No, Barack Obama resigned from his Senate seat after being elected as President in 2008. He began his presidential term on January 20, 2009.
During Obama's first term, the Democratic Party controlled both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
President Barack Obama
There are a few things that happen if a senator cannot finish a term. The first being that they need a replacement.
He was acquitted and allowed to finish his term of office.
Illinois' governor (a Democrat) will choose a replacement for the 2 remaining years in Obama's term. Somewhat similar answer for Joe Biden's Senate seat, except that in Biden's case there are the full 6 years remaining on his term (he was re-elected to the Senate the same day he was elected Vice President). The replacement senator will fill the first 2 years of the term, and then in 2010 a special election will be held to determine who fills the remaining 4 years.
The Democrats will maintain control of the senate in 2013. They have 53 seats in the new congress, plus two independents who will caucus with them.
Barack Obama was first elected to the Illinois state senate, beginning in 1996.
State Senate & Senate.
Illinois Senate career of Barack Obama was born on 1961-08-04.
The term 'majority government' is not generally used in the US. President Obama is a Democrat. Currently, the Republican Party holds a majority in the US House of Representatives, and the Democrats in the US Senate.
The Democrats did not have majorities in the House and Senate for very long-- about twenty-two months total. Mr. Obama took office in January 2009 when both the house and senate were majority Democrats. But by November 2010, when the mid-term elections took place, the House changed control to the Republicans. And the Democrats still maintained a slim majority in the Senate.
1997 to 2001