Word: 83rd
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Since it was established in 1946, Congress' Joint Committee on Atomic Energy has been an effective board of directors for the U.S. atomic-energy program. But in the ten weeks of the 83rd Congress, the committee (nine Senators, nine Representatives) has been losing its grip. The reason: a Senate v. House deadlock over the chairmanship...
...huge Government lending agency set up by Herbert Hoover in 1932 as a depression emergency measure and expanded in function and influence during the New and Fair Deals. For years Byrd's fight was a solitary one. Last week, however, Harry Byrd was sublimely confident that the 83rd Congress would ultimately pass his newly introduced bill to wipe out RFC as of next Dec. 31, neatly nipping in the bud any move to extend the agency's life beyond June 1954, when its lending authority expires...
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...fight. He had twice vetoed bills in which Congress proposed to give offshore oil deposits to the states off whose coasts they lie. Last week's order meant that, to carry out their intention of giving ownership of offshore reserves to the states, Ike and the Republican-dominated 83rd Congress would have to accept the political odium of taking oil away from the Navy...
Members of the upper house of the 83rd Congress, judging by statistics, are a pretty religious lot. After a quick check of the records (Congressional Directory, denominational headquarters, etc.), the National Council of Churches announced that only one Senator* has no "reported religious affiliation." The creedal complexions of the others...