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Barack Obama Poll:
His Greatest Accomplishment?
The presidency of Barack Obama has been a fairy-tale model for what the life of the leader of the free world should be like. Not only has Barack Obama and his family remained scandal-free for their entire tenure in The White House, but the president has also accomplished quite a bit in spite of vengeful pushback from the “Just Say No” Republicans.
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Take a look at the Top 25 Accomplishments of President Barack Obama, then take our poll below and tell us what you think is the GREATEST accomplishment during his presidency:
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1.) Rescued the country from the Great Recession, cutting the unemployment rate from 10% to 4.7% over 6 years.
2.) Passed the $787 billion America Recovery and Reinvestment Act to spur economic growth during the Great Recession.
3.) Signed the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) which provided health insurance to over 20 million uninsured Americans.
4.) Ordered and oversaw the capture and killing of 9/11 terrorist Osama Bin Laden.
5.) Ended the war in Iraq.
6.) Began the drawdown of troops in Afghanistan.
7.) Repealed the military’s outdated “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.
8.) Saw the LGBT community’s fight for marriage equality to completion.
9.) Signed the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, making it a federal crime to assault anyone based on sexual orientation or gender identification.
10.) Expanded embryonic stem cell research, which has led to groundbreaking work in areas including spinal injury treatment and cancer.
11.) Signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to re-regulate the financial sector.
12.) Commuted the sentences of nearly 1200 drug offenders so as to reverse “unjust and outdated prison sentences” for non-violent crimes.
13.) Reversed Bush-era waterboarding and other torture policies.
14.) Helped negotiate the landmark Iran Nuclear Deal.
15.) Became the 1st president to visit Cuba in nearly 90 years. Also, began the process of normalizing relations with the nearby island nation.
16.) Signed the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which has allowed as many as 5 million people living in the US illegally to avoid deportation and receive work permits.
17.) Nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, making her the first Hispanic ever to serve on the nation’s highest court.
18.) Saved the US auto industry from total collapse.
19.) Boosted fuel efficiency standards for cars.
20.) Put the US on track for energy independence by 2020.
21.) Dropped the veteran homeless rate by 50%.
22.) Signed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act.
23.) Improved school nutrition with the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act.
24.) Signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to combat pay discrimination against women.
25.) Launched “My Brother’s Keeper,” a White House initiative designed to help young minorities achieve their full potential.
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So, what do YOU think was the greatest accomplishment of President Barack Obama?
TAKE OUR POLL:
Wow when you look at all he did on a list it is really something. Like DJ said the say no Repubs got in his way every chance they could but he still made a lot happen. I wish I could vote twice because becoming the fist black president was history, but Obamacare was big because he made that happen when other presidents couldn't. Also it saved a lot of peoples lives. I am really going to miss my boy Obama.