Reply #36: nixon - clean air act, creation of epa, title 9 education act, water pollution control act amend- [View All]

[Hannah Bell]

ments, osha, ssi, consumer product safety commission, vigorous desegregation of southern schools (70% segregated to 18% = "the greatest school desegregator in American history"), endorsed the equal rights amendment, federal affirmative action, state parks.

Nixon also attempted to get his Comprehensive Health Insurance Act passed. "Nixon's plan would have mandated employers to purchase health insurance for their employees, and in addition provided a federal health plan, similar to Medicaid, that any American could join by paying on a sliding scale based on income."


sorry, i don't think obama has achieved as much as nixon did yet. nixon, ironically the "last liberal".