Dec. 2007 the Senate stay in session to keep President Bush from making appts.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/21/senate.pro.forma/index.html?iref=nextin
...Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced late Wednesday he would
keep the Senate open with a series of “pro forma” sessions through mid-January. ....
Turn about is fair play.
Go, Midge, go!