The Constitution for the United States of America
Article 1
Section 4 - Paragraph 2
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The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they by law appoint a different day. |
We suspect that the date of the first Monday in December was chosen because that limited the length of the session since everyone would want to be home for Christmas - just like they do today.
By changing the date to the 3rd of January our Congress now has the whole year to stay in session.
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