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===Tenure===

===Tenure===

While initially backing some of Roosevelt's [[liberal]] [[New Deal]], McCarran later began to break from the president. He opposed FDR's deeply unpopular [[court packing]] scheme after hearing from constituents in his state, and opposed the Second New Deal for being too left-wing.

While initially backing some of Roosevelt's [[liberal]] [[New Deal]] that benefited [[labor unions]], McCarran later began to break from the president. He opposed FDR's deeply unpopular [[court packing]] scheme after hearing from constituents in his state, and opposed the Second New Deal for being too left-wing.

McCarran's record on [[civil rights]] is somewhat mixed; while he supported Truman's Army desegregation, he also appointed staunch [[segregation]]ist/white supremacist [[James Eastland]], a fellow friend in the Senate, to chair the Senate subcommittee on civil rights despite being warned against the decision.<ref name="Nevada Trivia">[https://nevadatrivia.com/nevada-history/pat-mccarran/ Pat McCarran]. ''Nevada Trivia''. Retrieved February 27, 2021.</ref>

McCarran's record on [[civil rights]] is somewhat mixed; while he supported Truman's Army desegregation, he also appointed staunch [[segregation]]ist/white supremacist [[James Eastland]], a fellow friend in the Senate, to chair the Senate subcommittee on civil rights despite being warned against the decision.<ref name="Nevada Trivia">[https://nevadatrivia.com/nevada-history/pat-mccarran/ Pat McCarran]. ''Nevada Trivia''. Retrieved February 27, 2021.</ref>