Major Events
- January 6, 2011: On the second day of the 112th Congress, the House of Representatives read a modified version of the U.S. Constitution, a historic first.
- January 8, 2011: 2011 Tucson shooting: Representative Gabrielle Giffords and nineteen other people were shot by a gunman in Tucson, Arizona. Six of them, including a federal judge, died. Votes on the House floor were suspended for one week.
- January 25, 2011: 2011 State of the Union Address
- January 24, 2012: 2012 State of the Union Address
- November 6, 2012: 2012 general elections
- January 2, 2013: Expected date of the United States fiscal cliff
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