Tracking politicians' promises

The Promise:

"Biden will reinvigorate the COPS program with a $300 million investment."

Update: Biden gets $125 million increase for COPS program

The Promise:

"Create 1 million new jobs in the American auto industry, domestic auto supply chains, and auto infrastructure, from parts to materials to electric vehicle charging stations, positioning American auto workers and manufacturers to win the 21st century."

Update: Auto sector jobs up by nearly 300,000 so far on Biden’s watch

The Promise:

"Biden supports repealing the Hyde Amendment because health care is a right that should not be dependent on one’s zip code or income."

Update: Efforts to repeal Hyde Amendment on abortion fizzle in Senate, stalling Biden’s promise

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: Biden’s promise to enact the Equality Act stalls

The Promise:

"Biden will continue to prioritize closing wage gaps and ending paycheck discrimination. He strongly supports Senator Patty Murray and Congresswoman DeLauro’s Paycheck Fairness Act, which codifies and expands critical Obama-Biden protections for workers’ paychecks. He will also take action to strengthen the ability of employees to challenge discriminatory pay practices and hold employers accountable."

Update: After passing House, pay fairness bill stalls in Senate

The Promise:

"Reducing the uninsured rate for African Americans ... nationally, 11% of nonelderly African Americans are uninsured, compared to 8% of white people."

Update: Uninsured rate for Black Americans declined in Biden's first year in office

The Promise:

"Biden will create a new public credit reporting and scoring division within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to provide consumers with a government option that seeks to minimize racial disparities, for example by ensuring the algorithms used for credit scoring don’t have a discriminatory impact, and by accepting non-traditional sources of data like rental history and utility bills to establish credit. "

Update: No movement on Joe Biden’s promise to create a public credit reporting agency

The Promise:

"Forgive all undergraduate tuition-related federal student debt from two- and four-year public colleges and universities and private HBCUs and MSIs for debt-holders earning up to $125,000."

Update: Legal challenges stall Biden’s plan to forgive student loan debt

The Promise:

"As president, Biden will work to codify Roe v. Wade, and his Justice Department will do everything in its power to stop the rash of state laws that so blatantly violate the constitutional right to an abortion, such as so-called TRAP laws, parental notification requirements, mandatory waiting periods, and ultrasound requirements."

Update: Biden vows to codify Roe v. Wade in 2023, but Democrats face tough battle in Senate

The Promise:

"Tehran must return to strict compliance with the deal. If it does so, I would rejoin the agreement and use our renewed commitment to diplomacy to work with our allies to strengthen and extend it, while more effectively pushing back against Iran’s other destabilizing activities."

Update: Iran protests (further) scuttle nuclear deal

The Promise:

"Decriminalize the use of cannabis."

Update: Biden announces pardon for federal simple marijuana possession

The Promise:

"I’m never going to raise the white flag and surrender. We’re going to beat this virus. We’re going to get it under control, I promise you. "

Update: Is COVID-19 ‘under control’ in the U.S.? Experts say yes

The Promise:

"Forgive all undergraduate tuition-related federal student debt from two- and four-year public colleges and universities and private HBCUs and MSIs for debt-holders earning up to $125,000."

Update: Biden orders $10,000 to $20,000 in student loan debt forgiveness

The Promise:

"Double the maximum value of Pell grants and significantly increase the number of middle-class Americans who can participate in the program. "

Update: Biden signs Pell Grant increase into law, but amount falls short of campaign goal

The Promise:

"Provide Section 8 housing vouchers to every eligible family so that no one has to pay more than 30% of their income for rental housing."

Update: Biden has made only scant progress in expanding Section 8 housing vouchers