The next three months brought a series of missed court dates, adjournments and orders to show cause filed by Ms. Jones, court documents show.
The date for adjournment is voted on by the House and the Senate.
Congress had already set a post-World War II record for the latest adjournment date in an election year.
As a result, Republican leaders are unable to say when Congress, which is now a month past its adjournment date, will end.
The stalemate ensures that Congress, which has already set a post-World War II record for the latest adjournment date in an election year, will remain in session at least one day longer.
"We stand ready beyond the targeted adjournment date of September 26 to permit Congress to consider legislative proposals and conduct necessary investigations," Ms. Pelosi said in the letter, which said "the worsening crisis in our financial markets demands strong solutions and decisive leadership".
The Senate hasn't yet set an adjournment date, but the House is looking to get out of town by Sept. 26.
The Illinois General Assembly recessed on their planned adjournment date of May 7, having failed to enact a state budget for fiscal year 2011.
While the Senate's adjournment date is not yet determined, the House of Representatives is eyeing a Dec. 8 end to the legislative calendar.
They carve out long periods of time off around President's Day, Easter, the Fourth of July, and Memorial Day, sprinkling in three- and four-day weekends, and often set an ideal adjournment date in early October; this is their constitutional prerogative and by now a custom.
