Americans anxiety over the ability of representatives in
Washington to prevent the nation from falling off the fiscal
cliff is yet another reminder of the failure of leadership in
the nations capital. Fears of rising taxes, indiscriminate,
across-the-board spending cuts, a second recession and general
fiscal calamity echo across our land. Its possible that Congress
will depart Washington for the holidays without achieving a
workable, common-sense solution to the financial problems that
have engulfed our country. Is there a way to protect the
citizenry from such irresponsibility? The remedy is found in
Article 2, Section 3 of the Constitution, which provides that
the president may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both
Houses, or either of them. If there is no deal by the time of
the holiday recess, and lawmakers are packing their bags for a
vacation, while America is staring into the abyss, President
Obama should exercise leadership and take two key steps. First,
he must channel the determination, passion