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The 80th Congress had economic achievements that continue to this day.  It cut taxes, sparking an economic boom that would last through the 1950s.  It balanced the federal budget for the first time in years.  It also implemented the joint income tax return for married couples, which gives a financial benefit to a working man in sharing his income for tax purposes with a wife who is raising the children rather than earning an income.

The 80th Congress had economic achievements that continue to this day.  It cut taxes, sparking an economic boom that would last through the 1950s.  It balanced the federal budget for the first time in years.  It also implemented the joint income tax return for married couples, which gives a financial benefit to a working man in sharing his income for tax purposes with a wife who is raising the children rather than earning an income.

The ultimate irony is that Truman ran for reelection in 1948 by campaigning against a "do nothing Congress."  And Truman won in an upset!  But by 1952, Truman was the most unpopular president in history, and was unelectable.  World War II hero General Dwight D. Eisenhower, or "Ike", ran for president and won the White House for the Republicans for the first in 24 years.   

The ultimate irony is that Truman ran for reelection in 1948 by campaigning against a "do nothing Congress."  And Truman won in an upset!  But by 1952, Truman was the most unpopular president in history, and was unelectable.   

President Eisenhower is best known for spending a great deal of time on the golf course, and near the end of his two terms he warned against growth of a "military-industrial complex" in which government and the military would feed each other's growing power.  Coming from a General, this warning was often repeated in the press throughout the remainder of the Cold War.

 

World War II hero General Dwight D. Eisenhower, or "Ike", ran for president and won the White House in 1952 for the Republicans for the first in 24 years.  President Eisenhower is best known for spending a great deal of time on the golf course, and near the end of his two terms he warned against growth of a "military-industrial complex" in which government and the military would feed each other's growing power.  Coming from a General, this warning was often repeated in the press throughout the remainder of the Cold War.

==Civil Rights==

==Civil Rights==