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January 8, 2009: Joint session counted the Electoral College votes of the 2008 presidential election. [9] January 20, 2009: Barack Obama became 44th President of the United States. February 24, 2009: President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress; April 28, 2009: Senator Arlen Specter switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic ...
The congressional committee released the full schedule of the January 20 inaugural events on December 17, 2008. The inauguration schedule referred to the president‑elect as "Barack H. Obama", although Obama specified previously that he intended to use his full name for his swearing-in ceremony, including his middle name Hussein . [ 14 ]
President Barack Obama greeting the Salahis in the Blue Room of the White House. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is behind President Obama in the blue turban.. On November 24, 2009, Michaele (/ m ɪ ˈ k ɛ l /) and Tareq Salahi (/ ˈ t ɑːr ɛ k s ɑː ˈ l ɑː h i /), a married couple from Virginia, and Carlos Allen (from the District of Columbia), attended a White House state dinner ...
On January 20, 2009, Attorney Mario Apuzzo filed a lawsuit in federal court, on behalf of Charles Kerchner and other plaintiffs, suing President-Elect Barack Obama, the United States Congress, Dick Cheney, and Nancy Pelosi alleging Obama was ineligible to be president, and that Congress failed to verify Obama's eligibility. [21]
On January 20, the Office of Government Ethics completed their ethics report on DeVos, three days after her hearing with the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions was held. Senate Democrats requested a second hearing for DeVos after the ethics report was released, but committee chair Senator Lamar Alexander denied it. DeVos ...
Field hearings are Congressional hearings held outside Washington. The formal authority for field hearings is found implicitly in the chamber rules. Senate Rule XXVI, paragraph 1 states that a committee "is authorized to hold hearings … at such times and places during the sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of the Senate" as it sees fit.
United States Inauguration Day 2009: Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th and first African-American President of the United States. Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 47th Vice President of the United States. (Masslive.com) George W. Bush leaves Washington, D.C. for Texas as a private citizen. (AP via News24)
The panel was also required to submit a special report to Congress about regulatory reform on or before January 20, 2009. [7] The Congressional Oversight Panel was initially scheduled cease to exist on December 31, 2009, though it was later renewed through early 2011. [8] [9] The panel consisted of five outside experts appointed as follows: