President Obama’s Impressive List of Accomplishments
Over the past three-and-a-half years, President Obama and Democrats have successfully enacted significant progressive legislation and executive policies that have, among other things, created 5.2 million private sector jobs over the past 31 months, kept our nation safe and taken out Bin Laden, made a fairer and more just society, advanced gender equality, and rescued the American auto industry. At stake in November 2012 is whether these accomplishments will be repealed by the GOP, or whether we will be able to continue to focus on moving our country forward in 2013 and beyond.
Unfortunately, the message of the significant progress that has been achieved so far during the Obama Administration won’t get out unless we progressives talk to our neighbors and friends, write letters to our local newspapers, and use social media to help keep other voters well informed. In order to help our readers do so, below are links to Winning Progressive’s coverage of just some of the Obama Administration’s progressive accomplishments. Please share widely.
List of 2009-2010 Democratic Accomplishments
Repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Rescuing the American Auto Industry
Closing the Medicare Doughnut Hole
Ending Combat Operations in Iraq
Ending Abusive Health Insurance Industry Practices
Expanding Health Insurance Coverage to 32 Million More Americans
Making College More Affordable
2011 Health Care Reform Benefits
Eliminating Co-Pays on Contraceptive Services as Preventive Care
Challenging the Defense of Marriage Act in Federal Court
Rejecting the Keystone XL Pipeline
Finalizing Air Pollution Rules That Will Save 13,000 Lives Per Year
Increasing Vehicle Fuel Efficiency to 35.5mpg By 2016 and 54.5 by 2025
Implementing a Sensible New Immigration Policy for “DREAMers”
Obama DOJ Wins Significant, Though Not Complete, Victory Over Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Law
American High-Speed Rail Moving Forward
Obama’s Record of Support for Israel
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October 28th, 2012 at 1:49 pm
And what about what Obama TRIED to accomplish but was filibustered by the Republicans? Too bad there wasn’t a commercial created about this:
H.R. 12 – Paycheck Fairness Act
H.R. 448 — Elder Abuse Victims Act
H.R. 466 – Wounded Veteran Job Security Act
H.R. 515 – Radioactive Import Deterrence Act
H.R. 549 — National Bombing Prevention Act
H.R. 577 – Vision Care for Kids Act
H.R. 626 – Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act
H.R. 847 – The James Zadroga 9/11 Health Bill
H.R. 1029 – Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act
H.R. 1168 — Veterans Retraining Act
H.R. 1171 – Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Reauthorization
H.R. 1293 — Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act
H.R. 1429 — Stop AIDS in Prison Act
H.R. 5281 — DREAM Act
S.3985 — Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act
S.3816 — Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act
S.3369 — A bill to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities
S.2237 — Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act
S.2343 — Stop the Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act
S.1660 — American Jobs Act of 2011
S.3457 — Veterans Jobs Corps Act