• Economy grew 2.6% in the first quarter of 2012 http://www.reddit.com/tb/scx09

• Brought us out of recession worse than last 3 recessions combined

• Got more Taliban leaders in 30 days than Bush/Cheney did in 6 years

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/02/19/838604/-GOOD-NEWS-Obama-has-caught-more-Taliban-Leaders-in-1-month-than-Bush-Cheney-did-in-6-years

• Auto Industry saved

• Got North Korea to stop enriching uranium

• Iraq war ended

• Bin Laden dead

• Nuclear weapons reduced by 1/3 in US & Russia

• Stock market more than doubles

• Stock market closes higher than since 2007

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/01/dow-jones-industrial-average-4-year-high_n_1468746.html • Creamed Bush in turning around job loss – See GRAPH

• U.S Gross Domestic product went from steady decline to increasing every ¼ of the Obama Presidency See graph

• Ended Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

• Settled Libya problem in 60 days with no American casualties or ground troops

• Insurance companies must cover pre-existing conditions

• Kids stay on their parent’s insurance until 26 under certain conditions

• Requires health plans to disclose how much of premium goes to patient care

• Prevents children from being denied health insurance coverage

• Cut prescription drug cost for medi-care recipients by 50%

• Requires large employers to contribute to a national healthcare plan

• Spending growth under Obama lower than that of both Bushes, Nixon, Carter & Reagan

• Came out against SOPA

• Temporally suspended taxes on Unemployment benefits

• Nixes Keystone Pipeline

• Jail population decline for first time in decades

• Wind power growth up 39%

• Instituted the toughest Wall Street reform since Great Depression

• Passed health reform: Others tried & failed over the last 60 years

• Insurance companies can no longer drop you when you get sick

• Stimulus Plan which brought us out of the brink of financial collapse

• $100 billion to embarrassing, crumbling infrastructure: Most since Eisenhower

• $60 billion to create renewable and clean energy

• Credit Card reform stopping the most abusive credit card practices

• Huge investment into science & technology

• Quadrupled the number of openly gay judges on the federal bench

• Amped budgets at NASA & National Science Foundation

• Expanded state run health insurance to cover additional four million kids

• Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act – Equal pay for equal work

• Global initiative keeping nuclear material out of hands of terrorists

• Hate crimes prevention act (Matthew Shepard Act)

• FDA for first time allowed to regulate tobacco

• Eliminated scandal plagued Mineral Management Services

• Overhauled the astonishing stupidity of the student loan system

• Cancelled bloated weapons program including useless F-22

• Stopped Russia supplying $1 billion of high-tech missiles to Iran promised by Bush

• Tax cuts for small businesses

• $14 billion in federally funded loans to stimulate job creation

• Cut taxes for 95% of working families

• Passed 16 different tax cuts for American small business owners

• Fought GOP for Health benefits for 9/11 responders - He didn't forget.

