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Why do president and senators take office on different date?
The 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution specifies the date that the President and Congress take office.
What date do new members of Pennsylvania state congress take office?
This sounds like it's coming from a freshmen member! State Legislators officially take office on the First Tuesday of January following their election in November. Simply put, when they're sworn into office. Although they usually can be found wandering about the capitol anytime between winning their election and swearing in day.
When do newly elected congressmen take the oath of office?
Members of Congress have a public swearing-in ceremony at the start of each new Congress. The current oath (2014) was written in the 1860s.
The Constitution allows Congress to pay its member whatever pay it wants?
That is quite true. Only Congress gets to decide what members of Congress are paid. The only restraint on the greed of Congress-people is that if they are too greedy, the voters may take offense and vote them out of office.
When does the house take office?
January 3 , 2011 is when the new Congress will take office.
When do newly elected congressmen take office 2017?
Today congress is being sworn into office.
Who take the president place if he cannot finish his time in office?
congress
On what date does the president take office?
January 20th
What date did Lincoln take his seat in Congress?
March 4, 1847
Who was the first president to take office on the inaugural date specified by the Twentieth Amendment?
Franklin Roosevelt was the first president to take office on the inaugural date specified by the Twentieth Amendment.
How many years is a Congress?
Each Congress lasts two years--the length of the term for a member of the House of Representatives. Elections for the House and some Senate seats are held in November of each even-numbered year, and the new Congress begins the following January when the newly elected members take office.
What date did Jimmy Carter take office?
January 20, 1977.
