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The 116th United States Congress was the meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The 116th Congress convened on January 3, 2019, and concluded on January 3, 2021.

According to the 2020 House of Representatives floor schedule released at the end of 2019, the House was scheduled to be in session for fewer days in 2020 than in the previous two years. The House was scheduled to meet for 113 days, compared to the 130 days it was scheduled to meet in 2019 and the 171 days it was scheduled to meet in 2018.[1][2]

The Senate released its 2020 calendar for February through December at the end of 2019.[3] The Senate met for fewer days in 2019 than 2018, with 168 days scheduled versus 186.[4]

From 2001 to 2018, the Senate spent an average of 165 days in session each year, and the House spent an average of 146 days in session.

The calendars for the first and second sessions of the 116th Congress appear below.

2020

January

Week 1

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 2

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: January 7-10

Week 3

  • Senate: January 15-17
  • House: January 13-16

Week 4

  • Senate: January 21-25
  • House: Not in session

Week 5

  • Senate: January 27-January 31
  • House: January 27-28

February

Week 1

  • Senate: February 3-7
  • House: February 4-7

Week 2

  • Senate: February 10-14
  • House: February 10-13

Week 3

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 4

  • Senate: February 24-28
  • House: February 25-28

March

Week 1

  • Senate: March 2-6
  • House: March 2-5

Week 2

  • Senate: March 9-13
  • House: March 9-13[5]

Week 3

  • Senate: March 16-20[6]
  • House: Not in session

Week 4

  • Senate: March 23-26[7]
  • House: March 24-26[5]

Week 5

  • Senate: Not in session[7]
  • House: Not in session[5]

April

Week 1

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 2

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 3

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 4

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

May

Week 1

  • Senate: May 4-8
  • House: Not in session[8]

Week 2

  • Senate: May 11-15
  • House: May 15[9]

Week 3

  • Senate: May 18-22
  • House: May 18-21

Week 4

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: May 27-28[10]

June

*Note: The House is scheduled to convene remotely for committee work June 1-29 and is scheduled for in-person votes June 30-July 2.[11]
Week 1

  • Senate: June 1-4
  • House: June 1-5

Week 2

  • Senate: June 8-12
  • House: June 9-12

Week 3

  • Senate: June 15-19
  • House: June 15-18

Week 4

  • Senate: June 22-26
  • House: June 23-26

Week 5

  • Senate: June 29-July 2
  • House: June 29-July 2

July

*Note: The House is scheduled to convene remotely for committee work July 6-17 and is scheduled for in-person votes July 20-31.[11] Week 1

