Promise Posts – Page 4

Donald Trump

Reverse Barack Obama’s Cuba policy

Trump has largely kept promise to reverse Obama’s Cuba policy | July 15, 2020

Donald Trump

Ask countries we protect to pay more for joint defense

Trump furthers NATO’s spending trend | January 7, 2019

Donald Trump

End the defense sequester

Trump, lawmakers have consistently sidestepped the defense sequester | July 15, 2020

Donald Trump

Stop TPP

Trump orders TPP withdrawal | January 23, 2017

Donald Trump

Ensure funding for historic black colleges

Under Trump HBCUs and vocational education are ensured future funding | July 15, 2020

Donald Trump

Make no cuts to Social Security

Trump proposed cuts, but Congress didn’t bite | July 15, 2020

Donald Trump

Slash federal regulations

Trump signs executive order directing that for every new regulation, two be repealed | January 31, 2017

Barack Obama

Help restore Gulf Coast wetlands that protect against hurricanes

Unexpected aid from Deepwater Horizon | August 20, 2015

Greg Abbott

Focus additional spending on cancer screenings and treatment for low-income Texans

Abbott keeps vow to spend on cancer screenings, health care for low-income residents | January 30, 2017

Greg Abbott

Require state elected officials to disclose more about personal sources of income, contracts

Lawmakers, in reversal, advance mandate tightening disclosures of personal income, contracts | June 9, 2017

Greg Abbott

Allow schools to opt out of state mandates

Greg Abbott keeps promise to let schools opt out of mandates | September 12, 2017

Greg Abbott

Launch school principals leadership training program

Agency carries out Greg Abbott vow to improve training of principals | January 11, 2018

Greg Abbott

Grant college credit to high school students scoring well on Advanced Placement exams

Greg Abbott quickly fulfilled vow to tie college credits to above-average AP exam scores | August 3, 2018

Scott Walker

Return budget surpluses to taxpayers

Projected surplus tapped for sales tax holiday, child tax credit | September 28, 2018

Scott Walker

Increase higher education grants for certain students

Promise Kept: Increasing student grants | October 5, 2018

Scott Walker

Continue to reduce the tax burden on working families and seniors every year he is in office

Promise Kept: Reducing the tax burden | October 5, 2018

Scott Walker

Not support an increase in the state sales tax

Floated ideas, but didn’t back increase in sales tax | September 21, 2018

Rick Scott

Spend $25 billion on roads over five years to ease congestion

Scott kept promise on Florida road investment | November 29, 2018

Rick Scott

Reduce the state’s communications services sales tax

2015 cell phone tax cut adds up for Scott | January 25, 2016

Rick Scott

Eliminate the state’s manufacturing tax

Manufacturing equipment sales tax suspension made permanent | March 28, 2016

Rick Scott

Create a program for $10,000 STEM degrees

Students enrolled in $10k STEM degrees during Scott’s tenure | January 4, 2019

Rick Scott

Be in the Top 10 and Top 25 ranked public universities

With help from UF, FSU, Scott reaches university rankings goal | October 8, 2018

Rick Scott

Make Florida No. 1 in higher education affordability

Scott ends second term close to affordability goal on tuition | December 6, 2018

Rick Scott

Investigate every standardized test

Scott delivered on promise to study standardized tests | August 10, 2017

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