A majority of U.S. Senators constitutes a quorum to do business. The size of the U.S. Senate, barring vacancies, has been 100 since 1959. A majority of 100 is at least 51.
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A quorum is calculated by dividing the whole number of members in a body by 2 and then adding 1 to it. In mathematical symbols, quorum=(number of members/2) +1.
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A quorum is the minimum number of people in a group that are required to make decisions that can stand and are valid. In many cases, a quorum is one half of the entire group.
Typically a quorum is more than half of the members. By-laws often state that a quorum must be present to legally conduct business or hold a meeting. Most often a quorum will be a majority, anything over 50%, however, the organization by-laws may state some other percentage to be a quorum.
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