From the Congressional Glossary – Including Legislative and Budget Terms
Legislative Day
Time a chamber meets after an adjournment until the time it next adjourns. The “day” extending from the time either chamber meets after an adjournment until the time it next adjourns. Because the House normally adjourns from day to day, legislative days and calendar days usually coincide. In the Senate, however, a legislative day may, and frequently does, extend over several calendar days, weeks or months.
Also see
- Adjourn
- Adjournment to a Day and Time Certain
- Recess
- Terms and Sessions of Congress
- § 5.30 Terms and Sessions of Congress, § 6.170 Legislative and Calendar Days; Morning Hour and Morning Business, in Congressional Deskbook
- Chapter 2.M. Senate Rule XIV; Chapter 5.L. Calendar Days and Legislative Days; Chapter 8.J. Recess and Adjournment; in Congressional Procedure
More
- “Sessions, Adjournments, and Recesses of Congress,” CRS Report R42977 (31-page PDF
) - “Flow of Business: A Typical Day on the Senate Floor,” CRS Report 98-865 (8-page PDF)
- “Calling Up Business on the Senate Floor,” CRS Report 98-836 (8-page PDF)
- “How Legislation Is Brought to the House Floor: A Snapshot of Parliamentary Practice in the 114th Congress (2015-2016),” CRS Report R44734 (15-page PDF)
- “The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the House Floor,” CRS Report RL30725 (20-page PDF)
- “Privileged Business on the House Floor,” CRS Report 98-315 (5-page PDF)
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