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100th to Current Congress (January 6, 1987 to Present)

Congress
Session
Beginning Date Adjournment Date
Total Days1
House Recesses
100th
1
Jan. 6, 1987 Dec. 22, 1987
351
Jan. 8–20, 1987
Feb. 11–18, 1987
Apr. 9–21, 1987
May 21–27, 1987
July 1–7, 1987
July 15–20, 1987
Aug. 7–Sept. 9, 1987
Nov. 10–16, 1987
Nov. 20–30, 1987
  
2
Jan. 25, 1988 Oct. 22, 1988
272
Feb. 9–16, 1988
Mar. 31–Apr. 11, 1988
May 26–June 1, 1988
June 30–July 7, 1988
July 14–26, 1988
Aug. 11–Sept. 7, 1988
101st
1
Jan. 3, 1989 Nov. 22, 1989
324
Jan. 4–19, 1989
Feb. 9–21, 1989
Mar. 23–Apr. 3, 1989
Apr. 18–25, 1989
May 25–31, 1989
June 29–July 10, 1989
Aug. 5–Sep. 6, 1989
  
2
Jan. 23, 1990 Oct. 28, 1990
260
Feb. 7–20, 1990
Apr. 4–18, 1990
May 25–June 5, 1990
June 28–July 10, 1990
Aug. 4–Sep. 5, 1990
102nd
1
Jan. 3, 1991 Jan. 3, 1992
366
Feb. 6–19, 1991
Mar. 22–Apr. 9, 1991
May 23–29, 1991
June 27–July 9, 1991
Aug. 2–Sep. 11, 1991
Nov. 27, 1991–Jan. 3, 1992
  
2
Jan. 3, 1992 Oct. 9, 1992
281
Jan. 3–22, 1992
Apr. 10–28, 1992
May 21–26, 1992
July 2–7,1992
July 9–21, 1992
Aug. 12–Sep. 9, 1992
103rd
1
Jan. 5, 1993 Nov. 26, 1993
326
Jan. 6–20, 1993
Jan. 27–Feb. 2, 1993
Feb. 4–16, 1993
Apr. 7–19, 1993
May 27–June 8, 1993
July 1–13, 1993
Aug. 6–Sep. 8, 1993
Sep. 15–21, 1993
Oct. 7–12, 1993
Nov. 10–15, 1993
  
2
Jan. 25, 1994 Dec. 1, 1994
311
Jan. 26–Feb. 1, 1994
Feb. 11–22, 1994
Mar. 24–Apr. 12, 1994
May 26–June 8, 1994
June 30–July 12, 1994
Aug. 26–Sep. 12, 1994
Oct. 8–Nov. 29, 1994
104th
1
Jan. 4, 1995 Jan. 3, 1996
365
Feb. 16–21, 1995
Mar. 16–21, 1995
Apr. 7–May 1, 1995
May 3–9, 1995
May 25–June 6, 1995
June 30–July 10, 1995
Aug. 4–Sep. 6, 1995
Sep. 29–Oct. 6, 1995
Nov. 20–28, 1995
  
2
Jan. 3, 1996 Oct. 4, 1996
276
Jan. 9–22, 1996
Mar. 29–Apr. 15, 1996
May 23–29, 1996
June 28–July 8, 1996
Aug. 2–Sep. 4, 1996
105th
1
Jan. 7, 1997 Nov. 13, 1997
311
Jan. 9–20, 1997
Jan. 21–Feb. 4, 1997
Feb. 13–25, 1997
Mar. 21–Apr. 8, 1997
June 26–July 8, 1997
Aug. 1–Sep. 3, 1997
Oct. 9–21, 1997
  
2
Jan. 27, 1998 Dec. 19, 1998
327
Jan. 28–Feb. 3, 1998
Feb. 5–11, 1998
Feb. 12–24, 1998
Apr. 1–21, 1998
May 22–June 3, 1998
June 25–July 14, 1998
Aug. 7–Sep. 9, 1998
Oct. 2–Dec. 17, 1998
106th
1
Jan. 6, 1999 Nov. 22, 1999
321
Jan. 6–19, 1999
Jan. 19–Feb. 2, 1999
Feb. 12–Feb. 23, 1999
Mar. 25–Apr. 12, 1999
May 27–June 7, 1999
July 1–12, 1999
Aug. 6–Sep. 8, 1999
 
