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The Obama administration took a few steps to reform the criminal justice system at a time when many in both parties felt that the US had gone too far in incarcerating drug offenders, [203] and Obama was the first president since the 1960s to preside over a reduction in the federal prison population. [204]
After talks, President Obama as well as Senator Gregg assured that it would not be used as an attempt to change the makeup of the Senate. [121] On February 12, Senator Gregg announced that he had withdrawn from nomination, citing his fundamental disagreement with the Obama administration on "issues such as the stimulus package and the Census ...
Many of the Obama administration's were undertaken as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and many of those investments were specifically in clean energy. According to a report by Clean Edge: The Clean Tech Marketing Authority , the recovery act included more than $70 billion in tax credits and direct spending for ...
Obama and Raul Castro reversed over 60 years of tension between the U.S. and Cuba by restoring diplomatic ties. 4. He urged states in 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. Since then ...
Early in the Obama administration, some became aware of a program that provided free cellphones and service to the poor, concluding it was a new Obama program and branded the phenomenon as "Obamaphones." This became an ongoing meme during the Obama presidency, supposedly representing how Obama was creating a welfare state.
President Obama was first inaugurated in January 2009, in the depths of the Great Recession and a severe financial crisis that began in 2007. His presidency continued the banking bailout and auto industry rescue begun by the George W. Bush administration and immediately enacted an $800 billion stimulus program, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), which included a blend ...
Administration of Reformed Export Controls March 8, 2013 March 13, 2013 March 8, 2013 78 FR 16127 2013-05967 [301] 150 13638: Amendments to Executive Order 12777 March 15, 2013 March 21, 2013 March 15, 2013 78 FR 17587 2013-06712 [302] [303] 151 13639: Establishment of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration March 28, 2013 April ...
Obama was an early opponent of the George W. Bush administration's 2003 invasion of Iraq. [133] On October 2, 2002, the day President Bush and Congress agreed on the joint resolution authorizing the Iraq War , [ 134 ] Obama addressed the first high-profile Chicago anti-Iraq War rally , [ 135 ] and spoke out against the war. [ 136 ]