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JU-26 The Promise: "...will also issue a joint report on "best practices" across agencies and disseminate that information to the states."
When/Where: Obama-Biden Plan: "Ending Violence Against Women and Children" dated 10/31/07.
Source: https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/promise/120/issue-a-best-practices-report-for-states-on-redu/
Status:Source is cited for confirmation of exact promise wording only, as it existed before original "When/Where" campaign document was deleted from archival websites.

H.R.3401, entitled "Improving Assistance to Domestic and Sexual Violence Victims Act of 2009" was introduced on 07/30/09 by Representative Debbie Wasserman Shultz (D-FL). This proposed legislation was referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security on 08/19/09 where it sat until it expired with the 111th Congress at the end of CY2010.

On the Senate side, S.327 with the same title was introduced by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on 01/26/09 and this initiative resulted in a Committee on the Judiciary Report No. 111-85 filed on 10/01/09. This bill also died with the 111th Congress at the end of CY2010.

On 04/27/12, Congresswoman Sandy Adams (R-FL) introduced the "Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012" (H.R. 4970) which specifically addressed the adoption of "best practices" to be shared with states. This bill passed the House on 05/16/12 but did not receive passage in the Senate before the 112th Congress expired at the end of CY2012.

On 01/22/13, Senator Leahy reintroduced his bill as the "Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013" (S. 47). This bill addressed best practices for "responding to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking" and directs inter-agency reporting and information sharing with states. This bill was signed into law by President Obama on 03/07/13.

This promise was fulfilled.
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JU-27 The Promise: "Senator Obama co-sponsored and helped reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Reauthorized in January 2006, the bill provides funds to help communities, nonprofit organizations and police combat domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. The legislation also establishes a sexual assault services program and provides education grants to prevent domestic violence. As president, Obama will fully fund and implement VAWA."
When/Where: Obama-Biden Plan: "Ending Violence Against Women and Children" dated 10/31/07.
Source: Source document was available online throughout the Obama Administration. It has since been deleted from all archival websites.
Status:The FY2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act signed into law by President Obama on 12/16/09 provided $444.5M to the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) for the VAWA program. In addition, the law provided $181.4M to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for domestic violence programs. $415.5M was the enacted amount for OVW activities in FY2010.

For FY2011, President Obama's budget submission included $457M for VAWA (plus $192.3M for HHS domestic violence programs). Under Continuing Resolution procedures, $418.5M was appropriated for OVW for FY2011.

On 11/30/11, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced the "Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011" (S. 1925). This bill passed the Senate on 04/26/12, but did not pass the House as of end-CY2012 when the 112th Congress expired.

Nonetheless, for FY2012, the OVW was funded at the $412.5M level against the President's request for $431.7M, an amount President Obama requested again for FY2013.

On 01/22/13, Senator Leahy reintroduced his bill as the "Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013" (S. 47). This bill passed the Senate in a 78 to 22 vote on 02/12/13, authorizing $659M for VAWA related programs. This bill was signed into law by President Obama on 03/07/13.

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JU-28 The Promise: "...the Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act "to remove some of the government penalties on married families, crack down on men avoiding child support payments...will sign this bill into law..."
When/Where: Obama-Biden Plan: "Supporting Urban Prosperity", dated 09/11/08.
Source: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/550008/barack-obama-2008-supporting-urban-prosperity.pdf
Status:After several unsuccessful attempts during previous sessions of Congress, Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL) reintroduced the "Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2015" (H.R. 3005) on 07/09/15. No action was taken on this bill and it expired with the 114th Congress at the end of CY2016.

This promise was not fulfilled.
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