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Jared Huffman: “``The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting…”

On the recordJanuary 15, 2013
``The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session.'' Article II, section 3: ``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.''
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California
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Jan 15, 2013

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