Poor Circulation and the Heart. When the veins and arteries that circulate blood throughout the body become occluded, or narrowed, with plaque, the heart must beat harder and faster in order to push blood past those areas of blockage.
A Term of the Supreme Court begins, by statute, on the first Monday in October. Usually Court sessions continue until late June or early July. The Term is divided between sittings, when the Justices hear cases and deliver opinions, and intervening recesses, when they consider the business before the Court and write opinions.
Number of Days Congress Works in Session a Year. The House of Representatives has averaged 138 legislative days a year since 2001, according to records kept by the Library of Congress. That's about one day of work every three days, or fewer than three days a week. The Senate, on the other hand, was in session an average of 162 days a year over the same time period.