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The 91st 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, 1969, to January 3, 1971, during the final weeks of the presidency of Lyndon Johnson and the first two ...
March 25, 1969 – November 25, 1969 ... There were seven special elections to the United States House of Representatives in 1969 to the 91st United States Congress ...
Congress Date Type Occasion Dignitary speaking 6th November 22, 1800 Joint session State of the Union address: John Adams, President of the United States February 11, 1801 Joint session Counting electoral votes for the 1800 presidential election: None 7th: March 4, 1801 Inauguration Inauguration of Thomas Jefferson
A second motion for cloture on September 29, 1970, also failed, by 53 to 34. Thereafter, the Senate majority leader, Mike Mansfield of Montana, moved to lay the proposal aside so the Senate could attend to other business. [27] However, the proposal was never considered again and died when the 91st Congress ended on January 3, 1971.
The lame duck session was acrimonious in both chambers, but especially in the Senate, where frequent filibusters caused some all night sessions. The Senate voted on eight cloture motions in December. The most contentious filibuster came late in the month over a measure to increase the gasoline tax. The measure was approved just two days before ...
2nd Congress: March 4, 1791 Special session March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1791 March 3, 1793 1st session October 24, 1791 – May 8, 1792 2nd session November 5, 1792 – March 2, 1793 3rd Congress: March 4, 1793 Special session March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1793 March 3, 1795 Anti-Administration: 1st session December 2, 1793 – June 9, 1794 2nd session
Congress is supposed to pass 12 annual appropriations bills — also known as spending or government funding bills — by October 1, the start of the new fiscal year. But this rarely happens.
The 1968 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives on November 5, 1968, to elect members to serve in the 91st United States Congress. They coincided with Richard M. Nixon's election as president.