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reside in the White House since John F. Kennedy, Jr. arrived as an infant in 1961. Sasha is also the first White House resident born in the 21st century.his inauguration, President Obama published an open letter to his daughters in Parade magazine, describing what he wants for them and every child in America: «to grow up in a world with no limits on your dreams and no achievements beyond your reach, and to grow into compassionate, committed women who will help build that world.» [15].living in Chicago, they kept busy schedules, as the Associated Press reports: «soccer, dance and drama for Malia, gymnastics and tap for Sasha, piano and tennis for both. "[16]. In July 2008, the family gave an interview to the television series Access Hollywood. Obama later said they regretted allowing the children to be included.and Sasha attend the private Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC, the same school as attended by Chelsea Clinton, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Archibald Roosevelt, and currently the grandchildren of Vice President Joe Biden. The Obama girls began classes there on January 5, 2009. While in Chicago, both attended the private University of Chicago Laboratory School.his victory speech on the night of his election, President Obama repeated his promise to Sasha and Malia to get a puppy to take with them to the White House. The selection was slow because Malia is allergic to animal dander; the president subsequently said that the choice had been narrowed down to either a labradoodle or Portuguese Water Dog, and they hoped to find a shelter animal. On April 12, 2009, it was reported that the Obamas had adopted a six-month-old Portuguese Water Dog given to them as a gift from Senator Ted Kennedy, named Bo by Malia and Sasha 1.2 Work in politics before the presidential election and political views The senator of Illinois.

In 1996 he was elected to the Senate in Illinois.the seat the senator from 1997 to 2004, represented the Democratic Party of the United States: re-elected twice: in 1998 and 2002. As a Senator, has worked with both Democrats and the Republicans: With representatives of both parties worked on programs to support low-income families through tax cuts, spoke as a proponent of early childhood education, has supported measures to tighten control over the work of the investigating authorities.2000, attempted to run for election to the U.S. House of Representatives, but lost the primaries, the current Congressman Bobby Rush Blacks (Bobby Rush).2004 he joined the fight for the nomination for one seat from Illinois in the U.S. Senate. Won a convincing victory over six opponents in the primaries.

U.S. senator in Washington (2005-2008)

He sworn in as U.S. senator on Jan. 4, 2005, becoming the 5 th African-American senator in U.S. history.late August 2005, under the Nunn-Lugar (en: Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction) flew to Russia to inspect nuclear facilities of the Russian Federation, together with Republican Senator Richard Lugar, during his visit on 28 August at departure at the airport in Perm Big Savino incident: Senators were detained for three hours because of the refusal «to meet the requirements of border guards» [17] on the inspection plane, which had diplomatic immunity. Later, the Russian Foreign Ministry expressed regret «in connection with a misunderstanding and inconvenience caused to the senators». [16]. In his book, Obama described the incident as one of the moments during his travels, «which reminded of the days of the Cold War». [7, c. 246]26, 2006 together with his wife visited Kenya.a senator, has repeatedly been in the White House at the invitation of President George W. Bush.partisan Congressional Quarterly publication described him as «loyal Democrat» based on an analysis of all the votes in the Senate in 2005-2007; National Journal introduced himself as his «most liberal» senator based on an assessment of selected votes during 2007.2008, Congress.org has put his 11-th of an influential senator.left office on Nov. 16, 2008

Political views.governance

On April 20, 2007, Obama introduced a bill in the Senate (Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation Act - S. 1181) requiring public companies to give shareholders an annual nonbinding vote on executive compensation, popularly called «Say on pay.» A companion bill introduced by Rep. Barney Frank passed the House the same day.

Labor rightssupports the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that adds penalties for labor violations and which would circumvent the secret ballot requirement to organize a union. Obama promises to sign the EFCA into law. He is also a cosponsor of the «Re-empowerment of Skilled and Professional Employees and Construction Tradesworkers» or RESPECT act (S. 969) that aims to overturn the National Labor Relations Board's «Kentucky River» 532 U.S. 706 (2001) decision that redefined many employees lacking the authority to hire, fire, or discipline, as «supervisors» who are not protected by federal labor laws.

Minimum wage

Obama favored the increase in the federal minimum wage from $5.15 an hour to $7.25, and he voted to end the filibuster against a bill to accomplish that. He favors raising it to $9.50 an hour by 2011, and then indexing it for inflation afterwards.

Education

In a July 2007 address to the National Education Association, Obama supported merit pay for teachers, to be based on standards to be developed «with teachers.» Obama also called for higher pay for teachers. Obama's plan is estimated to cost $18 billion annually and was originally planned to be partially funded by delaying NASA's Constellation program for five years but he has since reconsidered and stated that he will look for «an entirely different offset.» «We owe it to our children to invest in early-childhood education; and recruit an army of new teachers and give them better pay and more support; and finally decide that,



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