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The Republican Party came out strongly against the New Deal programs of the 1930s, arguing that "big government" threatened to become tyrannical. [48] American entry into World War II was debated between isolationists and interventionists from the onset of conflict in the European theatre in 1939 until the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. [49]
The House rejected a Republican bill to avoid a government shutdown after President-elect Donald Trump, billionaire Elon Musk and the far-right blew up an earlier, bipartisan deal.
The bill failed by a 174-235-1 vote with 38 Republicans voting against it. Johnson blamed Democrats for the bill's failure. MORE: Trump threatens government shutdown unless debt limit demand met ...
Not all Republicans support abortion restrictions and the human life amendment. Though anti-abortion planks have been part of the party platform since 1976, [60] [failed verification] before 1988 there was little difference between Republicans and other voters regarding abortion, and in 2015, 40 percent of Republicans supported legal abortion. [61]
A significant number of House Republicans joined with almost all Democrats to vote it down, kicking off a tumultuous 24 hours on Capitol Hill where Congress appeared headed toward a shutdown.
Republicans claim the bill is necessary to defend against voter fraud, despite no history of meaningful levels of fraud in the state. [184] During debate over the bill, Republican state senator Jim Carlin stated that "Most of us in my caucus and the Republican caucus believe the 2020 presidential election was stolen". [31]
Before the vote, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer praised the work of the Senate in passing this bill. "Tonight the Senate delivers good news for America: there will be no government shutdown right ...
The Republican Party still dominated and the interest groups and voting blocs were unchanged, but the central domestic issues changed to government regulation of railroads and large corporations ("trusts"), the protective tariff, the role of labor unions, child labor, the need for a new banking system, corruption in party politics, primary ...