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The One Hundred Eleventh United States Congress was the meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government from January 3, 2009, until January 3, 2011. It began during the last two 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. In the November 4, 2008 elections, the Democratic Party increased its majorities in both chambers, giving President Obama a Democratic majority in the legislature for the first two years of his presidency. A new delegate seat was created for the Northern Mariana Islands.〔Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008, 〕 The 111th Congress had the most experienced 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. This Congress has been considered one of the most productive Congresses in history in terms of legislation passed since the 89th Congress, during Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. ==Major events== * January 2009: Two Senate seats were disputed when the Congress convened: *# An appointment dispute over the Illinois seat vacated by President Barack Obama arose following Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's alleged solicitation of bribes in exchange for an appointment to the Senate. Roland Burris (D) was appointed to the seat on December 31, 2008, his credentials were accepted on January 12, 2009, and he was sworn in on January 15, 2009. *# An election dispute over the Minnesota seat previously held by Norm Coleman (R), between Coleman and challenger Al Franken (D), was decided in June 30, 2009 in favor of Franken. Franken's swearing in would give the Senate Democratic caucus sixty votes, enough to defeat a filibuster in a party-line vote. * January 8, 2009: Joint session counted the Electoral College votes of the 2008 presidential election.〔See . Section 1 sets the beginning of the first session of the 111th Congress. Section 2 sets the date for counting Electoral College votes.〕 * January 20, 2009: Inauguration of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. * April 28, 2009: Senator Arlen Specter switches from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party. * September 9, 2009: President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress to promote health care reform, which Representative Joe Wilson (R) interrupted by shouting at the President. * January 25, 2010: 2010 State of the Union Address * February 4, 2010: Republican Scott Brown joins the Senate as Massachusetts's Class I Senator following Brown's special election victory; Brown's succession of Democratic interim Senator Paul G. Kirk ended the Democratic sixty-seat supermajority. * April 20, 2010: Deepwater Horizon oil spill * November 2, 2010: 2010 general elections, in which Republicans regained control of the House while the Democrats remained in control of the Senate. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「111th United States Congress」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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