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RockRaven

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1. Off the top of my head, it is ten working days/in session days.

Reply to AverageOldGuy (Original post)

Thu Jul 2, 2026, 10:51 PM

Thursday

The distinction between calendar days and days which actually count towards the "10 days" is a factor in the "pocket veto" phenomenon IIRC.

But the term isn't anywhere near over, and they will come back into session by mid July, so #3 ought to eventually happen.

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Off the top of my head, it is ten working days/in session days. RockRaven Thursday #1

I think you are correct Fiendish Thingy Thursday #2

As I understand it scipan Friday #3