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110th Congress, 2nd Session – 2008 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
2008 published schedule

2008 Holidays &
Special Events

House
2008 published schedule
  January 1
New Year's Day
 
January 3 Senate Convenes   January 3 House Convenes
January 22 Senate Reconvenes January 21
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 15 House Reconvenes
    January 28  State of the Union January 24-26 House Republican Retreat
  February 4   Deadline for President's Budget proposal

February 12 Lincoln's Birthday

January 30 - February 1 House Democratic Retreat
February 16 - 24 District Work Period February 18  Presidents' Day February 18 - 22 Presidents' Day District Work Period
    March 9 Daylight Savings Time begins (spring forward)    
March 15 - 30 District Work Period, Easter

March 21  Good Friday

March 23  Easter

March 17 - 28 Spring District Work Period
    April 19 Passover begins at sundown    
May 24 - June 1 District Work Period, Memorial Day May 26  Memorial Day May 26 - 30 Memorial Day District Work Period
  June 14   Flag Day  
June 28 - July 6 District Work Period, Independence Day July 4   Independence Day June 30 - July 3 Independence Day District Work Period
August 9 - September 7 District Work Period August 25-28: Democratic convention

September 1-4: Republican convention

September 1 Labor Day

August 11 - September 5 Summer District Work Period
September 4 Senate Reconvenes   September 8 House Reconvenes
TBD Target Senate Adjournment September 18 Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown

October 8  Yom Kippur begins at sundown

September 26 Target House Adjournment
    October 1  FY 2009 begins    
 

October 13 Columbus
Day

 
  November 2 Daylight Savings Time ends (fall back)  
  November 4 Election Day

November 11 
Veteran's Day observed

November 27 Thanksgiving Day

December 22  Hanukkah begins at sundown

December 25  Christmas Day

 

Sources: US Senate, US House of Representatives, CQ Today, December 20, 2007.  2008 Federal Holidays from OPM

 

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URL:  TheCapitol.Net/FAQ/cong_schedule.htm      Last updated: April 04, 2008

 



 


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