Sentences with phrase «require supermajority»

Iowa: Bill to require supermajority of state Supreme Court (5/7) to declare laws unconstitutional advances

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.

In 1997, the city changed its landmarks ordinance to require a supermajority, or 14 votes, from the Common Council to overturn a commission ruling.

Schools require a supermajority of 60 percent of voters to override the tax cap.

President Trump said the U.S. needed «a good «shutdown»» this fall to force a partisan confrontation over federal spending, and suggested that he might move to reverse longstanding Senate rules that effectively require a supermajority to approve most major pieces of legislation.

But unlike most legislation, which requires a supermajority in the Senate to even be considered, the resolutions only need a majority vote in both houses to pass.

Municipalities already play within the state's flexible tax cap (which restricts tax - levy growth to 2 percent or the rate of inflation, whichever is lower) which requires a supermajority vote to override.

A majority of voters said «yes» to the spending plan, but it failed to pass because it didn't reach the required supermajority of support to go over or below the property tax cap.

A vote of cloture, which requires a supermajority, puts a stop to this delaying tactic by restricting, among other things, how long Senators can speak both individually and collectively.

The bill required a supermajority and only 12 Republicans voted for the act, which proposed giving as much as $ 7.4 billion to people who were exposed to Ground Zero toxins, including first responders, firefighters, rescue workers, police officers, EMTs, cleanup workers, area residents and schoolchildren.

Assignment editors — U.S. Senate candidate Scott will highlight the second proposal of his «Make Washington Work» Plan requiring a supermajority vote of each house of Congress to approve any tax or fee increase with two events.

Chazy Central Rural School's $ 10,728,470 spending proposal, which required a supermajority vote, was approved with just over 69 percent of voter support.

Because borrowing requires a supermajority of the legislature — 13 votes — Democrats blocked the plan even though all 11 Republicans voted in favor.

Voters will also consider gay marriage, decriminalizing marijuana, requiring a supermajority to raise taxes and two constitutional amendments concerning state investments.

There are two state courts of last resort that require supermajorities to strike down laws, but both are because of a constitutional provision, not a mere statute.

A successful veto override requires a supermajority (67 votes) of the Senate and there were insufficient Democrats to vote yes to override the veto.

Not exact matches

In addition, supermajority voting provisions proposed require the approval of two - thirds of the board and outstanding stock to appoint an individual who was previously an officer of the company as CEO.

Also note that the vote you linked to was a cloture vote, requiring a 3/5 supermajority to pass.

The vice president would never vote where a supermajority is required.

And most important, the bill would require a 60 percent supermajority for voters to override the cap, ensuring that taxes would only be raised for genuine emergencies or the most worthwhile projects.

Meanwhile, there are 95 school districts that have negative tax levy limits, which requires them to not hike property taxes from a year ago without the supermajority approval.

He also favors term limits for state politicians and a constitutional amendment requiring a 60 - percent supermajority to increase taxes or fees.

The association says that 48 districts had spending plans that exceeded the tax cap, requiring a 60 percent supermajority to pass.

The changes being proposed would make it easier to override the cap by requiring a simple majority of voters rather than a two - thirds supermajority.

A 2011 law requires that schools in New York must get a supermajority of voters to approve a budget that hikes property taxes by more than 2 %.

A supermajority vote of 60 percent is required to override the cap.

These commonly require a legislative supermajority: in consequence any significant alteration in the existing constitutional arrangements is normally preceded by an often protracted period of scrutiny and consensus building.

Now, according to Parker, Michael Kaplowitz, a Yorktown Democrat and chairman of the Board of Legislators, will continue to mull an override of Astorino's veto which would require a bipartisan supermajority vote of 12 legislators in order to overturn the decision.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Erie County's «Made in America» bill, at least as originally proposed, is dead after an attempt to override a veto failed to get the supermajority support required.

The lawsuit also charges that the tax cap violates the principle of «one person one vote,» because a supermajority of 60 percent of voters is required to override the cap.

The lawsuit also charges that the tax cap violates the principle of «one person, one vote» because a supermajority of 60 % of voters is required to override the cap.

But the court could not muster the required four - justice supermajority to officially declare it so.

Montana voters also rejected a proposal to require a two - thirds «supermajority» of the legislature to approve revenue increases.

Furthermore, the seemingly constant headwinds of operating in the disc manufacturing and distribution business, with Universal Music Group as EDC's supermajority customer, required immediate countermeasures to bolster EDC's liquidity and longevity.

Add that to the hard reality of the 60 - vote «supermajority» required for guaranteed passage of a bill in the Senate — a reality stressed for years by David Roberts of Grist — and you can see why such a bill was doomed.

The most obvious solution would be to pass new enabling legislation (SB 32), but any extension that includes government - run auctions — a critical element in political terms — would likely require a 2/3 legislative supermajority under Proposition 26.

(Ending a filibuster requires a cloture vote by a supermajority of 60 senators.)

Even if only a smaller group of owners is affected, the supermajority vote is still required.

Finally, judges appointed under this system would have been required to receive a supermajority of «yes» votes to be retained in office: 67 % under SJR 8 and 60 % under SJR 9.