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What Do Americans Think Of Obama's Performance As A President?

Chris Weigl, Screenwriter and Political Consultant

A friend of mine put together an awesome handwritten sign outlining why she’s voting for President Obama this year, I think it says almost everything you need to know:

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In case you needed a few other examples of what President Obama has accomplished I put together a list below:

1. Extended child tax credits and marriage-penalty fixes
   
   
2. Created an Advanced Manufacturing Fund to invest in peer-reviewed manufacturing processes
   
   
3. Required economic justification for tax changes
   
   
4. Implemented “Women Owned Business” contracting program
   
   
5. Changed standards for determining broadband access
   
   
6. Established a credit card bill of rights
   
   
7. Expanded loan programs for small businesses
   
   
8. Extended the Bush tax cuts for lower incomes
   
   
9. Extended the 2007 Alternative MinimumTax patch
   
   
10. Closed the “doughnut hole” in Medicare prescription drug plan
    
    
11. Expanded the Senior Corps volunteer program
    
    
12. Required insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions
    
    
13. Gave tax credits to those who need help to pay health premiums
    
    
14. Required large employers to contribute to a national health plan
    
    
15. Required children to have health insurance coverage
    
    
16. Expanded eligibility for Medicaid
    
    
17. Expanded eligibility for State Children’s Health Insurance Fund (SCHIP)
    
    
18. Required health plans to disclose how much of the premium goes to patient care
    
    
19. Established an independent health institute to provide accurate and objective information
    
    
20. In non-competitive markets, forced insurers to pay out a reasonable share of their premiums for patient care
    
    
21. Eliminated the higher subsidies to Medicare Advantage plans
    
    
22. Expanded funding to train primary care providers and public health practitioners
    
    
23. Increased funding to expand community based prevention programs
    
    
24. Reinstated executive order to hire an additional 100,000 federal employees with disabilities within five years.
    
    
25. Increased the Veterans Administration budget to recruit and retain more mental health professionals
    
    
26. Expanded the Veterans Administration’s number of “centers of excellence” in specialty care
    
    
27. Appointed a special adviser to the president on violence against women
    
    
28. Fully funded the Violence Against Women Act
    
    
29. Directed military leaders to end war in Iraq
    
    
30. Began removing combat brigades from Iraq
    
    
31. Created a military families advisory board
    
    
32. Ended the abuse of supplemental budgets for war
    
    
33. Made U.S. military aid to Pakistan conditional on anti-terror efforts
    
    
34. Opened “America Houses” in Islamic cities around the globe
    
    
35. Allocated Homeland Security funding according to risk
    
    
36. Created a real National Infrastructure Protection Plan
    
    
37. Increased funding for local emergency planning
    
    
38. Extended monitoring and verification provisions of the START I Treaty
    
    
39. Appointed a White House Coordinator for Nuclear Security
    
    
40. Initiated a grant and training program for law enforcement to deter cyber crime
    
    
41. Improved relations with Turkey, and its relations with Iraqi Kurds
    
    
42. Launched an international Add Value to Agriculture Initiative (AVTA)
    
    
43. Created a rapid response fund for emerging democracies
    
    
44. Granted Americans unrestricted rights to visit family and send money to Cuba
    
    
45. Restored funding for the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) program
    
    
46. Established an Energy Partnership for the Americas
    
    
47. Expanded the Nurse-Family Partnership to all low-income, first-time mothers
    
    
48. Required new hires to sign a form affirming their hiring was not due to political affiliation or contributions.
    
    
49. Provided affordable, high-quality child care
    
    
50. Recruited math and science degree graduates to the teaching profession
    
    
51. Reduced subsidies to private student lenders and protect student borrowers
    
    
52. Encouraged water-conservation efforts in the West
    
    
53. Increased funding for national parks and forests
    
    
54. Increased funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund
    
    
55. Encouraged farmers to use more renewable energy and be more energy efficient
    
    
56. Expanded Pell grants for low-income students
    
    
57. Pursued a wildfire management plan
    
    
58. Removed more brush, small trees and vegetation that fuel wildfires
    
    
59. Expanded access to places to hunt and fish
    
    
60. Pushed for enactment of Matthew Shepard Act, which expands hate crime law to include sexual orientation and other factors
    
