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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More recently, McConnell led GOP messaging on the Green New Deal and Democratic climate policies, forcing a floor vote on Sen. Ed Markey's resolution in 2019.
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Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
Presidents often push limits — FDR’s New Deal, for example — and voters in this last election wanted change.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Feb. 2025
Additionally, Trump’s executive order to stop the spend-down of the Inflation Reduction Action, a significant element of the Green New Deal (or, as Trump styles it, the Green New Scam), will halt federal investment in green technology deployment.
—Michaela Rychetska and Aissa Dearing, JSTOR Daily, 13 Feb. 2025
Enacted in 1946 on the heels of the New Deal's expansion of governmental administration, the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) became both the foundation and a guardrail for all regulatory actions coming from the executive branch.
—Christina Gatti, NPR, 8 Feb. 2025
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Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
Presidents often push limits — FDR’s New Deal, for example — and voters in this last election wanted change.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Feb. 2025
Additionally, Trump’s executive order to stop the spend-down of the Inflation Reduction Action, a significant element of the Green New Deal (or, as Trump styles it, the Green New Scam), will halt federal investment in green technology deployment.
—Michaela Rychetska and Aissa Dearing, JSTOR Daily, 13 Feb. 2025
Enacted in 1946 on the heels of the New Deal's expansion of governmental administration, the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) became both the foundation and a guardrail for all regulatory actions coming from the executive branch.
—Christina Gatti, NPR, 8 Feb. 2025
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“New Deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New%20Deal. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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