Barack Obama
Enact a credit card bill of rightsObama signed the Credit CARD Act, which imposed tighter limits on a range of credit card pricing and billing practices.
Promise 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
Barack Obama
Enact a credit card bill of rightsObama signed the Credit CARD Act, which imposed tighter limits on a range of credit card pricing and billing practices.
Barack Obama
Enact a worker tax creditObama enacted worker tax relief, but the ultimate delivery was more temporary and politically altered than the original campaign framing.
Barack Obama
Expand children's health insurance coverageObama signed CHIP expansion legislation early in his presidency, broadening coverage for children.
Higher rates were restored for top earners, but the result came through a broader fiscal-cliff compromise rather than the original clean repeal framing.