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President Obama’s Greatest Hits
Vol. I
Source: wtf hasobamadonesofar.com
Health Care Reform Bill,
preventing insurance
companies from denying
insurance because of a
pre-existing condition
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/obama-signs-bill-on-student-loans-
health-care/
Health Care Reform
Bill, allowing children
to remain covered by
their parents'
insurance until the
age of 26
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/obama-signs-bill-on-student-loans-
health-care/
Tax cuts for up to
3.5 million small
businesses to
help pay for
employee health
care coverage
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/obama-signs-bill-
on-student-loans-health-care/
Tax credits for
up to 29 million
individuals to
help pay for
health
insurance
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/obama-signs-bill-on-
student-loans-health-care/
Signed financial
reform law requiring
lenders to verify
applicants' credit
history, income, and
employment status
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20008835-503544.html
Signed financial reform law
prohibiting banks from
engaging in proprietary
trading (trading the bank's
own money to turn a profit,
often in conflict with their
customers' interests)
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20008835-503544.html
Signed financial
reform law allowing
shareholders of
publicly traded
companies to vote
on executive pay
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20008835-503544.html
Cut prescription
drug cost for
Medicare
recipients by 50%
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-4872&tab=summary
Provided $12.2 Billion
in new funding for
Individuals With
Disabilities Education
Act
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/factsheet/idea.html
Extended benefits
to same-sex
partners of Federal
employees
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-memorandum-extension
Appointed more
openly gay officials
than any other
president in US
history
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/26/obama-has-appointed-mo
The American
Recovery &
Reinvestment Act
of 2009: a $789
billion economic
stimulus plan
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-111publ5/pdf/PLAW-111publ5.pdf
Created more
private sector jobs
in 2010 than during
entire Bush years
http://newsjunkiepost.com/2010/10/08/its-official-more-private-sector-jobs-created-in-
Voluntary disclosure
of White House
visitors for the first
time in US history
http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/disclosures/visitor-records
Appointed first
Latina to the US
Supreme Court
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104648062
Promoted social
responsibility through
creation of serve.gov,
a national database
of volunteer
opportunities
http://www.serve.gov/
Reversed 'global
gag rule', allowing
US aid to go to
organizations
regardless of
whether they
provide abortions
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/23/barack-obama-foreign-abortion-aid
Signed the Family Smoking
Prevention and Tobacco
Control Act, giving the FDA
the authority to regulate the
manufacturing, marketing,
and sale of tobacco for the
first time
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname
=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h1256enr.txt.pdf
Signed New START
Treaty - nuclear arms
reduction pact with
Russia
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/world/europe/09prexy.html?_r=1
Increased average
fuel economy
standards from
27.5mpg to 35.5mpg,
starting in 2016
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/01/AR20100401014
Signed the Lilly
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act,
restoring basic
protections against pay
discrimination for
women and other
workers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilly_Ledbetter_Fair_Pay_Act_of_2009
Provided travel
expenses to
families of fallen
soldiers to be on
hand when the
body arrives at
Dover AFB
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/pentagon-will-help-families/
Reversed the
policy of barring
media coverage
during the return
of fallen soldiers
to Dover Air
Force Base
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7986203.stm
Launched
recovery.gov to track
spending from the
Recovery Act,
providing
transparency and
allowing the public to
report fraud, waste,
or abuse
www.recovery.gov
Provided the
Department of Veterans
Affairs with more than
$1.4 billion to improve
services to America's
Veterans
http://www4.va.gov/budget/products.asp
Signed the Children's
Health Insurance
Reauthorization Act,
which provides health
care to 11 million kids --
4 million of whom were
previously uninsured
http://themiddleclass.org/bill/children039s-health-insurance-program-reauthorization-act-20
Repealed Bush
era restrictions on
federal funding for
embryonic stem
cell research
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/09/obama-administration-stem-cell-funding
Signed the Christopher
and Dana Reeve
Paralysis Act, the first
piece of comprehensive
legislation aimed at
improving the lives of
Americans living with
paralysis
http://www.christopherreeve.org/site/c.ddJFKRNoFiG/b.4506337/apps/s/content.asp?ct=68
Developed stimulus
package, which includes
approx. $18 billion for
non-defense scientific
research and
development
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/science/18sfstimulus.html
Signed the Weapons
Systems Acquisition
Reform Act to stop
fraud and wasteful
spending in the
defense procurement
