Policy • History • ImpactPromise Tracker
Browse tracked promise records across presidents. The default view prioritizes promises with direct or meaningful downstream Black-community impact, with an option to show all records.
Filter by president, status, or topic, or search across titles, summaries, and promise text. Relevance reflects the degree to which a promise is tied to Black-community outcomes.
40 Promise Tracker records
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Advance racial equity across federal agenciesTracked as partial because the administration established a government-wide equity framework, but implementation depended on uneven agency follow-through and remained vulnerable to reversal.
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Deliver 100 million COVID-19 vaccine shots in the first 100 daysBiden met the 100 million shots goal and later doubled it to 200 million within the same 100-day period.
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Make HBCUs and under-resourced MSIs more affordableBiden increased federal support for HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions and paired that with student-relief measures, but the full tuition-grant vision was not enacted as proposed.
Tracked as failed because the public promise language was not matched by a durable fair-housing or anti-redlining policy framework, while key housing guardrails were weakened instead.
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Strengthen federal labor protectionsBiden shifted labor policy through appointments and executive support, but large statutory reforms such as the PRO Act did not pass.
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Increase access to affordable housingBiden took administrative and legislative steps to expand housing assistance and supply, but the larger affordable-housing agenda was narrowed by congressional gridlock.
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Pass a bipartisan infrastructure packageBiden signed a major bipartisan infrastructure law delivering large federal investment in transportation, broadband, and public works.
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Rejoin the Paris climate accordBiden rejoined the Paris climate accord immediately after taking office.
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Restore voting rights after felony sentences are completedBiden expressed support for legislation that would expand voting rights after incarceration, but his administration did not create the promised incentives for states to restore those rights.
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Revoke the Keystone XL pipeline permitBiden revoked the Keystone XL permit on day one, effectively ending the project.
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Forgive public-college tuition debt for many borrowersBiden pursued broad debt relief and delivered targeted cancellation, but the Supreme Court blocked the central mass-forgiveness plan and the original campaign promise was not fully realized.
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme CourtBiden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was confirmed as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.