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Originally Posted by octothorp
I could be wrong, but I believe the Republicans have been using a loophole where even when they're in recess for practical terms, all they need to do is have one senator come in every 3 days, gavel congress into session and then out of session, and technically never actually enter a recess.
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politic...ss-senate-year |
Yeah, the article mentions that there's a window where that won't work.
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And while the Senate can remain in “pro forma session” to avoid a formal recess, the one time it can’t do that is when a new Senate has been elected but not sworn in. In other words, there’s a window.
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