lack of a quorum

A lack of a quorum prevents the Senate from convening.

The lack of a quorum was not unusual.

Its lack of a quorum has prevented the agency from writing rules or issuing civil penalties.

Today's session was adjourned for lack of a quorum.

Lack of a quorum can result in the last-minute cancellation of a meeting.

But according to Marvin Markus, the board's chairman, the lack of a quorum is not a major concern.

They wait for 30 minutes, hoping the boycotters will show up, and then adjourn for lack of a quorum.

In response, the interim Education Minister contested the committee's jurisdiction and dismissed the findings, citing the lack of a quorum.

The lack of a quorum prevented a vote on the resolution, but a poll of the more than 80 people there showed unanimous support for it.

This was the only time that the Committee was formed and general had a lack of a quorum and did not carry out their administrative tasks.

A motion to adjourn for lack of a quorum may be raised after the quorum call if an insufficient number of members present themselves.

He spoke during an abortive effort to call together the Tatarstan Supreme Soviet, which finally adjourned for lack of a quorum.

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

The two could not be farther apart, however, on some long-awaited appointments to the County Planning Commission, where meetings have been cancelled for lack of a quorum.

Since any number less than 218 members would result in the lack of a quorum, the House would not have been able to function until replacements had been elected.

An effort to call a legislative session to discuss the matter failed over the weekend for lack of a quorum when Mr. Nabiyev's supporters refused to go to the capital.

The electronic bell of the House of Commons sounds to call members of the House for a sitting, a vote, or to announce the lack of a quorum.

Booker attended the meeting to deal with the eventuality of the lack of a quorum or a tie vote, in which state law would allow him to cast a deciding vote.

Almost Empty Chamber The Senate needs 51 members to transact business, but if no member challenges the lack of a quorum, bills can be passed with an almost empty chamber.

Mr. Turan's impending departure poses new uncertainties for the agency, which is in danger of running out of money and which canceled its most recent board meeting 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.

As it happened, the Duma could not open on the date the congress had set for it for lack of a quorum requiring that a minimum of one-third of the delegates, or ninety-three, be present.

The bill was approved on Dec. 5 by the Assembly's Health and Human Services Committee but did not make its way onto the Assembly floor before the roadblock created by the lack of a quorum.

Until Thursday night, when the Senate confirmed four new commissioners, the glaring example of missing brass was the S.E.C., where important cases had been stalled - or blocked entirely - for lack of a quorum.

Although Chief Justice Stone had initially recused himself for a disclosed reason, but when he discovered that his disqualification plus those of the other justices would result in the lack of a quorum, he reversed his position.