Good Reasons to be a Democrat

  • 1914 Clayton Antitrust Act
  • 1914 Smith–Lever Act (Agricultural Extension Service)
  • 1919 Woman’s Suffrage (Amendment 19)
  • 1933 Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
  • 1933 Soil Conservation Service
  • 1934 Securities Exchange Act
  • 1934 Federal Housing Administration
  • 1935 National Labor Relations Act
  • 1935 Social Security Act
  • 1936 Rural Electrification Act
  • 1942 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • 1944 G. I. Bill
  • 1946 Full Employment Act
  • 1946 National School Lunch Act
  • 1947 Marshall Plan
  • 1948 NATO
  • 1950 40-hour workweek
  • 1961 Peace Corps Act
  • 1963 Clean Air Act
  • 1964 Civil Rights Act
  • 1964 Volunteers in Service to America Act (VISTA)
  • 1965 Head Start Program
  • 1965 Higher Educations Act (Student Loan Program)
  • 1965 Medicaid
  • 1965 Medicare
  • 1965 Voting Rights Act
  • 1967 Age Discrimination in Employment Act
  • 1972 Clean Water Act
  • 1981 Older Workers Benefit Protection Act
  • 1993 AmeriCorps
  • 1993 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
  • 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act
  • 1993 Motor Voter Law (National Voter Registration Act)
  • 1994 Violent Crime and Law Enforcement Act
  • 2007 Fair Minimum Wage Act
  • 2009 Credit Card Act
  • 2009 Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act
  • 2009 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
  • 2010 Affordable Care Act