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To: Piranha
Why isn’t the house coming into emergency session to discuss?

Because according to Article II only the president can call the Congress into special session. And I'd be surprised if Obama was willing to do that.

6 posted on 08/30/2013 6:19:06 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

Thank you. I was not aware of that.


31 posted on 08/30/2013 6:42:35 AM PDT by Piranha (Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have - Saul Alinsky)
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To: DoodleDawg

Nice try Doodledog.
It does not pass the smell test.

What is preventing Waldo Boehner from conducting a press conference
and demanding a vote in the house. Where is your buddy Waldo Boehner?


65 posted on 08/30/2013 7:19:35 AM PDT by tennmountainman
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To: DoodleDawg
Because according to Article II only the president can call the Congress into special session.

... [The President] may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them ...

The word "only" is not there. The Speaker can call the House into session anytime.

74 posted on 08/30/2013 7:45:17 AM PDT by SFConservative
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To: DoodleDawg

Can the house call an emergency session re: articles of impeachment?


117 posted on 08/30/2013 11:33:02 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Pray/Penance. Isa 5:18-21,10:1-3 "Tempus faciendi, Domine, dissipaverunt legem tuam")
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