House Moves Up Start of August Recess

[babylonsister]

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=cqmidday-000002673906

House Moves Up Start of August Recess


Updated plans call for the House to adjourn Aug. 1 for a five-week summer recess that will include the two major parties’ presidential nominating conventions.

The legislative calendar announced previously had called for the August recess to begin a week later.

A new calendar posted on the Web site of House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer , D-Md., shows that to make up for the longer August recess, the House will be in session five days a week for the three weeks starting Sept. 8.

Three more recesses are scheduled between now and the long summer break:

• March 17-28 – spring recess.

• May 26-30 – Memorial Day recess.

• June 30 - July 4 – Independence Day recess.

The House’s targeted adjournment date remains Sept. 26, but Congress is unlikely to finish its business by that date. Not since 1996 have lawmakers avoided a lame-duck session in an election year.

Election Day is Nov. 4.

[ixion]

1. holy crap... it must be nice to have 2+months of paid vacation per year

and a nice fat paycheck to boot. Is it any wonder there's so much corruption in politics? :argh:

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

2. is nancy getting another face lift?

[LiberalFighter]

3. Gee. why don't they just trade one of the other weeks for that convention week?