112th United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 112th United States Congress was the federal legislature of the United States that met from January 2011 to January 2013, during which it enacted laws and oversaw national policy under President Barack Obama.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
adjournedSineDieOn 2013-01-03 ⓘ
convenedOn 2011-01-05 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
electionCycleForHouse 2010 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
electionCycleForSenateClassI 2006 United States Senate elections ⓘ
electionCycleForSenateClassII 2008 United States Senate elections ⓘ
electionCycleForSenateClassIII 2010 United States Senate elections ⓘ
enacted federal statutes of the United States ⓘ
endTime 2013-01-03 ⓘ
firstSessionEnd 2012-01-03 ⓘ
firstSessionStart 2011-01-05 ⓘ
followedBy 113th United States Congress ⓘ
hasChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
houseMajorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
houseMinorityLeader Nancy Pelosi ⓘ
houseMinorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
jurisdiction national policy of the United States ⓘ
legislativeAuthority Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Article One of the United States Constitution
legislativeBranchOf United States government ⓘ
surface form: Federal government of the United States
legislativeSessionCount 2 ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 112 ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsIn United States Capitol ⓘ
meetsUnderConstitution United States Constitution ⓘ
metDuringPresidencyOf Barack Obama ⓘ
notableIssue debt-ceiling negotiations ⓘ
economic recovery after the Great Recession ⓘ
federal budget and deficit reduction debates ⓘ
implementation and challenges to the Affordable Care Act ⓘ
partisan gridlock and legislative obstruction ⓘ
numberOfNonVotingDelegates 6 ⓘ
numberOfSenators 100 ⓘ
numberOfVotingRepresentatives 435 ⓘ
oversawNationalPolicyDuring Barack Obama presidency ⓘ
oversightRole oversight of federal executive agencies ⓘ
precededBy 111th United States Congress ⓘ
secondSessionEnd 2013-01-03 ⓘ
secondSessionStart 2012-01-03 ⓘ
senateMajorityLeader Harry Reid ⓘ
senateMajorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
senateMinorityLeader Mitch McConnell ⓘ
senateMinorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
senatePresident Joe Biden ⓘ
senatePresidentProTempore Daniel Inouye ⓘ
Patrick Leahy ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouse John Boehner ⓘ
startTime 2011-01-03 ⓘ

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111th United States Congress → followedBy → 112th United States Congress ⓘ
Barack Obama presidency → legislatureTerm → 112th United States Congress ⓘ
113th United States Congress → precededBy → 112th United States Congress ⓘ
California's 11th congressional district → representedIn → 112th United States Congress ⓘ