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waterwatcher123

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11. This List is Really a Starting Place - Dems are Responsible for a Huge List of Civic Accomplishments

Reply to Just_Vote_Dem (Original post)

Wed Nov 19, 2025, 02:53 PM

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Sample Conservation and Environmental Accomplishments:

1972 Clean Water Act - Democratic Congress Over-rode Nixon Veto
1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response and Reclamation Act (Superfund) - President Carter
1980 Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) Established Most of Alaska's National Parks - President Carter
2013 Five New National Monuments Added to National Park Service System - President Obama
- Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument in Ohio
- First State National Monument in Delaware
- Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument in Maryland
- Río Grande del Norte National Monument in New Mexico
- San Juan Islands National Monument in Washington
(President Obama established 29 National Monuments in total)
2020-2024 Ten New National Monuments Established - President Biden
- Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante
- Avi Kwa Ame (Ah-VEE’ kwa-meh)
- Camp Hale – Continental Divide
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Democratic Party Accomplishments [View all] Just_Vote_Dem Wednesday OP

Nixon OSHA, EPA leftstreet Wednesday #1

to be fair -- starting with Reagan they tried to get rid of these both that were bipartisan issues JT45242 Wednesday #4

No doubt leftstreet Wednesday #5

"""Both sides""" will fight for you! W_HAMILTON Wednesday #7

lol stop leftstreet Wednesday #9

"... the aquaduct?" QueerDuck Wednesday #10

This is a good and non-exhaustive list but I would have added JT45242 Wednesday #2

Bush the First displacedvermoter Wednesday #3

Yeah that is a good one. When will the Maggots get rid of it or have they already? Hard to keep track. efhmc Wednesday #6

Did Democrats oppose it? W_HAMILTON Wednesday #8

This List is Really a Starting Place - Dems are Responsible for a Huge List of Civic Accomplishments waterwatcher123 Wednesday #11

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