77th United States Congress

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The 77th United States Congress was the federal legislature in session from 1941 to 1943 that guided the country through the early years of World War II, passing major wartime and domestic legislation.

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77th United States Congress canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress
bicameral legislature
appliesToJurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
convenedDuring Franklin D. Roosevelt third term
country United States of America
declaredWarOn Bulgaria
Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan

Germany
Hungary
Italy
Romania
endTime 1943-01-03
followedBy 78th United States Congress
houseMajorityParty Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
houseMinorityParty Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
jurisdiction federal law of the United States
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
legislativeFocus domestic economic regulation
national defense
taxation for war financing
wartime mobilization
legislativeSessionDuring World War II
legislativeTermNumber 77
location Washington, D.C.
meetingPlace United States Capitol
numberOfRepresentatives 435
numberOfSenators 96
partOf history of the United States federal government
partyControlHouse Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
partyControlSenate Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
passedLegislation Emergency Price Control Act of 1942
Japanese American internment–related statutes
Lend-Lease program
surface form: Lend-Lease Act

Revenue Act of 1942
War Powers Act of 1941
surface form: Second War Powers Act

Selective Training and Service Act of 1940
surface form: Selective Training and Service Act amendments

War Powers Act of 1941
precededBy 76th United States Congress
presidentDuringTerm President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
presidentProTempore Carter Glass
Pat Harrison
Walter F. George
respondedToEvent attack on Pearl Harbor
senateMajorityParty Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
senateMinorityParty Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
speakerOfTheHouse Sam Rayburn
startTime 1941-01-03
vicePresidentDuringTerm Henry A. Wallace

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Public Law 77-671 enactedBy 77th United States Congress
76th United States Congress followedBy 77th United States Congress
Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 enactedBy 77th United States Congress
United States Public Law 77-11 enactedBy 77th United States Congress
78th United States Congress precededBy 77th United States Congress
Dies Committee legislativeTerm 77th United States Congress
H.R. 1776 introducedInCongress 77th United States Congress