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DrScump on Feb 14, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died

And not recessing means sitting Senators cannot campaign. Which party likely benefits from that?

mikecb on Feb 14, 2016 [–]

No, they have been using a pro forma procedural motion for years that effectively means they are never in recess, but there are untested ways that the President can force a formal recess.

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