claim: when he took office in 2009, president barack obama "had the biggest democratic majorities in congress since lyndon johnson."
author: haley barbour
evidence_1: jan 17, 2017 ... he declared and then lifted a national… ... for truman and johnson, who took  office after their predecessor's death, we're counting the first 100 days of their full  elected terms — 1949 for ... that fdr was president during the great depression  and had large democratic majorities in congress helped, too.
evidence_2: obama wanted to do more as president than put out fires. he also sought to  enact a major reform of the nation's health care system. health care reform had  been a leading democratic party goal since the presidency of harry s. truman.  in 1965, lyndon b. johnson had secured the enactment of medicare for older ...
evidence_3: nov 4, 2015 ... under president obama, democrats have lost 900+ state legislature seats, 12  governors, 69 house seats, 13 senate seats. ... tally up those losses by  comparing the number of house and senate seats dems held when barack  obama took office on inauguration day 2009 with the number they hold today.
evidence_4: nov 24, 2017 ... barack obama came into office, in 2009, with large democratic majorities, high  approval ratings, and a massive economic crisis, all of which he leveraged to  pass the most ambitious first-year agenda of any president since lyndon  johnson, including an enormous economic-stimulus package and major ...
evidence_5: the one hundred eleventh united states congress was a meeting of the  legislative branch of the united states federal government from january 3, 2009,  until january 3, 2011. it began during the last two weeks of the george w. bush  administration, with the remainder spanning the first two years of barack obama's  ...