The Reagan Administration Landmark Legislation that Shaped a Decade

Administrator Barnhart and Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis secured one of their most important victories when President Reagan signed the ... President Reagan put forth an enomoic policy which aimed to reduce government regulation, lower taxes, and promote free-market capitalism. Joseph J. Thorndike considers how the Reagan administration's attempts at tax and Social Security reform provide an important example of ... Much is being written about Ronald Reagan's successes in economics, politics and foreign affairs. Just as important was how he responded to ... Reagan served as the fortieth president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Boot's detailed account of Reagan's life spans his beginnings in ... Reagan's domestic policy plans, known as Reaganomics or trickle-down economics, involved cutting taxes, deregulating businesses, increasing military spending, ... The president, for example, is given the power to veto legislation passed by Congress. But some of the president's powers are less clear and ... In 1986, Reagan pushed an income tax reform bill through Congress but found that his dream of reducing the national deficit (in fact, deficits under Reagan ... It proposes to eliminate a long list of terms from all laws and federal regulations, including "sexual orientation", "gender equality", "abortion" and " ... Ronald Reagan became the first US president to address both houses of parliament on June 8 1982. His Westminster speech created a stir at the time.