Sentences with phrase «bare majority of seats»

And even if Democrats did pick up a bare majority of seats in November, they would still have to contend with four members of the Independent Democratic Conference, who have often voted with the Republicans.

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But Labour is still expected to be quite some distance from a bare majority, which is 326 seats, and would need closer to 340 to sustain a workable majority in the House of Commons.

The removal of Libous gives Senate Republicans a bare minimum 32 - seat majority in the chamber (Republicans have 31 members, Democrat Simcha Felder conferences with the GOP conference in the chamber).

As of Wednesday, so do 76 New York State Assembly members (of 150 seats) and 32 State Senators (of 63 seats), a bare majority in each house.

For three House cycles, Democrats operated within the narrow confines of a Republican - friendly map, hunting for the bare number of seats required to win the majority.

Skelos» situation presents a very different set of obstacles for his Republican conference, which commands the 63 - seat chamber by a bare 32 - member majority.