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not a quorum, the House will adjourn or will send the Sergeant at
Arms out to round up a missing members.
10. In the Senate 51 members must be present,
however, Senate can conduct daily business without a quorum
unless it is challenged by a point of order.

Task 7. Make the following sentences complete by translating the
phrases in brackets.
1. The (процедури) for the singing and official (публікація)
of the laws are clearly regulated in Article 94 of the (Конституція).
2. Within fifteen days of receiving the (закон), the President
shall either (підписувати) this law or return it with substantiated
(пропозиції) to Parliament for reconsideration.
3. If the law is not returned for reconsideration by the
President within the stated period, it shall be treated as (схвалений) by the
President and shall be signed and published.
4. If in the course of reconsideration, the law is (прийнятий)
unchanged by Parliament by a (більшість) of at least two-thirds of its
members, the President shall be (зобов’язаний) to sign and promulgate
the law within ten days.
5. Members from each (палати) form a conference
committee and meet to work out the differences.
6. Leaders of the House of Representatives have more
(влади) than leaders in the Senate.
7. The main task of each house of Congress is the same –
(видавати закони).
8. Washington has 49 legislative districts, each of which
(обирає) a Senator and two Representatives.
9. The (право) to adopt laws in Ukraine belongs to the
Verkhovna Rada.
10. The First Reading is the first time that a (законопроект)
goes before the House itself.

Task 8. Read the sentences and match the highlighted words to their
synonyms below.
Consent, a proposal, split, a bill, pass, debates, a nation, findings,
consumes, set
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