Program Success Barack Obama Special Edition - Page 21

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Pushed Broadband Coverage:

Proposed and obtained in 2011 Federal
Communications Commission approval for a shift of
$8 billion in subsidies away from landlines and toward
broadband Internet for lower-income rural families.

45.

Expanded Health Coverage for Children:

46.

Recognized the Dangers of Carbon Dioxide:

47.

President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan travel by motorcade en route to the
Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., April 27, 2015.

Expanded Stem Cell Research:

Signed 2009 Children’s Health Insurance
Authorization Act, which allows the Children’s Health
Insurance Program (CHIP) to cover health care for
4 million more children, paid for by a tax increase on
tobacco products.

In 2009, EPA declared carbon dioxide a pollutant,
allowing the agency to regulate its production.

In 2009, eliminated the Bush-era restrictions on
embryonic stem cell research, which shows promise in
treating spinal injuries, among many other areas.

48.

Provided Payment to Wronged Minority
Farmers:

In 2009, signed Claims Resolution Act, which provided
$4.6 billion in funding for a legal settlement with black and
Native American farmers who the government cheated
out of loans and natural resource royalties in years past.

49.

Helped South Sudan Declare Independence:

50.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts administers the oath of office to President Barack Obama
during the official swearing-in ceremony in the Blue Room of the White House on Inaugu Ʌѥ