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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

the power of the President to adjourn the Houses of Congress has never been exercised:

“Article II, Section 3:

… may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper”

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S3-1/ALDE_00013550/