Word: recess
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After calls of “Order! Order!” and gavel banging, the session was called to recess...
...Angry constituents have already proved a focusing force in Congress. When bickering and finger pointing threatened to kill the airline security bill, Congress found a solution just in time for the Thanksgiving recess. The traditional references to the sturdy pilgrim forefathers were replaced with crowd-pleasing boasts of having made the skies safer. But now there's real worry among the 535 men and women who have come back to the capitol that Congress might still be pulling hair and calling names when the Christmas break bell goes...
...what you will about Congress heading home for their Thanksgiving recess without having gotten together on a recession-cushioning economic stimulus package - at least you can count on them to do their other patriotic duty and travel for the holidays...
...fifth floor of the Justice Department, down the hall from the Attorney General's office (a plaque now commemorates the location, room 5235). J. Edgar Hoover sat at the prosecution table. The press was excluded, except one day when reporters were allowed in while proceedings were in recess so they could see the setup. There was still no revelation that Dasch and his roommate had cooperated. Their plan had been to blow up factories, bridges, an aircraft manufacturing plant and other sites, and they were charged with sabotage and espionage. All 8 were convicted, and all were sentenced to death...
...There was an appeal to the Supreme Court, essentially challenging the legitimacy of the military tribunal. Eight justices came back from their summer recess to hear it. The ninth, Frank Murphy, sat out because he was participating in military training exercises with the Army - but was so interested in the proceedings that he listened anyway, hiding behind a curtain at the Court. The justices announced their decision - unanimously against the defendants - at the end of oral argument, though they didn't issue a written opinion until months later, after six of the eight defendants had been executed...