August 10, 2010: Right President
Our 44th President Barack H. Obama
ACCOMPLISHMENTS SO FAR
-Reversed restrictions on stem cell research.
- Signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Reducing discrimination based on gender, age, religion, or race.
-Signed an executive order reversing the ban that prohibits funding to international family planning groups that provide abortions. Gag rule revoked (
-Creates the White House Council on Women and Girls "to provide a coordinated federal response to the challenges confronted by women and girls and to ensure that all Cabinet and Cabinet-level agencies consider how their policies and programs impact women and families."
-Signed a Presidential Memorandum extending federal benefits to same-sex partners of federal workers and announced support for the Domestic Partners Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009.
-Reverses
-Signed executive order requiring federal contractors to offer jobs to current workers when contracts change.
-Reversed a Bush order requiring federal contractors to post notice that workers can limit financial support of unions serving as their exclusive bargaining representatives.
-Signed executive order preventing federal contractors from being reimbursed for expenses meant to influence workers deciding whether to form a union and engage in collective bargaining.
-Created a foreclosure prevention fund for homeowners.
-Expanded eligibility for the refinancing portion of the Making Home Affordable plan to help Americans struggling with distressed mortgages refinance at lower interest rates, even if they owe up to 25 percent more than their homes are now worth.
-Established a credit card "bill of rights".
-Expanded loan programs for small businesses.
-Extended and index the 2007 Alternative Minimum Tax patch.
-Expanded eligibility for State Children's Health Insurance Fund (SCHIP).
-Expanded funding to train primary care providers and public health practitioners.
-Created a new White House task force on the problems of middle-class Americans, and installed Vice President Joe Biden as its chairman.
-Appoints Vice President Joe Biden to Oversee Stimulus Plan Payouts.
-Granted a reprieve to Liberian immigrants facing imminent expulsion.
-Directed military leaders to end war in
-Allowing Caskets to be photographed when the return from
-Released nine previously secret internal Justice Department memos and opinions defining the legal limits of government power in combating terrorism.
-On Arab TV Network, Obama Urges Dialogue.
-Gave a speech in
-Bars independent contractors from conducting interrogations of terror suspects.
-Granted Americans unrestricted rights to visit family and send money to
-Ordered the release of nearly a quarter of a million pages of records from the Reagan White House that were kept from the public during a lengthy review by President George W. Bush.
-Restored funding for the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) program.
-Released presidential records.
-Required new hires to sign a form affirming their hiring was not due to political affiliation or contributions.
-Passed the enactment of Matthew Shepard Act, Hate Crimes Act, which expands hate crime law to include sexual orientation and other factors.
-Invites gay families to the Easter Egg Roll as part of the Obama administration's outreach to diverse communities.
-Created a White House Office on Urban Policy.
- Increased funding for the NEA.
-Appointed an assistant to the president for science and technology policy.
-Funded a major expansion of AmeriCorps.
-Banned lobbyist gifts to executive employees.
-Investment in all types of alternative energy.
-Enacted tax credit for consumers for plug-in hybrid cars.
-Support for high-speed rail.
-Provided grants to encourage energy-efficient building codes.
-Extended unemployment insurance benefits and temporarily suspend taxes on these benefits.
-Created the White House Council on Automotive Communities and Workers to help auto industry workers transition to new manufacturing opportunities, including jobs in alternative energy.
-Stopped raids on medical marijuana dispensers.
-Nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the
-Appointed more than 60 openly LGBT persons to positions in the executive branch.
-Issues Presidential Proclamation for Pride, proclaiming June 2009 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month.
-Signed a mercury reduction pact
Passed a Stimulus package that put $100 Billion into US infrastructure.
- Authorized construction/opening of
additional health centers to care for veterans
- Limited salaries of senior White House aides; cut to $100,000
- Renewed loan guarantees for Israel
- Changed the failing/status quo military command in Afghanistan
- Deployed additional troops to Afghanistan
- New Afghan War policy that limits aerial bombing and prioritizes aid,
development of infrastructure, diplomacy, and good government practices by
Afghans
- Announced the long-term development of a national energy grid with renewable
sources and cleaner, efficient energy production
- Returned money authorized for refurbishment of White House offices and
private living quarters
- Paid for redecoration of White House living quarters out of his own pocket
- Held first Seder in White House
- Passed the first reform to the nation's healthcare system since Medicare which will transform the most
expensive in the world but had left almost 50 million without health insurance and
millions more under insured
- Has put the ball in play for comprehensive immigration reform
- Has announced his intention to push for energy reform
- Has announced his intention to push for education reform
- Passed sweeping Financial Regulation
Reform Act to rein in Wall Street
- Overhauled Student Loan Program and
Minerals Management Dept.
- Signed Nuclear Test Ban Treaty with
Russia.
- Pulled all combat troops out of Iraq,
leaving only 50,000 peace and training forces in August 2010.