congressional session
Legislative body meets
A congressional session is a period during which a legislature meets to conduct business.
In the United States, each two-year Congress contains two sessions, typically running from January to late fall or winter.
The bill died at the end of the congressional session.
A special or extraordinary session may be called outside the regular schedule to address urgent matters.
- ConstitutionGoverning principles document
- SenateLegislative body, often bicameral's elder
- Speaker of the HouseLower chamber's presiding officer
- majority whipLegislative vote counter
- votingFormally registering a choice
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congressional sessionrecess
Pause in activity
adjournment · prorogation · dissolution · interregnum · summer break
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