Linda+Hartung

Barack Obama

1. He is the 44th President of the United States of America. 2. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, August 4, 1961. 3. He graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School. 4. His father is from Kenya, his mother from Kansas. 5. He rose up with help from his grandfather and grandmother. 6. He had help with scholarship and student loans. 7. After college he moved to Chicago. 8. He worked with a group of churches to help rebuild communities devastated by the closure of local steel plants. 9. He went on to attend law school. 10. He returned to Chicago to help lead a voter registration drive. 11. He tought constitutional law at the University of Chicago. 12. He was in the Illonis State Senate with 25 years. 13. He passed first major ethics reform. 14. He cut taxes for working families. 15. He expanded health care for children and their parents.

16. He is the first African American President. 17. He was elected on November 4, 2008. 18. He was sworn on January 20, 2009.

19. He and his wife Michelle have two daughters Malia and Sasha.

[]

Civil Rights

20. He fought for strengthen civil rights. 21. He expressed his support for the Respect for Marriage Act, federal government should not deny gay and lesbian couples. 22. He ended the discriminatory law that undermines the military readiness and violates American principles of fairness and equality. 23. He signed the __Claims Resolution Act of 2010__ which provided funding and statutory authorities for the settlement agreements. 24. The President signed the __Fair Sentencing Act__, which reduces the disparity in the amounts of powder cocaine and crack cocaine. 25. He made the hospitals that receive Medicare and Medicaid funds will give gay and lesbian patients and their families the compassion, dignity and respect they deserve in difficult times. 26. He wants to ensure that all Americans receive equal pay for equal work. 27. He continues to support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and believes that the anti-discrimination employment laws should be expanded to include sexual orientation and gender identity.

[]

Education

28. He wants to have a high-quality education for all children. 29. He want help so that state can move forward with education reforms that are based on rigorous college- and career-ready standards. 30. He announced the final package providing states the flexibility to make sure that every single child is getting an excellent education, making sure that they are ready for college and career, and that they are going to be competitive in a global economy. 31. He provides the support that our youngest children need to prepare to succeed later in school by developing new programs to improve opportunities for early learning development. 32. He support new, state-of-the-art assessment and accountability systems that provide timely and useful information about the learning and progress of individual students. 33. He will ensure that teachers are supported as professionals in the classroom. 34. He invests in community colleges to equip a greater share of young people and adults with high-demand skills and education for emerging industries.

[]

Family

35. He wants to have a good Fatherhood by supporting fathers who stand by their families and encouraging young men to work towards good jobs in promising career pathways. 36. He found the national initiative __Joining Forces__ with First Lady and Dr. Jill Biden that mobilizes all sectors of society to give our service members and their families that opportunities and support they have earned. 37. He is restoring fairness to the tax code and increasing child care so that working families have the support they need. 38. He is committed to create jobs and economic opportunities for families across America. 39. He wants to bring up the middle class, working families.

[]

Immigration

40. He is committed to building a new 21st century immigration system that meets our nation’s important economic and security needs. 41. He says we work to rebuild our economy, our ability to thrive depends, in part on restoring responsibility and accountability to the immigration system. 42. He wants to continue to fulfill the federal government’s responsibility to securing our borders. 43. He demands accountability for businesses that break the law by undermining American workers and exploiting undocumented workers. 44. He wants requiring responsibility from people who are living in the United States illegally.

[]

Poverty

45 He helps low income families save on their energy bills by making their homes more energy efficient. 46 He wants to increase job training funds for those who need it by summer jobs for young people and other opportunities. 47. He wants an income support for Unemployment Insurance recipients and incentives for states to expand unemployment insurance eligibility. 48. He provides tax breaks to working families through the Make Work Pay and Child Tax Credits. 49. He create the opportunity to invest in strategies to make work pay, expand access to affordable housing, and help low-income Americans build the job skills to succeed in the workforce. 50. He helps vulnerable Americans through this crisis by making sure they have the resources they need to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads, while also extending tax credits to low-wage workers.

[]

Taxes

51. He founded the __American Recovery and Reinvestment Act__ included a broad range of tax cuts aimed at making the tax code more fair and supporting the middle class. 52. He could lift millions of families out of poverty by the tax cuts in the Recovery Act. 53. He could create or save about one million jobs by these tax cuts. 54. He called for reforming our tax code and closing tax loopholes for millionaires and billionaires as well as hedge fund managers, private jet owners and oil companies. 55. He supports making refundable tax credits permanent and simplify confusing provisions in the tax code, encouraging saving and creating a tax system that works for all Americans.

[]

Additional Issues

56. He discussed about the role of faith in American life. 57. He appreciates the role and value of creative expression. 58. He and Vice President Biden will make sure that every child has health insurance, expand educational opportunities for low-income children, extend resources for low-income families, support and supplement our struggling foster care system, and protect children from violence and neglect. 59. He and Biden believe federally funded scientific research should play an important role in advancing science and technology in the classroom and in the lab. 60. He will make strengthening the transportation systems, including roads and bridges, a top priority.

[]