the democratic party controlled the house and senate in 2010.
the democratic party controlled the house and senate in 2010.
who controlled the house and senate in 2010?
the democratic party
franklin d. roosevelt's election as president in 1932 marked a shift in power towards the presidency. numerous new deal initiatives were proposed from the white house and sent to congress for approval, rather than legislation originating in congress. during the long administration of president franklin d. roosevelt (1933 to 1945), the democratic party controlled both houses of congress. as a result, the democrats obtained 60 of the 96 existing senate seats and 318 of the existing 435 house seats; hence the party now controlled two-thirds of congress. the democrats would continue to main this two-thirds control for the next six years. while the democrats still managed to maintain control of congress after the 1938 elections, the republicans––taking advantage of the recession of 1937––were able to gain 81 seat in the house of representatives and 6 seats in the senate after the election, making it difficult for the democrats to continue expanding new deal programs. despite the republican gains, the 1938 elections maintained a 72% democratic majority in the senate and a 60% democratic majority in the house. since the filibuster rule applies only in the senate, democrats maintained a filibuster-proof majority after the 1938 elections despite having lost 6 seats. republicans gained the psychological satisfaction of making a credible comeback––from oblivion––in the 1938 elections, but the democrats maintained solid numbers. during this time, republicans and conservative democrats from the south (who were backed by vice president john nance garner) formed a unity known as the conservative coalition and were able to reduce the two-thirds majority of new dealers on the united states house committee on rules; hence the two-thirds "rule-change" requirement was erased for the new dealers. the 1938 congressional election also saw the reduction of new dealers on united states house committee on ways and means as well.
history of the united states congress
the pennsylvania general assembly website indicates three salvia-related bills in the 2007-2008 regular session. these are senate bill 710 (p.n. 781), house bill 1379 (p.n 1951) and house bill 1379 (p.n. 1726). the different bills were introduced by different bill sponsors, but all proposed adding "salvia divinorum" to pennsylvania's schedule i listing of controlled substances. house bill no. 1547 also listed salvinorin a and divinorin a (salvinorin a is also known as divinorin a). their last actions were recorded as: referred to judiciary, march 29, 2007 for senate bill 710; referred to judiciary, may 29, 2007 house bill 1379; and, referred to judiciary, june 18, 2007 for house bill 1547. house bill 559, referred to judiciary on february 23, 2009, adding salvia divinorum to the state's schedule i controlled substances list, including its isomers. salvinorin a is specifically banned by the act if derived from "salvia divinorum". a compound based on the molecular structure of salvinorin a is banned as an isomer. on september 29, 2010 the pennsylvania house of representatives passed an amended version of h.b. 176, which would place "salvia divinorum" and salvinorin a under schedule i of the pa controlled substance act. hb 176 was referred to the pennsylvania senate judiciary committee on october 12, 2010. it was not voted on before the 2009-2010 session ended. there may be efforts to introduce the bill during the next session. such a ban on "salvia divinorum" might infringe on the religious rights protected by the pennsylvania constitution. on june 16, 2011, the pennsylvania general assembly passed senate bill 1006 which bans several drugs including "salvia divinorum", salvinorin a, and divinorin a, and presented the bill to the governor, who signed it on june 23, 2011.
legal status of salvia divinorum in the united states