How LONG is Congress' break, anyway? If CSpan is going to subject us

[annabanana]

to crap like this gathering of the National Federation of Repuglican Women's annual luncheon, I am going be very upset.

[rodeodance]

1. they will not be back till the 16th of April

[bdamomma]

2. the senate is off for a week the house 2 weeks. ugh

C Span coverage is going to be sucky.

[TwilightGardener]

3. I know--after the excitement of the last few weeks, I feel a little

let-down and empty right now. No important votes to watch--no speeches! It's going to be a long couple of weeks.

[napi21]

4. Here's their schedule for the rest of today.

c-span1
10:01 AM EDT
0:51
Speech
Republican Politics
National Federation of Republican Women
Newt Gingrich , R-GA


10:55 AM EDT
0:30
Call-In
Open Phones
C-SPAN, Washington Journal


11:00 AM EDT
1:30 (est.) LIVE
Forum
Cuba's Transition After Castro
Brookings Institution
Eusebio Mujal-Leon , Georgetown University
Damian J. Fernandez , Florida International University
The beginning and end of this live program may be earlier or later than the scheduled times.


01:17 PM EDT
2:09 (est.)
Senate Committee
Sports Programming and Competition
Commerce, Science and Transportation
John F. Kerry , D-MA
Steve Ross , University of Illinois


07:00 PM EDT
0:57 (est.) Interview
Q&A with Michael Gerson
C-SPAN, Q&A
Michael J. Gerson , White House


07:00 AM EDT
3:00 (est.) LIVE
Call-In
Washington Journal
C-SPAN, Washington Journal




c-span2
09:00 AM EDT
2:30 (est.) LIVE
Forum
Health Emergency Preparedness
National Press Club
Julie Gerberding M.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Georges Benjamin M.D., American Public Health Association
The beginning and end of this live program may be earlier or later than the scheduled times.


12:01 PM EDT
0:59 (est.)
Interview
A Conversation with Bob Woodward
George Mason University, Mason Forum
Bob Woodward , Washington Post
Richard Norton Smith , George Mason University


08:00 PM EDT
0:30 (est.) Interview
FCC Report on Media Violence
C-SPAN, Communicators
Jonathan Rintels , Center for Creative Voices in Media
Tim Winters , Parents' Television Council




c-span3
08:00 AM EDT
12:00 (est.)
Compiled Program
Case Against Iraq Programming
C-SPAN, C3 History

[AndyTiedye]

6. I Hope They Have a Plan to Come Back Early if they Have To

If ** starts another war this week, we're gonna need Congress back in session immediately to IMPEACH him!

[unhappycamper]

5. On the bright side, you now have the time to

• clean your house
  
• change your wardrobe over to spring/summer wear
  
• go grocery shopping
  
• take a day off and go to the museum
  
• detail your car
  
• work on your taxes and figure out how many 500-lb Mk-82 bombs you bought¹ last year
  

¹$268.50