claim: this congress "adjourned earliest of any time in congressional history before an election."
author: laura ingraham
evidence_1: a lame-duck session of congress in the united states occurs whenever one  congress meets ... in current practice, any meeting of congress after election day , but before the next .... the congress would then adjourn until the time for the  next regular session ..... the session thus became the longest in history to that  point.
evidence_2: sep 28, 2014 ... "the congress adjourned earliest of any time in congressional history before an  election," conservative radio host laura ingraham claimed on ...
evidence_3: sep 19, 2014 ... congressional research service ... of congress after election day in november,  but before the following january 3, is a lame duck ... adjournment, but also for  any portion of a regular session that falls after an election. ..... congress would  then adjourn until the time for the next regular session prescribed by ...
evidence_4: apr 6, 2018 ... from the first modern lame duck session in 1941 to 1998, the ... november and  adjourned before christmas so that the lame duck session lasted about a month.  ... this report will be updated after any additional lame duck session occurs. .....  congress that occurs between the congressional election in ...
evidence_5: dec 22, 2018 ... parts of the federal government shut down at midnight after congress and ...  government partially shuts down for third time in a year after congress adjourns  for the night .... as shutdown deadline approaches, congressional negotiators ...  however, before they adjourned for the night, the senate passed a ...