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==United States Senate==
==United States Senate==
Bailey missed a quarter of all roll call votes during his tenure in the Senate.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/josiah_bailey/401051 Sen. Josiah Bailey]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved February 16, 2021.</ref>
Bailey missed a quarter of all roll call votes during his tenure in the Senate.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/josiah_bailey/401051 Sen. Josiah Bailey]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved February 16, 2021.</ref>
===Conservative Manifesto===
Being a fiscal conservative and supporter of [[free market economics]] in opposition to President Roosevelt's expansion of federal government powers, Bailey co-authored the [[Conservative Manifesto]], which consisted of the following ten points:<ref>[https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/the-conservative-manifesto/ The Conservative Manifesto]. ''North Carolina History Project''. Retrieved February 16, 2021.</ref>
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# Immediate revision of taxes on capital gains and undistributed profits in order to free investment funds.
# Reduced expenditures to achieve a balanced budget, and thus, to still fears deterring business expansion.
# An end to coercion and violence in relations between capital and labor.
# Opposition to “unnecessary” government competition with private enterprise.
# Recognition that private investment and enterprise require a reasonable profit.
# Safeguarding the collateral upon which credit rests.
# Reduction of taxes, or if this proved impossible at the moment, firm assurance of no further increases.
# Maintenance of state rights, home rule, and local self-government, except where proved definitely inadequate.
# Economical and non-political relief to unemployed with maximum local responsibility.
# Reliance upon the American form of government and the American system of enterprise.}}
==Quotes==
==Quotes==