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B0S0X87 Donating Member (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 11:18 PM
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Greatest bill passed by Congress in the 20th century?
I was thinking about this earlier today, and I narrowed it down to these three:

1. Clean Air Act- According to various studies, it has saved billions of dollars in health costs, not to mention making everything cleaner.
2. Civil Rights Act of 1964- made enormous strides in ending segregation and discrimination.
3. Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction- Has destroyed over 6,000 nuclear warheads and made Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan nuclear weapons free. Has done a lot for the spirit of cooperation with other countries.

What would get your votes?
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amandabeech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-05 12:33 AM
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1. Social Security Act
Has made life much easier for many, many seniors, widows, orphans and the disabled.

Honorable Mention:

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Securities Act of 1933 and Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-05 01:24 AM
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2. I agree it was far reaching.
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cindyw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-05 01:47 AM
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3. Votes for women, civil rights act
These are the bills that affected freedom at its core.

after this would the new deal bills and the family Leave Act.
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ProudDad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-05 02:22 AM
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4. Amendment XXII
shrub can't run again...
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