Word: quorums
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Meanwhile his strength as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints waxed great. In 1900 he was appointed to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles which made him a sort of Mormon cardinal. Today by the rule of seniority only two men stand between him and the Presidency of the Mormon Church? President Heber J. Grant and Chief Apostle Rudger Clawson. Someday Apostle Smoot may head his church and converse privately with...
...provision of the Constitution is to be reconciled with the instrument as a whole. The word "adjourn" appears several times in the text. Less than a quorum "may adjourn from day to day." Neither House shall without the consent of the other "adjourn for more than three days." "Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President....." In case the Houses disagree "with Respect to the Time of Adjournment" the President "may adjourn them to such Time...
...obstacle was presented. Five members of the Census Committee sent word they had the influenza-Washington's Johnson, Pennsylvania's Swick, New York's Jacobstein, Michigan's Clancy and White of Kansas. Wisconsin's Peavey and others were out of town. Without a quorum the committee could not act. For the umpteenth time Reapportionment was postponed...
...official stenographic record was riddled with errors and omissions. Roll calls had not been taken. Questions had been suggested in the hearing room by newsgatherers and put by the Senators. Finally, the defense represented that, though the Committee had decided that eight of its 15 members should constitute a quorum, there were not eight Senators physically present at the time Col. Stewart was asked the crucial question. Some had signified by telephone their assent to their colleagues' doings-a procedure formally recognized in the Senate since...
Chairman George W. Norris of the Senate Judiciary Committee was thoroughly disgusted with Justice Jennings Bailey. If the Bailey theory of quorums is right, "95 per cent of all State and national legislation would be nullified," said Senator Norris. "All the legislatures in the civilized world operate without physical quorums. Unless there was a fight on the Judge [Bailey] himself, he probably was not confirmed by a quorum and therefore, under his interpretation, he is not a judge...