Promise Posts – Page 8

Barack Obama

Sign the Freedom of Choice Act

Nothing to sign; bill has fizzled | June 1, 2012

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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

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Use revenue from cap and trade to support clean energy and environmental restoration

No cap-and-trade, no revenue | August 16, 2011

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Require plug-in fleet at the White House

Efforts continue, but one-year clock for creating all-plug-in White House fleet expired a year ago | January 12, 2011

Barack Obama

Require new federal fleet purchases to be half plug-in hybrids or electric vehicles

Nowhere near half | August 3, 2012

Barack Obama

Mandate flexible fuel vehicles by 2012

Flex-fuel vehicles are nowhere near universal | February 8, 2012

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Enact windfall profits tax for oil companies

Three budget plans, no proposals for windfall profits tax, promise broken | March 16, 2011

Barack Obama

Require drilling on current oil and gas leases

Early proposals disappeared and never resurfaced | December 5, 2016

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Create cap and trade system with interim goals to reduce global warming

Obama abandons cap and trade as Republicans take over the House | November 8, 2010

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Limit term of director of national intelligence

No progress on changing the DNI’s term | January 14, 2011

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Call for a consultative group of congressional leaders on national security

“Consultative” foreign policy group never named | December 10, 2012

Barack Obama

Give annual “State of the World” address

Six years after promise, still no ‘State of the World’ address | October 31, 2013

Barack Obama

Work to ban the permanent replacement of striking workers

Still no sign of action | June 12, 2012

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Reduce oil consumption by 35 percent by 2030

Oil consumption continues to rise despite new regulations | December 8, 2016

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Establish a low carbon fuel standard

No national standard in sight | August 2, 2012

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Require 25 percent renewable energy by 2025

Cap-and-trade bill died, though other trends may achieve goal without a law | November 8, 2012

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Improve and prioritize student science assessments

State science testing didn’t get federal push | November 16, 2012

Barack Obama

Reduce the number of middle managers in the federal workforce

No data to demonstrate it was done | February 21, 2012

Barack Obama

Limit subsidies for agribusiness

Limits included in Senate’s farm bill, but not House’s | November 29, 2012

Barack Obama

Strengthen anti-monopoly laws to favor independent farmers

Regulations with teeth opposed in Congress, then withdrawn | November 28, 2012

Barack Obama

Give tax incentives to new farmers

No tax incentives for new farmers, and less spending on conservation incentives than authorized | November 28, 2012

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Strengthen the Age Discrimination in Employment Act

Efforts to reverse Supreme Court ruling have fallen by wayside | February 10, 2012

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Seek treaty to control fissile materials

Despite U.S. efforts, treaty remains stymied | November 21, 2012

Barack Obama

Encourage diversity in media ownership

Federal policy did nothing to boost diversity in media ownership | November 19, 2012

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