GOP Pledge-O-Meter: Tracking the promises of the GOP Leadership in Congress
PolitiFact has compiled promises that Republican congressional leaders made during the 2010 campaign and is tracking their progress on our GOP Pledge-O-Meter.
We rate their status as Not Yet Rated, In the Works or Stalled. Once we find action is completed, we rate them Promise Kept, Compromise or Promise Broken. (See our About the Pledge-O-Meter page for definitions of the ratings.)
The report card at right provides an up-to-the-minute tally of all the promises.
Browse the GOP Pledge-O-Meter:
Promises we’ve rated recently
Update nuclear warheads
The Promise:
"And we will update our nuclear warheads."
Establish operational control of the border
The Promise:
Will "ensure that the Border Patrol has the tools and authorities to establish operational control at the border and prohibit the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture from interfering with Border Patrol enforcement activities on federal lands."
Fund weapons research
The Promise:
"We will once again fund weapons’ research and development not just to meet the threats of today, but those of tomorrow."
Fully fund missile defense
The Promise:
Will "work to ensure critical funding is restored to protect the U.S. homeland and our allies from missile threats from rogue states such as Iran and North Korea."
Expand health savings accounts
The Promise:
Will "improve Health Savings Accounts by making it easier for patients with high-deductible health plans to use them to obtain access to quality care."
Reduce federal pay
The Promise:
"We will bring federal pay scales that have become so exaggerated into line with market rates."
Pass 'clean' military spending bills
The Promise:
Troop funding bills "will not be held up by unrelated policy changes, or extraneous domestic spending and pork-barrel projects."
Do away with the concept of ''comprehensive'' spending bills
The Promise:
Do away with the concept of ''comprehensive'' spending bills. "Let’s break them up, to encourage scrutiny, and make spending cuts easier. Rather than pairing agencies and departments together, let them come to the House floor individually, to be judged on their own merit. Members shouldn’t have to vote for big spending increases at the Labor Department in order to fund Health and Human Services. Members shouldn’t have to vote for big increases at the Commerce Department just because they support NASA. Each department and agency should justify itself each year to the full House and Senate, and be judged on its own."
End TARP
The Promise:
Cancel the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), "a move that would save taxpayers tens of billions of dollars."
Repeal the health care bill
The Promise:
Will "immediately take action to repeal" the health care law.
Give states incentives to develop innovative programs that lower premiums and reduce the number of uninsured Americans
The Promise:
After repealing health care law, will "incentivize states to develop innovative programs that lower premiums and reduce the number of uninsured Americans."
Ensure access for patients with pre-existing conditions
The Promise:
After repealing health care law, will "make it illegal for an insurance company to deny coverage to someone with prior coverage on the basis of a pre-existing condition, eliminate annual and lifetime spending caps, and prevent insurers from dropping your coverage just because you get sick."
Eliminate annual and lifetime spending caps
The Promise:
After repealing health care law, will "eliminate annual and lifetime spending caps" (in health insurance plans).
Enact medical liability reform
The Promise:
Will "enact common-sense medical liability reforms to lower costs, rein in junk lawsuits and curb defensive medicine."
Enact conscience protections into health law
The Promise:
After repealing health care law, will "enact into law conscience protections for health care providers, including doctors, nurses, and hospitals," such as allowing them to decline to provide abortion services.
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