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President John F. Kennedy succeeded in passing many measures, some of them after his death.

Kennedy's economic stimulus program passed:

  1. The addition of a temporary thirteen-week supplement to jobless benefits,
  2. The extension of aid to the children of unemployed workers,
  3. The redevelopment of distressed areas,
  4. An increase in Social Security payments and the encouragement of earlier retirement,
  5. An increase in the minimum wage and an extension in coverage,
  6. The provision of emergency relief to feed grain farmers, and
  7. The financing of a comprehensive home building and slum clearance program.

Tax Reform included:
  1. new investment tax credit
  2. cut in corporate tax rates
  3. cut in tax rates for the poor

Civil Rights bill
The Educational Television Facilities Act
The Health Professions Educational Assistance Act
The Vocational Education Act
Funded the Space Program

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