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: July 6-10

Week 2

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: July 13-17

Week 3

  • Senate: July 20-24
  • House: July 20-24

Week 4

  • Senate: July 27-31
  • House: July 27-31

August

Week 1

  • Senate: August 3-7
  • House: Not in session

Week 2

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 3

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 4

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

September

Week 1

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 2

  • Senate: September 8-11
  • House: September 8-11

Week 3

  • Senate: September 14-18
  • House: September 14-17

Week 4

  • Senate: September 21-25
  • House: September 22-25

Week 5

  • Senate: September 30-October 2
  • House: September 29-October 2

October

Week 1

  • Senate: October 5-9
  • House: Not in session

Week 2

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 3

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 4

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

November

Week 1

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 2

  • Senate: November 9-10, 12-13
  • House: Not in session

Week 3

  • Senate: November 16-20
  • House: November 16-20

Week 4

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

December

Week 1

  • Senate: November 30-December 4
  • House: December 1-4

Week 2

  • Senate: December 7-11
  • House: December 7-10

Week 3

  • Senate: December 14-18
  • House: Not in session

Week 4

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 5

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

2019

January

Week 1

  • Senate: January 3
  • House: January 3-4

Week 2

  • Senate: January 8-11
  • House: January 8-11

Week 3

  • Senate: January 14-18
  • House: January 14-17

Week 4

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 5

  • Senate: January 28-February 1
  • House: January 28-30

February

Week 1

  • Senate: February 4-8
  • House: February 5-8

Week 2

  • Senate: February 11-15
  • House: February 11-14

Week 3

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 4

  • Senate: February 25-March 1
  • House: February 25-28

March

Week 1

  • Senate: March 4-8
  • House: March 5-8

Week 2

  • Senate: March 11-15
  • House: March 11-14

Week 3

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 4

  • Senate: March 25-29
  • House: March 25-28

April

Week 1

  • Senate: April 1-5
  • House: April 1-4

Week 2

  • Senate: April 8-12
  • House: April 9-12

Week 3

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 4

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 5

  • Senate: April 29-May 3
  • House: April 29-May 2

May

Week 1

  • Senate: May 6-10
  • House: May 7-10

Week 2

  • Senate: May 13-17
  • House: May 14-17

Week 3

  • Senate: May 20-24
  • House: May 20-23

Week 4

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

June

Week 1

  • Senate: June 3-7
  • House: June 4-7

Week 2

  • Senate: June 10-14
  • House: June 10-13

Week 3

  • Senate: June 17-21
  • House: June 18-21

Week 4

  • Senate: June 24-28
  • House: June 24-27

July

Week 1

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 2

  • Senate: July 8-12
  • House: July 9-12

Week 3

  • Senate: July 15-19
  • House: July 15-18

Week 4

  • Senate: July 22-26
  • House: July 23-26

Week 5

  • Senate: July 29-August 2
  • House: Not in session

August

Week 1

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 2

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 3

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 4

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

September

Week 1

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 2

  • Senate: September 9-13
  • House: September 9-12

Week 3

  • Senate: September 16-20
  • House: September 17-20

Week 4

  • Senate: September 23-27
  • House: September 23-27

October

Week 1

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 2

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 3

  • Senate: October 15-18
  • House: October 15-18

Week 4

  • Senate: October 21-25
  • House: October 21-24

Week 5

  • Senate: October 28-November 1
  • House: October 28-31

November

Week 1

  • Senate: November 4-8
  • House: Not in session

Week 2

  • Senate: November 12-15
  • House: November 12-15

Week 3

  • Senate: November 18-22
  • House: November 18-21

Week 4

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

December

Week 1

  • Senate: December 2-6
  • House: December 3-6

Week 2

  • Senate: December 9-13
  • House: December 9-12

Week 3

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 4

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Week 5

  • Senate: Not in session
  • House: Not in session

Calendar days in session

The following table lists the number of days that the U.S. Congress was in session from 2011 to 2018.[12][13] The numbers below are based on retrospective calendars for each session, rather than the tentative calendars that are released before the beginning of a session.

The table gives the numbers in terms of calendar days rather than legislative days. A legislative day "begins after an adjournment and ends with an adjournment" and so can last longer than 24 hours.[14]

Calendar days in session for the House and Senate, 2001-2018
Year House Senate
2018 175 191
2017 193 195
2016 131 165
2015 157 168
2014 137 136
2013 161 156
2012 153 153
2011 177 170
2010 128 158
2009 162 191
2008 119 184
2007 167 190
2006 104 138
2005 143 159
2004 110 133
2003 138 167
2002 126 149
2001 146 173

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Roll Call, "2019 House Calendar," accessed December 18, 2019
  2. ↑ Republicanleader.gov, "2020 Annual House Calendar," accessed December 18, 2019
  3. ↑ Senate.gov, "Tentative 2020 Legislative Schedule: 116th Congress, 2nd Session," accessed December 18, 2019
  4. ↑ Senate.gov, "United States Senate, 116th Congress, 1st Session: 2019 Tentative Schedule," accessed December 18, 2019
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, "Calendar," accessed April 28, 2020
  6. ↑ CNBC, "Senate will cancel next week’s recess as Congress works to pass coronavirus response plan," March 12, 2020
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Politico, "House Democrats decry ‘dangerous’ return to Capitol," April 27, 2020
  8. ↑ Axios, "House cancels plan to return from recess next week," April 28, 2020
  9. ↑ Reuters, "U.S. House aims to pass $3 trillion Democratic coronavirus bill rejected by Republicans," May 15, 2020
  10. ↑ Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, "May 2020," accessed May 22, 2020
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, "U.S. House Vote Schedule June 2020
  12. ↑ History, Art, & Archives United States House of Representatives, "List of all Sessions," accessed February 10, 2021
  13. ↑ Congress.gov, "Past Days in Session of the U.S. Congress," accessed February 11, 2021
  14. ↑ History, Art, & Archives United States House of Representatives, "Saturday & Sunday Legislative Days," accessed February 11, 20201
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