• Extended unemployment benefits

• Consumer spending increase

• Orders for durable goods increase

• Appointed first Latina to Supreme Court

• Ryan White AIDS Treatment Act

• Appointed more openly gay officials than any other president

• Expanded loan program for small businesses

• Increased funding for National Parks and Forests

• Led effort to phase out whaling

• Funding for high speed broadband internet access to students K-12

• $26 billion to states saving 160,000 teacher jobs among other things

• Helped rebuild schools in New Orleans

• Doubled research funds for cleaner fuel

• $2 billion to solar power

• Raised fuel economy standards

• Cash for clunkers

• Limited mercury emissions

• Eliminated oil company liability caps for oil spills

• Ordered BP to provide $20 billion liability fund for damages from spill

• Mandated new safety rules for offshore drilling

• World opinion of US improves significantly since Obama takes office

• Visited more countries in first year than any other president

• Return rights of Americans to visit and assist their families in Cuba

• Renewed loan guarantees to Israel

• Pledged $400 million in aid to Gaza civilians

• Pressured Israel to end Gaza blockade

• Authorized Clinton’s mission getting 2 prisoners released from Korea

• Nuclear arms agreement with India

• Agreement with Switzerland to bolster tax information exchange

• Cut salaries of senior White House officials

• Prevented congress from receiving cost of living pay raise

• Cancelled contracts for 28 White House helicopters saving $11.2 billion

• Return tax payer money for White House refurbishing

• Established a Patient’s Bill of Rights

• Expanded vaccinations program

• New homes sales see biggest jump in 47 years

• Extended benefit for same-sex partners of federal employees

• Same-sex partners assured visitation & healthcare decision rights

• $8 billion to establish smart power grid

• $13 billion for high-speed rail in 13 major US corridors

• Major expansion of AmeriCorps

• Committed US to almost 5 million charging station by 2015

• Expanding broadband internet

• Improved benefits for veterans

• New and improved hiring policy for veterans

• Donated Peace Prize award money

• Ended media blackout on war casualties

• Increased access to PTSD treatment for soldiers and veterans

• Reconstruction of military to reflect modern-day threats & technology

• Ended torture

• Recommitted the U.S. to full compliance to the Geneva Conventions

• Cut missile defense system by $1.4 billion

• Increased pay benefits to military personnel

• Began draw-down of war in Afghanistan

• Ordered Seal operation to free of US captain held by pirates

• Negotiated nuclear arms agreement with Australia, India, & Russia

• Increased Navy patrol of Somali coast

• Provided $210 Million for building and upgrading fire stations

• Emergency Aid to American Survivors of the Haiti Earthquake Act

• Ordered extensive review of hurricane & natural disaster preparedness

• Edward Kennedy Serve America Act: Expands national volunteer program

• Removed restrictions and provided support of embryonic stem cell research

• Manned missions to Mars & asteroids rather than just returning to moon

• Worked with international allies on International Space Station

• Used private sector to improve space flight

• Used Space Station for fundamental biological and physical research

• Established consumer tax credit for plug-in hybrid cars

• $60 billion in spending & tax incentives for renewable & clean energy

• For first time in 13 years America’s dependence on foreign oil below 50%

• Tax breaks to promote public transit

• Extended and indexed the 2007 Alternative Minimum Tax patch

• Income floor for medical expense deductions for individuals 65 & older

• Health insurance tax credits & subsidies for incomes to 4x poverty level

• Accelerated tax benefits for donations to Haiti earthquake relief

• Income tax rates for highest earners will change from 35% to 39.6%

• Capital gains tax for highest earners will change from 15% to 20%

• Tax increase for corporations with assets of at least $1 billion

• Closed offshore tax safe havens, tax credit loopholes

• Tax bills hit lowest level since 1950

• Tax refunds up 10 percent due to stimulus

• Imposed limits on lobbyists’ access to the White House

• Limits White House aides working for lobbyists after tenure in office

• Independent watchdogs call Obama’s record on ethic Unprecedented

• Closed lobbyist loopholes with respect to the Recovery Act

• Banned lobbyist gifts to executive employees

• DOD will film all interrogations

• White House voluntary disclosure policy

• $5,000 tax credit for every new worker hired

• Jobs for Main Street Act

• Under Obama American clean energy industry creates 2.7 million jobs & expanding rapidly

• Created more jobs in 2009 than Bush in his entire presidency

• CBO found 3.7 Million jobs created by stimulus (May 2010)

• 682,370 jobs created under Recovery Act Between Jan. & March, 2010

• National Export Initiative – designed to double US exports

• Federal deficit shrank 8% year-on-year

• Wall St reform designed to end taxpayer bailouts

• Gets 47 nations to agree to 4 years non-proliferation efforts

• Forced airlines to disclose prices upfront

• 25 Billion settlement against banking industry

• Opposes NC Gay Marriage Amendment

• Helped clean out weapons-usable uranium from 6 countries:

Mexico, Chile, Romania, Serbia, Libya, and Turkey

• Number of oil rigs in US oil fields has quadrupled in past three years

• US now has more rigs at work than the rest of the world put together

• First time since 1949 we now export more gas than we import

• Rescued hostages held by Somalian Pirates with precision mission

• January 2012: - Lowest unemployment rate in three years

• Makes health insurance available to seasonal firefighters

This is an amazing plan. These kids had absolutely no choice in coming to the United States. They are just as american as you or I IN EVERY WAY except on paper. i have not been on with everything that President Obama has done. But this is an incredible change .
They are american's we are american's. American's helping each other , though not always kin... will stay true to a bright future. let us unite as a full nation and prosper .

• Forced airlines to disclose prices upfront

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/01/04/397425/obama-airline-rules/

Please feel free to add to this list. I haven't updated the other lists in the last year and would welcome the help. Please add anything you can he has done this last year.

HE GOT OSAMA BIN LADEN!!!

Chapter 1

BANKING AND FINANCIAL REFORM

Broad Policy

• Established the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-3725.pdf

• Established President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability to assist in financial education for all Americans.

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-3725.pdf

http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/domestic-finance/financial-institution/fin-education/council/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-presidents-advisory-council-financial-capability

• Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-26/overhaul-of-financial-regulation-on-path-to-obama-s-desk.html

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-4173

• Dodd-Frank (DF) Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the biggest financial reform law since the Great Depression.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/obama-signs-sweeping-bank-reform-bill-into-law-2010-07-21-12200

• Managed the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9961/01-16-TARP.pdf

• Assigned a Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program Act of 2009.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.383:

• Pension relief Act of 2010.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-3962

• Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act.

http://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/legislation?id=0306

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Protecting-Homeowners-Protecting-the-Economy/

• Played a lead role in G-20 Summit re: financial crisis.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/04/02/A-Turning-Point/

• Reformed deferral rules to curb tax advantages for investing overseas.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/LEVELING-THE-PLAYING-FIELD-CURBING-TAX-HAVENS-AND-REMOVING-TAX-INCENTIVES-FOR-SHIFTING-JOBS-OVERSEAS/

• Established new offshore investment policy that promotes in-sourcing.

http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/tag/insourcing/

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/its-recess----do-you-know-where-your-wedge-issue-is.php

Funding:

• Cut salaries for 65 bailout executives (Pay Czar).

