The last full day in office for the 48th Congress. Patria's fiscal 2011 budget has been presented to the House and duly ratified. Once that last major item of business was done and other pieces of legislation were cleared off the order paper (or left to die on the order paper without being brought to a vote), shortly after 10 PM, the Speaker Pro Tem of the House stopped all proceedings with the following announcement that all Patria had been waiting to hear: "Under the power vested in me by the Constitution of Patria, I declare the 48th Congress adjourned sine die!", followed by several long, loud blasts of the Congressional vuvuzela (which has replaced the traditional Speaker's gavel for the duration of the World Cup). For those who don't remember their Latin, sine die means adjourned indefinitely, without setting a date on which to re-convene.
The work of the 48th Congress is done. Finished. Amen. It is toast. On to the 49th Congress-elect. Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu.
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