Present Administration's Record

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Pretty much a negative Presidential campaign, both candidates telling us why NOT to vote for the other. So, my vote would have been mostly for keeping someone out of office than rewarding accomplishment record. Never had the time to research, but someone did. Sorry, its long, and this is only a partial list from published.

Within days after taking office, he signed an Executive Order ordering an audit of government contracts, and combating waste and abuse.

Created the post of Chief Performance Officer, whose job it is to make operations more efficient to save the federal government money.

On his first full day, he froze White House salaries.

He appointed the first Federal Chief Information Officer to oversee federal IT spending.

He committed to phasing out unnecessary and outdated weapons systems, and also signed the Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act to stop waste, fraud and abuse in the defense procurement and contracting system.

Through an executive order, he created the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.

He pushed through and signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, otherwise known as "the stimulus package," despite the fact that not one Republican voted for that bill. In addition, he launched recovery.gov, so that taxpayers could track spending from the Act.

In his first year, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act created and sustained 2.1 million jobs and stimulated the economy 3.5%.

He completed the massive TARP financial and banking rescue plan, and recovered virtually all of its costs.

He created the Making Home Affordable home refinancing plan.

He oversaw the creation of more jobs in 2010 alone than Bush did in eight years.

He signed the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act giving the federal government more tools to investigate and prosecute fraud in every corner of the financial system. It also created a bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission to investigate the financial fraud that led to the economic meltdown.

He signed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act, which was designed to to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive credit card practices

He increased infrastructure spending after years of neglect.

He signed the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, expanding on the Making Home Affordable Program to help millions of Americans avoid preventable foreclosures. The bill also provided $2.2 billion to help combat homelessness, and to stabilize the housing market.

Through the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009, he and Congressional Democrats provided tax credits to first-time home buyers, which helped the U.S. housing market recovery.

He initiated a $15 billion plan designed to encourage increased lending to small businesses.

He created business.gov, which allows for online collaboration between small businesses and experts re managing a business. (The program has since merged with SBA.gov.)

He played a lead role in getting the G-20 Summit to commit to a $1.1 trillion deal to combat the global financial crisis.

He created a $60 billion bank to fund infrastructure improvements such as roads and bridges.

He implemented an auto industry rescue plan, and saved as many as 1 million jobs. Many are of the opinion that he saved the entire auto industry, and even the economy of the entire Midwest.

Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, he saved at least 300,000 education jobs, such as teachers, principals, librarians, and counselors that would have otherwise been lost.

Provided funding to states and the Department of Homeland Security to save thousands of police and firefighter jobs from being cut during the recession.

He used recovered TARP money to fund programs at local housing finance agencies in California, Florida, Nevada, Arizona and Michigan.

Ordered 65 executives who took bailout money to cut their own pay until they paid back all bailout money.

He pushed through and got passed Dodd-Frank, one of the largest and most comprehensive Wall Street reforms since the Great Depression.

He made it so that banks could no longer use YOUR money to invest in high-risk financial instruments that work against their own customers' interests.

He supported the concept of allowing stockholders to vote on executive compensation.

He wholly endorsed and supported the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009 that would close offshore tax avoidance loopholes.

He made a deal with Swiss banks that permits the US government to gain access to the records of criminals and tax evaders.

He established a Consumer Protection Financial Bureau designed to protect consumers from financial sector excesses.

He advocated for and signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which made it a federal crime to assault anyone based on his or her sexual orientation or gender identity.

He pushed through, signed and demanded the Pentagon enact a repeal of the discriminatory "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy that forced soldiers to lie to fight for their country, and put our troops at risk by disqualifying many qualified soldiers from helping.

He signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, restoring basic protections against pay discrimination for women and other workers. This was after the GOP blocked the bill in 2007. Only 5 Republican Senators voted for the bill.

Wrote and signed an Executive Order establishing a White House Council on Fighting Poverty

He provided a $20 billion increase for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Food Stamps).

He visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any previous president during his first six months in office.

He did much to restore America's reputation around the world as a global leader that does the "right thing" in world affairs, at least according to the rest of the world.

He re-established and reinforced our partnership with NATO and other allies on strategic international issues.

He improved relations with Middle East countries by appointing special envoys

He established a new U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue.

He established new, more reasonable policies in our relations with Cuba, such as allowing Cuban-Americans to visit their families and send money to support them.

He ordered the closure of the prison at Guantanamo Bay. It was Republicans (and a smattering of Democrats) who prevented him from following through.

On his second day in office, he signed a detailed Executive Order that banned torture, reversed all Bush torture policies, and put the United States in compliance with the Geneva Convention.

Created a comprehensive new strategy for dealing with the international nuclear threat.

He authorized a $1.4 billion reduction in Star Wars program in 2010

He restarted nuclear nonproliferation talks and built up the nuclear inspection infrastructure/protocols to where they had been before Bush.

He signed and pushed to ratification a new SALT Treaty.

Negotiated and signed a new START Treaty that will last until at least 2021.

Through the Defense Authorization Act, he reversed the Bush Administration and committed to no permanent military bases in Iraq.

