Neither major party dominates Congress the way Democrats did during the New Deal era, for instance, with more than 70 seats in the Senate and a massive advantage in the House. HistoryAsItHappens podcast
Historian Michael Kazin, a distinguished scholar of the American left, says American politics are caught in"the long 1960s." For decades Congress has been unable to pass sweeping measures desired by the progressive left to fundamentally reform American capitalism. They simply don’t have the votes.
Why a partisan stalemate has endured since the 1960s is a complicated problem to unpack, but the answer leads to today’s congressional math. Throughout U.S. history, very few periods of one-party dominance have occurred, periods where great legislative activity was possible.This is a podcast for people who want to think historically about current events. Everything happening today comes from something, somewhere. The past shapes the present.
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History As It Happens: The long 1960sThe reason why Congress is unable to pass sweeping measures desired by the Left to fundamentally change American capitalism is simple. Democrats don’t have the votes. HistoryAsItHappens podcast
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