Earlier Thursday, the House passed a continuing resolution to keep the government open until April 28 before adjourning for the year.
One bill likely to clear both chambers before Congress adjourns is a measure to keep the government funded into next year, averting the threat of a government shutdown on Oct. 1, the start of the next fiscal year.
Instead, the previous, Republican-led Congress adjourned in December after ordering agencies to keep spending at 2006 levels until 15 February.
CUBS' SPRING TRAINING FUTURE UNCLEAR Mesa's status as the Cubs' spring training home is in jeopardy after the Arizona Legislature adjourned Thursday without a stadium-financing plan to keep the team in the state.
Leading up to Monday, there had been talk that Republicans were planning to keep the special session going all the way until January — rather than adjourning — in order to prevent McAuliffe from giving Roush another recess appointment.
Mr. Dodd, who met with several of his Democratic colleagues, said that reaching a deal could keep Congress in session past this week, when leaders had hoped to adjourn for the fall elections.
Instead, they keep their opinions within, opting to publish them online after sessions have adjourned.
The congress was adjourned but, either forewarned or by luck, Metternich chose to keep representatives of the European powers close at hand until the revolt had been put down.
He told the author that he informed Bill Frist, the majority leader, that he (Santorum) would keep the Senate in session through its Easter break if lawmakers tried to adjourn without first intruding in the Schiavo case.
In a statement shortly after the committee adjourned, GlaxoSmithKline noted that a majority of committee members had voted to keep Avandia on the market.
A legal challenge launched today by Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall to keep a neighbour's guests off his hunting estate in north-west Ireland was adjourned for a week by the judge after both sides refused to settle.
