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Tea Party protests in front of the U.S. Capitol, September 12, 2009. President Obama delivering the 2010 State of the Union Address , January 25, 2010. President Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, March 23, 2010.
On September 21, 2009, Republican John M. McHugh resigned to become United States Secretary of the Army. [2] On November 3, 2009, Democrat Bill Owens defeated Conservative Doug Hoffman and Republican Dede Scozzafava in a race that garnered considerable press attention. Days before the election, Scozzafava dropped out of the race, then endorsed ...
The 2010 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, in the middle of Democratic President Barack Obama's first term. Republicans ended unified Democratic control of Congress and the presidency by winning a majority in the House of Representatives and gained seats in the Senate despite Democrats holding Senate control.
The only election which changed party hands (from Republican to Democratic) was in New York's 23rd congressional district. Also, a primary election was held in Massachusetts on December 8, 2009, for the senate seat left open by the death of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy ; the general special election for that later seat occurred on January 19, 2010.
Majority party Minority party Leader John Boehner [2] Nancy Pelosi [5] Party Republican: Democratic: Leader since January 3, 2007 January 3, 2003 Leader's seat Ohio 8th: California 8th: Last election 178 seats, 42.6% [3] 257 seats, 53.2% Seats before 179 256 Seats won 242: 193 Seat change 63 63 Popular vote 44,829,751 [4] 38,980,192 Percentage ...
Conservative opponents of Obama formed the Tea Party movement in February 2009. Obama was granted the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, despite presiding over the war in Afghanistan and the Iraq War. [47] The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was a major ecological disaster from April through September 2010. [48]
2010 2011 United Independent Party: Massachusetts Liberalism [156] 2014 2017 Bread and Roses Party: Maryland Socialism [157] 2018 2021 Libertarian Party of Virginia: Virginia Libertarianism [15] 1974 2022 [14] Tea Party of Nevada: Nevada Tea Party movement: Split from: Republican Party: 2010 2010 People's Party: Florida Progressivism [158] 2017 ...
2nd: January 3, 2008 – January 3, 2009 House of Representatives member pin for the 110th U.S. Congress The 110th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government , between January 3, 2007, and January 3, 2009, during the last two years of the Presidency of George W. Bush .