Obama’s overseas travel sets off the Obameter
Obama makes progress on nuclear arms negotiations, but also he gets a Promise Broken on the Armenian genocide.
Obama makes progress on nuclear arms negotiations, but also he gets a Promise Broken on the Armenian genocide.
The latest mailbag finds readers who don't like compromise, a few who do, and a bit of fan mail.
By simply moving a quotation mark, a chain e-mail distorts a comment from the former senator.
Our readers ask for an accounting on a new cigarette tax. We add a promise and rate it Compromise.
A Minnesota congresswoman suggests incorrectly that the treasury secretary wants to dump the dollar.
Some conservative pundits have said the GIVE Act, now named after Sen. Edward Kennedy, would lead to mandatory volunteerism. But the bill didn't do that.
The Republicans contend Obama's cap-and-trade policy would impose a $3,128 tax per family. But it's not a tax and it wouldn't cost that much.
The GOP budget proposal doesn't include estimates of revenues or expenses.
Obama promised to "throw his weight around" for a college football playoff system, but it's Congress that is playing offense.
Numbers have been flying fast and furious in response to Obama's first budget proposal. We took a look at some of the more popular claims to see which ones add up.
A Republican congresswoman alleges that Obama's budget would eliminate two sacred deductions for familes that earn more than $250,000. But we find she's way off.
Obama promised tax credits to encourage people to buy plug-in vehicles when they come on the market. We rate it a Promise Kept.