If that had been adopted, if the session were to begin in the middle of November, a week after the November elections-- which could be accomplished by an act of Congress--instead of thirteen weeks, to which the session is now limited, there would be a session of twenty-three or twenty-four weeks.
He discusses the potential benefits of starting the congressional session earlier after elections.
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