2
Jan. 24, 2000 Dec. 15, 2000
327
Feb. 17–29, 2000
Apr. 14–May 2, 2000
May 26–June 6, 2000
July 27–Sep. 6, 2000
107th
1
Jan. 3, 2001 Dec. 20, 2001
352
Jan. 6–20, 2001
Jan. 20–30, 2001
Jan. 31–Feb. 6, 2001
Feb. 14–26, 2001
Apr. 4–24, 2001
May 26–June 5, 2001
June 28–July 10, 2001
Aug. 2–Sep. 5, 2001
Oct. 17–23, 2001
Nov. 16–27, 2001
 
2
Jan. 23, 2002 Nov. 22, 2002
304
Feb. 15–Feb. 25, 2002
March 21–April 8, 2002
May 25–June 3, 2002
June 29–July 7, 2002
July 28–Sept. 3, 2002
108th
1
Jan. 7, 2003
Dec. 8, 2003
336
Jan. 9–26, 2003
Feb. 14–Feb. 24, 2003
Apr. 13–Apr. 28, 2003
May 24–June 1, 2003
June 27–July 6, 2003
July 26–Sept. 2, 2003
Nov. 22–Dec. 7, 2003
 
2
Jan. 20, 2004
Dec. 9, 2004
323 Feb. 12–23, 2004
Apr. 3–19, 2004
May 21–31, 2004
June 10–13, 2004
June 26–July 5, 2004
July 23–Sept. 6, 2004
Oct. 9–Nov. 15, 2004
Nov. 20–Dec. 5, 2004
109th
1
Jan. 4, 2005  Dec. 22, 2005 353 Jan. 7–19, 2005
Jan. 21–24, 2005
Jan. 27–31, 2005
Feb. 3–7, 2005
Mar. 22–Apr.4, 2005
May 27–June 6, 2005
July 1–8, 2005
Aug. 1–Sept. 1, 2005
Oct. 8–16, 2005
Nov. 19–Dec. 5, 2005
  2 Jan. 3, 2006 Dec. 8, 2006 339 Jan. 4–30, 2006
Feb. 17–27, 2006
Mar. 17–27, 2006
June 30–July 9, 2006
July 29–Aug. 1, 2006
Aug. 3–Sept. 6, 2006
Sept. 30–Nov. 8, 2006
Nov. 17–Dec. 4, 2006
110th
1
Jan. 4, 2007 Dec. 19, 2007
350
Jan. 25–28, 2007
Feb. 1–4, 2007
Feb. 17–26, 2007
Mar. 31–Apr.15, 2007
May 25–June 4, 2007
Aug. 5–Sept. 3, 2007
Nov. 16–Dec. 3, 2007
 
2
Jan. 3, 2008 Jan. 3, 2009
368
Jan. 4–14, 2008
Jan. 30–Feb. 4, 2008
Mar. 15–30, 2008
May 23–June 2, 2008
June 27–July 7, 2008
Aug. 2–Sept. 7, 2008
Oct. 4–Nov. 18, 2008
Nov. 21–Dec. 9, 2008
Dec. 11–Jan. 3, 2009
111th
1
Jan. 6, 2009 Dec. 23, 2009 352 Feb. 14–22, 2009
Apr. 3–20, 2009
May 22–June 1, 2009
June 27–July 6, 2009
Nov. 8–15, 2009
Nov. 20–30, 2009
2
Jan. 5, 2010 Feb. 10–21, 2010
Mar. 26–Apr. 12, 2010
May 29–June 7, 2010
July 31–Aug. 8, 2010


1 For the purpose of this table, a session's "total days" is defined as the total number of calendar days from the convening date to adjournment date, inclusive. It does not mean the actual number of days that Congress met during that session.

* Indicates that a special session of the Senate was convened during a Congress. Article II, Section 3 of the constitution provides that the President "may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them." This procedure occurs only if the Congress is convened by presidential proclamation. Extraordinary sessions have been called by the Chief Executive to urge the Congress to focus on important national issues. These are separate sessions of Congress, unless otherwise noted. Source: Congressional Directory

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