Tracking politicians' promises

The Promise:

"Establishing a $100 billion Affordable Housing Fund to construct and upgrade affordable housing. He will ensure funding supports community development efforts, expanding the HOME program and the Capital Magnet Fund, which spurs private investment in affordable housing and economic development in distressed communities.

Update: COVID-19 relief package includes housing assistance

The Promise:

My administration will get "at least 100 million COVID vaccine shots into the arms of the American people in the first 100 days. 100 million shots in the first 100 days."

Update: 58 days in, Biden reaches milestone of 100 million shots within his first 100 days

The Promise:

"Provide a 'restart package' that helps small businesses cover the costs of operating safely, including things like plexiglass and PPE."

Update: American Rescue Plan includes aid for small businesses, including restaurants

The Promise:

"Establish a renewable fund for state and local governments to help prevent budget shortfalls, which may cause states to face steep cuts to teachers and first responders."

Update: American Rescue Plan includes $350 billion for states, localities

The Promise:

"Biden will propose legislation codifying what should be a simple tenet of campaign finance law: any group that advocates for or against candidates for federal office in its ads or communications must disclose its contributors. No more hiding behind 'dark money' groups to spread lies. This law will require all online ads, how they’re targeted, and who paid for them to be posted by the groups to a public database on a new one-stop website, ethics.gov — so no one can target voters with misinformation without attracting media or political attention."

Update: Anti-"dark money" provisions included in House-passed H.R. 1

The Promise:

"As president, Biden will enact legislation requiring that every candidate for federal office disclose returns dating back 10 years prior to the date they declared their candidacy for their first federal office."

Update: House-passed H.R. 1 would require presidential, VP candidates to share tax returns

The Promise:

"Biden will issue an executive order directing that no White House staff or any member of his administration may initiate, encourage, obstruct, or otherwise improperly influence specific DOJ investigations or prosecutions for any reason; and he will pledge to terminate anyone who tries to do so."

Update: Merrick Garland, other Justice Department nominees pledge political impartiality

The Promise:

"Because Biden knows we need to build back better, he will include in the economic recovery legislation he sends to Congress a series of policies to build worker power to raise wages and secure stronger benefits."

Update: Joe Biden applauds Alabama workers on union vote; House passes PRO Act

The Promise:

"The Equality Act is the best vehicle for ensuring equal rights under the law for LGBTQ+ Americans, and will guarantee that LGBTQ+ individuals are protected under existing civil rights laws. .. Biden will also direct his Cabinet to ensure immediate and full enforcement of the Equality Act across all federal departments and agencies."

Update: House passage of Equality Act advances Biden campaign promise

The Promise:

"I’ll not only restore Obamacare, I’ll build on it."

Update: With American Rescue Plan, Biden moves closer to making good on ACA-related campaign promise

The Promise:

"Biden will enact universal background check legislation, requiring a background check for all gun sales with very limited exceptions, such as gifts between close family members. This will close the so-called 'gun show and online sales loophole' that the Obama-Biden Administration narrowed, but which cannot be fully closed by executive action alone."

Update: House passes gun background check bills supported by Biden

The Promise:

My administration will get "at least 100 million COVID vaccine shots into the arms of the American people in the first 100 days. 100 million shots in the first 100 days."

Update: 50 days in, Biden has made significant progress towards reaching his vaccination goal

The Promise:

"Joe Biden will work with Congress to pass legislation that creates a roadmap to citizenship for the nearly 11 million people who have been living in and strengthening our country for years."

Update: Democrats advance Joe Biden’s campaign promise of pathway to citizenship

The Promise:

"Joe Biden will direct the CDC to provide specific evidence-based guidance for how to turn the dial up or down relative to the level of risk and degree of viral spread in a community, including when to open or close certain businesses, bars, restaurants, and other spaces; when to open or close schools, and what steps they need to take to make classrooms and facilities safe; appropriate restrictions on size of gatherings; when to issue stay-at-home restrictions."

Update: CDC issues guidance on school reopenings amid COVID-19

The Promise:

"I do not propose banning fracking. I think you have to make sure that fracking is in fact not emitting methane or polluting the well or dealing with what can be small earthquakes in how they're drilling. So, it has to be managed very, very well, number one. Number two, what we have to do is the future rests in renewable energy."

Update: Joe Biden takes first step toward ban on new fracking on federal land