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>reps get removed and replaced with an election.
>sentaors get replaced immediately by appointment.
>take that in.
I'll see your quad mental image and raise you this:
Both the House and the Senate have rules of attendance; You have to have a minimum count of members to do normal business.
If you do not have that count of members you cannot do business.
If the House were to somehow be unable to do business for an election cycle due to absenteeism, that could trigger a constitutional crisis.
''That might trigger a National Emergency.''