More Like This Please

You may recall that in December, the Senate stayed in pro forma session in order to prevent Commander Guy from pushing through recess appointments. Well, Congress is out of session again, but some folks have wondered if Bush might try to call them into a special session to force them to talk about the FISA bill, the absence of which has, miraculously, not resulted in the destruction of America.

It would be a nice bit of theater if the Bush administration could pull it off, which is why it's nice to see Nancy Pelosi isn't having it:

Pelosi, fearing that Bush would try to capitalize on the House’s absence to call Congress back into a special session, scheduled two pro forma sessions on Tuesday and Thursday. The Senate will do the same at the same time. Since neither chamber goes out for more than three days, Bush cannot take the dramatic step of calling the Congress back for the first special session since Harry Truman did it in 1948.

Well played, Nancy. Well played.