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Latest Promises
Donald Trump
End the Russia-Ukraine war within 24 hours
At 100 days, Trump’s administration struggles to achieve the Russia-Ukraine peace he promised
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April 29, 2025
Joe Biden
End for-profit detention centers
Joe Biden breaks promise to end use of private prison companies for immigration detention
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November 26, 2024
Joe Biden
Create a pathway to citizenship for nearly 11 million people
Biden broke his promise to provide citizenship to millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally
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December 18, 2024
Joe Biden
Ban the manufacture and sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines
Joe Biden failed to deliver on promise to ban assault weapons
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December 6, 2024
Joe Biden
End the online sale of firearms and ammunition
Joe Biden’s administration did little to restrict online gun sales
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December 20, 2024
Joe Biden
Enact the Equality Act
President Joe Biden failed to enact the Equality Act
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November 27, 2024
Joe Biden
Guarantee 7 days of paid sick leave
Joe Biden breaks promise to guarantee seven days of paid sick leave
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December 5, 2024
Joe Biden
Guarantee 12 weeks paid family and medical leave
Joe Biden fails to fulfill promise guaranteeing 12 weeks of paid family leave
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December 4, 2024
Joe Biden
Make 2 years of community college or a high-quality training program tuition-free
Joe Biden’s free community college plan failed to get congressional support
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December 6, 2024
Joe Biden
Offer universal preschool to 3- and 4-year-olds
Joe Biden breaks promise to offer universal preschool to all 3- and 4-year-olds
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December 4, 2024
Joe Biden
Make public colleges and universities tuition-free for families who make less than $125,000
Joe Biden breaks promise to offer free college tuition to families earning less than $125,000 a year
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December 6, 2024
Joe Biden
Require all federal candidates to release tax returns
Twin efforts to require tax return disclosure fail to make it to Biden’s desk
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December 9, 2024
Joe Biden
Prevent the White House from interfering in federal investigations and prosecutions
Joe Biden’s pardon of Hunter Biden counters yearslong distance from Justice Department prosecutions
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December 3, 2024
Joe Biden
Establish an offshoring tax penalty
Laws targeting overseas tax dodges fail to emerge from Congress
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December 2, 2024
Joe Biden
Put Social Security on a path to long-run solvency
Biden failed to meaningfully extend Social Security’s solvency
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December 2, 2024
Joe Biden
End pay discrimination
Pay antidiscrimination legislation fails, and gender wage gap persists
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December 5, 2024
Joe Biden
Create a public credit reporting agency
Biden fails to launch a new public credit reporting agency
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December 9, 2024
Joe Biden
Introduce a constitutional amendment to eliminate private dollars from federal elections
Narrow constitutional amendment proposals went nowhere under Biden
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December 9, 2024
Joe Biden
Increase transparency of election spending
Election transparency effort withers after initial progress
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December 9, 2024
Joe Biden
Restrict super PACs
Proposal to restrict super PACs fizzles after House passage in 2021
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December 6, 2024
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