Timeline for answer to Are members of the US Congress entitled to abstain or vote "present" (as opposed to yea or nay)? by littleadv
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| 20 hours ago | vote | accept | Neil Meyer | ||
| yesterday | comment | added | Michael Seifert | 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. | |
| yesterday | comment | added | phoog | "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. | |
| 2 days ago | history | answered | littleadv | CC BY-SA 4.0 |