Promise Posts – Page 6

Barack Obama

Create clean technology venture capital fund

Venture capital fund? No. Loan guarantees? Yes. | January 7, 2010

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Restore collective bargaining rights to federal employees

Some expansion but not full bargaining rights | June 12, 2012

Barack Obama

Create a $3,000 tax credit for companies that add jobs

Tax credit for companies differs in details | June 4, 2010

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Reduce energy consumption in federal buildings

Building promise gets an energy boost a little too late | November 14, 2016

Barack Obama

Require production of more biofuels

No new 60 billion-gallon requirement | August 10, 2012

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Seek safe disposal of nuclear waste

Blue-ribbon panel points the way, but little concrete action yet | November 21, 2012

Barack Obama

Close loopholes to discourage energy speculation

Dodd-Frank law upheld pledge, but key regulation held up in court | December 4, 2012

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Expedite oil and gas drilling from domestic shale formations

Supporters, critics of drilling both find data to support their case | December 20, 2012

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Weatherize 1 million homes per year

Stimulus program to weatherize homes is falling short | June 25, 2010

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Invest $150 billion to encourage “green” business sector

‘Green business sector’ definition makes funding difficult to tally | November 30, 2016

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Require utilities to reduce electricity demand

Energy efficiency rules help reduce, but don’t demand, electricity use | December 12, 2016

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Make buildings more energy efficient

Buildings are more efficient, but not as much as Obama promised | December 9, 2016

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Stop al Qaida prison recruitment

A slow expansion of policies begun under George W. Bush | November 20, 2012

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Launch a Children’s First Agenda

No agenda, but some progress | September 27, 2012

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Increase protections for whistleblowers

Gains for ordinary workers, mixed bag for intel staffers | October 13, 2016

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Strengthen the African Growth and Opportunity Act

Expiring provision extended, but little to ‘strengthen’ the law | November 20, 2012

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Pressure Sudan to end violence in Darfur

Some progress, but violence continues | June 15, 2012

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Cut federal contracts

Contract spending on the decline | December 12, 2012

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Sign a “universal” health care bill

5 years later, Medicaid opt-outs create holes in ‘universal’ bill | March 25, 2015

Barack Obama

Set a three-month moratorium on foreclosures

Voluntary freezes on foreclosures underway | February 23, 2009

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