Senate Will Get Two Breaks in November

By John Stanton
Roll Call Staff

Oct. 14, 2009, 4:11 p.m.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced Wednesday that the Senate will not be in session Nov. 11-13 and will take off the entire week of Thanksgiving, even though the chamber could be in session until Christmas to deal with health care reform.

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