Does Rahm Emanuel pay property taxes? March 4, 2009 The president's chief of staff does pay taxes on his home. Failed attempts to find his records are the fault of shoddy research.

Is Congress about to give Social Security to illegal immigrants? March 1, 2009 Congress hasn't voted on any measure to pay benefits to illegal immigrants, and has no plans for any such vote.

Did Obama require that all infrastructure jobs in the stimulus bill go to union workers? February 26, 2009 Obama didn't set a requirement. He issued an executive order that "encourage[s] executive agencies to consider requiring" union labor for "large-scale" government contracts.

Is Congress going to require a federal license to own a handgun? February 22, 2009 A Chicago congressman's bill, H.R. 45, would require that, but it has little support. The same bill died quietly in a House subcommittee last year.

Did Obama pay for Hamas-affiliated terrorists to emigrate to the United States? February 19, 2009 This claim is false. The president's memorandum to the State Department would pay for refugee assistance in Gaza, not for transporting anyone to the U.S.

Was Bush's exit from office a "Class Act" compared with Clinton's? February 18, 2009 A widely forwarded e-mail contains some false and exaggerated claims, along with some truths. It also contains made-up headlines about Obama.

What will the stimulus bill cost per family? February 16, 2009 The added federal debt comes to about $10,000 per family. A Republican senator who used a figure 10 times higher than that is wrong.

Is Leon Panetta's daughter a "radical anti-American" who posed with Venezuela's Chavez? February 13, 2009 Actually, President Obama's nominee to head the CIA doesn't even have a daughter. The woman pictured in a false viral e-mail message is a Philadelphia-based photographer who says she's never met Leon Panetta.

What are the facts on the Freedom of Choice Act? February 11, 2009 Some claims about this proposal's impact are unfounded; others contain some truth. But the bill's vague wording makes it hard to pin down what it actually would or wouldn't do.

Did Congress bail out AIG because it insures members' pensions? February 9, 2009 This widely e-mailed claim is a hoax. It actually was the Federal Reserve that bailed out AIG, not Congress. And federal pensions aren't insured by AIG or any other company.