Reagan's Executive Orders Bold Strokes in American History

Despite criticisms of his presidency, Jimmy Carter led major government reform efforts that had a lasting impact on agencies, employees and ... While Reagan and both Bushes—all Republican presidents—issued significant numbers of executive orders, conservative scholars argue that Democrats Clinton ... Many of the most famous executive orders have come in times of war or invoke the president's authority as commander-in-chief, including Franklin Roosevelt's ... By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, and in order to reduce the burdens of ... Issuing executive orders, Regulations to run the government and direct the bureaucracy ; Issuing signing statements, Giving the president's intended ... Issue an executive order to “ban the box” on federal agency job applications, except for law enforcement positions. Direct the Attorney General ... ... executive orders for the transition team to consider. ... “They have to take a page out of Ronald Reagan's book and focus the entire Cabinet on ... Reagan won 489 electoral votes to 49 for President Jimmy Carter. On January 20, 1981, Reagan took office. Only 69 days later he was shot by a would-be assassin, ... The new Executive Order, signed by President Bush on November 1, 2001, provides that in the absence of "compelling circumstances," the incumbent president will ... President Reagan considered regulatory relief, in which the Department of Labor was destined to play a major part, one of the cornerstones of the Economic ...