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  1. • Auto Industry saved
  2. • Got North Korea to stop enriching uranium
  3. • Iraq war ended
  4. • Bin Laden dead
  5. • Nuclear weapons reduced by 1/3 in US & Russia
  6. • Stock market more than doubles - now at record highs
  7. • Creamed Bush in turning around job loss –
  8. • U.S Gross Domestic product went from steady decline to increasing every ¼ of the Obama Presidency See graph
  9. • Ended Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
  10. • Got more Taliban leaders in 30 days than Bush/Cheney did in 6 years
  11. • Insurance companies must cover pre-existing conditions
  12. • Kids stay on their parent’s insurance until 26 under certain conditions
  13. • Requires health plans to disclose how much of premium goes to patient care
  14. • Prevents children from being denied health insurance coverage
  15. • Cut prescription drug cost for Medicare recipients by 50%
  16. • Requires large employers to contribute to a national healthcare plan
  17. • Spending growth under Obama lower than that of both Bushes, Nixon, Carter & Reagan http://www.reddit.com/tb/r4qlt
  18. • Temporally suspended taxes on Unemployment benefits
  19. • Jail population decline for first time in decades
  20. • Wind power growth up 39%
  21. • Instituted the toughest Wall Street reform since Great Depression
  22. • Passed health reform: Others tried & failed over the last 60 years
  23. • Insurance companies can no longer drop you when you get sick
  24. • Stimulus Plan which brought us out of the brink of financial collapse
  25. • $100 billion to embarrassing, crumbling infrastructure: Most since Eisenhower
  26. • $60 billion to create renewable and clean energy
  27. • Credit Card reform stopping the most abusive credit card practices
  28. • Huge investment into science & technology
  29. • Quadrupled the number of openly gay judges on the federal bench
  30. • Amped budgets at NASA & National Science Foundation
  31. • Expanded state run health insurance to cover additional four million kids
  32. • Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act – Equal pay for equal work
  33. • Global initiative keeping nuclear material out of hands of terrorists
  34. • Hate crimes prevention act (Matthew Shepard Act)
  35. • FDA for first time allowed to regulate tobacco
  36. • Eliminated scandal plagued Mineral Management Services
  37. • Overhauled the astonishing stupidity of the student loan system
  38. • Cancelled bloated weapons program including useless F-22
  39. • Stopped Russia supplying $1 billion of high-tech missiles to Iran promised by Bush
  40. • $14 billion in federally funded loans to stimulate job creation
  41. • Taxes cut for 95% of working families
  42. • Passed 16 different tax cuts for American small business owners
  43. • Fought GOP for Health benefits for 9/11 responders - He didn't forget
  44. • Orders for durable goods increase
  45. • Ryan White AIDS Treatment Act
  46. • Appointed more openly gay officials than any other president
  47. • Expanded loan program for small businesses
  48. • Increased funding for National Parks and Forests
  49. • Led effort to phase out whaling
  50. • Funding for high speed broadband internet access to students K-12
  51. • $26 billion to states saving 160,000 teacher jobs among other things
  52. • Helped rebuild schools in New Orleans
  53. • Doubled research funds for cleaner fuel
  54. • $2 billion to solar power
  55. • Raised fuel economy standards
  56. • Cash for clunkers
  57. • Limited mercury emissions
  58. • Eliminated oil company liability caps for oil spills
  59. • Ordered BP to provide $20 billion liability fund for damages from spill
  60. • Mandated new safety rules for offshore drilling
  61. • Reestablishing relations with Cuba - Return rights of Americans to visit and assist their families in Cuba
  62. • Renewed loan guarantees to Israel
  63. • Pressured Israel to end Gaza blockade
  64. • Nuclear arms agreement with India
  65. • Agreement with Switzerland to bolster tax information exchange
  66. • Cut salaries of senior White House officials
  67. • Prevented congress from receiving cost of living pay raise
  68. • Established a Patient's Bill of Rights
  69. • Expanded vaccinations program
  70. • Same-sex partners assured visitation & healthcare decision rights
  71. • $8 billion to establish smart power grid
  72. • $13 billion for high-speed rail in 13 major US corridors
  73. • Major expansion of AmeriCorps
  74. • Committed US to almost 5 million charging station by 2015
  75. • Expanding broadband internet
  76. • Ended media blackout on war casualties
  77. • Increased access to PTSD treatment for soldiers and veterans
  78. • Reconstruction of military to reflect modern-day threats & technology
  79. • Ended torture
  80. • Recommitted the U.S. to full compliance to the Geneva Conventions
  81. • Cut missile defense system by $1.4 billion
  82. • Increased pay benefits to military personnel
  83. • Ordered Seal operation to free of US captain held by pirates
  84. • Negotiated nuclear arms agreement with Australia, India, & Russia
  85. • Increased Navy patrol of Somali coast
  86. • Provided $210 Million for building and upgrading fire stations
  87. • Ordered extensive review of hurricane & natural disaster preparedness
  88. • Edward Kennedy Serve America Act: Expands national volunteer program
  89. • Removed restrictions and provided support of embryonic stem cell research
  90. • Worked with international allies on International Space Station
  91. • Used private sector to improve space flight
  92. • Used Space Station for fundamental biological and physical research
  93. • Established consumer tax credit for plug-in hybrid cars
  94. • $60 billion in spending & tax incentives for renewable & clean energy
  95. • For first time in 13 years America’s dependence on foreign oil below 50%
  96. • Tax breaks to promote public transit
  97. • Income floor for medical expense deductions for individuals 65 & older
  98. • Health insurance tax credits & subsidies for incomes to 4x poverty level
  99. • Tax increase for corporations with assets of at least $1 billion
  100. • Closed offshore tax safe havens, tax credit loopholes
  101. • Tax bills hit lowest level since 1950
  102. • Tax refunds up 10 percent due to stimulus
  103. • Imposed limits on lobbyists’ access to the White House
  104. • Limits White House aides working for lobbyists after tenure in office
  105. • Closed lobbyist loopholes with respect to the Recovery Act
  106. • Banned lobbyist gifts to executive employees
  107. • DOD will film all interrogations
  108. • Created more jobs in 2009 than Bush in his entire presidency
  109. • Gets 47 nations to agree to 4 years non-proliferation efforts
  110. • Forced airlines to disclose prices upfront
  111. • Helped clean out weapons-usable uranium from 6 countries: Mexico, Chile, Romania, Serbia, Libya, and Turkey
  112. • Number of oil rigs in US oil fields has quadrupled in past three years
  113. • US now has more rigs at work than the rest of the world put together
  114. • First time since 1949 we now export more gas than we import
  115. • Rescued hostages held by Somalia Pirates with precision mission
  116. • Makes health insurance available to seasonal firefighters
  117. • Net Neutrality
  118. • Wars we did not start but John McCain wanted to:
  119. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/09/john-mccain-world-attack-map-syria
  120. • No deportations for young illegals born in country
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