Decoding Reagan's Executive Actions A Guide to His Major Directives

The President of the United States, after signing Congressional acts into law, oversees most executive agencies tasked with implementing and enforcing ... A one-term presidency is painful, especially as decisive a loss as Carter's to Ronald Reagan. Reagan won the 1980 election in a landslide ... When President Reagan signed Executive Order 12291 on Feb. 17, he transformed with a stroke of his pen what had been a useful economic tool ... ... executive producers: Brett Myers and Taki Telonidis | Host: Al Letson ... Ronald Reagan: They're threatening our values and undercutting our ... Ronald Reagan's tenure as the 40th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1981, and ended on January 20, 1989. Issuing executive orders, Regulations to run the government and direct the bureaucracy ; Issuing signing statements, Giving the president's intended ... Ronald Reagan Cabinet Nominations ; Richard Thornburgh, Jul 12, 1988, Aug 5, 1988 ; Secretary of Commerce ; Malcolm Baldrige, Dec 11, 1980, Jan 6, 1981 ... All presidents since President Reagan have issued signing statements ... granted to the executive branch by the Constitution. Some of ... President Nixon issued 346 Executive Orders, which are organized here by year. NOTE: The total number of Executive orders issued includes number-and-letter ... Carter lost the November ballot to Republican Ronald Reagan, and embarked upon what many have described as the most successful post-presidential ...