Once the stimulus bill was enacted in February 2009, health care reform became Obama's top domestic priority, and the 111th Congress passed a major bill that eventually became widely known as 'Obamacare.' In 2009, Obama announced a plan to increase the Corporate Average Fuel Economy to 35 miles per US gallon (6.7 l/100 km)], a 40 percent increase from 2009 levels. Obama also promoted the use of plug-in electric vehicles, and 400,000 electric cars had been sold by the end of 2015.According to a report by The American Lung Association, there was a 'major improvement' in air quality under Obama. US government debt grew substantially during the Great Recession, as government revenues fell and Obama largely eschewed the austerity policies followed by many European countries.
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