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Taft was elected to the first of his three terms as U.S. Senator in the Republican landslide of 1938. The expansion of the New Deal had been stopped and Taft saw his mission to roll it back, bringing efficiency to government and letting business restore the economy. The He proclaimed that the New Deal was "socialistic" he proclaimed, as he attacked deficit spending, high farm subsidies, governmental bureaucracy, and the [[National Labor Relations Board]]. He did support social security [[Social Security]] and public housing, while attacking federal health insurance. Taft orchestrated the [[Conservative Coalition]], which had effective control of Congress from 1939 to the early 1960s. Taft set forth a conservative program oriented toward economic growth, individual economic opportunity, adequate social welfare, strong national defense, and non-involvement in European wars.