Election+of+08+-+Domestic+Policy

Domestic Policy 

March 31, 2007—while speaking in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Obama said "It will be difficult to make progress on important domestic issues until the Iraq war has ended... None of these things we are going to be able to do effectively until we bring this war in Iraq to a close." Since the Bush administration controversy over the war and its effects on society have been hard on the Obama Administration because of the determination to revive the domestic status of the nation
 * General**

The [|Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act] is a domestic policy act enacted by Congress on January 29, 2009, just days after Obama’s inauguration. The seriousness of this act is obvious especially with the short time Obama took to get it not only to, but also, enacted by Congress The Bill amends not only the [|Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967], but also the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which state that, the “180 day statute of limitations for filing an equal-pay lawsuit regarding pay discrimination resets with each new discriminatory paycheck.” Being a direct answer to the Ledbetter v. Goodyear & rubber Co. court case of 2007, the holding of the statute of limitations shows how controversial discriminatory acts were in society at the time. The passing of this act increased Democrat-Republican tension in the Federal government as well as congress because in 2007, Republicans defeated a similar bill, due mainly to Republican prudential candidate, John McCain’s opposition.
 * Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009**

In March of 2009, just months into Obama’s presidency, he reversed previous incumbent, George W. Bush’s limitations on the funding of [|Stem Cell Research]. In an interview Obama claimed that "sound science and moral values...are not inconsistent”, beginning an era in increased scientific research
 * Stem Cell Research**

Sources [|Domestic Policy in detail] [|Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009] [|Obama's POV]

Additional Reading [|White House Domestic Policies]

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