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SUMMARY: PRESIDENT
OBAMA VS. CANDIDATE OBAMA
SUMMARY: CONGRESS
DEMS VS. GOP VS. PRES
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06/30/2009 3:00 PM
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PRESIDENT OBAMA: ACTIONS IN OFFICE
  • Has focused on the general economic downturn rather than the concentrated poverty existing prior to the crisis
  • Economic stimulus package includes billions in increased funding for Medicaid, food stamps, repairs for public housing, energy-efficiency upgrades for low-income homes, and welfare
  • Retaining the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, but has not yet banned federal funding for religious groups that discriminate in hiring
CANDIDATE OBAMA
ELECTION 2008
  • Proposed renewing support for faith-based initiatives office, but banning funding for religious groups that discriminate in hiring
  • Supported creating an Affordable Housing Trust Fund
  • Proposed expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit and indexing minimum wage to inflation
 
CANDIDATE McCAIN
ELECTION 2008
 
DEMOCRATS
IN CONGRESS
  • Nearly all supported the economic stimulus package
  • Some initially opposed faith-based initiatives office, but most now support it
  • Nearly all vote in favor of proposed minimum wage increases
 
REPUBLICANS
IN CONGRESS
  • All but three opposed the economic stimulus package
  • Most supported an alternative that would have benefited only income taxpayers and capital gains taxpayers
  • Nearly all support faith-based initiatives office
  • Most typically vote against proposed minimum wage increases, but about half supported the 2007 increase
 
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