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After a failed bid for the [[United States House of Representatives]] in the [[1930 Midterm Elections|1930 midterms]] during the Republican primary,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=559948 IL District 16-R Primary Race - Apr 08, 1930]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 19, 2021.</ref> Dirksen was successful the second time around in the 1932 election.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262658 IL District 16 Race - Nov 08, 1932]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 19, 2021.</ref> He would be re-elected seven times in the position.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=7377 Candidate - Everett McKinley Dirksen]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 19, 2021.</ref>

After a failed bid for the [[United States House of Representatives]] in the [[1930 Midterm Elections|1930 midterms]] during the Republican primary,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=559948 IL District 16-R Primary Race - Apr 08, 1930]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 19, 2021.</ref> Dirksen was successful the second time around in the 1932 election.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262658 IL District 16 Race - Nov 08, 1932]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 19, 2021.</ref> He would be re-elected seven times in the position.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=7377 Candidate - Everett McKinley Dirksen]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 19, 2021.</ref>

Dirksen initially supported some [[New Deal]] programs,<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> voting for the [[Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933]]<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/73-1/h7 TO PASS H.R. 3835 (P.L. 10) TO RELIEVE THE EXISTING NATIONAL ECONOMIC EMERGENCY BY INCREASING AGRICULTURAL PURCHASING POWER, TO RAISE REVENUE FOR EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES INCURRED BY REASON OF SUCH EMERGENCY, TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY RELIEF WITH RESPECT TO AGRICULTURAL INDEBTEDNESS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORDERLY LIQUIDATION OF JOINT-STOCK LAND, BANKS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 19, 2021.</ref> as well as the [[National Industrial Recovery Act]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/73-1/h44 TO PASS H.R. 5755.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 19, 2021.</ref> However, he later increasingly broke from President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] when recognizing that the initiatives fell short on the goal of economic recovery, asserting:

Dirksen initially supported some [[New Deal]] programs,<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/><ref name=encyclopedia.com/> including the [[Civilian Conservation Corps]], [[Social Security]], the [[Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933]]<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/73-1/h7 TO PASS H.R. 3835 (P.L. 10) TO RELIEVE THE EXISTING NATIONAL ECONOMIC EMERGENCY BY INCREASING AGRICULTURAL PURCHASING POWER, TO RAISE REVENUE FOR EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES INCURRED BY REASON OF SUCH EMERGENCY, TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY RELIEF WITH RESPECT TO AGRICULTURAL INDEBTEDNESS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORDERLY LIQUIDATION OF JOINT-STOCK LAND, BANKS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 19, 2021.</ref> as well as the [[National Industrial Recovery Act]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/73-1/h44 TO PASS H.R. 5755.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 19, 2021.</ref> However, he later increasingly broke from President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] when recognizing that the initiatives fell short on the goal of economic recovery, asserting:

{{cquote|Will the American system of living, which rests upon the morals of individualism, become the victim of a pious collectivism and will freedom be just a word or a way of life?}}

{{cquote|Will the American system of living, which rests upon the morals of individualism, become the victim of a pious collectivism and will freedom be just a word or a way of life?}}