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| House
and Senate Release 110th Session Schedule The House and Senate Leadership
released their new session schedules that begin in January. There are many changes
including the emphasis on Friday votes. The previous leadership scheduled votes
on Thursday and legislators left Washington on Friday for their districts.
These are the key dates for both houses, though there are some slight differences
as reported by the National Journal. - The House and Senate
will convene Jan. 4 with the House setting an Oct. 26 target adjournment. Incoming
Senate Majority Leader Reid released a tentative 2007 last month that did not
include a target adjournment date.
- The House will be out Jan. 15 for
Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 25-26 for a Republican Conference retreat, and Feb.
1-2 for a Democratic Caucus retreat.
- The House will join the Senate in
recess Feb. 19-23 for Presidents Day.
- There will be a five-week legislative
stretch through March—eliminating the weeklong St. Patrick’s day break.
- The
House will take two weeks for its Easter break—the weeks of April 2 and
April 9—while the Senate plans only to take off the week of April 2.
- Both
the House and the Senate will take off the week of May 28 for Memorial Day.
- Both
will also take off the week of July 2 for Independence Day.
- Both chambers
have set Aug. 6 for the start of a four-week summer recess.
- The House
will hold votes Monday, Sept. 10, and up until 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 11, before
adjourning for the rest of the week in observance of Rosh Hashana.
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