There are two parts of congress. House of Representatives (house) and The Senate (senate).
One half is the house of representative, the other half is the Senate
a quorum ( one over half votes )
Corrupt? the other half ineffective?
The only gold Bicentennial of Congress coin minted is a Five dollar coin not a half dollar, it is valued at about $300.00.
The Constitution requires that at least one half of the members of Congress be present in order to vote on a bill. Without that amount, a vote cannot be held.
half your face
Congress did not declare that pizza is a vegetable. The debate in Congress was not even about pizza! It had to do with the school lunch program and tomato paste. The debate stemmed around one-eighth cup of tomato paste being credited with the same nutritional value as half a cup of vegetables in the school lunch program regulations. President Obama's administration drafted guidelines that would have required the actual volume of the vegetable served to be one-half cup. As a result, one-eighth cup of tomato paste would no longer count as a serving of vegetables. Though not specifically debated in Congress, that would have meant that a slice of pizza would have to have one-half cup of tomato paste on it to be counted as a serving of vegetables. Congress blocked that change and one-eighth cup of tomato paste will still be counted as a serving of vegetables in the school lunch program. To read more, visit the Related Link.
Laws are passed by a majority vote which means over half. In Congress, only half the members need to be present to constitute a quorum, so in theory, a law can be passed by a quarter of Congress.
congress and the other one is house of representatives
One and one half or One and a half
It is one out of eight parts. It is a half of a half of a half. It is one out of eight parts. It is a half of a half of a half. It is one out of eight parts. It is a half of a half of a half. It is one out of eight parts. It is a half of a half of a half.
Half of half of half of one half is one sixteenth (0.0625).