[sloop]

The Constitution requires that neither house of Congress can recess for more than three days without the consent of the other house. The House of Representatives has not given that consent and has been holding pro forma sessions every three days, forcing the Senate to do likewise. When Democrats controlled the Senate in the last two years of the Bush administration, they held these pro forma sessions during recesses precisely to prevent President Bush from using the recess appointment power, which he didn’t.

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/01/04/congress-in-recess/

[IMissPresidentReagan]

Honestly, Republicans need to quit playing nice. Jeez. I don’t get this need to be liked. Or to be “above the fray”. What does that accomplish? So sick of spineless, play nice, hands tied behind our back strategies that lead to nothing other than larger and larger infringements on the Constitution.

[Eagle of Liberty]

When Democrats controlled the Senate in the last two years of the Bush administration, they held these pro forma sessions during recesses precisely to prevent President Bush from using the recess appointment power, which he didn’t.

EXACTLY!! We have a President that:

A) MIHOPed our economy
B) Gave BILLIONS to his buddies
C) Apologized to THE WORLD for the tyranny of America
D) Gave away many of our advanced military technologies
E) Allowed the Middle East to advance their objectives
F) Spat, Stomped and then TORE UP our Constitution