conservative coalition in Congress

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The conservative coalition in Congress was an alliance of mostly Republican and Southern Democratic lawmakers that worked together from the late 1930s onward to block or weaken liberal and New Deal-style legislation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political coalition ⓘ
voting bloc ⓘ
aim to block liberal legislation ⓘ
to weaken New Deal-style legislation ⓘ
areaOfActivity civil rights policy ⓘ
economic policy ⓘ
labor policy ⓘ
social welfare policy ⓘ
characteristic bipartisan in composition but conservative in ideology ⓘ
composedMostlyOf Republican lawmakers ⓘ
Southern Democratic lawmakers ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
declineFactors civil rights realignment ⓘ
party realignment in the South ⓘ
rise of ideological polarization between parties ⓘ
hadStrongBaseIn rural districts ⓘ
the South ⓘ
historicalContext post-New Deal era of U.S. politics ⓘ
ideology conservatism ⓘ
fiscal conservatism ⓘ
social conservatism ⓘ
influenced congressional committee decisions ⓘ
domestic policy of the United States ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
natureOfOrganization informal alliance rather than formal party ⓘ
notableOpponents New Deal liberals ⓘ
liberal Democrats ⓘ
opposed Fair Deal ⓘ
Great Society programs ⓘ
linked to: Great Society

New Deal ⓘ
positionOnCivilRights often opposed civil rights legislation ⓘ
positionOnFederalPower favored limited federal government ⓘ
positionOnLaborPolicy anti-union ⓘ
positionOnRegulation opposed extensive economic regulation ⓘ
positionOnSpending favored reduced federal spending ⓘ
positionOnTaxes favored low taxes ⓘ
positionOnWelfareState opposed expansion of welfare programs ⓘ
significantPeriod 1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
startTime late 1930s ⓘ
supported Taft–Hartley Act ⓘ
typicalPartyAlignment Republicans and Southern Democrats voting together ⓘ
usedInstrument committee chairmanships ⓘ
cross-party voting ⓘ
filibuster ⓘ
votingPattern frequent cross-party alliances on key roll-call votes ⓘ
weakenedDuring 1970s ⓘ

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New Deal coalition → opposedBy → conservative coalition in Congress ⓘ