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SANTA BARBARA — February 3, 2011. Greatest Achievements of President Reagan. The tax cuts of 1981. Signed in August, these enactments were a major reduction in domestic expenditures and the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, were designed to lower federal revenues over a five year period in the amount of $737 billion. Documents:
May 19 – President Reagan signs the Firearm Owners Protection Act. June 6 – President Reagan creates the Federal Employees Retirement System. June 20 – President Reagan nominates William Rehnquist as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. June 24 – President Reagan nominates Antonin Scalia to the Supreme Court.
President Reagan Shot. On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot by John W. Hinkley, Jr., while leaving the Washington Hilton Hotel after giving a speech. The President was hit under his left arm by a bullet that ricocheted off his limousine. Once the sound of shots rang in the air, Secret Service agent Jerry Parr shoved Reagan into ...
As the head of the government of the United States, the president is arguably the most powerful government official in the world. The president is elected to a four-year term via an electoral college system. Since the Twenty-second Amendment was adopted in 1951, the American presidency has been limited to a maximum of two terms.
Although Democrats controlled the House throughout the Reagan presidency, the Republicans won control for the first time in 40 years in 1994 under the banner of Newt Gingrich's "Contract With America," a potpourri of leftover Reagan proposals. Even today, with Democrats back in control, there are more avowed Reagan Republicans in Congress than there ever were during Reagan's lifetime. In the ...
5. Sept. 2020 · The Reagan presidency : pragmatic conservatism and its legacies. Publication date 2003 Topics Reagan, Ronald -- Political and social views, Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Pragmatism -- History -- 20th century, U ...
The Reagan presidency has been both eulogised and reviled. Supporters have claimed that Ronald Reagan not only regenerated American power and restored American prestige but changed the direction of domestic policy in a way which marked the end of a twenty year period of expanding government. This book explores the Reagan policy style and ...
