There’s a chance that they will not and that the committee doesn’t even have a quorum to hold votes.
The serious political and health risks Republicans are taking in moving forward with the Barrett hearings|Amber Phillips|October 5, 2020|Washington Post
Eventually, a city lawyer told the PAC that Lightfoot and her aides participated in conference calls with a quorum of the City Council on March 26, March 30 and April 6.
When Is a Meeting Not a Meeting and a Lawmaker Not a Lawmaker? When It’s Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago.|by Mick Dumke|September 24, 2020|ProPublica
Judges serve a single four-year term on the Appellate Body, which needs a minimum quorum of three in order to conduct reviews.
Trump’s prolonged assault on WTO means its ruling against Chinese tariffs is essentially moot|eamonbarrett|September 16, 2020|Fortune
SANDAG board members protesting the agency’s voting procedure last week nearly succeeded in depriving the agency of a quorum and denying it the right to make decisions.
Politics Report: Down Goes One Hot-Button Ballot Measure|Andrew Keatts|July 18, 2020|Voice of San Diego
So we drew from that shifting quorum threshold that your vote matters, but some votes just matter more.
How to Make Meetings Less Terrible (Ep. 389 Rebroadcast)|Stephen J. Dubner|May 28, 2020|Freakonomics
Videos of Quorum: Global LGBT Voices talks and panel discussions will be broadcasted on The Daily Beast in coming months.
A Quorum For Change: The Fight For Global LGBT Equality|Justin Jones|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Many agencies, such as the NLRB and the FEC, have multimember boards that require a quorum to operate.
Deregulators Lost at the Supreme Court When It Comes to Blocking Presidential Appointees|Aziz Haq|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When the Democrats saw what was up, a bunch of them took off for Oklahoma, and New Mexico to prevent a quorum vote.
Sending the Hammer to the Slammer|Eric Alterman|November 25, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Mr. Speaker, I am paired, but I have voted in order to make a quorum.
The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2)|Harry Furniss
Itaque facillime corriguntur in discendo, quorum vitia imitantur emendandi causa magistri.
De Officiis|Marcus Tullius Cicero
In July following the commandment came forth for me to occupy a place in the quorum of the Twelve.
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 3|Joseph Smith
Five were to constitute a quorum of which the president or vice-president or one of the unsalaried members should always be one.
British Committees, Commissions, and Councils of Trade and Plantations, 1622-1675|Charles M. Andrews
A majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to do business.
Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 9 (of 20)|Charles Sumner
British Dictionary definitions for quorum
quorum
/ (ˈkwɔːrəm) /
noun
a minimum number of members in an assembly, society, board of directors, etc, required to be present before any valid business can be transactedthe quorum is forty; we don't have a quorum
Word Origin for quorum
C15: from Latin, literally: of whom, occurring in Latin commissions in the formula quorum vos…duos (etc) volumus of whom we wish that you be…two
The minimum number of members of a committee or legislative body who must be present before business can officially or legally be conducted. In the United States Congress, for example, either house must have a majority (218 in the House of Representatives, 51 in the Senate) to have a quorum.