Word: recessiveness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...showdown over that issue was surprisingly long in coming. Congress was in recess last August when Bush dispatched the first troops to Saudi Arabia, and the lawmakers had little to say in September and October when they were busy running for re-election. Only after the November elections, as Bush doubled U.S. troop strength and successfully pressed the U.N. to adopt its Jan. 15 ultimatum, did a few Senators and Representatives speak up. The urgency of participating in a major national decision finally came home last week as the 102nd Congress convened in Washington for the first time. Its members...
That's a typical reaction of people who feel uncomfortable publicizing religious celebrations in an environment of pluralism and First Amendment lawsuits. (Ever notice that Harvard students get time off for a safe, white-bread, "Winter Recess" instead of "Christmas Vacation" or "Holiday Break...
...American legislators, going home during a recess to get an earful from their constituents is routine. For delegates to the Supreme Soviet, it is brand new, and shocking enough to help produce a near rebellion against President Mikhail Gorbachev. "I've been in my constituency, and there will be famine there soon, comrades, famine, a real famine!" exclaimed Valentina Gudilina, a delegate from the Moscow region, to her colleagues when they reconvened Wednesday after a 10-day break. Delegates also complained that they had heard nothing from Gorbachev about a five-hour meeting he had held a few days earlier...
Ordinarily, only a President can call a special session of Congress. But this year, fearing that Bush might go on the offensive during their two-month recess, the lawmakers authorized Senate majority leader George Mitchell and House Speaker Tom Foley to reconvene the legislature "as necessary." While Mitchell enjoys having that weapon, he has no great desire for a debate on the Persian Gulf -- as long as Bush recognizes that only Congress has the constitutional authority to declare war. For his part, Bush does acknowledge Congress's right to declare war, but he has said that "history is replete with...
...talk escalated, congressional leaders sought reassurance that Bush is not planning to launch an offensive while the legislature is in recess for the next three months. Bush refused to commit himself. Although the Constitution gives only Congress the authority to declare war, Bush, like several recent Presidents, claims the right to use military force on his own. "Nobody asked the President to rule out a military option," said Senator Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont after the leaders conferred with Bush. "But many of us told him to make sure that we don't use the military option out of impatience...