79th United States Congress

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The 79th United States Congress was the federal legislature that met from 1945 to 1947, overseeing the transition from World War II to the postwar era under President Harry S. Truman.

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Generate an image of the 79th United States Congress (The 79th United States Congress was the federal legislature that met from 1945 to 1947, overseeing the transition from World War II to the postwar era under President Harry S. Truman.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
addressedIssue demobilization of U.S. armed forces ⓘ
postwar economic stabilization ⓘ
reconversion of U.S. industry to peacetime production ⓘ
veterans benefits and readjustment ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States federal jurisdiction ⓘ
compositionDeterminedBy 1944 United States elections ⓘ
context end of World War II in Europe ⓘ
end of World War II in the Pacific ⓘ
convenedIn United States Capitol ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endTime January 3, 1947 ⓘ
firstSessionEnd August 2, 1946 ⓘ
firstSessionStart January 3, 1945 ⓘ
followedBy 80th United States Congress ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War II ⓘ
post–World War II era ⓘ
houseMajorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 79 ⓘ
legislatureFor federal government of the United States ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsUnderConstitution United States Constitution ⓘ
metDuringPresidencyOf Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
Harry S. Truman ⓘ
notableLegislation Atomic Energy Act of 1946 ⓘ
Employment Act of 1946 ⓘ
Full Employment Act (component of Employment Act of 1946) ⓘ
numberOfSenators 96 ⓘ
numberOfVotingRepresentatives 435 ⓘ
oversaw early stages of United Nations participation by the United States ⓘ
initial U.S. atomic energy policy framework ⓘ
oversawTransition wartime to peacetime economy of the United States ⓘ
precededBy 78th United States Congress ⓘ
secondSessionEnd August 2, 1946 ⓘ
secondSessionStart January 3, 1946 ⓘ
senateMajorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
senatePresident Alben W. Barkley ⓘ
Harry S. Truman ⓘ
session first session of the 79th United States Congress ⓘ
second session of the 79th United States Congress ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouse Sam Rayburn ⓘ
startTime January 3, 1945 ⓘ

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80th United States Congress → precededBy → 79th United States Congress ⓘ
80th United States Congress → precededBy → 79th United States Congress ⓘ
subject linked to: Do-Nothing Congress
Employment Act of 1946 → congressNumber → 79th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 79-304 → enactedBy → 79th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 79-585 → enactedBy → 79th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 79-585 → congressNumber → 79th United States Congress ⓘ
subject linked to: 79-585
Public Law 79-585 → isPartOf → Session laws of the 79th United States Congress ⓘ
subject linked to: 79-585
linked to: 79th United States Congress
Public Law 79-585 → congressSession → 79th Congress ⓘ
subject linked to: 79-585
linked to: 79th United States Congress
78th United States Congress → followedBy → 79th United States Congress ⓘ
McCarran–Ferguson Act → legislativeBody → 79th United States Congress ⓘ
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. → servedIn → 79th United States Congress ⓘ
subject linked to: Thomas
Dennis Chávez → servedIn → 79th United States Congress ⓘ
subject linked to: Dionisio Chávez