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January 3rd. According to me under Article 1 section 4.

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Actually, the 20th Amendment updated the original meeting date of Congress. An excellent explanation of the Constitutional end/beginning of a session of Congress (contrasted on the date they legislate to re-convene) is provided by John Fortier of AEI at this link: http://blog.american.com/?page_id=24119

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