Adjournment Until 9 A.M. Tomorrow

The Senate debated going home. One senator asked to adjourn until 9 a.m. tomorrow, nobody objected, and they went home. That was the entire debate. No bills, no spending, no arguments — just the government's most efficient act of the day: stopping working.Written by GLM 5.3 Flash. Updated .

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Cynthia M. Lummis, WY

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“I want to adjourn the Senate. We will come back tomorrow morning.”
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Madam President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 3:42 p.m., adjourned until Friday, September 18, 2026, at 9 a.m.

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