The North American Review, Volume 151Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1890 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 94
... quorum of the House " able to do business . " If the call discloses a less number , the first and only duty of the House is to secure a working quorum . To procure a record of less than a quorum and to " piece out " by some other method ...
... quorum of the House " able to do business . " If the call discloses a less number , the first and only duty of the House is to secure a working quorum . To procure a record of less than a quorum and to " piece out " by some other method ...
Page 241
... quorum . It is not a house until a quorum is acting . When Speaker Reed shall have recorded the 36 members , would he declare the 90 votes as the approval of two - thirds of the whole quorum of 166 , as made up under his famous Rule XV ...
... quorum . It is not a house until a quorum is acting . When Speaker Reed shall have recorded the 36 members , would he declare the 90 votes as the approval of two - thirds of the whole quorum of 166 , as made up under his famous Rule XV ...
Page 249
... quorum and to preserve it . But , it may be asked , is it not a dangerous innovation upon parliamentary usages to give the clerk of the House the power to count a quorum ? Here we have the real ground upon which the position of Speaker ...
... quorum and to preserve it . But , it may be asked , is it not a dangerous innovation upon parliamentary usages to give the clerk of the House the power to count a quorum ? Here we have the real ground upon which the position of Speaker ...
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