Summary

Obama has passed significant legislation.

Keeping us secure: Lugar Obama disarms nuclear and conventional weapons around the word.

Keeping us in line: Coburn-Obama gives us government spending transparency. In both the State and US Senates, he has passed major ethics reform bills.

On the economy: he has passed several bills for alternative energy and energy independence, the best way to be free of expensive oil.

On taxes: he returned $100 million to families in Illinois.

Health insurance: He’s passed new health insurance, All Kids, aworking, affordable health care plan in Illinois, that covers 70,000 kids and 84,000 adults, where all kids qualify for $40 per child.

Civil rights: He’s passed civil rights legislation on the death penalty, racial profiling, and video taping homicide interrogations. He’s protected voter rights.

Women’s rights: His accomplishments include creating a task force on cervical cancer, providing greater access to breast and cervical cancer screenings, and helping improve prenatal and premature birth services. He has a 100% rating for protecting women’s choice.

Education: programs for preschool education, extended the ceiling for Pell grants.