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    The 85th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and...
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  • This is a list of the United States Congresses, including their beginnings, endings, and the dates of their sessions. Each Congress lasts for two years...
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    United States Senate elections 1956 United States presidential election 1956 United States gubernatorial elections 84th United States Congress 85th United...
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  • This is a chronological, but still incomplete, list of United States federal legislation. Congress has enacted approximately 200–600 statutes during each...
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  • This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 85th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1957, to January...
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  • legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. The bill was passed by the 85th United States Congress and signed into law...
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    declaration of NASA's policy and purpose: The Congress hereby declares that it is the policy of the United States that activities in space should be devoted...
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    EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958 (category 85th United States Congress)
    legislation was passed by the 85th Congressional session and enacted into law by the 34th President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower on August...
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    divisions of United States Congresses have played a central role on the organization and operations of both chambers of the United States Congress—the Senate...
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    Civil Rights Act of 1957 (category 85th United States Congress)
    legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. The bill was passed by the 85th United States Congress and signed into law...
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    National Defense Education Act (category 85th United States Congress)
    feared that education in the USSR was superior to that in the United States, and Congress reacted by adding the act to bring U.S. schools up to speed....
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  • United States House of Representatives in 1957 during the 85th United States Congress. Elections are listed by date and district. 1957 United States Senate...
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    Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (category 85th United States Congress)
    The Federal Aviation Act of 1958 was an act of the United States Congress, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, that created the Federal Aviation...
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  • Transportation Act of 1958 (category 85th United States Congress)
    (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 85–625) attempted to reinvigorate the commercial railroads of the United States by granting the Interstate Commerce...
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  • 1957 State of the Union Address (category 85th United States Congress)
    president of the United States, on Thursday, January 10, 1957, to the 85th United States Congress in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives...
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  • the Labor or Management Field. 85th Congress, 1st session, 1957; 85th Congress, 2nd session, 1958; and 86th Congress, 1st Session, 1959. Kennedy, Robert...
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    Onion Futures Act (category United States federal commodity and futures legislation)
    The Onion Futures Act is a United States law banning the trading of futures contracts on onions as well as "motion picture box office receipts". In 1955...
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    Strom Thurmond filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (category 85th United States Congress)
    On August 28, 1957, Strom Thurmond, then a Democratic United States senator from South Carolina, began a filibuster intended to prevent the passage of...
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    The 1958 United States Senate special election in West Virginia was held on November 4, 1958, concurrent with a regular election. The election was called...
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  • 118th United States Congress. The dean of the current delegation is Senator Ron Wyden, having served in the Senate since 1996 and in Congress since 1981...
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  • 1958 State of the Union Address (category 85th United States Congress)
    president of the United States, on Thursday, January 9, 1958, to the 85th United States Congress in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives...
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  • is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 85th United States Congress listed by seniority. As an historical...
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  • chronological, but incomplete, list of United States federal legislation passed by the 57th through 106th United States Congresses, between 1901 and 2001. For the...
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  • Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Bioguide. Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan...
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    Donald E. Tewes (category United States Army Air Forces soldiers)
    the United States House of Representatives for Wisconsin. He represented Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district in the 85th United States Congress from...
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    Industries Indemnity Act (commonly called the Price-Anderson Act) is a United States federal law, first passed in 1957 and since renewed several times, which...
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    The 1957 United States Senate special election in Texas was held on April 2, 1957, to complete the unexpired term of Senator Price Daniel, who resigned...
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    United States elections 1958 United States Senate elections 1958 United States gubernatorial elections 85th United States Congress 86th United States...
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    Federal Plant Pest Act of 1957 (category 85th United States Congress)
    of pests from a foreign country into or through the United States unless authorized by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). It was superseded...
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    elections 1956 United States gubernatorial elections 84th United States Congress 85th United States Congress The Liberal Party in New York endorsed Robert F. Wagner...
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