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.— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) April 15, 2020
But they have agreed—January 3, 2021.
There’s a reason why this power has *never* been exercised before. https://t.co/3536ThYuVT
Well, that didn't last long.
And if that doesn't convince you:
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 15, 2020
Remember: Trump has "absolute authority," too. Well, he did on Monday. Not so much on Tuesday; or Wednesday, for that matter.
And, unsurprisingly, Trump is being saved from himself by the very Constitution he seeks to invoke:
“But the bottom line is, Chuck, how is he going to get things done in Congress if he essentially doesn’t have Congress there to pass things like the fourth tranche of the stimulus? Something that he needs that a number of Americans need in order to sort of deal with this lapse of paychecks and lapse of going to work.”
He really is a toddler with a shotgun.
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