In November President Roosevelt's policies face a nation-wide test. The "mid term" elections take-place in which the whole of the House of Representatives and one third of the Senate must be chosen, It has frequently happened in the past that owing to a popular reaction against his policies a President has found that during the last two years of his occupancy of the White House the legislative branch of the Government is in control of the opposite party. The result is a complete deadlock. The President can only carry out those policies with which the opposition agree.
The Republicans, sensing that the President's popularity is waning, ave strengthening their battle lines for the coming struggle. -They have no hope of securing an outright majority, but they are hoping to increase their membership to such an extent that together with the votes of discontented Democrats they will be able to exercise controlling influence upon legislation.
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