Sentences with phrase «member supermajority»
Delia DeRiggi - Whitton (D - Glen Cove) said the inspector general should be picked by a 13 - member supermajority of the Legislature.
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In the recent parliamentary elections, rightfully fed - up Venezuelans responded by ousting members of Hugo Chavez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), giving the opposition party, the more - centrist Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD), a supermajority that could challenge President Nicolás Maduro.
Philip Steck (D - Albany)-- replaces supermajority requirement on school budget votes with a vote by board members.
The head of the office would be appointed by a 13 - member legislative supermajority and would not answer directly to the county executive.
According to the party, which has been polling its members online for weeks now, Sanders won the support of an «overwhelming supermajority» of WFPers — 87.4 percent — compared to 11.5 percent who choose Clinton and 1.1 percent who backed former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley.
He has a supermajority and, related, control of his members.
Tuesday is a mid-term election of sorts for Astorino, who has been in fierce conflict with the 12 - member Democratic supermajority that controls the Board of Legislators who have largely stymied his efforts to cut spending.
Language placed into these rules in 2013 says they can only be changed with the approval of a supermajority of 38 members.
Cuomo said local government leaders do have the power to override the cap, if a 60 percent supermajority of the members of a city council, town board, or county legislature agrees to override it.
Senate Republicans say even if they lost a member, it would be impossible for the Dems to take control because chamber rules require a supermajority — 38 votes — to make such a move.
Only meet when a supermajority of your members are calling for a change in policy.
Following expansion by 2 seats to the Arizona and Georgia Supreme Courts in the last 2 years, a member of the Louisiana House is moving to expand by law that state's top court by 2 seats, but needs a supermajority to do it.