The 119th Congress ends on January 3rd.
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Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnsonNov 11, 2026The 119th Congress is scheduled to end at noon on January 3, 2027, under the 20th Amendment, and multiple sources state this, including Snopes, the Senate's session dates page, and the Bipartisan Policy Center-based report. The claim omits the year, but it matches the post's statement that the new Congress takes its oath January 3rd.
What was said
Candidates and some extraordinary people were elected. Jim Jordan will be the new Republican leader going into the 120th Congress. I'll finish this up as speaker, wrapping up the assignment all the way through January until the new Congress takes their oath of office January 3rd. But Jim and I go back a long ways and so do Steve Scalise. And I regard both of these men as more than colleagues and friends. They're brothers to me. …
Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnson · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Snopes reports the 119th Congress is 'scheduled to end on Jan. 3, 2027,' which is the Congress's constitutionally set end date.[1]
Supports. The U.S. Senate's dates-of-sessions page states that Congresses have begun and ended at noon on January 3 of odd-numbered years since 1935 under the 20th Amendment.[2]
Supports. Multiple sources state the 119th Congress will end in January 2027 and that the 120th begins Jan. 3, 2027, which is consistent with the claim.[3][4][5]
Context. The claim leaves out the year, and the post refers to the new Congress taking its oath January 3rd. Sources do not contradict either point, so the omission does not change the verdict.[5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 primary, 2 not rated
- 1Is current Congress most productive in 80 years, as Mike ...snopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2U.S. Senate: Dates of Sessions of the Congresssenate.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3119th United States Congressfuller.house.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4119th Congress Archives | COSSAcossa.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Election 2026: What's next for Congress?wpxi.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
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