    
61. Repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy
    
    
62. Restored funding to the EEOC and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
    
    
63. Reformed mandatory minimum sentences
    
    
64. Created a White House Office on Urban Policy
    
    
65. Fully funded the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
    
    
66. Established program to convert manufacturing centers into clean technology leaders
    
    
67. Established ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ for areas of concentrated poverty
    
    
68. Worked toward deploying a global climate change research and monitoring system
    
    
69. Funded a major expansion of AmeriCorps
    
    
70. Created a Social Investment Fund Network
    
    
71. Bolstered the military’s ability to speak differentlanguages
    
    
72. Appointed the nation’s first Chief Technology Officer
    
    
73. Provided grants to early-career researchers
    
    
74. Worked to overturn Ledbetter vs. Goodyear
    
    
75. Created a national declassification center
    
    
76. Appointed an American Indian policy adviser
    
    
77. Created new financial regulations
    
    
78. Increased funding for land-grant colleges
    
    
79. Banned lobbyist gifts to executive employees
    
    
80. Signed a “universal” health care bill
    
    
81. Created new criminal penalties for mortgage fraud
    
    
82. Required 10 percent renewable energy by 2012
    
    
83. Released oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve
    
    
84. Raised fuel economy standards
    
    
85. Invested in all types of alternative energy
    
    
86. Enacted tax credit for consumers for plug-in hybrid cars
    
    
87. Asked people and businesses to conserve electricity
    
    
88. Required more energy-efficient appliances
    
    
89. Created a ‘Green Vet Initiative’ to promote environmental jobs for veterans
    
    
90. Created job training programs for clean technologies
    
    
91. Required states to provide incentives for utilities to reduce energy consumption
    
    
92. Supported high-speed rail
    
    
93. Supported airline service in small towns
    
    
94. Invested in public transportation
    
    
95. Equalized tax breaks for driving and public transit
    
    
96. Considered “smart growth” in transportation funding
    
    
97. Shared environmental technology with other countries
    
    
98. Doubled federal spending for research on clean fuels
    
    
99. Provided grants to encourage energy-efficient building codes
    
    
100. Increased funding for the Environmental Protection Agency
     
     
101. Raised the small business investment expensing limit to $250,000 through the end of 2009
     
     
102. Extended unemployment insurance benefits and
     
     
103. temporarily suspend taxes on these benefits
     
     
104. Supported network neutrality on the Internet
     
     
105. .Reversed restrictions on stem cell research
     
     
106. Killed Osama bin Laden
     
     
107. Doubled funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership, a program that encourages manufacturing efficiency
     
     
108. Included environmental and labor standards in trade agreements
     
     
109. Created an international tax haven watch list
     
     
110. Made permanent the Research & Development tax credit
     
     
111. Required automatic enrollment in 401(k) plans
     
     
112. Required automatic enrollment in IRA plans
     
     
113. Created a consumer-friendly credit card rating system
     
     
114. Created a $60 billion bank to fund roads and bridges
     
     
115. Required full disclosure of company pension investments to employees
     
     
116. Provided easy-to-understand comparisons of the Medicare prescription drug plans
     
     
117. Invested in electronic health information systems
     
     
118. Phased in requirements for health information technology
     
     
119. Required that health plans utilize disease management programs
     
     
120. Required providers to report measures of health care costs and quality
     
     
121. Held hospitals and health plans accountable for disparities in care
     
     
122. Implemented and funded proven health intervention programs
     
     
123. Prevented drug companies from blocking generic drugs
     
     
124. Allowed Medicare to negotiate for cheaper drug prices
     
     
125. Worked with schools to create more healthful environments for children
     
     
126. Improved recruitment of public health workers
     
     
127. Mandated insurance coverage of autism treatment
     
     
128. Fully funded the Combating Autism Act and Federal Autism Research Initiatives
     
     
129. Doubled federal funding for cancer research
     
     
130. Increased participation in cancer-related clinical trials
     
     
131. Fully funded the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
     
     
132. Set a national goal to provide re-screening for all 2-year-olds for developmental disorders
     
     
133. Commissioned a study on students with disabilities and their transition to jobs or higher education
     
     
134. Set goals and timetables for implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act
     
     
135. Created a best practices list for private businesses in accommodating workers with disabilities
     
     
136. Launched educational initiative for employers on tax benefits of hiring employees with disabilities
     
     
137. Reduced the threshhold for the Family and Medical Leave Act from companies with 50 employees to companies with 25 employees
     
