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138 Obama Administration Accomplishments Listed

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NASDAQ Composite

Stock Index

1/20/2009

1,520.76

2,927.23

% 92.48

3.1

S&P 500

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1/20/2009

849.64

1,351.95

% 59.12

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1/20/2009

8,279.63

12,890.46

% 55.69

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Date	Accomplishment	Category	Beneficiary	Rank
02/22/12	Employee social security payroll tax reduction from 6.2% to 4.2 % extended through 2012	Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Cr...	Workers & Improving the Economy
02/22/12	Self-employed social security payroll tax reduction from 12.4% to 10.4 % extended through 2012	Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Cr...	Entrepreneurs & Improving the Economy
02/22/12	Federal unemployment benefits programs extended an additional 13 to 20 weeks	Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Cr...	Unemployed & Improving the Economy
02/22/12	Cuts in Medicare physician payment rates averted with extension of existing rates through 2012	Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Cr...	Doctors & Retirees
02/09/12	Pakistan Al-Qaeda leader Badar Mansoor killed by U.S. drone attacks	Al-Qaeda	Defeating Al Qaeda
01/30/12	U.S. drone attack in Yemen killed 12-15 militants, including at least four Al-Qaeda leaders	Al-Qaeda	Defeating Al Qaeda
2012 JAN	Senior Al-Qaeda figure Aslam Awan killed in U.S. drone strike	Al-Qaeda	Defeating Al Qaeda
09/30/11	$700 million annual funding for child protection, child abuse prevention, family support and adoption promotion through 2016	Child and Family Services Improvem...	Foster Children & Orphans
09/30/11	Senior Al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki killed in Yemen by a CIA-led U.S. drone strike	Al-Qaeda	Defeating Al Qaeda
09/16/11	Entrepreneurs and businesses benefited by reduced average wait time for patent approvals from 3 years to 1 year.	America Invents Act	Entrepreneurs
09/16/11	Patent litigation costs reduced through tightened patent standards, quality and processes to expedite challenges.	America Invents Act	Entrepreneurs
09/11/11	Al-Qaeda's operations chief for Pakistan Abu Hafs al Shahri reported killed in U.S. Predator strike	Al-Qaeda	Defeating Al Qaeda
09/06/11	U.S./Pakistani joint arrest of suspected Chief Al-Qaeda Younis al-Mauritani in Quetta	Al-Qaeda	Defeating Al Qaeda
08/22/11	Al-Qaeda No. 2 Atiyah Abd al-Rahman Killed in Pakistan by CIA predator drone strike	Al-Qaeda	Defeating Al Qaeda
06/07/11	East Africa's Al-Qaeda senior leader Harun Fazul killed at security checkpoint in Somalia	Al-Qaeda	Defeating Al Qaeda
06/03/11	Al-Qaeda Commander Ilyas Kashmiri Killed in U.S. Predator Strike	Al-Qaeda	Defeating Al Qaeda
2011 JUN	6 senior Al-Qaeda figures killed in U.S. Air Strike	Al-Qaeda	Defeating Al Qaeda
05/02/11	US Forces Kill Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan	Al-Qaeda	Defeating Al Qaeda
12/17/10	$186 billion in tax relief for all tax payers by extending the Bush income tax cuts for 2010 & 2011	2010 Tax & Jobs Compromise	Workers & Consumers
12/17/10	$136 billion in tax relief for 21 million middle class households through patch to the Alternative Minimum Tax for 2010 & 2011	2010 Tax & Jobs Compromise	Middle Class & Workers
12/17/10	$111 billion in tax relief for workers by a reducing social security payroll tax from 6.2% to 4.2% for 2011.	2010 Tax & Jobs Compromise	Workers & Improving the Economy
12/17/10	Unemployment benefits extended for 13 months at a cost of $56 billion	2010 Tax & Jobs Compromise	Unemployed & Improving the Economy
12/17/10	$40 billion in tax credits for college students and lower income families with children	2010 Tax & Jobs Compromise	Poor & Students
03/23/10	People with a pre-existing condition cannot be denied health coverge by an insurance company starting in 2014	2010 Health Care Reform Act	Consumers & Improving Health & Wellness
03/23/10	$143 billion in deficit reduction estimated between 2010-2019 from health care reform law provisions	2010 Health Care Reform Act	Reducing Debt\Deficits
03/23/10	People denied coverage for a pre-existing condition given access to a temporary high risk health insurance plan	2010 Health Care Reform Act	Consumers & Improving Health & Wellness
03/23/10	Children under 19 can no longer be denied coverage or benefits for a pre-existing condition	2010 Health Care Reform Act	Consumers & Children
03/23/10	Young adults can stay on parent's insurance plan up until age 26	2010 Health Care Reform Act	Young Adults & Consumers
