Dick Cheney (R)[a] (until January 20, 2009) Joe Biden (D) (from January 20, 2009)
House majority
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House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi (D)
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1st: January 6, 2009 – December 24, 2009 2nd: January 5, 2010 – December 22, 2010
House of Representatives member pin for the 111th U.S. CongressInauguration 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.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.Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy swearing in Elena Kagan during her first day of testimony on her appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, June 28, 2010Congressional leaders meeting with President Obama, November 30, 2010.President Obama signing the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 into law, January 2, 2011.
The 111th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government from January 3, 2009, until January 3, 2011. It began during the last weeks of the George W. Bush administration, with the remainder spanning the first two years of Barack Obama's presidency. It was composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The apportionment of seats in the House was based on the 2000 U.S. census.[1][2][3]
In the November 2008 elections, the Democratic Party increased its majorities in both chambers (including – when factoring in the two Democratic caucusing independents – a brief filibuster-proof 60-40 supermajority in the Senate), and with Barack Obama being sworn in as president on January 20, 2009, this gave Democrats an overall federal government trifecta for the first time since the 103rd Congress in 1993.
However, the Senate supermajority only lasted for a period of 72 working days while the Senate was actually in session. A new delegate seat was created for the Northern Mariana Islands.[4] The 111th Congress had the most long-serving members in history: at the start of the 111th Congress, the average member of the House had served 10.3 years, while the average Senator had served 13.4 years.[5] The Democratic Party would not simultaneously control both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate again until more than a decade later, during the 117th Congress.
The 111th Congress was the most productive congress since the 89th Congress.[6] It enacted numerous significant pieces of legislation, including the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and the New START treaty.
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