Latest Promises

Scott Walker

Create and convene “Waste, Fraud and Abuse” Commission

Order issued, now the work of finding $300 million a year in savings begins | January 4, 2011

Scott Walker

Call special legislative session on jobs

Minutes after the oath, he issues the call | January 3, 2011

Scott Walker

Have lieutenant governor lead statewide “small business roundtables”

So far, 25 and counting | November 22, 2011

Scott Walker

Create “jobs hotline” for direct access to governor’s office

Quick to create the hotline, slow to return the calls | October 6, 2011

Scott Walker

Lift nuclear moratorium

Some talk, but no action and no more session days scheduled | August 25, 2014

Scott Walker

Reform and speed up permitting process for businesses

Numerous examples show improvements | November 1, 2013

Barack Obama

Introduce a comprehensive immigration bill in the first year

No big push in first year | August 13, 2010

Barack Obama

Strengthen international rules against commercial whaling

Obama’s leadership on whaling: progress but no sea change | October 9, 2012

Barack Obama

Invest $50 billion in auto manufacturing facilities for fuel efficient vehicles

Not much additional funding since 2009 | December 12, 2016

Barack Obama

Bring Democrats and Republicans together to pass an agenda

Record-setting partisan divide | August 31, 2012

Barack Obama

Cut the cost of a typical family’s health insurance premium by up to $2,500 a year

No cut in premiums for typical family | August 31, 2012

Barack Obama

Create a public option health plan for a new National Health Insurance Exchange.

It’s official: The public option is dead | March 26, 2010

Barack Obama

Negotiate health care reform in public sessions televised on C-SPAN

Obama said he’d televise health reform negotiations on C-SPAN | July 10, 2009

Barack Obama

No signing statements to nullify instructions from Congress

After ignoring provision on notifying Congress of Guantanamo transfers, this moves to Promise Broken | June 4, 2014

Barack Obama

No family making less than $250,000 will see “any form of tax increase.”

Smokers, tanning aficionados, the happily uninsured: More taxes coming at ya! | April 8, 2010

Barack Obama

Ensure that stem cell research is conducted ethically and with vigorous oversight

2009 guidelines on embryonic stem cell research provide detailed oversight | November 30, 2012

Barack Obama

Reverse restrictions on stem cell research

Obama signs executive order on stem cells | March 9, 2009

Barack Obama

Go “line by line” over earmarks to make sure money being spent wisely

Very different results for stimulus and Omnibus | March 3, 2009

Barack Obama

Recognize the Armenian genocide

In two terms, no mention of Armenian ‘genocide’ | May 11, 2016

Barack Obama

Support network neutrality on the Internet

FCC approves Obama’s net neutrality proposal | February 26, 2015

Barack Obama

Give the White House’s Privacy and Civil Liberties Board subpoena power

Some changes but still no direct subpoena power | October 12, 2016

Barack Obama

Allow penalty-free hardship withdrawals from retirement accounts in 2008 and 2009

Penalty-free 401(k) penalty withdrawals still not on the agenda, and taxes are due next week | April 10, 2009

Barack Obama

Extend unemployment insurance benefits and temporarily suspend taxes on these benefits

Obama signs stimulus, extending unemployment | February 19, 2009

Barack Obama

Raise the small business investment expensing limit to $250,000 through the end of 2009

Stimulus raised the expensing limit | September 16, 2009

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