111th United States Congress

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The 111th United States Congress was the federal legislature in session from 2009 to 2011 that passed major legislation including the Affordable Care Act and the Dodd–Frank financial reform.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress
bicameral legislature
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America
convenesDuring global financial crisis of 2007–2008 aftermath
country United States of America
endTime 2011-01-03
firstSessionEnd 2009-12-24
firstSessionStart 2009-01-06
followedBy 112th United States Congress
hasPart United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
houseMajorityParty Democratic Party (United States)
houseMinorityParty Republican Party (United States)
languageOfWorkOrName English
legislativeBody federal government of the United States
legislativePeriod Barack Obama presidency
legislativeTermNumber 111
legislatureNumberOfSessions 2
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Washington, D.C.
meetsIn United States Capitol
passes American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Cash for Clunkers program
Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009
Credit CARD Act of 2009
Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010
Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act
Food Safety Modernization Act
Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009
HIRE Act
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
New START Treaty (ratification resolution)
No FEAR Act amendments
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010
Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009
precededBy 110th United States Congress
presidentDuringTerm Barack Obama
secondSessionEnd 2010-12-22
secondSessionStart 2010-01-05
senateMajorityParty Democratic Party (United States)
senateMinorityParty Republican Party (United States)
senatePresident Joe Biden
senatePresidentProTempore Daniel Inouye
Robert Byrd
speakerOfTheHouse Nancy Pelosi
startTime 2009-01-03
votingSystem simple majority in each chamber


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