| Economic/Reform Agenda | President of the United States | Info |
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| Stabilized the banking and auto industries with public intervention, signed a massive fiscal stimulus and a universal health care law, and promoted economic reforms and gay rights. | |
| Expanded New Deal programs such as Social Security and public housing, desegregated the military, and proposed a single-payer health insurance system. | |
| Brought anti-trust lawsuits against over 80 corporations, including U.S. Steel, and expanded the regulatory power of the Interstate Commerce Commission. | |
| Continued his predecessor's expansion of Great Society-era public spending and anti-inflation controls, established special education, and supported the Equal Rights Amendment. | |
| Regulated industry with safety and consumer protection laws such as the Pure Food and Drug Act, supported conservation, and proposed national health insurance. | |
| Dramatically increased spending on the welfare state, signed a slew of environmental laws, instituted wage and price controls to fight inflation, and supported legalized abortion. | |
| Initiated massive public works programs like the WPA, reshaped the financial system, supported unions, established a welfare state, and directly controlled the wartime economy. | |
| Increased funding for eduction and welfare, established affirmative action, and proposed legislation ending segregation and providing public health care for the elderly and poor. | |
| Established the Federal Reserve system, created a federal income tax, extended suffrage to women, and strengthened anti-trust laws with the Clayton Anti-trust Act. | |
| Continued to expand welfare programs from the New Deal era, and launched the Interstate Highway System. | |
| Signed the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act, created Medicare and Medicaid, expanded federal aid for education, declared war on poverty, and advanced environmental issues. | |
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