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House Journal

Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and 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.
article I
Section
5
Clause
3
Related Citations

Akhil Reed Amar, America’s Constitution: A Biography 82–83 (2012).

Describing the Journal Clause as part of a turn away from Parliamentary secrecy and towards populist openness.

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