80th United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 80th United States Congress (1947–1949) was the post–World War II Republican-controlled Congress notable for major Cold War-era legislation, including national security reorganization and the early framework of U.S. containment policy.

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Label	Occurrences
80th United States Congress canonical	13

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Congress ⓘ bicameral legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
chamber	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
city	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
controlledBy	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
convenedBy	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
country	United States of America ⓘ
created	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ National Security Council of the United States ⓘ surface form: National Security Council United States Air Force as a separate service ⓘ Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
endDate	1949-01-03 ⓘ
era	post–World War II ⓘ
followedBy	81st United States Congress ⓘ
governmentBranch	legislative branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
historicalContext	early Cold War ⓘ
houseMajorityLeader	Charles A. Halleck ⓘ
houseMajorityParty	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
houseMinorityLeader	Sam Rayburn ⓘ
houseMinorityParty	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
implementedPolicy	containment of Soviet Union ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal lawmaking in the United States ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legislativeTerm	1947–1949 ⓘ
meetingPlace	United States Capitol ⓘ
nickname	Do-Nothing Congress ⓘ
nicknameGivenBy	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
notableFor	Cold War-era legislation ⓘ early framework of U.S. containment policy ⓘ national security reorganization ⓘ
ordinalNumber	80 ⓘ
oversaw	initial funding for European Recovery Program ⓘ
passed	Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution Marshall Plan enabling legislation ⓘ National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ Taft–Hartley Act ⓘ
precededBy	79th United States Congress ⓘ
presidentDuringTerm	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
presidentOfTheSenate	Alben W. Barkley ⓘ
senateMajorityLeader	Wallace H. White Jr. ⓘ
senateMajorityParty	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
senateMinorityLeader	Alben W. Barkley ⓘ
senateMinorityParty	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
speakerOfTheHouse	Joseph W. Martin Jr. ⓘ
startDate	1947-01-03 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

National Security Act of 1947 → legislativeSession → 80th United States Congress ⓘ

Public Law 80-253 → enactedBy → 80th United States Congress ⓘ

Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 → enactedBy → 80th United States Congress ⓘ

81st United States Congress → precededBy → 80th United States Congress ⓘ

Do-Nothing Congress → refersTo → 80th United States Congress ⓘ

Do-Nothing Congress → appliedTo → 80th United States Congress ⓘ

79th United States Congress → followedBy → 80th United States Congress ⓘ

Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 → enactedIn → 80th United States Congress ⓘ

Public Law 80-242 → enactedDuring → 80th United States Congress ⓘ

Public Law 80-49 → congressNumber → 80th United States Congress ⓘ

Public Law 80-49 → enactedBy → 80th United States Congress ⓘ

California's 11th congressional district → representedIn → 80th United States Congress ⓘ

CA-13 → representedIn → 80th United States Congress ⓘ