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Boehner has said no to earmarks

We find the House Republican leader can rightfully claim a pure record on earmarks.

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The kids are alright

Obama claims U.S. eighth graders are slipping at math. But we find they're actually improving.

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(Fill in the Blank) to Nowhere still possible

Sen. Charles Schumer says Bridge to Nowhere, the poster child for earmark waste, could not happen in today's system. We say it could.

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Chief bean-counter off by lots of beans

Obama budget chief Peter Orszag claimed earmarks are down 75 percent. He's way off.

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Lack of windfall stalls windfall tax

We examine a couple of promises on energy. One makes Obama's budget plan, another doesn't.

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Obama’s score at halftime: 17 promises kept, 2 broken

Halfway through 100 days, he has made considerable progress on many campaign promises. But now come the tough ones.

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Biden: ‘I did the math’

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.

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Another wrong tune about Obama’s health plan

We find Sen. Tom Coburn is wrong with his claim that under Obama's health plan, all care will be run by the government.

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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.

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

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

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The continuing kerfuffle over earmarks

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

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High-speed train not a Mickey Mouse line

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

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