WTF???? House unlikely to come back into session before Sept. 9,

[dixiegrrrrl]

The House is very unlikely to come back into session before Sept. 9, despite what seems like the increasing likelihood of a U.S. attack on Syria, according to multiple senior level aides.

The House is in recess until Sept. 9, after both Labor Day and the Jewish new year. Members of Congress are spreadacross the country, and many are overseas on government- sponsored trips.
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President Barack Obama’s administration has made the case that they would not need congressional approval for the kind of strike on Syria being considered by the administration. Some Republicans — Reps. Chris Gibson of New York and Thomas Massie of Kentucky, for example — told POLITICO that they think Obama should seek a congressional vote to authorize any use of force.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/house-unlikely-to-return-for-syria-96097.html

[MNBrewer]

1. They need cover on our attacking Syria

[daa]

27. +1

[Berlum]

32. Republicons are excellent at AWOL

They just do not do personal responsibility. They see themselves as "special"

[Harmony Blue]

2. Epic fail Congress

fail.

[meow2u3]

3. Can't the President call a special session of Congress?

Cutting their vacations short that way?

To be honest, IDK.

[former9thward]

10. The President can call a special session at any time.

Harry Reid call call the Senate into session at any time. John Boehner can call the House into session at any time.

[meow2u3]

13. So why doesn't the President call the special session?

[former9thward]

16. See post #15

[daa]

28. Because Cameron already did. How did that work out? nt

[KittyWampus]

4. Why can't the Congress people who met last night for intelligence release a joint statement?

[leftstreet]

6. And hurt their respective reelection chances? n/t

[geek tragedy]

5. Congress abdicates its responsibility to debate war, again. nt

[onehandle]

7. Beats Workin' nt

[bunnies]

8. They cant even be bothered. How fucking useless.

Get your asses back to DC and do your fucking jobs!

[City Lights]

9. Bums!

Congress! Huh! What is it good for? Absolutely nothin'!

[HappyMe]

11. What difference does it make?

They don't do much when they are at work.

[KoKo]

12. Not a bad thing if this is delayed. Gives time to check the intelligence

or if Obama wants to go it alone...it takes the heat off Congress.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

14. Give 'em a break. Raising bribes...er...campaign contributions takes time and hard work.

[former9thward]

15. The last time a President and the Congress followed the Constitution was June 5, 1942.

Concerning war. That was when President Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary. Congress agreed and issued a declaration of war. Presidents and Congress have ignored the Constitution since then.

[PoliticAverse]

17. The President can call Congress back into session if he wishes...

http://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_A2Sec3.html

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.

[dixiegrrrrl]

18. Ya might want to email that to our Constitutional scholar, Peace Prize Pres.

You know, just in case it slipped his mind.

[PoliticAverse]

19. He's aware, he's not going to repeat Cameron's mistake. n/t

[DevonRex]

23. OR Congress could decide to do its job all on its own!!

What a novel idea. Especially for this do-nothing Congress. They want no responsibility at all. They don't even want to know the real reasons for what's going on.

[NightWatcher]

20. He did the telecom yesterday with 25 reps. They gave him approval

That's all he wanted and will claim he advised Congress.

[bullwinkle428]

21. The UK makes us look like assclowns...again.

[hugo_from_TN]

31. Parliament made Cameron look like a clown.

Obama has learned from that mistake and will not give Congress the ability to foil his plans.

[FarCenter]

22. The G20 meeting is in St. Petersburg, Russia on September 5 and 6.

IIRC, Obama is scheduled to leave on Tuesday, with a stop in Sweden before going on to St. Petersburg.

So unless the attack is over Labor Day weekend, its doubtful that it would be done until Obama gets back. Which is almost the 9th.

[Junkdrawer]

24. Inspectors leave Saturday. Sunday looks like the new D-Day. n/t

[FarCenter]

29. I would expect around 2 or 3 am Monday morning Syrian time.

That would be after 6 pm EDT Sunday in the US.

The attack would be in the very early morning hours. The new moon is on the 5th, but the early hours of the 2nd should be OK.

I couldn't be on Saturday morning, because that would be too soon after the inspectors leave.

Waiting until the next night would be bad, because you'd want to do it while most of the world's financial markets are closed, although Asia would be open. Having the US markets closed Monday would be a good thing, since all the gyrations would happen elsewhere and the outcome should be clear before US markets open on Tuesday.

[moondust]

25. No problem.

It's best if the adults handle this situation. Too many of the cowards in Congress would rather wait to see the results before taking a stand so they don't risk anything personally and they can later spin it to their political advantage.

[doc03]

26. Fine we can wait a few days before getting into another

endless war.

[CanonRay]

30. We're only going to start a war, they can't be bothered

It's not like they had to do something important, like de-fund Obamacare for the 41st time. Think of all the golf Boner would miss.