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Hello there. This question has been popping up on my homepage so I decided to answer it.Just some background information: I am an A.R.M.Y. and a big fan of BLACKPINK (not a blink because of some reasons).Honestly speaking, we have no right to compare a boy group and a girl group that hasn’t been in the industry for the same amount of time.Disclaimer: This answer is, in no way, trying to discredit any of the above groups.Edit: So the question is now changed to “Why is BTS way better than BLACKPINK?” so if anyone is reading this after the change let me you, that’s not what I answered. I have answered “Do you think BLACKPINK is better than BTS?” so do not take this the wrong way.Let’s have an analysis of both these groups in the following categories:DebutFandom [only approximate numbers]Popularity [In S. Korea & internationally]SalesVocalsRappingDancingLyrics & DiversityAchievements [including awards and music show wins]PerformancesMusic videosI know that’s a lot but why not? If we are doing this then let’s do it the right way.DEBUTBTS [Bangtan Sonyeondan/방탄소년단]: June 13, 2013 (Active for 7 years) with the song ‘No More Dream’ which received something around 20K views one day after its release if I’m not mistaken.BLACKPINK: August 8, 2016 (Active for 4 years) with the song ‘BOOMBAYAH’ which was an instant hit with around 3.3M views in the first 24 hours.Source: BLACKPINK M/V views in 24 Hours | BLINK (블링크) AminoThis wasn’t a competition but just a slight reminder that BTS has been active for 3 years more than BLACKPINK. This didn’t give them any more privilege since BLACKPINK did get a lot of fame since the very beginning of their career. Technically speaking, BTS got their first music show win in 2015 and BLACKPINK got it in 2016 so there’s not much of a difference there. Those 2–3 years that BTS had before BLACKPINK were necessary since their company wasn’t a popular one so they needed time to be recognized.There’s clearly a huge difference…Moving on…FANDOMHere I’ll put forth the estimated numbers of both their fandoms and their average ages just for reference later.A.R.M.Y. [BTS]: The count on Google is above 130M but I seriously doubt that… (This count comes from a voting poll I think)Credit: Urshia Sameen's answer to How many fans does BTS have?No one knows the real count though.Followers:Twitter: BTS_twt- 22M; bts_bighit- 17MInstagram: 28.8MTikTok: Last time I checked it was 1M+ and after that TikTok got banned in my country. (Now it has 14.6M)YouTube: Big Hit Labels- 45.2M BANGTANTV- 38.3M [Updated]Vlive: 21.9MBlinks [BLACKPINK]: They do have 50M+ subscribers on YouTube and have around 100M followers in total but the count of blinks isn’t defined.Followers:Twitter: 4.9MInstagram: 27.7M (Official BLACKPINK account not individual)TikTok: 13.6MYouTube: 50MVlive: 10.1MSource: My eyes saw their followers on each of these.Winner: BTS takes lead on all platforms except YouTube and ARMY is the bigger fandom supposedly.Composition of the fandom:GenderBTS:Source: 10 Mind-Blowing BTS Facts and Statistics.BLACKPINK:Source: Which K-pop girl group has mostly female fans than male fans?.2. AgeBTS:Source: The Dark Side of the BTS ARMY: Inside the FandomBLACKPINK:I couldn’t find a graph with ages of all fans but this is for the ones who attended concerts.Source: BLACKPINK Attracts Younger Female Audiences, According To Data From Vivid SeatsConclusion: Both the fandoms have more females and are on the younger side (duh.)POPULARITYHere popularity is like how many people know these groups regardless of the fact that they are fans or not.In Korea:BTS:The Corea Image Communication Institute (CICI) conducted the survey of 341 Koreans and 265 foreigners from March 25 to May 24, asking respondents about South Korea’s general image.More than 48 per cent of the Korean nationals said BTS were the Koreans they most wanted to meet.This gives the idea that BTS is quite well known in Korea. This survey didn’t have any specifications but still, BTS was voted number 1. But many Koreans may prefer other bands like EXO.Source: BTS are voted the Koreans most people want to meetMore sources: Is BTS famous in Korea?How popular is BTS in Korea?BLACKPINK:Is BlackPink popular in Korea?BLACKPINK's popularity in KoreaThese sources mention how other groups like TWICE are more famous than BLACKPINK which is true since YG is now promoting them in the west more than in their own country! But they are the 5th most popular group right now, they just have much more international fans.Source: These Are The TOP 30 Most Popular K-Pop Groups In Korea Right NowWinner: BTS. They are more known in Korea than BLACKPINK.Internationally:BTS:The Corea Image Communication Institute (CICI) conducted the survey of 341 Koreans and 265 foreigners from March 25 to May 24, asking respondents about South Korea’s general image.More than 48 per cent of the Korean nationals and 65 per cent of the foreigners said BTS were the Koreans they most wanted to meet.In the same survey mentioned before, more than half of the foreigners said if they wanted to meet any Koreans, they wanted it to be BTS.Source: BTS are voted the Koreans most people want to meetBLACKPINK:Needless to say, BLACKPINK is very popular internationally. I won’t hesitate to call them the most famous girl group outside of Korea.Their world tour was the most successful tour of any girl group!Source: BLACKPINK Popularity Ranking 2020: Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, Lisa.But which one of them is more popular internationally?It is….Winner: Both BTS and BLACKPINK. I would have given this one to BLACKPINK since more than half of their fans are non-Korean but BTS also have too many international fans.Overall: I’d say both are equally famous. BTS has more fans than BLACKPINK in Korea while International Blinks bridge that gap.SALESWell, this is gonna be short…BTS: More than 20M sales in 7 years.Source: BTS albums discographyBLACKPINK: We still have to see how well their album does but yeah their “Playing with Fire” sold 7.5M copies. Update: The Album had the most pre-order for a girl-group but I can’t see it’s sales in Korea for some reason. Wikipedia is showing it didn’t chart on Gaon as well?Sources: Blackpink discographyWinner: This one’s a no-brainer. BTS.VOCALSI’m not gonna explain this too much.Raquel Salvador's answer to Who is more vocally strong, BTS or BLACKPINK?Winner: BTS takes this one for me… I mean they have much more diversity and experience than BLACKPINK. YG here can’t even decide who is an actual vocalist. We have Taehyung’s deep voice which compliments Jimin's high pitched voice. We have Jungkook’s amazing high notes and Jin’s wide vocal range. It is far more fun and interesting to listen to BTS than to BLACKPINK. Frankly speaking, I love Rosé’s tone and Jisoo’s husky voice but they don’t even get to use their abilities and Jennie gets the vocal lines. I’ll cover the topic of live singing in ‘Performance’.For recommendations: BTS Best Vocal Parts (In my humble opinion) | ARMY's AminoOk but this one is a masterpiece! It deserves a billion views!RAPPINGVery frankly…RAPPERS: BLACKPINK VS BTSOn this site, everyone is choosing BLACKPINK as better rappers…Personally…Winner: BTS. Although these people say BLACKPINK is better I prefer BTS’s raps. I like BLACKPINK’s raps but I love BTS’s raps. I am saying this because I am NOT AT ALL a fan of rapping. Yes, I don’t like raps. I am no expert so this isn’t a fact but a preference. BTS’s rappers have a better flow and they have rapped in various different ways, unlike BLACKPINK who have similar-sounding songs (not all of course). And once again I’ll talk about live rapping in ‘Performance’.Not a generic fast and upbeat rap song… But still amazing!Now, now… I had a hard time for choosing this cause there aren’t any songs that are particularly focused on raps so why not have all the raps?DANCINGI….Winner: BTS. No, I am not biased in this category. I know girl groups have less difficult choreos but HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO CHOOSE BLACKPINK WHEN YG DOESN’T LET THEM SHOW THEIR DANCING ABILITIES. I mean BTS has very diverse choreos but Lisa’s solo dancing is also amazing! It could have been a tie at least?! Factually BTS has better dancing since they have shown us that they can dance in so many ways right from Go Go to FAKE LOVE and from DNA to Black Swan.Dance practice video to emphasize on dance and not MV… :PI love this dance! Like this is my favourite choreo of BLACKPINK…LYRICS & DIVERSITYLyricsBTS:I don’t even know which lyrics should I use (because there are so many amazing lyrics) but let’s see Spring Day’s lyrics:[Verse 1: RM, J-Hope]Miss youSaying this makes me miss you even moreMiss youEven though I’m looking at your photoTime’s so cruel, I hate usSeeing each other for once is now so hard between us[Verse 2: RM]It’s all winter here, even in AugustMy heart is running on the timeAlone on the SnowpiercerWanna get to the other side of the earth, holding your handWanna put an end to this winterHow much longing should we see snowing downTo have the days of spring, Friend[Verse 3: Jimin, V]Like the tiny dust, tiny dust floating in the airWill I get to you a little fasterIf I was the snow in the air[Pre-Chorus 1: Jungkook, V]Snowflakes fall downAnd get farther away little by littleI miss you (I miss you)I miss you (I miss you)How long do I have to waitAnd how many sleepless nights do I have to spendTo see you (to see you)To meet you (to meet you)[Chorus: Jungkook, Jin, J-Hope]Passing by the edge of the cold winterUntil the days of springUntil the days of flower blossomsPlease stay, please stay there a little longer[Verse 4: Suga, Jimin]Is it you who changed (Is it you who changed)Or is it me (Or is it me)I hate this moment, this time flowing byWe are changed you knowJust like everyone you know[Verse 5: Suga, Jimin]Yes I hate you, you left meBut I never stopped thinking about you, not even a dayHonestly I miss you, but I’ll erase you'Cause it hurts less than to blame you[Verse 6: Jin, Jimin]I try to exhale you in painLike smoke, like white smokeI say that I’ll erase youBut I can’t really let you go yet[Pre-Chorus 1: Jungkook, V]Snowflakes fall downAnd get farther away little by littleI miss you (I miss you)I miss you (I miss you)How long do I have to waitAnd how many sleepless nights do I have to spendTo see you (to see you)To meet you (to meet you)[Bridge: V, Jungkook]You know it allYou’re my best friendThe morning will come againNo darkness, no season is eternal[Pre-Chorus 2: Jimin, Jungkook, V]Maybe it’s cherry blossomsAnd this winter will be overI miss you (I miss you)I miss you (I miss you)Wait a little bit, just a few more nightsI’ll be there to see you (I'll go there to meet you)I’ll come for you (I'll come for you)[Chorus: Jungkook, J-Hope, Jin ]Passing by the edge of the cold winterUntil the days of springUntil the days of flower blossomsPlease stay, please stay there a little longerSource: Genius English Translations – BTS - 봄날 (Spring Day) (English Translation)I am totally not crying…BLACKPINK:I searched up their best lyrics and here they are:[Verse 1: Rosé & Jennie]You leave scars in my heart so easily with harsh wordsWithout even saying sorry, I comfort myself againI'm always anxious if you're gonna leave me todayI just want you to stayIn your expressionless face that's getting more dull, oh-ohI whisper to the mirror, let's slowly let this go, whoa-ohYou take me for granted, but that's youBut still, stay, stay, stay with me[Pre-Chorus: Jisoo]This sad melody resembles you (Ah-ah, ah-ah)It makes me cry, eh-ehYour scent is a sweet felony (Ah-ah, ah-ah)I hate you so much, but I love you[Chorus: Rosé, Jisoo & Jennie]Don't leave me before the dark night traps me inDo you still love me?If you feel the same, don't leave todayDon't ask why it has to be youJust stay with me[Post-Chorus: Lisa & Rosé; BLACKPINK]It goes a little something likeLa-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-laLa-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-laI don't expect a lot right nowJust stay with me[Verse 2: Jennie & Lisa]There's nothing more I want nowI can't even tell if my heart is beatingInstead of having forceful conversations with othersI'd rather enjoy the awkward silence with youSo stay, wherever that may beWhen darkness comes sometimes, I'll be your fireIn a world of lies, the only truth is youThis' a letter from me to you[Pre-Chorus: Rosé & Jisoo]This sad melody resembles you (Ah-ah, ah-ah)It makes me cry eh-ehYour scent is a sweet felony (Ah-ah, ah-ah)I hate you so much, but I love you[Chorus: Jisoo, Lisa & Jennie]Don't leave me before the dark night traps me inDo you still love me?If you feel the same, don't leave todayDon't ask why it has to be youJust stay with me[Post-Chorus: Lisa, Jisoo, Rosé & BLACKPINK]It goes a little something likeLa-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-laLa-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-laI don't expect a lot right nowJust stay with meIt goes a little something likeLa-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-laLa-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-laI don't expect a lot right nowJust stay with meSource: Genius English Translations – BLACKPINK - STAY (English Translation)I understand that in these comparisons people use BLACKPINK’s bad lyrics and I hate that. You should use good lyrics as well as the other group’s good lyrics. BTW if YG doesn’t let Jennie write lyrics then trust me I’m suing them! UPDATE: Damn, the new album has some of the best lyrics for BLACKPINK!Now onto their bad lyrics (yes I’m comparing bad lyrics as well)BTS:Couldn’t find an entire questionable song so here’s a compilation:You look fresh like a salad, so smooth. -Where Did You Come FromBut I’m Neutrogena Deep Clean, just come out as foam. - We Are Bulletproof Pt.1Music, turn it up, I’d pick my nose out of boredom. - If I Ruled The WorldOver here, poop poop poop, hey over there poop poop poop. - A Typical Trainee’s ChristmasCouldn’t do more after reading that 👆Source: BTS × Weird Lyrics✒ | ARMY's AminoBLACKPINK:My slender figure hides twice the volume (Yah, yah, double up)I give it to them straight, I don't care what people think (Woo!)If it's black, then it's pink, we are pretty savageWhen we want, we'll steal outright (Uh)Whatever you do, it's like cutting water with a knife (Uh)Our hands are full with a fat checkIf you're curious, fact checkExpectations higherJust like fish in the waterI'm a little toxicYou've fallen for me, I'm FoxySource: Genius English Translations – BLACKPINK - 뚜두뚜두 (DDU-DU DDU-DU) (English Translation)I just didn’t get that part… No need to include other songs but this line deserves to be here:Look up in the sky it’s a bird, it’s a planeWinner: BTS. For obvious reasons though I must say that BTS’s bad lyrics were actually very bad…DiversityLet my screenshots do the job here:Their bop debut song BOOMBAYAHAmazing song Playing with Fire with like this kinda after-breakup vibeTotal girl crushOne word: BADA*SKind of similar vibe but a little diverseThese all aren’t like a copy of each other but it’s mostly kinda bada*s vibes which is the case. Then we have their pink concepts like Whistle (and I think Ice Cream also gives off those vibes). And their lyrics also are the same repetitive stuff though sometimes it’s fun to listen to it. Update: I would have added The Album but it’s too late to make these collages of the lyrics and stuff.Now onto BTS:(not all the concepts included. Just someones that differ from each other drastically)Beginning with hip-hop No More DreamFirst win with I Need U, an amazing songBeginning of international success with somewhat a dark Blood, Sweat & TearsThe Queen!A cutie pie Go GoShining through the city with a little funk and soul… Retro DynamiteAnd this masterpiece Black Swan with contemporary dancing and dark vibesSo in terms of diversity…Winner: BTS. Even though BLACKPINK haven’t been in the industry as long as BTS their concepts aren’t that different. It’s either black or pink (and then there’s Stay <3)ACHIEVEMENTSSince this answer is already so long I’ll not mention anything but provide screenshots.BTS:List of awards and nominations received by BTS - WikipediaTotal Nominations- 410Total wins- 270Music Show Wins: 90 (awards till BTS’s ON so the number can be higher if