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89th United States Congress
The
Eighty-ninth United States Congress
was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the
United States Senate
and the
United States House of Representatives
. It met in
Washington, DC
from January 3, 1965 to January 3, 1967, during the third and fourth years of
Lyndon Johnson
's
presidency
. The apportionment of seats in the
House of Representatives
was based on the
Eighteenth Census of the United States in 1960
. Both chambers had a
Democratic
supermajority
. It is regarded as "arguably the most productive in American history". Some of its landmark legislation includes the creation of
Medicare
and
Medicaid
, the
Voting Rights Act
,
Higher Education Act
, and
Freedom of Information Act
.
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