Promise Posts – Page 8

Rick Scott

Pay teachers based on performance (merit pay)

New teachers will be paid based on student performance | March 24, 2011

Rick Scott

Eliminate tenure for new teachers

New teachers can only receive one-year contracts | March 24, 2011

Rick Scott

Reduce insurance fraud involving sinkholes

Scott signs property insurance bill to limit sinkhole fraud | May 18, 2011

Rick Scott

Enact tort reform

PIP reform passed but battles remain | December 4, 2013

Barack Obama

Support network neutrality on the Internet

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

Barack Obama

Reverse restrictions on stem cell research

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

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

Help states and localities address sprawl

Administration keeps promise with programs to curb sprawl | January 7, 2011

Barack Obama

Phase out incandescent light bulbs

Through mix of federal standards and consumer actions, LED bulbs are growing fast | December 19, 2016

Barack Obama

Share enviromental technology with other countries

International coalitions advance Obama’s promise | December 2, 2009

Barack Obama

Double federal spending for research on clean fuels

Research money has more than doubled | January 8, 2010

Barack Obama

Provide grants to encourage energy-efficient building codes

Stimulus includes energy efficiency block grants for building codes | April 14, 2009

Barack Obama

Increase funding for the Environmental Protection Agency

EPA gets a funding boost | November 4, 2009

Barack Obama

Get his daughters a puppy

A dog named Bo | April 13, 2009

Barack Obama

Appoint at least one Republican to the cabinet

One, maybe two | January 14, 2009

Barack Obama

Fully fund federal contribution to the preservation of the Everglades

Federal Everglades funding on track | August 22, 2011

Barack Obama

Support funding and reform for Amtrak

On board with money and reforms | June 20, 2012

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

Barack Obama

Support high-speed rail

High-speed rail gets stimulus money | March 11, 2009

Barack Obama

Extend unemployment insurance benefits and temporarily suspend taxes on these benefits

Obama signs stimulus, extending unemployment | February 19, 2009

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