Reagan's Executive Orders Shaping American Policy

... Order from President Lincoln to Major ... 52 While retaining many of the basic features of President Reagan's order, Executive Order 12866. More recently, Ronald Reagan issued 381 executive orders. Bill ... A few major executive orders can outweigh dozens of smaller ones. Executive Order 12333, signed on December 4, 1981 by U.S. President Ronald Reagan, was an executive order intended to extend powers and responsibilities of ... Executive Orders for Less Government. President Reagan and his appointees were committed to lightening the burden of federal regulation, and one ... Despite criticisms of his presidency, Jimmy Carter led major government reform efforts that had a lasting impact on agencies, employees and ... President William J. Clinton later issued Executive Order 12866, which modified the system established during the Reagan Administration. While ... 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 ... Reagan's strategy in dealing with the Soviet Union and ending the Cold War involved reviving the U.S. economy, restoring American self- ... And so it is as powerful, as significant as legislation that the Congress passes and the president signs. And so that's a bit curious in a ... 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, ...