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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 behavior, 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.