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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 .
Cities, counties, school boards, special districts, and others elected members in 2009. Several large cities held mayoral elections in 2009, including: New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, Houston, Minneapolis, Seattle, San Antonio, and Detroit. Memphis, Tennessee also had a special election to replace former mayor Willie Herenton.
February 2009 Barack Obama speech to a joint session of Congress; September 2009 Barack Obama speech to a joint session of Congress; 2009 energy efficiency and renewable energy research investment; 2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis; 2009 United States federal budget
A dot plot representing spending by category for the US budget for 2009. The 110th Congress' budget for 2009 totaled $3.1 trillion. Percentages in parentheses indicate percentage change compared to 2008. This budget request is broken down by the following expenditures: Mandatory spending: $1.89 trillion (+6.2%) $644 billion – Social Security
The 2009 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2009, and concluded October 3, 2010. The table illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.
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During this time period the United States experienced a wave of unprecedented political polarization and ongoing political debates such as climate change, voting rights, gun control, police misconduct, and immigration. [1] The ongoing 2008 financial crisis dominated the early Obama presidency (2009–2017).