how much did obama donate?

How much did Obama donate to charity during his presidency?

Jan 04, 2019 · Obama gave $1.1 million of the $3.2 million he received over eight years in office to charitable causes. He also donated the $1.4 million he received as winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to 10...

How much did Obama donate to Haiti?

Feb 14, 2012 · He listed $329,100 in charitable contributions on his tax return and also directed the Nobel Prize Committee to give his $1.4 million prize directly to 10 charities (which meant he could not take a...

Will Obama's Nobel Prize donations be tax deducted?

Jun 14, 2012 · After just one year of the Obama spending binge, federal spending had already rocketed to 25.2% of GDP, the highest in American history except for World War II. That compares to 20.8% in 2008, and ...

How much did Bill Clinton donate to charity?

Sep 26, 2019 · While the Obama administration was criticized for its refusal to provide lethal assistance to Ukraine, it did provide more than $100 million in security assistance, as well as a significant amount...

How much does Trump make a year?

Trump and Obama on salary. U.S. presidents make $400,000 a year. It’s true that Trump donates his salary. Though presidents are required to be compensated for their work, Trump takes just $1 each year from his paychecks. He has donated a quarter of his annual salary to a different government agency each fiscal quarter.

How many people are on the first lady's staff?

But there are other staffers who work for the first lady and do not have that phrase in their title. Forbes confirmed in June that the first lady has 11 people on her staff.

When did Obamacare go into effect?

That legislation is not yet even counted in Obama’s spending record so far because it mostly does not go into effect until 2014.

How much was the 2009 budget increase?

As Hans Bader reported on May 26 for the Washington Examiner, the budget approved and implemented by Pelosi, Obama and the rest of the Congressional Democrat majorities provided for a 17.9 percent increase in spending for fiscal 2009!

Who was the Speaker of the House in 2008?

Recall, however, that in 2008 Congress was controlled by Democrat majorities, with Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House, and the restless Senator Obama already running for President, just four years removed from his glorious career as a state Senator in the Illinois legislature.

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The Obama administration provided a $3.7 million grant to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.

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A portion of $3.7 million in grants awarded between 2014 and 2019 by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to EcoHealth Alliance, a global environmental health nonprofit organization, helped fund research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.

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