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  Election night victory cements Obama’s first-term legislative legacy
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Last EditedBrandonius Maximus  Nov 08, 2012 05:10pm
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News DateThursday, November 8, 2012 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionCHICAGO — President Obama’s reelection on Tuesday night elevated his place in history — no matter what happens in his second term.

A defeat would have allowed GOP opponent Mitt Romney and Republicans in Congress to roll back Obama’s healthcare overhaul and the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.

With the president in office, Americans will be required, beginning in 2014, to purchase health insurance, a mandate intended to cover the costs of insuring millions that the Supreme Court earlier this year ruled constitutional.

“The implementation of legislation is as important as its passage, but the rules and guidelines that accompany it take time to develop. That is one of the reasons presidents want a second term: to solidify their first-term victories,” said Martha Kumar, a professor of political science at Towson University who has chronicled the Obama White House.

Obama’s plans for the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan will also move forward, and in four years the president will have ended two wars and overseen the killing of Osama bin Laden.
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