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The year 1935 was to be eventful. The results of the midterm and congressional elections held late the previous year clearly showed that the public was prepared to go yet further in implementing reform. Organized labor had been a major contributor to the Democratic Party's election success and expected to wield greater influence with the membership of the new, far more liberal Congress. None of this was lost on the president, who had become increasingly disappointed with the NIRA and the failure of his national labor policy. With some adroit maneuvering on the part of its sponsor and his allies, the Wagner bill was passed in the Senate and sent to the House of Representatives for its consideration. The president, perhaps sensing that any further opposition to the bill would prove futile, reversed his position in time to see and take credit...
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