Article 1 Section 5

Each house shall be the judge of the elections returns and qualifications of its own members and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business.

Article 1 section 5. Similarly the house cannot force the senate to abandon the filibuster. Article 1 section 5. Article i section 5 contemplates the compelled attendance of absent members a device rarely utilized in the modern congress.

For example the senate cannot force the house to spend four legislative days on one bill. Article 1 section 5. Article 1 section 5 clause 2 prevents one house from making cultural changes to the other from turning air into jelly or vice versa.

But a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as each house may. But a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and. Each house shall be the judge of the elections returns and qualifications of its own members and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business.

Article 1 the legislative branch section 5 membership rules journals adjournment back table of contents next. Each house shall be the judge of the elections returns and qualifications of its own members and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business. The second clause of section 5 states that each house may determine the rules of its proceedings this is an important provision because legislative rules often influence substantive outcomes.

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