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The first Congress to open its first session and begin its members' terms on the new date was the 74th Congress in 1935. The first presidential and vice presidential terms to begin on the date appointed by the Twentieth Amendment were the second terms of President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner, on January 20, 1937. As Section 1 had ...
The latter schedule was used for the first two lame-duck sessions after the adoption of the 20th Amendment, which occurred shortly before or during World War II, in 1940 and 1942. It was again used only in 2002. Congress suspended its session during the election period preceding 12 lame-duck sessions since 1935.
Before the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution (ratified January 23, 1933), which moved and fixed new Congressional dates, on which an American Congress began and ended, designated from the original provisions of the Constitution of 1787, was previously either March 3 or March 4, (in tandem then with dates of presidential ...
“The terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January,” according to the 20th Amendment. Trump will then give an inaugural address as the 47th ...
The U.S. Constitution specifies not only the date of presidential ... (or Jan. 21 if the 20th falls on a Sunday) since 1937, after the 20th Amendment was passed, according to the National ...
(Repealed on December 5, 1933 by the 21st Amendment.) December 18, 1917 January 16, 1919 1 year, 29 days 19th: Grants women the right to vote. June 4, 1919 August 18, 1920 1 year, 75 days 20th: Changes the dates on which the terms of the president and vice president, and of members of Congress, begin and end, to January 20 and January 3 ...
The Senate has voted only on cloture motions with regard to the proposed amendment, the last of which was on June 7, 2006, when the motion failed 49 to 48, falling short of the 60 votes required to allow the Senate to proceed to consideration of the proposal and the 67 votes required to send the proposed amendment to the states for ratification.
HJR Q, which passed the House with bipartisan support during the previous term, is intended to prevent the exploitation of lame duck sessions, when lawmakers on their way out will sometimes pass ...