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The term New Frontier was used by liberal, Democratic〔McElrath, Jessica. ''The Everything John F. Kennedy Book: Relive the History, Romance, and Tragedy of America’s Camelot''〕 presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in his acceptance speech in the 1960 United States presidential election to the Democratic National Convention at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as the Democratic slogan to inspire America to support him. The phrase developed into a label for his administration's domestic and foreign programs.
In the words of Robert D. Marcus: "Kennedy entered office with ambitions to eradicate poverty and to raise America’s eyes to the stars through the space program."〔Marcus, Robert D. ''A Brief History of the United States since 1945''〕
Amongst the legislation passed by Congress during the Kennedy Administration, unemployment benefits were expanded, aid was provided to cities to improve housing and transportation, funds were allocated to continue the construction of a national highway system started under Eisenhower, a water pollution control act was passed to protect the country’s rivers and streams, and an agricultural act to raise farmers’ incomes was made law.〔Dallek, Robert. ''An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917–1963''〕 A significant amount of anti-poverty legislation was passed by Congress, including increases in social security benefits and in the minimum wage, several housing bills, and aid to economically distressed areas. A few antirecession public works packages,〔 together with a number of measures designed to assist farmers,〔Nordin, Dennis Sven; Scott, Roy Vernon. ''From Prairie Farmer to Entrepreneur: The Transformation of Midwestern Agriculture''〕 were introduced. Major expansions and improvements were made in Social Security (including retirement at 62 for men), hospital construction, library services, family farm assistance and reclamation.〔Sorensen, Theodore C. ''Kennedy''〕 Food stamps for low-income Americans were reintroduced, food distribution to the poor was increased, and there was an expansion in school milk and school lunch distribution. The most comprehensive farm legislation since 1938 was carried out, with expansions in rural electrification, soil conservation, crop insurance, farm credit, and marketing orders. In September 1961, the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency was established as the focal point in government for the “planning, negotiation, and execution of international disarmament and arms control agreements.”〔Seaborg, Glenn Theodore; Loeb, Benjamin S. ''Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Test Ban''〕 Altogether, the New Frontier witnessed the passage of a broad range of important social and economic reforms.〔http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/Ready-Reference/Legislative-Summary-Main-Page/Labor.aspx〕
According to Theodore White, under John F. Kennedy, more new legislation was actually approved and passed into law than at any other time since the Thirties.〔White, Theodore Harold. ''The Making of the President, 1964''〕 When Congress recessed in the latter part of 1961, 33 out of 53 bills that Kennedy had submitted to Congress were enacted. A year later, 40 out of 54 bills that the Kennedy Administration had proposed were passed by Congress, and in 1963 35 out of 58 “must” bills were enacted. As noted by Larry O’Brien, "A myth had arisen that he () was uninterested in Congress, or that he “failed” with Congress. The facts, I believe, are otherwise. Kennedy’s legislative record in 1961–63 was the best of any President since Roosevelt’s first term."〔Bernstein, Irving. ''Promises Kept: John F.Kennedy's New Frontier''〕
==Legislation and programs==
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