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During this off-year election, the only seats up for election in the United States Congress were special elections held throughout the year. In total, only the seat representing New York's 23rd congressional district changed party hands, increasing the Democratic Party 's majority over the Republicans in the United States House of ...
House of Representatives member pin for the 111th U.S. Congress Inauguration of Barack Obama at the U.S. Capitol, January 20, 2009. President Obama signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 into law, January 29, 2009. Sonia Sotomayor testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on her appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, July 13, 2009.
On January 26, 2009, Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand resigned when appointed to fill Hillary Clinton's U.S. Senate seat. Scott Murphy, a fellow Democrat, won the election held March 31, 2009, defeating Republican Jim Tedisco by fewer than 700 votes. Because of the slim margin, Tedisco did not concede the race until more than three weeks later, when ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 February 2025. Bicameral legislature of the United States For the current Congress, see 119th United States Congress. For the building, see United States Capitol. This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being ...
When Senator Barack Obama was elected president a legal debate concluded that the president was not an "office under the United States" [29] for many reasons, but most significantly because Article I, Section 3, Clause 7 would violate the legal principle of surplusage if the president were also a civil officer. There exists no case law to ...
On contentious matters, many members may wish to speak; thus, a member may receive as little as one minute, or even thirty seconds, to make their point. [66] When debate concludes, the motion is put to a vote. [67] In many cases, the House votes by voice vote; the presiding officer puts the question, and members respond either "yea!" or "aye!"
List of United States major third party presidential tickets; List of Libertarian Party politicians who have held office in the United States; List of Green politicians who have held office in the United States; List of Communist Party USA members who have held office in the United States; List of Democratic Socialists of America public ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 February 2025. 2009 Indian general election ← 2004 16 April 2009 – 13 May 2009 (2009-05-13) 2014 → ← outgoing members elected members → 543 of the 545 seats in the Lok Sabha 272 seats needed for a majority Registered 716,985,101 Turnout 58.21% (0.14 pp) First party Second party Third party ...