03/23/10	$250 rebate for those in the Medicare Prescription drug "donut hole" during 2010	2010 Health Care Reform Act	Senior Citizens & Improving Health & Wellness
03/23/10	50% discount on prescription drug costs for seniors in the Medicare "donut hole" starting in 2011	2010 Health Care Reform Act	Senior Citizens & Improving Health & Wellness
03/23/10	Health care insurance plans prohibited from putting a lifetime limit on the benefits you receive	2010 Health Care Reform Act	Consumers
03/23/10	Annual dollar limits on health benefits restricted and phased out by 2014	2010 Health Care Reform Act	Consumers & Improving Health & Wellness
03/23/10	Insurers selling to groups of 50 or more employees must spend 85% of premiums on medical care and quality improvement	2010 Health Care Reform Act	Consumers & Improving Health & Wellness
03/23/10	Consumers guaranteed the right to choose the primary care doctor or pediatrician from their health plan’s provider network	2010 Health Care Reform Act	Consumers & Improving Health & Wellness
04/21/09	250,000 volunteers by 2017 for community service programs in low income neighborhoods	Serve America Act	Volunteering & Community Organizers
04/21/09	Community volunteer program expanded to address the education, health care, energy and veterans needs of low income communities	Serve America Act	Volunteering & Community Organizers
04/21/09	Disadvantaged youth job opportunites enhanced by community service to gain skills/experience and earn education grants and stipends	Serve America Act	Volunteering & Community Organizers
02/04/09	4 million more children insured under SCHIP in addition to the 6.6 million already covered	Children's Health Insurance Progra...	Children
01/04/11	Safety of imported food improved with new FSVP & VQIP programs that helps ensure it is safe, unadulterated and not misbranded	Food Safety Modernization Act	Consumers & Improving Govt Efficiency
01/04/11	Safety of U.S. grown food improved with requirements for large factory farms to register all food handlers and maintain records relating to food safety	Food Safety Modernization Act	Consumers
01/04/11	Small family farms selling locally exempted from federal regulations such as traceability and record keeping	Food Safety Modernization Act	Farmers & Improving Govt Efficiency
12/08/10	$1.5 billion awarded to some 75,000 black farmers who were victims of discrimination in applying for farm loans from 1983 to 1997	Claims Resolution Act	African Americans & Farmers
12/08/10	$3.4 billion settlement for Native Americans against the US government arising from incorrect accounting for royalties on mineral leases	Claims Resolution Act	Native Americans & Improving Govt Efficiency
10/14/10	$10 million in job training, counseling, placement services, and child care services for homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children	Veterans' Benefit Act	Veterans & Women
10/14/10	Disabled veterans provided improved independent assisted living services, automobile adaptive equipment and allowances for automobile purchase	Veterans' Benefit Act	Veterans
10/14/10	Service members receiving relocation orders protected from early termination fees for certain contracts and residential leases	Veterans' Benefit Act	Military Personnel
10/14/10	On-the-job training opportunities expanded for veterans by reimbursing energy sector employers for training costs.	Veterans' Benefit Act	Veterans & Creating Jobs
10/14/10	Insurance policy amounts and terms enhanced for severely disabled veterans	Veterans' Benefit Act	Veterans & Improving Health & Wellness
10/14/10	Veteran work-study programs expanded to include congressional offices, state agencies and institutions of higher learning	Veterans' Benefit Act	Veterans & Creating Jobs
09/27/10	$12 billion in assistance for small businesses through eight separate tax cuts	Small Business Jobs Act	Small Businesses
09/27/10	$30 billion lending program created for community banks with incentives to increase small business lending	Small Business Jobs Act	Small Businesses & Improving the Economy
08/03/10	Large disparity in jail sentences reduced for crack cocaine related offenses that disproportionately affected African Americans	Fair Sentencing Act	African Americans
07/22/10	Financial Stability Oversight Council established to identify and monitor excessive risks to the U.S. financial system	Wall Street Reform Act	Improving Economic Stability
07/22/10	Future economic downturns minimized with new rules and transparency regarding bank trading in credit default swaps and derivatives including the "Volker Rule"	Wall Street Reform Act	Improving Economic Stability
07/22/10	Risk in the financial system reduced with new SEC Office of Credit Ratings (OCR) to monitor credit rating agencies for conflict of interests & inaccuracies	Wall Street Reform Act	Improving Economic Stability
