another giant wall street bailout like we had at the end of those years. also the lilly ledbetter fair pay act so women can sue to get equal pay as men doing the same work. also the nuclear arms treaty with russia. the s.t.a.r.t. treaty. repeal of don t ask, don t tell. expanding the hate crimes law. overhauling student loans to take out the weird subsidized private middleman in the loan system that was there for no reason. the 9/11 first responders bill. the stimulus. remember cash for clunkers? right. the president had a lot of legislative accomplishments in his first term. particularly when he had democratic majorities in both houses of congress. in his second term, the president has been pretty clear about what he s aiming to with this half of his presidency. he s talked about taking action on some tough stuff. climate change. he s already made a go at federal gun reforms although that has been a tough slog
also the lilly ledbetter fair pay act so women can sue to get equal pay as men doing the same work. also the nuclear arms treaty with russia. the s.t.a.r.t. treaty. repeal of don t ask, don t tell. expanding the hate crimes law. overhauling student loans to take out the weird subsidized private middleman in the loan system that was there for no reason. the 9/11 first responders bill. the stimulus. remember cash for clunkers? right. the president had a lot of legislative accomplishments in his first term. particularly when he had democratic majorities in both houses of congress. in his second term, the president has been pretty clear about what he s aiming to with this half of his presidency. he s talked about taking action on some tough stuff. climate change. he s already made a go at federal gun reforms although
presidency. to preclude the possibility of another giant wall street bailout like we had at the end of those years. also the lilly ledbetter fair pay act so women can sue to get equal pay as men doing the same work. also the nuclear arms treaty with russia. the s.t.a.r.t. treaty. repeal of don t ask, don t tell. expanding the hate crimes law. overhauling student loans to take out the weird subsidized private middleman in the loan system that was there for no reason. the 9/11 first responders bill. the stimulus. remember cash for clunkers? right. the president had a lot of legislative accomplishments in his first term. particularly when he had democratic majorities in both houses of congress. in his second term, the president has been pretty clear about what he s aiming to with this half of his presidency. he s talked about taking action on some tough stuff. climate change. he s already made a go at federal gun reforms although that has been a tough slog already. of course the big kahun
done, that includes working with democrats. that is until he got closer to running for president and after president obama beat him. after he lost the run for president, he put away his mavericky cape. later, criticizing president obama became his new m.o. on you name it, the obama care, the filibuster on the repeal of don t ask, don t tell. and president obama s second term, now it seems that senator john mccain may have dusted off that maverick cape and he is back to getting things done with democrats. take, for example, this past may, democratic senator claire mccaskill. they agreed on the budget until now. he called it a back room deal to
president, he put away his mavericky cape. later, criticizing president obama became his new m.o. on you name it, the obama care, the filibuster on the repeal of don t ask, don t tell. and president obama s second term, now it seems that senator john mccain may have dusted off that maverick cape and he is back to getting things done with democrats. take, for example, this past may, democratic senator claire mccaskill. they agreed on the budget until now. he called it a back room deal to move the budget to a conference. the republicans have been demanding this for a long time. but as john mccain stepped in and bucked his republican colleague. again, i it is an open process, anybody can come and listen. and it is my understanding since the budget conference is open to the public, it will also be broadcast on c-span so that