progress on many campaign promises. But now come the tough ones.
The vice president insists he's got the right figures comparing CEO and worker pay. We don't find anything wrong with his math, but he's missing a few qualifiers.
We find Sen. Tom Coburn is wrong with his claim that under Obama's health plan, all care will be run by the government.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says the Democrats spent more in a month than the combined cost of Hurricane Katrina and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. We crunch the numbers and find that's wrong.
We add a new promise about earmarks to our database and rate it Compromise.
We explore whether the Democratic figure for earmarks is unrealistically low and what exactly President Obama promised during the campaign.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal stretches the truth about a rail line that might get money from the stimulus.