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Do you have to have all of the members or a quorum in order for the house to vote on a bill?
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What is the minimum number of house members need to act on a bill?
"Act on" is a little vague. Standing and special committees "act on" bills all the time, and many of them have only a few members. I assume you mean in terms of voting on the passage of a bill, as opposed to a committee determining whether or not to recommend it. Any House member has the right to call for a quorum for any vote. In the House, a quorum is a majority of the current members ... nominally, 218. If one or more seats are vacant, then the quorum is reduced accordingly.
In most cases a majority of House members must be present for a bill to be considered. This majority is referred to as a?
The majority is called a quorum. But the question is, how many from both houses are in it????
What must happen before a bill is presented for discussion to the entire house of senate?
A Quorum. In this case, a Quorum would be 218 Representatives. [51 in senate]
If the house can muster only the minimum requirement for a quorum what number of votes would be needed to pass a bill?
Simple majority of the majority of that house.
What does it mean to 'discharge a bill from congress'?
At full committee meetings, reports on bills may be made by subcommittees. Bills are read for amendment in committees by section and members may offer germane amendments. Committee amendments are only proposals to change the bill as introduced and are subject to acceptance or rejection by the House itself. A vote of committee members is taken to determine whether the full committee will report the bill favorably, adversely, or without recommendation. If the committee votes to report the bill favorably to the House, it may report the bill without amendments or may introduce and report a "clean bill". Committees may authorize the chairman to postpone votes in certain circumstances. If the committee has approved extensive amendments, the committee may decide to report the original bill with one "amendment in the nature of a substitute" consisting of all the amendments previously adopted, or may report a new bill incorporating those amendments, commonly known as a clean bill. The new bill is introduced (usually by the chairman of the committee), and, after referral back to the committee, is reported favorably to the House by the committee. A committee may table a bill or not take action on it, thereby preventing further action on a bill. This makes adverse reports or reports without recommendation to the House by a committee unusual. The House also has the ability to discharge a bill from committee. Generally, a majority of the committee or subcommittee constitutes a quorum. A quorum is the number of members who must be present in order for the committee to report. This ensures participation by both sides in the action taken. However, a committee may vary the number of members necessary for a quorum for certain actions. For example, a committee may fix the number of its members, but not less than two, necessary for a quorum for taking testimony and receiving evidence. Except for the Committees on Appropriations, the Budget, and Ways and Means, a committee may fix the number of its members, but not less than one-third, necessary for a quorum for taking certain other actions. The absence of a quorum is subject to a point of order, an objection that the proceedings are in violation of a rule of the committee or of the House, because the required number of members are not present. Or you can also use this. The committee can return a bill to the full Senate in its original from or with amendments. It also can "table" a bill--not take any action on it. Tabling a bill can kill the bill, since it will likely never get to the Senate floor. However, any senator can ask that a tabled bill be discharged (released) from the committee. If a majority of the Senate votes to have the bill discharged from committee, it is placed on the calendar for debate.
Who votes on a bill?
The members of the House and the Senate.
House members are unable to offer amendments to a bill from the floor because of what?
Members of the House are unable to offer amendments to a bill on the floor due to what is referred to as a Closed Rule. The House of Representatives has 535 voting members.
Who introduces bill in the house of representatives?
Any member of the house
What step house members take in order to consider an important bill out of turn?
They must suspend the rules.They must suspend the rule...
How many congress members make up the law?
It is called a Quorum It isn't only not making laws, if the minimum number of members is not present, congress cannot even talk about passing a bill. (Most history books call this "doing business")
How many members must be present for a bill to be voted on?
i dont really get the question, so i hope i understood it right... minemum nine states had to agree for a bill or right to be aproved. my answer is: you need a "quorum" in ANY meeting to do official business in ANY organization
Who must first introduce a bill for it to be considered by congress?
A bill must be introduced in the congress by the members of the congress.
