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PoliticAverse

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17. The President can call Congress back into session if he wishes...

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Fri Aug 30, 2013, 03:10 PM

Aug 2013

http://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_A2Sec3.html

He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.

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WTF???? House unlikely to come back into session before Sept. 9, [View all] dixiegrrrrl Aug 2013 OP

They need cover on our attacking Syria MNBrewer Aug 2013 #1

+1 daa Aug 2013 #27

Republicons are excellent at AWOL Berlum Aug 2013 #32

Epic fail Congress Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #2

Can't the President call a special session of Congress? meow2u3 Aug 2013 #3

The President can call a special session at any time. former9thward Aug 2013 #10

So why doesn't the President call the special session? meow2u3 Aug 2013 #13

See post #15 former9thward Aug 2013 #16

Because Cameron already did. How did that work out? nt daa Aug 2013 #28

Why can't the Congress people who met last night for intelligence release a joint statement? KittyWampus Aug 2013 #4

And hurt their respective reelection chances? n/t leftstreet Aug 2013 #6

Congress abdicates its responsibility to debate war, again. nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #5

Beats Workin' nt onehandle Aug 2013 #7

They cant even be bothered. How fucking useless. bunnies Aug 2013 #8

Bums! City Lights Aug 2013 #9

What difference does it make? HappyMe Aug 2013 #11

Not a bad thing if this is delayed. Gives time to check the intelligence KoKo Aug 2013 #12

Give 'em a break. Raising bribes...er...campaign contributions takes time and hard work. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #14

The last time a President and the Congress followed the Constitution was June 5, 1942. former9thward Aug 2013 #15

The President can call Congress back into session if he wishes... PoliticAverse Aug 2013 #17

Ya might want to email that to our Constitutional scholar, Peace Prize Pres. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2013 #18

He's aware, he's not going to repeat Cameron's mistake. n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2013 #19

OR Congress could decide to do its job all on its own!! DevonRex Aug 2013 #23

He did the telecom yesterday with 25 reps. They gave him approval NightWatcher Aug 2013 #20

The UK makes us look like assclowns...again. bullwinkle428 Aug 2013 #21

Parliament made Cameron look like a clown. hugo_from_TN Aug 2013 #31

The G20 meeting is in St. Petersburg, Russia on September 5 and 6. FarCenter Aug 2013 #22

Inspectors leave Saturday. Sunday looks like the new D-Day. n/t Junkdrawer Aug 2013 #24

I would expect around 2 or 3 am Monday morning Syrian time. FarCenter Aug 2013 #29

No problem. moondust Aug 2013 #25

Fine we can wait a few days before getting into another doc03 Aug 2013 #26

We're only going to start a war, they can't be bothered CanonRay Aug 2013 #30