President Obama's Top 50 Accomplishments (44)
200 verified accomplishments by Obama
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ooby_dooby: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/march_april_2012/features/obamas_top_50_accomplishments035755.php#
These are just a few of my favorite Accomplishments. There's a description of each item in the article.
3. Passed Wall Street Reform:
4. Ended the War in Iraq:
7. Turned Around U.S. Auto Industry:
8. Recapitalized Banks:
12. Reversed Bush Torture Policies:
13. Improved America’s Image Abroad:
14. Kicked Banks Out of Federal Student Loan Program, Expanded Pell Grant Spending:
20. Increased Support for Veterans:
21. Tightened Sanctions on Iran:
23. Passed Credit Card Reforms:
24. Eliminated Catch-22 in Pay Equality Laws:
30. Gave the FDA Power to Regulate Tobacco:
42. Brokered Agreement for Speedy Compensation to Victims of Gulf Oil Spill:
44. Pushed Broadband Coverage:
45. Expanded Health Coverage for Children:
47. Expanded Stem Cell Research:
50. Killed the F-22:
How soon we forget all the great things Obama did in just his first term and he did it all with a totally intransigent uncooperative congress Hell bent on destroying him.
These are just a few of my favorite Accomplishments. There's a description of each item in the article.
3. Passed Wall Street Reform:
4. Ended the War in Iraq:
7. Turned Around U.S. Auto Industry:
8. Recapitalized Banks:
12. Reversed Bush Torture Policies:
13. Improved America’s Image Abroad:
14. Kicked Banks Out of Federal Student Loan Program, Expanded Pell Grant Spending:
20. Increased Support for Veterans:
21. Tightened Sanctions on Iran:
23. Passed Credit Card Reforms:
24. Eliminated Catch-22 in Pay Equality Laws:
30. Gave the FDA Power to Regulate Tobacco:
42. Brokered Agreement for Speedy Compensation to Victims of Gulf Oil Spill:
44. Pushed Broadband Coverage:
45. Expanded Health Coverage for Children:
47. Expanded Stem Cell Research:
50. Killed the F-22:
How soon we forget all the great things Obama did in just his first term and he did it all with a totally intransigent uncooperative congress Hell bent on destroying him.
You forgot to mention he has undermined the constitution more than any other..
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Former Lawmaker Says Romney Has a ‘Coal Problem’
ST. CLAIRSVILLE - Former congressman Zack Space disputes Mitt Romney's claims that the Obama administration has been bad for coal, noting both employment and production in the nation's coal mines have increased in the past few years.
Space, a Democrat who lost his re-election bid in 2010 to Republican Bob Gibbs, also questions Romney's record on coal when Romney was governor of Massachusetts.
With Romney set to visit the American Century Mine in Beallsville today, Space joined the Obama campaign for a press conference call Monday with reporters in Ohio.
Space said Obama and Romney present "competing political visions" about what is best for the coal industry.
"Hearing the outrageous distortions Mitt Romney has made on the president's record on coal, lately it is clear Romney knows he's got a coal problem," Space said. "Not so long ago, when he was governor of Massachusetts, Romney took a hard line against coal, even saying, 'Coal plants kill people,' and that he would not protect jobs that kill people.
"Now that he's running for president, he's trying to hide that record by attacking" Obama, Space said.
Obama knows how important clean coal is to building a secure energy future and has made it part of his "all the above" energy plan, Space claimed.
"President Obama has made historic investments in clean coal technology and has taken important steps to keep miners safe," Space said. "Under the president's stewardship, in Ohio both the number of coal mining jobs and overall production have increased since he took office. As a result, there are more than 3,000 coal mining jobs in Ohio and more than 90,000 coal mining jobs across the country."
According to Space, the Obama administration is investing more than $5 billion in carbon capture and sequestration technology research, taking place at the University of Toledo and Ohio State University.
he said, coal Employment in the coal industry reached a 15-year high last year, Space continued. Since Obama took office, mining employment has risen by 10 percent and coal production has increased by 7 percent.
Much of that coal is being exported to other countries, and not being used here in the United States.
"Meanwhile, Gov. Romney has to answer for the anti-coal position he's taken as governor and as a presidential candidate," Space said. "He's pretending to be an advocate for the coal industry, but his choice of running mate (Rep. Paul Ryan) and his record as governor of Massachusetts prove otherwise."
He's taken anti-coal positions in the past, most notably in a 2007 interview when he told a San Francisco newspaper, "So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can. It's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted."
ST. CLAIRSVILLE - Former congressman Zack Space disputes Mitt Romney's claims that the Obama administration has been bad for coal, noting both employment and production in the nation's coal mines have increased in the past few years.
Space, a Democrat who lost his re-election bid in 2010 to Republican Bob Gibbs, also questions Romney's record on coal when Romney was governor of Massachusetts.
With Romney set to visit the American Century Mine in Beallsville today, Space joined the Obama campaign for a press conference call Monday with reporters in Ohio.
Space said Obama and Romney present "competing political visions" about what is best for the coal industry.
"Hearing the outrageous distortions Mitt Romney has made on the president's record on coal, lately it is clear Romney knows he's got a coal problem," Space said. "Not so long ago, when he was governor of Massachusetts, Romney took a hard line against coal, even saying, 'Coal plants kill people,' and that he would not protect jobs that kill people.
"Now that he's running for president, he's trying to hide that record by attacking" Obama, Space said.
Obama knows how important clean coal is to building a secure energy future and has made it part of his "all the above" energy plan, Space claimed.
"President Obama has made historic investments in clean coal technology and has taken important steps to keep miners safe," Space said. "Under the president's stewardship, in Ohio both the number of coal mining jobs and overall production have increased since he took office. As a result, there are more than 3,000 coal mining jobs in Ohio and more than 90,000 coal mining jobs across the country."
According to Space, the Obama administration is investing more than $5 billion in carbon capture and sequestration technology research, taking place at the University of Toledo and Ohio State University.
he said, coal Employment in the coal industry reached a 15-year high last year, Space continued. Since Obama took office, mining employment has risen by 10 percent and coal production has increased by 7 percent.
Much of that coal is being exported to other countries, and not being used here in the United States.
"Meanwhile, Gov. Romney has to answer for the anti-coal position he's taken as governor and as a presidential candidate," Space said. "He's pretending to be an advocate for the coal industry, but his choice of running mate (Rep. Paul Ryan) and his record as governor of Massachusetts prove otherwise."
He's taken anti-coal positions in the past, most notably in a 2007 interview when he told a San Francisco newspaper, "So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can. It's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted."
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It seems that Mitt Romney was correct when he said Barack Obama invests in Chinese companies through a Cayman Island trust. This information could not have come at a worse time, especially since election day is only 19 days away. The Politifact ‘Truth-o-Meter’ says that Romney’s comments are true:
It’s an accurate set of statements when you consider investments made by managers of the Illinois pension fund in which Obama has an account.
As we noted in reviewing previous claims about Romney’s investments in China, the investments involved are indirect and — as far as anybody has said — made without the knowledge of the account holder.
With that clarification, we rate Romney’s statement Mostly True.