Mitch says they aren't coming back till the 19th

[rjmacs]

They can't return, by Senate rules, without unanimous consent. Even if a justice died, Mitch couldn't call the Senate back before the 19th.

[rgG]

rjmacs wrote:
They can't return, by Senate rules, without unanimous consent. Even if a justice died, Mitch couldn't call the Senate back before the 19th.

Is it because they adjourned? Did the House not adjourn?
I can’t seem to find out why by Googling?

[vision63]

They all worked through the last recess so I'm sure they're all anxious to get some district time in. Generally speaking.

[$tevie]

Although the Senate will hold two pro forma sessions next week, on Jan. 12 and Jan. 15, it is barred from conducting any kind of business during those days — including “beginning to act on received articles of impeachment from the House” — without agreement from all 100 senators. With a cadre of Trump-allied senators in the Republican conference, that unanimous consent is highly unlikely.

“Again, it would require the consent of all 100 Senators to conduct any business of any kind during the scheduled pro forma sessions prior to January 19, and therefore the consent of all 100 Senators to begin acting on any articles of impeachment during those sessions,” the memo from McConnell emphasized.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...story.html

[Acer]