Legislative Record of the Sixty-Ninth Congress

Report Outline
Taxation and Appropriations
Agricultural Legislation
Foreign Relations
National Defense and Aviation
Public Improvement Legislation
Banking, Transportation and Mining Legislation
Prohibition and Miscellaneous Legislation
Special Focus

The Sixty-ninth Congress, which passed out of existence March 4, 1927, enacted 879 public laws and public resolutions. Its legislative output exceeded that of any previous Congress. Appropriations during the Sixty-ninth Congress totaled $8,665,063,066, an increase of $766,298,761 over the total appropriations of the last preceding Congress.

Among the outstanding public measures approved by the Sixty-ninth Congress during the 225 days it was in session were the following:

The principal problem left unsolved by the Sixty-ninth Congress was the agricultural surplus problem. Administration substitutes for the McNary-Haugen bill were defeated in both sessions. The McNary-Haugen bill itself was defeated in the first session, and when both houses reversed themselves and passed the bill in the second session, it was vetoed by the President. No vote on passing the bill over the veto was taken in either house. The only other important measure passed during the Sixty-ninth Congress which failed to receive the President's approval was the bill increasing the pensions of Civil war widows from $40 to $50 a month. This bill was overlooked and was not signed by the President before noon March 4, thus failing with the final adjournment of the Congress.