Barack Obama
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Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate from 2005 to 2008 and served in the Illinois State Senate from 1997 to 2004. Obama is known for his signature policies including the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, and his efforts in economic recovery following the 2008 financial crisis. His presidency was marked by significant legislative achievements and a focus on healthcare reform, climate change, and foreign policy initiatives such as the Iran nuclear deal.
We shouldn't be doing things that hurt honest, hard-working folks who are just trying to get a new mortgage.
When I am President, it will not be business as usual when it comes to food safety.
Deval and I do trade ideas all the time. And, you know, he's occasionally used lines of mine. I would add that I notice Senator Clinton on occasion has used words of mine as well.
If you have got a political candidate that people actually believe in, then there's something suspicious about that.
If you've got a political candidate that people actually believe in, then there's something suspicious about that.
McCain actually showed some courage, and he said, you know what? This is irresponsible. He said, I can't support a tax cut with -- and I quote -- 'so many of the benefits going to the most fortunate.'
McCain actually showed some courage when he said, 'You know what? This is irresponsible.' He said, 'I can't support a tax cut with' -- and I quote -- 'so many of the benefits going to the most fortunate.'
John McCain and Hillary Clinton voted for a war in Iraq that should have never been authorized and should have never been waged, a war that is costing us thousands of precious lives and billions of dollars a week that could have been used…
I'm looking forward to a great debate on the issues with John McCain.
It was a failure of leadership and imagination in Washington - the culmination of decades of decisions that were made or put off without regard to the realities of a global economy and the growing inequality it's produced.
I will not sign another trade agreement unless it has protections for our environment and protections for American workers.
We can't keep spending money that we don't have in a war that we shouldn't have fought.
She needs us to finally come together to make health care affordable and available for every single American.
If we had chosen a different path, the right path, we could have finished the job in Afghanistan. And put more resources into the fight against Bin Laden. Instead of spending hundreds of billions of dollars in Baghdad, we could have put…
He needs us to restore fairness to our economy by putting tax cuts into the pockets of working people and seniors and struggling homeowners.





