Though then-House Speaker Bruce Newcomb threatened in 2003 to adjourn the House sine die in the midst of a House-Senate battle over how to balance the state's budget, he didn't follow through on that threat that year, during the state's longest-ever legislative session. The last time that move has been tried was in 1980, when the Senate, under then-Senate Majority Leader Jim Risch, tried to adjourn on its own. The House refused to accept their adjournment; it was a Thursday, and the Senate was back in session by Monday...

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