Congress is killed. What happens?

[junior chįmp]

If Congress was killed then stuff would actually start getting done

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Governors would appoint temporary senators and schedule special house elections. A worse scenario is where a very small number remain alive. While the self imposed rules define how large a quorum must be, there is no constitutional rule. This would be an interesting supreme court challenge to see if 3 hypothetical surviving house members could change the house quorum rules and then pass bills as a 3 person body.

Quorom is a majority of the members. If there there was 434 vacancies and 1 representative, they would meet quorum.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Rule XX Section 5 Paragraph (c) of the Rules of the House would come into effect.  For one thing, until the deaths of the members was officially relayed to the House, they would continue to be considered part of the membership and this part of the number needed to form a quorum.

The rules provide for a somewhat different running of the House when the quorum is not sufficient to form a quorum of the whole number (i.e. less than 218).

[Torrain]

While the presidency can be easily assumed by the next individual in line, and the senate appointed, how would the nascent government deal with the six week intermission lacking a House of Representatives?

How would emergency resolutions, and financial packages to provide disaster relief to DC be passed without a house to rubberstamp resolutions and originate financial bills?

Are there any workarounds that can be established?

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Not all states provides for senatorial appointments. In Oregon or Wisconsin seats are to remain vacant until there's a special election.

[Dr. MB]

Here's the likely composition of the senate if that scenario happens:

Republicans - 62
Democrats – 28
Unknown – 2*
Vacant – 8

*–Not sure which way Walker would go. I could see him appointing Mallott, or he could appoint an independent.

Edit: RI does not have gubernatorial appointments. Changed map/totals.

[FairBol]

Though it seems pretty impossible, if both houses of congress was killed what happens? Seriously, in London that awful guy got pretty close to their congress. Whats to say something like that doesn't happen here. If that was to happen here and both houses were killed, what happens to the US? We can't possibly make laws before their re-elected. And if we do, it would be the executive branch taking over both powers. Making it able to just rule over the governmental level on federal grounds fully? Or do we just go without making new laws, without being able to declare war, or what ever other powers the congress holds for how ever long emergency elections take?

In case of a catastrophic attack, for example? It's unclear to me what exactly would happen.  The feds apparently have "Contingency of Government" plans to deal with such a scenario, but they aren't public.  What is known about such plans is that during the SOTU address each year, one Cabinet member (usually a lower-ranking official) is selected by the president to stay behind, and watch the address from a secure location.  If an attack then took place taking out the entire Congress, that Cabinet member would automatically become President of the United States (the "designated survivor" plan). 

[#gravelgang #lessiglad]

If a recent documentary that I watched is to be believed, Keifer Southerland becomes president.

[Bidenworth2020]

Here's the likely composition of the senate if that scenario happens:

Republicans - 62
Democrats – 28
Unknown – 2*
Vacant – 8

*–Not sure which way Walker would go. I could see him appointing Mallott, or he could appoint an independent.

Edit: RI does not have gubernatorial appointments. Changed map/totals.

i dont think charlie, scott, and rauner would go party line, prolly one of each

[Figueira]

Here's the likely composition of the senate if that scenario happens:

Republicans - 62
Democrats – 28
Unknown – 2*
Vacant – 8

*–Not sure which way Walker would go. I could see him appointing Mallott, or he could appoint an independent.

Edit: RI does not have gubernatorial appointments. Changed map/totals.

i dont think charlie, scott, and rauner would go party line, prolly one of each

Oh, Baker would. And weak liberals would keep making excuses for him.