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9NEWS.com
February 1, 2018
who kept his campaign open for seven years after leaving the senate to become Secretary of the Interior under the Obama Administration. U.S. Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO) January 4, 2005 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The 109th Congress was sworn in January 4. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images).
PolitiFact
January 26, 2018
In a discussion about the recent three-day government shutdown — due to lawmakers' disagreement over federal funding and policies for young immigrants in the country illegally, so-called Dreamers — pundit Ronald Brownstein said that while many Americans want Dreamers to stay, it's unclear if that canÃâà...
Roll Call
January 24, 2018
Tom Graves' SUV in Atlanta Hatch Calls Obamacare Supporters 'Stupidest, Dumbass People' Federal Employees Hit Hard by Trump's Budget, Key GOP Senator Says. Save for later. Wendy Vitter is seen here in 2005 as her husband, Louisiana Sen. David Vitter, is sworn in to the 109th Congress by ViceÃâà...
HuffPost
January 13, 2018
Jesse Jackson with then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) as the 109th Congress is sworn in on Jan. 4, 2005. In the 1970s, Jackson emerged as the civil rights movement's foremost vestige. He'd outlived or outgrown his cadre of activist contemporaries from the late-1960s — the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. amongÃâà...
Pew Research Center
January 11, 2018
In 2005, the first year of the GOP-controlled 109th Congress and with Republican George W. Bush in the White House, 161 laws were enacted, 124 of them substantive. By 2009, the first year of the 111th Congress, Democrats were in control of the House and Senate and Obama was president. That yearÃâà...
Bloomberg Government (blog)
November 24, 2017
With still a year to go until the election, that's the biggest exodus of the House members in charge of setting priorities and writing legislation since the 109th Congress in 2005-2006, when five Republican committee chairmen didn't seek re-election. Democrats won a majority of House seats that year.
Civilrights.org
June 21, 2017
The Leadership Conference Voting Record, published annually, contains a sample of Senate and House votes from the current Congressional session. The included votes reflect positions taken by every senator and representative on the legislative priorities of The Leadership Conference and its coalition members.
FederalNewsRadio.com
April 21, 2017
Turner once served as a subcommittee chairman on the Oversight and Government Reform during the 109th Congress. He's no longer serves on the committee. Many expected Turner would earn the chairmanship in 2015, Hettinger said. “He could reclaim his seniority if he were so inclined and make aÃâà...
