Talk:Timeline of the 2020 United States presidential election (November 2020–January 2021)

Never on Sunday?

I noticed that when they finally decided to split this thing in three, they also got rid of an important bit of trivia that I am now going to put back. This is going to be the very first time in the 233-year history of the US Congress that it has convened on a Sunday. We know about the "presidency" of David Rice Atchison, and the two-day long inaugurations of several presidents, most recently Barack Obama's second, in order to keep the ceremonies and ancillary celebrations from coinciding with the Sabbath. Since the passage of the 20th amendment in 1933, outgoing congresses have always postponed convening by a day or two to avoid the religious problems of a Sunday convocation.

This year, thanks to Trump's insistence that he won, and the problems relating to the planned sabotage of the Counting ceremony, the New Congress will, and this has been confirmed by CSPAN, convene on a Sunday for the very first time.

"Oh?" I hear you say. "Maybe since 1935, but what about before? There was a really long time between 1789 and 1933." Well, prior to 1935, there were lame-duck sessions. These were not anywhere like the current ones, oh no, the Congress would meet on the first Monday in December, and go on until March 3rd at midnight. These were annoying even then, as Congressmen-elect would have to wait over a year to take office.

There were special sessions of the Senate that would be sworn in just before the Vice President took office on March 4th. These would last a week or so in order to confirm the new cabinet and other officials, even for the president in a second term. On March 5, the new president would hold a meeting of his predecessor's cabinet in order to be properly briefed. Unless the House was called into special session early, and many presidents have done so between 1791 and 1933, the new House would not meet until December.

Thus: Prior to the 20th amendment, Congress has NEVER convened on A Sunday, After it has never convened on a Sunday. That is until 2021.Arglebargle79 (talk) 13:31, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

I agreee that this information is useful. Do you have the source? —Naddruf (talk ~ contribs) 17:35, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

@Naddruf: Your wish is my command: [1]

Well, since you have the source you can put it in, but I thought you said CSPAN said they would meet on Sunday in 2021; this list doesn't mention 2021.—Naddruf (talk ~ contribs) 18:07, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

@Naddruf: Well, I thought you wanted proof it was the first time. [2]

The history.house.gov link above shows literally dozens of dates on Sundays ("Sunday sessions are marked in bold"). You need to show why those dates do not count towards this claim, and by doing so, this becomes original research. --Spiffy sperry (talk) 18:43, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

No it doesn't. Just comparing the Sunday sessions (a public, acceptable source) with the opening dates of Congress (different page on the same website, also an acceptable source). Comparing two acceptable sources is not original research. It is research, however. Everything here is due to research. Arglebargle79 (talk) 19:11, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

They're rioting in Washing-ton

According to a bunch of sources on Twitter, Parlor, and elsewhere, the protest demonstrations are NOT going to be peaceful. They are talking about rioting on a really nasty scale. What should we do about it? Should we refer to it as riots? Also, some here keep taking down references I put up on the successful attempts to intimidate Congressmembers and Senators. The people organizing this shindig clearly state that this is their intention [3].Arglebargle79 (talk) 13:41, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

You might want to read WP:USERGENERATED, or perhaps the entire Wikipedia:Reliable sources, before strictly posting anything from "Twitter, Parler, and elsewhere". Zzyzx11 (talk) 19:32, 3 January 2021 (UTC)