Sentence examples for having a quorum from inspiring English sources

All but three Democratic members of the House left the state for Urbana, Ill., on Feb. 22 to block Republicans from having a quorum.

WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW Most of the Democratic members of the House of Representatives remained in Urbana, Ill., to prevent the chamber from having a quorum to conduct business.

"We had a quorum within a week of the mailing".

It doesn't have a quorum, because of a now long-running partisan dispute over appointees.

This, it is eventually explained, is because the council meeting does not yet have a quorum.

As a consequence, the sponsor's directors did not attend and we did not have a quorum.

I am rushing to a meeting – I need to be there for my friend to have a quorum.

Because the United Way used old lists of trustees to summon them to the meeting today, it did not have a quorum and had to recess.

As soon as she had a quorum, she'd start leading her guests through merry, manic conversations that often bordered on trouble.

But with 15 students in tow, we finally had a quorum, and hit the road early to head three hours north to the beautiful Bekaa Valley.

All Presidents have used recess appointments, often without much controversy; Obama did so in this case because Congress had refused to act on his nominations, to the point that the N.L.R.B. didn't have a quorum.