Top 10 Highlights of Barack Obama's Presidency

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Twitter
U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Affordable Care Act, dubbed Obamacare, the comprehensive healthcare reform legislation during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 23, 2010.
U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Affordable Care Act, dubbed Obamacare, the comprehensive healthcare reform legislation during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 23, 2010. | REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo

2. Obamacare Debate

During Obama's first term, the president pushed a then Democrat-controlled Congress to pass the Affordable Care Act. The measure succeeded in March of 2010 without a single Republican vote.

Since then, the ACA, commonly called Obamacare, has endured several legal challenges and a bill passed by a now GOP-controlled Congress calling for its repeal.

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Considered Obama's signature legislation, its fate remains precarious in light of mixed results in its implementation and the in-coming Trump administration vowing to repeal it.

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