Step-by-Step Organizer Toolkit for the People's Campaign for the Constitution
Calendar of Events
This is a schedule of major events in 2008 and 2009. District Work Periods are opportunities for your local coalition to hold meetings with the legislators who serve you in a public space.
2008
Mar 15-30: Congress's District Work Period
May 24-Jun 1: Congress's District Work Period (Memorial Day)
Jun 28-Jul 6: Congress's District Work Period (Independence Day)
Aug 9-Sep 7: Congress's District Work Period (Labor Day)
August 25-28: Democratic National Convention, Denver, CO
September 1-4: Republican National Convention, Saint Paul, MN
November 4: Election Day
November 5: start of Transition period/Congress’s “lame duck” period
2009
January 20: Inauguration Day (end of transition and “lame duck” period)
December 31: Sunsets end on the following PATRIOT Act provisions:
- Section 215 business records
- Roving wiretaps
- “Lone wolf” surveillance


