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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