Sentence examples for for a quorum from inspiring English sources

An additional round of elections in December brought the number to 198, sufficient for a quorum.

Democrats filtered in eventually, and 78 of the 80 members appeared for a quorum call at 6 00.

Since July 1999, the board has had five members, one more than the four needed for a quorum.

Fleeing was not an option for Ohio Democrats because the Republicans had enough members on their side for a quorum.

To convey their anger, House Republicans took the unusual step of calling for a quorum, which required at least 75 legislators to be present for the debate.

In the end only 264 people cast votes, enough for a quorum, and the five amendments passed by a simple majority.

About a fifth of the debates during the last session had to be cancelled for lack of a quorum.

The following day, the Triple A moved to Toronto, the UN was closed for lack of a quorum, & PAL was formed in Houston.

All in all, the Court got off to a false start; it had to adjourn for lack of a quorum "until to Morrow".

Moments later, Mr. Gregg announced that the meeting, called a "mark up" in Senate parlance, would be postponed for lack of a quorum.

With less than a third of the House members there and under half of the Senate, Representative Peter Deutsch, a Florida Democrat, tried to shut down the session for lack of a quorum.