Difference between revisions of "Pro forma session"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
DavidB4-bot (talk | contribs) (→top: clean up & uniformity) |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | A '''pro forma session''' is a brief meeting (sometimes only several seconds) of the [[United States Senate|Senate]] in which no business is conducted. It is held usually to satisfy the [[ | + | A '''pro forma session''' is a brief meeting (sometimes only several seconds) of the [[United States Senate|Senate]] in which no business is conducted. It is held usually to satisfy the [[United States Constitution|constitutional]] obligations that neither chamber can adjourn for more than three days without the consent of the other.<ref>[http://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/pro_forma_session.htm] US Senate Reference</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
[[Category:United States Senate Terms]] | [[Category:United States Senate Terms]] | ||
Revision as of 01:22, June 28, 2016
A pro forma session is a brief meeting (sometimes only several seconds) of the Senate in which no business is conducted. It is held usually to satisfy the constitutional obligations that neither chamber can adjourn for more than three days without the consent of the other.[1]