End of the line for 49th Congress

The 49th Congress passed into history after an all-day Saturday session that continued past midnight until the ratification of Patria's fiscal 2015 budget was completed. The budget is traditionally the final item to be ratified by Congress before adjourning for the summer recess.

With no further items on the order paper, the Speaker of the House killed off the lame duck session by delivering the message that Patria had been waiting to hear since election day two and one half months ago: with the Divine Mother’s blessings, the Forty-Ninth Congress has completed the Fourth Session and has thereby come to the end of its term of office...Under the power vested in me by the Constitution of Patria, I declare the Forty-Ninth Congressus Patriaë adjourned sine die.

The Speaker's gavel hit the desk and the vuvuzela blew at 12:52 AM PLT (Patrienish Local Time) on Sunday, June 29.