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 of America
surface form: 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
surface form: Great Society programs

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