Message on Senate action sent to the House.
This resolution sets specific, conditional adjournment and recess dates for both the House and the Senate. It tells the House to stand adjourned until a set time if it adjourns on certain days, and it tells the Senate it may recess or adjourn on certain days until a set return date or time designated by the Senate Majority Leader. It also authorizes the Speaker and the Senate Majority Leader, after consulting the party minority leaders, to call members back earlier if the public interest requires.
Concurrent resolutions must be agreed to by both the House and the Senate and are not sent to the President; they do not create law but set internal congressional matters like schedules.
This concurrent resolution sets specific conditional adjournment and recess dates for the House and Senate in February 2007, and authorizes the Speaker and Senate Majority Leader (or their designees), after consulting the respective Minority Leaders, to notify Members to reassemble if the public interest warrants.
Very likely to be adopted as a concurrent resolution; however, concurrent resolutions do not become laws signed by the President.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise, well-specified procedural adjournment resolution that clearly sets conditional adjournment/recess dates and names responsible officials for reconvening.
Views differ on recall authority: emergency readiness vs. potential partisan use
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Views differ on recall authority: emergency readiness vs. potential partisan use
Likely supportive; views the resolution as a routine, responsible scheduling tool that preserves Congress's ability to respond to emergencies.
Appreciates the explicit requirement to consult minority leaders before calling members back.
Treats the resolution as routine, pragmatic congressional housekeeping.
Sees the minority consultation clause as a prudent check, but notes the language is high-level and leaves some operational details unspecified.
Generally indifferent-to-cautious support because the measure is procedural and temporary.
Some worry about concentrating recall authority in majority leaders, though required consultation with minority leaders mitigates that concern.
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Very likely to be adopted as a concurrent resolution; however, concurrent resolutions do not become laws signed by the President.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Views differ on recall authority: emergency readiness vs. potential partisan use
Very likely to be adopted as a concurrent resolution; however, concurrent resolutions do not become laws signed by the President.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise, well-specified procedural adjournment resolution that clearly sets conditional adjournment/recess dates and names responsible officials for reconvening.
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