and contracting system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_Systems_Acquisition_Reform_Act_of_2009
Issued
executive order
to close the
prison at
Guantanamo
Bay
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/22/guantanamo.order/index.html
Ended Bush administration's
CIA program of 'enhanced
interrogation methods' by
requiring that the Army field
manual be used as the
guide for terrorism
interrogations
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/22/guantanamo.order/index.html
Increased
minority access to
capital
http://www.sba.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/sba_homepage/news_release_09-58.pdf
Established Credit
Card Bill of Rights,
preventing credit
card companies from
imposing arbitrary
rate increases on
customers
http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/33/establish-a-credit-card-bill-of-rights/
Expansion of
Medicaid to all
individuals under
age 65 with
incomes up to 133
percent of the
federal poverty
level
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/your-money/health-insurance/22consumer.htm
Require health
insurance plans to
disclose how much
of the premium
actually goes to
patient care
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/obama-signs-bill-on-student-loans-healt
Added 4.6 billion
USD to the Veterans
Administration
budget to recruit and
retain more mental
health professionals
http://www4.va.gov/budget/products.asp
Significantly
increased funding
for the Violence
Against Women
Act
http://www.justice.gov/jmd/2010summary/html/ovw-bud-summary.htm
Lifted restrictions
granting Cuban
Americans
unrestricted rights
to visit family and
send remittances
to the island
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103030021
Eliminated subsidies
to private lender
middlemen of
student loans and
protect student
borrowers
http://www.smartmoney.com/personal-finance/college-planning/the-he
=1
Increased
funding for
national parks
and forests by
10%
http://www.npca.org/media_center/press_releases/2009/park_funding_102909.html
Significantly
expanded Pell
grants, which help
low-income
students pay for
college
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/obama-signs-bill-on-student-l
Expanded hate crime law in
the US to include sexual
orientation through the
Matthew Shepard and
James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes
Prevention Act
http://www.hrc.org/13699.htm
Provided stimulus
funding to boost
private sector
spaceflight
programs
http://www.commercialspaceflight.org/?p=458
Appointed
nation's first Chief
Technology
Officer
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp
Signed financial reform
law establishing a
Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau to
look out for the
interests of everyday
Americans
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20008835-503544.html
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President Obama’s Greatest Hits Vol I

  • 1. President Obama’s Greatest Hits Vol. I Source: wtf hasobamadonesofar.com
  • 2. Health Care Reform Bill, preventing insurance companies from denying insurance because of a pre-existing condition http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/obama-signs-bill-on-student-loans- health-care/
  • 3. Health Care Reform Bill, allowing children to remain covered by their parents' insurance until the age of 26 http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/obama-signs-bill-on-student-loans- health-care/
  • 4. Tax cuts for up to 3.5 million small businesses to help pay for employee health care coverage http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/obama-signs-bill- on-student-loans-health-care/
  • 5. Tax credits for up to 29 million individuals to help pay for health insurance http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/obama-signs-bill-on- student-loans-health-care/
  • 6. Signed financial reform law requiring lenders to verify applicants' credit history, income, and employment status http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20008835-503544.html
  • 7. Signed financial reform law prohibiting banks from engaging in proprietary trading (trading the bank's own money to turn a profit, often in conflict with their customers' interests) http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20008835-503544.html
  • 8. Signed financial reform law allowing shareholders of publicly traded companies to vote on executive pay http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20008835-503544.html
  • 9. Cut prescription drug cost for Medicare recipients by 50% http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-4872&tab=summary
  • 10. Provided $12.2 Billion in new funding for Individuals With Disabilities Education Act http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/factsheet/idea.html
  • 11. Extended benefits to same-sex partners of Federal employees http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-memorandum-extension
  • 12. Appointed more openly gay officials than any other president in US history http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/26/obama-has-appointed-mo
  • 13. The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009: a $789 billion economic stimulus plan http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-111publ5/pdf/PLAW-111publ5.pdf
  • 14. Created more private sector jobs in 2010 than during entire Bush years http://newsjunkiepost.com/2010/10/08/its-official-more-private-sector-jobs-created-in-
  • 15. Voluntary disclosure of White House visitors for the first time in US history http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/disclosures/visitor-records