He developed the first comprehensive strategy with regard to Afghanistan and Pakistan designed to facilitate the defeat of al Qaeda and the withdrawal of most troops, as well as the rebuilding of Afghanistan.

Fulfilled campaign promise and ended our involvement in Iraq, and will complete full troop withdrawal before Christmas 2011.

He took decisive action to use NATO to limit the slaughter of innocents in Libya, so that the Libyan people could topple a despotic government and determine their own fate.

He made sure that families of fallen soldiers could be on hand when the body arrives at Dover AFB, by providing funding for it. He also ended the media blackout on coverage of the return of fallen soldiers.

He funded Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with an extra $1.4 billion to improve veterans' services.

He provided the troops with better body armor.

Created the Joint Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record program for military personnel, in order to improve the quality of their medical care.

He put an end to the Bush-era stop-loss policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan beyond their enlistment date

He supported and signed the Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act, which made more money available to enable better medical care for veterans.

He ushered through the largest spending increase in 30 years for the Department of Veterans Affairs for improved medical facilities, and to assist states in acquiring or constructing state nursing homes and extended care facilities.

He oversaw a $4.6 billion expansion of the Veterans Administration budget to pay for more mental health professionals.

He has repeatedly increased funding for student financial aid, and at the same time cut the banks completely out of the process.

Completely reformed the student loan program, to make it possible for students to refinance at a lower rate.

Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act , he invested heavily in elementary, secondary and post-secondary education. This includes a major expansion of broadband availability in K-12 schools nationwide , as well as an expansion in school construction.

Also through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, he put $5 billion into early education, including Head Start.

He oversaw expansion of the Pell Grants program, to expand opportunity for low income students to go to college.

He passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which provided an extra $12.2 billion in funds.

He signed an order banning gifts from lobbyists to anyone in the Executive Branch.

He signed an order banning anyone from working in an agency they had lobbied in previous years. He also put strict limits on lobbyists' access to the White House.

He crafted an Executive Order on Presidential Records, which restored the 30-day time frame for former presidents to review records, and eliminated the right for the vice president or family members of former presidents to do the reviews. This will provide the public with greater access to historic White House documents, and severely curtails the ability to use executive privilege to shield them.

He improved aspects of the Freedom of Information Act, and issued new guidelines to make FOIA more open and transparent in the processing of FOIA requests.

He's restored federal agencies such as FEMA to the point that they have been able to manage a huge number of natural disasters successfully.

Authorized Navy SEALS to successfully secure the release of a US captain held by Somali pirates and increased patrols off the Somali coast.

Has repeatedly beefed up border security

Ordered and oversaw the Navy SEALS operation that killed Osama bin Laden.

Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, he committed more federal funding, about $18 billion, to support non-defense science and research labs.

He ushered through a bill that authorized the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products. As a result, the FDA has Ordered Tobacco Companies to Disclose Cigarette Ingredients and banned sale of cigarettes falsely labeled as "light."

Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, he provided $500 million for Health Professions Training Programs.

He also increased funding for community-based prevention programs.

He oversaw a 50% decrease in cost of prescription drugs for seniors.

He eliminated the Bush-era practice of forbidding Medicare from negotiating with drug companies on price.

Two weeks after taking office, he signed the Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act, which increased the number of children covered by health insurance by 4 million.

Ushered through and signed the Affordable Health Care Act, which expanded health insurance coverage to 30 million more people, and ended many common insurance company practices that are often detrimental to those with coverage. He also established
Through the Affordable Health Care Act, he allowed children to be covered under their parents' policy until they turned 26.

Through the Affordable Health Care Act, he provided tax breaks to allow 3.5 million small business to provide health insurance to their employees, and 29 million people will receive tax breaks to help them afford health insurance

Through the Affordable Health Care Act, he expanded Medicaid to those making up to 133% of the federal poverty level.

Through the Affordable Health Care Act, health insurance companies now have to disclose how much of your premium actually goes to pay for patient care

Provisions in the Affordable Health Care Act have already resulted in Medicare costs actually declining slightly this fiscal year, for the first time in many years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Last year's increase was 4%. Compare that to the average 12% annual inflation rate during the previous 40 years.

He worked to provide affordable, high-quality child care to working families.

He cracked down on companies that were previously denying sick pay, vacation and health insurance, and Social Security and Medicare tax payments through abuse of the employee classification of independent contractor.

Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act , he cut taxes for 95% of America's working families.

Under Obama, tax rates for average working families are the lowest they've been since 1950.

He extended and fully funded the patch for the Alternative Minimum Tax for 10 years.

He extended discounted COBRA health coverage for the unemployed from 9 months to 15 months, and he's extended unemployment benefits several times.

He fast-tracked increased fuel economy standards for vehicles beginning with the 2011 model year. It was the first time such standards had been increased in a decade.

He oversaw the establishment of an Energy Partnership for the Americas, which creates more markets for American-made biofuels and green energy technologies.

He ordered the Department of Energy to implement more aggressive efficiency standards for common household appliances.

