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The current Unemployment Insurance (UI)Program in the United States was established August 14, 1935 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security bill which contained provisions for UI.This was key in establishing UI in the US. #WhyIVoteDemocrat #DemHistory 4

The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 provided federal loans for the installation of electrical distribution systems to serve isolated rural areas of the US.The funding was channeled through cooperative electric power companies, most of which still exist today. #DemHistory

It took President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signing of the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938 for all workers to see limits on working hours -- initially 44 hours a week, then phased to 42 and eventually 40 by 1940. #DemHistory #WhyIVoteDemocrat #DemsWork4USA

The first federal minimum wage was first introduced by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1938. Minimum wage was set at 25 cents an hour, which works out to about $4 per hour in today’s money.
That minimum wage was introduced as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)#DemHistory

Before overtime regulations were introduced in 1938, working hours were often exceedingly long and brutal for the average American worker. #DemHistory #OvertimeLaw #WhyIVoteDemocrat #LaborMovement

Blue-collar employees in industrial settings often worked 10-16 hours a day - many employers took advantage of high poverty rates to force their employees to work around the clock just to earn enough money to keep food on the table. #WhyIVoteDemocrat #DemHistory

In 1938, following years of depression and economic hardship across the country, president Franklin D. Roosevelt made good on his campaign promise to protect American workers with a sweeping new labor standards law called the FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act). #DemHistory

In addition to creating the Minimum Wage and labor safety regulations, the FLSA introduced overtime regulations guaranteeing all non-exempt workers time-and-a-half pay for all hours worked exceeding 40 per week. #DemHistory #WhyIVoteDemocrat #DemsWork4USA

On June 22, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, better known as the G.I. Bill, in order to help soldiers secure stability as they returned to civilian life. #DemHistory #WhyIVoteDemocrat #GIBill

The National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions.The program was established under the National School Lunch Act, signed by President Harry Truman in 1946 #DemHistory

The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program, channeled over $13 billion to finance the economic recovery of Europe between 1948 and 1951/The plan is named for Secretary of State George C. Marshall, who announced it on June 5, 1947. #DemHistory #WhyIVoteDemocrat

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the US,Canada & several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the US entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere #DemHistory

On September 22, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed congressional legislation creating a permanent Peace Corps that would “promote world peace and friendship” through three goals: #DemHistory #WhyIVoteDemocrat #PeaceCorp

1)to help the peoples of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men & women;(2) to help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served;(3) to help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans.#DemHistory

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy began a dramatic expansion of the U.S. space program and committed the nation to the ambitious goal of landing a man on the moon by the end of the decade. If only he could have lived to see his vision realized. #DemHistory #WhyIVoteDemocrat

The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement. #DemHistory

The Civil Rights Act was first proposed by President John F. Kennedy, & survived strong opposition from southern members of Congress. It was then signed into law by Kennedy’s successor, Lyndon B. Johnson. #DemHistory #WhyIVoteDemocrat #CivilRightsAct

In July 1965, under the leadership of President Lyndon Johnson, Congress enacted Medicare under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide health insurance to people age 65 and older, regardless of income or medical history. #DemHistory #WhyIVoteDemocrat

Authorized by Title XIX of the Social Security Act, Medicaid was signed into law in 1965 alongside Medicare. All states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories have Medicaid programs designed to provide health coverage for low-income people. #DemHistory #WhyIVoteDem

The Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed into law by Pres.Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state & local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution #DemHistory