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Here's a good list of 50 major Obama accomplishments. I think Trump has this printed out as a to-do list of what to destroy.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/januaryfebruary-2017/obamas-top-50-accomplishments-revisited/
I wonder if anyone is sufficiently up on this stuff to quickly be able to list all the ones that have been either partially or entirely reversed (or have such proposals/legislation pending)?
The bullet points are these, though of course the link has all the details...
1. Passed Health Care Reform
2. Rescued the Economy
3. Passed Wall Street Reform
4. Negotiated a Deal to Block A Nuclear Iran
5. Secured U.S. Commitment to a Global Agreement on Climate Change
6. Eliminated Osama bin Laden
7. Ended U.S. Combat Missions in Iraq and Afghanistan
8. Turned Around the U.S. Auto Industry
9. Repealed Dont Ask, Dont Tell
10. Supported Federal Recognition of Same-Sex Marriages
11. Reversed Bush Torture Policies
12. Established Rules to Limit Carbon Emissions from Power Plants
13. Normalized Relations with Cuba
14. Put Medicare on Sounder Financial Footing
15. Protected DREAMers from Deportation
16. Established Net Neutrality
17. Protected Two Liberal Seats on the U.S. Supreme Court
18. Boosted Fuel Efficiency Standards
19. Kicked Banks Out of Federal Student Loan Program, Expanded Pell Grant Funding
20. Improved Americas Image Abroad
21. Left His Mark on the Federal Judiciary
22. Diversified the Federal Bureaucracy
23. Passed Fair Sentencing Act
24. Revived the Department of Justices Civil Rights Division
25. Expanded Wilderness and Watershed Protection
26. Gave the FDA the Power to Regulate Tobacco
27. Trimmed and Reoriented Missile Defense
28. Kick-started Clean Energy Investment
29. Reduced the Threat from Nuclear Weapons
30. Passed Credit Card Reforms
31. Cut Veteran Homelessness by Half
32. Enacted Government Surveillance Reform
33. Expanded Overtime Pay
34. Cracked Down on Bad For-Profit Colleges
35. Cut the Deficit
36. Created the College Scorecard
37. Improved School Nutrition
38. Expanded the Definition of Hate Crimes
39. Recognized the Dangers of Carbon Dioxide
40. Strengthened Womens Right to Fair Pay
41. Secured the Removal of Chemical Weapons from Syria
42. Protected LGBTQ Americans From Employment Discrimination
43. Reduced Discrimination Against Former Prisoners in Federal Hiring
44. Won Major Victories Against Housing and Mortgage Discrimination
45. Expanded Broadband Coverage
46. Expanded Health Coverage for Children
47. Improved Food Safety
48. Let the Space Shuttle Die and Killed the Planned Moon Mission
49. Rebuilt and Fortified the Gulf Coast post-Katrina
50. Avoided Scandal
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)so he can then blame Obama for their suffering.
If a democrat did this their side would END him or her overnight.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)What a wicked animal. (I can't call him a man...I choke on the word.)
wonkwest
(463 posts)This does seem like the first vengeance presidency.
Meh. We're always breaking barriers.
llmart
(15,536 posts)He may have undone things, but there's nothing saying the undone things can't be undone again by a Democratic majority and President.
Get out the vote! Persist! Get the 18-year olds registered!
I swear it's going to be the women and new young voters who are going to take back our country from this madness.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,585 posts)to undo each and every accomplishment President Obama achieved during his eight years in office.
The spox hemmed and hawed and mumbled stuff about the free market and giving consumers more choices and couldn't name a single positive position Trump has put forward.
BTW, I like #50 - Avoided Scandal. I think Trump has already broken the record for most scandals in the first year of an administration. It definitely has for the number of people who have resigned or been fired:
This is an old photo. There's now a fourth column on the wall behind Rachel.