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The 8th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1803, to March 4, 1805, during the last two years of Thomas Jefferson 's first term in office .
[30] [31] The last candidate from outside the two major parties to participate in a CPD-sponsored debate was Ross Perot, who polled sufficiently high in his 1992 presidential campaign to debate George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton in all three debates; Perot's running mate, James Stockdale, also participated in the vice presidential debate. [32]
The series of seven debates in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and Senator Stephen A. Douglas for U.S. Senate were true, face-to-face debates, with no moderator; the candidates took it in turns to open each debate with a one-hour speech, then the other candidate had an hour and a half to rebut, and finally the first candidate closed the debate with a half-hour response.
Economic address: Bill Clinton, President of the United States September 22, 1993 Joint session Health care reform: Bill Clinton, President of the United States January 25, 1994 Joint session State of the Union address: Bill Clinton, President of the United States May 18, 1994 Joint meeting Address P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India
Unlike most other presidential debates, where candidates stand at lecterns and respond to moderator questions, the second debate in 1992 was conducted in a more relaxed "town hall" format ...
This is a list of the several United States Congresses, since their beginning in 1789, including their beginnings, endings, and the dates of their individual sessions. Each elected bicameral Congress (of the two chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives ) lasts for two years and begins on January 3 of odd-numbered years.
The presidential debates of 1976, 1980 and 1984 were organized by the League of Women Voters, and every debate since has been hosted by the Commission on Presidential Debates.
An audience packs the room for a Republican debate of 8th Congressional District candidates. The debate was held at Providence Academy in Howard.