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Events from the year 2009 in the United States. The inauguration of Barack Obama as the president , occurred on January 20. The nation, still recovering from the Great Recession , received various economic stimuli through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and similar legislation, which most notably gave Americans tax credits .
The Miss USA 2009 controversy centered on Miss California USA 2009 Carrie Prejean's answer to a question regarding same-sex marriage.On April 19, 2009, during the ceremony of Miss USA 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada, the five finalists were all asked about political issues such as how to fight domestic violence, whether to use taxpayer money to bail out corporations, whether to give immigrants ...
2009 controversies in the United States (17 P) C. Clinton administration controversies (3 C, 49 P) E. Jeffrey Epstein (1 C, 31 P) G. George W. Bush administration ...
Robert Novak, the conservative columnist whose role in the Valerie Plame affair made him a focus of late-life controversy, has died of brain cancer at age 78. Novak, known with backhanded ...
He was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with diverting $1.2 million from an issue of tax-exempt municipal bonds to his own personal use. Mr. Helms signed an order that settled the case before trial, though he resigned his FAA post. [333] [334] Veterans administration Chief Bob Nimmo was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in ...
At issue is a procedural tool know as the motion to vacate that Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and other conservatives used to remove former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., from his leadership ...
After week-long media coverage of scammy offers on FarmVille and other Zynga games which offer free in-game currency in exchange for signing up for subscriptions (some legit, some not) -- the ...