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<blockquote data-quote="purplesky" data-source="post: 1373051" data-attributes="member: 23628"><p><strong>But That’s Not All…</strong></p><p></p><p>234. Expanded trade agreements to include stricter labor and environmental agreements such as NAFTA.</p><p></p><p>235. Oversaw funding of the design of a new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History, which is scheduled to open on the National Mall in 2015. He protected the funding during the recent budget negotiations.</p><p></p><p>236. Oversaw and passed increased funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.</p><p></p><p>237. Nominated Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. Sotomayor is the first Hispanic Justice in the court’s history, and the women represent only the third and fourth women to serve on the court, out of a total of 112 justices.</p><p></p><p>238. Appointed the most diverse Cabinet in history, including more women than any other incoming president.</p><p></p><p>239. Eliminated federal funding for abstinence-only education, and rescinded the global gag rule.</p><p></p><p>240. Loosened the rules and allowed the 14 states that legalized medical marijuana to regulate themselves without federal interference.</p><p></p><p>241. Signed national service legislation, increasing funding for national service groups, including triple the size of the Americorps program.</p><p></p><p>242. Signed an Executive Order that will speed up deployment of a more comprehensive broadband infrastructure.</p><p></p><p>243. Signed an Executive Order creating jobs immediately by instructing them to reduce the time needed for review and permitting of infrastructure projects.</p><p></p><p>244. Signed a bill that provided $4.3 billion in additional assistance to 9/11 first responders.</p><p></p><p>245. Signed an Executive Order pledging support for efforts to end the global problem of violence against women and girls.</p><p></p><p>246. Signed the Claims Resolution Act, which provided $4.6 billion in funding for a legal settlement with black and Native American farmers who had been cheated out of government loans and natural resource royalties in the past.</p><p></p><p>247. To help those communities devastated by Hurricane Sandy, issued an executive order setting up the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force, and asked Congress to approve $60 billion in supplemental assistance to aid in storm recovery.</p><p></p><p>248. Produced 23 Executive actions designed to make it easier for law enforcement to identify those who shouldn’t have guns, thus helping them enforce the law.</p><p></p><p><strong>And Did You Know?</strong></p><p></p><p>249. Despite the characterizations of some, Obama’s success rate in winning congressional votes on issues was an unprecedented 96.7% for his first year in office. Though he is often cited as superior to Obama, President Lyndon Johnson’s success rate in 1965 was only 93%.</p><p></p><p><strong>And of course…</strong></p><p></p><p>250. Despite the odds, became the first black president and was reelected by a wide margin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="purplesky, post: 1373051, member: 23628"] [B]But That’s Not All…[/B] 234. Expanded trade agreements to include stricter labor and environmental agreements such as NAFTA. 235. Oversaw funding of the design of a new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History, which is scheduled to open on the National Mall in 2015. He protected the funding during the recent budget negotiations. 236. Oversaw and passed increased funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. 237. Nominated Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. Sotomayor is the first Hispanic Justice in the court’s history, and the women represent only the third and fourth women to serve on the court, out of a total of 112 justices. 238. Appointed the most diverse Cabinet in history, including more women than any other incoming president. 239. Eliminated federal funding for abstinence-only education, and rescinded the global gag rule. 240. Loosened the rules and allowed the 14 states that legalized medical marijuana to regulate themselves without federal interference. 241. Signed national service legislation, increasing funding for national service groups, including triple the size of the Americorps program. 242. Signed an Executive Order that will speed up deployment of a more comprehensive broadband infrastructure. 243. Signed an Executive Order creating jobs immediately by instructing them to reduce the time needed for review and permitting of infrastructure projects. 244. Signed a bill that provided $4.3 billion in additional assistance to 9/11 first responders. 245. Signed an Executive Order pledging support for efforts to end the global problem of violence against women and girls. 246. Signed the Claims Resolution Act, which provided $4.6 billion in funding for a legal settlement with black and Native American farmers who had been cheated out of government loans and natural resource royalties in the past. 247. To help those communities devastated by Hurricane Sandy, issued an executive order setting up the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force, and asked Congress to approve $60 billion in supplemental assistance to aid in storm recovery. 248. Produced 23 Executive actions designed to make it easier for law enforcement to identify those who shouldn’t have guns, thus helping them enforce the law. [B]And Did You Know?[/B] 249. Despite the characterizations of some, Obama’s success rate in winning congressional votes on issues was an unprecedented 96.7% for his first year in office. Though he is often cited as superior to Obama, President Lyndon Johnson’s success rate in 1965 was only 93%. [B]And of course…[/B] 250. Despite the odds, became the first black president and was reelected by a wide margin. [/QUOTE]
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