[derleth]

Nixon was a Pre-Reagan Establishment Conservative. Such Republicans are not tolerated by the modern GOP, as Nixon's record regarding OSHA, the EPA (which he also created), and Universal Health Care will demonstrate.

Political parties evolve over time, sometimes quite drastically, as the political makeup of the country as a whole shifts and changes.

[jstclair]

And it would have been the 91st Congress, which as you can see, had a pretty-substantial Democratic majority: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/91st_United_States_Congress