The Times,
Places and Manner
of holding Elections
for Senators
and Representatives,
shall be prescribed
in each State
by the Legislature
thereof;
but the Congress
may at any time
by Law
make or alter
such Regulations,
except
as to the Places
of chusing Senators.
The Congress
shall assemble at least
once in every Year,
and such Meeting
shall be
on the first Monday
in December,
unless
they shall by Law
appoint
a different Day.6
[6. Modified by Twentieth Amendment.]
Each House
shall be
the Judge
of the Elections,
Returns
and Qualifications
of its own Members,
and a Majority
of each
shall constitute a Quorum
to do Business;
but a smaller Number
may adjourn
from day to day,
and may be authorized
to compel
the Attendance
of absent Members,
in such Manner,
and under such Penalties
as each House
may provide.
Each House
may determine
the Rules
of its Proceedings,
punish its Members
for disorderly Behaviour,
and,
with the Concurrence
of two thirds,
expel a Member.
Each House
shall keep
a Journal
of its Proceedings,
and
from time to time
publish the same,
excepting such Parts
as may
in their Judgment
require Secrecy;
and the Yeas and Nays
of the Members
of either House
on any questions shall,
at the Desire
of one fifth
of those Present,
be entered
on the Journal.
Neither House,
during the Session
of Congress,
shall,
without the Consent
of the other,
adjourn
for more than three days,
nor to any other Place
than that in which
the two Houses
shall be sitting.
The Senators
and Representatives
shall receive
a Compensation
for their Services,
to be ascertained
by Law,
and paid
out of the Treasury
of the United States.
They shall
in all Cases,
except Treason,
Felony and Breach
of the Peace,
be privileged
from Arrest
during their Attendance
at the Session
of their respective Houses,
and
in going to
and returning from
the same;
and
for any Speech
or Debate
in either House,
they shall not be questioned
in any other Place.
No Senator
or Representative shall,
during the Time
for which
he was elected,
be appointed
to any civil Office
under the Authority
of the United States,
which shall have been created,
or the Emoluments
whereof
shall have been encreased
during such time;
and no Person
holding any Office
under the United States,
shall be a Member
of either House
during his Continuance
in Office.
All Bills
for raising Revenue
shall originate
in the House of Representatives;
but the Senate
may propose
or concur
with Amendments
as on other Bills.
Every Bill
which shall have passed
the House of Representatives
and the Senate,
shall,
before it
become a Law,
be presented
to the President
of the United States:
If he approve
he shall sign it,
but if not
he shall return it,
with his Objections
to that House
in which
it shall have originated,
who shall
enter the Objections
at large
on their Journal,
and proceed
to reconsider it.
If after such Reconsideration
two thirds of that House
shall agree
to pass the Bill,
it shall be sent,
together
with the Objections,
to the other House,
by which
it shall likewise
be reconsidered,
and if approved
by two thirds
of that House,
it shall become a Law.
But in all such Cases
the Votes
of both Houses
shall be determined
by yeas and Nays,
and the Names
of the Persons voting
for and against the Bill
shall be entered
on the Journal
of each House respectively.
If any Bill
shall not be returned
by the President
within ten Days
(Sundays excepted)
after it shall have been
presented to him,
the Same
shall be a Law,
in like Manner
as if he
had signed it,
unless
the Congress
by their Adjournment
prevent its Return,
in which Case
it shall not be a Law.
Every Order,
Resolution,
or Vote
to which the Concurrence
of the Senate
and House of Representatives
may be necessary
(except
on a question
of Adjournment)
shall be presented
to the President
of the United States;
and
before the Same
shall take Effect,
shall be approved by him,
or being
disapproved by him,
shall be repassed
by two thirds
of the Senate
and House of Representatives,
according to the Rules
and Limitations
prescribed
in the Case of a Bill.