Obama's hits, misses in State of the Union
President Obama on Tuesday will deliver his seventh and final State of the Union address.
Here’s a look back at some of Obama’s previous requests.
2009
Financial reform
In his first address to a joint session, which was not a formal State of the Union address, Obama asked for an overhaul of Wall Street in response to the 2008 financial crisis.
In July 2010, Obama signed the Dodd-Frank financial reform measure into law. He’s now racing to promulgate regulations under the law, which Republican presidential contenders have promised to roll back.
Climate change
The president called for Congress to produce legislation that would cap carbon emissions to prevent global warming.
Less than six months later, the House passed a cap-and-trade bill in a 219-212 vote, but the measure was never considered in the Senate. The vote was a factor in the Democratic Party’s loss of the House the following year. In his second term, Obama has turned to regulations to tackle climate change.
Healthcare
Obama told Congress that “healthcare reform cannot wait, it must not wait and it will not wait another year.”
In March 2010, Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as ObamaCare. Fights over the law have never really ended, and the president just last week vetoed legislation repealing much of the law.
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Here’s a look back at some of Obama’s previous requests.
2009
Financial reform
In his first address to a joint session, which was not a formal State of the Union address, Obama asked for an overhaul of Wall Street in response to the 2008 financial crisis.
In July 2010, Obama signed the Dodd-Frank financial reform measure into law. He’s now racing to promulgate regulations under the law, which Republican presidential contenders have promised to roll back.
Climate change
The president called for Congress to produce legislation that would cap carbon emissions to prevent global warming.
Less than six months later, the House passed a cap-and-trade bill in a 219-212 vote, but the measure was never considered in the Senate. The vote was a factor in the Democratic Party’s loss of the House the following year. In his second term, Obama has turned to regulations to tackle climate change.
Healthcare
Obama told Congress that “healthcare reform cannot wait, it must not wait and it will not wait another year.”
In March 2010, Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as ObamaCare. Fights over the law have never really ended, and the president just last week vetoed legislation repealing much of the law.
READ MORE: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/oba...
Praise God, we shall stay on our post the same way our parents, grandparents, etc. did with former Pres. Roosevelt. Thanks for sharing and reminding us how great Pres. Obama is!
Apostle Agnes