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Positions (7)

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Cycle	Candidate	Issue	Position	Kind	Strength	Attribution	Ev.	Verdict
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Farm and home mortgage relief	Government assistance to keep home-owners and farm-owners from foreclosure	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Regulation of banks and securities	Separate investment banking from commercial banks; tighter national-bank supervision; faster payouts to depositors of closed banks	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Herbert Hoover	Regulation of banks and securities	Reform the banking laws; stop credit flowing to speculation; relieve depositors of closed banks	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	not_applicable
1932	Herbert Hoover	Farm and home mortgage relief	The Federal Home Loan Bank system to stop home foreclosures and finance new homes	defense_of_record	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Herbert Hoover	Regulation of banks and securities	The RFC and the 'shield of Government credit' saved 5,000 institutions and must continue — but no direct government lending to everyone	defense_of_record	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	not_applicable
1932	Herbert Hoover	Gold standard and currency basis	Hold the gold standard and the 'honest dollar'; no fiat money, no 'rubber dollar' price-fixing	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	not_applicable
1932	John Nance Garner	Regulation of banks and securities	RFC loans to individuals and corporations generally — 'the Government into personal banking' (the Rainey bill)	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	opponent_characterization	B	not_applicable