Subject: The fourth quarter
From: Barack Obama <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 10:15:30 -0500

John -- 
 
Back at the beginning of this year, I made a point to tell folks 
to pay attention to what we do in the time we have left in the 
White House -- that interesting stuff tends to happen in the 
fourth quarter. 

And I like to think that 2015 has proven that point to be true. 
We've seen our hard work over the years pay off for the 
American people in a big way: The longest streak of 
private-sector job growth on record, the unemployment rate 
down to just 5 percent, and wages growing faster than at any 
time since the recovery began. The Affordable Care Act has 
helped drive the rate of uninsured folks in this country below 
10 percent for the first time on record. Our American 
delegation working to reduce carbon emissions brought China 
to the table, and earlier this month in Paris, nearly 200 
nations joined us in forging a historic climate agreement. 

And though it wasn't easy, Congress has also done their part 
to help end this year with some progress, too. They came to 
the table and passed a bipartisan budget deal, and in doing so 
averted a government shutdown for at least another nine months. 

My hope is that as we go into my final year in office, we can 
see even more of this -- people deciding to come together to 
get important things done on behalf of the American people. 
Because we still have some unfinished business, John. 
And if you want to help make sure we can do the important 
work of electing Democrats who will help us keep up this 
forward movement and protect the progress we've made, 
pitch in $3 or whatever you can before the end of the year:

https://my.democrats.org/2015-Deadline

In 2016, I'm planning to leave it all out on the field -- and I hope 
you'll be there alongside me. I've never been more optimistic 
about a year ahead than I am right now. 

Thanks for being part of this work, John. We can't do it 
without you.

Barack Obama

 

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