Black Swan has won) Update: 108 now as Dynamite had 18 wins so far…Other achievements:They gave a speech in front of the United Nations about empowering young peoplePartnered with UNICEF to campaign against violence towards children and youthA percentage of album sales and income from special Love Yourself merchandise all went towards the campaignThe campaign raised over $1.4 million dollars due to their effortsThey were awarded the Order of Cultural Merit by the South Korean PresidentThey have a $4.9 billion dollar effect on the South Korean economyPresented an award at the Grammys and was the first K-pop group to ever do soWon Top Social Artist 3 years in a row at the BBMAsFirst Korean group to win Top Duo/Group at the BBMAsFirst Korean group to perform at the AMAs in 2017Had the 2nd and 3rd best-selling album of 2018 with Love Yourself: Answer and Love Yourself: Tear respectivelyCurrently has the best-selling album in Korea with their recent release Map of the Soul: PersonaFirst Korean act to reach #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chartCurrently holds record for the most Daesangs at 23Currently holds record for most music show wins for their song Boy with Luv at 21 wins overall.First K-Pop act to attend the Grammys.Notable Charity Work:In 2014 they joined Hope Delivery, a program run by Love Food Bank where they helped poor children and grandmas by delivering food to themThey and their company BigHit donated 100 million won (around $85,000) to the Sewol Disaster 416 Family CouncilHoseok donated to a school scholarship fund to help low-income female studentsJimin donated 100 million Won (around $87,914) to the Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education to be used towards education developmentYoongi donated beef to a child welfare institute that includes 36 different orphanagesYoongi donated 100 Million Won to the Korea Pediatric Cancer FoundationSeokjin donated 322kg of pet food to animals in needSpreading awareness and showing support:Since the beginning BTS have stood for the voice of their generation, bringing up issues such as mental health, the education system, corrupt authority figures, etc. in their musicThey are also not afraid to bring up political and societal issues in their music (see: Am I Wrong and Spine Breaker)They donated to families affected by the Sewol Ferry Disaster despite the possibility of being put on a government blacklistUpon receiving backlash for a few sexist and misogynist lyrics, Namjoon took the time to educate himself by meeting with feminist scholars and reading feminist books, which of course lead to the creation of the feminist anthem 21st Century GirlThey have also shown their support for the LGBTQ community on a number of occasions such as recommending songs by openly queer artists, smiling and waving at fans who bring “Gays/Lesbians ♡ BTS/*BTS member*” signs to concerts, and reacting positively to Imagine Dragons’ Grammy speech on conversion therapyThis article also just speaks for itself.BTS talk gay rights, mental health and success in Billboard interviewThe boys, in general, are just incredibly kind and genuine people who have shown their capacity to grow as human beings and sincerely apologize for their past mistakes.Source of the above: Alli Paige's answer to A majority of what I've been hearing about BTS on Quora is negative. Can someone tell me positives on the group/achievements they've made and deserved?BLACKPINK:List of awards and nominations received by Blackpink - WikipediaTotal Nominations: 166Total Awards: 46Music Show Wins: 34 (Update: They will increase now but I don’t have the exact count atm.)Other achievements: Iris Kaya's answer to Are there any other achievements of Blackpink other than their YouTube views?And of course, they performed at Coachella. :)MUSIC VIDEOSWe know whose the winner here…BTS:Number of music videos: I couldn't find the official number but there are around 100 music videos with all the versions and album intro (comeback trailer)Total views: We can’t get the exact number but the Big Hit Labels channel has over 11B views and it includes all TXT MVs, SEVENTEEN MVs, GFriend’s MVs so BTS’s MVs contribute to it a lot and they have at least 5B views.BANGTANTV- 4,867,981,025 viewsSource: Big Hit Labels's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile)BLACKPINK:Number of music videos: 9Source: Blackpink videography - WikipediaTotal views: 11,124,528,372 including dance practices and all other uploads.Source: BLACKPINK's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile)Winner: BLACKPINK of course. Blinks are amazing at streaming and they don’t have much content so it makes streaming easier but they deserve those views.PERFORMANCESI’ll put forth the best performances of both the groups.Live Vocals:BTS:Go onto YouTube for more…BLACKPINK:Winner: BTS. Why? Their live singing is much more stable. I don’t want to use the MR Removed videos because they can be fake and edited to bring the group down.Live Rapping:BTS:These aren’t the latest live raps and they aren’t sorted it’s just a compilation.BLACKPINK:Winner: Up to your liking but I prefer BTS’s rapping style though Jennie is very good.Before seeing their best live performances let’s see how amazing their stage presence is.BTS:BLACKPINK:Winner: BTS. Why? Call me biased but this is the truth. Professional dancers and performers have said that BLACKPINK, while dancing, don’t have good facial expressions and it makes the performance boring, or rather uninteresting to watch. As a person who performs a lot (dancing and singing) and also a person who has to connect to the audience (an orator) their faces are too blank.Now onto their best performances…BTS:Never seen a performance that portrays Korean culture like this… BTS IDOL MMA 2018. In fact their complete performance was amazing but we don’t have time for that right now.Ignore all the screeching noises and focus on the dance break…MIC Drop, MAMA in Japan.They own the stage and no one can tell me otherwise.To sum it all up 👆BLACKPINK:This was actually amazing!I mean if I don’t include Coachella then what’s the point?Sums it up…Personal Opinion Here: I didn’t like their Coachella performance. It was just not ok… They were shouting to hype up the crowd and I’m not a fan of that. I don’t even like when BTS shout a little like in the above MIC Drop performance.Winner: Hands down BTS. Why? Time for an explanation. See how BTS don’t perform the same thing over and over again? They performed IDOL with a cultural twist. They added that amazing dance break in MIC Drop. Their performances have so many variations! They are totally ruling the stage! They use many props like those blow up panthers and tables in Dionysus. Dancing on moving tables ain’t no joke man. Then in the MMA 2018 performance they did some so parts inside those boxy thingys. Can’t say the same for BLACKPINK. We have the same choreo with some backup dancers and not many variations.Now to answer the question, “Do you think BLACKPINK is better than BTS?”No, I don’t think BLACKPINK is better than BTS and I gave enough evidence to prove my answer. No hard feelings towards BLACKPINK or Blinks. I am a big fan of them (especially Stay). I just said what I wanted to. In the end you can’t compare these two because they are way different.Signing off,Lot’s of love and virtual hugs,Aayushi 💎P.S. Stream Dynamite and Ice Cream. Two amazing songs. 💜💕

