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A later version of the bill that changed a minor provision of which the president disapproved was quickly passed by Congress (H.R. 4986) and was enacted with the president's approval as Pub.L. 110–181 on January 28, 2008.
The 2008 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 4, 2008, to elect members to the United States House of Representatives to serve in the 111th United States Congress from January 3, 2009, until January 3, 2011. It coincided with the election of Barack Obama as president. All 435 voting seats, as well as all 6 non ...
This is a chronological list of United States federal legislation passed by the 107th and subsequent United States Congresses, starting in 2001. It includes links to articles on major legislation. For comprehensive lists, see the lists of acts passed by each Congress. For the main article on this subject, see List of United States federal ...
It seems that many of our congresscritters took advantage of the public outcry for a quick passage to pack a bunch of pork into the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
2008 California ballot propositions (1 C, 18 P) Pages in category "2008 ballot measures in the United States" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
The bill passed the Senate in a 60–40 vote, the bare minimum required to overcome the filibuster. [6] Throughout the congressional battle on the bill, President Bush declined to take a strong position, [ 9 ] but nonethless signed the bill into law in March 2002 after it cleared both houses of Congress.
The bill would amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for greater and faster public disclosure of campaign spending and to combat the use of so-called "dark money" in U.S. elections. The DISCLOSE Act passed the House of Representatives in June 2010 on a 219–206 vote, but was defeated in the Senate by a successful ...
Resigned November 26, 2007. A special election was held March 8, 2008. Bill Foster (D) March 8, 2008 Indiana 7th: Julia Carson (D) Died December 15, 2007. A special election was held March 11, 2008. André Carson (D) March 11, 2008 Mississippi 1st: Roger Wicker (R) Resigned December 31, 2007, when appointed U.S. Senator. A special election was ...