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Sunday, April 10, 2011

obama accomplishments

Posted by Linda H on 5:33:00 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4Z90SeYwK_Q#at=46

 http://obamaachievements.org/list#

http://b4bmorenews.blogspot.com/2010/09/new-244-accomplishments-of-president.html

http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/2010/03/100-accomplishments-of-president-barack.html

http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/women

http://www.healthcare.gov/news/videos/index.html

http://dakotawomen.com/2011/03/12/video-president-obama-talks-womens-issues/

http://blackwaterdog.wordpress.com/2010/12/25/im-greatful-2/

Civil Rights, Defense, Disabilities, Economy, Energy and Environment, Education, Ethics, Family, Fiscal Responsibility, Foreign Policy, Healthcare, Homeland Security, HIspanic, Immigration, Poverty, Rural, Seniors & Social Security, Service, Taxes, Technology, Urban Policy, Union, Veterans, Women

http://kaystreet.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/obama-administration%E2%80%99s-achievements-thus-far/

 Economy and Jobs

1) The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) has worked. The Economy Has Been Growing - take a look at the graph of GDP growth between 2007 thru 2010.
2) The $787 billion economic stimulus package has created or saved nearly 2 million jobs slowing the bleeding
3) Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 that extended Unemployment benefits up to 20 weeks and more.
4) Provided $14.7 billion in small business loans increasing minority access to capital.
5) The $26 billion aid to states package preventing large-scale layoffs of teachers and public employees.
6) As of March 31, 2011, created 1.8 million Private sector jobs since Jan 2010.
7) US auto industry rescue plan saved at least 1 million jobs
8) Helped make the Auto Industry start making huge profits again with Ford sales up 19% over last year. GM up 11%. Chrysler up a whopping 31%.
9) Jobs for Main Street Act (2010)injected $27.5 Billion for Highways, $8.4 Billion for Transit into the country’s transportation system to create jobs and spur economic activity.
10) A $33 Billion Jobs Package that will allow Small businesses to get $5,000 tax credit for new hires.
11) A $26 billion State Aid Package Jobs Bill saving 300,000 teachers and public workers jobs from unemployment.
12) As part of the 2010 tax extension, Unemployment Insurance was extended to 7 million Americans who would have been without income.


Launched recovery.gov to track spending from the Recovery Act, providing transparency and allowing the public to report fraud, waste, or abuse
  transparency, waste
 
 veterans
Provided the Department of Veterans Affairs with more than $1.4 billion to improve services to America's Veterans
children

Signed the Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act, which provides health care to 11 million kids -- 4 million of whom were previously uninsured
Issued executive order to repeal Bush era restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research
Signed the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act, the first piece of comprehensive legislation aimed at improving the lives of Americans living with paralysis
Developed stimulus package, which includes approx. $18 billion for nondefense scientific research and development
Signed the Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act to stop fraud and wasteful spending in the defense procurement and contracting system
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
Increased minority access to capital
Established Credit Card Bill of Rights, preventing credit card companies from imposing arbitrary rate increases on customers
Health Care Reform Bill, preventing insurance companies from denying insurance because of a pre-existing condition
Health Care Reform Bill, allowing children to remain covered by their parents' insurance until the age of 26
Tax cuts for up to 3.5 million small businesses to help pay for employee health care coverage
Tax credits for up to 29 million individuals to help pay for health insurance
Expansion of Medicaid to all individuals under age 65 with incomes up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level
  

Require health insurance plans to disclose how much of the premium actually goes to patient care
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
 health, veterans, mental illness
Significantly increased funding for the Violence Against Women Act
Lifted restrictions granting Cuban Americans unrestricted rights to visit family and send remittances to the island
  

Eliminated subsidies to private lender middlemen of student loans and protect student borrowers

Increased funding for national parks and forests by 10%
Significantly expanded Pell grants, which help low-income students pay for college
Expanded hate crime law in the US to include sexual orientation through the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
Provided stimulus funding to boost private sector spaceflight programs
Appointed nation's first Chief Technology Officer
  

Signed financial reform law establishing a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to look out for the interests of everyday Americans
Signed financial reform law requiring lenders to verify applicants' credit history, income, and employment status
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)
Signed financial reform law allowing shareholders of publicly traded companies to vote on executive pay
  

Cut prescription drug cost for medicare recipients by 50%
Provided $12.2 Billion in new funding for Individuals With Disabilities Education Act

Appointed more openly gay officials than any other president in US history

The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009: a $789 billion economic stimulus plan
Voluntary disclosure of White House visitors for the first time in US history
Appointed first Latina to the US Supreme Court
Promoted social responsibility through creation of serve.gov, a national database of volunteer opportunities
  

Reversed 'global gag rule', allowing US aid to go to organizations regardless of whether they provide abortions
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
Signed New START Treaty - nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia
Increased average fuel economy standards from 27.5mpg to 35.5mpg, starting in 2016
Signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, restoring basic protections against pay discrimination for women and other workers
Provided travel expenses to families of fallen soldiers to be on hand when the body arrives at Dover AFB
Reversed the policy of barring media coverage during the return of fallen soldiers to Dover Air Force Base



  



  


 

President Obama's Support for Womens Issues

Posted by Linda H on 8:10:00 AM

President Obama and his administration have worked tirelessly to advance the rights of women. Whether these issues affect you personally, or someone in your family, we  all benefit when Women's rights are supported. This video tells the story of mothers, daughters, partners, neighbors, and friends who will benefit from the policies of President Obama.

Listed below are a partial list of his accomplishments, if you would like to add to the list please send me a note at whatisworking@gmail.com.



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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WLtzsw3B32U

New York Millionaires Offer to Pay Extra Taxes to Offset Budget Cuts

Posted by Linda H on 8:00:00 AM

About 100 wealthy New Yorkers, including actor Mark Ruffalo, say they want to do their part to help the state out of its budget crisis, and they are encouraging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to extend the so-called millionaire's tax.
"Many of us New Yorkers are troubled that you're giving a $5 billion tax cut to 2 percent of New York's most wealthy, while cutting $9 billion from education and social services for the rest of New Yorkers," Ruffalo said in an online video addressing Cuomo.
"Please, ditch this backwards Robin Hood plan and give all New Yorkers a fair shake."

Coal waste seen as valuable resource

Posted by Linda H on 8:00:00 AM

ANAHEIM, Calif., March 29 (UPI) -- Fly ash, a byproduct of coal-burning electric power plants, could save billions of dollars if used in the repairing of U.S. bridges and roads, researchers say.
Using fly ash to coat the concrete used to rebuild America's crumbling infrastructure could extend the life of those roads and bridges by decades, saving billions of dollars of taxpayer money, scientists told a meeting of the American Chemical Society in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday.

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