Checkmate Obama: I Guess Congress Really Wasn't in Session

[Nbadan]

Obama cued his recess appointment up perfectly...Before making his recess appointments he requested a debt ceiling increase and CONGRESS asked him to 'wait' because 'they are NOT in session'



Obama Will Delay Debt-Limit Increase Request, Official Says

Legislation approved in August after an impasse between Obama and the Republican-controlled House on raising the debt ceiling gives Congress 15 days to pass a joint resolution disapproving any increase in the limit. The president can veto such a measure and he would do so, if both chambers of Congress passed a disapproval resolution, said the official.

A disapproval resolution stands little chance of passing in the Senate, which is controlled by Democrats.

Accounting Methods

The Treasury Department will rely on accounting maneuvers, similar to the ones employed during the year’s earlier dispute to ensure that the current $15.194 trillion limit isn’t breached. Obama will delay his request by days, not weeks, according to an administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Because Congress won’t be in session in the next 15 days, Obama agreed to the joint request from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, and House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican. The House of Representatives is scheduled to return on Jan. 17 and the Senate plans to reconvene on Jan. 23.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/201...cial-says.html


if President Obama had made the recess appointments on January 3, 2012, in between the first and second half of the 112th Congressional Session, then they would have only been in effect for ONE year. Since President Obama waited and made the appointments on January 4th they will be effect for TWO years.

[Wild Cobra]

Let me get this strait.

Congress meets on the 3rd and 6th. Are you saying they had a two day recess...

That is clearly not the case. It is simply a two day break, like a weekend is.