. The Constitution of the United States . s be liable and subject to in-dictment, trial judgment, andpunishment, according to law. SECTION 4. 1. The times, places, andmanner of holding electionsfor Senators and Representa-tives shall be prescribed ineach State by the legislaturethereof; but the Congress mayat any time, by law, make oralter such regulations, exceptas to the places of choosingSenators. 2. The Congress shall as-semble at least once in everyyear; and such meeting shallbe on the first Monday in De- cember, unless they shall, bylaw, appoint a different day. « SECTION 5. 1. Each hous


. The Constitution of the United States . s be liable and subject to in-dictment, trial judgment, andpunishment, according to law. SECTION 4. 1. The times, places, andmanner of holding electionsfor Senators and Representa-tives shall be prescribed ineach State by the legislaturethereof; but the Congress mayat any time, by law, make oralter such regulations, exceptas to the places of choosingSenators. 2. The Congress shall as-semble at least once in everyyear; and such meeting shallbe on the first Monday in De- cember, unless they shall, bylaw, appoint a different day. « SECTION 5. 1. Each house shall be thejudge of the elections, returns,and qualifications of its ownmembers, and a majority ofeach shall constitute a quorumto do business; but a smallernumber may adjourn from dayto day, and may be authorizedto compel the attendance ofabsent members, in such man-ner and under such penaltiesas each house may provide. 2. Each house may deter-mine the rules of its proceed-ings, punish its members fordisorderly behavior, and with 13. the concurrence of two-thirds,expel a member. 3. Each house shall keep ajournal of its proceedings, andfrom time to time publish thesame, excepting such parts asmay in their judgment requiresecrecy; and the yeas and naysof the members of either houseon any question shall, at thedesire of one-fifth of thosepresent, be entered on thejournal. 4. Neither house, during thesession of Congress, shall,without the consent of theother, adjourn for more thanthree days, nor to any otherplace than that in which thetwo houses shall be sitting.


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