GEORGE W. BUSH'S DOMESTIC AGENDA: 2001 TO THE PRESENT

After being appointed President by five justices on the Supreme Court, Bush was forced to pay back corporate interest groups which helped hand him the keys to the White House. He called for an era of bipartisanship, but he quickly moved to implement conservative changes and to reward corporate special interest groups. He broke his promise of bringing bipartisanship to Capitol Hill. In his first 100 days, Bush paid back the far right of the GOP with conservative appointments and legislation. He lobbied for a tax cut to benefit the nation's elite; he declared war on the environment; and he stopped funding to international organizations that offered abortion as a viable option. And in less than 100 days, the President rekindled the Cold War, provoking allies as well as adversaries within the global community. But his unilateral attempt to govern the country backfired on May 24, 2001, when Senator Jim Jeffords bolted the GOP party. Bush was taught a lesson.

1. Stumbling out of the Gate
2. Bush's Conservative Appointments
3. A Conservative Agenda
4. An Economy for the Wealthy
5. An Assault on the Environment
6. The Energy Crisis and Enron's Collapse
7. Social Security - Health Care - Welfare
8. Unprepared for Hurrican Katrina
9. Fighting Labor
10. The Education President
11. Fund-Raising and Campaign Finance Reform
12. Bush's Pro-Life Agenda
13. The Pentagon
14. In Bed with the NRA
15. Senator Jim Jeffreys' Defection
16. The Immigration Dilemma
17. The Conservative Media Protect Bush
18. Dick Cheney: The Shot Heard around the World
19. Corruption in the Nation's Capitol
20. Bush and the Christian Right
21. Bush and the Judicial System
22. The 2004 Presidential Election
23. Psychoanalyzing George W. Bush
24. 2006 Mid-Terms: The Fall of the House of Bush