Sentences with phrase «override vote in the house»

At the federal level, laws can only be passed by majorities in both the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate followed by either the President's signature, or by a veto followed by a two - thirds majority veto override vote in the House of Representative and a two - thirds majority veto override vote in the U.S. Senate.

Not exact matches

House Republicans managed to break the sit - in long enough to vote on the override, which passed on a party - line vote of 239 - 180, but fell short of the two - thirds vote needed to override the president's veto.

The veto override would need a two - thirds vote in both the House and the Senate.

In both houses those are enough votes for an override.

But a successful override — which requires a two - thirds vote in the House and the Senate — is unlikely.

House Republicans, with no warning and overriding their top leaders, voted yesterday to significantly curtail the power of an independent ethics office set up in 2008 in the aftermath of corruption scandals that sent three members of Congress to jail.

The crucial Republican amendment passed with 78 votes in the House and 21 in the Senate — well short of the override margin in both chambers.

To override a veto, there must be 101 votes in the House and 24 in the Senate.

What they ultimately decide to do may also end up not impacting the accord in a significant way because Mr. Obama is closing in on the votes he needs in the House and Senate to override a potential congressional veto.

Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D - Brooklyn) recently told the Daily News he believes there are enough votes in both houses for the first override of Cuomo's tenure should he veto the bill.

While House and Senate opponents could pass a resolution blocking Obama from lifting sanctions on Iran, they look unlikely to round up the two - thirds of votes in both chambers needed to override President Obama's veto.

[96] Meanwhile, House leadership weighed in on the process, with Speaker Steven Tilley calling it an overall «positive» process and Minority Leader Mike Talboy instead labeling the negotiations as, «a textbook example of how not to [redistrict]...» [97] Talboy also said he felt he had the votes to block an override, something that would require Democratic unanimity plus four Republican votes.

In the House, the GOP began 2011 only three votes short of being able to override a gubernatorial veto.

Bush has promised to veto it, but Congress may be able to override the veto if it wins a two - thirds vote in favour of the law in both houses of Congress.

State Rep. David Alexander, an Enfield Democrat who voted to override the veto, said the proposed requirements were a common - sense measure that had overwhelming support in both the House and Senate.

Now it remains to be seen if the House will vote to override the governor's veto when returning to session in November.

While the passage of the Act was not surprising (the Democratic Party was in control of the House of Representatives), what was surprising was the number of Republicans that also supported the Bill (55 votes)-- a number sufficient to override a presidential veto.

We strongly urge the House of Representatives to now follow the Senate in voting to override the governor's veto.