07/22/10	FDIC bank deposit insurance increased from $100,000 to $250,000	Wall Street Reform Act	Consumers & Improving Economic Stability
07/22/10	Transparency of Federal Reserve improved with additional government oversight and new audits to be performed by the GAO	Wall Street Reform Act	Improving Govt Transparency
07/22/10	Consumer Financial Protection Bureau established to promote fairness and transparency for mortgages, credit cards, and other consumer financial products	Wall Street Reform Act	Consumers
07/22/10	Borrowers protected from bad loans with rules and penalties requiring that lenders verify that they are able to repay the loans that they issue	Wall Street Reform Act	Home Owners & Consumers
07/22/10	Long-term economic stability improved through new FDIC powers to liquidate failing financial firms such as insurance companies and non-bank financial companies	Wall Street Reform Act	Improving Economic Stability
03/30/10	$68 billion to expand Pell grants & make it easier for students to repay outstanding loans after graduation through savings in the federal student loan program	Student Aid Act	College Students & Improving Education
03/30/10	$2 billion investment to laid off workers for education and career training programs in community colleges over four years starting in 2010	Student Aid Act	Unemployed & Improving Education
03/18/10	Social Security payroll tax credits in 2010 for employers that hired people who have been unemployed for 60+ days	Hire Act	Unemployed & Businesses
03/18/10	Tax credits to employers who keep new hires for 52 weeks to encourage retention of new hires	Hire Act	Unemployed & Businesses
03/18/10	$17.5 billion in tax cuts, business credits and subsidies for state and local construction bonds to stimulate business investment and hiring	Hire Act	Unemployed & Businesses
03/18/10	$20 billion to the highway trust fund for spending on highway and transit programs.	Hire Act	Unemployed & Improving Infrastructure
03/18/10	Encourages job creation by expanding investments in schools and clean energy projects	Hire Act	Unemployed
03/18/10	Offsets costs through a 30 percent withholding tax on income from certain U.S. financial assets held by foreign banks who have not agreed to disclosures.	Hire Act	Unemployed
05/22/09	Dept of Defense systems analysis, engineering and developmental testing processes overhauled to reduce high rates of failure on defense acquisitions	Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform	Improving Govt Efficiency
05/22/09	Defense Dept ordered to evaluate the technological maturity and product knowledge of critical weapons' technologies before letting defense contracts	Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform	Improving Govt Efficiency
05/22/09	Independent cost assesessment director initiated to ensure that cost estimates for major Defense contracts are fair, reliable, and unbiased	Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform	Improving Govt Efficiency
05/22/09	Defense oversight council required to seek input from combat commanders in evaluating proposed weapons system capabilities and needs	Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform	Improving Govt Efficiency
05/22/09	Defense contractors prohibited from participating in both the systems engineering and the development /construction phases of the weapon systems	Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform	Improving Govt Efficiency
05/22/09	Oversight and audit required of those major defense programs experiencing cost overruns to determine if the programs are essential and cost-effective	Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform	Improving Govt Efficiency
05/22/09	Funding provided to hire and retain highly skilled specialists to assess the cost, schedule and applicability of proposed Defense Dept weapons systems	Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform	Improving Govt Efficiency
05/22/09	Annual awards program established to recognize individuals and teams making significant contributions to improving efficiency of defense aquisition programs	Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform	Improving Govt Efficiency
05/22/09	Credit cardholders protected against arbitrary interest rate increases, hidden and excessive fees, and due date gimmicks	Credit Card Act	Consumers
05/20/09	Homeowners' foreclosures avoided by improved terms for loan modification and restructuring of their debt	Helping Families Save Their Homes	Home Owners
05/20/09	Lenders incentivized to reduce foreclosures by loss mitigation guarantees, compensation and lender protection from lawsuits by investors holding the loans	Helping Families Save Their Homes	Home Owners
