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It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1995, to January 3, 1997, ... Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 104th Congress in January 1995
This was the first response given exclusively by a state governor and, delivered in Trenton, the first outside Washington, DC. [4] [5] Conservative William Kristol called the address the "most conservative State of the Union by a Democratic president in history." [6] Federico Peña, the Secretary of Transportation, served as the designated ...
March attendees. One of the primary motivating factors for the march was to place black issues back on the nation's political agenda.In the aftermath of the Republican Party's victory in the 1994 Congressional election and the continued success of the party's campaign platform, the Contract with America, some African-American leaders believed that the social and economic issues facing the ...
1751: Georgetown founded 1752 – February: First survey of Georgetown completed. [1]1784 – October 7: Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts motions “that buildings for the use of Congress be erected on the banks of the Delaware near Trenton, or of the Potomac, near Georgetown, provided a suitable district can be procured on one of the rivers as aforesaid, for a federal town”.
There were some special elections to the United States House of Representatives in 1995, during the 104th United States Congress. List of elections. District ...
Since Washington, D.C., is a semi-autonomous non-state, Congress has jurisdiction over the city and passed the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996. Title I amended the D.C. School Reform Act in 1995, making charter schools part of the public-education system in Washington. [1]
As a result of conflicts between Democratic President Bill Clinton and the Republican Congress over funding for education, the environment, and public health in the 1996 federal budget, the United States federal government shut down from November 14 through November 19, 1995, and from December 16, 1995, to January 6, 1996, for 5 and 21 days, respectively.
November 9–23 – Occupy Wall Street protesters march from New York City to Washington DC, to demonstrate at a congressional committee meeting to decide whether to keep President Barack Obama's extension of tax cuts enacted under former President George W. Bush. Protesters say the cuts benefit only rich Americans.