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Roosevelt, Franklin D.
The Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act of 1934
March 29, 1934
After hours of debate, the House passed the Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act by a vote of 274 to 111 (with 47 Members not voting)—for the first time granting the President its traditional power to levy tariffs.
Soil Conservation in the New Deal Congress
April 27, 1935
As blistering heat sapped the American West of much-needed moisture, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act.
The first evening Annual Message
January 03, 1936
On this date, during the second session of the 74th Congress (1935–1937), President Franklin D. Roosevelt held the first nighttime Annual Message.
The Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937
September 02, 1937
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Wildlife Restoration Act, also known as the Pittman–Robertson Act of 1937.
The Lend-Lease Act of 1941
March 11, 1941
On this date, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Lend-Lease Act—authorizing the President to sell, lease, or lend military hardware to any country he designated as vital to American national security.
The Declaration of War against Japan
December 08, 1941
On this date, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, addressing the nation in a Joint Session in the House Chamber, asked Congress to declare war against Japan for the surprise attack against American naval facilities in and around Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a day earlier