05/20/09	$2.2 billion appropriated to help communities address the homeless crisis.	Helping Families Save Their Homes	Homeless
05/20/09	Financial Crisis Inquiry commission created to examine and report on the domestic and global causes of the 2008 - 2009 financial and economic crisis	Fraud Enforcement Act	Consumers
05/20/09	Mortgage lending businesses added to list of financial institutions subject to Federal criminal law in fraudulent lending practices	Fraud Enforcement Act	Home Owners
05/20/09	Crime of major fraud against the United States amended to include Federal grants made to stimulate economic recovery for fiscal years 2009 and 2010	Fraud Enforcement Act	Consumers
05/20/09	Securities fraud definition amended to include fraud related to commodities futures and derivatives fraud	Fraud Enforcement Act	Consumers
05/20/09	$140 million in special funding for the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate fraud in financial institutions	Fraud Enforcement Act	Consumers
05/20/09	$100 million in special funding for the offices of the United States Attorneys to investigate and prosecute fraud in financial institutions	Fraud Enforcement Act	Consumers
05/20/09	$80 million in special funding to the criminal, civil and tax divisions of the Dept of Justice to investigate and prosecute fraud in financial institutions	Fraud Enforcement Act	Consumers
05/20/09	$60 million in special funding for the Postal Inspection Service to investigate financial institutions for fraud	Fraud Enforcement Act	Consumers
05/20/09	$60 million in special funding for Inspector General's Office at the U S Dept of Housing and Urban Development to investigate financial institutions for fraud	Fraud Enforcement Act	Consumers
05/20/09	$40 million in special funding for the Secret Service to investigate financial institutions for fraud	Fraud Enforcement Act	Consumers
05/20/09	$42 million in special funding for the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate securites fraud in financial institutions	Fraud Enforcement Act	Consumers
01/29/09	Statute of limitations on filing equal-pay lawsuits eased by setting period to start from the date of the most recent paycheck.	Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act	Women & Women's Rights
01/29/09	Pay discrimination based on gender, race, color, national origin, age and disability prohibited.	Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act	Women & Women's Rights
01/29/09	Employers prompted to review, develop and update their criteria on employee compensation to ensure they are applied consistently and uniformly.	Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act	Women & Women's Rights
12/22/10	Gays and lesbians allowed to serve openly in the military	Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act	LGBT & Military Personnel
12/22/10	$193 million saved over five years by eliminating recruiting and retraining costs of replacing soldiers discharged due to DADT	Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act	Military Personnel & Reducing Debt\Deficits
12/13/10	Number of eligible children enrolled in school meal programs increased by approximately 115,000 students	Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act	Children & Improving Health & Wellness
12/13/10	Schools and communities provided resources to utilize local farms and gardens to provide fresh produce for school food programs.	Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act	Children & Improving Health & Wellness
06/29/10	U.S. drone attack killed 7 known terrorists, most notable Al-Qaeda operative from Egypt Hawza al Jawfi	Al-Qaeda	Defeating Al Qaeda
06/02/10	Federal benefits extended to same sex partners of workers through memorandum by Obama administration	Gay Rights	LGBT & Federal Employees
05/21/10	Al-Qaeda’s number three commander Sheik Saeed al-Masri killed in U.S. drone attack	Al-Qaeda	Defeating Al Qaeda
05/05/10	Family caregivers of veterans granted eligibility to VA counseling and mental health services	Caregivers & Veterans Health Servi...	Veterans & Women
05/05/10	Health care services improved and expanded for women veterans at Veterans care facilities	Caregivers & Veterans Health Servi...	Veterans & Women
05/05/10	Counseling and care enhanced for military women victims of sexual trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)	Caregivers & Veterans Health Servi...	Veterans & Women
05/05/10	Care options expanded for veterans living in rural areas that lack the necessary VA medical facilities	Caregivers & Veterans Health Servi...	Veterans & Improving Health & Wellness
05/05/10	Housing and care options expanded for homeless veterans living in care shelters	Caregivers & Veterans Health Servi...	Veterans
