1. 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; 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 provide.
2. Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with theConcurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.
3. Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
4.Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.
1. The House and the Senate may each decide if members are qualified and have been elected fairly. Move than half of the members (a quorum) be present for a vote. A smaller number of members may agree to adjourn (stop meeting) for the day. Each house should have a way of calling members to meetings and of punishing them if they do not come.
2. Each house may make its own rules for its meeting. Each house has the right to punish a member for not behaving properly. If at least two thirds of the members approve, a house may throw out a member.
3. Each house must keep a record of its business. It must publish the record, unless members agree that some parts of the record must be kept secret. (The records of both houses are published as the Congressional Record.) If one fifth of the members vote for it, each member's vote on an issue must also be published. (This is called a roll-call vote.)
4. Neither house can adjourn for more than three days unless the other house agrees. Both house must meet in the same city.