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The 111th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government from January 3, 2009, until January 3, 2011. It began during the last weeks of the George W. Bush administration , with the remainder spanning the first two years of Barack Obama's presidency .
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 ...
The results were certified by a joint session of Congress on January 8, 2009. [5] Obama, who originally campaigned using the slogan "Change We Can Believe In" and later "Change We Need", [6] was widely celebrated as the first African American president of the United States and a symbol of change from his Republican predecessor, George W. Bush ...
January 20, 2009 was a cold day in Washington D.C., with temperatures hovering right below freezing, but an estimated 1.8 million people flooded onto the National Mall to see incoming President ...
On January 7, 2009, Congress approved a bill, S.J.Res. 3; President Bush signed it into law, providing such a fix by reducing the Secretary of Interior's salary to the level it was prior to the time Salazar took office in January 2009. The Senate confirmed Salazar's nomination by voice vote on January 20, 2009, shortly after the swearing in of ...
This week, three whistleblowers appeared before congress to corroborate claims of federal government coverups of UFO and UAP encounters.
January 8, 2009 Joint session Counting electoral votes for the 2008 presidential election: None January 20, 2009 Inauguration Inauguration of Barack Obama: Barack Obama, President of the United States Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States February 24, 2009 Joint session Economic address: Barack Obama, President of the United States ...
Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), chair of the subcommittee examining the Jan. 6 hearings, told Fox News that the House select committee failed to adequately preserve materials.