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Can Democratic Senators call pro forma sessions? or is that decided by the Senate leader? (Original Post) themaguffin Tuesday OP
Here you are. atreides1 Tuesday #1
With or without a broken social contract? John Shaft Tuesday #2
Yes, unless Trump adjourns congress by invoking the adjournment clause in the constitution Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #3
This is an excellent article gab13by13 Tuesday #4

atreides1

(16,386 posts)
1. Here you are.
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 09:42 AM
Tuesday

Pro forma sessions are meetings of the U.S. Congress held “in form only.” Either house of Congress can hold pro forma sessions.

During pro forma sessions, no votes are taken and no other legislative business is conducted.

Pro forma sessions are held for the purpose of meeting the “three-day rule” in Article I, Section 5 of the U.S. Constitution. The three day rule prohibits either chamber of Congress from not meeting for more than three consecutive calendar days during a congressional session without the approval of the other chamber.

Fiendish Thingy

(18,529 posts)
3. Yes, unless Trump adjourns congress by invoking the adjournment clause in the constitution
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 09:46 AM
Tuesday

Which has never been done before.

gab13by13

(25,267 posts)
4. This is an excellent article
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 09:55 AM
Tuesday

that explains whether TSF should be allowed to adjourn Congress.

If the House were to adjourn and the Senate not adjourn, Trump backers are claiming that would be a disagreement of Congress as to the time of adjournment and TSF can step in and adjourn Congress.

The author of the article I linked believes that scenario should not be considered as a disagreement of when to adjourn.

Sadly, there is no precedent since no president has ever invoked it.

https://www.cato.org/blog/disagreement-presidential-power-adjourn-congress

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