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Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… he can use his advocacy to force other important actors to deal with this particular issue. There may have been another … proactive than the reticent category. I think [Franklin] Roosevelt, despite his reputation, was a very reticent … they go through the ’72 election. And then, now there’s a new Nixon proposal with a new Secretary of HEW [Health, …
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… corruption, and presidential whims. President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal vastly increased the pace of this … the commissioners and therefore they could remove them, Roosevelt reasoned. Yet the act creating the FTC explicitly …
President Trump has defied political norms established to protect federal agencies from partisan interference
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… modern president has dwelled in the shadow of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s extraordinary beginning amid the worst economic … modern president has dwelled in the shadow of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s extraordinary beginning amid the worst economic … the business-friendly Wall Street Journal , because “the new administration in Washington has superbly risen to the …
Every modern president has dwelled in the shadow of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s extraordinary beginning amid the worst economic crisis in the nation’s history.
Presidential Biographies
… then a young lawyer, to run for mayor of Buffalo, New York. He agreed and won the Democratic nomination and the … any of it. During his second term, Cleveland also had to deal with the most severe depression the nation had ever …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… was [Chris] Matthews. Knott Right, right. Beer There’s a new one. I’m a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center … term I prefer, and Ted said, and coming from [Franklin] Roosevelt. I think that the person to compare him with on …
Presidential Biographies
… President Johnson's administration also extended the New Deal of Franklin Roosevelt, including aid to education, Headstart, Medicare, …
Presidential Biographies
… fellow Texan Sam Rayburn, held a meeting with Franklin Roosevelt's campaign manager, and they reached an agreement … denied that the arrangement was the product of political deal-making. Garner commented that the vice presidency "might …
Oral History Interviews
| Gerald Ford Project… be doing that. If you count up how many people you need to deal with 535 people, all of whom think they are important, … Connor Compared to the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Truman, and Roosevelt administrations—no. Brent Scowcroft But I think … the beginning, but the end of it where he’s got these five new ways to solve the problems of the world. It seems to me …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… Free Trade Agreement, Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, New Market and Community Renewal initiative, Monica Lewinsky … Rostenkowski, we had just had 12 years of experience of dealing with the President of the other party—I might add, … and you just wonder, is he ready for prime time? The new administration versus the folks on the Hill, the White …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; terrorism cases; the September 11 (9/11) terrorist … and International Relations at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Mukasey Michael Mukasey. I’m a former …
Presidential Biographies
… for President. He had won primaries in California, Oregon, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Maryland. Among … victory since Woodrow Wilson in 1916. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the governor of New York and the man who had twice …
Presidential Biographies
… be president, it took all his political skill and a good deal of luck to garner the Democratic presidential nomination … on corporate campaign contributions, tariff reductions, new and stronger antitrust laws, banking and currency reform, … and the independence of the Philippines. Unlike Theodore Roosevelt's call for the strict government regulation of …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… I then came back to Washington—I wrote the book in New Haven as a senior fellow at the law school—and started a … Flemming, who had served Presidents from [Franklin D.] Roosevelt on, and who had a long career in public service and … that was devoted to FDR [Franklin Roosevelt] and the New Deal. We thought about government in those days as a …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… Al From discusses his vision for the New Democrats and his pre-Clinton years leading the DLC.. … since April when we last met. From There’s been a whole new administration in. Riley Exactly. Do you mean in …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… it had been in the Great Society, and with [Franklin D.] Roosevelt and the New Deal. The Senator was really the voice that led that …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… companies. One of the companies we worked with was New York Life, which is one of only four or five large life … they’re relational types, they’re joiners. They’re used to dealing with people. Tell them what’s on your mind. Tell them … was some encouragement and some sanction, and a great deal of new HMOs were formed. Kaiser itself, with very minor …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… be giving out awards for distinguished accomplishment in dealing with these issues. I had to write Ted’s speech to … happening that you always have to incorporate something new into it. Finally, I got into the pattern of never writing … invest political capital in issues, which they can then deal with effectively. Many people don’t understand this, …
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… formal government structures, however well intended, could deal effectively with every contingency. The Framers’ lived … Depression and then the Second World War, Franklin D. Roosevelt ran a command economy. For a time, he shut down the … George Washington and the Forging of the Presidency (New York: Encounter, 2013), 147. 2. Abraham Lincoln, “Address …
Russell Riley describes when U.S. presidents have modified institutional practices to address emergencies.
Presidential Biographies
… College in 1890. Colby earned a law degree from the New York Law School in 1892, the same year he was admitted to … of the Republican national convention to support Theodore Roosevelt's bid for the presidency under the banner of the …
Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… Chief of Staff John Sununu recalls the 1988 New Hampshire presidential primary, President Bush’s respect … he was running for President against Ronald Reagan. In New Hampshire everybody meets everybody running for President …