The extent to which ‘big government’ was reduced Flashcards
How many pages were removed from the Federal Register?
23,000 pages
How much had been saved due to a strike force being setup to combat government fraud and waste?
$2 billion
When was Reagan’s Executive order that deregulated oil and fuel prices?
28 January 1981
When did Reagan pass an Executive Order that stopped wage and price regulation?
29 January 1981
When was the President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency setup through his Executive orders?
26 March 1981
When was the Presidential Advisory Committee on Federalism setup?
8 April 1981
When was the Bus Regulatory Reform Act?
20 September 1982
When was the Garn St Germain Depository Institution Act that deregulated the Savings and Loans Institutions?
15 October 1982
When was the Shipping Act that loosened regulations on US and foreign shipping?
20 March 1984
When was the Cable Communications Act that deregulated cable communications?
30 October 1984
When was the Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act that allowed people to work with various trucking companies?
22 October 1986
When was the Foreign Trade and Competitiveness Act that allowed the President to make trade treaties to benefit the USA?
23 August 1988
When was the Competitive Equality in Banking Act that was used to provide money for failing Savings and Loans Institutions?
1987
By 1988, how much was lost by the Savings and Loans Institutions?
$10 billion
How much was the cost of George Bush’s Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA) in 1989?
$150 billlion
