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.
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40 Promise Tracker records
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Raise the federal minimum wage to $15Biden supported a $15 federal minimum wage, but Congress did not enact it.
Donald J. Trump
Pass federal criminal justice reformTrump signed the First Step Act, producing a notable federal criminal justice reform law.
Donald J. Trump
Ensure long-term federal funding for HBCUsTrump signed an HBCU-focused executive order and later signed the FUTURE Act, which locked in long-term mandatory federal support for HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions.
Donald J. Trump
Deliver a major federal tax cutTrump signed a sweeping tax law that cut the corporate tax rate and changed individual tax rules.
Donald J. Trump
Replace NAFTA with a new trade dealTrump renegotiated NAFTA and signed the USMCA, which replaced the older agreement.
Donald J. Trump
Appoint conservative Supreme Court justicesTrump nominated and won confirmation for three Supreme Court justices, strengthening the Court's conservative bloc.
Donald J. Trump
Repeal and replace the Affordable Care ActTrump and congressional Republicans tried to repeal the ACA, but the law remained in place despite several administrative changes.
Tracked as delivered because the Fair Sentencing Act reduced the statutory disparity from 100-to-1 to 18-to-1, producing a clear legal change even though it did not eliminate the gap entirely.
Obama supported stronger federal penalties and corrective mechanisms for deceptive election practices, but the core legislation never became law.
Obama launched a much larger foreclosure-relief effort than the campaign proposal, but the homeowner-stabilization effort fell far short of its stated goals and did not prevent broad housing loss.
Obama backed and signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, making it easier to challenge ongoing pay discrimination.
Barack Obama
Ban pre-existing-condition exclusionsThe Affordable Care Act barred insurers from denying or pricing coverage based on pre-existing conditions in major parts of the insurance market.