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George W. Bush
George W. Bush was the 43rd president of the United States, and he served two terms. He is the son of the 41st president, George H. W. Bush. Some events during George W. Bush's terms were the September 11th attacks, the beginning of the global War on Terrorism, and Hurricane Katrina.
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Some people believe George Bush is smart and others don't, so debate about his intelligence could probably go on forever. Whatever we believe about his intelligence (or lack of), truly dumb people are not likely to become President of the United States.
What was the Federal Deficit when President Bush left office?
"Reagan proved deficits don't matter," Vice President Cheney said in 2002 when pushing for a fresh round of tax cuts. With this attitude in hand, Bush passed on a budgetary nightmare to his successor. Bush came into office with an advantage few presidents have enjoyed -- a $230 billion surplus. But due to a $1.35 trillion tax cut in 2001, a $1.5 trillion tax cut in 2003, and a massive defense buildup through the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, Bush quickly blew through that surplus. The next president will "inherit a fiscal meltdown," Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) warned in February 2008, as the Bush administration projected a budget deficit of $400 billion. After the financial crisis emerged last fall and the ensuing bailouts, Bush's budget deficit ballooned to over $1 trillion.
Who did George Bush run against the second term?
In 1984, George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan ran against Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferrero. Reagan would be re-elected, and Bush would serve a second term as Vice President.
In 1992, George H. W. Bush ran against Bill Clinton for a second term as President. Clinton would win, becoming the 42nd President.
In 1998, George W. Bush ran against Garry Mauro for a second term as Governor of Texas, winning.
In 2004, George W. Bush ran against John Kerry for a second term as President. Bush would win and serve 4 more years.
How many times did democrats filibuster during Bush administration?
According to the Senate Historical Office, since the president took office, there have been a record number of filibusters; Republicans in the senate united to block nearly every major proposal that the Obama administration made, rather than letting such proposals receive an up-or-down vote on the floor of the senate, as used to be the custom. By some counts, there have been more than one hundred filibusters since 2009 (counting the refusal to confirm judges, that number rises even further); these filibusters included bills or proposals that Republicans previously had supported.
Among the bills Republicans filibustered were:
H.R. 12 - Paycheck Fairness Act
H.R. 448 -- Elder Abuse Victims Act
H.R. 466 - Wounded Veteran Job Security Act
H.R. 515 - Radioactive Import Deterrence Act
H.R. 549 -- National Bombing Prevention Act
H.R. 577 - Vision Care for Kids Act
H.R. 626 - Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act
H.R. 1029 - Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act
H.R. 1168 -- Veterans Retraining Act
H.R. 1171 - Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Reauthorization
H.R. 1293 -- Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act
H.R. 1429 -- Stop AIDS in Prison Act
H.R.5281 -- DREAM Act
S.3985 -- Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act
S.3816 -- Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act
S.3369 -- DISCLOSE Act, A bill to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities
S.2237 -- Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act
S.2343 -- Stop the Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act
S.1660 -- American Jobs Act of 2011
S.3457 -- Veterans Jobs Corps Act
For a complete list of all the filibusters and efforts to over-ride them, I enclose a link to the U.S. Senate's website.
He is married to Jessica Dougie who is extremely in love with him. They live in a mansion and are rich
Who was the president before George Bush?
Bill Clinton was the President of the US before George W. Bush.
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What did President Obama say he wanted to do when he was first elected as president?
Energy/fossil fuels: President Obama listed several important goals related to cleaner fuels, improved pollution, and lower energy costs. He explained America's need for energy conservation and alternative energy. Barack Obama supported a 10 year plan to eliminate America's addiction to foreign oil by building alternative fuel industries using windmills, solar cells, hydro power and other sources besides burning fuels to generate electricity. This will take years to implement, but in the long term we will be independent from foreign oil suppliers that have America under their control.
Jobs/Improved foreign relations: In addition, such a large program would create tens or hundreds of thousands of new jobs for Americans such as R&D jobs, engineering jobs, manufacturing jobs, etc. putting more Americans into higher paying jobs and especially jobs making things. America's saved auto manufacturers have already begun building the first of the new breed of electric cars such as the Volt. Imagine plugging your car into a regular electric outlet to recharge the batteries instead of going to the gas station (which is also supporting unstable foreign countries when we purchase fossil fuels from overseas)! He envisioned our living in a country where more people have good paying jobs to raise everybody's living standard.
Environmental issues/Global Warming/health: The President wanted citizens to benefit from the elimination of burning fossil fuels through the air quality improvement allowing us to breathe cleaner air and no longer live in a country dependent on unstable and Anti-American countries for our energy.
Affordable Health Care: He planned and enabled the passage of a bill to improve the availability of affordable health care for all citizens.
Economy: Another giant effort he had to undertake was to improve and stop the rapid decline of the US economy, fraud in the banking industry, and other Wall Street issues and crimes. This, by extension, would also help improve the world economy. Ever since Ronald Reagan took office, the Republican economic policies have been aimed toward cutting taxes on the upper income recipients and to Borrow-and-Spend. This has been called "Trickle Down Economics". Unlike the Democrats' Tax-and-Spend policy of going to the taxpayers and telling the taxpayers why the government needed more money, the Republican Party policy has been to go to our Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Venezuelan, and other foreign financiers and borrow the money to spend. Some people equate that to a Republican economic policy to just hope that they are out of office before the bills must be paid.
The American debt incurred by Republican administrations since Ronald Reagan's time, is over $10 Trillion dollars. That is more than $33,000.00 owed by every single man, woman, and child in America to our foreign financiers.
The only balanced budget (i.e. America lives within its means) since Ronald Reagan took office in 1980 was under Democratic President Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton's Administration was paying off the bills to foreign financiers that had been run up by Ronald Reagan's and the first President Bush's presidencies.
The Second President Bush (George W. Bush) inherited a balanced budget with a $128 billion surplus to pay towards America's debts to foreign financiers. After inheriting the balanced budget and surplus) from Democratic President Bill Clinton, George W. Bush increased America's debt from $5 Trillion to almost $11 Trillion. Leaving a huge debt again for the following administration (President Obama's). Barack Obama wanted to break this cycle and end the tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans to once again pay their fair share. Trickle down is proven to be an invalid economic plan providing only benefit to the extremely rich citizens.
President Bush lowered taxes on the richest Americans which meant that without the usual amount of tax revenue coming in while the Bush administration was still spending, the government had to borrow more foreign money just to run the government.
End wars and improve global relations: Barack Obama promised to end the war in Iraq. This has now been accomplished. Costs for combat operations in Iraq were $10.3 billion per month in fiscal year 2007, Over $1 Trillion per year can be eliminated from America's spending simply by ending the war in Iraq. Eliminating this cost alone would provide the majority of savings needed to allow Democrat Barack Obama to return the US Government to a balanced budget.
For a list of the many accomplished goals of the Obama Presidency, see the related question below about what he has done right in contributors' opinions.
What is George Bush doing today?
George H. W. Bush is retired and lives in Houston, TX with his wife. He was born June 12, 1924 and so will be 88 this June of 1912,
What President had the least formal education?
Andrew Johnson had the least formal education-- none at all. He never was a student in a school of any kind.
Who was george herbert walker bush married to?
His wife's name is Barbara Pierce Bush (b. June 8, 1925). She is the mother of ex-president George W. Bush. They were married on January 6,1945 in Rye, NY.
What is the name of George HW Bush's dad?
The father of President George W. Bush (43rd President) is President George H. W. Bush (41st President). His father was Senator Prescott Bush of Connecticut. ---- George H W Bush is really george H W Scherf. He is a german-born nazi. Sound unbelievable? I thought so too, until I started to research. He was adopted by Prescott and his wife and given a fake passport/name/birth date etc after being trained as a nazi along with Josef mengele, and others. Google-search it, you will see! Ever wonder why he looks nothing like the others?
How was George W. Bush the cause of the recession in 2008?
Not saying that George Bush's policies had absolutely no part in causing the recession of 2008; they may or may not have, but people always blame the one who is president at the time for any ills that happen in the country's economy. Actually, the causes of recessions are usually deeper than one president's policies. In order to understand the causes, research is often needed to find them, though it is easier to place blame on the president and let it go.
What is Predsident Bush's dog's name?
President George W. Bush had a Scottish terrier names Barney. Barney served as first dog for two terms with his master. He passed away this year after a lengthy illness.
How many years was George W. Bush jr in office?
George W. Bush served two four year terms as president of the United States therefor he was president for 8 years.
How old was George W. Bush when he became the president?
George H. W. Bush was 64 years old when he was sworn into office on January 20, 1989.
Why did George W. Bush get kicked out of office?
"W' was not kicked out of office. He served the maximum two terms allowed by law and and then left when his second term expired. If you are trying to ask why the Republicans lost the next election, see the related questions.
What is the purpose of Anti-trust laws?
The primary purposes of antitrust legislation are to protect small businesses and protect the competitiveness of U. S. markets. The laws are designed to break up monopolies and combinations of companies.
What does George Bush eat for breakfast?
George Bush likes a variety of breakfast foods but is often sighted eating pancakes with bacon. He has also eaten waffles with Barack Obama.
How much is george herbert walker bush worth?
Mr. Bush is worth about $25 million.
George Bush Sr.'s last net worth filing with the Federal Election Commission indicates he has a net worth of only $76 million. His Kennebunkport, Maine estate is worth about $8 million.
Did the National Debt increase when Bill Clinton was president?
No. Bill Clinton actually shrunk our national debt to almost nothing when he was president.
This is incorrect. The national debt increased every year of the Clinton administration. In no year did it go down.
What Clinton did is reduce the yearly DEFICIT, a couple of years. And even had a surplus budget in CONJUNCTION with a Republican controlled Congress. And that is good. But in no year was the surplus enough to offset the interest on the debt so the debt increased each year.
Is Barbara Pierce Bush daughter of GW Bush a lesbian?
No. Although she publicly supports same-sex marriage, she has never openly dated a woman, as opposed to several high-profile boyfriends.
What are negative things that George W. Bush did during his presidency?
He lied about Weapons of Mas Destruction (WMD) in Lybia and used 9/11 as a pretext for war on terrorists; " Operation Desert Storm." The truth was about US economic policy involving the oil industry. Protecting the American way of life at all costs was his true policy.
