89th Congress (1965-1967)
President: Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX)
House Majority Party: Democrat
House Majority Seats: 295 out of 435
House Speaker: Rep. John W. McCormack (D-MA)
Vice President: Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)
Senate Majority Party: Democrat
Senate Majority Seats: 68 out of 100
Senate Majority Leader: Sen. Mike Mansfield (D-MT)
Above: Rep. Wilbur Mills (D-AR), the powerful chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
Enactments:
Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 Prompt Sheet
Excise Tax Reduction Act of 1965
Older Americans Act of 1965
Drug Abuse Control Amendments of 1965
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act of 1965
Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act
Social Security Amendments of 1965 (Medicare and Medicaid)
Voting Rights Act of 1965 Prompt Sheet
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965
Department of Housing and Urban Development
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
Water Quality Act of 1965
Immigration and Nationality Act Prompt Sheet
Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke Amendments
Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act
Highway Beautification Act of 1965
Agriculture Appropriations Act of 1965
Food and Agriculture Act of 1965
Enactments (cont):
Higher Education Act of 1965
Cold War Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act
Uniform Time Act of 1966
Freedom of Information Act
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966
Highway Safety Act of 1966
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1966
Child Nutrition Act
National Historic Preservation Act
Endangered Species Preservation Act
Department of Transportation Act
Air Pollution Control Amendments
Comprehensive Health Planning and Public Health Services Amendments of 1966
Clean Water Restoration Act of 1966
Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966
Fair Packaging and Labeling Act
Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation
Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1966
Twenty-Fifth Amendment