Quorum is the notion that some fraction of the deciders be present when a decision is made. The constitution says half the House needs to be present for the House to do business. Boards of directors have quorums, church councils have quorums. It isn’t that EVERYBODY has to be there, just enough of them. It’s not a political thing, it’s Roberts Rules of Order, procedural thing. Like “majority rules” isn’t political.
To riff from your example, some sort of booting would be allowed to happen when only one of the volumes is present. Or half of a volume even.
The House formally declared that 216 or more members were present. It did so without showing the work.
I don’t expect them to tell the truth.
There should be a picture of who was present somewhere. Count the members present. I bet there wasn’t a quorum. Why would they not lie to us...such dishonesty frequently occurs?
“I don’t expect them to tell the truth.”
Amen!