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On quorums during pro-forma sessions:
aug 4, 2025, 8:50 pm •
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![It would take unanimous consent. Before each lot of pro-forma sessions, the Senate always orders that ‘no business be[] conducted’. That order prevents a senator from even being recognised and thus prevents them from suggesting the absence of a quorum. Excerpt from Riddick’s, p. 1062. ‘A Senator who does not have the floor may not suggest the absence of a quorum.’](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eglu6mapioovb3skqrab2kwl/bafkreifmmxgxksmxbi4ihfi4tve6x4r3gxdkeetkeoyoxajjb7s7wyeccq@jpeg)