A month after the election, the lame-duck session of the outgoing 67th Congress met. Harding then believed his early view of the presidency—that it should propose policies, but leave their adoption to Congress—was no longer enough, and he lobbied Congress, although in vain, to get his ship subsidy bill through. Once Congress left town in early March 1923, Harding's popularity began to recover. The economy was improving, and the programs of Harding's more able Cabinet members, such as Hughes, Mellon and Hoover, were showing results. Most Republicans realized that there was no practical alternative to supporting Harding in 1924 for his re-election campaign.
a month after the election the lame-duck session of the outgoing 67th congress met harding then believed his early view of the presidency—that it should propose policies but leave their adoption to congress—was no longer enough and he lobbied congress although in vain to get his ship subsidy bill through once congress left town in early march 1923 harding's popularity began to recover the economy was improving and the programs of harding's more able cabinet members such as hughes mellon and hoover were showing results most republicans realized that there was no practical alternative to supporting harding in 1924 for his re-election campaign