GLASS-STEAGALL BANKING ACT PUBLIC WORKS

GLASS-STEAGALL BANKING ACT
OF 1933: CREATES THE FDIC
PROTECTING OUR BANK DEPOSITS.
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964:
OUTLAWS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
AMERICA’S MINORITIES.
PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION
OF 1933: ENABLES THE
CONSTRUCTION OF DAMS, BRIDGES,
HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS.
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT OF 1965:
PROVIDES HEALTH CARE TO
SENIORS AND LOW-INCOME
AMERICANS THROUGH MEDICARE
AND MEDICAID.
THE RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
ADMINISTRATION (REA):
ESTABLISHES A POWER GRID
FOR AMERICA.
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
OF 1990. INTRODUCED BY IOWA
SENATOR TOM HARKIN. PROHIBITS
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THOSE
WHO ARE DISABLED AND MANDATES
ACCESSIBILITY UPGRADES TO
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT OF 1935:
CREATES A FINANCIAL SAFETY NET
FOR OUR SENIOR CITIZENS.
LILLY LEDBETTER FAIR PAY ACT OF
2009: DETERS DISCRIMINATORY PAY
PRACTICES AGAINST AMERICA’S
WORKERS REGARDLESS OF
GENDER.
AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT
ACTS OF 1933 AND 1938: CREATE
SUBSIDY PROGRAMS FOR THE
WORLD’S GREATEST FARMERS.
FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF
1938: ESTABLISHES MAXIMUM
HOURS AND MINIMUM WAGES FOR
AMERICA’S PRODUCTIVE WORKERS.
AMERICAN REINVESTMENT AND
RECOVERY ACT OF 2009, PROVIDES
STIMULUS FUNDS THAT KEEPS
AMERICA FROM ANOTHER GREAT
DEPRESSION.
G. I. BILL OF 1944: PROVIDES FOR
THE EDUCATION OF THOUSANDS OF
AMERICA’S BRAVE VETERANS.
NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT OF
1946: ESTABLISHES LUNCH
PROGRAMS FOR AMERICA’S
SCHOOL CHILDREN.
PEACE CORPS ACT OF 1961: ENABLES DEDICATED
VOLUNTEERS FROM AMERICA TO HELP
IMPOVERISHED CITIZENS
IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947:
CREATES THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.
NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY OF 1963: KEEPS
AMERICA AND THE WORLD SAFE FROM RADIOACTIVE
FALLOUT.
PATIENT PROTECTION AND
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT OF 2010:
REFORMS AMERICA’S HEALTH
INSURANCE INDUSTRY, ENDS
DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES
AGAINST THOSE WITH PRE-EXISTING
CONDITIONS AND REFORMS
MEDICARE PART D.
AND BIN LADEN IS DEAD!