Below are the Campaign promises listed as broken by poilitifact. You can argue that he didn’t get a lot of help from the right, but he didn’t exactly do much to bridge the gap himself.There are things on this list that required no help from the right such as recognizing Armenian genocide as well. There was no excuse for not crossing that one off the list.Obama was what he was. An under-qualified community activist that was in over his head and led astray by senior Democratic officials.The Obameter: Campaign Promises that are Promise BrokenEliminate all oil and gas tax loopholes"Eliminating special tax breaks for oil and gas companies: including repealing special expensing rules, foreign tax credit benefits, and manufacturing deductions for oil and gas firms."Expand the child and dependent care creditExpand and make refundable the child and dependent care credit.Require publicly traded financial partnerships to pay the corporate income taxRequire publicly traded financial partnerships to pay the corporate income tax.Close loopholes in the corporate tax deductibility of CEO payCongress has set rules regarding the tax deductibility of the salaries of CEOs, but forms of non-salary compensation have become popular. Obama would look at revamping definitions of compensation.Create a foreclosure prevention fund for homeownersCreate a $10 billion fund to help homeowners refinance or sell their homes. "The Fund will not help speculators, people who bought vacation homes or people who falsely represented their incomes."Provide option for a pre-filled-out tax formWill direct the Internal Revenue Service to "give taxpayers the option of a pre-filled tax form to verify, sign and return to the IRS or online. This will eliminate the need for Americans to hire expensive tax preparers and to gather information that the federal government already has on file."Create a mortgage interest tax credit for non-itemizersCreate a refundable tax credit equal to 10 percent of mortgage interest for nonitemizers, up to a maximum credit of $800.Require automatic enrollment in 401(k) plansAutomatic enrollment in 401(k) plans for workers whose employers offer retirement plans.Create a retirement savings tax credit for low incomesA tax credit for retirement savings up to $500 (couples) or $250 (singles). Phases out when incomes exceed $65,000 (couples) or $32,500 (single). Indexed for inflation.End income tax for seniors making less than $50,000"Will eliminate all income taxation of seniors making less than $50,000 per year. This will eliminate taxes for 7 million seniors -- saving them an average of $1,400 a year-- and will also mean that 27 million seniors will not need to file an income tax return at all."End no-bid contracts above $25,000"Will ensure that federal contracts over $25,000 are competitively bid."Create a $60 billion bank to fund roads and bridges"Will address the infrastructure challenge by creating a National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank to expand and enhance, not supplant, existing federal transportation investments. This independent entity will be directed to invest in our nation's most challenging transportation infrastructure needs. The Bank will receive an infusion of federal money, $60 billion over 10 years, to provide financing to transportation infrastructure projects across the nation. These projects will create up to two million new direct and indirect jobs and stimulate approximately $35 billion per year in new economic activity."Tax carried interest as ordinary incomeCarried interest is a way of compensating executives by giving them ownership stakes, or "interest," in a business. Carried interest is taxed as a capital gain, which has a lower tax rate than ordinary income. Obama proposes taxing carried interest at the same rate as regular income.Sign the Employee Free Choice Act, making it easier for workers to unionize"Obama is a cosponsor and strong advocate of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), a bipartisan effort to make the unionization process more transparent and increase penalties on companies that violate employee rights. He will sign EFCA into law as president."Lift the payroll tax cap on earnings above $250,000"Barack Obama believes that the first place to look to strengthen Social Security is the payroll tax system. Obama believes that one strong option is increasing the maximum amount of earnings covered by Social Security by lifting the payroll tax cap on only earnings above $250,000."Forbid companies in bankruptcy from giving executives bonuses"Protect the jobs and benefits of workers and retirees when corporations file for bankruptcy by telling companies that they cannot issue bonuses for executives during bankruptcy while their workers watch their pensions disappear."Allow workers to claim more in unpaid wages and benefits in bankruptcy court"Increase the amount of unpaid wages and benefits workers can claim in bankruptcy court against their employer."Require full disclosure of company pension investments to employees"When companies fund their pensions, many do not disclose their investments with the employee's pension dollars. This lack of transparency can make it easier for fund managers to make imprudent or even fraudulent investment decisions. Obama will ensure that all employees who have company pensions receive annual disclosures about their pension fund's investments, including full details about which projects have been invested in, the performance of those investments and appropriate details about probable future investments strategies."Allow imported prescription drugs"Allow Americans to buy their medicines from other developed countries if the drugs are safe and prices are lower outside the U.S."Prevent drug companies from blocking generic drugs"Prevent drug companies from blocking generic drugs from consumers."Allow Medicare to negotiate for cheaper drug prices"Allow Medicare to negotiate for cheaper drug prices."Appoint federal-level coordinator to oversee all federal autism efforts"They will appoint a Federal ASD Coordinator to oversee federal ASD research and federal efforts to improve awareness of ASD and improve the training of medical professionals to identify and treat ASD. By establishing one top-level point person to coordinate ASD efforts in the White House, they will ensure that ASD receives the recognition and priority it deserves in the federal government. The Federal ASD Coordinator will also be tasked with eliminating bureaucratic obstacles that may be delaying implementation of important ASD measures and ensuring that all federal ASD dollars are being spent in a manner that prioritizes results. The Coordinator will work with state task forces on ASD to ensure effective communication and collaboration among federal, state, and local agencies."Double federal funding for cancer research"Will double federal funding for cancer research within 5 years, focusing on NIH (National Institutes of Health) and NCI (National Cancer Institute)."Direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study of federal cancer initiatives"As president, Barack Obama will immediately direct his Secretary of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with agency officials, academic researchers, cancer survivors and advocates for people with cancer, and state public health officials, to comprehensively examine the various cancer-related efforts of federal agencies, and provide recommendations to eliminate barriers to effective coordination across federal agencies and between the federal government and other stakeholders."Provide the CDC $50 million in funding to determine effective approaches for cancer patient care"Will provide the CDC $50 million in new funding to determine the most effective approaches that assist not only navigation of cancer patients through diagnosis and treatment processes, but also provide easy-to-understand information on the necessary follow-up steps to ensure continued lifelong health."Sign the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities"As president, Barack Obama will renew America's leadership by making the United States a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the first human rights treaty approved by the UN in the 21st century and a vital foundation for respecting the rights of people with disabilities worldwide He will urge the U.S. Senate to ratify the Convention expeditiously."Fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)"Barack Obama has been a strong and consistent advocate for fully funding the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Congress promised to shoulder 40 percent of each state's "excess cost" of educating children with disabilities, but it has never lived up to this obligation. Currently, the federal government provides less than half of the promised funding (17 percent)."Create a National Commission on People with Disabilities, Employment, and Social SecurityCreate a national