     
138. Provided a $1.5 billion fund to help states launch programs for paid family and medical leave
     
     
139. Required employers to provide seven paid sick days per year
     
     
140. Streamlined the Social Security disability approval process
     
     
141. Expanded Veterans Centers in rural areas
     
     
142. Established standards of care for traumatic brain injury treatment
     
     
143. Made the Veterans Administration a national leader in health reform
     
     
144. Reduced the Veterans Benefits Administration claims backlog
     
     
145. Instituted electronic record-keeping for the Veterans Benefits Administration
     
     
146. Expanded housing vouchers program for homeless veterans
     
     
147. Launched a supportive services-housing program for veterans to prevent homelessness
     
     
148. Expanded the Family Medical Leave Act to include leave for domestic violence or sexual assault
     
     
149. Fully funded debt cancellation for heavily indebted poor countries
     
     
150. Created a fund for international small and medium enterprises (SME)
     
     
151. Launched robust diplomatic effort with Iraq and its neighbors
     
     
152. Provided $30 billion over 10 years to Israel
     
     
153. Limited Guard and Reserve deployments to one year for every six years
     
     
154. Ended the “Stop-Loss” program of forcing troops to stay in service beyond their expected commitments
     
     
155. Fully and properly equipped troops
     
     
156. Created a Civilian Assistance Corps that would organize private sector professionals to help in times of need
     
     
157. Included humanitarian international missions in long-term budgeting
     
     
158. Reviewed weapons programs
     
     
159. Modernized ships and invested more in small vessels
     
     
160. Set standards for when the government should hire defense contractors
     
     
161. Restored the government’s ability to manage contracts by rebuilding our contract officer corps
     
     
162. Created a system of incentives and penalties for defense contracts
     
     
163. Establish a Global Education Fund
     
     
164. Strengthened the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) aimed at stopping spread of weapons of mass destruction
     
     
165. Organized successful Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference in 2010
     
     
166. Expanded federal bioforensics program for tracking biological weapons
     
     
167. Developed a comprehensive cyber security and response strategy
     
     
168. Mandated standards for securing personal data
     
     
169. Required companies to disclose personal information data breaches
     
     
170. Worked to persuade the European Union to end credit guarantees to Iran
     
     
171. Seek to negotiate a political agreement on Cyprus
     
     
172. Restructured and streamlined USAID
     
     
173. Increased the size of the foreign service
     
     
174. Urged China to stop manipulation of its currency value
     
     
175. Pressed China to end its support for regimes in Sudan, Burma, Iran and Zimbabwe
     
     
176. Created a public “Contracts and Influence” database
     
     
177. Required Cabinet officials to host Internet town hall meetings
     
     
178. Conducted regulatory agency business in public
     
     
179. Promoted more pre-school education
     
     
180. Expanded Early Head Start and Head Start
     
     
181. Reformed No Child Left Behind
     
     
182. Doubled funding for Federal Charter School Program and require more accountability
     
     
183. Addressed the dropout crisis by giving schools incentives for more dropout prevention
     
     
184. Created Teacher Residency Programs that will send teachers to high-need schools
     
     
185. Expanded teacher mentoring programs and provide incentives for more planning time
     
     
186. Promoted innovative ways to reward good teachers
     
     
187. Simplified the application process for financial aid
     
     
188. Increased the number of high school students taking college-level courses
     
     
189. Created incentives for tree planting and promote carbon sequestration
     
     
190. Improved water quality
     
     
191. Regulated pollution from major livestock operations
     
     
192. Strengthened federal environmental justice programs
     
     
193. Increased funding for organic and sustainable agriculture
     
     
194. Partnered with landowners to conserve private lands
     
     
195. Created a community college partnership program
     
     
196. Increased funding for progams that conserve lands and habitat for select species such as the Osceola turkey
     
     
197. Supported wetlands protection
     
     
198. Promoted economic development in Mexico
     
     
199. Supported repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)
     
     
200. Vigorously pursued hate crimes and civil rights abuses
     
     
201. Signed the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act into law
     
     
202. Supported regional innovation clusters
     
     
203. Helped low-income areas get phone and Internet service
     
     
204. Created a Homeowner Obligation Made Explicit (HOME) score for mortgage comparisons
     
     
205. Increased the supply of affordable housing throughout metropolitan regions
     
     
206. Invested in transitional jobs and career pathway programs
     
     
207. Fully funded the COPS program
     
     
208. Improved emergency response plans
     
     
209. Capped interest rates on payday loans and improve disclosure
     
     
210. Expanded public/private partnerships between schools and arts organizations
     
     
211. Improved climate change data records
     
     
212. Supported improved weather prediction program
     
     
213. Offered prizes for advances in consumer technology
     
     
214. Encouraged contests and programs to interest students in science
     
     
215. Increased research opportunities for college students
     
     
216. Strengthened the levees in New Orleans
     
     
217. Directed revenues from offshore oil and gas drilling to increased coastal hurricane protection
     
     
218. Shook loose federal money for rebuilding the Gulf Coast

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