2009-06-14T13:04:05-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/f01/286533-02-m.jpgThe speakers talked about the relationship between President Truman and Congress. They ...

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And Congress at that time was controlled by the GOP. In accepting the Democratic presidential nomination at 1:45 a.m. in a stifling Philadelphia convention hall, Truman stunned delegates by ...

At Harry Truman’s public declaration of war last week, the Congress scarcely batted an eye. Senators and Representatives, home for the holidays, listened to their radios without visible fear or ...

After the Democrats’ shellacking at the polls in November, liberal pundits began evoking the Republican Congress that took power after a similar electoral defeat during President Harry Truman ...

Truman said, "the United Nations, the Marshall Plan, NATO, and other projects would have been hampered, if not blocked completely" by the Republican majority in Congress. Truman acknowledged they ...

President Harry Truman called lawmakers of his time the “Do-nothing Congress.” But the Congress of Truman’s time was a whirlwind of activity compared to the current chair-sitters.

“The Truman Foundation was established by Congress and is funded by taxpayers for the purpose of awarding ‘scholarships to persons who demonstrate outstanding potential for and who plan to ...

After two weeks, the lawmakers adjourned. The GOP strategy presented Truman with a campaign theme: He railed against the “do-nothing 80th Congress.” Truman warned the electorate that a ...