ACongressional sessionruns for one year, from January 3 to sometime in December. But Congress does not meet each and every business day of the year. When Congress has recessed, business has been put "on hold." For example, Congress often holds business sessions only on Tuesday, Wednesday, ...
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The panel, which is evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, said the nonpartisan Office of Congressional Ethics had sent the unspecified Nehls-related issue to them in mid-December last year. In addition, the Ethics panel noted that its disclosure of the investiga...
But despite all of this work that remains undone, much of which should have been completed before the August recess, House GOP leaders are still eager to invest time and energy in a "scandal" thatno longer makes any sense. Why? Apparently because it's "so hot right now." It reminds me...
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Congress also has tried to strictly define what a congressional adjournment is, saying that a pocket veto during an inter-session adjournment (the recess between the first and second sessions) is allowed, but a pocket veto during an intra-session adjournment (a brief recess that occurs during a...
After joking about the possibility of congressional delegations getting trips to space, Brown agreed this was an area the committee likely would pursue. We need to make sure that regulators are working closely with industry to support and promote, not to hinder, but certainly t...
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The one caveat is if congressional negotiators fail to reach a deal on government spending and Congress is forced to stay in session between Christmas and New Year’s Day. While that is a possibility, chances are greater that Congress would agree to keep the government funded until sometime in...