commission charged with "examining and proposing solutions to work disincentives in the SSDI, SSI, Medicare, and Medicaid," among other things.Change rules so small businesses owned by people with disabilities get preferences for contracts."Barack Obama and Joe Biden would direct the Small Business Administration to amend regulations under the Small Business Act that provide preferences in federal contracting to small businesses owned by members of socially and economically disadvantaged groups to include individuals with disabilities."Reduce the threshhold for the Family and Medical Leave Act from companies with 50 employees to companies with 25 employees"The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides eligible employees of larger employers (i.e., 50 or more employees) with 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for a family member's or their own serious health condition. Barack Obama and Joe Biden will guarantee that millions more workers have access to FMLA leave by reducing the threshold for which employers are covered from companies with 50 or more employees to those with 25 or more."Provide a $1.5 billion fund to help states launch programs for paid family and medical leave"As president, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will initiate a 50-state strategy to encourage all of the states to adopt paid-leave systems (as part of the Family and Medical Leave Act). Barack Obama and Joe Biden will provide a $1.5 billion fund to assist states with start-up costs and to help states offset the costs for employees and employers. Obama's Department of Labor will also provide technical information to the states on how to craft paid-leave programs consistent with their local needs."Require employers to provide seven paid sick days per year"Require that employers provide seven paid sick days per year – which may be taken on an hourly basis – so that Americans with disabilities can take the time off they need without fear of losing their jobs or a paycheck."Amend the Medicare "homebound" rule to allow some travel without loss of benefitsAmend the Medicare 'homebound' rule, which requires severely disabled recipients to stay in their homes to retain benefits, so that they have the freedom to leave their homes without fear of having their home-health benefits taken away.Reduce the Veterans Benefits Administration claims backlog"There are currently over 400,000 claims pending within the Veterans Benefits Administration, and over 800,000 claims receipts are expected in 2008 alone. … Obama will hire additional claims workers and convene our nation's leading veterans groups, employees and managers to develop an updated training and management model that will ensure that VA benefit decisions are rated fairly and consistently, and stem from adequate training and accountability for each claims adjudicator."Expand the Family Medical Leave Act to include leave for domestic violence or sexual assault"Expand the purposes for which leave can be taken under the Family Medical Leave Act to include reasons related to domestic violence or sexual assault."Form international group to help Iraq refugees"Will form an international working group to address" the problem of "more than five million Iraqis (who) are refugees or are displaced inside their own country."Provide at least $2 billion for services to Iraqi refugees"Provide at least $2 billion to expand services to Iraqi refugees in neighboring countries."Work with Russia to move nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert"The United States and Russia have thousands of nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert. Barack Obama believes that we should take our nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert -- something that George W. Bush promised to do when he was campaigning for president in 2000. Maintaining this Cold War stance today is unnecessary and increases the risk of an accidental or unauthorized nuclear launch. As president, Obama will work with Russia to find common ground and bring significantly more weapons off hair-trigger alert."Clarify legal status for defense contractor personnel"Establish the legal status of contractor personnel, making possible prosecution of any abuses committed by private military contractors."Double U.S. spending on foreign aid to $50 billion a year by 2012"Barack Obama would target this new spending towards strategic goals, including helping the world's weakest states to build democratic institutions, foster healthy and educated communities, reduce poverty and generate wealth."Establish a Global Education FundBarack Obama would use part of increased U.S. assistance to establish a $2 billion Global Education Fund to "offer an alternative to extremist schools."Launch a new 'America's Voice Corps'"Obama also would launch a new 'America's Voice Corps' to rapidly recruit and train fluent speakers of local languages (Arabic, BahasaMelayu, Bahasa, Farsi, Urdu, and Turkish) with public diplomacy skills, who can ensure our voice is heard in the mass media and in our efforts on the ground."Develop an alternative to President Bush's Military Commissions Act on handling detainees"He will reject the Military Commissions Act, which allowed the U.S. to circumvent Geneva Conventions in the handling of detainees. He will develop a fair and thorough process based on the Uniform Code of Military Justice to distinguish between those prisoners who should be prosecuted for their crimes, those who can't be prosecuted but who can be held in a manner consistent with the laws of war, and those who should be released or transferred to their home countries."Restore habeas corpus rights for "enemy combatants""The right of habeas corpus allows prisoners to ask a court to determine whether they are being lawfully imprisoned. Recently, this right has been denied to those deemed enemy combatants. Barack Obama strongly supports bipartisan efforts to restore habeas rights. He firmly believes that those who pose a danger to this country should be swiftly tried and brought to justice, but those who do not should have sufficient due process to ensure that we are not wrongfully denying them their liberty."Establish regulations to secure chemical plants"Barack Obama will establish a clear set of federal regulations that all plants must follow, including improving barriers, containment, mitigation, and safety training, and, where possible, using safer technology, such as less toxic chemicals."Improve port security through better radiation detection"Will redouble our efforts to develop technology that can detect radiation and determine the danger it poses, and he will work with the maritime transportation industry to integrate this technology into their operations so as to maximize security without causing economic disruption."Strengthen the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and double its budget in the next four years"The IAEA is understaffed and underresourced at a time when demand for its expertise are growing. Barack Obama and Joe Biden will seek to ensure that the Agency gets the authority, information, people, and technology it needs to do its job. They will work to double the IAEA budget in the next four years (increasing the U.S. annual share to about $225 million). They will press countries to adopt the "Additional Protocol," -- which grants the IAEA the right to conduct more intrusive inspections, including at undeclared facilities — and seek agreement among members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group not to transfer nuclear technology to NPT countries that have not adopted the Additional Protocol. They will work to gain agreement on effective global standards for nuclear safety and security. And they will call for establishing IAEA verification procedures that go beyond the Additional Protocol to strengthen the agency's ability to detect clandestine facilities and activities."Secure ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)"The United States has maintained a moratorium on testing since 1992. It signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996, but it has not been ratified yet. Since the U.S. Senate last considered the treaty in 1999, significant progress has been made in our verification capability to detect nuclear explosions, even at extremely low yields, and to ensure confidence in the reliability of our nuclear stockpile without nuclear testing."Require companies to disclose personal information data breaches"California and other states have laws requiring a company that may have disclosed a resident's personal information without authorization to inform the victim of the disclosure. Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe that all Americans deserve the same right to know and will push for comparable federal legislation."Seek to negotiate a political agreement on Cyprus"As president, Barack Obama will show U.S. leadership in seeking to negotiate a political settlement on Cyprus. He believes strongly that Cyprus should remain a single, sovereign country in which each of the two communities on the island is able to exercise substantial political authority within a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation."With the G-8, launch Health Infrastructure 2020"Barack Obama and Joe Biden will take the lead at the G-8, working with and leveraging the engagement of the private sector and private philanthropy, to launch Health Infrastructure 2020 – a global effort to work with developing countries to invest in the full range of infrastructure needed to improve and protect both American and global health."Reinstate special envoy for the Americas"In the past, American presidents have filled the position of special envoy to bring senior-level attention to hemispheric matters that might otherwise get buried in the normal diplomatic process. Unfortunately, the position was eliminated after the post was vacated in June of 2004. As president Barack Obama will reinstate the position."Double the Peace Corps"Barack Obama will double the Peace Corps to 16,000 by its 50th anniversary in 2011 and push Congress to fully fund this expansion, with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean."Seek independent watchdog agency to investigate congressional ethics violations"Will use the power of the presidency to fight for an independent watchdog agency to oversee the investigation of congressional ethics violations so that the public can be assured that ethics complaints will be investigated."Create a public "Contracts and Influence" database"Will create a 'contracts and influence' database that will disclose how much federal contractors spend on lobbying, and what contracts they are getting and how well they complete them."Expose Special Interest Tax Breaks to Public Scrutiny"Will ensure that any tax breaks for corporate recipients — or tax earmarks — are also publicly available on the Internet in an easily searchable format."Allow five days of public comment before signing billsTo reduce bills rushed through Congress and to the president before the public has the opportunity to review them, Obama "will not sign any non-emergency bill without giving the American public an opportunity to review and comment on the White House website for five days."Tougher rules against revolving door for lobbyists and former officials"No political appointees in an Obama-Biden administration will be permitted to work on regulations or contracts directly and substantially related to their prior employer for two years. And no political appointee will be able to lobby the executive branch after leaving government service during the remainder of the administration."Double funding for Federal Charter School Program and require more accountability"Will double funding for the Federal Charter School Program to support the creation of more successful charter schools. An Obama-Biden administration will provide this expanded charter school funding only to states that improve accountability for charter schools, allow for interventions in struggling charter schools and have a clear process for closing down chronically underperforming charter schools. An Obama-Biden administration will also prioritize supporting states that help the most successful charter schools to expand to serve more students."Double funding for afterschool programs"Will double funding for the main federal support for afterschool programs, the 21st Century Learning Centers program, to serve one million more children."Create scholarships to recruit new teachers"Will create new Teacher Service Scholarships that will cover four years of undergraduate or two years of graduate teacher education, including high-quality alternative programs for mid-career recruits in exchange for teaching for at least four years in a high-need field or location."Regulate pollution from major livestock operations"In the Obama Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency will strictly monitor and regulate pollution from large Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) - which raise more than 40 percent of U.S. livestock - with fines for those who violate tough air and water quality standards."Provide a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrantsWill support "a system that allows undocumented immigrants who are in good standing to pay a fine, learn English, and go to the back of the line for the opportunity to become citizens."Sign the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act into law"Will sign the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act into law and charge the Voting Rights Section with vigorously enforcing that law and the provisions of the Voting Rights Act. The act will will enable investigations into deceptive and fraudulent practices. It establishes significant, harsh penalties for those who have engaged in fraud, and it provides voters who have been misinformed with accurate and full information so they can vote."Eliminate caps on damages for discrimination casesWill sign into law the Equal Remedies Act of 2007 "to do away with the caps on compensatory and punitive damages under Title VII that presently impede the ability of victims of racial and gender discrimination to fully recover for the wrongs they have suffered."Ban racial profiling by federal law enforcement agencies"Will sign legislation that will ban the practice of racial profiling by federal law enforcement agencies and provide federal funding to state and local police departments if they adopt policies to prohibit the practice."Allow bankruptcy judges to modify terms of a home mortgageWill repeal provisions of the Chapter 13 law that prohibit bankruptcy judges from modifying the original terms of home mortgages for ordinary families -- regardless of whether the loan was predatory or unfair or is otherwise unaffordable -- "so that ordinary families can also get relief that bankruptcy laws were intended to provide."Increase the supply of affordable housing throughout metropolitan regionsWill support "efforts to create an Affordable Housing Trust Fund to develop affordable housing in mixed-income neighborhoods. The Affordable Housing Trust Fund would use a small percentage of the profits of two government-sponsored housing agencies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to create thousands of new units of affordable housing every year...Will also restore cuts to public housing operating subsidies, and ensure that all Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs are restored to their original purpose."Increase the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour"Will further raise the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by 2011, index it to inflation and increase the Earned Income Tax Credit to make sure that full-time workers can earn a living wage that allows them to raise their families and pay for basic needs such as food, transportation, and housing."Restore Superfund program so that polluters pay for clean-ups"Will restore the strength of the Superfund program by requiring polluters to pay for the cleanup of contaminated sites they created."Fully fund the COPS programWill fully funding the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program "to combat crime and help address police brutality and accountability issues in local communities."Support tax