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"Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings": this also means that each house can establish the procedure for determining whether a quorum is present. At least one house does so by assuming that a quorum is present unless a member requires an actual count. This is how they continue to conduct business with just a handful of members on the floor, well less than half. This could include voting on and passing bills, though I do not know how frequently that happens.

phoog
– phoog

2026-02-27 09:33:58 +00:00
Commented yesterday
The Clerk of the US House of Representatives lists all recent votes, including the tally of members voting yea, nay, or present. I counted three votes so far this year (out of 77, not counting the initial roll call vote) where a member voted "present"; and on all three votes, there was only a single representative who voted that way.

Michael Seifert
– Michael Seifert

2026-02-27 12:31:02 +00:00
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