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The Johnson administration submitted 87 bills to Congress. He signed 84 of them. A 96% success rate.

Here's what they built in just 5 years and 2 months.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Medicare

Medicaid

Head Start

Job Corps

Food Stamps

Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

Higher Education Act of 1965

Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Fair Housing Act of 1968

National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Humanities

He appointed Robert Weaver as the first Black cabinet member and Thurgood Marshall as the first Black Supreme Court justice.

When Johnson took office, 22% of Americans lived below the poverty line. When he left, it was 12.6%.

That legislation still exists. The other side is still trying to tear it down sixty years later.

America Needs a Good Johnson
Dec 23
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