How to Unbreak Congress, According to History

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : FDR's court plan seemed to augur a rubber stamp for expansive federal intervention in the Southern economy (what if minimum wages and federal jobs loosened the hold that Southern planters enjoyed over black and white tenant farmers?)
54% : and society (couldn't the same government that imposed a minimum wage also demand desegregation in jobs and public accommodations?).
53% : Not only did the House and Senate refuse to take up key New Frontier measures, like aid to public education and national health insurance.
51% : They were certainly able to pass routine appropriations bills and keep the gears of government in motion.
45% : Johnson skillfully channeled the nation's grief to launch a full-throated effort for civil rights and anti-poverty legislation.

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