Word: quorums
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nunc de illo Indo scenico quem priorc noctc theatro Agassizo nostrac musca Terentianac feccrunt ct hac nocte iterabunt. Primas partes qui agunt, eis omnibus prisca festivitas ct vis comica. Quorum sunt cum primis nominandi hi duces: illa Magna Mater semper potens semper tranquilla, Thais (Paludis Filum nobile!) et illa cuius nomen perdurum Latine reddere nequeo nympha, Abigail Lewis, comoeda gracilitatis venustac ct aurcac vocis; tunc Sanctus Clarus ct Vadum Fractum et ipse cunuchus nunc tennis nunc fortis, omnes adulescentes maximi animi atque facundissimac libertatis; et deinde noster miles barbatus procellosusque (qui baculum habes) et illc umbraculatus Scotus sive sobrius sive...
...read aloud. Under Senate rules, the rarely made request had to be complied with. For 26 wasted minutes the clerk read while Morse slumped in his specially built chair (it has an extra-long seat to accommodate the Morse slump). Next day, Morse "suggested the absence of a quorum," forced the Senate to adjourn a few moments after it had convened. The day after, he again forced the useless reading of the journal (22 minutes). Then he rose and yammered for two hours on what the New York Times politely called "a variety of subjects...
Under the provisions of the original constitution there was nothing requiring the presence of a quorum for transaction of official business. A clause remedying this situation was among a number of important changes in the document...
Saltonstall had wired the House, stating that the bill could have been held up by the Democratic senators present if they had demanded a quorum. He said Senate action with so small a number present was "normal procedure...
...reference to Senators Case and Dworshak who voted against confirmation, Saltonstall said, "There were a couple who didn't approve entirely, but didn't oppose." He explained that had those two demanded a quorum for the Friday night session, they could temporarily have blocked confirmation...