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Latest Promises
Joe Biden
Prevent the White House from interfering in federal investigations and prosecutions
Joe Biden’s pardon of Hunter Biden counters yearslong distance from Justice Department prosecutions
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December 3, 2024
Joe Biden
Expand broadband, or wireless broadband via 5G, to every American
Biden invested to increase broadband access, but it will take time for Americans to see benefits
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December 17, 2024
Joe Biden
Establish an offshoring tax penalty
Laws targeting overseas tax dodges fail to emerge from Congress
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December 2, 2024
Joe Biden
Raise corporate tax rate to 28%
Provisions targeted at biggest companies replace hike to overall corporate tax rate
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August 10, 2022
Joe Biden
No tax increase for anyone making less than $400,000
Biden keeps his pledge not to raise taxes on people earning under $400,000
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December 2, 2024
Joe Biden
Put Social Security on a path to long-run solvency
Biden failed to meaningfully extend Social Security’s solvency
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December 2, 2024
Joe Biden
Expand and increase Social Security benefits
Biden signs bipartisan law to end Social Security reductions for certain public-sector workers
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January 8, 2025
Joe Biden
Make union organizing easier for workers
PRO Act has stalled, but administration is shaping policy through NLRB
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March 19, 2024
Joe Biden
End pay discrimination
Pay antidiscrimination legislation fails, and gender wage gap persists
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December 5, 2024
Joe Biden
Offer up to $8,000 tax credit for child care
Joe Biden expanded the child care tax credit as promised, but only for one year
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December 4, 2024
Joe Biden
Create a public credit reporting agency
Biden fails to launch a new public credit reporting agency
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December 9, 2024
Joe Biden
Give small businesses a ‘restart package’ for pandemic-related openings
American Rescue Plan includes aid for small businesses, including restaurants
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March 17, 2021
Joe Biden
Introduce a constitutional amendment to eliminate private dollars from federal elections
Narrow constitutional amendment proposals went nowhere under Biden
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December 9, 2024
Joe Biden
Increase transparency of election spending
Election transparency effort withers after initial progress
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December 9, 2024
Joe Biden
Restrict super PACs
Proposal to restrict super PACs fizzles after House passage in 2021
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December 6, 2024
Joe Biden
Help state and local governments prevent budget shortfalls
American Rescue Plan includes $350 billion for states, localities
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March 16, 2021
Joe Biden
Use the Defense Production Act to produce personal protective equipment
Biden administration has been using the Defense Production Act to fight the pandemic
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December 22, 2021
Joe Biden
Increase the federal minimum wage to $15/hour
No national hike for the minimum wage
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December 5, 2024
Joe Biden
Restore the White House directorate for global health security
Biden restores White House office for global health security
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January 21, 2021
Joe Biden
Reduce health uninsured rate for African Americans
Black uninsured rate continues to fall under Biden
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January 8, 2025
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