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House of Representatives member pin for the 111th U.S. Congress Inauguration of Barack Obama at the U.S. Capitol, January 20, 2009. President Obama signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 into law, January 29, 2009. Sonia Sotomayor testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on her appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, July 13, 2009.
Eventually, Clinton ended her campaign and endorsed Obama for the nomination, prompting his victory. He went on to face Senator John McCain from Arizona as the Republican nominee, defeating him with 365 electoral votes to McCain's 173. Obama sought re-election for a second term in 2012, running virtually unopposed in the Democratic primaries.
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.
Control of the House, though, still hangs in the balance. Democrats retain control in the Senate. Every vote counts: Size of majority in Congress makes a difference
An anti-Pelosi "Boehner for Speaker" bumper sticker on a car window. Following the 2006 elections, Democrats took control of the House as well as the Senate.In the 2008 elections, which coincided with Democrat Barack Obama's victory over Republican John McCain for the presidency, Democrats increased their majorities in both chambers.
Although Democratic candidates received a nationwide plurality of more than 1.4 million votes (1.1%) in the aggregated vote totals from all House elections, [3] the Republican Party won a 33-seat advantage in seats, thus retaining its House majority by 17 seats. Democrats picked up 27 previously Republican-held seats, but most of these gains ...
The 119th Congress convenes with new members being sworn in. Republicans hold a narrow majority of 219-215 in the House. The Senate majority is 53-47, well below the 60-vote threshold needed to ...
[26] [27] A two-thirds vote of both chambers of Congress voting separately is required to designate the vice president as acting president in the event that a majority of the Cabinet certifies that the president is "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office" but the president declares that no such inability exists. [26]