Mike Lee's call for President Trump to use Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution

Which way will it go?

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"President Trump has the power to convene the Senate under Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution “on extraordinary Occasions.” If a department with 260,000 employees (DHS) going unfunded isn’t an “extraordinary occasion”—especially while the Senate is out on a two-week recess during that shutdown with no plans to resolve the impasse beyond “we’ll deal with that in two weeks”—I don’t know what is."

Do it! Force them to come back & do their jobs! Nuke the filibuster, then get SAVE America passed, as well as using it to end the Schumer Shutdown!

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Per Grok:

- The post amplifies Sen. Mike Lee's call for President Trump to use Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution to reconvene the Senate from its two-week recess, citing the 44-day DHS shutdown—triggered by Democratic opposition to immigration-linked funding—as an "extraordinary occasion" warranting action.
- Lee's proposal targets ending the so-called "Schumer Shutdown," where Senate Democrats have blocked House-passed bills, while also pushing to eliminate the filibuster and pass the SAVE America Act, a Trump priority requiring proof of U.S. citizenship for federal voter registration.
- MAGA-aligned replies express strong support for forcing Senate accountability but highlight frustrations with GOP leadership, including Sen. John Thune's scheduling of pro forma sessions that prevent recess appointments and delay Trump's nominations.