By the time court adjourns Monday, the judge hopes to have 12 jurors and four alternates.
So, how do the odds look for getting this handled before Congress adjourns for the year?
That ban is scheduled to take effect 90 days after the Arkansas Legislature adjourns.
We need but one conclusion: The Senate must pass this legislation before the Congress adjourns.
The Armed Services Committee is expected to vote on Mullen's nomination before Congress adjourns Friday for its August recess.
That mandate is due to expire when the outgoing Congress adjourns, probably toward the end of the year.
The bill is expected to pass the Senate before Congress adjourns in October.
So as Congress adjourns for its much needed holiday break from sausage-making, it paves the way for many more teachable moments and much more post-holiday wrangling.
Of course, there are problems, the first of which is getting Congress to come to an agreement and vote on anything before it adjourns for the year.
Failing that, we respectfully urge that you enable Mr. Bolton to get to work at long last by conferring on him a recess appointment as soon as Congress adjourns next month.
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But Reid argued that insufficient hearings had been held in the Senate on the subject, and he also cited the press of other Senate business that must be completed before Congress adjourns for the year.
House Democratic leaders have given conflicting signals in recent days, but they appear unlikely to seek a floor vote on extending just some of the tax breaks before Congress adjourns this week to campaign ahead of the elections.
The key Medicare negotiators, including Democratic Senators John Breaux of Louisiana and Max Baucus of Montana, met at the White House for a photo opportunity with Bush as the president begins a major effort to get the bill through before Congress adjourns.
The bill has been passed by -- a bill has been passed by the House and I anticipate that energy legislation will be taken up some time over the course of the next several weeks in the Senate, and hopefully we can get something done before Congress adjourns this year.
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