Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall, without the consentof the other, adjournfor more thanthreedays, nor to any otherplacethan that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.
Anyone watching Congress today could see that the House of Representatives has boiled over into a partisan mess now since these lawmakers are trying to adjournfor their August break.
Nobody is reassured by a new government committee formed to reassess policy: its only decision of note at its first meeting on January 14th was to adjournfor three weeks.