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(1/21/09) Enacted pay freeze on white house members making more than 100k

(1/21/09) Banned gifts to members of his administration from lobbyists


(1/21/09) Required members not become lobbyists for 2 years after leaving
(1/21/09) Stopped restrictions on FOIA claims for presidential records
(1/22/09) Banned the use of torture during interrogations
(1/22/09) Ordered the end of detention without due process at Guantanamo
(1/23/09) Removed abortion restrictions on aid to family planning groups
(1/29/09) Increased statute of limitations on discriminatory pay
(1/29/09) Started the replacement of 16,000 sets of deficient body armor
(1/30/09) Stopped federal funding for bribing of workers to not unionize
(2/4/09) Expanded Children's health care program for low income families
(2/26/09) Lifted 1991 media ban on photographing fallen soldier's coffins
(3/9/09) Reinstated federal funding for stem cell research
(3/29/09) Announced redecoration of White House will be out of his pocket
(3/30/09) Gave national protection to 2,000,000 new acres of wilderness
(4/6/09) Introduced program for new naval combat ship for Somali patrol
(4/13/09) Removed Cold War era restrictions on travel to Cuba
(4/21/09) Reinstated and expanded AmeriCorps program
(5/19/09) Raised car MPG and emmisions standards for first time since 1990
(5/20/09) Started federal crackdown on fraud in financial institutions
(5/22/09) Introduced provisions to stop credit/debit predatory practices
(5/22/09) Cut out waste in defense contracting and research/development
(6/1/09) Cash 4 Clunkers boosts MPG of automotive fleet to all-time high
(6/17/09) Authorized benefits to same-sex partners of government workers
(6/22/09) Disallowed marketing flavored cigarettes to kids
(7/4/09) Successfully negotiated return of 2 citizens held by N. Korea
(7/21/09) Discontinued F-22 fighters, a 1980's plane never used in a war
(10/1/09) Prohibited federal workers from texting while driving
(10/12/09) Created program for judges to save money for their families
(10/5/09) Required federal agencies to cut fuel consumption 30% by 2020
(10/19/09) Stopped federal raids on medical marijuana dispensers
(10/19/09) Allowed any court to issue warrants for stored communications
(10/22/09) Required accountability on how VA health care budget is spent
(10/28/09) Extended hate-crimes to include ones based on sexuality
(11/6/09) Awarded Casimir Pulaski honorary citizenship
(11/9/09) Extended outreach to hire returning veterans to government jobs
(12/16/09) Removed social security benefits for times when one is in jail
(12/16/09) Allowed amtrak riders to carry firearms in checked luggage
(12/16/09) Ended ban on funds for needle exchange programs
(12/22/09) Tasked the Department of Justice with enforcing human rights
(12/30/09) Ordered creation of response plan for a biological attack
(1/29/10) Stopped restrictions on releasing visitor logs of White House
(2/1/10) Cut massively overbudget constellation program out of budget
(2/12/10) Reinstated congressional restriction to offset spending w/revenue
(2/16/10) Tax cuts and infrastructure improvement to combat recession
(2/18/10) Created commission to provide full plan on reducing debt
(3/18/10) Tax cuts for employees and employers
(3/23/10) Largest reform of health care since 1965
(3/30/10) Removed need for student loans to be run through banks/marked up
(3/31/10) Announced increase in hybrid purchases for federal autos
(4/6/10) Approved targeted killing of Al-queda regardless of citizenship
(4/8/10) Reduction of US and Russian nuclear arms by 1/3, focus on Iran
(4/15/10) Introduced plan to incentivize private space travel companies
(5/14/10) Froze congressional salaries through 2011
(5/25/10) Sent 1,200 National Guard troops to Mexico border
(6/9/10) Started a fund to pay transportation of fallen soldier's families
(7/2/10) Increased security of biological agents and toxins stored in US
(7/21/10) Largest reform of background financial transactions since 1924
(7/22/10) Extended basic unemployment benefits for 2.3 mil Americans
(7/22/10) Started investigations into stopping fraudulent federal payments
(8/2/10) Reduced racial divide in sentencing for crack and cocaine
(8/4/10) Posthumously restored rank of Vietnam scapegoat commander

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