As of the end of September 2008, there were 199 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Around 27 million more people voted in the 2008 election compared to 1996.
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Approximately 121,503 people participated in the 2012 Iowa Caucus.
According to the Washington Post, "Overall, turnout in the midterm elections was projected at 42 percent of registered voters, about 1.2 percentage points higher than in 2006." (It should be noted that even though there was a slightly larger turnout than in 2006, about 58% of voters stayed home.) Also, according to most polls, the makeup of the electorate this time was different: there was a large "enthusiasm gap," such that Republicans voted in larger percentages than Democrats did; also, younger voters decreased, as did minority voters; and older voters, as well as white voters, came out in larger numbers than in 2008. 82.5 million people voted, many of whom were spurred by anger over the lingering recession. But it is worth noting that this number was far fewer than the more than 131 million people who voted in the presidential election of 2008-- generally, presidential elections bring out a much greater number of voters than midterm elections do.
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In December 2008, the General Motors (GM) bailout was voted on by a majority of Democrats and some Republicans. Specifically, 172 Democrats and 32 Republicans voted in favor of the bailout, while 20 Democrats and 150 Republicans voted against it.
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The vote in the Senate took place on June 19, 1935. There were 77 votes for the bill, 6 against the bill, and 12 votes were not placed. It was a bipartisan piece of legislation, with the vast majority of both Democrats and Republicans voting in favor of it.
It is difficult to provide an exact number as the Medicare program has evolved over time with different variations. However, when Medicare was first established in 1965, it received significant support from Democratic members of Congress, which included a majority of both Democratic senators and House representatives.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_Act_of_1965 The bill went through more than five hundred amendments before being passed by majority vote in both the House (307-116) and Senate (70-24). The legislation made two amendments to the Social Security Act of 1935. Title 18, which became known as Medicare, includes Part A, which provides hospital insurance to the aged, and Part B, which provides supplemental medical insurance. Title 19, which became known as Medicaid, states that at the state's discretion, it can finance the healthcare for individuals who were at or close to the public assistance level.
Depends on the definition of oppose. Many Republicans protested in opposition during debates, but 81 of the 102 House Republicans and 16 of the 25 Senate Republicans voted to support it when it was brought to a vote.
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It passed in 1965 under a Democratic Congress. It was resisted for many years by conservatives who denounced it as"socialized medicine."