deduction for artistsWill "ensure tax fairness for artists" by supporting the Artist-Museum Partnership Act, introduced by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. "The Act amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow artists to deduct the fair market value of their work, rather than just the costs of the materials, when they make charitable contributions."Re-establish the National Aeronautics and Space CouncilWill re-establish an organizational authority in the federal government with a sufficiently broad mandate to oversee a comprehensive and integrated strategy and policy dealing with all aspects of the government's space-related programs, including those being managed by NASA, the Department of Defense, the National Reconnaissance Office, the Commerce Department, the Transportation Department, and other federal agencies. This Council reporting to the president "will oversee and coordinate civilian, military, commercial and national security space activities. It will solicit public participation, engage the international community, and work toward a 21st century vision of space that constantly pushes the envelope on new technologies as it pursues a balanced national portfolio that expands our reach into the heavens and improves life here on Earth."Support human mission to moon by 2020Will "endorse the goal of sending human missions to the Moon by 2020, as a precursor in an orderly progression to missions to more distant destinations, including Mars."Direct revenues from offshore oil and gas drilling to increased coastal hurricane protection"Will also direct revenues from offshore oil and gas drilling to increased coastal hurricane protection."Create a national catastrophe insurance reserve"Will create a National Catastrophe Insurance Reserve that would be funded by private insurers contributing a portion of the premiums they collect from policyholders. Such a framework would neither distort the insurance market nor discourage risk avoidance and risk mitigation investments because insurers would not be forced out of high-risk markets for fear of bankruptcy in the event of a disaster. With this program in place, disaster victims would no longer have to depend solely on taxpayerfunded federal disaster aid loans."Establish a Global Energy Corps to promote green energy in developing countries"Will extend opportunities for older individuals such as teachers, engineers, and doctors to serve overseas. This effort will include a Global Energy Corps to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions overseas and promote low-carbon and affordable energy solutions in developing nations. One of this century's great challenges will be promoting the use of green energy in developing countries, which will face exponential increases in energy demand. This Corps will be composed of scientists and engineers who will work with local partners overseas."Expand service-learning in schoolsWill tie a plan to give schools a substantial infusion of funds to support teachers and principals and improve student learning to the condition that school districts develop programs to engage students in service opportunities. "Obama and Biden believe that middle and high school students should be expected to engage in community service for 50 hours annually during the school year or summer months. They will develop national guidelines for service-learning and community service programs, and will give schools better tools both to develop successful programs and to document the experience of students at all levels. They will encourage programs that engage with community partners to expand opportunities for community service and service-learning opportunities, so that students can apply what they learn in the classroom to authentic situations that help the community. These programs will also involve citizens from the community engaging students in service opportunities through the Classroom Corps."Pay for the national service plan without increasing the deficit"Will maintain fiscal responsibility and prevent any increase in the deficit by offsetting cuts and revenue sources in other parts of the government (to pay for a national service plan that will cost about $3.5 billion per year when it is fully implemented). This plan will be paid for in part by cancelling tax provisions that would otherwise help multinational corporations pay less in U.S. taxes starting in 2008 by reallocating tax deductions for interest expenses between income earned in the U.S. and income earned abroad. The rest of the plan will be funded using a small portion of the savings associated with ending the war in Iraq."Seek treaty to control fissile materials"Will lead a global effort to negotiate a verifiable treaty ending the production of fissile materials for weapons purposes."Encourage diversity in media ownership"Will encourage diversity in the ownership of broadcast media, promote the development of new media outlets for expression of diverse viewpoints, and clarify the public interest obligations of broadcasters who occupy the nation's spectrum."Improve and prioritize student science assessments"Will work with governors and educators to ensure that state assessments measure…a student's higher order thinking skills including inference, logic, data analysis, interpretation, forming questions and communicating these skills."Reduce the number of middle managers in the federal workforce"Barack Obama will thin the ranks of Washington middle managers, freeing up resources both for deficit reduction and for increasing the number of frontline workers."Limit subsidies for agribusiness"Obama will implement a $250,000 [farm commodity] payment limitation so that we help family farmers, not large corporate agribusiness. Obama will close the loopholes that allow megafarms to get around the limits by subdividing their operations into multiple paper corporations."Strengthen anti-monopoly laws to favor independent farmers"Obama will strengthen anti-monopoly laws and strengthen producer protections to ensure independent farmers have fair access to markets, control over their production decisions, and fair prices for their goods."Give tax incentives to new farmersObama "will also provide tax incentives to make it easier for new farmers to afford their first farm. Obama will increase incentives for farmers and private landowners to conduct sustainable agriculture and protect wetlands, grasslands and forests."Strengthen the Age Discrimination in Employment Act"Obama will fight job discrimination for aging employees by strengthening the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and empowering the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to prevent all forms of discrimination."Limit term of director of national intelligence"Will insulate the Director of National Intelligence from political pressure by giving the DNI a fixed term, like the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. Obama and Biden will seek consistency and integrity at the top of our intelligence community -- not just a political ally."Call for a consultative group of congressional leaders on national security"I will call for a standing, bipartisan consultative group of congressional leaders on national security. I will meet with this consultative group every month and consult with them before taking major military action."Give annual "State of the World" address"I'll give an annual 'State of the World' address to the American people in which I lay out our national security policy."Reduce earmarks to 1994 levels"Barack Obama is committed to returning earmarks to less than $7.8 billion a year, the level they were at before 1994."Work to ban the permanent replacement of striking workers"He will work to ban the permanent replacement of striking workers, so workers can stand up for themselves without worrying about losing their livelihoods."Establish a low carbon fuel standard"Will establish a National Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) to speed the introduction of low-carbon non-petroleum fuels. The standard requires fuels suppliers in 2010 to begin to reduce the carbon of their fuel by 5 percent within 5 years and 