Last week was an amazing week for
President Obama despite FOXified Republican pundits’ and 2016 Republican presidential candidates’ manufactured hallucinations that President Obama
accomplished nothing.
In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court
ruled that Obamacare subsidies were legal!
A 5-4, Supreme Court ruling struck down state laws that forbid marriage between same-sex couples!
Congress approved the Trade Agreement which 1) helps serve as
a counterweight to the economic might of China; 2) gives the President a
“fast-track” power to push ahead on a Pacific and Africa trade deals, and 3)
provides aid for workers who lose their jobs as a result of trade!
On a more somber note, President
Obama gave
one of his most critically acclaimed speeches along with a moving rendition of Amazing Grace as he eulogized the Rev
Clementa Pinckney who was murdered along with eight others in Charleston, South
Carolina. (See Obama’s Charleston eulogy: Amazing Grace and
Transcript… links below)
Other Obama accomplishments -
despite Republican obstructionism - can
be found in the related links below, but here are a handful of accomplishments
listed in the 14 Facts about Obama’s
Presidency Most People Don’t Know:
- 65 straight months of economic expansion.
- The longest period of private sector job creation in American history.
- A drop in unemployment from 10.1% in 2009 to 5.4% by the spring of 2015.
- Stock market continues to set new record highs since President Obama took office.
- The Federal budget deficit has been reduced by two-thirds since 2009.
- Government spending has increased only 3.3% annually, the lowest rate since Eisenhower was president
- For 95% of American taxpayers, Income taxes are as low as or lower than they were at almost any point in the last 50 years
- Dependence on Foreign oil has shrunk due to record domestic oil production and improved fuel efficiency standards.
- At least 10 million more Americans now have health insurance than before.
- The Affordable Care Act has added years to the life of Medicare
- Since passage of the Affordable Care Act, we are seeing the slowest rate of increase in healthcare costs since 1960.
- We currently have fewer soldiers, sailors, and airmen in war zones than we did at any time in the last 11 years.
SOURCES:
Transcript:
Obama delivers eulogy for Charleston pastor, the ...
Reuters - 23 hours ago
The Fiscal Times - 2 days ago
14 Facts About
Obama's Presidency Most People Don't Know
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Obama's Top 50 Accomplishments - The
Washington Monthly
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A List of 291
Accomplishments by President Obama so far ...
President Obama's Accomplishments | 3CHICSPOLITICO
A List of 291
Accomplishments by President Obama so far ...
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President Obama's Accomplishments | 3CHICSPOLITICO
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5 Obama Successes Republicans Pretend Never Happened
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