Yesterday Congress passed another of Obama's reforms: a fix to the federal student loan program that cuts out the private bank middlemen. That simple step will save taxpayers an estimated $61 billion over ten years.
Earlier this week, news started filtering out that Obama's also on the cusp of signing a major nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia. Obviously, this could fail to materialize as many proposed treaties do, but if it comes through Obama will add a major foreign policy coup to his record.
It seems as though the health care break through has given Obama and the Dems incredible momentum. Hopefully they'll keep their stride well through November.
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Almost wish they would space all these accomplishments out so that they could get their own news cycle! But, I'll take it!
from writer Jon Chait, "It's worth observing that the policy landscape has, too. In the span of one week, Congress passed and the president signed laws that will:
-- Bring insurance to around 30 million people that wouldn't have it otherwise
-- Strengthen the minimum protection that insurance provides to everybody
-- Streamline administrative work for patients, doctors, and companies alike
-- Invest substantial sums of money in the construction of new community clinics and the training of new health care workers, both of which should help the economy even as they help meet our society's unmet medical needs
-- Introduce delivery reforms that should help make the health care system at least a little more efficient and at least a little less expensive
And oh, by the way, they managed to completely revamp the student loan program along the way" Not to mention the nukes deal with Russia.
Imagine what Obama would do if he wasn't just some idiot who reads stuff off a teleprompter.
plus, it totally debunks the argument that obama was focused on health care to the detriment of everything else. that man can multi-task!
ps to bridget--congrats on the billions. i assume you'll be siphoning off some of that money for your own job security.
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