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Article II of the Constitution gives the President the power to adjourn Congress if—and only if—the House and Senate cannot agree on a date for ending the current session. But they have agreed—January 3, 2021. There’s a reason why this power has *never* been exercised before. twitter.com…



Steve Vladeck

The Senate could always try to change that. But a motion to adjourn would be subject to cloture—meaning it would need at least 7 D votes. The majority could get *rid* of cloture by a simple majority, but I have to think this would be a bridge too far for at least 4 R senators.

Finally, it’s worth noting, for the record, that the President has had this very Senate confirm a record number of federal judges, and hasn’t bothered to even *nominate* anyone to fill some vacancies—like Secretary of Homeland Security, which has been vacant since April 10, 2019.

President Trump, threatening to adjourn both chambers of Congress, is like a deranged dictator. The Founding Fathers gave us a Constitution with three separate but equal branches of government, executive, legislative and judicial branches of Government, checks and balances.
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