They must suspend the rules.
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The house chooses the speaker of the house
2/3.
The Cabinet members in the order of which their departments were created.
Members of The House of Representatives can vote for an exclusion. Voting for an exclusion, or the refusal to seat a newly elected representative, calls for a majority vote. However, this is not just arbitrary. The offending member must meet certain disqualification offenses in order for the House to take such drastic measures as to deny an elected member a seat in Congress.
The Constitution of the United States says that 2/3 of the Congressmen need to be present to do business. That means that 67 Senators and 291 House of Representatives need to be present during sessions.