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kpete

(71,991 posts) Mon Mar 19, 2012, 10:22 AM Mar 2012

GRAPH: The Most Conservative Congress EVER Recorded

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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/03/19/446680/most-conservative-congress/

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GRAPH: The Most Conservative Congress EVER Recorded (Original Post) kpete Mar 2012 OP

Wow. That red line really takes a sharp turn around 1975 and keeps going up. Skinner Mar 2012 #1

Huh? zipplewrath Mar 2012 #2

Actually, around 1980. Leftist Agitator Mar 2012 #3

That graph is Highly misleading. denem Mar 2012 #4

Skinner

(63,645 posts)

1. Wow. That red line really takes a sharp turn around 1975 and keeps going up.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 10:38 AM

Mar 2012

As for the Democrats, it would appear that this is the most liberal group of House Democrats since around 1920.

Interesting.

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)

2. Huh?

Reply to Skinner (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 10:45 AM

Mar 2012

Am I reading it wrong? The democrats appear to be about the same liberal scale as most of the '90s. More interesting, the Chamber was more liberal than during the '60s, and yet we couldn't get anything "new dealish" through the congress at all. Heck, we couldn't get Susan Warren in the cabinet. Would need to see this chart for the Senate I'd guess.

Leftist Agitator

(2,759 posts)

3. Actually, around 1980.

Reply to Skinner (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 11:37 AM

Mar 2012

St. Ronnie's destructive legacy is still fucking America to this very day... May that son of a bitch burn in hell for all eternity.

denem

(11,045 posts)

4. That graph is Highly misleading.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 02:49 PM

Mar 2012

It does not - not - take into account the changes in Republican and Democratic ideology.

To pin the previous conservative high in 1905 - the zenith of TR's presidency is simply ridiculous. By any standards, Teddy's administration was progressive and passed progressive legislation. Exactly how conservative was the House when it passed the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1908?

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