FACT CHECK: Obama off on thrifty spending claim

WASHINGTON — The White House is aggres­sively push­ing the idea that, con­trary to wide­spread belief, Pres­i­dent Barack Obama is tight­fisted with tax­payer dol­lars. To back it up, the admin­is­tra­tion cites a media report that claims fed­eral spend­ing is ris­ing at the slow­est pace since the Eisen­hower years.