"God pity America in the future if we continue to refuse to shoulder the responsibility that is ours, and cowardly, both directly and indirectly, by surreption and every other means, turn over our constitutional prerogatives and surrender not only our rights but also our duties to some individual at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue." - Rep. Dewey Jackson Short (R-MO) (above)
75th Congress (1937-1939)
President: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D-NY)
House Majority Party: Democrat
House Majority Seats: 334 out of 435
House Speaker: Rep. Joseph W. Byrns (D-TN) / Rep. William D. Bankhead (D-AL)
Enactments:
Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1937
Supreme Court Retirement Act
Arms Transportation Revision Act
Bituminous Coal Act
Legislative Appropriations Act of 1937
Work Relief Act
Agriculture Appropriations Act of 1937
Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act
National Cancer Act
Bonneville Project
Judicial Procedures Reform Act
Revenue Act 1937
US Housing Act 1937
Vice President: John Nance Garner (D-TX)
Senate Majority Party: Democrat
Senate Majority Seats: 78 out of 96
Senate Majority Floor Leader: Sen. Joseph T. Robinson (D-AR) / Sen. Alben Barkley (D-KY)
Enactments (cont):
Wildlife Restoration Act
AAA of 1938
Legislative Appropriations Act of 1938
Naval Expansion Act
Revenue Act 1938
Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938
Agriculture Appropriations Act of 1938
Natural Gas Act
Chandler Act
Civil Aeronautics Act
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
Fair Labor Standards Act
Civil Service Reorganization Act of 1938
Water Pollution Control Act