Why is it that the Congress could reconvene and Bush could return from Texas to sign a law aimed at Terri Schiavo
but he couldn't interrupt his speaking tour to return to Washington and deal with the unfolding disaster in Louisiana?
From the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51402-2005Mar20_2.html
House GOP leaders had hoped to vote yesterday afternoon. But they were operating under rules that allowed even one objection to prevent approval of the bill before today. They spent much of the afternoon and evening scrambling to summon 218 colleagues -- the minimum for a quorum -- in order to pass the bill in the earliest moments of today. Congress had begun a two-week recess, and many lawmakers were traveling overseas or domestically. A two-thirds majority was required to pass the bill because it was on a "suspension calendar," usually reserved for non-controversial matters.