Congressional Schedules
112th Congress, 2nd Session – 2012 Published Schedules
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This information is included with the course materials for Congressional Dynamics and the Legislative Process, Congressional Briefing Conference: Capitol Hill Workshop, and Advanced Legislative Strategies.
The House and Senate schedules below are adopted from the schedules published by the House and by the Senate. In the House, a “House Recess” is also called a “district work period,” when House members return to their home districts to meet with constituents. In the Senate, these home state visits are called “state work periods” and take place during “Senate recess.”
For federal holidays, see OPM.
| Senate 2012 published schedule Senate Recess = “State work period” |
2012 Holidays & Special Events |
House 2012 published schedule House Recess = “District work period” |
| January 23 Senate Convenes | January 1 New Year’s Day January 16 January 17 January 24 |
January 17 House Convenes
January 19 – 20 House Republican Retreat January 26 – 27 House Democratic Retreat |
| February 20 – 24 President’s Day Senate Recess | February 6 President’s Budget submission *
February 20 |
February 10-13 House Recess
February 18 – 26 House Recess |
| March 11 Daylight Savings Time begins (spring forward) |
March 9 – 18 House Recess | |
| April 2 – 13 Senate Recess |
April 6 Good Friday April 6 April 8 |
March 30 – April 15 House Recess
April 20 – 23 House Recess |
| April 30 – May 4 Senate Recess
May 28 – June 1 Senate Recess |
May 28 Memorial Day |
April 28 – May 6 House Recess
May 11 – 14 House Recess May 19 – 29 House Recess |
| June 14 Flag Day |
June 9 – 17 House Recess
June 22 – 25 House Recess |
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| July 2-6 Senate Recess | July 4 Independence Day |
June 30 – July 8 House Recess
July 13 – 16 House Recess July 27 – 30 House Recess |
| August 6 - September 7 Senate Recess | August 27 – 30 Republican Convention
September 3 September 3 – 6 Democratic Convention September 16 Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown September 25 Yom Kippur begins at sundown |
August 4 - September 9 House Recess
September 15 – 18 House Recess September 22 – 30 House Recess |
| October 1 FY 2013 begins October 8 November 4 November 6 November 12 November 22 |
October 6 – November 12 House Recess
November 17 – 26 House Recess |
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| TBD Target Senate Adjournment | December 8 Hanukkah begins at sundown December 25 |
December 7-10 House Recess
December 14 Target House Adjournment |
* 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,” CRS Report RS20752. Also see our course, The President’s Budget.
Sources: US Senate, US House of Representatives, and Federal Holidays from OPM.
See Congressional Deskbook, § 6.72 Daily Starting Times in the House.
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