Sessions in Congress begin in different times. In order for congress to have a session, they must have something to talk about, therefore congress meets when there is something to talk about. Even though there may be something to talk about, they will not always meet, they wait for a little bit and then they meet; part of protocol. Similar to the great American Frontier, Congress is quite the same.
The Hundred Day Congress
every day....
$6.00 per day for each day in session
after labor day
The Hundred Day Congress
Annually on January 3rd.
It begins on the third day of January
100 Day Congress
Each year, the Congress has two sessions unless the president calls a special session of Congress. Every two years, a new meeting of Congress assumes office. Currently (December 2, 2010) the second session in 2010 of the meeting of the 111th Congress is conducting business. In January 2011, the first session of the <newly-elected> meeting of the 112th Congress will begin.
Congress. Specifically the President of the Senate, usually the sitting Vice-President.The votes are then counted by a joint session of Congress on the first day of the first session in January (January 6) following the election.
There are four possible things people are referring to when they refer to the legislative session. First is the biennial session that begins on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of January in an odd-numbered year and ends no later than the first Monday after the third Saturday in May of the even-numbered year. The 2001-2002 session is a biennial session. The next definition of a session is the yearly session, which begins on the day the Legislature assembles and ends on the day it adjourns for the year. Daily sessions, which adjourn each day, are any time the House or Senate meet on the floor of their respective chambers. At such times, both bodies are referred to as "in session." Finally, a special session is one called by the governor at a time other than a regularly scheduled session. The legislature, though, determines the length and purpose of any such session.