Sentences with phrase «bill by a simple majority»
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The Senate must pass the Graham - Cassidy healthcare bill by September 30 under budget reconciliation, the process that would allow it to pass with a simple majority.
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A similar bill (A2699) introduced by Assemblyman Philip Steck (D - Albany) would require simple majorities to approve an override, provided that 60 percent of school board members voted to authorize it.
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Currently, the Speaker and the Senate Majority Leader hold enormous power to abuse the system and stop bills from coming to the floor even if they are mathematically sponsored by a simple majority of members from each house of the legislature (76 out of 150 in the Assembly and 32 out of 63 in the Majority Leader hold enormous power to abuse the system and stop bills from coming to the floor even if they are mathematically sponsored by a simple majority of members from each house of the legislature (76 out of 150 in the Assembly and 32 out of 63 in the majority of members from each house of the legislature (76 out of 150 in the Assembly and 32 out of 63 in the Senate).
A separate bill introduced by Assemblywoman Jaffee (A227) would drop the supermajority requirement for school districts to pierce the cap, instead calling for a simple majority — making overrides no more difficult than passing a budget within the cap, and inviting a return to the days when school taxes grew by more than 7 percent per year.
And no one thinks there's any real chance that Republicans will get school choice legislation through Congress (which would require 60 votes in the Senate, rather than the simple majority required by the tax bill).
The most basic statements of principle to be found in our law, such as Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights of 1688, have no more authority than the common law or statute, capable of amendment or repeal by simple majorities at any time chosen by Parliament.