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PRESIDENT OBAMA: ACTIONS IN OFFICE

Has focused on the general economic downturn rather than the concentrated poverty existing prior to the crisis
Economic stimulus package includes billions in increased funding for Medicaid, food stamps, repairs for public housing, energy-efficiency upgrades for low-income homes, and welfare
Retaining the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, but has not yet banned federal funding for religious groups that discriminate in hiring

CANDIDATE OBAMA ELECTION 2008
Proposed renewing support for faith-based initiatives office, but banning funding for religious groups that discriminate in hiring Supported creating an Affordable Housing Trust Fund Proposed expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit and indexing minimum wage to inflation More...

REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS
All but three opposed the economic stimulus package Most supported an alternative that would have benefited only income taxpayers and capital gains taxpayers Nearly all support faith-based initiatives office Most typically vote against proposed minimum wage increases, but about half supported the 2007 increase More...

DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS
Nearly all supported the economic stimulus package Some initially opposed faith-based initiatives office, but most now support it Nearly all vote in favor of proposed minimum wage increases More...

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