80th United States Congress | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 07/12/2018

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80th United States Congress


00:01:24 1 Major events
00:02:56 2 Major legislation
00:06:54 3 Constitutional amendments
00:07:28 4 Party summary
00:07:37 4.1 Senate
00:07:45 4.2 House of Representatives
00:08:04 5 Leadership
00:08:20 5.1 Senate
00:08:34 5.1.1 Majority (Republican) leadership
00:08:59 5.1.2 Minority (Democratic) leadership
00:09:17 5.2 House of Representatives
00:09:29 5.2.1 Majority (Republican) leadership
00:09:48 5.2.2 Minority (Democratic) leadership
00:10:12 6 Caucuses
00:10:26 7 Members
00:10:34 7.1 Senate
00:11:13 7.1.1 Alabama
00:11:51 7.1.2 Arizona
00:12:06 7.1.3 Arkansas
00:12:19 7.1.4 California
00:12:32 7.1.5 Colorado
00:13:17 7.1.6 Connecticut
00:14:09 7.1.7 Delaware
00:14:58 7.1.8 Florida
00:15:38 7.1.9 Georgia
00:15:47 7.1.10 Idaho
00:16:21 7.1.11 Illinois
00:16:41 7.1.12 Indiana
00:17:13 7.1.13 Iowa
00:17:55 7.1.14 Kansas



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The Eightieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1947, to January 3, 1949, during the third and fourth years of Harry Truman's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixteenth Census of the United States in 1940. Republicans gained a majority in both chambers for this Congress having gained thirteen Senate seats and fifty-seven House seats. Although the 80th Congress passed a total of 906 public bills, President Truman nicknamed it the "Do Nothing Congress" and, during the 1948 election, campaigned as much against it as against his formal opponent, Thomas Dewey. The 80th Congress passed several significant pro-business bills, most famously the Marshall Plan and the Taft–Hartley Act, but it opposed most of Truman's Fair Deal bills. Truman's campaign strategy worked, and the Republicans lost nine Senate seats and seventy-three seats in the House, allowing the Democrats to begin the 81st Congress with twenty-one more seats than they had at the end of the 79th Congress. It also allowed Truman to win a term of his own right as President, having become President after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945.