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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.

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Mar 22, 2021

That`s what the American Rescue Plan has now done, building on the success we had in 2009-2010, slowly consolidating, protecting, and now building and making even better the kind of health care that we need.

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Mar 22, 2021

What did Lincoln say? I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true.

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Mar 22, 2021

First thing we did was to streamline the legal immigration system to reduce the backlog, make it easier, simpler and cheaper for people who were waiting in line, obeying the law, to make sure that they can come here and contribute to our…

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Mar 17, 2021

Young people everywhere are in the process of imagining something different than what has come before.

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Mar 16, 2021

You want to honor John? Let`s honor him by revitalizing the law that he was willing to die for. Once we pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, we should keep marching. And if all this takes eliminating the filibuster, another Jim Crow…

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Mar 11, 2021

This vaccine means hope. It will protect you and those you love from this dangerous and deadly disease.

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Mar 10, 2021

Some of the very same folks in Congress who opposed the Recovery Act and claim that it hasn`t worked, have been all too happy to claim credit for Recovery Act projects and the jobs those projects have produced.

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Mar 9, 2021

We need an energy strategy for the future, an all-of-the-above energy strategy for the 21st century that develops every source of American-made energy, including natural gas.

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Mar 8, 2021

My impression was that the president and the White House did an excellent job nationalizing the campaign. And I think you have got to give him credit politically for having done that very effectively. President Bush, to his credit, from a…

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Mar 8, 2021

Now is the time to fight for what we believe in.

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Mar 5, 2021

This year, we mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, a time when thousands of our prisoners of war finally came home after years of starvation and hardship and in some cases torture.

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Feb 28, 2021

We lost a young man, Michael Brown, in heartbreaking and tragic circumstances.

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Feb 23, 2021

What it comes down to is an assertion of status over the other. And that basic psychology that then gets institutionalized is used to justify dehumanizing somebody.

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Feb 16, 2021

the main thing you need today worry about, the most dangerous thing a president could do, would be to pervert and corrupt and weaponize the Department of Justice.

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Feb 5, 2021

It’s been a long time coming. But, tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.

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Feb 1, 2021

That’s why I’m committed to passing comprehensive immigration reform as president of the United States. Both parties wrote this legislation, but Republicans blocked it. The bill hasn’t really changed. The only thing that has changed…

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Jan 27, 2021

If all this takes eliminating the filibuster, another Jim Crow relic, in order to secure the God-given rights of every American, then that’s what we should do.

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Jan 21, 2021

You want to honor John? Let`s honor him by revitalizing the law that he was willing to die for.

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Jan 18, 2021

We are going to lead from behind.

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Jan 18, 2021

He never gave into violence, never waved a traitorous flag or gave up on our country.

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Jan 14, 2021

I think it's important for us to take seriously the statements he's made in the past.

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Jan 7, 2021

I think it's important for us to take seriously the statements he's made in the past.

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Dec 18, 2020

In the 1980s or now, calling to ask for their foreign policy back because, you know, the cold war has been over for 20 years.

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Dec 18, 2020

This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility.

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Dec 4, 2020

The promise of the Biden presidency and the Harris vice presidency rests in part on their ability to have a cooperative posture with Congress. And to do that, we have to have the two gentlemen who are running for Senate in Georgia.

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