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McConnell’s fuzzy math doesn’t compute

March 4, 2009

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.

Obama’s promise to go after earmarks ‘line by line’

March 3, 2009

We add a new promise about earmarks to our database and rate it Compromise.

The continuing kerfuffle over earmarks

March 3, 2009

We explore whether the Democratic figure for earmarks is unrealistically low and what exactly President Obama promised during the campaign. 

High-speed train not a Mickey Mouse line

February 27, 2009

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal stretches the truth about a rail line that might get money from the stimulus.

Make more than $200,000? The tax man cometh!

February 26, 2009

Obama's budget says bye-bye to Bush tax cuts for the wealthy.

A presidential decision: a Portuguese Water Dog

February 25, 2009

Michelle Obama dishes the details on the new family pet. It'll likely be a Portuguese Water Dog, which means progress for Promise No. 502.

Obama wants federal cars plugged in

February 25, 2009

Obama is trying to use the stimulus bill to buy more hybrids and spark more production from automakers.

 

Foreclosure freeze from banks, not Obama

February 23, 2009

Obama promised a three-month moratorium on foreclosures. He hasn't delivered, but others have.

Earth, wind and fire

February 20, 2009

We find the stimulus bill fulfills Obama's promise for more research into alternative energy sources such as biomass, wind and solar.

A sign of the times: the mortgage rescue plan

February 19, 2009

We rate how well Obama's foreclosure plan fulfills his campaign promise.

That’s a lot of weatherstripping

February 18, 2009

Obama promised to weatherize 1 million homes per year. With a big infusion of money from the economic stimulus, we rate it a Promise Kept.

With the stroke of a pen, keeping his promises

February 17, 2009

The economic stimulus bill fulfills or makes progress on about 50 of Obama's campaign promises.

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