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Cut corporate and individual taxes to stimulate growth. Introduced a minimum standard deduction. Is still around today.
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Outlawed discrimination in public accommodations, housing, and jobs; increased federal power to prosecute civil rights abuses. Is still around today.
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Created Job Corps, VISTA, Project Head Start, and other programs to fight the "war on poverty". Also authorized the formation of the Community Action Agencies.
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Directed money to schools for textbooks, library materials, and special education.It has been the most far-reaching federal legislation affecting education ever passed by the United States Congress. Is still around today.
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Ended the practice of requiring voters to pass literacy tests and permitted the federal government to monitor voter registration. Is still around today.
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Funded scholarships and low-interest loans for college students. Is intended to "strengthen the educational resources of our colleges and universities and provide financial assistance for students in post secondary and higher education". Still around today.
