This Republican majority killed the middle class in America and clearly shows how Republicans are dominated by corporation and not representing the majoriy of Americans. 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 S. Trumans 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. The 80th Congress was nicknamed the Do Nothing Congress by President Harry Truman. The Congress had opposed many of the bills passed during the Franklin Roosevelt administration. They also opposed most of Trumans Fair Deal bills. Yet they passed many pro-business bills. During the 1948 election Truman campaigned as much against the Do Nothing Congress as against his formal opponent, Thomas Dewey. The strategy worked, as the Republicans lost nine Senate seats and ended up losing seventy-three seats in the House. The Democrats came out with an additional twenty-one seats than they had the last time they were the majority.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:32:30 +0000
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