113th United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 113th United States Congress was the federal legislative body that met from 2013 to 2015 during President Barack Obama’s second term, marked by intense partisan gridlock and major debates over healthcare, the budget, and immigration.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Congress ⓘ bicameral legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
characterizedBy	partisan gridlock ⓘ
compositionChamberCount	2 ⓘ
conflictOrCooperationWith	Barack Obama presidency ⓘ surface form: Obama administration
country	United States of America ⓘ
enactedLegislationIncludes	American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 ⓘ surface form: American Taxpayer Relief Act technical corrections and follow-up measures Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 ⓘ Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 ⓘ
endTime	2015-01-03 ⓘ
firstSessionEnd	2013-12-26 ⓘ
firstSessionStart	2013-01-03 ⓘ
followedBy	114th United States Congress ⓘ
hasHouseMinorityLeader	Nancy Pelosi ⓘ
hasPart	United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
hasSenateMajorityLeader	Harry Reid ⓘ
hasSenateMinorityLeader	Mitch McConnell ⓘ
hasSpeakerOfTheHouse	John Boehner ⓘ
houseMajorityParty	Republican Party ⓘ
houseMinorityParty	Democratic Party ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
legislativePeriodDuring	presidency of Barack Obama ⓘ
legislativeSessionCount	2 ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber	113 ⓘ
legislatureNumberOf	United States federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsIn	United States Capitol ⓘ
notableIssue	federal deficit reduction ⓘ immigration reform proposals ⓘ implementation of the Affordable Care Act ⓘ
numberOfSenators	100 ⓘ
numberOfVotingRepresentatives	435 ⓘ
oversawEvent	2013 United States federal government shutdown ⓘ
partOf	history of the United States Congress ⓘ
precededBy	112th United States Congress ⓘ
secondSessionEnd	2014-12-16 ⓘ
secondSessionStart	2014-01-03 ⓘ
senateMajorityParty	Democratic Party ⓘ
senateMinorityParty	Republican Party ⓘ
spansPresidentialTerm	second term of Barack Obama ⓘ
startTime	2013-01-03 ⓘ
topicOf	debates over federal budget ⓘ debates over healthcare policy ⓘ debates over immigration reform ⓘ
votingSystem	direct election of Senators ⓘ first-past-the-post elections for House ⓘ

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Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014 → enactedBy → 113th United States Congress ⓘ

112th United States Congress → followedBy → 113th United States Congress ⓘ

Barack Obama presidency → legislatureTerm → 113th United States Congress ⓘ

California's 11th congressional district → representedIn → 113th United States Congress ⓘ