recess

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TMZ is turning its celebrity lens on Congress, tracking lawmakers on recess as a nearly six-week Department of Homeland Security shutdown drags on.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Congress is in recess this week after failing to fund the TSA.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The Senate, however, has already left Washington for a two-week recess.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

The priority now is for members and senators to get home for Easter recess at the end of the week without having to arrive at the airport four hours in advance of their flights.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2026

Everyone else had gone out to recess, so they had the room to themselves.

From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon