Appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress and establishing the date for the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice President cast by the electors in December 2008 in the United States

Appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress and establishing the date for the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice President cast by the electors in December 2008

Act Details

Appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress and establishing the date for the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice President cast by the electors in December 2008 was a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 2008-09-28 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 110 United States Congress by Michael Arcuri in relation with: Congress, Congressional sessions, Electoral college, Government operations and politics.

Appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress and establishing the date for the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice President cast by the electors in December 2008 became law (1) in the United States on 2008-10-15. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

Sponsor

Michael Arcuri, Democrat, Representative from New York, district 24

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

Robert Bennett, Republican, Senator, from Utah
Sherrod Brown, Democrat, Senator, from Ohio, district 13
Maria E. Cantwell, Democrat, Senator, from Washington
Susan Margaret Collins, Republican, Senator, from Maine
Richard Joseph Durbin, Democrat, Senator, from Illinois
Dianne Feinstein, Democrat, Senator, from California
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg, Democrat, Senator, from New Jersey
Patrick Joseph Leahy, Democrat, Senator, from Vermont
Joseph Lieberman, Senator, from Connecticut
Chester Trent Lott, Republican, Senator, from Mississippi
Addison Mitchell (mitch) Mcconnell, Republican, Senator, from Kentucky
Robert Menendez, Democrat, Senator, from New Jersey, district 13
Barbara Ann Mikulski, Democrat, Senator, from Maryland
Kenneth Lee Salazar, Democrat, Senator, from Colorado
Charles Ellis (chuck) Schumer, Democrat, Senator, from New York
Debbie Stabenow, Senator, from Michigan
Jim Webb, Senator, from Virginia

Act Overview

• Number: 100 (3)
• Official Title as Introduced: Appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress and establishing the date for the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice President cast by the electors in December 2008 (4)
• Date First Introduced: 2008-09-28
• Sponsor Name: Michael Arcuri
• Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
• Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
• Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 2008-10-15
• Type: hjres (7)
• Main Topic: Congress
• Related Bills: (8)
• Summary of Appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress and establishing the date for the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice President cast by the electors in December 2008: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
• Primary Source: Congress Website

Text of the Appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress and establishing the date for the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice President cast by the electors in December 2008

Requires the first regular session of the 111th Congress to begin at noon on Tuesday January 6 2009.

Requires the meeting of the Senate and House of Representatives to count the electoral votes for the President and Vice President to be held on January 8 2009.

Bill Notes

• [Note 1] An Act (like Appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress and establishing the date for the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice President cast by the electors in December 2008) or a resolution cannot become a law in the United States until it has been approved (passed) in identical form by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as signed by the President (but see (5)). If the two bodys of the Congress versions of a bill are not identical, one of the bodies might decide to take a further vote to adopt the bill (see more about the Congress process here). An Act may be pass in identical form with or without amendments and with or without conference. (see more about Enrollment).
• [Note 2] Proposals are referred to committees for preliminary consideration, then debated, amended, and passed (or rejected) by the full House or Senate. To prevent endless shuttling of bills between the House and Senate, bills like Appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress and establishing the date for the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice President cast by the electors in December 2008 are referred to joint committees made up of members of both houses.
• [Note 3] For more information regarding this legislative proposal, go to THOMAS, select “Bill Number,” search on (Appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress and establishing the date for the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice President cast by the electors in December 2008)
• [Note 4] Appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress and establishing the date for the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice President cast by the electors in December 2008. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 2008-09-28) and can be revised any time. This type of titles are sentences.
• [Note 5] The Act is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of any of the two Houses. Bills are placed on the calendar of the committee to which they have been assigned. See Assignment Process.
• [Note 6] Regarding exceptions to President´s approval, a bill that is not signed (returned unsigned) by the President can still become law if at lest two thirds of each of the two bodys of the Congress votes to pass it, which is an infrequent case. See also Presidential Veto.
• [Note 7] Legislative Proposal types can be: hr, hres, hjres, hconres, s, sres, sjres, sconres. An Act originating in the Senate is designated by the letter “S”, and a bill originating from the House of Representatives begins with “H.R.”, followed, in both cases, by its individual number which it retains throughout all its parliamentary process.
• [Note 8] For information regarding related bill/s to Appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress and establishing the date for the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice President cast by the electors in December 2008, go to THOMAS.

Analysis

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Congress
Congressional sessions
Electoral college
Government operations and politics

Further Reading

• “How our laws are made”, Edward F Willett; Jack Brooks, Washington, U.S. G.P.O.
• “To make all laws : the Congress of the United States, 1789-1989”, James H Hutson- Washington, Library of Congress.
• “Bills introduced and laws enacted: selected legislative statistics, 1947-1990”, Rozanne M Barry; Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.