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just to clarify, under what circumstances (if any) can the US president prorogue Congress

Posted by Roger More (aka RogerMore) Dec 11 '08, 15:25

FWIW I am uncomfortable with power being exercised like this by the Queen's representative, but it's one of those "no system's perfect, we've had it for ages and changing it would open a whole can of worms" things

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as far as I know he can't. he could veto every bill that came out, which might have the same effect, but he can't really suspend congress. -- nm - mafic Dec 11, 15:28
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- I was asking out of interest, not to prove a point -- nm - Roger More Dec 11, 15:34 1
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just to clarify, under what circumstances (if any) can the US president prorogue Congress

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