The accomplishments of the first two years of the Obama Administration:
On reducing and assisting people that have become victims of the increased poverty made worse by economic crisis
1) A
$20 billion increase for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as Food Stamps.
2) A
$1 billion in funding for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) that is intended to revitalize low-income communities via “Job training and placement assistance”, “Financial literacy programs”, et al, to helping families become self-sufficient.
3) A
$2 billion in new Neighborhood Stabilization Funds that will allow ailing neighborhoods be kept maintained.
4) A
$1.5 billion in Homelessness Prevention Funds to keep people in their homes and prevent homelessness.
5) A
$5 billion increase for the Weatherization Assistance Program to help low income families save on their residential energy expenditures by making their homes more energy efficient.
6) A
$4 Billion program, The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, ”authorizes funding for federal school meal and child nutrition programs and increases access to healthy food for low-income children.”
7) As part of the HCR bill,
subsidies will be available to the uninsured and families with income between the 133 percent and 400 percent of poverty level($14,404 for individuals and $29,326 for a family of four).
8 ) Estabilished Open Doors
to end the 640,000 men, women and children who are homeless in America by 2020.
9)
Increased the amount of federal Pell Grant awards so that funds are available to those with less access to have opportunity.
10) Provided
$510 Million for the rehabilitation of Native American housing.
11)
Expanded eligibility for Medicaid to all individuals under age 65 with incomes up to 133 percent of the
federal poverty level ($14,400 per year for an individual).
12)
Providing assistance to low-income workers through the Earned Income Tax Creditgiving millions of working families the break they need.
13) Education being the way out of Poverty,
kicked off the “Race to the Top”, a $4.3 billion program, that rewards via grants to States that meet a few key benchmarks for reform, and states that outperform the rest.
On Jobs and the Economy:
On Banking and Financial Reform
On Education
On Energy
1) Implemented renewable fuels mandate of
36 billion gallons by 2022, four times what we currently consume.
2) Automakers will be required to meet a fleet-wide average of
New Gas Mileage Standards at 35.5 MPH by 2016.
3) A
$60 billion investment in renewable and clean energy.
4) developed
a Biofuels Roadmap to determine the next steps in growing an advanced biofuels economy to meet the goal to use at least 36 billion gallons of bio-based transportation fuels by 2022 helping create more green energy jobs.
5) established
EPA regulations which require large U.S. ships to cut soot emissions by 85 percent.
6) pledged via the
Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future that in a decade from now to cut our oil dependency by one-third, and put America’s energy future by producing more oil at home and reducing our dependence on oil by leveraging cleaner, alternative fuels and greater efficiency.
On Housing
1)
$275 billion dollar housing plan - $75 billion dollars to prevent at-risk mortgage debtors already fallen victim to foreclosures and $200 billion to bring about confidence to offer affordable mortgages and to stability the housing market.
2) Established “
Opening Doors” to end the homelessness of 640,000 men, women, and children in the United States in 10 years.
3) Provided
$510 Million for the rehabilitation of Native American housing.
4) Provided
$2 billion for Neighborhood Stabilization Program to rehab, resell, or demolish in order to stabilize neighborhoods.
5) Provided
$5 billion for Weatherization Assistance Program for low income families to weatherize 1 million homes per year for the next decade.
6)
Provided grants to encourage states and localities to take the first steps in implementing new building codes that prioritize energy efficiency.
On Medicaid/Medicare/Social Security
On Military Veterans and Families
On LBGTQ issues
1) Keep
$3,000 in tax savings annually
2)
Unemployment Benefit for 7,000,000 Americans worth $56 Billion.
3)
$2,500 in tax savings to help pay for college tuition and other expenses
4) A $2,000 payroll tax savings to someone making $100,000 or a $1,000 payroll tax savings at
a 2% employee-side payroll tax cut for over 155 million workers
5)
Child tax credit of $1,000 per child with the $3,000 maximum credit threshold.
6)
Earned Income Tax Credit that will give on an average $600 in additional assistance to families with 3 or more children
7)
A 65 percent tax credit to help cover the cost of COBRA for those who lost their jobs in the recession
8 )
forecast to creating approximately 1.6 million jobs increasing the GDP for 2011
9) extended the credit for adoption-related expenses that reduces families tax bill up to $13,170 in 2011 through 2012
with a maximum of $12,170 in credit.
Other Notables
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