American Politics Today

1.Appointed nation's first Chief Technology officer 2.Signed financial reform law establishing a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to look out for the interests of everyday Americans 3.Signed financial reform law requiring lenders to verify applicants' credit history, income, and employment status 4.Signed financial reform law prohibiting banks from engaging in proprietary trading (trading the bank's own money to turn a profit, often in conflict with their customers' interests) 5.Signed financial reform law allowing shareholders of publicly traded companies to vote on executive pay 6.Cut prescription drug cost for medicare recipients by 50% 7.Provided $12.2 Billion in new funding for Individuals With Disabilities Education Act 8.Extended Benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees 9.Appointed more openly gay officials than any other president in US history (duh treats them like they are HUMAN) 10.The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009: a...

Some U.S.-born children with parents who are illegal immigrants have been denied food stamps under Alabama's new immigration law, Southern Poverty Law Center President Richard Cohen told Yahoo News on Monday. Five people have called into the group's Alabama hotline to say they were denied food stamps because they couldn't prove they were legal residents, even though the food stamps are for their children, who are citizens. Five people have called into the group's Alabama hotline to say they were denied food stamps because they couldn't prove they were legal residents, even though the food stamps are for their children, who are citizens. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/american-kids-denied-food-stamps-alabama-under-immigration-143929070.html http://www.boiseweekly.com/CityDesk/archives/2012/02/07/american-children-denied-food-stamps-due-to-anti-immigrant-law

Romney's plan would shred safety net for poor http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/02/opinion/dolan-romney-poor/index.html?eref=rss_mostpopular Romney: "Not Concerned About Very Poor" http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=171521 Romney: Campaign 'Not Concerned About the Very Poor' http://news.yahoo.com/romney-not-concerned-very-poor-160802569--abc-news.html http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/mitt-romney-im-not-concerned-very-poor_620825.html video http://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?p=romney+very+poor

One plus One is what? Answer me@! you nuts Double you

Mitt Romney Tax Returns Released: Paid Just 13.9% Rate In 2010, Had Swiss Bank Account    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/24/mitt-romney-tax-returns-released_n_1225247.html?ref=mostpopular