"Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a carpenter to build one." - Rep. Sam Rayburn (D-TX) (above)
76th Congress (1939-1941)
President: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D-NY)
House Majority Party: Democrat
House Majority Seats: 262 out of 435
House Speaker: Rep. William D. Bankhead (D-AL) / Rep. Sam Rayburn (D-TX)
Enactments:
Administrative Reorganization Act of 1939
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act of 1939
Revenue Act 1939
Agriculture Appropriations Act of 1939
Hatch Act
Social Security Amends
Lending Authority Increase Act
Bald Eagle Protection Act
Naval Expansion
Naval Composition Act
Revenue Act 1940
Vice President: John Nance Garner (D-TX)
Senate Majority Party: Democrat
Senate Majority Seats: 78 out of 96
Senate Majority Floor Leader: Sen. Alben Barkley (D-KY)
Enactments (cont):
Alien Registration
Defense Expedition Act
Hatch Act (DC)
Investment Advisors Act
Selective Training and Service
Railroad Commerce Act
Second Revenue Act of 1940
Wool Products Labeling
Work Relief Supplementary Appropriations
Neutrality Act of 1939