<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 1st: January 3, 2013--December 26, 2013 2nd: January 3, 2014--December 16, 2014 </Td> </Tr> <P> The One Hundred Thirteenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, from January 3, 2013, to January 3, 2015, during the fifth and sixth years of Barack Obama's presidency . It was composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives based on the results of the 2012 Senate elections and the 2012 House elections . The seats in the House were apportioned based on the 2010 United States Census . It first met in Washington, D.C. on January 3, 2013, and it ended on January 3, 2015 . Senators elected to regular terms in 2008 were in the last two years of those terms during this Congress . </P> <P> The Senate had a Democratic majority, while the House had a Republican majority . Widespread public dissatisfaction with the institution increased over its second year, and some commentators have ranked it among the worst in United States congressional history, until 2017 . According to a Gallup Poll released in August 2014, the 113th Congress had the highest disapproval rating of any Congress since 1974, when data first started being collected: 83% of Americans surveyed said that they disapproved of the job Congress was doing, while only 13% said that they approved . In October 2013, during the government shutdown, this decreased to 10% approval according to several polls . </P> <Ul> <Li> January 3, 2013: Election of Speaker . Incumbent Speaker John Boehner was re-elected despite the largest number of defections in the vote for speaker since at least 1991 . </Li> <Li> January 4, 2013: Joint session to count the Electoral College votes for the 2012 presidential election . </Li> <Li> January 20--21, 2013: Second inauguration of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden . The terms began January 20, but because that was a Sunday, the Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies scheduled the inauguration ceremony for the next day . </Li> <Li> February 12, 2013: Joint session to hear the 2013 State of the Union Address . </Li> <Li> March 6--7, 2013: Senator Rand Paul led a filibuster of the nomination of John O. Brennan for Director of the Central Intelligence Agency with a 12 - hour, 52 - minute speech . </Li> <Li> June 5, 2013: The first media reports of Edward Snowden's surveillance disclosures surfaced in the media . </Li> <Li> June 25, 2013: The Supreme Court struck down section 4 (b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in Shelby County v. Holder, ending the need for some counties and states to receive "preclearance" from the Justice Department before changing election laws . </Li> <Li> June 26, 2013: The Supreme Court struck down section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act in United States v. Windsor, forcing the federal government to acknowledge same - sex marriages granted under the laws of states . </Li> <Li> July 16, 2013: The Senate reached a deal to allow some presidential nominations to come to a vote, avoiding the "Nuclear option" for filibuster reform . </Li> <Li> September 24--25, 2013: Senator Ted Cruz delivered a 21 - hour, 19 - minute speech, one of the longest in Senate history, in opposition to the Affordable Care Act . Cruz's speech was not a filibuster, as it delayed no vote . </Li> <Li> October 1--17, 2013: The United States federal government was shut down as most routine operations were curtailed after Congress failed to enact legislation appropriating funds for fiscal year 2014, or a continuing resolution for the interim authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2014 . </Li> <Li> October 3, 2013: United States Capitol shooting incident </Li> <Li> November 21, 2013: In a 52--48 vote, the Senate ended the use of the filibuster on all executive branch nominees, as well as on most judicial nominees . The filibuster remained in place for Supreme Court nominees and for legislation . </Li> <Li> November 4, 2014: United States elections, 2014, including United States Senate elections, 2014 and United States House of Representatives elections, 2014 . </Li> </Ul>

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