Back كونجرس امريكا ال110 ARZ 110. Kongress der Vereinigten Staaten German 110.º Congreso de los Estados Unidos Spanish 110e congrès des États-Unis French Kongres Amerika Serikat ke-110 ID 110º Congresso degli Stati Uniti d'America Italian Kongres Amerika Syarikat ke-110 Malay 110e Amerikaans Congres Dutch 110. Kongres Stanów Zjednoczonych Polish 110.º Congresso dos Estados Unidos Portuguese
| 110th United States Congress | |
|---|---|
109th ← → 111th | |
 United States Capitol (2007) | |
January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 | |
| Members | 100 senators 435 representatives 5 non-voting delegates |
| Senate majority | Democratic (through caucus) |
| Senate President | Dick Cheney (R) |
| House majority | Democratic |
| House Speaker | Nancy Pelosi (D) |
| Sessions | |
| 1st: January 4, 2007 – December 19, 2007 2nd: January 3, 2008 – January 3, 2009 | |
The 110th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, between January 3, 2007, and January 3, 2009, during the last two years of the Presidency of George W. Bush. 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]
The Democratic Party won a majority in both chambers, giving them full control of Congress for the first time since the 103rd Congress in 1993, which was also the previous time they controlled the House.
Officially in the Senate, there were 49 Democrats, 49 Republicans, and two independents, but because both of the independents caucused with the Democrats, this gave the Democrats an operational majority. No Democratic-held seats had fallen to the Republican Party in the 2006 elections.[2]
This is the most recent Congress to feature Republican senators from Minnesota (Norm Coleman), New Mexico (Pete Domenici) and Oregon (Gordon Smith), in which Domenici retired and the other two lost re-election at the end of the Congress.
Democrat Nancy Pelosi became the first female speaker of the House.[3] The House also received the first Muslim (Keith Ellison)[4][5] and Buddhist (Hank Johnson and Mazie Hirono)[6] members of Congress.
- ^ Legislative Activities, via clerk.house.gov. Accessed April 25, 2009. Archived April 29, 2009.
- ^ CBS News, Voters Usher Out Republicans.
- ^ Deirdre Walsh (January 4, 2007). "Pelosi becomes first woman House speaker". CNN.com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2007. Retrieved January 4, 2007.
- ^ ruthholladay.com - Andre Carson on identity and belief Archived April 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ DAWN (Newspaper) Archived October 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Nash, Phil Tajitsu (November 24, 2006). "Washington Journal: Campaign 2006 In Review". AsianWeek. Archived from the original on November 21, 2007. Retrieved December 16, 2006.