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FDR - Domestic
FDR starting sending "a record" amount of bills to Congress, to help stabalize the economy. This was his response to the Great Depression. -
FDR - Legislative
National Industrial Recovery Act was signed at this time, to help economic recovery, and to establsih a national public works program.
President: ? and Congress: ? -
FDR - Foreign
He gave The Presidential Address to Congress of December 8, 1941 (better known as "the Infamy Speech"). This was the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. In this speech he declared war on Japan, which offically put the U.S. in world war ii.
President: 83% -
FDR - Controversial
FDR issued & signed Executive Order 9066 at this time. It lead to Japanese Americans being relocated to internment camps.
President: 78% and Congress: ? -
Ronald Reagan - Domestic
The Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 was signed into law on this day.
President: 59% & Congress: -
Ronald Reagan - Legislative
Signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. This made it unlawful to knowingly hire or recruit illegal immigrants, among other things. President: 62% Congress: -
Ronald Reagan - Controversy
Reagan appeared on national television (from the Oval Office) to discuss the Iran Contra Affair Scandal (arms-for-hostages).
President: 47% Congress: -
Ronald Reagan - Foreign
He signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, to eliminate Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles. in the U.S. & Soviet Union.
President: 61% & Congress: -
Bill Clinton - Legislation
Passed by Bill Clinton, this policy prohibited discrimination and harrassment of lesbian, gay, and bisexual service memebers. Also barred openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual's from trying to serve in the military.
President: 58% and Congress: 27% -
Bill Clinton - Foreign
Bill Clinton issued $20 billion in emergency loans to Mexico (after the sudden decrease in value of the peso), in order to help stabalize the financial market of the country. Three years ahead of schedule, Mexico repaid the loans with interest. U.S. taxpayers made a net gain of nearly $580 million from the loan.
President: 48% and Congress: 35% -
Bill Clinton - Domestic
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act was signed into law by Bill Cinton, in order to "end welfare as we have come to know it".
President: 52% and Congress: 32% -
Bill Clinton - Controversial
The day that the Monica Lewinsky scandal & allegations hit mainstream news. Five days later he gave his White House press conference about the Monica Lewinsky scandal & allegations. He famously denied the claims.
President: 65% and Congress: 42% -
George W. Bush - Legislation
No Child Left Behind Act: A law created by Bush that was made to help get almost all children in America up to decent educational standards. President: 82% and Congress: 47% -
George W. Bush - Foreign
Bush started/got involved in a (non-declared) war. This was to end terrorist attacks against the U.S. His approval rating 2003: 70% Congress's approval rating: 35% -
George W. Bush - Domestic
He signed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 into law. Prohibit's a procedure known as "partial-birth abortion."
President: 53%
Congress: 37% -
George W. Bush - Controversial
Many people felt as though Bush didn't do enough to help the victims of Hurrican Katrina.
President: 45% & 52% -
Barack Obama - Legislative
President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law. Many of the states, organizations, and people, have filed actions challenging the constitutionality of this act.
President Approval: 47% and Congress Approval: 24% -
Barack Obama - Controversial
Some people believed that President Obama isn't a natural-born citizen of the United States, therefore he is not eligible to be President. This had been an issue since 2009, but it started to reach its climax at this point.
President Approval: 45% and Congress Approval: 18% -
Barack Obama - Foreign
President Obama declared Osama Bin Laden dead, it was late on May 1st, so it'd be May 2 in some parts of the world.
President Approval: 52% and Congress Approval: None for 5/1-5/2 but for May 5th: 22% -
Barack Obama - Domestic
On this day, many reports were released stating that the unemployment rate for January (the previous month), had fallen to 8.3%. That's the lowest it had been in nearly 3 years.
President: 47% and Congress: 10%