He ordered energy plants to prepare to produce at least 15% of all energy through renewable resources like wind and solar, by 2021. (As you can see, Republicans are trying hard to kill it.)

He oversaw the creation of an initiative that converts old factories and manufacturing centers into new clean technology centers

Bypassed Republican opposition in Congress and ordered EPA to begin regulating and measuring carbon emissions. His EPA ruled that CO2 is a pollutant.

He doubled federal spending on clean energy research.

He created a program to develop renewable energy projects on the waters of our Outer Continental Shelf that will produce electricity from wind, wave, and ocean currents.

He reengaged in the climate change and greenhouse gas emissions agreements talks, and even proposed one himself. He also addressed the U.N. Climate Change Conference, officially reversing the Bush era stance that climate change was a "hoax."

He fully supported the initial phase of the creation of a legally-binding treaty to reduce mercury emissions worldwide.

Created tax write-offs for purchases of hybrid automobiles, and later he and Democrats morphed that program into one that includes electric cars.

Mandated that federal government fleet purchases be for fuel-efficient American vehicles, and encouraged that federal agencies support experimental, fuel-efficient vehicles.

He strengthened the Endangered Species Act.

Through the EPA, he took steps to severely limit the use of antibiotics in livestock feed, to increase their efficacy in humans.

He increased funding for National Parks and Forests by 10%

He has expanded trade agreements to include stricter labor and environmental agreements such as NAFTA.

Oversaw and passed increased funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.

He nominated Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. Sotomayor is the first Hispanic Justice in the court's history, and the women represent only the third and fourth women to serve on the court, out of a total of 112 justices.

He appointed the most diverse Cabinet in history, including more women than any other incoming president.

He loosened the rules and allowed the 14 states that legalized medical marijuana to regulate themselves without federal interference.
 

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stanger1944 said:
Fatman said:
They need to fire them all and start from scratch!!!!!!!!!

X2

+1

Most of those stats can be twisted with the numbers. It just depends from which side of the tracks you are looking from as to how you tist them. Look at some of the people that he picked for his cabinet, and their past criminal records. No payment of taxes, and you put him on the IRS team? Yea, he did pay the tax after a while, but no penalties.

Lets not forget the ever climbing DEBT we are having, and how many people he added to government payrolls.

So who do you vote for..him or the guy that hides his money in other countries, and ships jobs to other countries.
Which turd floats the highes I guess.....again. Sorry, the boys on the hill is a sore subject for me. They are ALL killing this Country.

 

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Fatman said:
They need to fire them all and start from scratch!!!!!!!!!

XX22

This has been worse than Jimmy Carter and friends that was bad!!!!!!

Due to increased inflation that 2 cents worth is now 25 cents worth.
(took all I could do not to get on "Soap Box")

:cool:
 

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JSC said:
(took all I could do not to get on "Soap Box")

You cant reason with Obama supporters..As a friend told me, its like trying to pick up a turd from the clean end...

 

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MMMMMM.

If he's got that much to toot his horn, then why is he running a slam campain against his competition?



 

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IMObservation, its because many have a need to hold him personally responsible for problems, and progress is ignored or credited to ABO.

To me a slam would be an accusation unsupported by evidence. Researched disclosures are informational fair warning.
 

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Well, bottom line, I aint changing your views & you aint changing mine.

But what's true is that this is going to be one ugly election year. I'm not looking forward to the press and the bantering back & forth for both sides of the political spectrum.

Back to fishing, jigs, brewing beer and putting small holes in paper far far away.
 

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hookup said:
Well, bottom line, I aint changing your views & you aint changing mine.

But what's true is that this is going to be one ugly election year. I'm not looking forward to the press and the bantering back & forth for both sides of the political spectrum.

Back to fishing, jigs, brewing beer and putting small holes in paper far far away.

we have a lot in common.....
 

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Let me say that I have no desire to change minds and be responsible for a bum steer. Agreed bottom line is no good choice in the CEO race, and I don't consider myself an Obama supporter. We are all on the forum creators who value accomplishment thru effort and value the outdoor experience - better things to do than dabble in politics or economic details. No longer ranting, just trying to share information.

On a side note, you mainland guys are lucky to excercise the right to bear. HI is pretty strict with no non-professional open or concealed carry allowed except in desgnated hunting areas, and as far as I know not even a public practice range on the island.
 

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We sure agree on the right to protect oneself. Ya'll need to work on that one. I guess its more important to me because I live so close to it.
 

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As long as they keep the weapons out of the criminals hands it's not so bad but when they don't is probably when I become the criminal . I have not the slightest remorse in sending them to god for the thumbs up or down thing . I've been in a lot of situations and worked in ER's . If I'm in a store and momma's little boy is shooting up the place he better hope I'm the first down .
 

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toadfrog said:
As long as they keep the weapons out of the criminals hands it's not so bad

When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns .....

Even if tomorrow, they take away our constitutional right to arm bears :cool:, there are to many guns in the system to ever hope one will not fall into the wrong hands.

I believe everyone should open carry. That way the guy in Aurora CO and Oak Creek WI will think twice before entering a public building full of armed people.




 
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