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110th United States Congress 00:01:01 1 Major events 00:01:18 1.1 Support for the Iraq War 00:02:07 1.2 Other events 00:03:09 2 Major legislation 00:03:32 2.1 Enacted 00:08:41 2.2 Proposed, but not enacted 00:10:01 2.2.1 Vetoed 00:11:04 3 Treaties ratified 00:13:37 4 Select committees 00:13:59 5 Hearings 00:14:14 6 Party summary 00:14:23 6.1 Senate 00:14:35 6.2 House of Representatives 00:14:57 7 Leadership 00:15:13 7.1 Senate 00:15:32 7.1.1 Majority (Democratic) leadership 00:16:28 7.1.2 Minority (Republican) leadership 00:17:20 7.2 House of Representatives 00:17:35 7.2.1 Majority (Democratic) leadership 00:18:25 7.2.2 Minority (Republican) leadership 00:19:01 8 Members 00:19:13 8.1 Senate 00:19:41 8.1.1 Alabama 00:19:50 8.1.2 Alaska 00:19:59 8.1.3 Arizona 00:20:11 8.1.4 Arkansas 00:20:20 8.1.5 California 00:21:04 8.1.6 Colorado 00:31:06 8.1.7 Connecticut 00:43:42 8.1.8 Delaware 00:44:12 8.1.9 Florida 00:44:21 8.1.10 Georgia 00:44:33 8.1.11 Hawaii 00:45:31 8.1.12 Idaho 00:46:12 8.1.13 Illinois 00:47:09 8.1.14 Indiana 00:47:50 8.1.15 Iowa Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuKfABj2eGyjH3ntPxp4YeQ You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= The One Hundred Tenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, between January 3, 2007, and January 3, 2009, during the last two years of the second term of President George W. Bush. It was composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The apportionment of seats in the House was based on the 2000 U.S. Census. The Democratic Party controlled a majority in both chambers for the first time since the end of the 103rd Congress in 1995. Although the Democrats held fewer than 50 Senate seats, they had an operational majority because the two independent senators caucused with the Democrats for organizational purposes. No Democratic-held seats had fallen to the Republican Party in the 2006 elections. Democrat Nancy Pelosi became the first woman Speaker of the House. The House also received the first Muslim (Keith Ellison) and Buddhist (Hank Johnson and Mazie Hirono) members of Congress. |