The Executive Edge Ronald Reagan's Most Noteworthy Directives

Ronald Reagan was America's most ideological president in his rhetoric, yet pragmatic in his actions. He believed in balanced budgets, but never submitted one. The tax cuts went through in 1981 but were partially repealed in 1982. In his “plan,” Reagan promised to cut two Cabinet departments (Energy and ... Correspondence, speeches and writings, memoranda, reports, studies, printed matter, photographs, phonotapes, videotapes, and memorabilia, ... WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- President George W. Bush issued an executive order closing federal offices June 11 in observance of President Ronald ... Congress and the country were too divided to entrust a chief executive with the kind of extraordinary power to experiment that FDR had enjoyed, ... Reagan and his advisers, particularly Baker, made the economy their first priority from the outset. They were helped in this when Iran released the Americans ... President Obama's executive action to protect millions of unauthorized immigrants from deportation is an act that both follows and departs from precedents set ... Given the gravity of the matter, why wasn't President Reagan impeached? Why was there so little serious discussion of impeachment? One reason is that the ... Ronald Reagan won the 1980 presidential election by a substantial margin, promising to restore American economic prosperity and military prowess. Ronald Reagan, originally an American actor and politician, became the 40th President of the United States serving from 1981 to 1989.