Go for it. Basically the whole of Obama's presidency has been reduced to passing a fatally flawed Obamacare and some small-ball stimulus bills. Defending those and fighting debt ceiling battles and the like have taken up all the oxygen in the room for the last 5 years, and everything else he's supported has crashed and burned (gun control, immigration reform, etc.). In all, his will have been one of the very least consequential presidencies in the last 100 years. And you want him to continue expending his political capital on things like $1 trillion coins. Have at it, amigo. Better that than anything someone gives a shit about.
Maybe if you live in a wackjob echo chamber.
Passing the first healthcare bill in 100 years, even if it IS the Republican plan.
Allowing openly gay people in the military.
Taking some steps to wind down Iraq.
Stopped Gaddafi.
Authorized kill of Bin Laden.
Released new fuel efficiency standards in 2011 that will nearly double the fuel economy for cars and trucks by 2025.
With funds from stimulus, started $4.35 billion program of competitive grants to encourage and reward states for education reform.
Signed Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009, giving women who are paid less than men for the same work the right to sue their employers after they find out about the discrimination, even if that discrimination happened years ago. Under previous law, as interpreted by the Supreme Court in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., the statute of limitations on such suits ran out 180 days after the alleged discrimination occurred, even if the victims never knew about it.
In 2011, signed FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, which boosts the Food and Drug Administration’s budget by $1.4 billion and expands its regulatory responsibilities to include increasing number of food inspections, issuing direct food recalls, and reviewing the current food safety practices of countries importing products into America.
Could you name even three major accomplishments from Bush's 8 years?
Signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (2009). Nine years in the making and long resisted by the tobacco industry, the law mandates that tobacco manufacturers disclose all ingredients, obtain FDA approval for new tobacco products, and expand the size and prominence of cigarette warning labels, and bans the sale of misleadingly labeled “light” cigarette brands and tobacco sponsorship of entertainment events.
Passed Fair Sentencing Act: Signed 2010 legislation that reduces sentencing disparity between crack versus powder cocaine possessionfrom100 to1 to 18 to1.
As part of the 2009 stimulus, invested $90 billion, more than any previous administration, in research on smart grids, energy efficiency, electric cars, renewable electricity generation, cleaner coal, and biofuels.
Signed 2009 Children’s Health Insurance Authorization Act, which allows the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to cover health care for 4 million more children, paid for by a tax increase on tobacco products.
In 2009, eliminated the Bush-era restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, which shows promise in treating spinal injuries, among many other areas.
In 2009, signed Claims Resolution Act, which provided $4.6 billion in funding for a legal settlement with black and Native American farmers who the government cheated out of loans and natural resource royalties in years past.
Created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
You could SAY "fatally flawed," but it won't magically make it reality, no matter HOW bad you wish it were.
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