Practice question
A hypothetical House has 300 sitting Members, no vacancies and no exclusions. At a sitting attended by 150, the presiding officer proposes approving a bill because every attendee supports it. Alternatively, the attendees propose only adjourning until the next day and compelling absent Members’ attendance. Which distinction is correct?
- Both courses constitute ordinary business requiring identical treatment
- The bill cannot proceed for lack of a majority quorum, but the limited adjournment and attendance measures are expressly allowed
- Unanimity of attendees creates an ordinary-business quorum
- The minority can suspend the Constitution by motion
- The bill passes if the gallery also supports it
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article VI, Section 16(2).
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