Although the House of Lords refused to pass the bill and the Royal Assent naturally was lacking, the Rump Parliament referred to the ordinance as an "Act" and pressed on with the trial anyway. The intention to place the King on trial was re-affirmed on 6 January by a vote of 29 to 26 with "An Act of the Commons Assembled in Parliament". At the same time, the number of commissioners was reduced to 135 any twenty of whom would form a quorum when the judges, members of the House of Lords and others who might be sympathetic to the King were removed.