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...on gave Nixon the opportunity to build what he called a "New Majority"-- a conservative coalition that augmented the traditional upper middle class Republican coalition with

...lection. The conservatives in Congress then formed a bipartisan informal [[Conservative Coalition]] of Republicans and southern Democrats. It largely controlled Congress fro

...n, James. ''Congressional Conservatism and the New Deal: The Growth of the Conservative Coalition in Congress, 1933-39'' (1967) * Shelley II, Mack C. ''The Permanent Majority: The Conservative Coalition in the United States Congress'' (1983)

...d by an alliance of Republicans and conservative Democrats, who formed a [[Conservative coalition]] that managed to block nearly all liberal legislation. (Only a minimum wag ...Fair Deal proposals, such as universal health care were defeated by the [[Conservative Coalition]] in Congress. His seizure of the steel industry was reversed by the Supre

...ltes was the leader of the radical democrats; Cimon the leader of the more conservative coalition in Athens and the champion of the aristocracy. In 465 BC the [[Helots]] rev

...gram. Almost nothing was passed by Congress, which was controlled by the [[Conservative Coalition]]. His seizure of the steel industry to prevent a strike was declared unco

...joined with Republicans led by Senator [[Robert A. Taft]] to create the [[conservative coalition]], which dominated domestic issues in Congress until 1964. ...1942 midterm elections. With wartime production creating prosperity, the [[Conservative coalition]] terminated most New Deal relief programs.

...t came 3% who named Roosevelt.) [Cantril and Strunk 561] As a result the [[Conservative coalition]] in Congress was able to pass anti-union legislation, leading to the [[Taf

...s highly contentious during the war, with a liberal Roosevelt battling a [[Conservative coalition|conservative Congress]]. Everyone agreed on the need for high taxes to pay Roosevelt easily won the bitterly contested 1940 election, but the [[Conservative coalition]] maintained a tight grip on Congress. In very light turnout in 1942 the Re

..., where the social democrat Labour Party was displaced by a conventionally conservative coalition.

...ed until he tried to pack the Supreme Court in 1937. Thereafter, the new [[Conservative coalition]] successfully ended New Deal expansion, and during World War II closed the ...ened in 1939, Republicans under Ohio Senator [[Robert A. Taft]] formed a [[Conservative coalition]] with Southern Democrats, virtually ending Roosevelt's ability to get his

...rs, especially Senator [[Richard Russell, Jr.]], patrician leader of the [[Conservative coalition]] and arguably the most powerful man in the Senate. Johnson proceeded to ga ...al elections of 1966 the Republicans gained 47 seats, reinvigorating the [[Conservative coalition]] and making it impossible for Johnson to pass any additional Great Society