[drierice]

Hey, I wasn’t upset, but I never said the president needed the speaker’s approval for a special session. He doesn’t - he can call a special session if the emergency requires it.

However, yesterday during the C-Span press conference, Republicans explained why the president had not called a special session... saying that Pelosi could adjourn it, and they would be back to where they started. This was clearly articulated.

Now that flies in the face of the last sentence of your quote. Heh, perhaps that information should be sent to them - in which case maybe a special session COULD work.

[calex59]

Ok, here is how to read that last sentence, he controls when they will adjourn to, in other words Pelosi could adjourn but Bush only has to say you will adjourn until tomorrow morning then Pelosi adjourns again, then the President once again says, but only until tomorrow morning.

This way he can keep the Dems in DC until the 5 week vacation is over or until Pelosi caves(which she won't, she is too stupid to cave).

So technically the Representatives were correct and so am I. The constitution can be tricky in some spots. Actually, I think it is better that he doesn't force the special session, it is better to keep going this way.

Hey, I wasn’t upset, but I never said the president needed the speaker’s approval for a special session. He doesn’t - he can call a special session if the emergency requires it.

In regards to the speaker statement that was some other poster who said that Pleosi had to agree to convene, which as you can see from the article she doesn't have a say. Sorry about the mistake.