Franklin D. Roosevelt Administrations - Roosevelt and Congress
Roosevelt and Congress
Roosevelt presided over an administration that included the Seventy-third through the Seventy-ninth Congresses. During that entire period Congress was dominated by the Democratic Party; however, the party was not a monolithic organization. Southerners tended to be conservative and there was a limit to their willingness to support liberal legislation.
Until 1937 the majority party in Congress supported practically everything Roosevelt proposed. As time went on, however, conservatives in both parties became increasingly uneasy as New Deal programs became more and more intrusive, as even greater regulations were imposed upon business, and as ever higher taxes seemed to be in the offing. By 1938 a loose coalition had formed that was powerful enough to obstruct virtually all of the president's efforts, and it is generally agreed that at that time the creative phase of the New Deal came to an end. As a result...
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