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The United States on January 3, 2013

Who held every office, how Congress and the Court were made up, and what happened within a week. Diff this day against today →

President

Obama

Barack Hussein Obama D · since Jan 20, 2009

Senate

55 D · 45 R

100 senators · 113th Congress

House

240 R · 205 D

445 representatives

Supreme Court

5 R · 4 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

27 amendments in force

Unemployment

7.9%

Dec 2012 · $1 then ≈ $1.47 today

Public debt

$16.4T

as of Jan 3, 2013 · 3 armed conflicts

2013-01-03/executiveThe administration

President Barack Hussein Obama D

since Jan 20, 2009

Vice President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. D

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar D

since Jan 20, 2009

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton D

since Jan 21, 2009

Secretary of Energy Steven Chu D

since Jan 21, 2009

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano D

since Jan 21, 2009

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Ken Shinseki

since Jan 21, 2009

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan D

since Jan 21, 2009

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack D

since Jan 21, 2009

Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice D

since Jan 22, 2009

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Lisa P. Jackson D

since Jan 23, 2009

Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood R

since Jan 23, 2009

Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner

since Jan 26, 2009

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan D

since Jan 26, 2009

Attorney General Eric Holder D

since Feb 3, 2009

Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis D

since Feb 24, 2009

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk D

since Mar 18, 2009

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius D

since Apr 28, 2009

Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper I

since Aug 9, 2010

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta D

since Jul 1, 2011

White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew D

since Jan 27, 2012

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Jeff Zients D

since Jan 27, 2012

Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank D

since Jun 11, 2012

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Michael Morell I (acting)

since Nov 9, 2012

2013-01-03/congress113th Congress

Senate · 55 D · 45 R

House · 240 R · 205 D

2013-01-03/supreme-courtThe bench

Antonin Scalia R

Associate Justice · appointed by Ronald Reagan · since Sep 25, 1986

Anthony McLeod Kennedy R

Associate Justice · appointed by Ronald Reagan · since Feb 11, 1988

Clarence Thomas R

Associate Justice · appointed by George H.W. Bush · since Oct 18, 1991

Ruth Bader Ginsburg D

Associate Justice · appointed by William J. Clinton · since Aug 5, 1993

Stephen Gerald Breyer D

Associate Justice · appointed by William J. Clinton · since Aug 3, 1994

John Glover Roberts, Jr. R

Chief Justice · appointed by George W. Bush · since Sep 29, 2005

Samuel A. Alito, Jr. R

Associate Justice · appointed by George W. Bush · since Jan 31, 2006

Sonia Sotomayor D

Associate Justice · appointed by Barack Obama · since Aug 6, 2009

Elena Kagan D

Associate Justice · appointed by Barack Obama · since Aug 6, 2010

2013-01-03/militaryArmed conflicts under way

War against al-Qaida

since Sep 11, 2001 · U.S. principal party

War in Afghanistan (Taliban insurgency)

since Jan 1, 2003 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat

Yemen: Houthis and AQAP

since Jan 1, 2009 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat

2013-01-03/weekWithin a week · Dec 27, 2012 – Jan 10, 2013

Order Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

Dec 27, 2012 · EO 13635

Law Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act of 2012

Dec 28, 2012 · Pub. L. 112-220

Law D.C. Courts and Public Defender Service Act of 2011

Dec 28, 2012 · Pub. L. 112-229

Law Hatch Act Modernization Act of 2012

Dec 28, 2012 · Pub. L. 112-230

Law 21st Century Language Act of 2012

Dec 28, 2012 · Pub. L. 112-231

Law Barona Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Clarification Act of 2012

Dec 28, 2012 · Pub. L. 112-232

Law GAO Mandates Revision Act of 2012

Dec 28, 2012 · Pub. L. 112-234

Law Public Interest Declassification Board Reauthorization Act of 2012

Dec 28, 2012 · Pub. L. 112-235

Law Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act of 2012

Dec 28, 2012 · Pub. L. 112-236

Law To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for direct review by the United States Supreme Court of decisions of the Virgin Islands Supreme Court, and for other purposes.

Dec 28, 2012 · Pub. L. 112-226

Law To amend section 1059(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to clarify that a period of employment abroad by the Chief of Mission or United States Armed Forces as a translator, interpreter, or in a security-related position in an executive or managerial capacity is to be counted as a period of residence and physical presence in the United States for purposes of qualifying for naturalization, and for other purposes.

Dec 28, 2012 · Pub. L. 112-227

Law Establishing the date for the counting of the electoral votes for president and Vice President cast by the electors in December 2012.

Dec 28, 2012 · Pub. L. 112-228

Law A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program, to designate certain Federal buildings, and for other purposes.

Dec 28, 2012 · Pub. L. 112-237

Law FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012

Dec 30, 2012 · Pub. L. 112-238

Law National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013

Jan 2, 2013 · Pub. L. 112-239

Law American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

Jan 2, 2013 · Pub. L. 112-240

Law Hurricane Sandy relief bill: To temporarily increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program

Jan 6, 2013 · Pub. L. 113-1

Ruling Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

Jan 8, 2013 · 568 U.S. 78

Ruling Ryan v. Gonzales

Jan 8, 2013 · 568 U.S. 57

Ruling Calvin Smith v. United States

Jan 9, 2013 · 568 U.S. 106

Ruling Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc.

Jan 9, 2013 · 568 U.S. 85

Law Medicare IVIG Access and Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012

Jan 10, 2013 · Pub. L. 112-242

Law Lake Thunderbird Efficient Use Act of 2012

Jan 10, 2013 · Pub. L. 112-244

Law Pinnacles National Park Act

Jan 10, 2013 · Pub. L. 112-245

Law Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012

Jan 10, 2013 · Pub. L. 112-248

Law Improving Transparency of Education Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2012

Jan 10, 2013 · Pub. L. 112-249

Law Katie Sepich Enhanced DNA Collection Act of 2012

Jan 10, 2013 · Pub. L. 112-253

Law Former Presidents Protection Act of 2012

Jan 10, 2013 · Pub. L. 112-257

Law Video Privacy Protection Act Amendments Act of 2012

Jan 10, 2013 · Pub. L. 112-258

Law Mt. Andrea Lawrence Designation Act of 2011

Jan 10, 2013 · Pub. L. 112-259

Law Dignified Burial and Other Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2012

Jan 10, 2013 · Pub. L. 112-260

Law To designate the City of Salem, Massachusetts, as the Birthplace of the National Guard of the United States.

Jan 10, 2013 · Pub. L. 112-241

Law To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to accept the quitclaim, disclaimer, and relinquishment of a railroad right of way within and adjacent to Pike National Forest in El Paso County, Colorado, originally granted to the Mt. Manitou Park and Incline Railway Company pursuant to the Act of March 3, 1875.

Jan 10, 2013 · Pub. L. 112-250

Law To repeal an obsolete provision in title 49, United States Code, requiring motor vehicle insurance cost reporting.

Jan 10, 2013 · Pub. L. 112-252

Law A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to modify the definition of "exhibitor".

Jan 10, 2013 · Pub. L. 112-261

Law A joint resolution providing for the appointment of Barbara Barrett as a citizen regent of the board of regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Jan 10, 2013 · Pub. L. 112-262

Each office is shown as it stood at the end of the day. Cabinet records come from Wikidata and have gaps for some historical offices.