Yeah, that’s a problem. Congress should be out of session once the election is over. How is our government a representative one if it’s tied to votes cast by people who were just voted out of office?
What was the logic behind changing it from December to January?
The 20th Amendment reduced the lame duck period from four months to two months. The Constitution originally stated that Congressional terms began March 4. The 20th Amendment, ratified in early 1933, moved that date up to January 3.