You might have misunderstood my post. I’m well aware of the clause that gives the President the power to keep Congress in session until he says they can adjourn.
My question, because I haven’t studied the matter, is whether he can compel the attendance of individual members. That’s the issue, IMO, because if he can do that, then he can empower U. S. Marshals to go git ‘em and bring ‘em into the House and Senate for the session.
I’d pay money to see that.
Oh, sorry, I didn’t realize that was the question - I don’t think he (or even the Congressional leaders) have any power to compel attendance of any specific member(s), but I don’t know for certain.
Also, I don’t know all the ins and outs of quorum calls, what constitutes being “in session” for each chamber of Congress, etc. If many/most members leave for several days at a time to go to their districts etc. (as they frequently do for their 4-day weekends), when is Congress in session and when is it adjourned? I think these are issues of the rules of each chamber rather than the US Constitution - I don’t recall any such details anywhere in the Constitution. In fact, it only refers to an annual session of Congress and I don’t think it was envisioned in the 18th century that legislatures would convene for so much of each year (the Utah state legislature still has an annual session of only about 6-8 weeks).