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.
Agreed. I'd appoint every single open position. Then, I'd clear all the libs from the bureaucracy and replace them too.
Heh Heh, I hear Judge Bork is available in a pinch...
Then whoever’s left there gets to make all the votes based on “members present” and ram through their agenda on 26 votes, or fewer if there’s nobody there to demand a roll call vote or a quorum call.
There is a rule that one chamber of Congress cannot be in session longer than the other for more than a few days. Will be interesting to see if Pelosi backs his play.
Teddy's a quorum and a quaff.
NM read that he’s doing pro-forma just long enough to get around that rule.
Harry POS Reid ALERT!
reid and pelosi
are so noxious
that they help
the republicans out.
I’m going to turn on C-SPAN 2 to see how many Senators are present. If there are none or they decide to “recess,” Bush should immediately make a recess appointment. Make the D’s bring him to court.
She doesn't matter. These are demorats--they don't give a squat about such "little' people.
They haven't in more than a year. Why would they change now?
Democrats: The Party of Universal Insanity
I wonder what the rules on quarum or that affect the ability of the President to make a recess appointment are.
Doesn’t he need a quorum to keep the senate in session?
Mark
THAT IS DISCUSTING, (I think I’m gonna hurl....)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
The only way to win is to WIN BIG at the ballot.
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The only way Reid could be employed is to WIN at the ballot, he wouldn’t get a job otherwise, he’s not even a mediocre politician.
Next time, tell us how you really feel :)
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.
19 posted on 11/16/2007 2:44:52 PM EST by pogo101
Excellent idea ! Can just hear their fuses blowing...
Quorum and vote
The Constitution specifies that a majority of members constitutes a quorum to do business in each house. The rules of each house provide that a quorum is assumed to be present unless a quorum call demonstrates the contrary. Representatives and senators rarely force the presence of a quorum by demanding quorum calls; thus, in most cases, debates continue even if a majority is not present.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress#Quorum_and_vote
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