Timeline for In the show "Designated Survivor," all Congressman but 1 are killed, and the President desperately wants to nominate a new Congress. Why?
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| Sep 20, 2022 at 20:32 | comment | added | user71659 | This answer is wrong too because precedent defines the House as members who are "chosen, sworn, and living". See page 13 of this CRS report on what to do in case of a mass House fatality. | |
| Sep 19, 2022 at 18:17 | comment | added | Joshua | This answer is simply wrong. Congress can act with less than a quorum by unanimous consent of those present. | |
| Apr 1, 2020 at 23:12 | comment | added | ohwilleke | "Does that mean the President can take no legislative action, and that's why he would want a Congress?" The President can only appropriate funds with an act of Congress originated in the House and ratified verbatim by the U.S. Senate and then signed by the President (or passed with a veto override). Both houses need to function to do that or pass other legislation. | |
| Mar 30, 2020 at 14:49 | history | edited | Michael Seifert | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 25, 2020 at 20:20 | comment | added | phoog | It is not clear from the constitution whether the quorum is a majority of sworn members or a majority of allocated seats. The Rules of the House use the former, and provide that "Upon the death, resignation, expulsion, disqualification, removal, or swearing of a Member, the whole number of the House shall be adjusted accordingly." This answer is wrong for the House; I haven't looked at the senate rules, but it could also be wrong for the senate. | |
| Mar 25, 2020 at 5:43 | comment | added | Dale M♦ | @user30654 the President can never take legislative action - they can only ask Congress to do so. | |
| Mar 25, 2020 at 4:47 | comment | added | user30654 | Thanks; yes there were 2 remaining congresspeople but I was just generalizing the question. Does that mean the President can take no legislative action, and that's why he would want a Congress? | |
| Mar 25, 2020 at 4:31 | history | answered | Dale M♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |