# Does this Senate have enough time before the next elections?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 19, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-senate-have-enough-time-before-the-next-elections/921041 "2020-09-19T23:42:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-senate-have-enough-time-before-the-next-elections/921041/35 "2020-10-03T05:56:11Z")

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I asked that here and (so far) no answer. Your question came before mine so I am guessing no one knows. Unusual for here.

> [@Senate pro-forma sessions (where they pretend to be in sessions but are not). Can any senator demand a quorum call?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-pro-forma-sessions-where-they-pretend-to-be-in-sessions-but-are-not-can-any-senator-demand-a-quorum-call/922077):
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> The US Senate has been using pro-forma sessions to pretend they are not in recess for several years now. Short version is the senate takes time off which is a recess. Presidents can appoint people in a recess so the senate now has “pro-forma” sessions. The whole thing takes maybe a minute where one senator, in an empty room (of other senators) brings the senate to session and then instantly closes it. So…the senate is now never not in session and thus a president can never do a recess appoin…

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