The Obama Administration: Tutorial
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Part B
The table below lists several roles of the federal government. In the first column, examples of how these roles were filled
during the Reagan administration are provided. For the second column, select examples of how each role was expanded
or contracted under the Obama administration.
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Health Care
Environment
Taxes
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Reagan Administration
Cut expenditures for Medicaid and maternal and child
health programs.
Cut funding for the EPA. Added 10 million acres to the
National Wilderness Preservation System.
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Simplified the tax code (Tax Reform Act of 1986), reduced
tax rates, and removed several tax breaks.
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Obama Administration
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