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US Senate Party Stength 1900-2010

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Year US Senate Party Stength 1900 26 53 8 1901 31 55 4 1902 31 55 4 1903 33 57 0 1904 33 57 0 1905 33 57 0 1906 33 57 0 1907 31 61 0 1908 31 61 0 1909 32 61 0 1910 32 61 0 1911 41 51 0 1912 41 51 0 1913 51 44 1 1914 51 44 1 1915 56 40 0 1916 56 40 0 1917 54 42 0 1918 54 42 0 1919 47 49 0 1920 47 49 0 1921 37 59 0 1922 37 59 0 1923 43 51 2 1924 43 51 2 1925 39 56 1 1926 39 56 1 1927 46 49 1 1928 46 49 1 1929 39 56 1 1930 39 56 1 1931 47 48 1 1932 48 47 1 1933 59 36 1 1934 60 35 1 1935 69 25 2 1936 69 25 2 1937 76 16 4 1938 76 16 4 1939 69 23 4 1940 69 23 4 1941 66 28 2 1942 66 28 2 1943 58 37 1 1944 58 37 1 1945 56 38 1 1946 56 38 1 1947 45 51 0 1948 45 51 0 1949 54 42 0 1950 54 42 0 1951 49 47 0 1952 49 47 0 1953 47 48 1 1954 47 48 1 1955 48 47 1 1956 48 47 1 1957 49 47 0 1958 49 47 0 1959 64 34 0 1960 64 34 0 1961 65 35 0 1962 65 35 0 1963 67 33 0 1964 67 33 0 1965 68 32 0 1966 68 32 0 1967 64 36 0 1968 64 36 0 1969 57 43 0 1970 57 43 0 1971 54 44 2 1972 54 44 2 1973 56 42 2 1974 56 42 2 1975 60 37 2 1976 60 37 2 1977 61 38 1 1978 61 38 1 1979 58 41 1 1980 58 41 1 1981 46 53 1 1982 46 53 1 1983 46 54 0 1984 46 54 0 1985 47 53 0 1986 47 53 0 1987 55 45 0 1988 55 45 0 1989 55 45 0 1990 55 45 0 1991 56 44 0 1992 56 44 0 1993 57 43 0 1994 57 43 0 1995 47 53 0 1996 47 53 0 1997 45 55 0 1998 45 55 0 1999 45 54 1 2000 45 54 1 2001 50 50 0 2002 50 49 1 2003 48 51 1 2004 48 51 1 2005 44 55 1 2006 44 55 1 2007 49 49 2 2008 49 49 2 2009 57 41 2 2010 57 41 2

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1929-1939: “A Decade that will live — in stupidity.”

Why Stuck on Stupid?

Seventy years ago the leaders of both US political parties turned away from the policies that had created an economic powerhouse we call the Roaring Twenties. For ten long years Americans suffered through wrenching economic dislocations: deflation, inflation, a four-year economic contraction, endless unemployment, mindless political experiments, and ruthless attacks on businessmen for political gain as their leaders stayed Stuck on Stupid.

Today, after a twenty-five year economic boom, Americans are once more faced with a political elite that wants to monkey with success. It wants to raise tax rates. It wants to restrict trade. It wants to increase government power.

It’s time to look back and remind ourselves how it came to be, starting in 1929, that America got itself Stuck on Stupid. Otherwise it could happen again.

 — Christopher Chantrill

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