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The legislative branch.
Congressional sessions can be categorized into three main types: regular sessions, special sessions, and joint sessions. Regular sessions occur annually, lasting from January to late fall, where Congress conducts its routine business. Special sessions are called by the President to address urgent issues when Congress is not in session. Joint sessions involve both the House of Representatives and the Senate meeting together, often for significant occasions like the President's State of the Union address.
When an unscheduled session is called by the President it is called a special session. Special sessions may be convened to address special topics, or emergencies such as war or natural disaster.
The president can call Congress into a special session. This occurs when the president believes urgent legislative action is needed outside of the regular session schedule. Special sessions can address specific issues or crises and are typically convened at the discretion of the president.
The president's power to convene and dismiss Congress is limited primarily by the U.S. Constitution, which grants Congress the authority to set its own schedule and determine its own sessions. Article II, Section 3 allows the president to call special sessions of Congress, but this is rarely done. Additionally, the separation of powers principle ensures that Congress operates independently of the executive branch, reinforcing legislative autonomy. This limitation helps maintain a balance of power within the federal government.
There is no president of Congress. The House members elect a Speaker to chair the sessions. Not surprisingly, the speaker is always from the majority party.In the Senate, the vice-president of the United States is the official president of the body. They also elect a President pro tempore who is a senator, to chair when the VP is not there.
Two sessions of Congress equals one Term. A term is two years.
Only the president can call congress into special session. Only 26 special sessions have been held,the last one was in 1948. The president can call congress or each of its houses. The senate has been called into special session 46 occasions last was 1933.
President Harry Truman used this ploy as part of an election campaign strategy. He referred to the 1947-1948 Term as the "Do-Nothing 80th Congress."
it put a stop to "lame duck" sessions of Congress by advancing the dates for the President's inauguration to January 20 from March 4th,
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