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The First Day of the New Congress

	The First Day of the New Congress Resubmitted. Today, January 5, 2011 is the first day of the new Congress. The House is not a continuing body. It ends at the conclusion of each two-year Congress and must reconstitute itself at the beginning of the next Congress. Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution sets terms for Members of the House at two years.The House must choose its Speaker and officers and determine the chamber’s internal rules every two years. The Constitution mandates that Congress convene at noon on January 3, unless it has earlier passed a law designating a different day. This year the date was January 5, 2011. Although no officers have been elected when the House first convenes, some officers from the previous Congress perform certain functions.The House follows a well-established first day routine of electing and swearing in the Speaker, administering the oath of office to its Members, electing and swearing in its administrative officers, and adopting its rules of procedure. It also establishes its d Boyd L. Alexander

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