Democrats in the U.S. Senate today rolled out the schedule for next year, a much different calendar for work sessions than what Republicans in the House will have next year.
Instead of two or three weeks on followed by a week off, the Senate hews to the more traditional schedule of four or five work weeks followed by a week off for regular holiday intervals like Memorial Day and July 4th.
Here is the Senate schedule for 2012:
2012 Calendar - 112th Congress, Second Session
Convene – January 23, 2012 (Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday January 16)
4 weeks (of the Senate being in session)
February 20 – 24 State Work Period (Presidents' Day February 20)
5 weeks
March 5- NO VOTE (Monday)
March 12 – NO VOTE (Monday)
March 19 – NO VOTE (Monday)
April 2 – April 13 State Work Period (Passover April 6-7; Good Friday April 6; Easter April 8)
2 weeks
April 30 - May 4 State Work Period
3 weeks
May 28 – June 1 State Work Period (Memorial Day May 28)
4 weeks
July 2 – July 6 State Work Period (Independence Day July 4)
4 weeks
August 6 – September 7 State Work Period (Labor Day September 3)
Target adjournment - TBD
