Changes

====FDR presidency====

====FDR presidency====

[[File:Hale, Goff, Carey, and La Follette 1930.png|thumb|left|320px|Hale (left) in 1930 with senatorial colleagues Guy D. Goff, Robert Carey, and Robert La Follette, Jr.]]

[[File:Hale, Goff, Carey, and La Follette 1930.png|thumb|right|320px|Hale (left) in 1930 with senatorial colleagues Guy D. Goff, Robert Carey, and Robert La Follette, Jr.]]

A fierce opponent of the [[liberal]] agenda during the presidency of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], Hale resisted [[New Deal]] programs<ref name=nytimes/> at an even greater frequency than his Maine senatorial colleague [[Wallace H. White]].<ref>FascinatingPolitics (September 23, 2018). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/09/23/how-the-northeast-became-democratic-part-iv-maine-sort-of/ How the Northeast Became Democratic, Part IV: Maine (Sort of)]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref> This includes his vote against the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act), which White supported.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/74-1/s66 TO PASS S. 1958, A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR SETTLEMENT OF LABOR DISPUTES.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref> Along with White in 1937, he was one of sixteen senators to vote against the confirmation of [[Klansman]] [[Hugo Black]] to the [[United States Supreme Court]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/s71 TO CONFIRM THE NOMINATION OF HUGO BLACK TO BE ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref>

A fierce opponent of the [[liberal]] agenda during the presidency of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], Hale resisted [[New Deal]] programs<ref name=nytimes/> at an even greater frequency than his Maine senatorial colleague [[Wallace H. White]].<ref>FascinatingPolitics (September 23, 2018). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/09/23/how-the-northeast-became-democratic-part-iv-maine-sort-of/ How the Northeast Became Democratic, Part IV: Maine (Sort of)]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref> This includes his vote against the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act), which White supported.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/74-1/s66 TO PASS S. 1958, A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR SETTLEMENT OF LABOR DISPUTES.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref> Along with White in 1937, he was one of sixteen senators to vote against the confirmation of [[Klansman]] [[Hugo Black]] to the [[United States Supreme Court]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/s71 TO CONFIRM THE NOMINATION OF HUGO BLACK TO BE ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref>