117th Congress being sworn in Sunday amid pandemic
The Constitution calls for Congress to convene on January 3 at noon ET the reason for the rare Sunday session. Newly elected and returning members will take the oath of office and the full House of Representatives will vote to elect a new Speaker. Nancy Pelosi, who has served as House speaker in the 116th Congress, is on track to remain in the role.
House Democrats kept control of the House in the November elections, but will now have a narrower majority after suffering a string of losses, despite projections that they would win more seats. House Republicans, meanwhile, outperformed expectations and are now poised to add a significant number of GOP women to their ranks in the new Congress.
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, tells Maria Bartiromo on ‘Sunday Morning Futures’ he wants an ‘emergency 10-day audit of the results by an electoral commission.’
The final stage in the selection of an American president comes at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 6.
Under the conditions of the 12th Amendment to the Constitution, both the House and Senate meet at 1 p.m. in a joint session of Congress in the House chamber.
Vice President Mike Pence, in his capacity as president of the Senate, presides. But, there have been several instances where the president pro tempore of the Senate (the most senior member of the majority party) presides in place of the vice president. This would be Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.