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Reid to Keep Senate in Session to Prevent Recess Appointments
Roll Call ^ | 16 Nov 07 | Erin P. Billings

Posted on 11/16/2007 11:36:32 AM PST by seanmerc

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has decided to keep the chamber in session over the Thanksgiving break to block President Bush from making any unsavory recess appointments while Senators are out of town.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: 110th; democratparty; dingyharry; enemedia; erinbillings; erinpbillings; harryreid; loser; mortician; recessappointments; reid; sillydems; unsavory
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To: JSDude1

Wouldn’t he need a quorum? I mean, can he say that the Senate is in session if a quorum isn’t present? If that’s the case, I think the Senators ought to go on home and be with their families on Thanksgiving Day.

Bush’s possible — or not— appointments are going to be all that earth shattering. It’s only a year until election day anyway. Then we’re going to see big turnovers, I think. Or I hope. Is Harry Reid up for re-election in 2008?


61 posted on 11/16/2007 1:43:09 PM PST by janereinheimer ((I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.))
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To: pogo101

Bush should just let Reid know that, if Reid does this, Bush is prepared to call a special session of Congress to keep them in session all the way through January 2009

Man, wouldn’t that be a kick?


62 posted on 11/16/2007 1:56:41 PM PST by Bitsy
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To: subterfuge
I think we should see her attendance record for the last year
63 posted on 11/16/2007 2:21:37 PM PST by maine-iac7 (",,,but you can't fool all of the people all the time" LINCOLN)
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To: fireforeffect
I love those "without debate"s - if you try this farce, you'll have to follow the rules, harry, NO DEBATE


64 posted on 11/16/2007 2:31:17 PM PST by maine-iac7 (",,,but you can't fool all of the people all the time" LINCOLN)
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To: seanmerc

Well, SOME districts will have something to be happy about. Their COngresscritter will not be polluting the local atmosphere with his odious presence.

Methinks Lord Harry Reid of the House of Lords is a bit concerned. Too bad!!!


65 posted on 11/16/2007 2:33:15 PM PST by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
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To: Norman Bates
ROFL! Could that work? Could Cheney call one and then declare the Senate adjurned de facto when no one shows?

Isn't he the president of the senate
66 posted on 11/16/2007 2:43:50 PM PST by uncbob (m first)
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To: seanmerc

I’m sure Reid vigorously opposed Clinton’s recess appointments too.


67 posted on 11/16/2007 2:49:52 PM PST by Fresh Wind (Scrape the bottom, vote for Rodham!)
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To: seanmerc

Reid is a tiny little man with way too much power. Since when is a constitutional action “unsavory”?


68 posted on 11/16/2007 3:22:44 PM PST by Jean S
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To: seanmerc

Bush can just laugh, and then do it over Christmas.


69 posted on 11/16/2007 3:26:00 PM PST by montag813
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To: Fresh Wind
I’m sure Reid vigorously opposed Clinton’s recess appointments too.
I think President Clinton had better cooperation from the Senate and got a lot of his appointees confirmed.....

The Numbers so far of recess appts:

President George HW Bush --  167
President William Clinton -- 139
President George W Bush  --  171 [through June 4, 2007]

70 posted on 11/16/2007 3:26:56 PM PST by deport (>>>--Iowa Caucuses .. 47 days and counting--<<< [ Meanwhile:-- Cue Spooky Music--])
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To: Allegra

Actually, we need a chicken poooing...that’d say it perfectly.....


71 posted on 11/16/2007 3:34:52 PM PST by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: janereinheimer
Bush’s possible — or not— appointments are going to be all that earth shattering. It’s only a year until election day anyway. Then we’re going to see big turnovers, I think. Or I hope. Is Harry Reid up for re-election in 2008?

2010

72 posted on 11/16/2007 3:35:13 PM PST by Christian4Bush (DriveByMedia: Good news, no party affiliation: Republican. Bad news, no party affiliation: Democrat.)
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To: coconutt2000

“pro forma session - A brief meeting (sometimes only several seconds) of the Senate in which no business is conducted. It is held usually to satisfy the constitutional obligation that neither chamber can adjourn for more than three days without the consent of the other.”

http://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/pro_forma_session.htm


73 posted on 11/16/2007 3:39:31 PM PST by bbruit
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To: Miss Didi
He's such a

And I'll eat part of ole crusty if she's within 15 miles of a kitchen.

74 posted on 11/16/2007 3:48:35 PM PST by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: seanmerc
Quorum calls, seven days a week.

That'll go over big in campaign season.

75 posted on 11/16/2007 3:54:31 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The environment is too complex and too important to manage by central planning.)
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To: fireforeffect

“4. Whenever upon such roll call it shall be ascertained
that a quorum is not present, a majority of the Senators
present may direct the Sergeant at Arms to request, and,
when necessary, to compel the attendance of the absent
Senators, which order shall be determined without debate;
and pending its execution, and until a quorum shall be
present, no debate nor motion, except to adjourn, or to recess pursuant to a previous order entered by unanimous
consent, shall be in order.”

OK. Let’s say President Bush notifies that little punk Reid that he is going to make recess appointments.....not idenfying anyone by name. Dingy scrambes his staff and the Sergeant at Arms and summons the troops back to the Capitol. Meanwhile, as soon as President Bush hangs up the phone after notifying Reid of the recess appointments, he boards Air Force One and heads for Crawford. Once the senate has finally returned to Washington, President Bush may just decide not to make any appointments and not notify Reid.

Perhaps the same thing might occur over the Christmas break, but Air Force One may head to Crawford without the President on board in the event members of the senate turn off their pagers to prevent being recalled to Washington.

Of course, with a few exceptions, the administration could make its intentions known to the Republican members of the senate. The possibilities are endless.

Reid has to remember that if you want to play games, remember who owns the ball.

EODGUY


76 posted on 11/16/2007 3:55:16 PM PST by EODGUY ("I have never had sex with that woman, Hillary Clinton." Bill Clinton. Author: Dr. Michael Adams)
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To: seanmerc
Let’s see if I’ve got it right. President Bush will be in Crawford celebrating Thanksgiving with his family and friends, while Reid will be in Washington D.C. celebrating nothing and being with no one. And Reid's colleagues will be doing the same. Reid is lower than whale sh*t at the bottom of the ocean.
77 posted on 11/16/2007 3:57:41 PM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Officially Fredbacker1 but don't know how to change my name)
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To: seanmerc

Get the net!!! ... Harry Reid is insane.

78 posted on 11/16/2007 4:00:47 PM PST by xtinct (I was the next door neighbor kid's imaginary friend.)
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To: seanmerc

10-to-1 it doesn’t happen


79 posted on 11/16/2007 4:02:49 PM PST by clintonh8r (Waiting for the other Hsu to drop....)
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To: seanmerc

Looking at Thanksgiving as a holiday... it’s in reverence to the Almighty in the personal sense, and a national holiday in reverence to the Almighty for our republic...

Neither would fit into the mindset of the left, so no big surprise.


80 posted on 11/16/2007 4:02:55 PM PST by glock rocks (A near majority of Americans have below average intelligence.)
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