The Legacy of Ronald Reagan A Journey of Accomplishments

The Constitution provides only minimal guidance as to what the president is expected to do or exactly how the president may exercise his or her powers. For ... Reagan was uplifted by the nation's historic faith and optimism. Roots of America's faith-based optimism were planted by a small band of ... Reagan enacted cuts in domestic discretionary spending, cut taxes, and increased military spending contributed to increased federal outlays overall, even after ... Reagan engineered a significant increase in U.S. defense spending designed to modernize existing forces and achieve technological advances the Soviet Union ... His efforts paid off. In August 1981, President Reagan signed the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, which brought reductions in individual income tax rates, ... During his campaign for the White House, Reagan asked the voters not only whether they were better off but also whether the nation was stronger ... Joseph R. Biden, Jr. · Donald J. Trump · Barack Obama · George W. Bush · William J. Clinton · George H.W. Bush · Ronald Reagan · Jimmy Carter. Ford, a Republican, ran for the presidency in 1976 but was defeated by Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. Carter went on to be defeated by Ronald Reagan ... Some other modern presidents — Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Bill ... Carter was the first president born in a hospital. But the ... Labor Unions: A Ronald Reagan accomplishment that has gone on to shape policy was his approach to labor unions that were operating outside of ...