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farm bloc
- A group of both Democratic and Republican members of Congress from the farming states of the Middle West that pressures the federal government to adopt policies favorable to farmers.
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If Jefferson were writing today he might say that the farm bloc contained the "deposit for substantial and genuine virtue."
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Here we have the organization joining with the farm bloc in declaring the legislature to be its own master.
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The farm bloc is the first permanent economic minority to organize itself effectively for political action.
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The farm bloc no more turned to him than to Borah for leadership.
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