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Question

How many members constitute a quorum in each house?
house of representatives_____
senate_____

Answer 1

218 for House of Representatives (one more than 1/2 of the total which is 435)

51 for Senate (one more than 1/2 of total which is 100)



Additional details:
In law, a quorum is the minimum number of members of a deliberative body necessary to conduct the business of that group. Ordinarily, this is a majority of the people expected to be there, although many bodies may have a lower or higher quorum,

As was intended by our nation’s Founding Fathers, from 1790 to 1910 the size of the House of Representatives was increased every ten years in order to keep up with the growing population of these united states. Since 1913 the size of our House of Representatives has remained constant at 435 (except for a temporary increase to 437 for four years).

An additional concern was that, since only a majority of a quorum is required to pass legislation, a very small number could hold the fate of the nation in their hands. (For example, in our current House of 435, a quorum is 218, of which a majority of 110 Representatives could pass legislation.)




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Answer 2

The House and Senate define a quorum, the number needed to do business, as a majority of members "chosen, sworn and living." In the House, that means 218 if all 435 seats are filled.
And the Senate is 51 if all 100 seats are filled.

Answer 3

quorum means 4. so perhaps a quarter of each amount of members. 435 divided by 4. and 100 divided by 4. Not exactly sure.. in most cases it's one quarter.

Answer 4

House: 110
Senate: 26

(These are the least amount of votes needed for a bill to be passed.)