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- Aided troubled motor vehicle industry by renewing loans to Chrysler Corporation and General Motors
- Arranged the terms of both corporations bankruptcies, helped negotiate sale of Chrysler Corporation, and arranged for the government to temporarily gain 60% equity sta
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- Named healthcare as one of three areas "critical to our economic future" for which he will propose large increased spending
- Has said that he wants to cut health care costs and cover all Americans, but let people keep their current healthcare if they so
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Sent budget plan to Congress, which included redistributing $1 trillion from the upper to the lower class in order to give tax cuts to the poor, increase college loans, and revamp the health care system
Proposed making this years $3.5 million estate tax permanent
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- Number of American troops in Iraq swells to 142,000
- Announced that all US combat units will be out of Iraq by 2011
- 50,000 troops to remain in Iraq till 2011 in order to ensure smooth transition
- Will temporarily retain a residual forc
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- Signed executive orders to ban torture and close the Guantanamo Bay prison within a year
- His administration is reviewing policy options on holding and trying terrorism suspects
- Announced in February that he plans to send 17,000 more U.S. troops
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- Delivers speech to AIPAC in which he dissolves all fears of being pro-Palestinian and fully embraces Israel
- Charles Freeman forced to withdraw his nomination to run for the National Intelligence Council due to opposition from pro-Israel lobbyists
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- Obama has not listed immigration reform among his top domestic priorities, and has not yet taken any actions to push immigration reform
- Remains rhetorically committed to a path to citizenship for most illegal immigrants here now
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- Passed bill which curbs the output of greenhouse emissions and puts tariffs on imports from countries who do not follow suit
- Bill utilizes “cap and trade” system
- Proposed energy bill which will add $9 trillion to energy costs by 2050
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- Named education as one of three areas "critical to our economic future" for which he will propose large increased spending
- Proposed grant money to states that develop high-quality early childhood education programs
- Supports merit pay for teachers t
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- Held a "fiscal responsibility summit" in February to discuss long-term budget issues
- At the summit, focused more on Medicare and rising health care costs than Social Security
- Argues that Social Security will be easier to fix than Medicare
- Has not offe
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- Ended the ban on federal funding for international family planning groups that advise women about abortions
- Issued a statement promising to work with abortion opponents to reduce unintended pregnancies
- Has not yet discussed the Freedom of Choice Act
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- Plans to end the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on gays in the military, but has not yet said when
- Has not yet said if or when he will address other high profile gay rights issues
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- Has not announced plans to expand trade
- Has said that he would still like to renegotiate NAFTA to include labor and environmental standards, but has not made this a top priority
- Economic stimulus law contains a "Buy American" provision for stimulus funds, but Pres.
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- Plans to overhaul financial market regulations to address systemic risk, increase consumer and investor protection, and eliminate gaps in the regulatory structure
- Supports increased capital requirements on institutions that are "too big to fail" and expanded oversight of h
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- Has not named gun policy or crime among his top domestic priorities
- Attorney General Eric Holder supports reinstating the ban on sales of assault weapons, but the administration is not currently pushing for it
- Drug czar Gil Kerlikowske supports focusing anti-
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- 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
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- Signed omnibus budget bill containing $7 billion in earmarks, but announced earmark reform guidelines for next year's budget
- Those guidelines included online listing of all earmark requests in advance and subjecting private company earmarks to competitive bidding
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