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To: eeevil conservative

Is it true that the Veep can order the entire Congress back if he wants to?


189 posted on 08/01/2008 10:26:30 AM PDT by papasmurf (This space left blank intentionly.)
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To: papasmurf

SEEMS TO ME THE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO ORDER A SPECIAL SESSION.

Sadly, they are all sucked up to the globalists’ _____’s


211 posted on 08/01/2008 10:31:43 AM PDT by Quix (key QUOTES POLS 1900 ON #76 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2031425/posts?page=77#77)
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To: papasmurf

The VP’s powers extend only to the Senate, unfortunately.


253 posted on 08/01/2008 10:39:08 AM PDT by SAJ
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U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 3

Section 3. He [the President] 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.

264 posted on 08/01/2008 10:42:21 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
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