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Taft was re-elected again in 1944 and in 1950, after high-profile contests battling the labor unions in an industrial state. He continued to grow in power after the GOP swept the elections of 1946, though he left foreign policy to his colleague Sen. [[Arthur Vandenberg]].

Taft was re-elected again in 1944 and in 1950, after high-profile contests battling the labor unions in an industrial state. He continued to grow in power after the GOP swept the elections of 1946, though he left foreign policy to his colleague Sen. [[Arthur Vandenberg]].

Moving a bit to the left in the late 1940s, he supported federal aid to education (which did not pass). He cosponsored the Taft-Wagner-Ellender Housing Act to subsidize public housing in inner cities. Government, he argued in 1946, should "give to all a minimum standard of living," including sufficient education to give "to all children a fair opportunity to get a start in life."<ref>Taft, ''Papers'' 3:111</ref>

Moving a bit to the left in the late 1940s, he supported federal aid to education (which did not pass). He cosponsored the Taft-Wagner-Ellender Housing Act to subsidize public housing in inner cities. Government, he argued in 1946, should "give to all a minimum standard of living," including sufficient education to give "to all children a fair opportunity to get a start in life."<ref>Taft, ''Papers'' 3:111</ref>