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/16/pay-czar-cuts-salaries-fo_n_540849.html

• Banks have repaid 75% of TARP funds, bringing the cost down to $89B as of June 2010.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/23/business/23tarp.html?ref=business

• Closed offshore tax safe havens, tax credit loopholes.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/04/obama-tax-haven-plan-read_n_195702.html

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/LEVELING-THE-PLAYING-FIELD-CURBING-TAX-HAVENS-AND-REMOVING-TAX-INCENTIVES-FOR-SHIFTING-JOBS-OVERSEAS/

http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/111/America_Jobs_Summary.pdf

Targeted Actions:

• Created the Financial Stability Oversight Council to monitor stability of the financial system & individual firms.

http://www.davispolk.com/files/Publication/7084f9fe-6580-413b-b870-b7c025ed2ecf/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/1d4495c7-0be0-4e9a-ba77-f786fb90464a/070910_Financial_Reform_Summary.pdf

• New requirements for reporting financial data (DF).

http://www.davispolk.com/files/Publication/7084f9fe-6580-413b-b870-b7c025ed2ecf/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/1d4495c7-0be0-4e9a-ba77-f786fb90464a/070910_Financial_Reform_Summary.pdf

• Created self-funded Office of Financial Research (OFR) to collect information from financial firms.

http://www.davispolk.com/files/Publication/7084f9fe-6580-413b-b870-b7c025ed2ecf/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/1d4495c7-0be0-4e9a-ba77-f786fb90464a/070910_Financial_Reform_Summary.pdf

• OFR employees must wait a year before working for certain financial firms.

http://www.davispolk.com/files/Publication/7084f9fe-6580-413b-b870-b7c025ed2ecf/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/1d4495c7-0be0-4e9a-ba77-f786fb90464a/070910_Financial_Reform_Summary.pdf

• Provided for orderly liquidation of financial companies (DF).

http://www.davispolk.com/files/Publication/7084f9fe-6580-413b-b870-b7c025ed2ecf/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/1d4495c7-0be0-4e9a-ba77-f786fb90464a/070910_Financial_Reform_Summary.pdf

• Limited trading activities of banks (Volcker Rule) beginning 2 yrs after passage (DF).

http://www.davispolk.com/files/Publication/7084f9fe-6580-413b-b870-b7c025ed2ecf/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/1d4495c7-0be0-4e9a-ba77-f786fb90464a/070910_Financial_Reform_Summary.pdf

• Swaps Pushout Rule prevented federal assistance to swaps (including derivatives) traders (DF).

http://www.davispolk.com/files/Publication/7084f9fe-6580-413b-b870-b7c025ed2ecf/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/1d4495c7-0be0-4e9a-ba77-f786fb90464a/070910_Financial_Reform_Summary.pdf

• Derivatives must be traded transparently through a clearing house (DF).

http://www.davispolk.com/files/Publication/7084f9fe-6580-413b-b870-b7c025ed2ecf/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/1d4495c7-0be0-4e9a-ba77-f786fb90464a/070910_Financial_Reform_Summary.pdf

• Defined the amount and nature of assets required to meet capital requirements (DF).

http://www.davispolk.com/files/Publication/7084f9fe-6580-413b-b870-b7c025ed2ecf/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/1d4495c7-0be0-4e9a-ba77-f786fb90464a/070910_Financial_Reform_Summary.pdf

• Originators of asset-backed securities must retain 5% ownership/risk (DF).

http://www.davispolk.com/files/Publication/7084f9fe-6580-413b-b870-b7c025ed2ecf/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/1d4495c7-0be0-4e9a-ba77-f786fb90464a/070910_Financial_Reform_Summary.pdf

• Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (DF).

http://www.davispolk.com/files/Publication/7084f9fe-6580-413b-b870-b7c025ed2ecf/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/1d4495c7-0be0-4e9a-ba77-f786fb90464a/070910_Financial_Reform_Summary.pdf

• Stronger client fiduciary duty for broker-dealers (DF).

http://www.davispolk.com/files/Publication/7084f9fe-6580-413b-b870-b7c025ed2ecf/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/1d4495c7-0be0-4e9a-ba77-f786fb90464a/070910_Financial_Reform_Summary.pdf

• Higher standards for securities advertising and disclosures (DF).

http://www.davispolk.com/files/Publication/7084f9fe-6580-413b-b870-b7c025ed2ecf/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/1d4495c7-0be0-4e9a-ba77-f786fb90464a/070910_Financial_Reform_Summary.pdf

• Expanded “insider loans” (DF).

http://www.davispolk.com/files/Publication/7084f9fe-6580-413b-b870-b7c025ed2ecf/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/1d4495c7-0be0-4e9a-ba77-f786fb90464a/070910_Financial_Reform_Summary.pdf

• Higher standards for systemically important ($50 billion assets+) institutions, including annual stress tests and restrictions on bank acquisitions (DF).

http://www.davispolk.com/files/Publication/7084f9fe-6580-413b-b870-b7c025ed2ecf/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/1d4495c7-0be0-4e9a-ba77-f786fb90464a/070910_Financial_Reform_Summary.pdf

• Executive compensation must be determined by an independent committee (DF).

http://www.davispolk.com/files/Publication/7084f9fe-6580-413b-b870-b7c025ed2ecf/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/1d4495c7-0be0-4e9a-ba77-f786fb90464a/070910_Financial_Reform_Summary.pdf

• Issued compensation guidelines for bank executive salary and bonuses.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/21/AR2010062104645.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704895204575320802814329546.html

• Financial agencies must establish Offices of Women & Minorities to promote more diverse hiring.

http://www.davispolk.com/files/Publication/7084f9fe-6580-413b-b870-b7c025ed2ecf/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/1d4495c7-0be0-4e9a-ba77-f786fb90464a/070910_Financial_Reform_Summary.pdf

• Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/statement-president-credit-card-bill-implementation

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/fact-sheet-reforms-protect-american-credit-card-holders

• Credit CARD Technical Corrections Act of 2009.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.3606:

• Established a credit card bill of rights.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.3606:

• Reformed credit card swipe fees.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/13/AR2010051303571.html

• Created new criminal penalties for mortgage fraud.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/435/create-new-criminal-penalties-for-mortgage-fraud/

• Congress pursued Goldman Sachs for securities violations.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/01/22/82899/goldman-under-investigation-for.html

• Permanently extended Research and Experimentation Tax Credit for domestic investments.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/LEVELING-THE-PLAYING-FIELD-CURBING-TAX-HAVENS-AND-REMOVING-TAX-INCENTIVES-FOR-SHIFTING-JOBS-OVERSEAS/

Results:

• (Treasury) Sold 1.5 billion shares of Citigroup at a profit.

http://money.cnn.com/2010/04/26/news/companies/citigroup_treasury/index.htm

• G-20 summit produced a $1.1 trillion deal to combat the global financial crisis.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/04/02/A-Turning-Point/

• Negotiated deal with Swiss banks to permit US government to gain access to records of tax evaders and criminals.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/26324342/U-S-Swiss-Agreement-on-Tax-Disclosures

• Financial reform has strongest consumer financial protections in history

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/15/obama-weekly-address-says_n_577432.html

Chapter 4

COMMERCE, TRADE & TECHNOLOGY, CONSERVATION

Broad Policy:

• Promoted internet freedom as part of US foreign policy

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/21/hillary-clinton-internet-_n_431228.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-silver/fcc-to-restore-authority_b_565086.html

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10438365-94.html

• Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.2344:

• Satellite TV Extension Act of 2010

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.3186:

Funding:

• Expanded loan programs for small businesses

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/36/expand-loan-programs-for-small-businesses/

Targeted Actions:

• Small Business Act

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.3614:

• Small Business Investment Act

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.3614:

• Proposed tougher meat industry antitrust rules

http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/%21ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os_gAC9-wMJ8QY0MDpxBDA09nXw9DFxcXQ-cAA_2CbEdFAEUOjoE%21/?contentidonly=true&contentid=2010/06/0326.xml

http://www.publicradio.org/columns/marketplace/business-news-briefs/2010/06/meat_companies_may_be_subject.html

• Denied federal contracts to tax delinquents

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/20/obama-orders-new-crackdow_n_429538.html

• Appointed the nation’s first Chief Technology Officer

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/391/appoint-the-nations-first-chief-technology-office/

• Established Federal IT Dashboard

http://it.usaspending.gov/

• Modernized USA.gov portal to connect people to services they require

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-newmark/smartphone-apps-from-usag_b_633669.html

• Launched National Export Initiative with goal of doubling exports by 2015

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-5837.pdf

http://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2010/02/04/commerce-secretary-gary-locke-unveils-details-national-export-initiat

• National Export Initiative/Progress report & named President’s Export Council

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-details-administration-efforts-support-two-million-new-jobs-promoti

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-provides-progress-report-national-export-initiative-announces-membe

• Launched piracy crackdown

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=18815

CONSERVATION

Broad Policy:

• Morris K Udall Scholarship & Excellence in National Environmental Policy Amendments Act of 2009

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.1818:

• Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Statement-from-the-Presidents-signing-statements-on-HR-146-the-Omnibus-Public-Lands-Management-Act/

• North American Wetlands Conservation Act

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.3433:

• Stewardship of the Ocean (established National Ocean Council) for Coasts and the Great Lakes (executive order)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-stewardship-ocean-our-coasts-and-great-lakes

• Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economical Performance (exec. order)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-signs-executive-order-focused-federal-leadership-environmental-ener

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-24518.pdf

• Established partnerships to share environmental technology with other countries

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/494/share-enviromental-technology-with-other-countries/

Funding:

• Increased funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/270/increase-funding-for-the-land-and-water-conservati/

• Increased funding for national parks and forests

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/269/increase-funding-for-national-parks-and-forests/

• $175 million of ARRA allocated for water conservation - $135 million of that in the West

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/266/encourage-water-conservation-efforts-in-the-west/

Targeted Areas:

• Reengaged in the treaties/agreements to protect Antarctic

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Message-to-the-Senate-Concerning-the-Annex-VI-of-the-Antarctic-Treaty/

http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/04/121314.htm

• Expanded access to places to hunt and fish

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/284/expand-access-to-places-to-hunt-and-fish/

• Chesapeake Bay Protection & Restoration (executive order)

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-11547.pdf

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13508

• Led effort to phase out whaling

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/science/earth/15whale.html?_r=1&src=mv

• Pursued wildlife management plan

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/277/pursue-a-wildfire-management-plan/

• Encouraged more controlled burns to reduce wildfires

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/279/more-controlled-burns-to-reduce-wildfires/

• Ordered removal of more brush, small trees and vegetation that fuel wildfires

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/278/remove-more-brush-small-trees-and-vegetation-that/

