Posted on 08/08/2019 6:43:27 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrote directly to President Trump on Thursday to demand that he use a little-invoked constitutional power to recall the Senate from its recess so it can address gun violence.
The move would essentially represent an end run around Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, whom top Democrats have urged to bring Congress back. Congress is not scheduled to return until the second week of September.
"Today, as speaker of the House, I am writing in good faith to request that you call the United States Senate back into session immediately under your powers in Article II Section 3 of the Constitution to consider House-passed bipartisan gun violence prevention legislation," Pelosi wrote.
That constitutional provision, which also states that the president should deliver information on the State of the Union "from time to time," holds that the president "may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them."
In her letter, Pelosi made clear she felt the circumstances met that threshold.
"This extraordinary moment in our history requires all of us to take extraordinary action to save lives," Pelosi said.
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What’s the hurry? Hasty law is usually bad law.
Never let a crisis go to waste.
Pelosi “DEMANDS”???????
Who does she think she is?????
When will Pelosi get rid of her armed guards..and when will they ban butcher knives like the one used yesterday to kill 4 people here in SoCal..if banning knives can save 1 person its worth it
“demands”
In case there was anyone out there who thought she was sane, she is making sure to prove otherwise.
It’s TRAP and an emotional no ending trap to end the 2nd amendment and grab the headlines and issues to the 2020 election!
DON”T do it TRUMP! You have better insights to the right path - stop listening to bleeding hearts on and off your staff!
No need to recall.....This is not some emergency.
Pelosi to Trump:
Please grab that third rail, Mr. President.....
They need to pass it to find out what’s in it.
And where was NaN when She wrote this
I demand that Speaker Pelosi kiss a baboon’s butt.
The Queen of Sheba.
Media: “Of course Miss Nancy. you have every right to run the Senate! Whatever you say is good with us!”
Hate our greedy media.
If she would pull her dogs off of McConnell’s house he might be able to report to the senate.
Now she’s gone from asked to demands?
She needs to be told to go pound sand.
It’s too late.
Those people in that shooting are dead already and there’s no knowing when or where the next one will be.
Ok Nancy, Give me a Fully Funded Border Wall and Fully Funded Mass Deportation.
So now we’ll have MORE gun control laws for criminals to ignore?
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