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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (179115)	1/11/2012 9:03:47 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541904

You keep repeating that point, but the article you linked to says nothing about Obama somehow having to adjourn Congress in order to make a recess appointment. And it says nothing about TR adjourning Congress himself. EDIT: I decided to check the horse's mouth (revolutionary idea, I know). Interesting language: Section 3: Presidential responsibilities He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States. The President may call extraordinary sessions of one or both Houses of Congress. If the two Houses cannot agree on a date for adjournment, the President may adjourn both Houses to such a time as he or she thinks fit. The last time this power was exercised was in 1948, when President Harry S. Truman called a special session of Congress. That was the twenty-seventh time in American history when a president convened such a session. [8] en.wikipedia.org so this would have been a case where the two Houses couldn't agree on a date for adjournment. I suppose so, at least.