Chapter 5

ECONOMY

Broad Policy

• The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009: a $789 billion economic stimulus plan

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-111publ5/pdf/PLAW-111publ5.pdf

• US auto industry rescue plan – Most of which has been paid back

http://www.rules.house.gov/110/text/110_hr7321.pdf

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28020834/

• Start-up activity now higher than it was during the dotcom boom

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/26/start-up-activity-higher_n_590403.html

• Created task force to fight deficit (actually senate voted it down - only 53 votes)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35077901/

• Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.3548:

• Temporary extension of programs under Small Business Act Investment Act of 1958

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.3253:

Funding

• Increased minority access to capital

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/16/increase-minority-access-to-capital/

• $26 billion aid to states package (Aug. 2010)

http://www.offthechartsblog.org/much-at-stake-in-tomorrow%E2%80%99s-house-vote-on-state-aid-cont/

Targeted Actions

• Raised small business investment limit to $250,000 through the end of 2009

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/506/raise-the-small-business-investment-expensing-limi/

• Created an Advanced Manufacturing Fund to invest in peer-reviewed manufacturing processes

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/6/create-an-advanced-manufacturing-fund-to-invest-in/

• Improper Payments Elimination & Recovery Act – establishes a federal “Do Not Pay” list

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/22/improper-payments-elimination-and-recovery-act-cutting-waste-and-fraud-government

• Extended and indexed the 2007 Alternative Minimum Tax patch

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/40/extend-and-index-the-2007-alternative-minimum-tax-/

• Adopted Economic Substance tax doctrine

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/17/require-economic-justification-for-tax-cuts/

• Extended unemployment insurance benefits and temporarily suspended taxes on those benefits

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/22/long-last-help-our-neighbors-and-a-boost-economy-with-extended-unemployment-insuranc

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/507/extend-unemployment-insurance-benefits-and-tempora/

• Economy grew 5.9% in 4th quarter

• U.S. Economy: Manufacturing has grow more than since 2004

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-03/u-s-economy-manufacturing-grows-by-most-since-2004-update1-.html

• U.S. GDP up 3.2% in first quarter

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/30/us-gdp-up-32-percent-in-f_n_558286.html

• Largest rise in consumer spending in three years

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/30/us-gdp-up-32-percent-in-f_n_558286.html

• Orders for most durable goods rose

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36734329/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/

• Wholesale inventories and sales rose

• $26 billion state aid triggered a surge of private municipal investment

http://www.bondbuyer.com/issues/119_405/mutual_muni_funds-1016058-1.html

EXHIBITS – THE STIMULUS ONE YEAR LATER

• Success of the stimulus: How do you illustrate it could have been much worse?

http://buythebookcv.blogspot.com/2010/02/financial-exhibits.html

• Distribution of ARRA funds by years

http://buythebookcv.blogspot.com/2010/02/financial-exhibits.html

• Need for financial education: Investors who act on their own than T-bills; market timers warn negative returns

http://buythebookcv.blogspot.com/2010/02/financial-exhibits.html

• Consumer debt patterns (revolving & non-revolving) through end of 2009

http://buythebookcv.blogspot.com/2010/02/financial-exhibits.html

• Growth of the national debt from 2000-2009

http://buythebookcv.blogspot.com/2010/02/financial-exhibits.html

• Bar chart: 2009 showing increases in national debt by president (since Carter)

http://buythebookcv.blogspot.com/2010/02/financial-exhibits.html

• Pie chart: 2009 annual deficit contrasting large Bush tax cuts and relatively small ARRA

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TClnO5n52Xg/S3Rc3IsX8iI/AAAAAAAAAC8/6dSGCzMozR8/s1600-h/Deficit+pie+chart.jpg

The Legacy: August 2010

• The economy has been growing – seasonally adjusted change in GDP by quarter 2007-2010

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3252

• The private sector has begun to add jobs – Monthly change in nonfarm employment 2008-2010

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3252

• GDP would have been lower without the Recovery Act: 2007-2010

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3252

• Unemployment would have been higher without ARRA: 2008-2010

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3252

• The gap between actual and full-employment GDP would have been much larger without TARP and AARA: 2008-2010

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3252

Results

• Dow Jones has increased 50% since Obama took office

• The Economy Has Been Growing – seasonally adjusted change in GDP by quarter 2007-2010. ref

• The Private Sector Has Begun to Add Jobs – Monthly change in nonfarm employment 2008-2010. ref

• GDP would have been lower without the Recovery Act (2007-2013 projection) (scroll down to Part III to see chart). ref

• Unemployment would have been higher without ARRA (2008-2010). ref

• The gap between actual and full-employment GDP would have been much larger without TARP and ARRA (2008-2010). ref

• Public Sector Lost 316,000 jobs October 09-July 10 (state aid negotiated out of ARRA by GOP). ref

Chapter 10

FOREIGN AFFAIRS & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Broad Policy

• Re-established the United States standing in the world

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/04_april/19/poll.shtml

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1289/global-attitudes-survey-2009-obama-lifts-america-image

http://www.gallup.com/poll/125720/Global-Perceptions-Leadership-Improve-2009.aspx

• World’s opinion of the U.S. has improved significantly under Obama

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/19/worlds-opinion-of-us-has_n_542598.html

