Talk:111th United States Congress

message: It seems evident that one health care bill is being considered: Affordable Health Care for America Act. Wouldn't it be reasonable to make this the sole bill for health care as there are multiple bills for any subject at any time...Blindman shady 02:09, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestion to consolidate health care 

message: I hear that the seating of the senator-elect can be delayed for about 15 days, but does the term of the appointed-senator end immediately after the election? The loser conceded (so there is no contest) which did not happen in MN with Al Franken. user:mnw2000 03:14, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes he is. First, there is 2 USC § 36, which says that Kirk remains on the payroll until Brown qualifies (i.e., takes the oath). More important for Wikipedians, the last time this happened was when Kay Bailey Hutchison defeated Bob Krueger. The election was held on June 5, 1993, and Hutchison took the oath on June 14. In the meantime, Krueger continued to sit and vote. See for example Roll Call vote 143 (during the first session of the 103rd Congress), taken on June 10, 1993, regarding S. 3, the Congressional Spending Limit and Election Reform Act of 1993. I'd link to the Congressional Record page, but the old ones aren't in PDF and the html page is just a temporary one. -Rrius (talk) 03:43, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Does qualified mean certified? Scott is clearly qualified (age, residence, etc.). Also, there is no question that he is the senator-elect. Therefore, the language says the the appointed Senator will hold office "a new senator is ËLECTED BY THE PEOPLE". Certification affects when the new senator is seated and can vote, but the appointed senator's term ends when the election is over and there is question who won. However, I think this will be moot based on comments from various Senators. It is, however, an interesting question. BTW, Ted Kennedy himself was seated the next day after his special election. user:mnw2000 12:20, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Depends on your party. If you're a Democrat in Massachusetts, "qualified" is a very quick process. If you're a Republican, being "qualified" (though it is merely proof of age, residence, and citizenship) can take some time. When he is officially sworn in is when he's in the Senate, and that should be when we add him, as he cannot vote yet. It would be erroneous to list him as someone who can vote.Blindman shady 17:39, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

text: "Qualified" does include and always has included taking the oath. You may want to research this before expressing an opinion.In any event, we have proof positive: Kirk voted in the Senate today. Also, once again, Kennedy was elected during a sine die adjournment of the Senate. As a result, Smith's term ended on election day, and Kennedy's began on the day after without regard to taking the oath. That situation, as I mentioned in my prior contribution, is different from the situation here and with Kay Bailey Hutchison. -Rrius (talk) 18:16, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Paul Kirk a senator after 1/19/2010? 

message: Scott Brown (R-Mass) and the final results from the Illinois senate race can determine what the 112th US congress may be like. Experts predict the fall of US Senate leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) and be another open seat for the state of Nevada, a "red" state in contrast to Massachusetts being a "blue" state. The state of Illinois may well be purple, due to the Chicago Democrat machine may be breaking down (the cause was the ex-governor Rod Blagojevich scandal) and by the majority of Illinois as a state with more of a Republican-oriented structure. + 71.102.7.77 (talk) 10:11, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Senators 

message: :File:US House apportionment (20090626).png
This picture, visually depicting current party standings in the House of Representatives needs to be update. Until it is, I will remove it from the article since it is incorrect and therefore provides no useful information. Andy120290 (talk) 03:01, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture needs to be updated 

message: I reformatted the Member lists because it makes more sense for them to show current membership. Also, I made a few other changes to make it look better: italics, indenting instead of bulleting. --Metallurgist (talk) 05:47, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reformatting 

message: Some of the acts on the list are virtually unheard of. We really should only have the ones that got some attention, or at the least, have a reasonable article behind the act...Blindman shady 00:46, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too much enacted legislation 

message: Don't forget that this was also a law passed by the 111th Congress and signed into law recently. It's pretty much gone under the radar.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.46.22.159 (talk) 23:43, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It's part of 111-211,  the Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act of 2010. Circéus (talk) 18:52, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

text: * Find it here: .—Markles  00:02, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010

message: *Why did the number or Republican seats in the House rise to 180 on NOVEMBER 2ND?
*Were they not seated until NOVEMBER 15TH?
*Won't we change the Senate number as of NOVEMBER 29TH when Mark Kirk is seated?
* user:mnw2000 22:09, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  November 2nd change to House 

message: Mark Kirk is to be sworn in on 11/29 at 5:30pm. This should be the last membership change in the 111th Congress. That will leave the breakdown to 58/42!  user:mnw2000 15:27, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I just updated the page. Swearing in is next item on Senate agenda. His resignation from the House was effective at 5 pm based on the letter he sent to the governor and speaker on Friday.DCmacnut<> 22:05, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Last membership change today! 

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thread_title:  Dead links 

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thread_title:  Dead link 2 

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thread_title:  Dead link 4 

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thread_title:  Dead link 5 

message: I propose that Special elections to the 111th United States Congress be merged into 111th United States Congress. The information in the former article essentially duplicates that in the latter. - Presidentman talk · contribs Random Picture of the Day (Talkback) 22:26, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: However, the information is essentially the same as the information in the membership changes section. - Presidentman talk · contribs Random Picture of the Day (Talkback) 13:40, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  One article has just a table.  The other article has discussions, in paragraphs with references, of the elections.  Yes, the essence is the same, but there are sufficient differences to merit two articles.—GoldRingChip  14:53, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: The following passage is misleading as it includes 2 Independents that were caucusing with the Democrats: 
"The Democratic Party theoretically had a 60% filibuster-proof super majority in the Senate for most of the time period between July 7, 2009, when Al Franken (D) won a contested seat, and February 4, 2010, when Scott Brown (R) replaced Ted Kennedy (D). However, Ted Kennedy's terminal illness kept him out of Washington from March 2009 until his death on August 25. The Democrats' 60% supermajority only became a practical reality on September 24 when Kennedy's replacement Scott Brown, was seated." 67.208.148.22 (talk) 21:13, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  There were never 60 Democrats seated in the Senate at one time 

message: In 111th_United_States_Congress#Members, under Maine's list of senators, Olympia Snowe (R) should be replaced with Angus King (I). I would do it myself but I'm not sure what the numbers next to the names mean. -Newyorkadam (talk) 22:19, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: * Ah, my mistake. I didn't pay attention to the title of the article and thought it was just a current list of senators. -Newyorkadam (talk) 16:34, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Outdated members list 

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