Obama and the Dems have done more (good) in 10 months than Bush and the Pubs did in EIGHT YEARS!
Here are SOME things Obama has done SO far (as of Sept 2009):
Foreign Policy
April 2 2009 – Obama helps form a compromise between Presidents of France (Sarkozy) and China (Jintao) over making tax havens more transparent. The two Presidents were in a “heated” argument previous to Obama’s intervention.
Government Reform
Jan. 27 2009 – Administration tells Citigroup bank it is “unacceptable” to pay for a $42 million dollar luxury jet when they have received $45 billion in bailouts from taxpayers (OK, Cons, I know: not important 8-)
Feb. 19 2009 – Bans the exception of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars from accounting the deficit. This results in a 2.5 trillion dollar increase in calculated deficit to the United States.
Feb. 23 2009 – Announces Earl Devaney to oversee the oversight of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Mr. Devaney worked as a Secret Service agent who exposed lobbyist corruption in the Department of the Interior.
Mar. 9 2009 – Lifts ban on embryonic stem cell research. A major move in changing the politics of research and science in the United States (oh, sorry, I forgot: THAT one is a definitel "no-no" for Cons :-)
May 22, 2009 – Creates a credit card bill of rights. Limits unwarranted spending and gives consumers more options to pay their bills on time. It has been debated if this will negatively affect the industry.
May 22, 2009 – Tries to curb wasteful spending by the Pentagon on the defense budget by signing the Weapons System Acquisition Reform Act. Intended to price contracts and budgets lower; may potentially save billions of dollars in defense.
June 22, 2009 – Allows the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to have authority over the tobacco industry (oh, sorry, THAT is unimportant to Cons :-)
Humanitarian
Jan. 23 2009 – Obama orders the close of Guantanamo Bay facility (oh, sorry, THAT is unimportant to Cons :-)
Civil Rights
Jan. 29 2009 – Obama signs the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Reducing discrimination based on gender, age, religion, or race (oh, sorry, THAT is unimportant to Cons :-)
Environmental
Feb. 21 2009 – Obama signs a mercury reduction pact with 140 other nations. The policy reverses roles with George Bush and sets mandatory requirements by the United States (oh, sorry, THAT is unimportant to Cons :-)
Mar. 30 2009 – Obama signs the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009, which serves to protect two million acres of land and creates a new system of land conservation for the Bureau of Land Management (oh, right, THAT is unimportant to Cons :-)
May 19 2009 – Obama teams up with the auto industry to raise the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards to an average of 35.5 mpg by 2016. The program is reported to save up to 1.8 billion barrels of oil or 900 million tons of greenhouse gases (oh, sorry, that also is irrelevant to Cons :-)
Source:
http://www.knowtheblog.org/blog/archives%E2%80%A6
