<p>During the short session of Congress, Hoover proposed it would be helpful to both parties to carry out the disagreeable tasks of cutting expenditures and increasing taxes. Thus, Roosevelt could take charge with an unpopular job out of the way. Congress considered this action to be much in the nation's and Roosevelt's interest. For a few weeks, anyway. </p>

During the short session of Congress, Hoover proposed it would be helpful to both parties to carry out the disagreeable tasks of cutting expenditures and increasing taxes. Thus, Roosevelt could take charge with an unpopular job out of the way. Congress considered this action to be much in the nation's and Roosevelt's interest. For a few weeks, anyway.

<p>During the short session of Congress, Hoover proposed it would be helpful to both parties to carry out the disagreeable tasks of cutting expenditures and increasing taxes. Thus, Roosevelt could take charge with an unpopular job out of the way. Congress considered this action to be much in the nation's and Roosevelt's interest. For a few weeks, anyway.&nbsp;</p>

Stopped at Every Turn

Hoover Headline stories tell a quick Herbert Hoover factoid most people have never heard about before. There's a lot of Hoover history you were never taught - here's an easy way to learn about this Iowa native born in a two room cottage, orphaned at age 9, and who went on to feed a billion starving people over his lifetime.

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