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111th Congress, 1st Session – 2009
Published Schedules
This information is
included with the course materials at TCN's
Congress in a Nutshell program.
The House and Senate schedules
are
adopted from the schedules published by the House and by the Senate. CQ Today was also used as a source.
Senate
2009 published
schedule |
2009 Holidays
&
Special Events |
House
2009 published
schedule |
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January 1
New Year's Day |
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January
6 |
Senate Convenes |
January 8
Electoral College Count |
January
6 |
House Convenes |
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January
19
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January
20
Inauguration |
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January
29-30 |
House
Republican Retreat |
February 2
President's Budget released*
February
12 Lincoln's Birthday |
February 5-6 |
House Democratic Retreat |
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February
14 - 22 |
District
Work Period |
February
16 Presidents' Day |
February
14 - 22 |
Presidents' Day District Work Period |
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March 8 Daylight Savings Time begins (spring forward) |
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April 4 - 19 |
District Work Period, Easter |
April 8
Passover begins at sundown
April 10 Good Friday
April 12
Easter |
April 4 - 19 |
Spring
District Work Period |
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May
23 - 31 |
District
Work Period, Memorial Day |
May
25
Memorial Day |
May
23 - 31 |
Memorial Day District Work Period |
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June 14
Flag Day |
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June 27 - July 5 |
District
Work Period, Independence Day |
July 4
Independence Day |
June 27 - July 5 |
Independence Day District Work Period |
| August
8 - September
7 |
District
Work Period |
September
7
Labor Day |
August
1 - September
7 |
Summer District Work Period |
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September
8 |
Senate Reconvenes |
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September
8 |
House Reconvenes |
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September 18
Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown
September 28
Yom Kippur
October
1
FY 2010 begins
October
12
Columbus
Day |
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TBD |
Target
Senate Adjournment |
November 1 Daylight
Savings Time ends (fall back) |
October
30 |
Target
House Adjournment |
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November 11 Veteran's Day observed
November 26 Thanksgiving Day
December 11 Hanukkah begins at sundown
December 25 Christmas Day |
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* The president is required by law
(31
USC 1105) to submit his annual budget proposal to Congress by
the first Monday in February. In a new administration, the president
typically submits a placeholder document and fills in the details
some weeks later. See "Submission
of the President's Budget in Transition Years," by Robert Keith,
CRS Report for Congress RS20752, September 15, 2008 (6-page pdf  ).
Also see our course,
The President's
Budget.
Sources:
US
Senate,
US House of
Representatives, CQ Today, December 9, 2008.
2009 Federal Holidays from OPM
This
page is available as
a pdf
Quick
DC Links - Washington Essentials
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Last updated:
June 26, 2009
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