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43rd President
Born in New Haven, CT on July 6, 1946
full name is George Walker Bush -
Education
George got his education at Harvard business school in Fall 1973 and graduated in 1975 with an MBA degree. The only president to have an MBA degree. He also attended Yale, and davenport college. -
taxes
On November 5, 1990, Bush signed the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990. Among other provisions, this raised multiple taxes. The law increased the maximum individual income tax rate from 28 percent to 31 percent, and raised the individual alternative minimum tax rate from 21 percent to 24 percent. -
justice for farmers
during his administration, a long-simmering dispute between the USDA and black farmers came to a head.
in 1997 a group of black farmers sued the USDA, citing years of racial discrimination by the department, which denied black producers loans and other assistance and failed to act on their claims for years. The farmers prevailed in 1999, winning a $2.3 billion settlement from the government, the biggest in civil rights history. -
Agriculture International Trade
Jul 13, 2000
Issues - Agriculture International Trade With 96 percent of the world's population living outside of the United States, Bush recognizes that the future prosperity of America's farmers depends on expanding markets overseas. -
No child left behind act
George Bush signed into law the no child left behind act in Jan. 8, 2002. This act is a federal law that provides money for extra educational assistance for poor children in return for improvements in their academic progress. -
foreign policy
developments that occurred during Bush's presidency include the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, and the subsequent Global War On Terror. During his early 2002 State of the Union Address, Bush set forth what has become known as the Bush Doctrine, which held that the United States would implement a policy of preemptive military strikes against nations known to be harboring or aiding a terrorist organization hostile to the United States. -
Federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban
George signed on November 5, 2003, is a United States law prohibiting a form of late termination of pregnancy called "partial-birth abortion", referred to in medical literature as intact dilation and extraction. -
Health care system
President Bush Pursued Innovative Ways To Make Sure Our Health Care System Meets The Needs Of All Americans. He
improved the Nation's health care system by making it more affordable, transparent, portable, and efficient. -
George W Bush term as president
January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009
The presidency of George W. Bush began at noon EST on January 20, 2001, when George W. Bush was inaugurated as the 43rd president of the United States, and ended on January 20, 2009.
