83rd United States Congress

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The 83rd United States Congress was the federal legislative body in session from 1953 to 1955 during President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s first term, notable for major Cold War–era legislation and domestic policy initiatives.

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Generate an image of the 83rd United States Congress (The 83rd United States Congress was the federal legislative body in session from 1953 to 1955 during President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s first term, notable for major Cold War–era legislation and domestic policy initiatives.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
chamberType lower house for House of Representatives ⓘ
upper house for Senate ⓘ
coincidesWithPresidencyOf Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
convenesUnderConstitution United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endDate 1955-01-03 ⓘ
federalCongressNumber 83 ⓘ
firstSessionStartYear 1953 ⓘ
followedBy 84th United States Congress ⓘ
governmentTypeContext representative democracy ⓘ
hasChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
hasLegislativeAuthorityOver federal law of the United States ⓘ
historicalEra Cold War ⓘ
isPartOf history of the United States Congress ⓘ
languageOfRecord English ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf federal government of the United States ⓘ
legislativeFocus domestic infrastructure ⓘ
economic policy ⓘ
national security ⓘ
legislativeOutputForm concurrent resolutions ⓘ
joint resolutions ⓘ
private laws ⓘ
public laws ⓘ
legislativePowersInclude power of the purse ⓘ
power to declare war ⓘ
power to regulate interstate commerce ⓘ
power to tax ⓘ
legislativeTermOf United States Congress ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsDuringConflict Cold War ⓘ
meetsIn United States Capitol ⓘ
notableFor Cold War–era legislation ⓘ
domestic policy initiatives ⓘ
ordinalNumber 83 ⓘ
oversightRoleOver executive branch of the United States ⓘ
federal agencies ⓘ
partyControlOfHouse Republican Party ⓘ
partyControlOfSenate Republican Party ⓘ
politicalContext early Eisenhower administration ⓘ
precededBy 82nd United States Congress ⓘ
presidentialTermContext first term of Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
secondSessionStartYear 1954 ⓘ
sessionCount 2 ⓘ
startDate 1953-01-03 ⓘ
timePeriod 1950s in the United States ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atomic Energy Act of 1954 → enactedBy → 83rd United States Congress ⓘ
84th United States Congress → precededBy → 83rd United States Congress ⓘ
82nd United States Congress → followedBy → 83rd United States Congress ⓘ
California's 11th congressional district → representedIn → 83rd United States Congress ⓘ
LXXXIV United States Congress → precededBy → Eighty-third United States Congress ⓘ
subject linked to: LXXXIV
linked to: 83rd United States Congress
Public Law 83-212 → enactedBy → 83rd United States Congress ⓘ
CA-13 → representedIn → 83rd United States Congress ⓘ
Social Security Amendments of 1954 → legislativeSession → 83rd United States Congress ⓘ
Frank T. Bow → servedInCongress → 83rd United States Congress ⓘ
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. → servedIn → 83rd United States Congress ⓘ
subject linked to: Thomas
Dennis Chávez → servedIn → 83rd United States Congress ⓘ
subject linked to: Dionisio Chávez