The 95th 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, D.C., from January 3, 1977, to January 3, 1979, during the final weeks of Gerald Ford's presidency and the first two years of Jimmy Carter's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1970 United States census. Both chambers maintained a Democratic supermajority, and with Jimmy Carter being sworn in as president on January 20, 1977, this gave the Democrats an overall federal government trifecta for the first time since the 90th Congress ending in 1969. , this was the most recent Congress to approve an amendment (the unratified District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment) to the Constitution. This is the last time democrats or any party held a 2/3rds supermajority in the House. This is the last congress to at any point have no female senators (from its beginning, January 3, 1977, until the swearing-in of Muriel Humphrey (D-MN) on January 25, 1978; and again from the departure of both Humphrey and Maryon Allen (D-AL) on November 7, 1978, to the early swearing in of Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS) on December 23, 1978). Major events 1977 was the last year to have men serving as all 100 United States Senators. January 20, 1977: Inauguration of President Jimmy Carter July 13, 1977: New York City blackout of 1977 January 1, 1978: The Northern Mariana Islands left the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands to become a Commonwealth of the United States, making it unincorporated and organized. February 8, 1978: Senate proceedings are broadcast on radio for the first time. August 7, 1978: Love Canal Disaster September 17, 1978: Camp David Accords Hearings Project MKULTRA – (Church Committee, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senate Human Resources subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research) Major legislation August 3, 1977: Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, , August 4, 1977: Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977, , October 7, 1977: Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, , October 12, 1977: Community Reinvestment Act, , title VIII, November 23, 1977: Saccharin Study and Labeling Act of 1977, , December 27, 1977: Clean Water Act, , December 28, 1977: International Emergency Economic Powers Act, , title II, March 10, 1978: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978,