McConnell’s fuzzy math doesn’t compute
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.
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.
Obama's budget says bye-bye to Bush tax cuts for the wealthy.
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 is trying to use the stimulus bill to buy more hybrids and spark more production from automakers.
Obama promised a three-month moratorium on foreclosures. He hasn't delivered, but others have.
We find the stimulus bill fulfills Obama's promise for more research into alternative energy sources such as biomass, wind and solar.
We rate how well Obama's foreclosure plan fulfills his campaign promise.
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.
The economic stimulus bill fulfills or makes progress on about 50 of Obama's campaign promises.