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Other early New Deal programs which received some support from conservative Republicans included 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 October 16, 2021.</ref> However, many quickly came to reject the increasing [[liberalism]], bureaucracy, and totalitarianism of the programs, and the opposition solidified during the era of the Second New Deal.

Other early New Deal programs which received some support from conservative Republicans included 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 October 16, 2021.</ref> However, many quickly came to reject the increasing [[liberalism]], bureaucracy, and totalitarianism of the programs, and the opposition solidified during the era of the Second New Deal.

Examples of Old Right figures who symbolized fierce opposition towards the New Deal included U.S. senator [[Frederick Hale]] of [[Maine]], who disapproved of such programs even more frequently than his colleague [[Wallace H. White]].<ref>Fascinating Politics (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 October 16, 2021.</ref> Hale particularly voted against the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (known as the Wagner Act),<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 October 16, 2021.</ref> as well as the [[Social Security]] Act.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/74-1/s82 TO PASS H.R. 7260.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved October 16, 2021.</ref>

Examples of Old Right figures who symbolized fierce opposition towards the New Deal included U.S. senator [[Frederick Hale]] of [[Maine]], who disapproved of such programs even more frequently than his colleague [[Wallace H. White]].<ref>Fascinating Politics (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 October 16, 2021.</ref> Hale particularly voted against the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (known as the Wagner Act),<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 October 16, 2021.</ref> as well as the [[Social Security]] Act.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/74-1/s82 TO PASS H.R. 7260.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved October 16, 2021.</ref>

The political power of the Old Right solidified in the wake of the 1937 [[court packing]] scheme. President Roosevelt, irritated over rulings by the [[United States Supreme Court]] striking down key [[New Deal]] legislation, sought to increase the number of total justices on the Court by introducing the Judiciary Procedures Reform Bill of 1937 so he could appoint stalwart allies of his liberal agenda.

The political power of the Old Right solidified in the wake of the 1937 [[court packing]] scheme. President Roosevelt, irritated over rulings by the [[United States Supreme Court]] striking down key [[New Deal]] legislation, sought to increase the number of total justices on the Court by introducing the Judiciary Procedures Reform Bill of 1937 so he could appoint stalwart allies of his liberal agenda.