Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) put out a statement today saying that he will hold pro forma sessions over Thanksgiving break in order to prevent President Bush from using the congressional vacation to recess appoint controversial nominees. For pro forma sessions, Reid would “call the chamber into nonvoting sessions every three days — thus doing away with an extended recess.”
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