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Yes. Among the power of the president, Article 2, Section 3 states that the president ". . .may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them . . ."
In his Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, Justice Joseph Story explained "extraordinary occasions" as including the need "to repel foreign aggressions, depredations, and direct hostilities; to provide adequate means to mitigate, or overcome unexpected calamities; to suppress insurrections; and to provide for innumerable other important exigencies, arising out of the intercourse and revolutions among nations."
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What are the four special duties of the president?
sign or veto legislation, command the armed forces, convene or adjorn congress, and pardons
What is a resolution of Congress that has the force of law?
A joint resolution of Congress has the force of law if signed by the president. This can be passed by a simple majority in both houses.
Once a law is passed in the Congress the President can do everything except?
force a cloture
What did the force bill allow?
allowed the president to use military to enforce acts of congress
What is the veto power of president?
Every legislation or the enactment passed in the congress require an assent of the president to come into force. Veto power is the power of the president to send back the legislation or the enactment passed in the congress. Once it is sent back it requires to be passed with the majority of the votes of members of the congress.
