The Reagan Presidency Executive Orders and Their Impact

This section discusses the most significant presidential Executive Orders, Bulletins, and Memoranda, which pertain to the rulemaking process or federal ... through increased defense spending as one of the major themes of his 1980 presidential campaign. ... Like previous presidents, Ronald Reagan made plans to meet ... Challenges to the resolution include Ronald Reagan's deployment of troops to El Salvador in 1981, the continued bombing of Kosovo during Bill ... In the course of directing the activities of the executive branch, presidents since George Washington have issued executive orders on a wide variety of subjects ... [8] Reagan also signed eight major Executive Orders related to crime and justice as well as five major crime bills: Comprehensive Crime ... For example, in 1957, President Eisenhower issued an Executive order that sent federal troops to maintain peace during the desegregation of an Arkansas high ... In this table we present the total number of Executive Orders issued by presidential term (not calendar year). ... Ronald Reagan (R). Total. 381. 48, 8.00 ... Reagan came to the presidency in 1981 with a straightforward and well-articulated domestic agenda. He promised to cut taxes, curb government spending, and ... Moreover, some of the most historically significant governmental laws have been issued by the President acting unilaterally. ... President Reagan issued 381 from ... 2 For example, after Congress refused to raise the nation's $7.25- per- hour federal minimum wage, Obama issued an executive order to increase it to $10.10 an ...