The Congress must meet on January 3 of each year to organize. After that they set their own meeting times. The President has the power to call special session of Congress if they are not in session already and something important comes up.
They will take the oath on Jan 15, 2012
The new Congress takes over on January 3rd following the 2008 election. This date is specified by the US Constitution.
when a new justice is sworn in they must a
The 112th session of Congress was sworn in on January 5, 2011.
January 6th
The vice president would be sworn in as the new president. The new president would nominate someone to be the next vice president, and the nominee would be sworn in after a confirmation majority vote by both houses of Congress.
He was sworn in today (January 8th).
Too soon to tell. I mean the election was just yesterday. The new president won't be sworn in until January. Wait and see what new laws Congress passes.
Today congress is being sworn into office.
President George Washington was sworn in on April 30, 1789 in New York City.
When there is a vacancy in the Presidency, the Vice President is sworn in as President as soon as possible. When there is a vacancy in the Vice Presidency, the President appoints a new Vice President, who is sworn in immediately after Congress approves the appointment. Otherwise, the normal transition of the Presidency and Vice Presidency occurs at noon EST on January 20 of every fourth year including 2009.
This is a complex question based in part of a court decision in 1803; basically congress has sworn an oath to support and defend the US Constitution, so they could hardly violate it by destroying it, while under oath to support it.
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