Sunday, January 30, 2011

Meeting Place

The topic of discussion for this Constitution Monday comes from Article I.5.4: “Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, vote to meet at a different place.” Each house in Congress has the right to have the other house available at an agreed upon meeting place in order that the necessary business can be performed. This provision was included to prevent our Congress from following the bad example of the English parliament.

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