"The real end of the New Deal period took place in the Congressional election of November, 1938, when some eighty odd liberal and middle-of- the-road members of the House were replaced by members much more conservative than they were. But, actually, the New Deal was defeated by the coalition of northern Republicans and southern Democrats that took place in Congress in 1937. The strength of this coalition was strikingly demonstrated in the Revenue Act of 1938, in which the principle of taxation based upon the ability to pay, as enacted in the Revenue Acts of 1935 and 1936, were largely scuttled without the matter even being permitted to come to a vote on the floor of either house of Congress."
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Amlie, Thomas R., Let’s look at the record (1950), p.49. Note: This excerpt from the aforementioned study examines how the Conservative Coalition already flexed its muscles in frustrating the New Deal even before it took control of Congress following the Congressional election of November 1938.
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