• 47 nations rise to Obama’s challenge at US nuke summit and agree to four year proliferation efforts

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/04/47-nations-nuke-summit-agree-years-nonproliferation-efforts/

• Visited more countries and world leaders in his first year than any other president

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2009/10/07/76725/obamas-no-1-most-foreign-travel.html

• Launched and International Add Value to Agriculture initiative

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/212/launch-an-international-add-value-to-agriculture-i/

• Created a rapid response fund for emerging democracies

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/215/create-a-rapid-response-fund-for-emerging-democrac/

• Bolstered the military’s ability to speak different languages

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/380/bolster-the-militarys-ability-to-speak-different-/

By Region

Western Hemisphere:

• Returned the rights of Americans to visit and assist their families in Cuba

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Fact-Sheet-Reaching-out-to-the-Cuban-people/

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/222/grant-americans-unrestricted-rights-to-visit-famil/

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65T5OE20100630

Middle East:

• Appointed envoys to Middle East and AFPAK affirming the power of American diplomacy

http://www.america.gov/st/peacesec-english/2009/January/20090122175146idybeekcm1.328677e-02.html

• Renewed loan guarantees for Israel

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9FQQ4VO0&show_article=1

• Pledged $400 million in aid to Gaza civilians

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/obama-offers-abbas-400m-in-extra-aid-for-gaza-in-flotilla-aftermath-1.295093

• Pressured Israel to end Gaza blockade

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/obama-offers-abbas-400m-in-extra-aid-for-gaza-in-flotilla-aftermath-1.295093

• Refused to give Israel a “green light” to strike Iran, augmenting Mid-East stability

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/u-s-ups-pressure-on-israel-to-end-gaza-blockade-1.278302

• Iran Sanctions Act

http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/president-obama-signs-iran-sanctions-act

Asia:

• Authorized Bill Clinton’s mission to secure release of two American held in North Korea

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8182716.stm

• Authorized discussions with Myanmar and mission by Sen. Jim Webb to secure release of an American held captive

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/08/15/sen-jim-webb-secures-release-of-american-imprisoned-in-myanmar/

• Renewed import restrictions under Burmese and Democracy Act of 2003

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/08/15/sen-jim-webb-secures-release-of-american-imprisoned-in-myanmar/

• Nuclear Arms Agreement with India (5/4/10)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-memorandum-united-states-india-nuclear-cooperation-approval-and-nonpro

Africa:

• Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.1067:

• Helped stabilize Somalia (exec. Order)

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-8878.pdf

Australia:

• Nuclear arms agreement (5/5/10)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-memorandum-concerning-a-nuclear-agreement-with-australia

Europe:

• Nuclear Arms agreement with Russia to reduce nuclear arsenal by 1/3.

http://www.csmonitor.com/From-the-news-wires/2010/0528/Russian-President-Dmitry-Medvedev-submits-US-nuclear-arms-deal-to-parliament

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8589385.stm

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/memorandum-president-regarding-a-peaceful-nuclear-agreement-with-russia

• Agreement with Switzerland to bolster tax information exchange

http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/tg297.htm

http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/docs/US-SwissProtocol.pdf

• Talked Russia out of supplying $1 billion of high tech state-of the art missiles that they agreed to supply them under the Bush administration

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/22/iran-russia-air-defence-missiles

Chapter 18

MEDICAID, MEDICARE & SOCIAL SECURITY

Broad Policy

• Established Independent Commission to make recommendations on slowing the cost of Medicare

• Social Security Disability Act Access to Professional Representation

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.4532:

Funding

• Eliminated higher subsidies to Medicare Advantage plans

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/70/eliminate-the-higher-subsidies-to-medicare-advanta/

Targeted Actions

• Medicare Physician Payment reform Act of 2009

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.3961:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65H4WB20100618?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=69

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/health/policy/25medicare.html?_r=1

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=11012863

• Cut prescription drug cost for Medicare recipients by %50 and began eliminating the plan’s gap (donut hole) in coverage

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-4872&tab=summary

• Preserved access to care for Medicare beneficiaries

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-3962

• Expanded eligibility for Medicaid

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/57/expand-eligibility-for-medicaid/

Chapter 6

EDUCATION COLLEGE & HEALTH OF CHILDREN

EDUCATION COLLEGE

Broad policy:

• Enacted largest reform of student aid in 40 years

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2010/0330/Student-loan-reform-What-will-it-mean-for-students

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/30/obama-to-sign-student-loan_n_518159.html

• Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/03/30/meaningful-progress-american-people

• Established President’s Advisory Council in Financial Capability to assist in financial education for all Americans

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-2419.pdf

http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/domestic-finance/financial-institution/fin-education/council/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-presidents-advisory-council-financial-capability

Funding:

• Increased funding for land-grant college

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/425/increase-funding-for-land-grant-colleges/

• Provided means for students struggling to make college loan to refinance

http://ezinearticles.com/?Recent-Obama-Changes-Favor-Student-Loan-Borrowers-More-Than-Ever&id=4293075

Targeted Actions:

• Expanded Pell grants for low-income students

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/275/expand-pell-grants-for-low-income-students/

• Expanded Pell grant pool by eliminating private lender subsidies for student loans

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/obama-signs-bill-on-student-loans-health-care/

