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Can anyone name 3 Obama accomplishments?
The last person who asked this question completely ignored the answers that were given so I thought I would try it again.
14 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Years in State and US Senate
Senate Committees for Foreign Relations, Environment and Public Works and Veterans' Affairs. Chairman of the Senate's subcommittee on European Affairs. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and more.
Sponsored over 800 bills to reform healthcare, ethics in washington, veterans benefits and more. Passed a bill that expanded healthcare to over 100,000 people in Illinois.. Passed a bill that set up community health centers to serve underserved populations. Passed a bill that provided the earned income tax credit to thousands of Illinois families. Passed a bill reforming the death penalty that had sent innocent people to death row. Passed a major ethics reform bill that banned excessive gifts from lobbysts. Co-sponsored a bill to mandate regular inspections of Veterans hospitals like Walter Reid.
he has worked with Republicans to pass legislation that expanded efforts to intercept illegal shipments of weapons of mass destruction and to help destroy conventional weapons stockpiles. The legislation became law last year. To demean that accomplishment would be to also demean the work of Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, a respected foreign policy voice in the Senate. In Illinois, he was the leader on two big, contentious measures in Illinois: studying racial profiling by police and requiring recordings of interrogations in potential death penalty cases. He also successfully co-sponsored major ethics reform legislation.
- Mr. OpinionsLv 61 decade ago
1.) As a community organizer (at 23 yrs old out of undergrad), he built a faith based organization that he led consisting of three people and with a budget of $10,000 to grow to 13 people and a budget of $400,000.
When McCain was 23, he crashed his aircraft into a river and a crane had to lift him out b/c he could not find the eject button. (read his book)
2. Created a program that cut unemployment throughout large historically blighted areas of Chicago.
3. Helped pass legislation to increase security for the weapons that are brought into the country by freight.
History lesson for you:
When the founders of the country created this Republic, they strived for a system that was free of tyranny. Thus, no one man would lead the country through great spans of time. That's why there are elections. It was thought that, a teacher, a blacksmith or even a community organizer could run for office if they felt that the voice of the people were not being heard. Once they were done their public service, they would go back to their original profession. It was never supposed to be that an elected official could stay in power for decades and make a life long career out of it.
It was always thought that each person had their own views and if their views fell out of favor with the public, they would be voted out and replaced. Now, many politicians stay in office for decades and just change their views to fit popular opinion. That's why they say the system is broken.
Obama was able to defeat Hilary Clinton in the primaries b/c she was bought and paid for. Most of her donors were large contributors (over $5,000 donations), while Obama obtained an unprecedented amount of smaller contributors. Hilary was backed by special interests and Obama was backed by the people.
People like Obama b/c like Palin he is not part of the belt way corruption. He comes with fresh ideas and was not sent to the Navel Academy b/c of who his father was.
Any Candidate can say anything to get elected and McCain has been cunning enough to say the right things for 26 years and get elected over and over again. Now he's the candidate of change??
- Anonymous1 decade ago
He found his brother George, but forgot to leave him a few dollars.
He beat up a wrinkled and scarred pants suit.
He beat Alan Keys for the Senate Seat. Ambassador Alan Keys was not from Illinois and only moved there for the election.
- 1 decade ago
. Graduted from Columbia University in 1983 with a B.A in political science and a minor in international relations.
2. In 1985 he moved back to Chicago and became a community organizer where he set up job training program, college preparatory programs, increased annual budget from 70,000 to 400,000 etc.
3. In 1988 he enter Harvard Law School where he was named the first black president and graducated in 1991 with a law degree.
4. He then traveled to Bali where he wrote his first book titled " Dreams of my father" published in 1995.
5. Obama taught Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago Law School for 12 years
6. He was a State legislator from (1997-2004) where he reformed ethics and healthcare laws, he introduced a law that gave tax credits to poor and middle class citizens, welfare reform, supported payday loan regulations, he helped mortage lending in order to decrease foreclosures, passed a legistration for racial profiling, Obama became chairman of the Illinois Senate's Health and Human Services Committee, had death pentaly reforms.
7. In 2005 he became a U.S. Senator where he voted in favor for the energy act, immirgation act, federal spending act, introduced Iraq war act, Authorization Act, Iran Sanctions Enabling Act, State childeren's insurance health program.
8. He's committees =Obama held assignments on the Senate Committees for Foreign Relations, Environment and Public Works and Veterans' Affairs through December 2006.[70] In January 2007, he left the Environment and Public Works committee and took additional assignments with Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.[71] He also became Chairman of the Senate's subcommittee on European Affairs.[72] As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Obama has made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa.[73][74][75][76]
9. He's going to restore the country. He is going to increase teacher's pay, make healthcare more afforadle, less drilling, improve unemployment, bring more jobs to america, lower tution, tax cuts for middle and lower class, start pulling troops, restore all our allies etc.
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- 1 decade ago
1. He funded a slum
2. Global Poverty Act sending $840 billion to Africa.
3. Voted "present"
- playmaker4747Lv 61 decade ago
Gave hope to millions.
Planted the thought throughout the world that maybe the USA isn't a lost cause.
Made obscenly rich Republicans to start losing sleep at night.
- skidrowdanLv 51 decade ago
1. Harvard Law Grad.
2. Community Organizer
3. Has successfully managed his presidential campaign the last two years.
- 1 decade ago
1. Hope.
2. Change.
3. Yes we can.
(Sarcasm of course. He really has no accomplishments.)
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Not Being Bush, Not being McBush and not being a Republican.
That's good enough reason to vote for him for me.