Photo Sharing. Your Photos Look Better Here. | SmugMug : ceremony : Vice President thanks those on hand at the conclusion of a mock swearing-in ceremony for Senators. The ceremonial event took place in the Old Senate Chamber inside the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington D.C. on January 3, 2013. The official swearing-in ceremony happened earlier in the Senate chambers on the opening day of the 113th Congress. (Photo by Jeff Malet).