Good catch, Bill: [Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.]
And also: [Section Five, Clause 1: Qualifications of Members...Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide.]
Section Five states that a majority of each House constitutes a quorum to do business; a smaller number may adjourn the House or compel the attendance of absent members. Etc.
So, YOU were correct that EACH house must give the OTHER permission to adorn (but only apparently after you looked into the matter and changed your posted views, remember FIRST you posted that you DISAGREED when I said that the Senate cannot adjourn without the permission of the House and that was INCORRECT. <g>)
Your original reply (to the article I posted) contained a misunderstanding of what had been written because you apparently thought that someone had written that 'the House needed to be in recess for a recess appointment...' when in fact nothing of that kind had ever been written. Not by me, nor by the author of the article I posted. That much was pure and simple just a misunderstanding you had.
See:
Message 27879622
(Glad that this series of exchanges got us both to look into the matter and learn a few things though!) |
