Republicans should be in full attendance every time, and keep demanding domestic oil drilling!
I read that the Senate did not go into recess, in order to prevent President Bush from making any recess appointments again. The senate will have a five minute session every three or four days during August.
This is cowardly and nasty behavior and not one news program that I have seen has mentioned it at all.
If they really did not go out of session, then some parliamentary procedure should be available to Senator McConnell and Leader Boehner to act on energy legislation.
“I read that the Senate did not go into recess, in order to prevent President Bush from making any recess appointments again. The senate will have a five minute session every three or four days during August.”
UNBELIEVABLE!! This really hacks my hide. Do we have a link for this info? We need to get the word out if this is true through the NEW MEDIA!
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand in recess and convene for pro forma sessions with no business conducted on the following days and times and that following each pro forma session, the Senate recess until the following pro forma session: Tuesday, August 5, at 10 a.m.; Friday, August 8, at 11 a.m.; Tuesday, August 12, at 2 p.m.; Friday, August 15, at 10 a.m.; Tuesday, August 19, at 9 a.m.; Friday, August 22, at 10 a.m.; Tuesday, August 26, at 2 p.m.; Friday, August 29, at 2 p.m.; Tuesday, September 2, at 12 p.m.; Friday, September 5, at 9:30 a.m.; and further that when the Senate completes its pro forma session on Friday, September 5, the Senate stand adjourned until 3 p.m. on Monday, September 8; that following the prayer and the pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and the Senate resume consideration of Calendar No. 732, S. 3001, the Defense authorization bill.
-- some parliamentary procedure should be available to Senator McConnell and Leader Boehner to act on energy legislation --
McConnell agreed with the schedule that Senator Reid put out - see "unanimous consent."