Reagan's Foreign Policy Agenda An Executive Order Approach

Reagan came to the presidency in 1981 with a straightforward and well-articulated domestic agenda. He promised to cut taxes, curb government spending, and ... Executive Orders for Less Government. President Reagan and his appointees were committed to lightening the burden of federal regulation, and one ... President Reagan made his most important contribution to regulatory reform by issuing Executive Order 12,291, in which he ordered all agencies ... He proposed shifting responsibility for some programs to the states, eliminating the Departments of Education and Energy, redesigning federal ... Executive Order 12544. Blocking Libyan Government property in the United States or held by U.S. persons ; Executive Order 12545. National Commission on Space. President Reagan ordered two identical Boeing 747s to replace the aging presidential Boeing 707s he traveled in as president. Practically, this could lead to a president issuing executive orders that are illegal or unconstitutional and could harm Americans, by ... Harding Dwight D. Eisenhower Ronald Reagan Bill Clinton Richard Nixon Lyndon B. Johnson Jimmy Carter George W. Bush Barack Obama Donald ... In 1977 Congress passed the largest tax increase in our history. ... Executive Order 12402--National Commission on Social Security Reform --January 15, 1983. § 288(e) (2000). 9 Professor Phillip Cooper classified such devices as the signing statement, executive order, and executive agreements because of their utility ...