[Pearls Before Swine]

Ok, so he would serve until December 2017

So, they could adjourn the Senate on January 21st, and then start a new session. Two can play that stupid game.

[Az Joe]

I believe that each COTUS serves 1 term divided into 2 sessions. So the end of the first session would be just before Christmas 2017. A “session” is not a “recess”.