The Council of State Governments history

In 1934 the Federal Housing Administration was established to make loans to institutions that would build low-rent dwellings.

Unemployment assistance, provided for by the 1935 Social Security Act, is funded through worker and employer contributions.

The Eastern Regional Conference was established in 1937.

CSG opened a Washington, D.C. office in 1938.

The peak Cold War years, 1945–60The Truman Doctrine and containmentPostwar domestic reorganizationThe Red ScareThe Korean WarPeace, growth, and prosperityEisenhower’s second termDomestic issuesWorld affairsAn assessment of the postwar era

The National Security Act of 1947 created a coordinated command for security and intelligence-gathering activities.

State Government News, which later became the CSG bimonthly magazine, Capitol Ideas, was first published in 1958.

Work, training, and rehabilitation programs were established in 1964 for welfare recipients.

In 1967, CSG and the Commonwealth of Kentucky entered into an agreement that provided CSG with a headquarters building in Lexington, Kentucky.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg County (North Carolina) Board of Education (1971) the Supreme Court mandated busing to achieve racially integrated schools, a remedy that often required long commutes for African American children living in largely segregated enclaves.

In 1993, the state financed the construction of a second building to facilitate the council's continued growth.

Responding to allegations of abuse in the country’s welfare system and charges that it encouraged dependency, the federal government introduced reforms in 1996, including limiting long-term benefits, requiring recipients to find work, and devolving much of the decision making to the states.

A candidate may lose the popular vote but be elected president by winning a majority of the electoral vote (as George W. Bush did in the United States presidential election of 2000), though such inversions are rare.

In 2006, the CSG Justice Center was formed.

In 2010 the contribution limits imposed by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act were partly invalidated by the Supreme Court in Citizens United v.