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1963 John F. Kennedy

WEBThere is no dispute that President John F. Kennedy's passion and pleas to combat "the abandonment of the mentally ill and the mentally retarded to the grim mercy …

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1973 Richard Nixon

WEBPresident Nixon, in his 1973 annual address to congress, put this into the context of the greater war on drugs, what he called "public enemy number one". "No …

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1954 Dwight D. Eisenhower

WEBPresident Eisenhower understood the need to improve the health care system in America, and he knew that if something wasn't done soon, Americans would …

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1963 John F. Kennedy

WEBPresident Kennedy asked U.S. citizens all around the nation to use their right as a citizen to petition the government to pass a Medicare bill. Eight months later, …

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State of the Union History: 1974 Richard Nixon

WEBIn 1974, President Nixon announced his Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan. This plan would include employer mandated healthcare, and provide healthcare …

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1966 Lyndon B. Johnson

WEBBy 1952, smallpox was eliminated in North America and in Europe a year later, and in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson was ready to join the World Health …

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State of the Union History: 1994 Bill Clinton

WEBNine years ago, I did my first State of the Union History blog post on George Washington and the creation of a well-regulated Militia. Washington wrote, “To be prepared for war is …

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1949 Harry S. Truman

WEBDuring his presidency, Harry S. Truman fought hard to raise this minimum wage and make it effective for a greater portion of the labor force. Finally, at midnight on …

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1998 Bill Clinton

WEBIn President Clinton's 1998 State of the Union address, Clinton boasted that under General McCaffrey's leadership, drug use in America was on the decline. He also …

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1994 Bill Clinton

WEBUltimately, "three strikes" laws were struck down by the Supreme court and gutted. In 2015, former President Bill Clinton admitted that he made the system worse. …

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1981 Ronald Reagan

WEBFederal regulations over a 40 year period from 1980 to 2012 caused a reduction in our economy by 25%. But, in 1981, President Ronald Reagan did not need …

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