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Search results for "In 1935, five of President Franklin Roosevelt's executive orders were overturned. Who had the power to do this"

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Donald Trump stated on June 12, 2017 in a Cabinet meeting:
Rare is the president "who's passed more legislation, who's done more things than what we've done, between the executive orders and the job-killing regulations that have been terminated."
By Louis Jacobson• June 13, 2017
Barack Obama stated on September 21, 2009 in interview on "Late Night with David Letterman":
"FDR was called a socialist and a communist."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 22, 2009
Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2017 in a speech in Kenosha, Wis.:
"No administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days."
By Louis Jacobson• April 24, 2017
Barack Obama stated on December 13, 2010 in a television interview:
"When Social Security was passed, there were all kinds of lawsuits," just as there have been in the legal battle over the new health care law.
By Louis Jacobson• December 15, 2010
Newt Gingrich stated on December 02, 2016 in a radio interview.:
"We adopted the modern Social Security system at a time when the average person died before they were old enough to get Social Security."
By Warren Fiske• December 12, 2016
George Will stated on February 09, 2014 in a roundtable discussion on "Fox News Sunday":
"Social Security was advocated … in the 1930s as a way of getting people to quit working, because they thought we were confined to a permanent scarcity of jobs in this country."
By Louis Jacobson• February 11, 2014
Charles Rangel stated on April 04, 2011 in an interview on the Fox Business network:
"Franklin Roosevelt (was) the last president to come to the Congress to ask for permission to engage into war."
By Louis Jacobson• April 5, 2011
Glenn Beck stated on February 16, 2010 in comments on his television show:
"When Social Security started, age expectancy for the average man was 58. It was 62 -- 62 for women."
By Alex Holt• March 8, 2010
James Clyburn stated on September 06, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:
When Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid were created, "Republicans stood on the sidelines"
By Louis Jacobson• September 7, 2012
George Will stated on July 18, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week:
Democrats in the 1930s wanted President Franklin Roosevelt "to be more conservative."
By Louis Jacobson• July 22, 2010
Hillary Clinton stated on October 10, 2007 in a town hall meeting in Derry, N.H.:
"The estate tax, which came into being by Republicans like Teddy Roosevelt and others ... is there for a real simple reason: In America, we've never liked the idea of massive inherited wealth."
By John Frank• December 18, 2007
Ted Cruz stated on March 06, 2014 in a speech at the CPAC conference:
Says President Barack Obama "is the first president we've ever had who thinks he can choose which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore."
By Louis Jacobson• March 10, 2014
Facebook posts stated on February 16, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"The Texas power grid is not part of the US power grid because they wanted to avoid federal regulation.”
By Noah Y. Kim• February 18, 2021
Chain email stated on February 02, 2014 in a chain email forwarded by readers:
Says President Barack Obama has issued upwards of 1,000 executive orders, more than any modern president.
By Steve Contorno• February 6, 2014
Russ Feingold stated on October 07, 2016 in a debate:
Social Security "was basically invented" at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; "that's where Franklin Roosevelt got the idea."
By Jonathan Anderson• December 16, 2016
Scott Walker stated on July 29, 2013 in a speech:
Says President Franklin Delano Roosevelt "felt there wasn’t a need in the public sector to have collective bargaining because the government is the people."
By Dave Umhoefer• August 14, 2013
Bill Clinton stated on June 29, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"I had the lowest net worth of any American president in the 20th century when I took office."
By Katie Sanders• June 29, 2014
Chuck Grassley stated on June 03, 2013 in a news release:
Says President Barack Obama is trying to "pack" the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
By Louis Jacobson• June 5, 2013
Howard Dean stated on August 25, 2009 in an interview on the Rachel Maddow Show:
"All the really great programs in American history, Social Security, was done without Republicans. Medicare was done without Republican support until the last vote where they realized they had to get on board."
By Catharine Richert• August 28, 2009
Barack Obama stated on December 07, 2010 in a press conference:
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt started Social Security, "it only affected widows and orphans," and when Medicare began, "it was a small program."
By Louis Jacobson• December 8, 2010

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