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
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
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
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
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