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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.
During his first two years, President Obama had a majority in the House and filibuster-proof super-majority in the Senate (until February 2010), which coincided with the 111th United States Congress, considered to have been one of the most productive Congresses in terms of legislation passed since the 89th Congress, during Lyndon Johnson's ...
Congress may pass bills by simple majority votes. If the president vetoes a bill, Congress may override the veto by a two-thirds supermajority of both houses. A treaty must be ratified by a two-thirds supermajority of the Senate to enter into force and effect.
Obama's approval rating rose to 44% in January from. Approval ratings for both U.S. President Barack Obama and Congress have reached their highest levels in more than a year this month, according ...
During the 111th Congress, when Democrats held a majority in the Senate, Obama successfully nominated two Supreme Court Justices: Sonia Sotomayor, replacing David Souter – 2009; Elena Kagan, replacing John Paul Stevens – 2010; Justice Antonin Scalia died in February 2016, during the 114th Congress, which had a Republican majority in the Senate.
Democrats won control of the presidency and increased their control over Congress in the 2008 elections, and newly inaugurated President Barack Obama and his congressional allies focused on passing a major healthcare reform bill in the 111th Congress. The Senate passed a major healthcare bill in late 2009 without using the reconciliation ...
Trump has seen Obama’s high approval ratings among white Americans. He knows that Black Lives Matter enjoyed majority white support as well as majority Latino and Black support after the Floyd ...
By RYAN GORMAN U.S. President Barack Obama's approval rating has hit a 2014 high, but pales in comparison to Americans' opinions of a former president during his second term. Just under 47 percent ...