Promise Posts – Page 9

Barack Obama

Strengthen the Age Discrimination in Employment Act

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

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Direct revenues from offshore oil and gas drilling to increased coastal hurricane protection

A campaign promise long since abandoned | August 20, 2015

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Create a national catastrophe insurance reserve

No action on catastrophe fund | November 28, 2012

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Establish a Global Energy Corps to promote green energy in developing countries

No evidence that Global Energy Corps has seen the light of day | November 12, 2012

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Expand service-learning in schools

After an initial boost, service learning lost federal support | November 21, 2012

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Pay for the national service plan without increasing the deficit

Bill signed, but no budget offsets | January 11, 2010

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Support human mission to moon by 2020

Obama budget abandons moon-by-2020 goal | February 15, 2010

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Fully fund the COPS program

COPS got full funding once in four years | November 13, 2012

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Support tax deduction for artists

No new tax deduction for value of artwork | July 19, 2012

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Re-establish the National Aeronautics and Space Council

Idea to revive National Aeronautics and Space Council appears dead | August 2, 2010

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Provide a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants

Path to citizenship promise under Obama looks dead | September 21, 2016

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Expand the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity

Facing congressional opposition, Obama leaves office without ENDA enacted | December 12, 2016

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Sign the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act into law

Bill remains stuck in committee | July 25, 2012

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Eliminate caps on damages for discrimination cases

No change in law eliminating caps | December 19, 2012

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Allow bankruptcy judges to modify terms of a home mortgage

House rejects “cramdown” amendment on bankruptcy modifications of home mortgages | January 7, 2010

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Increase the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour

No possibility of a minimum wage increase | August 29, 2011

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Restore Superfund program so that polluters pay for clean-ups

No sign of action from Congress | July 1, 2011

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Regulate pollution from major livestock operations

EPA flip-flops on key proposed regulation | November 21, 2012

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Allow five days of public comment before signing bills

Credit card bill of rights passed without five-day break | May 26, 2009

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Tougher rules against revolving door for lobbyists and former officials

Grassley demands waivers and recusals on former lobbyists in the Obama administration | June 12, 2009

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Double funding for afterschool programs

Administration backs off pledge to double afterschool program funding | December 16, 2009

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Create scholarships to recruit new teachers

New teacher service scholarships never came to be | November 13, 2012

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Require all schools of education to be accredited

Accreditation not the destination for all schools | November 14, 2016

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Seek independent watchdog agency to investigate congressional ethics violations

Ethics commission never got a presidential push | July 10, 2012

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