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Adjournment sine die
Final adjournment of an annual or two- year session of Congress. Adjournment without fixing a definite day for reconvening; literally "adjournment without a day." A session can continue when, under the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, it automatically terminates. Both houses must agree to a concurrent resolution for either house to adjourn for more than three days.
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