<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Sessions </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 1st: January 3, 2017--January 3, 2018 2nd: January 3, 2018--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 Barack Obama's 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 The final vote was 51 to 48 to approve a budget resolution to allow "broad swaths of the Affordable Care Act to be repealed through a process known as budget reconciliation ."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: Majority Whip Steve Scalise and several staffers were shot during the 2017 Congressional baseball shooting . They were practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game . </Li> <Li> September 1, 2017: the Parliamentarian of the United States Senate decreed that the Senate had until the end of the month to pass ACA repeal via the reconciliation process, or the option would no longer be viable . </Li> <Li> October 24--December 14, 2017: 2017 United States political sexual scandals from the "Me too" movement: <Ul> <Li> Allegations that Congressman Ruben Kihuen sexually harassed a campaign staffer led some in congressional leadership to call for his resignation . Kihuen later announced he would not seek another term in office . </Li> <Li> Senator Al Franken announced he would resign "in the coming weeks" after photographs were made public suggesting that he sexually assaulted Leeann Tweeden, a Los Angeles - based radio personality, during a USO tour in Iraq in 2006 . He was also accused by multiple female constituents of groping at various Minnesota fair appearances that he attended . </Li> <Li> Three members of Congress either resigned or announced their impeding resignations . (See "Changes in membership," below) </Li> <Li> Allegations that President Donald Trump raped and sexually harassed at least nineteen women, one girl, and Miss Teen USA contestants resulted in calls by members of Congress for him to resign . </Li> <Li> Allegations that Alabama Republican candidate Roy Moore raped and sexually harassed at least eight women and one girl contributed to his defeat by Democrat Doug Jones in a special Senate election to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions . </Li> <Li> Allegations that Representative Blake Farenthold sexually harassed a former staffer resulted in the commencement of an investigation by the House Ethics Committee and his announcement he would not seek re-election in 2018 . He ultimately resigned on April 6, 2018 . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> January 20--22, 2018: First of the United States federal government shutdowns of 2018 </Li> <Li> January 30, 2018: 2018 State of the Union Address </Li> <Li> February 9, 2018: Second of the United States federal government shutdowns of 2018 </Li> </Ul>

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