Word: adjourned
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Both houses of Congress had been scheduled to adjourn this week until after the election. The defeat of the bailout plan means that everyone is likely to be back at work later this week. The question is what the markets will do in the meantime...
...There's also the question of whether Congress, which was planning to adjourn at the end of next week so its members could go home to campaign for re-election, could create such an entity on short notice. On Wednesday the answer from several key lawmakers was no, but on Thursday House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told President Bush she'd keep the chamber in session longer if needed. It's also possible that the Treasury and the Fed could come up with an improvised solution that doesn't need congressional approval. Paulson and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke visited Capitol Hill...
...vote to adjourn to executive session was unanimous, and the members added that they would not return to public meeting after the session ended...
Almost four months since it opened, the trial of Saddam Hussein has been plagued by violence and the courtroom antics of Saddam and his seven co-defendants. Saddam's boycott of the court last week forced its chief judge to adjourn hearings until next week. So is a credible trial still possible? A look inside the world's most contentious courtroom. 1 - IN THE DOCK...
Glazer was finally forced to adjourn the meeting before finishing consideration of a non-reform-related bill to create a committee on Native American Studies at Harvard...