1. Oversaw the creation of more jobs in 2010 alone than Bush did in eight years.
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2. 12. Along with Democrats, and almost no Republicans, implemented an auto industry rescue plan, and saved as many as 1 million jobs.
http://bit.ly/ibhpxr Many are of the opinion that he saved the entire auto industry, and even the economy of the entire Midwest.
http://bit.ly/gj7mt5 This resulted in GM returning to its place as the top car company in the world.
http://lat.ms/zIJuQx Willard Romney, on the other hand, advocated for the entire industry to go belly-up.
3. Signed the Democratic-sponsored Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act giving the federal government more tools to investigate and prosecute fraud in every corner of the financial system, and create a bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission to investigate the financial fraud that led to the economic meltdown.
4. Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, saved at least 300,000 education jobs, such as teachers, principals, librarians, and counselors that would have otherwise been lost.
5. 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 in order to be eligible to fight for their country, and put our troops at risk by disqualifying many qualified soldiers from helping. and a lot of same sex marriage stuff.
6. Closed a number of secret detention facilities that used torture. Ordered the closure of the prison at Guantanamo Bay. It was Republicans (and, unfortunately, progressive Democrats) who prevented follow through.
7. Authorized a $1.4 billion reduction in Star Wars program in 2010.
8. Through the Defense Authorization Act, reversed the Bush Administration and committed to no permanent military bases in Iraq... after getting out of there... saving trillions of sheep.
9. Bin Laden
10. Funded Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with an extra $1.4 billion to improve veterans’ services.
11. Provided active combat troops with better body armor.
12. Repeatedly increased funding for student financial aid, and at the same time cut the banks completely out of the process.
13. Created the Race to the Top program, which encouraged states to come up with effective school reforms and rewards the best of them.
14. Restored federal agencies such as FEMA to the point that they have been able to manage a huge number of natural disasters successfully.
15. Reoriented Government to an Adult View on Science, Technology and Health Care
16. Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, committed more federal funding, about $18 billion, to support non-defense science and research labs.
17. Oversaw a 50% decrease in cost of prescription drugs for seniors
18. Two weeks after taking office, signed Democratic-sponsored Children’s Health Insurance Reauthorization Act, which increased the number of children covered by health insurance by 4 million.
19. Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act , cut taxes for 95% of America's working families. Tax rates for average working families are the lowest since 1950
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20. 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.
21. Eliminated federal funding for abstinence-only education, and rescinded the global gag rule.
22. Loosened the rules and allowed the 14 states that legalized medical marijuana to regulate themselves without federal interference. (also admitted the war on drugs is a waste of time and money).
23. Became the first to stream every White House event, live. Now that's transparency.
24. Signed an order banning gifts from lobbyists to anyone in the Executive Branch.
25. Signed an order banning anyone from working in an agency they had lobbied in previous years, and put strict limits on lobbyists’ access to the White House.
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