The Equal Remedies Act of 2007 would have eliminated caps on damages in discrimination cases "that presently impede the ability of victims of racial and gender discrimination to fully recover for the wrongs they have suffered." The bill briefly returned the next year as a provision of the Civil Rights Act of 2008, which was introduced in the Senate but had no companion in the House.

Since then, we find no sign of it. No new version of the Equal Remedies Act was introduced in the 111th Congress (covering the years 2009 and 2010). Same goes for the current Congress.

Eliminating caps on damages in employment discrimination cases is an effort that has faded away. We'll revisit this if we find new evidence, but for now we rate it a Promise Broken.