Timeline for When the United States Congress passes an amendment, how are its votes counted?
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| Aug 14, 2012 at 0:26 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Dec 15, 2011 at 0:00 | answer | added | Affable Geek | timeline score: 7 | |
| Dec 13, 2011 at 12:55 | comment | added | MichaelF | The last part would make a good historical question if this was reworded to focus on the Congressional Amendments where missing members might make a difference in whether or not there was a quorum. Everything I know about this though mentions two-thirds members, so that is the total that should be there not how many are actually voting. | |
| Dec 12, 2011 at 22:01 | history | edited | Steven Drennon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
corrected a typo
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| Dec 10, 2011 at 22:52 | comment | added | David Thornley | This is a legal question, not a historical one. | |
| Dec 10, 2011 at 15:39 | comment | added | DVK | BTW, I'm not a lawyer but the standard procedure for things not specified otherwise, as far as I recall, involve TOTAL headcount, irrespective of actual presence or abscence votes (as long as majority quorum requirement is met). | |
| Dec 10, 2011 at 15:28 | comment | added | DVK | Good question but is this "history"? | |
| Dec 10, 2011 at 12:54 | history | asked | cubetwo1729 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |