Barack+Obama

Barack Obama is a Democratic. As of now, his current Governmental position is the President of the United States. He was born on August 4,1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. His mother is Stanley Ann Dunham, a caucasian and his father is Barack Obama, who is of black decent. When he was growing up, Obama experimented with both cocaine and marijuana. After he got out of school, Obama went to Occidental College, Columbia University and Harvard Law School. He has said that he would have liked to have been an architect if he were not a politician. Before becoming President, Obama served three terms in the Illinois Senate. This was in the years from 1997 to 2004. In 2000, Obama tried to get a seat in the United States House of Representatives. However, he did not get the seat. Obama tried running for the United States Senate in 2004. He won the election for the United States Senate in November of 2004. He started his campaign for President in February of 2007. He assumed office on January 20, 2009.

Barack Obama

voted yes on removing oil and gas exploration subsidies (june 2007) voted yes on making oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (june 2007) voted yes on factoring global warming into federal project planning (may 2007)