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SINCE THE ELECTION, PRESIDENT OBAMA MY PREFERENCE ISSUE IMPORTANCE

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  • Signed $787 billion economic stimulus package that was 60% government spending

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  • Named healthcare as one of three areas "critical to our economic future" for which he will propose large increased spending
  • Has said that he wants to cut health care costs and cover all Americans, but let people keep their current healthcare if they want to
  • Will wor

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  • NEW: Released a budget plan to cut the deficit from over $1 trillion to about $500 million by 2013

  • Signed economic stimulus bill containing $301 billion in tax cuts, including a $400 tax cut for any worker making less than $75,000 per year

  • Wil

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  • NEW: On Feb. 27, announced that he will withdraw all combat troops from Iraq by August 2010
  • Will temporarily retain a residual force of 35,000 to 50,000 troops to fight terrorists and protect U.S. personnel
  • Plans to re

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  • Signed executive orders to ban torture and close the Guantanamo Bay prison within a year
  • His administration is reviewing policy options on holding and trying terrorism suspects
  • Announced in February that he plans to send 17,000 more U.S. troops

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  • Obama has not listed immigration reform among his top domestic priorities, and has not yet taken any actions to push immigration reform
  • Remains rhetorically committed to a path to citizenship for most illegal immigrants here now
  • His Homeland Securi

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  • Named energy as one of three areas "critical to our economic future" for which he will propose large increased spending, and pledges to address energy this year
  • Proposed a budget that would allot billions toward renewables and energy efficiency in both research and

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  • Named education as one of three areas "critical to our economic future" for which he will propose large increased spending
  • Proposed grant money to states that develop high-quality early childhood education programs
  • Supports merit pay for teachers t

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  • Held a "fiscal responsibility summit" in February to discuss long-term budget issues
  • At the summit, focused more on Medicare and rising health care costs than Social Security
  • Argues that Social Security will be easier to fix than Medicare
  • Has not offe

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  • Ended the ban on federal funding for international family planning groups that advise women about abortions
  • Issued a statement promising to work with abortion opponents to reduce unintended pregnancies
  • Has not yet discussed the Freedom of Choice Act
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  • Plans to end the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on gays in the military, but has not yet said when
  • Has not yet said if or when he will address other high profile gay rights issues

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  • Has not announced plans to expand trade
  • Has said that he would still like to renegotiate NAFTA to include labor and environmental standards, but has not made this a top priority
  • Economic stimulus law contains a "Buy American" provision for stimulus funds, but Pres.

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  • Plans to overhaul financial market regulations to address systemic risk, increase consumer and investor protection, and eliminate gaps in the regulatory structure
  • Supports increased capital requirements on institutions that are "too big to fail" and expanded oversight of h

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  • Has not named gun policy or crime among his top domestic priorities
  • Attorney General Eric Holder supports reinstating the ban on sales of assault weapons, but the administration is not currently pushing for it
  • Drug czar Gil Kerlikowske supports focusing anti-

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  • Has focused on the general economic downturn rather than the concentrated poverty existing prior to the crisis
  • Economic stimulus package includes billions in increased funding for Medicaid, food stamps, repairs for public housing, energy-efficiency upgrades for low-income

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  • Signed omnibus budget bill containing $7 billion in earmarks, but announced earmark reform guidelines for next year's budget
  • Those guidelines included online listing of all earmark requests in advance and subjecting private company earmarks to competitive bidding

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