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President Obama addressing Congress regarding health care reform, September 9, 2009. 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.
July 16, 2013: The Senate reached a deal to allow some presidential nominations to come to a vote, avoiding the "Nuclear option" for filibuster reform. [6] September 24–25, 2013: Senator Ted Cruz delivered a 21-hour, 19-minute speech, one of the longest in Senate history, in opposition to the Affordable Care Act. Cruz's speech was not a ...
[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]
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
President Barack Obama gave the State of the Union Address on January 20, 2015 Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress on March 3, 2015 Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, and Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew defended the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action at a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 23, 2015 Pope Francis ...
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.