The Tax Reform Act of 1986 Reagan's Bold Economic Gamble

While shipping arms to Iran violated the embargo, dealing with terrorists violated Reagan's campaign promise never to do so. Reagan had always been admired for ... The 1980s were a decade of scandals. The Iran-Contra Scandal proved that White House officials were willing to break the law to carry out their political agenda ... The biggest scandal of the Reagan years, and the most significant constitutional crisis since Watergate, was the Iran-Contra affair. In his first months in office, President Reagan approved covert training of anti-Sandinista rebels (called "contras"). While the contras waged war on the ... About this Item ; Created / Published. 4/7/1993. ; Headings. - Reagan, Ronald; - United States.--Department of Housing and Urban Development; - United States.-- ... ... administration, such as the savings and loan and insider trading scandals, the Department of Housing and Urban Development scandal, and the Iran-Contra affair. Scandals of the Ronald Reagan administration. A. Air traffic controllers' strike of 1981. B. 1983 Beirut barracks bombings · Bitburg controversy · Robert Bork ... to the most damaging episode of Reagan's eight-year presidency. Key words: Ronald Reagan, colon cancer, 25th Amendment, surgery, stress, anesthesia, Iran-Contra ... Trump also became the nation's first president (sitting or past) to be indicted on federal charges. He was momentarily placed in the custody of ... As president, Reagan continued in this vein, opposing affirmative action and busing programs while fighting to save tax exemptions for racially ...