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118th Congress legislative calendar
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The 118th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The 118th Congress convened on January 3, 2023, and concluded on January 3, 2025.
The Senate was scheduled to meet for 154 days in 2023.[1]
The House was scheduled to meet for 117 days in 2023.[1]
From 2001 to 2022, the Senate spent an average of 168 days in session each year, and the House spent an average of 151 days in session. Between 2001 and 2022, the highest number of days the House spent in session was 193 (in 2017 and 2019) and the lowest was 104 in 2006. Between 2001 and 2022, the highest number of days the Senate spent in session was 195 in 2017 and the lowest was 133 in 2004.
Calendar days in session
The following charts show the number of days the U.S. Congress was in session from 2001 to 2023 and the number of projected days the U.S. Congress was in session in 2024.[2][3]
The charts show 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.[4]
The calendar for the first session of the 118th Congress appears below.[1]
2023
January
Week 1
- Senate: January 3
- House: January 3-5
Week 2
- Senate: Not in session
- House: January 9-12
Week 3
- Senate: Not in session
- House: Not in session
Week 4
- Senate: January 23-27
- House: January 24-27
Week 5
- Senate: January 30-31
- House: January 30-31
February
Week 1
- Senate: February 1-3
- House: February 1-2
Week 2
- Senate: February 7-10
- House: February 6-9
Week 3
- Senate: February 13-17
- House: Not in session
Week 4
- Senate: Not in session
- House: Not in session
Week 5
- Senate: February 27-28
- House: February 27-28
March
Week 1
- Senate: March 1-3
- House: March 1
Week 2
- Senate: March 6-9
- House: March 7-10
Week 3
- Senate: March 14-16
- House: Not in session
Week 4
- Senate: March 21-24
- House: March 22-24
Week 5
- Senate: March 27-31
- House: March 27-30
April
Week 1
- Senate: Not in session
- House: Not in session
Week 2
- Senate: Not in session
- House: Not in session
Week 3
- Senate: April 17-21
- House: April 17-20
Week 4
- Senate: April 25-28
- House: April 25-28
May
Week 1
- Senate: May 1-4
- House: Not in session
Week 2
- Senate: May 9-12
- House: May 9-12
Week 3
- Senate: May 15-19
- House: May 15-18
Week 4
- Senate: Not in session
- House: May 22-25
Week 5
- Senate: May 30-31
- House: Not in session
June
Week 1
- Senate: June 1-2
- House: Not in session
Week 2
- Senate: June 6-9
- House: June 5-8
Week 3
- Senate: June 12-16
- House: June 12-15
Week 4
- Senate: June 20-23
- House: June 20-23
Week 5
- Senate: Not in session
- House: Not in session
July
Week 1
- Senate: Not in session
- House: Not in session
Week 2
- Senate: July 10-14
- House: July 11-14
Week 3
- Senate: July 18-21
- House: July 17-20
Week 4
- Senate: July 25-28
- House: July 25-28
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
Week 5
- Senate: Not in session
- House: Not in session
September
Week 1
- Senate: September 5-8
- House: Not in session
Week 2
- Senate: September 11-14
- House: September 12-15
Week 3
- Senate: September 18-22
- House: September 18-21
Week 4
- Senate: September 26-29
- House: September 26-29
October
Week 1
- Senate: October 2-6
- House: Not in session
Week 2
- Senate: Not in session
- House: Not in session
Week 3
- Senate: October 16-20
- House: October 17-20
Week 4
- Senate: October 23-27
- House: October 23-26
Week 5
- Senate: October 30-31
- House: Not in session
November
Week 1
- Senate: November 1-3
- House: Not in session
Week 2
- Senate: November 6-9
- House: November 6-9
Week 3
- Senate: November 13-17
- House: November 13-16
Week 4
- Senate: Not in session
- House: Not in session
Week 5
- Senate: November 27-30
- House: November 28-30
December
Week 1
- Senate: December 1
- House: December 1
Week 2
- Senate: December 4-8
- House: December 4-7
Week 3
- Senate: December 11-15
- House: December 11-14
Week 4
- Senate: Not in session
- House: Not in session
Week 5
- Senate: Not in session
- House: Not in session
See also
- United States Congress
- United States Senate
- United States House of Representatives
- 118th United States Congress
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Roll Call, "Senate and House calendars now set for 2023," December 13, 2022
- ↑ History, Art, & Archives United States House of Representatives, "List of all Sessions," accessed May 2, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "Past Days in Session of the U.S. Congress," accessed May 2, 2024
- ↑ History, Art, & Archives United States House of Representatives, "Saturday & Sunday Legislative Days," accessed February 11, 2021