10 percent within 10 years. The Obama-Biden plan will incentivize increased private sector investment in advanced low-carbon fuels and has a sustainability provision to ensure that increased biofuels production does not come at the expense of environmental conservation. The LCFS is an important mechanism in ensuring that our efforts to reduce our oil dependence also reduce carbon emissions."Require 25 percent renewable energy by 2025"Will create a federal Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) that will require 25 percent of American electricity be derived from renewable sources by 2025, which has the potential to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs on its own."Enact windfall profits tax for oil companies"Will require oil companies to take a reasonable share of their record-breaking windfall profits and use it to provide direct relief worth $500 for an individual and $1,000 for a married couple. The relief would be delivered as quickly as possible to help families cope with the rising price of gasoline, food and other necessities. The rebates would be fully paid for with five years of a windfall profits tax on record oil company profits."Create cap and trade system with interim goals to reduce global warming"Will set a hard cap on all carbon emissions at a level that scientists say is necessary to curb global warming - an 80% reduction by 2050. To ensure this isn't just talk, I will also commit to interim targets toward this goal in 2020, 2030, and 2040. These reductions will start immediately, and we'll continue to follow the recommendations of top scientists to ensure that our targets are strong enough to meet the challenge we face."Use revenue from cap and trade to support clean energy and environmental restoration"A small portion of the receipts generated by auctioning [cap and trade] allowances ($15 billion per year) will be used to support the development of clean energy, invest in energy efficiency improvements, and help develop the next generation of biofuels and clean energy vehicles – measures that will help the economy and help meet the emissions reduction targets. It will also be used to provide new funding to state and federal land and wildlife managers to restore habitat, create wildlife migration corridors, and assist fish and wildlife to adapt to the effects of a warming climate. All remaining receipts will be used for rebates and other transition relief to ensure that families and communities are not adversely impacted by the transition to a new energy, low carbon economy."Require plug-in fleet at the White House"Within one year of becoming President, the entire White House fleet will be converted to plug-ins as security permits."Require new federal fleet purchases to be half plug-in hybrids or electric vehicles"Half of all cars purchased by the federal government will be plug-in hybrids or all-electric by 2012."Require more flex-fuel cars for the federal government"Government should lead the way here. I showed up at this event in a government vehicle that does not have a flexible-fuel tank. When I'm president, I will make sure that every vehicle purchased by the federal government does."Mandate flexible fuel vehicles by 2012"Will work with Congress and auto companies to ensure that all new vehicles have flexible fuel (FFV) capability . . . by the end of his first term in office."Double federal program to help "reverse" commuters who go from city to suburbs"Will double the federal Jobs Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) program to ensure that additional federal public transportation dollars flow to the highest-need communities and that urban planning initiatives take this aspect of transportation policy into account. JARC funds have been used to connect low-income workers around the country with job opportunities."Require energy conservation in use of transportation dollars"Will require governors and local leaders in our metropolitan areas to make energy conservation a required part of their planning for the expenditure of federal transportation funds."Provide an annual report on "state of our energy future""I will report to the American people every year on the State of our Energy Future."Devote federal resources to promote cellulosic ethanol"Will invest federal resources, including tax incentives, cash prizes and government contracts into developing the most promising technologies with the goal of getting the first two billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol into the system by 2013."Sign the Freedom of Choice Act"Throughout my career, I've been a consistent and strong supporter of reproductive justice, and have consistently had a 100% pro-choice rating with Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice America. ... And I will continue to defend this right by passing the Freedom of Choice Act as president."Allow penalty-free hardship withdrawals from retirement accounts in 2008 and 2009"Obama and Biden are calling for legislation that would allow withdrawals of 15% up to $10,000 from retirement accounts without penalty (although subject to the normal taxes). This would apply to withdrawals in 2008 (including retroactively) and 2009."Give the White House's Privacy and Civil Liberties Board subpoena power"Strengthen the Privacy and Civil Liberties Board with subpoena powers and reporting responsibilities."Recognize the Armenian genocide"Two years ago, I criticized the Secretary of State for the firing of U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, John Evans, after he properly used the term 'genocide' to describe Turkey's slaughter of thousands of Armenians starting in 1915. … as President I will recognize the Armenian Genocide."No family making less than $250,000 will see "any form of tax increase.""I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes."No signing statements to nullify instructions from Congress"While it is legitimate for a president to issue a signing statement to clarify his understanding of ambiguous provisions of statutes and to explain his view of how he intends to faithfully execute the law, it is a clear abuse of power to use such statements as a license to evade laws that the president does not like or as an end-run around provisions designed to foster accountability. I will not use signing statements to nullify or undermine congressional instructions as enacted into law."Negotiate health care reform in public sessions televised on C-SPANTo achieve health care reform, "I'm going to have all the negotiations around a big table. We'll have doctors and nurses and hospital administrators. Insurance companies, drug companies -- they'll get a seat at the table, they just won't be able to buy every chair. But what we will do is, we'll have the negotiations televised on C-SPAN, so that people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents, and who are making arguments on behalf of the drug companies or the insurance companies. And so, that approach, I think is what is going to allow people to stay involved in this process."Create a public option health plan for a new National Health Insurance Exchange."The exchange will require that all the plans offered are at least as generous as the new public plan and meet the same standards for quality and efficiency."Cut the cost of a typical family's health insurance premium by up to $2,500 a year"I will sign a universal health care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family's premium by up to $2,500 a year."Bring Democrats and Republicans together to pass an agendaObama and Joe Biden will "turn the page on the ugly partisanship in Washington, so we can bring Democrats and Republicans together to pass an agenda that works for the American people."Introduce a comprehensive immigration bill in the first year"I cannot guarantee that it is going to be in the first 100 days. But what I can guarantee is that we will have in the first year an immigration bill that I strongly support and that I'm promoting. And I want to move that forward as quickly as possible."End the war in Afghanistan in 2014"President Obama responsibly ended the war in Iraq and will end the war in Afghanistan in 2014."