MAJOR DEMOCRAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS 1933-present
Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933-1945
Civilian Conservation Corps
Public Works Admin. and
Works Progress Administration
Unemployment Relief Act
National Industrial Recovery Act
National Housing Act
Federal Communications Act
National Labor Relations Act
Fair Labor Standards Act
(min.wage & max. hour laws)
G I "Bill of Rights"
Social Security Act
Tennessee Valley (Power) Authority
Rural Electrification Act
Harry S. Truman 1945-1953
Full Employment Act
Permanent School Lunch program
Integration of the Armed Forces
Veterans Emergency Housing Act
Public Health Service Act
National Housing Act
Marshall Plan
John F. Kennedy 1961-1963
Peace Corps
Aid to Dependent Children program
Small Business Investment Act
Establishment of Arms Control
and Disarmament Agency
Consumer drug protection laws
Equal Pay Act
Manpower Development and Retraining Act
Clean Air Act
Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act
Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1968
College and Vocational Education Act
Civil Rights Act
Voting Rights Act
Mass Transportation Act
Omnibus Poverty Act: { Office of Economic Opportunity, VISTA, Job Corps, and Public Assistance programs }
War on Poverty
Head Start (for pre-school children)
Land Conservation Fund
Permanent Food Stamp Program
Appalachia Regional Development Act
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Higher Education Act
Older Americans Act { Medicare & Medicaid }
Law Enforcement Assistance Act
Immigration Reform Act
Freedom of Information Law
Fair Housing Act
Housing and Urban Development
{ low-income housing }
Clean Water Restoration Act
Coal Mine Health and Safety Act
Child Protection and Toy Safety Acts
Jimmy Carter 1977-1981
Federal Ethics Code
Civil Service Reform
Creation of Superfund
{ for cleanup of toxic waste }
Secretary of Health Joseph Califano
{ fights tobacco health threat }
97th through 101st congress (1984-1992)
Voting Rights Act extension
Highway and Mass Transit Funding bill
Civil Rights Restoration Act
Head Start expanded
Americans with Disabilities Act
William Jefferson Clinton (1993-2000)
Major tax increase on the wealthy
to fight tremendous deficits left
by the 12 Reagan and Bush years.
Family Medical Leave Act
Attempt to extend and/or improve
health insurance coverage for
millions of Americans
Restoration of democracy to Haiti
Restoration of peace to Bosnia
Promotion of peace in South Africa
Promotion of peace in Northern Ireland
Promotion of peace in Israel & Palestine
Increase in minimum wage
Promotion of spending on inner-city schools
Opposition to abolition of safety net for the poor
Protection of Social Security & Medicare
Promotion of justice for victims of racism
Protection of children from tobacco industry
Constantly frustrated efforts to
enact thorough campaign finance
Appointment of many minorities and
women to major cabinet positions,
Federal judgeships, etc., etc.,
Resolution of long-standing
black farmers' discrimination issues
Leadership Role in NATO's campaign
to stop the "ethnic cleansing" of the
people of Kosovo.
Major efforts to challenge the
dangerous proliferation of guns in America
