The Obameter: Tracking Obama's Campaign Promises

The Promise:

"Will expand and fund AmeriCorps from 75,000 slots today to 250,000 and they will focus this expansion on addressing the great challenges facing the nation." These additional slots will enable AmeriCorps to establish five new Corps: Classroom Corps to help teachers and students, with a priority placed on high-need and underserved schools; Health Corps to improve public health information and outreach to areas with inadequate health systems such as rural areas and inner cities; Clean Energy Corps to promote energy independence through efforts like weatherization, renewable energy projects and educational outreach; Veterans Corps to help keep America's sacred trust with its veterans; and Homeland Security Corps to help communities plan, prepare for and respond to emergencies.

Update May 1st, 2013:

Big increases envisioned in law never materialized

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The Promise:

"We need to have a tax code where secretaries aren't paying a (higher) tax rate than their bosses. "

Update April 12th, 2013:

Proposal is mentioned in Obama's 2014 budget

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The Promise:

"The President will offer states committed to reform relief from the worst mandates of No Child Left Behind like incentives to teach to the test so they can craft local solutions."

Update April 10th, 2013:

Obama administration has approved waivers for many states

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The Promise:

"President Obama will also continue to confront North Korea, another regime that ignores its international obligations by developing nuclear weapons and missile technology, with a stark choice: take verifiable steps toward denuclearization or face increasing isolation and costs from the United States and the international community."

Update April 2nd, 2013:

Obama administration follows campaign script on North Korea

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The Promise:

"I want to thank every American who participated in this election, whether you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very long time. By the way, we have to fix that."

Update March 29th, 2013:

Commission formed to study fixes

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The Promise:

"President Obama responsibly ended the war in Iraq and will end the war in Afghanistan in 2014."

Update March 29th, 2013:

Making plans for Afghanistan exit at the end of 2014

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The Promise:

"My belief is that we have to enforce the laws we've already got, make sure that we're keeping guns out of the hands of criminals, those who are mentally ill. We've done a much better job in terms of background checks, but we've got more to do when it comes to enforcement. But weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters don't belong on our streets. Part of it is seeing if we can get an assault weapons ban reintroduced."

Update March 29th, 2013:

Better enforcement part of Obama plan to reduce gun violence

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The Promise:

Will support "a system that allows undocumented immigrants who are in good standing to pay a fine, learn English, and go to the back of the line for the opportunity to become citizens."

Update March 12th, 2013:

Seeing some bipartisanship on immigration

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The Promise:

For victims of Superstorm Sandy: "We are going to be with them every step of the way in helping them to rebuild their lives."

Update February 11th, 2013:

Federal money on the way to storm-hit areas

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The Promise:

"My belief is that we have to enforce the laws we've already got, make sure that we're keeping guns out of the hands of criminals, those who are mentally ill. We've done a much better job in terms of background checks, but we've got more to do when it comes to enforcement. But weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters don't belong on our streets. Part of it is seeing if we can get an assault weapons ban reintroduced."

Update January 25th, 2013:

Feinstein introduces assault weapons ban

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The Promise:

"Fully Equip Our Troops for the Missions They Face: We must listen to our ground commanders when they tell us what kinds of technology and skills they need to fight most effectively. We cannot repeat the failure to swiftly deploy up-armored vehicles in response to insurgent tactics. We must prioritize getting vitally needed equipment to our Soldiers and Marines before lives are lost."

Update January 21st, 2013:

Pentagon streamlines response to troops’ equipment needs

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The Promise:

I’ve said I want to extend the college tax credit that my administration created so more families can save up to $10,000 on their tuition over four years.

Update January 21st, 2013:

Fiscal cliff deal includes five-year extension

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The Promise:

"Barack Obama and Joe Biden will ensure that his administration develops a Cyber Security Strategy that ensures that we have the ability to identify our attackers and a plan for how to respond that will be measured but effective."

Update January 17th, 2013:

Work still to be done before U.S. is cyber secure

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The Promise:

"Barack Obama and Joe Biden will lead a multilateral effort to address the issue of 'odious debt' by investigating ways in which 'loan sanctions' might be employed to create disincentives for private creditors to lend money to repressive, authoritarian regimes."

Update January 16th, 2013:

White House has yet to implement new type of loan sanction

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The Promise:

"Will work with industry to develop the systems necessary to protect our nation's trade secrets and our research and development."

Update January 16th, 2013:

New laws, more money support this promise

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