He said speaking up during the address was the best way “get across to a person who uses his incivility, who uses his incivility against our civility.”

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    You dwindle the dem #s enough and you end up allowing the reps the ability to run amok with the kinds of legislation they’re salivating to pass.

    That’s why there’s also quorum rules. There has to be a minimum of X% of the congresspeople present for anything to count and I’m 99.9% certain that all of the Dems leaving would bring the number present under that even if every single Republican was present.

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      Quorum is largely meaningless in Congress, both houses assume they have quorum at all times. This allows for the pro forma sessions.