Democrats in the U.S. Senate today rolled out the schedule for next year, a much different calendar for work sessions than what Republicans in the House will have next year.

Instead of two or three weeks on followed by a week off, the Senate hews to the more traditional schedule of four or five work weeks followed by a week off for regular holiday intervals like Memorial Day and July 4th.

Here is the Senate schedule for 2012:

2012 Calendar - 112^th Congress, Second Session

Convene – January 23, 2012 (Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday January 16)

4 weeks (of the Senate being in session)

February 20 – 24 State Work Period (Presidents’ Day February 20)

5 weeks

March 5- NO VOTE (Monday)

March 12 – NO VOTE (Monday)

March 19 – NO VOTE (Monday)

April 2 – April 13 State Work Period (Passover April 6-7; Good Friday April 6; Easter April 8)

2 weeks

April 30 - May 4 State Work Period

3 weeks

May 28 – June 1 State Work Period (Memorial Day May 28)

4 weeks

July 2 – July 6 State Work Period (Independence Day July 4)

4 weeks

August 6 – September 7 State Work Period (Labor Day September 3)

Target adjournment - TBD