Rep. Smith: Abandoning the Founders' Framework
May 30, 2020
May 30, 2020
WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, issued the following Capitol Report column:
"Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections...and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; ...and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide." - Article 1, Section 5, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution
These are some of the words our Founding Fathers agonized . . .
"Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections...and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; ...and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide." - Article 1, Section 5, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution
These are some of the words our Founding Fathers agonized . . .