U.S. CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 11, SECTION 3,"...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..."President Bush can just threaten to adjourn both houses, since the Senate and the House are in disagreement as to the time of adjournment...............thus, the ball will be in Reid's court, for then Reid would have to force BOTH houses to convene during the holiday(s)......in order to prevent recess appointments.......it would be fun to watch, indeed!
Fighting 3 wars, on three fronts (Iraq, Afghanistan and World Wide War on Terror) in my book, would certainly merit "extraordinary Occasions".........
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Appears to me they had an agreement.......
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That when the House adjourns on the legislative day of Thursday, November 15, 2007, or Friday, November 16, 2007,... (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate)
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H.Con.Res.259
Agreed to November 15, 2007
One Hundred Tenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven
Concurrent Resolution
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That when the House adjourns on the legislative day of Thursday, November 15, 2007, or Friday, November 16, 2007, on a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent resolution by its Majority Leader or his designee, it stand adjourned until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, December 4, 2007, or until the time of any reassembly pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent resolution, whichever occurs first; and that when the Senate recesses or adjourns on any day from Thursday, November 15, 2007, through Thursday, November 29, 2007, on a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent resolution by its Majority Leader or his designee, it stand recessed or adjourned until noon on Monday, December 3, 2007, or such other time on that day as may be specified by its Majority Leader or his designee in the motion to recess or adjourn, or until the time of any reassembly pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent resolution, whichever occurs first.
Sec. 2. The Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate, or their respective designees, acting jointly after consultation with the Minority Leader of the House and the Minority Leader of the Senate, shall notify the Members of the House and the Senate, respectively, to reassemble at such place and time as they may designate if, in their opinion, the public interest shall warrant it.
Attest:
Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Attest:
Secretary of the Senate.