What has Barack Obama accomplished?

Answer 1

Obviously, this is going to inspire partisan answers. His supporters believe he has accomplished a lot, while his detractors will disagree. Below are some comments from the president's supporters, about what they believe are his twenty major accomplishments.

1. Signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, restoring basic protections against pay discrimination for women and other workers.

2. Announced a plan to responsibly end the war in Iraq and then brought the troops home.

3. Signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act which has created more than 3 million jobs.

4. Provided the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with more than $1.4 billion to improve services to America's Veterans.

5. Issued an Executive Order repealing the Bush-Era restrictions on embryonic stem cell research.

6. Signed the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act, the first piece of comprehensive legislation aimed at improving the lives of Americans living with paralysis.

7. Ended the previous stop-loss policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan longer than their enlistment date.

8. Played a lead role in G-20 Summit that produced a $1.1 trillion deal to combat the global financial crisis.

9. Supervised the mission that led to the death of Osama Bin Laden.

10. Helped rescue the American Auto Industry and brought it back to profitability.

11. Signed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (CARD) Act to protect Americans from unfair and deceptive credit card practices.

12. Promoted economic policies that helped to turn the economy around and prevent a Depression.

13. Visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any president in his first six months in office.

14. Won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.

15. Managed several natural disasters successfully, including severe winter ice storms and flooding in several states, and Hurricane Sandy, for which he was praised by both Republican and Democratic governors.

16. Nominated Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme Court, the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.

17. Helped reverse a downward spiral of the Stock Market. On January 19, 2009, the last day of President Bush's presidency, the Dow closed at 8,218.22. Today, the Dow closed at 10,309.24 (February 2010).

18. Signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act that made it a federal crime to assault an individual because of his or her sexual orientation or gender identity.

19. Designated $1.5 billion from the Troubled Asset Relief Program to fund programs at local housing finance agencies in the states hardest hit by the housing crisis: California, Florida, Nevada, Arizona and Michigan. The MBA forecasts that foreclosures will peak in the last quarter of 2010.

20. Championed health-care reform, signing the Affordable Care Act; it extended health care to millions of Americans, including those with pre-existing conditions.

Answer 2

Barack Obama has made various accomplishments in his life. Certainly his greatest was being elected to be the President of the United States.

Answer 3

He became the leader of the world against all odds........