04/18/10	Joint American and Iraqi operation killed Al-Qaeda leaders Abu Ayyub al-Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi	Al-Qaeda	Defeating Al Qaeda
2010 MAR	Al-Qaeda operative Hussein al-Yemeni killed by U.S. drone attack in Pakistan	Al-Qaeda	Defeating Al Qaeda
04/01/09	Deeper recession or depression averted in 2009 and beyond with the help of stimulus bill provisions	2009 Stimulus Bill	Improving Economic Stability
02/17/09	2010 real GDP increased by about 3.4% due to stimulus spending	2009 Stimulus Bill	Businesses & Improving the Economy
04/01/09	Approximately 2.7 million jobs added to US payrolls and unemployment rate kept 1½ percentage points lower due to Stimulus spending	2009 Stimulus Bill	Workers & Businesses
02/17/09	Tax credit of $400 per worker ($800 per couple) for middle income workers for 2009 & 2010 totaling $116 billion	2009 Stimulus Bill	Middle Class & Workers
02/17/09	$82.2 billion in aid for low income workers, unemployed and retirees (including job training)	2009 Stimulus Bill	Poor & Unemployed
02/17/09	$70 billion in tax relief for middle class workers by patching the Alternative Minimum Tax for one year	2009 Stimulus Bill	Middle Class
02/17/09	$155 billion in health care assistance for the poor & unemployed primarily for Medicaid, health information technology and insurance premium subsidies	2009 Stimulus Bill	Poor & Unemployed
02/17/09	$100 billion in education aid to prevent lay-offs, modernize schools, award Pell grants and help low income children & special education programs	2009 Stimulus Bill	Middle Class & Poor
02/17/09	$48.1 billion in investments for highway, bridge, high-speed rail & other transportation projects	2009 Stimulus Bill	Improving Infrastructure
02/24/10	Al-Qaeda and Taliban-linked Fedayeen-i-Islam leader Qari Zafar killed in US airstrike	Al-Qaeda	Defeating Al Qaeda
2010 FEB	Militant commander Muhammad Haqqani killed by U.S. drone attacks	Terrorism	Combating Terrorism
2009	Liquidation of General Motors and Chrysler avoided through government mandated restructuring plans and conditional investment and loan programs	Business & Economy	Businesses & Workers
2009	115,000 jobs created at General Motors and Chrysler since government financing and restructuring implemented	Jobs	Workers & Creating Jobs
2009	1.45 million American jobs saved overall by government financing and restructuring of GM and Chrysler to avoid liquidation	Jobs	Workers & Saving Jobs
2009	$96 billion in personal income losses avoided by government financing and restructuring of GM and Chrysler to avoid liquidation	Labor	Workers & Improving the Economy
2009	$28.6 billion net public benefit in income taxes and social security taxes paid because liquidation of GM and Chrysler avoided	Taxes	Businesses & Improving the Economy
12/17/09	Al-Qaeda Operational Commander Abdallah Sa’id killed in U.S. drone attack	Al-Qaeda	Defeating Al Qaeda
12/08/09	Al-Qaeda Operational Commander Saleh al-Somali killed in U.S. drone attack	Al-Qaeda	Defeating Al Qaeda
10/28/09	Federal hate crime law expanded to include crimes motivated by gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and disability.	Matthew Shepard Act	LGBT
10/28/09	Existing hate crime laws strengthened with funding to investigate and prosecute those crimes	Matthew Shepard Act	LGBT
09/14/09	Operation Celestial Balance: Navy Seals Kill Somalian Al-Qaeda leader Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan in raid	Al-Qaeda
09/14/09	Somalian Al-Qaeda leader Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan killed by U.S. raid	Al-Qaeda	Defeating Al Qaeda
09/04/09	White House voluntary disclosure of visitor logs		Improving Govt Transparency
08/29/09	Co-founder of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Tohir Yo‘ldosh killed by U.S. drone attacks	Terrorism	Combating Terrorism
08/05/09	U.S. drone attack killed Tehrik e-Taliban Pakistan leader Baitullah Mahsud in Pakistan	Pakistani Taliban	Combating Terrorism
05/25/09	Sonya Sotomayor nominated and approved as Supreme Court justice		Women & Hispanics
04/13/09	Restrictions eased on Cuba travel, money transfers, and cellular telephone/satellite service.	International Relations
04/11/09	Maersk Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips rescued during operation in which U.S. Navy Seal snipers kill three Somali Pirates holding him for ransom aboard lifeboat	Somali Civil War	Combating Terrorism
02/05/11	Number of US and Russian nuclear warheads deployed reduced by two-thirds by 2017	New START Treaty	Combating Nuclear Proliferation
02/05/11	Number of US and Russian strategic nuclear missile launchers reduced in half by 2017	New START Treaty	Combating Nuclear Proliferation

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