Reagan and the Deficit A Balancing Act of Tax Cuts and Defense Spending

Defeat by Reagan ... Carter fought off a serious challenge from Senator Edward Kennedy for the 1980 Democratic presidential nomination, and ... Total Scores/Overall Rankings ; Ronald Reagan, 681, 9 ; Barack Obama, 664, 10 ; Lyndon B. Johnson, 654, 11 ; James Monroe, 643, 12 ; Woodrow Wilson, 617, 13 ... In 1947, Reagan became president of the Screen Actors Guild. In his early years, he was an active Democrat, but in 1952 he joined the Democrats for Eisenhower ... The outsider president was an outlier after his presidency ... After being mostly sidelined by the man who defeated him in 1980, Ronald Reagan ... The Reagan Presidency: A Review of the First Two Years, 1981-1982 · President Reagan: Three Years of Accomplishment, 1981-1983 · Reagan Presidency: Seven Years of ... Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States on November 4, 1980. His triumph capped the rise of the new right/conservative wing of the Republican ... After leaving acting, Ronald Reagan embarked on the most successful political career of any actor in history: two four-year terms as Governor of California, ... Ronald Reagan gave his first press conference nine days after taking the oath of office on January 20, 1981. Questions about the recently resolved Iranian ... He was SAG president for five consecutive terms, from 1947-1952, and again from 1959-1960. Reagan testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities ... 38. Gerald R. Ford, 1974 - 1977, Republican ; 39. Jimmy Carter, 1977 - 1981, Democrat ; 40. Ronald Reagan, 1981 - 1989, Republican ; 41. George ...