NOT NORMAL -- Democrats need to shut down the Senate. Everything. Block / delay every damn thing.

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40. What makes a quorum in the house and senate?

Minnesota democrats in the State House have been boycotting assembling together to prevent a quorum.

https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-legislature-power-struggle-republicans-democrats-7db12f51ad0e47d49f4c50f56cb1e5c4

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — House Democrats boycotted the opening day of Minnesota’s 2025 legislative session Tuesday in an effort to stop Republicans from exploiting a temporary one-seat majority to remove one of their members. But GOP representatives forged ahead anyway and named their leader as speaker in a move that Democrats vowed to challenge in court.

There was applause as Democratic Secretary of State Steve Simon entered the chamber to convene the proceedings in accordance with state law. But the Democratic side of the House chamber was empty and only Republicans replied “present” as a clerk took the roll.

Simon announced they had not reached the 68 members needed for a quorum, declared the chamber adjourned and left.

But Republicans stayed in their seats, saying that with 67 members present they had a quorum. They then voted to elect their top member, former Minority Leader Lisa Demuth, of Cold Spring, as speaker, a move that Democrats immediately denounced as an “unlawful sham with no legal authority.”

https://apnews.com/article/state-legislatures-walkouts-minnesota-be1dfe85e97112ff3311c76e066cabad

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democrats in the Minnesota House who have boycotted daily sessions are using tactics that lawmakers around the country have tried at least two dozen times before to thwart their opponents. It’s not even a first for the state.

Minnesota Democrats are trying to prevent Republicans from taking advantage of a temporary one-seat majority caused by a vacancy in a Democratic-leaning seat, and the chamber is expected to return to 67-67 after a special election. Democrats asked the state Supreme Court to intervene, and the court sided with them Friday, ruling that the Minnesota Constitution requires 68 members present for the House to conduct business, meaning at least one Democrat has to show up. The Senate is temporarily tied at 33, also because of a vacancy in a Democratic district.

In 1857, the issue was Republicans’ desire to move the Minnesota Territory’s capital from St. Paul to a new city, St. Peter, about 75 miles (121 kilometers) away. A Democratic lawmaker took physical possession of the bill and hid in a local hotel until it was too late to act on the measure.