43rd presidency

George W. Bush

In office 2001–2009 Vice president Dick Cheney

Biography at the White House

George W. Bush
Documents on file
1,981
Years in office
8.0
Orders a year
36
Vetoes overridden
4 of 12
Nominations to the Senate
8,588

What they put their name to

Each opens the directory, filtered to this presidency.

  1. Executive orders Directions to the executive branch, signed and published in the Federal Register. 291 orders
  2. Proclamations Statements addressed to the country, from trade measures to days of observance. 939 proclamations
  3. Signing statements What was said about a bill at the moment of signing it, and which bill. 282 statements and remarks
  4. Vetoes Bills sent back to Congress, and what the chambers did about it. 12 vetoes
  5. All documents Everything on file, including the memoranda, determinations and notices. 1,981 documents

Published most recently

The last 10 documents of this presidency.

Kind Document Reference Issued
Proclamation National Day of Renewal And Reconciliation, 2009 E9-1677 January 20, 2009
Executive Order Granting Reciprocity on Excepted Service and Federal Contractor Employee Fitness and Reinvestigating Individuals in Positions of Public Trust E9-1574 January 16, 2009
Executive Order Establishment of a Temporary Organization To Facilitate United States Government Support for Afghanistan E9-1538 January 16, 2009
Proclamation To Suspend Entry As Immigrants And Nonimmigrants of Foreign Government Officials Responsible for Failing To Combat Trafficking In Persons E9-1529 January 16, 2009
Proclamation To Implement The United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement And for Other Purposes E9-1573 January 16, 2009
Memorandum Designation of Officers of the National Aeronautics And Space Administration To Act as Administrator E9-1539 January 16, 2009
Memorandum Designation of Officers to Act as President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation E9-1541 January 16, 2009
Determination Eligibility of the Southern African Development Community to Receive Defense Articles and Defense Services under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended, and the Arms Export Control Act, as Amended E9-2066 January 16, 2009
Determination Waiving the Prohibition on the Use of Economic Support Funds with Respect to Various Parties to the Rome Statute Establishing the International Criminal Court E9-2070 January 16, 2009
Proclamation Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 2009 E9-1526 January 15, 2009

Bills refused

The 10 most recent. All vetoes of this presidency.

Bill Title Override Vetoed
H.R. 6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 Overridden July 15, 2008
H.R. 6124 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 Overridden June 18, 2008
H.R. 2419 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 Overridden May 21, 2008
H.R. 2082 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 Override failed March 8, 2008
H.R. 1585 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 Not attempted December 28, 2007
H.R. 3963 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 Override failed December 12, 2007
H.R. 3043 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies… Override failed November 13, 2007
H.R. 1495 Water Resources Development Act of 2007 Overridden November 2, 2007
H.R. 976 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 Override failed October 3, 2007
S. 5 Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007 Not attempted June 20, 2007

Memoranda, determinations and notices make up the rest of the document total. Vetoes are counted from 1789, executive orders from 1937, signing statements from 1993, other documents from 1994 and nominations from 2001.