10-12-2015, 09:38 PM
Where Clinton's Policies Differ from Obama's
After she stepped down as the president's secretary of state and began her long period of pondering a presidential bid, Clinton largely kept quiet about President Obama's policies. And until a few weeks ago, she was a big proponent of his policies.
In the last two months or so, she appears to be distancing herself from her former boss's positions on several key issues where she said she would have acted differently or gone further than he has. Here are some of those issues, which will likely be broached in tomorrow night's debate.
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1. Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement: "As of today, I am not in favor of what I have learned about it," Clinton said in an interview with the PBS News Hour lat week in regards to the Tran-Pacific Partnership. She had championed it while Sec of State and in her 2014 book. "I'm worried about currency manipulation not being part of the agreement. We've lost American jobs to the manipulations that countries, particularly in Asia, have engaged in. I'm worried that the pharmaceutical companies may have gotten more benefits, and patients and consumers fewer. I think that there are still a lot of unanswered questions."
2. Immigration: Clinton supported the president's actions to defer deportation for millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally during his time in office, but criticized him for deporting too many people during an interview with Telemundo last week; suggesting he did so in order to win Republican support for a comprehensive immigration program (which STILL hasn't been pushed through). Clinton pledged to go further than Obama has by devoting more resources and personnel to the system to help people change their immigration status. She has also promised she would not deport parents or break up families.
3. Cadillac Tax portion of Affordable Health Care Act (Obamacare): The Affordable Care Act includes a tax on high-cost insurance plans known as the "Cadillac Tax." If Clinton is elected, that tax is gone.
"Too many Americans are struggling to meet the cost of rising deductibles and drug prices. That's why, among other steps, I encourage Congress to repeal the so-called Cadillac Tax, which applies to some employer-based health plans, and to fully pay for the cost of repeal," Clinton said in a statement last month when she began talking about ways to improve Obamacare. She has also pledged to crack down on high prescription drug costs and lower out-of-pocket costs for families.
After she stepped down as the president's secretary of state and began her long period of pondering a presidential bid, Clinton largely kept quiet about President Obama's policies. And until a few weeks ago, she was a big proponent of his policies.
In the last two months or so, she appears to be distancing herself from her former boss's positions on several key issues where she said she would have acted differently or gone further than he has. Here are some of those issues, which will likely be broached in tomorrow night's debate.
1. Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement: "As of today, I am not in favor of what I have learned about it," Clinton said in an interview with the PBS News Hour lat week in regards to the Tran-Pacific Partnership. She had championed it while Sec of State and in her 2014 book. "I'm worried about currency manipulation not being part of the agreement. We've lost American jobs to the manipulations that countries, particularly in Asia, have engaged in. I'm worried that the pharmaceutical companies may have gotten more benefits, and patients and consumers fewer. I think that there are still a lot of unanswered questions."
2. Immigration: Clinton supported the president's actions to defer deportation for millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally during his time in office, but criticized him for deporting too many people during an interview with Telemundo last week; suggesting he did so in order to win Republican support for a comprehensive immigration program (which STILL hasn't been pushed through). Clinton pledged to go further than Obama has by devoting more resources and personnel to the system to help people change their immigration status. She has also promised she would not deport parents or break up families.
3. Cadillac Tax portion of Affordable Health Care Act (Obamacare): The Affordable Care Act includes a tax on high-cost insurance plans known as the "Cadillac Tax." If Clinton is elected, that tax is gone.
"Too many Americans are struggling to meet the cost of rising deductibles and drug prices. That's why, among other steps, I encourage Congress to repeal the so-called Cadillac Tax, which applies to some employer-based health plans, and to fully pay for the cost of repeal," Clinton said in a statement last month when she began talking about ways to improve Obamacare. She has also pledged to crack down on high prescription drug costs and lower out-of-pocket costs for families.