The flood of falsehoods about the health care law

As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to review President Barack Obama's health care law, we review the falsehoods that simply won't stop.

By Martha M. Hamilton :: Published on Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 at 05:11 p.m.

Defining just what constitutes a 'jobs bill'

Led by Speaker John Boehner, Republicans cite the "Forgotten 15," which they describe as jobs bills that have passed the Republican-controlled House but not the Democrat-led Senate. But we found that nailing down the definitions needed to rate the speaker's claim about those bills wasn't so easy.

By Tom Feran :: Published on Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 at 12:55 p.m.

Checking John Boehner on millionaire taxes, impact on small businesses

Will increasing taxes on millionaires squelch job creation?     That’s been an often repeated assertion of Republican leaders like House Speaker John Boehner. But how well does that argument hold up on the Truth-O-Meter?

By Robert Higgs :: Published on Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 at 12:00 p.m.

Last-minute deal gives transparency a beating

The debt deal was not posted online for three days before a vote. Promise Broken on the GOP Pledge-O-Meter.

By Angie Drobnic Holan :: Published on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 at 03:54 p.m.

Truth-O-Meter works hard during federal debt debate

The daily back-and-forth in Washington over the federal government’s finances has provided numerous opportunities for the Truth-O-Meter and PolitiFact researchers.

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms :: Published on Friday, July 29th, 2011 at 04:02 p.m.

Fact-checking Boehner and Obama on debt duel

We're checking claims by President Obama and Rep. John Boehner in their prime-time speeches.

By Martha M. Hamilton :: Published on Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 at 10:33 a.m.

Boehner, Dewhurst and stimulus jobs

Ah, Washington: The U.S. House speaker posts a message on Twitter, then a campaign committee e-mails a barrage of press releases, each one tweaked to target different individual members of Congress, including two Texas Democrats. Before the day passes, the lieutenant governor of Texas airs the same flawed claim about how much each job attributed to the 2009 federal stimulus package ended up costing the federal government.

By W. Gardner Selby :: Published on Wednesday, July 20th, 2011 at 12:18 p.m.

Debt debate keeps the Truth-O-Meter whirling

PolitiFact has been watching the debt-limit debate closely. As the deadline nears and the partisan impasse over tax increases and spending cuts remains, we thought we’d review a few major claims  that have been weighed on the Truth-O-Meter.

By Warren Fiske :: Published on Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 at 01:06 p.m.

Flashback: Obama, the Mexico border and Shariah law

Fact-checks of legislators and an Austin City Council hopeful blended last week with looks at President Obama’s statements while in Texas — plus our first review of a claim by the White House press secretary, Jay Carney.

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby :: Published on Monday, May 16th, 2011 at 11:40 a.m.

False ratings for both Obama, Boehner

Both President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner turned to the economy in recent comments. We found that each said something that earned a rating of False.

By Louis Jacobson :: Published on Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 at 05:51 p.m.

Are Republicans moving the goalposts on the budget debate?

We review the evidence available outside the closed-door negotiations.

By Angie Drobnic Holan :: Published on Thursday, April 7th, 2011 at 07:29 p.m.

GOP moving the needle on Pledge-O-Meter

Rules changes instituted by Republicans when they took control of Congress in January were one thing. How have they played out?

By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson :: Published on Monday, March 28th, 2011 at 12:42 p.m.

Checking on the GOP's constitutional promise

In a nod to Tea Party supporters, House Republican leaders promised to require constitutional justifications with every bill. We check to see if the promise has been kept.

By Abby Brownback, Louis Jacobson :: Published on Friday, March 18th, 2011 at 11:17 a.m.

Fact-checking the federal budget fight

A deadline looms for the federal budget on Friday, with even more deadlines to come.

By Angie Drobnic Holan :: Published on Monday, February 28th, 2011 at 11:35 a.m.

Let the budget battling begin

The release of President Barack Obama's proposed budget this week has kicked off a back-and-forth over fiscal policy. We start by looking at a claim by the president that  within a couple years, the U.S. will "not be adding more to the national debt."

By Louis Jacobson :: Published on Tuesday, February 15th, 2011 at 05:27 p.m.

PolitiFact Georgia cranks up the Deal-O-Meter

Like the Truth-O-Meter? Then meet the Deal-O-Meter. AJC PolitiFact Georgia's new gizmo detects whether our freshly minted governor, Nathan Deal, lives up to his campaign promises. We rolled it out just in time for Inauguration Day on Monday. It has already ruled on promises Deal made on ethics, personal finances and a slew of other issues.  Not that the Truth-O-Meter is idle. We sent it to south central Georgia to learn about wild hogs, then to D.C. for an item on the national debt. Join us on Twitter and Facebook to comment and read our latest updates.

By Willoughby Mariano :: Published on Sunday, January 16th, 2011 at 06:00 a.m.

Has the GOP already broken its promise on spending?

The parties are jockeying about whether the Republicans have broken their promise to cut $100 billion "in the first year." We check the facts and explain the principles for our future Pledge-O-Meter ruling.

By Robert Farley :: Published on Tuesday, January 11th, 2011 at 10:56 a.m.

GOP gets its meter moving

Republicans adopt rules for the House, addressing several of their promises. We crank up our new GOP Pledge-O-Meter.

By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson :: Published on Thursday, January 6th, 2011 at 10:44 a.m.

Tracking Republican promises with our new GOP Pledge-O-Meter

We've compiled a database of the Republican leaders' campaign promises and will be tracking and rating them with  our new GOP Pledge-O-Meter. It will use the same rating system as our award-winning Obameter.

By Robert Farley, Louis Jacobson :: Published on Sunday, January 2nd, 2011 at 04:45 p.m.

Rep. John Boehner's ice maker claim rated as No. 4

After making more than 100 Truth-O-Meter rulings, the editors who rate the items for PolitiFact Ohio looked back over the year and selected the Top 10 for 2010. Today we offer No. 4: A statement about quirky aspects of the tax laws that were part of health care reform legislation. Rep. John Boehner made the statement when he spoke to the City Club of Cleveland in August.

By Robert Higgs :: Published on Tuesday, December 28th, 2010 at 11:15 a.m.