Signed the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act, the first piece of comprehensive legislation aimed at improving the lives of Americans living with paralysis
http://www.christopherreeve.org/site...asp?ct=6866203
Developed stimulus package, which includes approx. $18 billion for nondefense scientific research and development
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/sc...fstimulus.html
Signed the Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act to stop fraud and wasteful spending in the defense procurement and contracting system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_...rm_Act_of_2009
Issued executive order to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/...der/index.html
Ended Bush administration's CIA program of 'enhanced interrogation methods' by requiring that the Army field manual be used as the guide for terrorism interrogations
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/...der/index.html
Increased minority access to capital
http://www.sba.gov/idc/groups/public...ease_09-58.pdf
Established Credit Card Bill of Rights, preventing credit card companies from imposing arbitrary rate increases on customers
http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/...ill-of-rights/
Health Care Reform Bill, preventing insurance companies from denying insurance because of a pre-existing condition
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2...s-health-care/
Health Care Reform Bill, allowing children to remain covered by their parents' insurance until the age of 26
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2...s-health-care/
Tax cuts for up to 3.5 million small businesses to help pay for employee health care coverage
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2...s-health-care/
Tax credits for up to 29 million individuals to help pay for health insurance
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2...s-health-care/
Expansion of Medicaid to all individuals under age 65 with incomes up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/yo...r=1&ref=policy
Require health insurance plans to disclose how much of the premium actually goes to patient care
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2...s-health-care/
Added 4.6 billion USD to the Veterans Administration budget to recruit and retain more mental health professionals
http://www4.va.gov/budget/products.asp
Significantly increased funding for the Violence Against Women Act
http://www.justice.gov/jmd/2010summa...ud-summary.htm
Lifted restrictions granting Cuban Americans unrestricted rights to visit family and send remittances to the island
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=103030021
Eliminated subsidies to private lender middlemen of student loans and protect student borrowers
http://www.smartmoney.com/personal-f...loans/?print=1
Increased funding for national parks and forests by 10%
http://www.npca.org/media_center/pre...ng_102909.html
Significantly expanded Pell grants, which help low-income students pay for college
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2...s-health-care/
Expanded hate crime law in the US to include sexual orientation through the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
http://www.hrc.org/13699.htm
Provided stimulus funding to boost private sector spaceflight programs
http://www.commercialspaceflight.org/?p=458
Appointed nation's first Chief Technology Officer
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp
Signed financial reform law establishing a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to look out for the interests of everyday Americans
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_1...35-503544.html
Signed financial reform law requiring lenders to verify applicants' credit history, income, and employment status
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_1...35-503544.html
Signed financial reform law prohibiting banks from engaging in proprietary trading [[trading the bank's own money to turn a profit, often in conflict with their customers' interests)
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_1...35-503544.html
Signed financial reform law allowing shareholders of publicly traded companies to vote on executive pay
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_1...35-503544.html
Cut prescription drug cost for medicare recipients by 50%
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill...72&tab=summary
Provided $12.2 Billion in new funding for Individuals With Disabilities Education Act
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/re...heet/idea.html
Extended Benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-...-federal-emplo
Appointed more openly gay officials than any other president in US history
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...gay-officials/
The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009: a $789 billion economic stimulus plan
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-11...W-111publ5.pdf
Created more private sector jobs in 2010 than during entire Bush years
http://newsjunkiepost.com/2010/10/08...re-bush-years/
Voluntary disclosure of White House visitors for the first time in US history
http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-r...isitor-records
Appointed first Latina to the US Supreme Court
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=104648062
Promoted social responsibility through creation of serve.gov, a national database of volunteer opportunities
http://www.serve.gov/
Reversed 'global gag rule', allowing US aid to go to organizations regardless of whether they provide abortions
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...n-abortion-aid
Signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, giving the FDA the authority to regulate the manufacturing, marketing, and sale of tobacco for the first time
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-...256enr.txt.pdf
Signed New START Treaty - nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/wo...rexy.html?_r=1
Increased average fuel economy standards from 27.5mpg to 35.5mpg, starting in 2016
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...040101412.html
Signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, restoring basic protections against pay discrimination for women and other workers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilly_L...ay_Act_of_2009
Provided travel expenses to families of fallen soldiers to be on hand when the body arrives at Dover AFB
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/200...help-families/
Reversed the policy of barring media coverage during the return of fallen soldiers to Dover Air Force Base
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7986203.stm
Launched recovery.gov to track spending from the Recovery Act, providing transparency and allowing the public to report fraud, waste, or abuse
http://recovery.gov
Provided the Department of Veterans Affairs with more than $1.4 billion to improve services to America's Veterans
http://www4.va.gov/budget/products.asp
Signed the Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act, which provides health care to 11 million kids -- 4 million of whom were previously uninsured
http://themiddleclass.org/bill/child...ation-act-2009
Issued executive order to repeal Bush era restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...m-cell-funding
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