SPECIAL REPORT: President Obama's First 100 Days
Obama vs. the Truth-O-Meter
Here's how President Obama and other senior administration officials have fared on our Truth-O-Meter
- True19
- Mostly True10
- Half-True11
- Barely True6
- False11
- Pants on Fire!2
Top 25 Promises
Here's how President Obama's top 25 Promises have been rated on our Obameter
- Promise kept2
- Compromise2
- Promise broken1
- Stalled1
- In the Works14
- No Action0
First 100 Days: Obama's two biggest promises
We conclude our 100-day coverage by selecting Obama's most significant promises — one Kept and one Broken.
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Recent Truth-O-Meter rulings on the Obama White House
"History tells us that job growth always lags behind economic growth."
A request for "an increase in troops sat on desks in this White House (during the presidency of George W. Bush), including the vice president's, for more than eight months, a resource request filled by President Obama in March."
"The Senate Finance Committee approved a reform proposal that has both Democratic and Republican support."
"Medicare does just as good, if not better, at keeping people healthy" as Medicare Advantage.
Promises we’ve rated recently
No. 378: Create an office to help improve nonprofits
The Promise:
"Will a create an agency within the Corporation for National and Community Service dedicated to building the capacity and effectiveness of the nonprofit sector. The agency will be charged with: improving coordination of programs that support nonprofits across the federal government; fostering nonprofit accountability; streamlining processes for obtaining federal grants and contracts, and eliminating unnecessary requirements; and removing barriers for smaller nonprofits to participate in government programs. The agency will make grants to build the infrastructure of the nonprofit sector and capacity of nonprofit organizations, including their ability to ensure accountability, manage volunteers, and improve outcomes."
No. 227: Press China to end its support for regimes in Sudan, Burma, Iran and Zimbabwe
The Promise:
"Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe that we must use all available tools to demand that China use its influence to prevent Sudan and other regimes from acting contrary to international law and peace and security. ... Barack Obama and Joe Biden will press China to end its support for regimes in Sudan, Burma, Iran and Zimbabwe."
No. 226: Urge China to stop manipulation of its currency value
The Promise:
"Barack Obama and Joe Biden will use all diplomatic means at his disposal to achieve change in China's manipulation of the value of its currency, a practice that contributes to massive global imbalances and provides Chinese companies with an unfair competitive advantage."
No. 248: Address the dropout crisis by giving schools incentives for more dropout prevention
The Promise:
"Will address the dropout crisis by passing his legislation to provide funding to school districts to invest in intervention strategies in middle school - strategies such as personal academic plans, teaching teams, parent involvement, mentoring, intensive reading and math instruction, and extended learning time."
No. 246: Double funding for Federal Charter School Program and require more accountability
The Promise:
"Will double funding for the Federal Charter School Program to support the creation of more successful charter schools. An Obama-Biden administration will provide this expanded charter school funding only to states that improve accountability for charter schools, allow for interventions in struggling charter schools and have a clear process for closing down chronically underperforming charter schools. An Obama-Biden administration will also prioritize supporting states that help the most successful charter schools to expand to serve more students."
- Promise Kept 54
- Compromise 14
- Stalled 17
- In the Works 154
- Not yet rated 269
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