Round 7: Tossup 10

This politician claimed that a decade must be the time “when America pays its debt to the past” after proposing Reorganization Plan No. 3. This politician signed a bill with a ninth section that defines unlawful “taking” drafted by his appointee Russell E. Train. Congress failed to pass this politician’s proposal for universal basic income called the Family Assistance Plan. (15[1])This president’s administration temporarily banned offshore drilling in federal waters after the (*) Santa Barbara oil spill. After Martha Griffiths reintroduced it to Congress, this president endorsed the Equal Rights Amendment. (-5[1])The celebration of the first Earth Day inspired this president (-5[1])to form a new governmental (10[1])body. For 10 points, name this president who signed the Endangered Species Act and created the Environmental (10[1])Protection Agency. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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