You are not understanding the process. Read up on it.
House consented. No pro forma.
Start reading with the link I gave to the Congressional Research Service. It outlines the procedure.
What they did is an” Adjournment for more than three days” as opposed to a Adjournment sine die.
It is an intersession recess. No pro forma. Read up on the Senate or House rules under that category.
Not sure what I’m not understanding.
The Senate is operating under S. Con. Res. 31.
It seemed easier to go to thomas, but I’ll go to the horses mouth - congress.gov
PROVIDING FOR A CONDITIONAL
ADJOURNMENT OR RECESS OF
THE SENATE AND AN ADJOURNMENT
OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The conditional adjournment\recess covers the weekend.
The house gets to go home.
Senate keeps the skeleton crew.
Senate is conditionally adjourned until Monday 02/15/2016.
It will go on like that until they get back unless the house relieves them.
https://www.congress.gov/crec/2016/02/12/CREC-2016-02-12-pt1-PgS887-5.pdf
note orders section thru 02/22/2016
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