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news and politics political issuesWhat was George HW Bush's domestic policy?
Taxes. President Bush won passage for two major tax cuts during his term in office: The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. Collectively, they became known, analyzed, and debated as the "Bush tax cuts".
Moreover, what domestic challenges did President George HW Bush's administration face?
In domestic affairs, Bush faced a large federal budget deficit that had grown to threefold since 1980. Despite having pledged not raise taxes, Bush agreed to a budget with the Democratic-controlled Congress that raised taxes and cut spending.
In respect to this, what was George HW Bush's New World Order?
The "New World Order" is precisely this: an international regime of unrelenting pressure and intimidation by the most powerful capitalist states against the weakest. Following the rise of Boris Yeltsin eclipsing Gorbachev and the election victory of Clinton over Bush, the term "new world order" fell from common usage.
George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 1924 – November 30, 2018) was an American politician and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993.