Section. 5. 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.

Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its

Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two

thirds, expel a Member.

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.

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.

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