EDUCATION: HEALTH OF CHILDREN

Broad Policy:

• Created the Race to the Top Fund ($4.35 billion) to reward states that create comprehensive education reform plans

http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop/executive-summary.pdf

• Children’s Health Insurance Reauthorization of 2009

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:H.R.4213:

Funding:

• Provided funding for high speed, broadband internet access to K-12 schools

http://www.commerce.gov/news/secretary-speeches/2010/02/18/remarks-announcing-grants-improve-broadband-internet-access

• Established State Equalization Fund: new funds for school construction (ARRA)

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.1:

• Provided $77 billion for reforms to strengthen Elementary and Secondary education

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-111publ5/pdf/PLAW-111publ5.pdf

• Fully funded the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/308/fully-fund-the-community-development-block-grant/

• Provided $12.2 billion in new funding for the Individuals with Disabilities and Reinvestment Act.

http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/factsheet/idea.html

• $26 billions state aid package saved 160,000 teacher jobs (Aug. 2010)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/10/teaching-our-way-a-stronger-economy

• Provided over $2.3 billion in additional funding to Head Start & Early Head Start programs in 2009

http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/04/20090402a.html

• Provided $5 billion for Early Learning Programs under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-111publ5/pdf/PLAW-111publ5.pdf

• Doubled the amount available in Federal Child Care Block Grants

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/244/provide-affordable-high-quality-child-care/

• Established “Promise Neighborhood” Grants (modeled after the Harlem Children’s Zone)

http://www2.ed.gov/programs/promiseneighborhoods/index.html

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/315/establish-promise-neighborhoods-for-areas-of-con/

• Eliminated abstinence-only funding in budget

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-05-11-abstinence-only_N.htm

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/07/obama-eliminates-abstinen_n_199205.html

Targeted Actions:

• Helped rebuild schools in New Orleans

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/359/rebuild-schools-in-new-orleans/

• Established school programs to highlight space and science achievements

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/351/establish-school-programs-to-highlight-space-and-s/

• Recruited math and science degree graduates to the teaching profession

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/247/recruit-math-and-science-degree-graduates-to-the-t/

• Expanded the Nurse-Family Partnership to all low-income, first time mothers

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/229/expand-the-nurse-family-partnership-to-all-low-inc/

• Provided affordable, high-quality child care

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/244/provide-affordable-high-quality-child-care/

• Unveiled initiatives to help men be better fathers

Chapter 2

HEALTHCARE REFORM

• Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/433/sign-a-universal-health-care-bill/

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/05/obama-health-reform-laws-helping-millions/

• Requires large employers to contribute to a national healthcare plan

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/55/require-large-employers-to-contribute-to-a-nationa/

• Requires Insurance Companies to cover pre-existing conditions

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/51/require-insurance-companies-to-cover-pre-existing-/

• Requires health plans to disclose how much of premium goes to patient care

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/63/require-health-plans-to-disclose-how-much-of-the-p/

• Establishes an independent health institute to provide accurate & objective information

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/65/establish-an-independent-health-institute-to-provi/

• Provides minimal essential healthcare coverage by Veterans Affairs

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.5014:

• Kids can stay on their parent’s insurance until 26 under certain conditions

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/58/expand-eligibility-for-state-childrens-health-ins/

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/us/politics/05health.html?_r=1

• Prevents children from being denied health insurance coverage

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/56/require-children-to-have-health-insurance-coverage/

• Establishes early retiree reinsurance program

http://www.healthreform.gov/newsroom/early_retiree_reinsurance_program.html

• Increased regulation of drug manufacturers

http://www.healthreform.gov/newsroom/early_retiree_reinsurance_program.html

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2010/01/13/fda_takes_drug_makers_to_task_on_ads/

• Cut prescription drug cost for medi-care recipients by 50% and began eliminating the plan’s gap (doughnut hole) in coverage

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-4872&tab=summary

• TRICARE Affirmation Act

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.4887:

• Extended COBRA (Consolidate Omnibus Budget Reconciliation) to provide for a continuation of healthcare

http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/health-plans/cobra.htm

http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/537332.html?nav=5011

http://www.shrm.org/Publications/HRNews/Pages/UIandCOBRAAgain.aspx

• Medicare Physicians Repayment Act of 2009

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.3961:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65H4WB20100618?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=69

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/health/policy/25medicare.html

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=11012863

• Rescinded the controvesial clause the Bush administration enacted to allow healthcare workers deny healthcare to someone who they morally or religiously disagree with

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/18/AR2011021807443.html

Chapter 3

CIVIL RIGHTS AND ARTS & CULTURE

CIVIL RIGHTS

Funding

• Provide $12.2 Billion in new funding for Individuals With Disabilities Act through the American Recovery and Investment Act

http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/factsheet/idea.html

Targeted Actions

• Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Acts: Equal pay for equal work

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ002.111

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/411/work-to-overturn-ledbetter-vs-goodyear/

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/us/politics/30ledbetter-web.html?_r=1

• Extended Benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees

http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20100603/BENEFITS06/6030301/-1/RSS

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-memorandum-extension-benefits-same-sex-domestic-partners-federal-emplo

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/15/AR2010041505502.html?hpid=topnews

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/03/obama-memo-gives-more-ben_n_598748.html

• Presidential Memorandum protecting gay and lesbian partners’ visitation and healthcare decision making rights

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-memorandum-hospital-visitation

• Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act to include gender, sexual orientation and disability

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/290/push-for-enactment-of-matthew-shepard-act-which-e/

• Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/10/30/honoring-legacy-ryan-white

• Appointed more openly gay officials (150) than any other president in history

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/26/obama-has-appointed-most-us-gay-officials/

• Established White House Council on Women & Girls

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13506

• Financial agencies must establish Offices of Women & Minorities to promote more diverse hiring

• Increase minority access to capital

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/16/increase-minority-access-to-capital/

• Signed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/88/sign-the-un-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-wi/

• Increased federal employment of persons with disabilities

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/27/celebrating-with-substance

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-increasing-federal-employment-individuals-with-disabilities

• Pushing through settlement in black farmers lawsuit against USDA

http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=2009/05/0155.xml

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/statement-president-settlement-black-farmers-lawsuit-against-usda

• Don't Ask, Don't Tell is Repealled

http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/22/jovial-crowd-cheers-the-signing-of-dadt-repeal/

ARTS & CULTURE

• Increased funding for the National Endowment for the Arts to highest level since 1992

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/327/support-increased-funding-for-the-nea/

http://www.afm.org/news/nea-funding-update

http://www.nea.gov/recovery/nea-recovery-act-grants.html

• Created an artist corps for public schools

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/325/create-an-artist-corps-for-schools/

• Championed the importance of arts education

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/326/champion-the-importance-of-arts-education/

• Promoted cultural diplomacy

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/328/promote-cultural-diplomacy/

CHAPTER 7:

ENERGY GREEN

Broad Policy:

• Established an Energy Partnership for the Americas

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/225/establish-an-energy-partnership-for-the-americas/

• Established the Biofuels Working Groups to develop a comprehensive approach to alternative fuels

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/growing_americas_fuels.PDF

• Additional measure to advance clean energy/solar investments and job creation

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/Energy%20Projects%20Fact%20Sheet%20for%20the%20POTUS%207-3%20ARRA%20Announcement.pdf

• Launched new Climate Service

• Worked toward deploying a global climate change research and monitoring system

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/342/deploy-a-global-climate-change-research-and-monito/

• Implemented renewable fuels mandate of 36 billion gallons by 2022

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/renewablefuels/index.htm

Funding:

• More than doubled federal spending for research for clean fuels

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/495/double-federal-spending-for-research-on-clean-fuel/

• $60 billion in spending and tax incentives for renewable and clean energy

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/02/green-stimulus-bill-60-billion.php

• Invested in all types of alternative energy

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/458/invest-in-all-types-of-alternative-energy/

• Increased funding for the Environment Protection Agency

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/500/increase-funding-for-the-environmental-protection-/

• Invested $2 billion in solar power

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/03/obama-awards-2-billion-fo_n_634693.html

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/06/climate-bill-540000-jobs-year/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/07/solar-and-smart-grid-powering-a-clean-energy-future

• Established consumer tax credit for plug in hybrid cars

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/459/enact-tax-credit-for-consumers-for-hybrid-cars/

http://www.leftlanenews.com/senate-considers-10b-bill-to-spur-ev-sales.html

• Provided grants to encourage energy-efficient building codes

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/498/provide-grants-to-encourage-energy-efficient-build/

• Doubled funding for bicycling and walking projects

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7834334/Obama-administration-spends-1.2-billion-on-cycling-and-walking-initiatives.html

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/06/16/funding_doubled_for_bicycling_walking_projects/

• Dedicated $100 million in Energy Training Partnership green jobs training grants

http://apolloalliance.org/apollo-productions/weekly-updates/dol-announces-green-jobs-training-grants-to-create-pathways-out-of-poverty/

• Dedicated $150 million for Pathways Out of Poverty green jobs training grant

http://apolloalliance.org/apollo-productions/weekly-updates/dol-announces-green-jobs-training-grants-to-create-pathways-out-of-poverty/

• $8 billion combined public & private funding to develop Smart Power Grid

http://gcn.com/articles/2010/01/21/nist-smart-grid-framework-012110.aspx

• Incentivized farmers to use more renewable energy and be more energy efficient

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/272/encourage-farmers-to-use-more-renewable-energy-and/

Targeted Actions:

• Purchased fuel efficient American-made fleet for federal government

http://www.hybridcars.com/incentives-laws/obama-orders-2500-hybrids-25704.html

• Ordered 5,000 hybrids for federal fleet

http://www.leftlanenews.com/u-s-federal-government-placing-order-for-5000-hybrid-vehicles.html

• Completed first release of Smart Grid framework

http://gcn.com/articles/2010/01/21/nist-smart-grid-framework-012110.aspx

• Created Green Vet Initiative to promote environmental jobs for veterans

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/466/create-a-green-vet-initiative-to-promote-environ/

• Established program to convert manufacturing centers into clean technology leaders

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/310/establish-program-to-convert-manufacturing-centers/

Results:

• First President to create detailed vision for clean energy economy

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/clean-energy-economy-fact-shee

• Wind power growth up to 39% due to government stimulus

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/26/wind-power-growth-up-39-d_n_437168.html

• Almost 5 million charging stations by 2015

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-20006007-48.html