The Obama Change List
- $800 billion stimulus bill.
- Officially endorsed UN statement urging governments to decriminalize homosexuality.
- Relaxed marijuana enforcement.
- Lifted Bush's ban on federal funding for stem cell research.
- Overturned Bush's Global Gag Rule.
- Revoked Bush's provider conscience rule.
- Released Bush era torture memos.
- Closing of Gitmo.
- Release of torture photos.
- Lifted ban on photos of caskets of service men and women.
- Timely withdrawal from Iraq. Aug. 31 all combat operations to come to an end. June 10, 2009, troops to leave Iraqi cities.
- Allow 13 big states to set their own emissions and fuel standards.
- Withdraw oil and gas leases issued by Bush for private drilling on public land.
- Signed three executive orders to level the playing field for union labor and help unions organize. Equal Pay for Equal Work Bill was also signed by President Obama in January.
- Lifted some travel and commerce restrictions on Cuba.
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