Reply #12: Unfortunately, it's not quite that simple.

[TheWraith]

For one thing, the power of the President to adjourn Congress has never been used. I mean ever, in the history of the US, not once. For that reason, it's not exactly fleshed out what the rules are--for instance, does the use of the phrase "extraordinary Occasions" refer only to convening them, or also to adjournment? If it does apply, what does "extraordinary Occasions" really mean? In the event of a war, or is it pretty much whatever the President thinks merits it?

So in other words, even if he tried it, chances are all it would result in is a fistfight with the Republicans over the Constitution, and not an actual adjournment of Congress.