Report Outline
Work of Congress During Second War Year
War Taxation and the Public Debt
War and Nonwar Appropriations
Congress and the Executive Establishment
Price Control, Farm and Labor Measures
War Policies; Draft and Service Legislation
International Collaboration
Constitutional, Political, Electoral Questions
Special Focus
Work of Congress During Second War Year
Congress displayed strong support for international policies of the President at its 1943 session but differed sharply with the administration on every domestic policy of leading importance. The conduct of United States military operations under the general direction of the President, as commander in chief of the Army and Navy, won general approval and there was no interference by Congress in this field. Domestic phases of the war effort, on the other hand, were the subject of continuous controversy which threatened at times to produce unbreakable deadlocks between the Executive and Legislative branches of the government.
Both houses gave approval by overwhelming votes to the principle of United States participation after the war in a world organization with power to prevent aggression and preserve the peace. The House resolution said the United States should act “through its constitutional processes”; the Senate resolution specified that American participation in a world organization could be brought about “only by and with the advice and consent of the Senate” through the process of treaty-making prescribed in the Constitution.
The Reciprocal Trade program was extended for two additional years by the largest votes it has ever received; the Lend-Lease Act was extended for one year by unanimous vote of the Senate and with only six negative votes in the House. A resolution to authorize United States participation in the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration has not yet been acted upon by either house. |
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Congressional Records and Roll Calls |
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Jul. 30, 1956 |
Record of the 84th Congress (Second Session) |
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Aug. 11, 1955 |
Roll Calls in 84th Congress (First Session) |
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Aug. 04, 1955 |
Record of the 84th Congress (First Session) |
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Aug. 23, 1954 |
Roll Calls in 83rd Congress (Second Session) |
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Aug. 21, 1954 |
Record of the 83rd Congress (Second Session) |
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Aug. 05, 1953 |
Roll Calls in 83rd Congress (First Session) |
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Aug. 04, 1953 |
Record of 83rd Congress (First Session) |
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Jul. 14, 1952 |
Roll Calls in the 82nd Congress (Second Session) |
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Jul. 08, 1952 |
Record of the 82nd Congress (Second Session) |
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Oct. 23, 1951 |
Roll Calls in 82nd Congress (First Session) |
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Oct. 22, 1951 |
Record of the 82nd Congress (First Session) |
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Sep. 25, 1950 |
Record Votes in the 81st Congress (Second Session) |
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Sep. 25, 1950 |
Record of the 81st Congress (Second Session) |
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Oct. 21, 1949 |
Record Votes in the 81st Congress (First Session) |
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Oct. 20, 1949 |
Record of the 81st Congress (First Session) |
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Aug. 07, 1948 |
Record Votes in the 80th Congress (Second Session) |
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Aug. 07, 1948 |
Record of the 80th Congress (Second Session) |
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Jul. 30, 1947 |
Record Votes in 80th Congress (January-July, 1947) |
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Jul. 28, 1947 |
Record of the 80th Congress (January-July, 1947) |
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Aug. 03, 1946 |
Roll Calls in 79th Congress (Second Session) |
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Aug. 03, 1946 |
Record of the 79th Congress (Second Session) |
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Dec. 26, 1945 |
Record Votes in the 79th Congress (First Session) |
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Dec. 21, 1945 |
Record of the 79th Congress (First Session) |
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Dec. 20, 1944 |
Record Votes in the 78th Congress (Second Session) |
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Dec. 20, 1944 |
Record of the 78th Congress (Second Session) |
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Dec. 15, 1943 |
Record Votes in the 78th Congress (First Session) |
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Dec. 15, 1943 |
Record of the 78th Congress (First Session) |
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Dec. 23, 1942 |
Record Votes in the 77th Congress (Second Session) |
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Dec. 15, 1942 |
Record of the 77th Congress (Second Session) |
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Dec. 15, 1941 |
Record Votes in the 77Th Congress (First Session) |
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Dec. 15, 1941 |
Record of the 77th Congress |
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Dec. 23, 1940 |
Record Votes in the 76th Congress (Second and Third Sessions) |
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Jul. 01, 1940 |
Record of the 76th Congress |
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Aug. 07, 1939 |
Record Votes in the 76th Congress (First Session) |
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Aug. 07, 1939 |
Record of the 76th Congress (First Session) |
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Jun. 16, 1938 |
Record Votes in the 75th Congress (Second and Third Sessions) |
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Jun. 16, 1938 |
Record of the 75th Congress |
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Aug. 22, 1937 |
Record Votes in the 75th Congress |
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Aug. 22, 1937 |
Record of the 75th Congress |
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Jun. 22, 1936 |
Record Votes in the 74th Congress, Second Session |
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Jun. 22, 1936 |
Record of the 74th Congress, Second Session |
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Aug. 27, 1935 |
Record of the Seventy-Fourth Congress, First Session |
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Jun. 19, 1934 |
Record of the Seventy-Third Congress, Second Session |
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Jun. 16, 1933 |
Record of the Seventy-Third Congress First (Special) Session |
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Mar. 04, 1933 |
Record of the Seventy-Second Congress |
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Jul. 16, 1932 |
Record of the Seventy-Second Congress, First Session |
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Jun. 30, 1932 |
Record Votes in the Seventy-Second Congress |
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Mar. 04, 1931 |
Record of the Seventy-First Congress |
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Mar. 04, 1929 |
Legislative Record of the Seventieth Congress |
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May 29, 1928 |
Legislative Record of the Seventieth Congress (First Session) |
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Mar. 31, 1927 |
Legislative Record of the Sixty-Ninth Congress |
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Mar. 04, 1925 |
Legislative Record of the Sixty Eighth Congress |
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