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    The 78th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and...
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  • This is a list of the United States Congresses, including their beginnings, endings, and the dates of their sessions. Each Congress lasts for two years...
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  • This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 78th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1943, to January...
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  • This is a chronological, but still incomplete, list of United States federal legislation. Congress has enacted approximately 200–600 statutes during each...
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    United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 78th United...
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    divisions of United States Congresses have played a central role on the organization and operations of both chambers of the United States Congress—the Senate...
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    Smith–Connally Act (category 78th United States Congress)
    transit strike of 1944, for six days. President Roosevelt sent 8,000 United States Army troops to the city to seize and operate the transit system, and...
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    Flood Control Act of 1944 (category 78th United States Congress)
    Control Act of 1944 (P.L. 78–534), enacted in the 2nd session of the 78th Congress, is U.S. legislation that authorized the construction of numerous dams...
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    The 1942 United States elections were held on November 3, 1942, and elected the members of the 78th United States Congress. In Democratic President Franklin...
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    Winston Churchill's 1943 address to Congress took place May 19 at 12:30 p.m. EWT before a joint meeting of the United States Senate and House of Representatives...
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  • Second Bill of Rights (category 78th United States Congress)
    The Second Bill of Rights or Bill of Economic Rights was proposed by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his State of the Union Address...
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  • is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 78th United States Congress listed by seniority. As an historical...
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  • 118th United States Congress. The dean of the current delegation is Senator Ron Wyden, having served in the Senate since 1996 and in Congress since 1981...
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    The 1944 United States Senate special election in New Jersey was held on November 7, 1944. The election was held to fill the unexpired term of W. Warren...
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    The 1944 United States Senate elections in Indiana took place on November 7, 1944. In January 1944, Democratic Senator Frederick Van Nuys died in office...
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    United States elections 1944 United States Senate elections 1944 United States presidential election 78th United States Congress 79th United States Congress...
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    Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944 (category 78th United States Congress)
    1944 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 78–521; 58 Stat. 838) is legislation enacted by the United States Congress and signed into law on December...
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  • Thumbnail for 1944 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts
    The 1944 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts was held on November 7, 1944. Republican Governor Leverett Saltonstall was elected to...
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  • Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Bioguide. Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan...
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  • Ralph R. Roberts (category Clerks of the United States House of Representatives)
    of the United States House of Representatives from c. 1943 until 1947, a period covering the latter portion of the 78th United States Congress and the...
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    Philip J. Philbin (category Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts)
    Democratic nominee, Philbin was elected to the 78th United States Congress and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1971). In...
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    33rd Congress, that fifth seat was elected at-large. Starting with the 34th Congress, the new seat was apportioned as a fifth district. United States portal...
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  • chronological, but incomplete, list of United States federal legislation passed by the 57th through 106th United States Congresses, between 1901 and 2001. For the...
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    The 79th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and...
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  • by Congress, resulting in a dramatic change in the Army's force structure. For the first time, the division was the base element of the United States Army...
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    Congress from 1900 to 1958. The longest-serving senator was Daniel Inouye, from 1963 to 2012—he served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate...
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    United States House of Representatives elections 78th United States Congress 79th United States Congress National vote totals for the Democratic Party do...
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    House of Representatives elections 77th United States Congress 78th United States Congress Includes Colorado, where the appointee was elected to the remainder...
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    Anti-Heroin Act of 1924 (category 68th United States Congress)
    the United States Herbert Hoover issued public statements stressing narcotic drugs as a "fearful menace" and a "menace to society". In 1944, the 78th United...
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    delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, beginning with the 63rd United States Congress in 1913. Before becoming...
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