1980
18 verified events recorded in 1980.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-12-11 | Superfund Law Passes But Industry Successfully Builds In Weaknesses and Delays Jimmy Carter · Chemical Manufacturers Association · American Petroleum Institute · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1980-11-05 | Edward Seaga Defeats Michael Manley in Jamaica Election, Immediately Re-Engages IMF Structural Adjustment Edward Seaga · Michael Manley · International Monetary Fund · Jamaica Labour Party · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1980-11-04 | Ronald Reagan Elected President, Conservative Infrastructure Achieves Powell Memo Goals Ronald Reagan · Heritage Foundation · Paul Weyrich · Edwin Feulner · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1980-08-03 | Reagan Launches General Election Campaign with 'States' Rights' Speech Near Civil Rights Murder Site Ronald Reagan · Republican Party | confirmed | |
| 1980-07-01 | Carter Signs Motor Carrier Act, Completing Bipartisan Transportation Deregulation Jimmy Carter · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 1980-07-01 | Reagan Aide Edwin Meese Coordinates with Heritage on "Mandate for Leadership" Edwin Meese III · Ronald Reagan · Edwin Feulner · Heritage Foundation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1980-06-30 | Schlafly and Falwell Joint Rally Demonstrates Religious Right Coalition Unity Phyllis Schlafly · Jerry Falwell · Eagle Forum · Moral Majority · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1980-06-20 | Powell creates Central Hudson test expanding corporate commercial speech rights Lewis F. Powell Jr. · Supreme Court of the United States · Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation · New York Public Service Commission | confirmed | |
| 1980-04-21 | Mariel Boatlift Exposes Racist Double Standards as Cubans Welcomed While Haitians Detained Jimmy Carter · Fidel Castro · Cuban refugees · Haitian refugees · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1980-03-24 | U.S. Backs El Salvador Death Squad Government Through 12-Year Civil War Ronald Reagan · Roberto D'Aubuisson · Oscar Romero | confirmed | |
| 1980-03-17 | Refugee Act of 1980 Establishes Systematic Asylum Process, Becomes Target of Enforcement Capture Jimmy Carter · Edward Kennedy · U.S. Congress · United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1980-01-07 | Carter Signs Chrysler Bailout, Corporate Welfare Precedent Set Jimmy Carter · Lee Iacocca | confirmed | |
| 1980-01-01 | Banking Industry Launches Systematic Campaign to Erode Glass-Steagall Act Major commercial banks · Banking lobbyists · Federal regulators · Academic economists · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1980-01-01 | Black, Manafort & Stone lobbying firm founded, nicknamed 'Torturers' Lobby' Charlie Black · Paul Manafort · Roger Stone | confirmed | |
| 1980-01-01 | Charles Heatherly Produces "Mandate for Leadership" Outline, Assembling 300 Contributors Charles Heatherly · Edwin Feulner · Heritage Foundation | confirmed | |
| 1980-01-01 | Claim: Epstein and Maxwell Alleged Intelligence Operation (Unverified) Jeffrey Epstein · Ghislaine Maxwell · Robert Maxwell · Mossad · +3 | disputed | |
| 1980-01-01 | Corporate Political Mobilization Accelerates Following Powell Memo and Business Roundtable Formation Business Roundtable · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · National Association of Manufacturers · Lewis Powell · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1980-01-01 | NLRB Systemic Underfunding and Weak Enforcement Enables Corporate Union-Busting National Labor Relations Board · U.S. Congress · Corporate lobbying groups · Reagan administration | confirmed |