President Obama's accomplishments so far.

Require health insurance plans to disclose how much of the premium actually goes to patient care.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/obama-signs-bill-on-student-loans-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/2010summary/html/ovw-bud-summary.htm

Lifted restrictions granting Cuban Americans unrestricted rights to visit family and send remittances to the island.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103030021

Eliminated subsidies to private lender middlemen of student loans and protect student borrowers.
http://www.smartmoney.com/personal-finance/college-planning/the-health-care-bill-and-your-student-loans/?print=1

Increased funding for national parks and forests by 10%
http://www.npca.org/media_center/press_releases/2009/park_funding_102909.html

Significantly expanded Pell grants, which help low-income students pay for college
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/obama-signs-bill-on-student-loans-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_162-20008835-503544.html

Signed financial reform law requiring lenders to verify applicants' credit history, income, and employment status.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20008835-503544.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_162-20008835-503544.html

Signed financial reform law allowing shareholders of publicly traded companies to vote on executive pay.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20008835-503544.html

Cut prescription drug cost for medicare recipients by 50%.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-4872&tab=summary

Provided $12.2 Billion in new funding for Individuals With Disabilities Education Act.
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/factsheet/idea.html


Extended Benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-memorandum-extension-benefits-same-sex-domestic-partners-federal-emplo

Appointed more openly gay officials than any other president in US history.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/26/obama-has-appointed-most-us-gay-officials/

The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009: a $789 billion economic stimulus plan.
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-111publ5/pdf/PLAW-111publ5.pdf


Created more private sector jobs in 2010 than during entire Bush years.
http://newsjunkiepost.com/2010/10/08/its-official-more-private-sector-jobs-created-in-2010-than-during-entire-bush-years/

Voluntary disclosure of White House visitors for the first time in US history.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/disclosures/visitor-records


Appointed first Latina to the US Supreme Court.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=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/jan/23/barack-obama-foreign-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-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h1256enr.txt.pdf

Signed New START Treaty - nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/world/europe/09prexy.html?_r=1

Increased average fuel economy standards from 27.5mpg to 35.5mpg, starting in 2016.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/01/AR2010040101412.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_Ledbetter_Fair_Pay_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/2009/03/18/pentagon-will-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/children039s-health-insurance-program-reauthorization-act-2009

Repealed Bush era restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/09/obama-administration-stem-cell-funding


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/c.ddJFKRNoFiG/b.4506337/apps/s/content.asp?ct=6866203

Developed stimulus package, which includes approx. $18 billion for nondefense scientific research and development.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/science/18sfstimulus.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_Systems_Acquisition_Reform_Act_of_2009


Issued executive order to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/22/guantanamo.order/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/01/22/guantanamo.order/index.html

Increased minority access to capital.
http://www.sba.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/sba_homepage/news_release_09-58.pdf

Health Care Reform Bill, preventing insurance companies from denying insurance because of a pre-existing condition.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/obama-signs-bill-on-student-loans-health-care/

There are plenty more. Our President is working tirelessly to help out our country. What are you doing to help out your country?