Major events 114th United States Congress

president barack obama gave state of union address on january 20, 2015



prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu addressed congress on march 3, 2015



secretary of state john kerry, secretary of energy ernest moniz, , secretary of treasury jack lew defending joint comprehensive plan of action @ hearing of senate foreign relations committee on july 23, 2015



pope francis addresses congress in 2015 head of state of vatican city.




january 6, 2015: incumbent speaker of house john boehner re-elected despite defections of 25 members own republican caucus, twice number previous congress.
january 20, 2015: 2015 state of union address
march 3, 2015: prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu addressed joint session of congress regarding sanctions against iran. netanyahu invited speaker john boehner without consulting president obama.
march 9, 2015: u.s. senator tom cotton wrote , sent letter leadership of islamic republic of iran, signed 47 of senate s 54 republicans, attempting cast doubt on obama administration s authority engage in nuclear-proliferation negotiations iran.
march 25, 2015: afghanistan president ashraf ghani addressed joint session of congress.
april 29, 2015: japanese prime minister shinzō abe addressed joint session of congress, becoming first japanese leader so.
september 24, 2015: pope francis addressed joint session of congress, becoming first pope so.
september 25, 2015: house speaker john boehner announced resign speaker , house @ end of october 2015. subsequently, majority leader kevin mccarthy, presumptive favorite succeed john boehner, unexpectedly withdrew candidacy job.
october 29, 2015: paul ryan elected succeed john boehner speaker of house 236 votes (54.3%) of house in favor. youngest speaker since james g. blaine in 1869.
january 12, 2016: 2016 state of union address
june 8, 2016: indian prime minister narendra modi addressed joint session of congress.
june 22–23, 2016: in wake of 2016 orlando attacks, congress debated gun control reform. u.s. house recessed july 4 holiday during sit-in protest held democrats halted business in chamber more 24 hours.
november 8, 2016 : donald trump , mike pence elected president , vice-president in presidential elections, while republicans retain majority @ both senate , house of representatives.




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