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Fully KeptForeign policy / WHO sovereignty

Committed to reintroduce legislation (the No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act) to require any World Health Organization pandemic agreement to be treated as a treaty needing two-thirds Senate approval, to hold the WHO accountable and protect U.S. sovereignty.

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Fully KeptFact-checker reviewConfidence: 90%

The promise's committed action is to REINTRODUCE the named bill (the No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act), not to enact it. Ron Johnson fully performed that action — and did so repeatedly as lead sponsor. He introduced S.444 in the 118th Congress (introduced 02/15/2023; died in the Committee on Foreign Relations, never received a vote), then reintroduced it as S.1983 in the 119th Congress (introduced 06/05/2025; referred to committee). Both bills carry the exact title and substance described in the promise: requiring any convention/agreement/instrument on pandemic prevention reached by the World Health Assembly/WHO to be subject to Senate ratification (two-thirds approval as a treaty). The reintroduction is entirely within a senator's unilateral power and was completed 100%, twice. The prior rating (CHAMPIONED, 0.9) under-credited by treating non-enactment as reducing the score, but enactment/passage was never the promise ('reintroduce,' not 'pass'). Applying the promise-as-stated standard identically to any party, a fulfilled 'reintroduce' commitment is FULL. Sources verified independently via GovTrack (mirrors Library of Congress data); congress.gov bill pages are genuine (they block automated fetch but the records are real).

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