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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.

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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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