Bush to force Congress to stay in session to pass wiretapping bill - Dems should stay in session

[debbierlus]

And, use the time to FIGHT Bush & begin impeachment proceedings....NONE of them should be on vacation during this criticial period, anyway....They should immediately declare they are staying in session but not to pass ANY legislation, but to stop Bush's destruction

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Bush_Congress_must_stay_at_work_0803.html

Dems better damn well not pass ANY legislation to enable Bush to do anymore illegal spying. Time to say FUCK YOU, Bush- enough is enough.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

1. Agreed! Recommend!

[Supersedeas]

20. Seconded

[Freddie Stubbs]

2. Pass legislation to enable Bush to do more illegal spying?

Wouldn't passing the law make the spying legal?

[napi21]

3. Ohhh yeah! Shrub will get aGREAT response from Congress on

THAT IDEA! Especially after that little temper tantrum the Pubs threw this morning! The Dems won't stay and the Pubs won't either!

[Hubert Flottz]

4. Bush is Dictating to congress.

YOU WILL, do as I demand!

I think a "kiss my ass" would be in order!

[debbierlus]

9. It is crucial that they stay in Congress

Due to the crisis situationa our government is in....no vacations until this disaster of a President & his criminal administration is REMOVED!

[Hubert Flottz]

22. I couldn't agree more!

The country is in a bad situation.

[Canuckistanian]

27. Why not? He dictates to the Supreme Court as well

HIS branch of government whips all the other branches' ass.

[AndyA]

5. Glad to give this the 5th recommendation.

How dare Bush order Congress to do ANYTHING!

This man has violated more laws than we likely know, has shredded the Constitution and undermined the Bill of Rights.

I agree with the post above that said Congress should just cancel vacations and start IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS IMMEDIATELY. Enough truly is enough - we are way past the point of no return!

[MiniMe]

6. Bush can't force Congress to stay in session

He can ask, he can give speeches about it, he can hold his breath until his face turns blue. But he can't force Congress to do anything.

[mikelgb]

14. yes he can

see my post below

[Raejeanowl]

7. Stay and Work

I'd rather Congress stay of their own conscience (ha!-what a cockeyed optimist is I!). Why should they have a vacation/recess when our troops and the non-combatant Iraqi civilians are suffering and sweltering through their far more hellish summer.

Stay and work on investigation, impeachment, removal.

[wake.up.america]

8. Believe, Bush is going to do as much damage as possible whilst Congress is on recess.

[VP505]

10. CONGRESS TO BU$H!

We are going to exercise our Legislative Privilege, don't recall what your talking about,and will see you in September!:boring:

[lazyriver]

11. Could be shrub's counter-punch to all the hearings &

subpoenas. If he "orders" them and they refuse to follow, he just might whip out one of his executive orders and announce during an emergency all-channels-must-carry-it presser that Democrats are aiding the terra-ists by not allowing him to listen to them. Going further, if an "attack" should happen, say by coincidence, during the recess, he can vilify the Dems for it.

I would not be surprised. It is unlike this administration not to retaliate and I, for one, no longer put nothing past them.

[redacted]

12. A RECESS RIGHT NOW WOULD BE ABSOLUTE INSANITY!. SUICIDAL.

WE ARE ASKING FOR BIG TROUBLE if we LET these elected officials come home and allow a GONZO recess replacement--and God only know what other trouble might happen while they're on vacation.

We should go down to the office of any Democratic elected official that comes home at this critical time IN PERSON and demand they get back on the NEXT FLIGHT OUT back to D.C.

SEND THEM BACK.

[IndyOp]

17. The Senators will *not* allow any recess appointments over the break -

Reid has organized pro-forma sessions to be held during the break - often enough that Bush can't make any recess appointments.

[mikelgb]

13. I was wondering when he would use this power

it is a Constitutionally granted power of the executive to, on rare occasions, call congress into session:

ARTICLE II Section 3. 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.

...

I thought he would use it adjourn congress indefinitely though...

[debbierlus]

15. Kind of ironic coming from the record setter of vacationing among Presidents

...And, the guy who took the month off before 9/11....

Stay in session, Congress, but do YOUR WORK! IMPEACH!

[MiniMe]

24. What kind of extraordinary occasion exists?

A bill to cover the administration's asses because what they are doing is illegal? Why are they dumping additional requests on the congress at this late date? Does that mean that he won't go on vacation either?

[Seabiscuit]

26. Do you know of any Supreme Court decisions interpreting that clause?

It's fairly vague as written.

I doubt any Supreme Court decision authorizes a President under that clause to order Congress not to take their annual vacation until they authorize an illegal spying program (hardly, I imagine, what the framers had in mind when writing the phrase "extraoridnary occasions".

And in the absence of such a court decision, Bush would be standing in untested waters attempting to invoke that clause as his authority. Congress could simply ignore him and go on vacation without consequence.

Beyond that, Congress has not earned any vacation this year - it should as a moral and ethical matter stay in session and impeach the bastids.

[tblue37]

16. Also, they need to prevent Bush from getting Gonzo to

resign suddenly so that he can make a recess appointment of an AG, to avoid the confirmation process. Let them stay in session and use the time to impeach Gonzo instead.

[IndyOp]

18. CALL DC - Call your Senators, tell them to stay in DC and NOT PASS * stupid bill

* is trying to force them to pass this bad bill by creating a time-urgency similar to the one that lead to the passage of far-reaching horrendous Patriot Act.

Senate: [phone]

And the Senators will *not* allow any recess appointments over the break - Reid has organized pro-forma sessions to be held during the break - often enough that Bush can't make any recess appointments.

[Pachamama]

19. I think staying in session this August is an excellent idea! Maybe it can then prevent Bush from

doing anything crazy like starting a new war, recess appointments etc....

Our congressional reps and Senators need to start making some sacrifices for their country if they are going to keep this President in check.

No vacation when your fighting for a democracy....

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

21. I propose, if they are forced to stay in session, the Democrats should start Impeachment hearing! nt

[debbierlus]

23. Yes, indeed. They most certainly should, but they should CHOOSE to stay in session

Not to have to be forced....

[farmboxer]

25. Congress will do whatever Bush tells them to do

they worship Bush. At least most of them do, plus, they are in a hurry for their vacation, no time for "We The People" just Bush.

[Hubert Flottz]

29. You nailed it...

The sheep were stampeded again.

[Canuckistanian]

28. Excellent idea!

Prevents any recess-term shenanigans as well.