<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Sessions </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 1st: January 3, 2017--present </Td> </Tr> <P> The One Hundred Fifteenth United States Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives . It meets in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 2017, to January 3, 2019, during the final weeks of the Obama presidency and the first two years of Donald Trump's presidency . The November 2016 elections maintained Republican control of both the House and Senate . </P> <Ul> <Li> January 5, 2017: House of Representatives condemned United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 . </Li> <Li> January 6, 2017: Joint Session counted and certified the Electoral Votes of the 2016 presidential election </Li> <Li> January 11--12, 2017: Senate, in an all - night session, took first steps to repeal the Affordable Care Act, (ACA). The final vote was 51 to 48 to approve a budget resolution to allow "broad swaths of the Affordable Care Act to be repealed through a process known as budget reconciliation ." </Li> <Li> January 20, 2017: Inauguration of President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence . </Li> <Li> February 7, 2017: The Vice President cast the tie - breaking vote to confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education . This was the first time in United States history that a cabinet confirmation was tied in the Senate and required a tie - breaking vote . </Li> <Li> February 28, 2017: President's speech to a Joint Session </Li> <Li> April 6, 2017: Senate invoked the "nuclear option" to weaken Supreme Court filibusters . Nominee Neil Gorsuch was then confirmed the next day . </Li> <Li> June 14, 2017: 2017 Congressional baseball shooting: Majority Whip Steve Scalise and several staffers were shot while practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game . </Li> <Li> September 1, 2017: The Parliamentarian of the United States Senate decrees that the Senate has until the end of the month to pass ACA repeal via the reconciliation process, or the option will no longer be viable . </Li> </Ul>

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