  • 16. Appointed first Latina to the US Supreme Court http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104648062
  • 17. Promoted social responsibility through creation of serve.gov, a national database of volunteer opportunities http://www.serve.gov/
  • 18. Reversed 'global gag rule', allowing US aid to go to organizations regardless of whether they provide abortions http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/23/barack-obama-foreign-abortion-aid
  • 19. Signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, giving the FDA the authority to regulate the manufacturing, marketing, and sale of tobacco for the first time http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname =111_cong_bills&docid=f:h1256enr.txt.pdf
  • 20. Signed New START Treaty - nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/world/europe/09prexy.html?_r=1
  • 21. Increased average fuel economy standards from 27.5mpg to 35.5mpg, starting in 2016 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/01/AR20100401014
  • 22. Signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, restoring basic protections against pay discrimination for women and other workers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilly_Ledbetter_Fair_Pay_Act_of_2009
  • 23. Provided travel expenses to families of fallen soldiers to be on hand when the body arrives at Dover AFB http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/pentagon-will-help-families/
  • 24. Reversed the policy of barring media coverage during the return of fallen soldiers to Dover Air Force Base http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7986203.stm
  • 25. Launched recovery.gov to track spending from the Recovery Act, providing transparency and allowing the public to report fraud, waste, or abuse www.recovery.gov
  • 26. Provided the Department of Veterans Affairs with more than $1.4 billion to improve services to America's Veterans http://www4.va.gov/budget/products.asp
  • 27. Signed the Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act, which provides health care to 11 million kids -- 4 million of whom were previously uninsured http://themiddleclass.org/bill/children039s-health-insurance-program-reauthorization-act-20
  • 28. Repealed Bush era restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/09/obama-administration-stem-cell-funding
  • 29. Signed the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act, the first piece of comprehensive legislation aimed at improving the lives of Americans living with paralysis http://www.christopherreeve.org/site/c.ddJFKRNoFiG/b.4506337/apps/s/content.asp?ct=68
  • 30. Developed stimulus package, which includes approx. $18 billion for non-defense scientific research and development http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/science/18sfstimulus.html
  • 31. Signed the Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act to stop fraud and wasteful spending in the defense procurement and contracting system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_Systems_Acquisition_Reform_Act_of_2009
  • 32. Issued executive order to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/22/guantanamo.order/index.html
  • 33. Ended Bush administration's CIA program of 'enhanced interrogation methods' by requiring that the Army field manual be used as the guide for terrorism interrogations http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/22/guantanamo.order/index.html
  • 35. Established Credit Card Bill of Rights, preventing credit card companies from imposing arbitrary rate increases on customers http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/33/establish-a-credit-card-bill-of-rights/
  • 36. Expansion of Medicaid to all individuals under age 65 with incomes up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/your-money/health-insurance/22consumer.htm
  • 37. Require health insurance plans to disclose how much of the premium actually goes to patient care http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/obama-signs-bill-on-student-loans-healt
  • 38. Added 4.6 billion USD to the Veterans Administration budget to recruit and retain more mental health professionals http://www4.va.gov/budget/products.asp
  • 39. Significantly increased funding for the Violence Against Women Act http://www.justice.gov/jmd/2010summary/html/ovw-bud-summary.htm
  • 40. Lifted restrictions granting Cuban Americans unrestricted rights to visit family and send remittances to the island http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103030021
  • 41. Eliminated subsidies to private lender middlemen of student loans and protect student borrowers http://www.smartmoney.com/personal-finance/college-planning/the-he =1
  • 42. Increased funding for national parks and forests by 10% http://www.npca.org/media_center/press_releases/2009/park_funding_102909.html
  • 43. Significantly expanded Pell grants, which help low-income students pay for college http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/obama-signs-bill-on-student-l
  • 44. Expanded hate crime law in the US to include sexual orientation through the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act http://www.hrc.org/13699.htm
  • 45. Provided stimulus funding to boost private sector spaceflight programs http://www.commercialspaceflight.org/?p=458
  • 47. Signed financial reform law establishing a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to look out for the interests of everyday Americans http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20008835-503544.html