President Bush’s Accomplishments
After 9/11 President Bush united all Americans as one country
with leadership that made us all feel secure. He did not rush
to vengeance, but planned with the help of prayer and great
advisors.
November: Risked his life to serve Thanksgiving dinner to the
servicemen in harm’s way
50 million people who had lived under tyrannical regimes now
live in freedom in Afghanistan and Iraq
Banned Partial Birth Abortion
Killed the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty
Killed U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court
Killed previous administration’s CO2 rules that were
choking off all of the electricity surplus to California.
Killed rules OSHA’s was about to implement; rules that
would have shut down every home business in America.
Killed the U.S. - CCCP ABM Treaty that was preventing the U.S.
from deploying our ABM defenses
Has CONSTRUCTION in process on the first ten ABM silos in Alaska
so that America has a defense against North Korean nukes
Pushed through THREE raises for our military.
Increased Defense Dept funding which had deteriorated during
the previous 8 years
Stopped foreign aid that would be used to fund abortions.
Supported and upheld the ban on abortions at military hospitals
Signed E.O. reversing Clinton's policy of not requiring parental
consent for abortions under the Medical Privacy Act
Signed TWO bills into law that arm our pilots with handguns
in the cockpit
Currently pushing for full immunity from lawsuits for our national
gun manufacturers
Ordered Attorney-General Ashcroft to formally notify the Supreme
Court that the OFFICIAL U.S. government position on the 2nd
Amendment is that it supports INDIVIDUAL rights to own firearms,
NOT a leftist-imagined *collective* right
Told the United Nations we weren't interested in their plans
for gun control (i.e. the International Ban on Small Arms Trafficking
Treaty)
Executed a WAR ON TERROR by getting world-wide cooperation
to track funds/terrorists (has cut off much of the terrorist's
funding and captured or killed many key leaders of the al Qaeda
network)
Brought back our EP-3 intel plane and crew from China without
any bribes or bloodshed
Started withdrawing our troops from Bosnia and has announced
withdrawal of our troops from Germany and the Korean DMZ.
Signed the LARGEST nuclear arms reduction in world history
with Russia
Initiated comprehensive review of our military, which was completed
just prior to 9/11/01, accurately reported that ASYMMETRICAL
WARFARE was critical.
Changed the tone in the White House, restoring HONOR and DIGNITY
to the Presidency
Reorganized bureaucracy...after 9/11, condensed 20+ overlapping
agencies and their intelligence sectors into one agency: the
Department of Homeland Security.
Initiated discussion on privatizing Social Security and individual
investment accounts.
Improving govt. efficiency with .8 million jobs put up for bid...weakening
unions and cutting undeserved pay raises. Wants merit based
promotions/raises only.
Orchestrated Republican control of the White House, the House
AND the Senate.
Killed the liberal ABA's role in vetting federal judges for
Congress.
GWB signed an executive order enforcing the Supreme Court's
Beck decision (re: union dues being used for political campaigns
against individual's wishes)
Turned around an inherited economy that was in recession.
Created 3,000,000 new jobs.
Passed tough new laws to hold corporate criminals to account
as a result of corporate scandals.
Signed 2 income tax cuts ---- 1 of which was the largest Dollar
value tax cut in world history. Reduced taxes on dividends and
capital gains
In process of eliminating IRS marriage penalty.
Increased small business incentives to expand and to hire new
people
Signed into law the No Child Left Behind legislation delivering
the most dramatic education reforms in a generation (challenging
the soft bigotry of low expectations)
Reorganized the INS in an attempt to safeguard the borders
and ports of America and to eliminate bureaucratic redundancies
and lack of accountability.
Signed trade promotion authority
Committed US funds to purchase medicine for millions of men
and women and children now suffering with AIDS in Africa
Passed Medicare Reform (authorized $39.5 Billion per year for
preventive medicine such as drugs and doctor visits as well
as included a ten year Privatization option)
Urging federal liability reform to eliminate frivolous lawsuits
Supports class action reform bill which limits lawyer fees
so that more settlement money goes to victims
Submitted comprehensive Energy Plan--awaits Congressional action
(works to develop cleaner technology, produce more natural gas
here at home, make America less dependent on foreign sources
of energy, improve national grid, etc.)
Endorses and promotes The Responsibility Era ("In a compassionate
society, people respect one another and take responsibility
for the decisions they make in life. My hope is to change the
culture from one that has said, if it feels good, do it; if
you've got a problem, blame somebody else -- to one in which
every single American understands that he or she are responsible
for the decisions that you make; you're responsible for loving
your children with all your heart and all your soul; you're
responsible for being involved with the quality of the education
of your children; you're responsible for making sure the community
in which you live is safe; you're responsible for loving your
neighbor, just like you would like to be loved yourself. "
-----this quote was too good to leave out)
Started the USA Freedom Corps
Initiated review of all federal agencies with a goal to eliminate
federal jobs (completed September 2003) in an effort to reduce
the size of federal gov while increasing private sector jobs.
Part of coalition (Russia, Israel, EU, Palestine, USA) for
Israeli/Palestinian "Roadmap to Peace"
Challenged the United Nations to live up to their responsibilities
and not become The League of Nations ( in other words, completely
irrelevant)
Nominated strong, conservative judges to the judiciary.
Changed parts of the Forestry Management Act to allow necessary
clean-up of the national forests in order to reduce fire danger.
As part of the national forests clean-up, the President restricted
judicial challenges (based on the Endangered Species Act and
other challenges) and removed the need for an EIS (Environmental
Impact Statement) before removing fuels/logging to reduce fire
danger.
Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered
crops.
President Bush signed the workplace verification bill to prevent
hiring of illegal Aliens
S. 1685, the Basic Pilot Extension Act of 2003, was signed
by President Bush on December 3, 2003.
It extends for five years the workplace employment eligibility
authorization pilot programs created in 1996. It expands the
pilot programs from the original five states to all 50 states.