recess

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Members of both parties are working to make progress ahead of a self-imposed weekend deadline, when the Senate is set to go on Easter recess.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The priority now is for members and senators to get home for Easter recess at the end of the week without having to arrive at the airport four hours in advance of their flights.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2026

On Saturday he urged Congress to return immediately from recess to vote on his resolution.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

The radical plans could be unveiled in full as early as Monday, when MPs return to parliament, and there is likely to be dismay at a leak during recess and half term.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Everyone else had gone out to recess, so they had the room to themselves.

From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon