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Tracking politicians' promises

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Tracking Obama's promises

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Tracking the promises of the GOP Leadership in Congress

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Tracking Trump’s first-term campaign promises

MAGA-Meter: Trump's Second Term

MAGA-Meter: Tracking Donald Trump's 2024 promises

Promises we’ve rated recently

Cut off federal funding for NPR

The Promise:

"No more funding for NPR, a total scam! Editor said they have no Republicans, and is only used to 'damage Trump.' They are a liberal disinformation machine. Not one dollar."

Update: Trump cancels $1 billion in federal funding for public broadcasting

Abolish the Education Department

The Promise:

“We're going to end education coming out of Washington, D.C. We're going to close it up – all those buildings all over the place and people that in many cases hate our children. We're going to send it all back to the states,”

Update: Supreme Court rules to allow Trump to continue with mass Education Department layoffs

Provide universal school choice

The Promise:

Trump "looks forward to working with other states, as well as the U.S. Congress, to provide for universal school choice for every American family."

Update: Trump signs legislation introducing federal tax credit for school choice

Construct an Iron Dome-like missile defense system for the U.S.

The Promise:

"We're going to work with them to build a state-of-the-art, next-generation missile defense shield. Just as Israel is now protected by the Iron Dome, a dream once thought impossible, America must have an impenetrable dome to protect our people. We worked with Israel to develop that Dome."

Update: Trump’s megabill includes nearly $25 billion for Golden Dome

End taxation on overtime

The Promise:

"We will end all taxes on overtime." 

Update: Overtime pay receives tax break in megabill

Restore the state and local tax deduction (SALT)

The Promise:

I will "get SALT back."

Update: Trump megabill temporarily increases state and local tax break

Ban trans women from participating in women's sports

The Promise:

"President Trump will also make clear that Title IX prohibits men from participating in women’s sports."

Update: Trump administration tries to enforce trans athletes ban, with mixed results

Sign an order to construct the National Garden of American Heroes

The Promise:

"I will sign an executive order to bring back our National Garden of American Heroes, which we want to build very badly, and commission artists for the first 100 statues to populate this new statuary park honoring the greatest Americans of all time."

Update: Trump’s spending package has $40 million for Garden of Heroes

Make interest on car loans tax deductible

The Promise:

"As part of our tax cuts, we will make interest on car loans fully deductible."

Update: Trump megabill includes tax break for car loans

End taxation on tips

The Promise:

"We are going to not charge taxes on tips."

Update: Trump’s tax bill includes broad exclusion for tip income. It expires in 2028

Reduce corporate tax rate for companies making products in the U.S. to 15%

The Promise:

We will reduce the corporate tax rate from 21% to 15% “solely for companies that make their products in America.”

Update: Trump megabill includes benefits for domestic investment, but no corporate rate cut

Provide a middle-class, upper-class, lower-class, business-class big tax cut"

The Promise:

"I’ll give you a Trump middle-class, upper-class, lower-class, business-class big tax cut."

Update: Trump signs extension of 2017 tax law, plus new cuts

Require proof of citizenship at the polls

The Promise:

"We want to have proof of citizenship."

Update: Trump administration overhauls database for election officials to check voters’ citizenship status

Stop China from buying land in the U.S.

The Promise:

"Do you think China would let us go in and buy their land and do what they do? I don’t think so, okay. It won’t happen."

Update: New USDA plan seeks to crack down on Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland, advancing Trump’s promise

Expand concealed carry rights

The Promise:

"I will sign concealed carry reciprocity. Your Second Amendment does not end at the state line."

Update: House Republicans push bill on concealed carry