New Deal
noun
: the legislative and administrative program of President F. D. Roosevelt designed to promote economic recovery and social reform during the 1930s
also
: the period of this program
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Likewise, during the economic expansion post-WWII, American politics were dominated by liberal Democrats still operating within the ethos of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, including the GI Bill by which a generation of Americans attended college.
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Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
The Roosevelt administration abandoned moratoria as an approach to housing and farm problems in favor of the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, regarded by some as the most successful of New Deal programs.
—George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2025
This race will determine whether Boston goes down the progressive path of bike lanes and professional women’s soccer and the Green New Deal for another four years.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 29 May 2025
Eisenhower didn’t dismantle the New Deal bureaucracy or take hard-line measures against the Soviets.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
The Roosevelt administration abandoned moratoria as an approach to housing and farm problems in favor of the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, regarded by some as the most successful of New Deal programs.
—George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2025
This race will determine whether Boston goes down the progressive path of bike lanes and professional women’s soccer and the Green New Deal for another four years.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 29 May 2025
Eisenhower didn’t dismantle the New Deal bureaucracy or take hard-line measures against the Soviets.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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“New Deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New%20Deal. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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