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This period began on the Tuesday (January 9, 2007) after the swearing-in ceremony on January 4. After it passes the House, most legislation still has to pass the [[United States Senate|Senate]] and receive the [[President of the United States|President's]] signature (or override his veto) to become law. The elements of the first day's proposals are House rules and therefore do not require any action from the Senate or President.
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== Origin of the plan ==
The origin for the name of the plan is a play-on-words from former Democratic [[President of the United States|President]] [[Franklin Roosevelt]] who promised quick action on the part of government (to combat the [[Great Depression]]) during his [[
The plan was promised by Democrats in the days leading up to the [[2006 midterm elections]] in the United States, in which the Democratic Party won control of both houses of [[United States Congress|Congress]] (in the [[United States House of Representatives|House]] by a margin of 233-202 and in the [[United States Senate|Senate]] by a margin of 51-49—both independent Senators caucus with the 49 Democrats) after twelve years of [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] control (January 1995 to January 2007). Twelve years earlier, in January 1995, the Republicans had articulated their own legislative plan which they called ''[[Contract with America|The Contract with America]]''.
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::Passed 299-128 as {{USBill|110|H.R.|1}} on January 9, 2007<ref>[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:h.r.1: Search Results - THOMAS (Library of Congress)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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* [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]
* ''[[Contract with America]]'' (the Republican legislative plan for January 1995)
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* [[110th United States Congress]]
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