Eighteen other states are considering paid leave initiatives.
Others were issue campaigns, like working on New Jersey's Family Leave initiative, more about writing and testifying than door-to-door work.
An analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal research group, concluded that only about $700 billion of the surplus would be left for initiatives.
The president is backing a Congressional bill sponsored by two Democrats that would give American employees as many as seven days of paid sick leave each year; he's also supporting state and local action on family and medical leave initiatives.
"Goatober" is part of the No Goat Left Behind initiative to benefit goat farms in the Northeast.
In many respects the president left the initiative for health care reform in the hands of congressional leaders.
Wal-Mart has left the initiative purposely vague, the better to encourage workers to decide how to improve themselves.
Ken McMeikan, chief executive of the bakery chain Greggs, has said he was not comfortable with young people potentially losing their benefits if they left the initiative.
However, a number of workers have left the initiative in recent months, leading to speculation that Apple is struggling with its design or director.
Their relegation from the Premiership last May has left the initiative in limbo, although it would likely be revived if Irish secured promotion at the first attempt.
