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President Bush's top priority in his second term was to end the insurgency in Iraq. He also announced an aggressive domestic policy agenda that included promoting energy production and allowing younger workers to divert part of their Social Security taxes into personal investment accounts, making permanent the $1.9 trillion tax cuts he won in his first term. Although he had several successes, including a revamping of bankruptcy laws, placing restrictions on class-action lawsuits, and proposing energy legislation, many of his other proposals, especially his plan to reform Social Security, faced stiff resistance from Democrats in Cong..