Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution

[kentuck]

On Presidential powers:

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Section 3 - State of the Union, Convening Congress

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
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My comments:

If the Congress cannot agree to pass a debt ceiling bill, I think that would be considered an "extraordinary Occasion" and the President should call them back until they get the job done. I think Harry Truman did it once, but it is very rare.

[damntexdem]

1. And those Teabagger "constitutionalists" should just love that he's using the Constitution.

LOL!

[MineralMan]

2. Most Presidents seem to have forgotten about that Section.

Perhaps it's time for President Obama to read it again. I'd love him to send them home for a month or two. Let them go to their rooms and think about what they're doing. :rofl:

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. And then adjourn them and make a shitload of recess appointments,

starting with Elizabeth Warren.

[kentuck]

4. kick one time...

This could be an important Article in a few days?

[WillyT]

5. HUGE K & R !!!

:kick:

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

6. I'm recommending this thread on the hope that the OP and responders also

understand that Article I, Section VII gives Congress (the U.S. House) the authority to legislative tax/revenue bills:

All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.

Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by Yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.

And understand that the president cannot "pass" or "repeal" legislation; he can only sign, veto, or let it die!!