What laws did Obama pass in 2010?

Answer 1

The big thing is the massive new health insurance mandate known as Obamacare. There was an extension of the so-called Bush income tax cuts. Several increases in the national debt limit were made at his request.

Answer 2

Barack Obama didn't pass any laws in 2010.

The office of the President is in the Executive branch, and the passing of laws happens in the Legislative branch: The Senate and the House of Representatives. Obama as president is responsible for acting within the laws, that is acts such as corporate bailouts, strategizing military actions, controlling prisons, creating offices to enforce laws, etc.

Answer 3

The president cannot make laws. In the American system of government, the congress makes the laws. However, the president can (and often does) influence the laws that are made: all presidents have a certain agenda or set of priorities, and that includes President Obama. For example, Mr. Obama championed bills to promote expanding access to health care, and giving women equal pay for equal for work; both of those bills passed and he signed them into law. A president can also veto a law, if he opposes a piece of legislation that congress has passed. President Obama has seldom vetoed any legislation, however: since he took office in January 2009, he has only vetoed two bills.

Answer 4

President Obama cannot make laws. That is the job of congress. He can, however, advocate for his priorities, and encourage congress to pass them. This is what happened with the controversial "Affordable Care Act," which his opponents call "Obamacare." He wanted health care reform, and the Democratic-led congress passed it. There are other examples of priorities the president has encouraged and which became law, such as the ending of "Don't Ask/Don't Tell," or the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which guarantees women equal pay if they are doing the same work as a man.