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i?ECORD$ OF THE FEDE1LAI, CONVENTION COMMITTEE OF STYLE from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one-fifth of those present, be entered on the journal. ((c)) Neither house, during the session of Congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting. Sect. 6. The senators and representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the United States. They shall in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be priviIeged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either house, they shall not be questioned in any other place. ((a)) No senator or representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time; and no person holding any office under the United States, shall be a member of either house during his continuance in office. Sect. 7. The enacting stile of the laws shall b% "Be it enacted by the senators and representatives in Congress assembled." ((a)) All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of representatives: but the senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other bills. ((b)) Every bill which shall have passed the house of repre- sentatives and the senate, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the president of the United States. If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his objec- tions to that house in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and pro- ceed to reconsider it. If after such reconslderation two-