The House announced that it will be in recess on Friday, October 5 and Friday, October 19, but will be in session during Columbus Day week, starting on Tuesday, October 9, through Friday, the 12th. The Senate will be in recess during the entire Columbus Day week, October 8-12. Leadership announced that November 16 is the scheduled adjournment date for the House, although there is speculation that Congress will be in session through December in order to complete its appropriations work.
To that end, the House passed a Continuing Resolution today (9/26) to fund federal agencies at Fiscal Year (FY) 07 levels through November 16. The current fiscal year expires on September 30 and no FY 08 appropriations bill have been passed and signed into law. To date, the House has completed work on all 12 of its bills, but the Senate has only completed four. The Senate is expected to vote on the CR this week, as well.