Sentences with phrase «simple majority for»

The ballot referendum needs a simple majority for November passage, a lower bar than the hurdle it just passed in the House and Senate.

Harry Reid redid the senate rules so that Trump will only need a simple majority for most of his judicial picks.

It has now been agreed that when the European Banking Authority votes on banking union matters a double vote will take place: one for eurozone countries and a separate vote, requiring a simple majority for approval, among the EU's ten other member states.

To pass, it must achieve simple majority for all canton and lower levels.

Not exact matches

Though the referendum law sets the bar for passage impossibly high, the government has promised to respect the wishes of a simple majority.

Those who need a simple, capable laptop for basic tasks aren't necessarily chasing the latest and greatest technology and standards, like USB - C, and these standard ports are compatible with the majority of accessories, which is a good thing.

Under this process, which the GOP has used for its tax reform bill, a simple majority vote is required.

Fortunately, the solution for an open plan environment is almost as simple: 1) check to see if a majority of the women in the workplace feel it's too cold and 2) if so, raise the thermostat a few degrees.

The simple reality is that Twitter has contained the majority of brand mentions in most categories for at least a couple of years, because, in most categories, mentions on Twitter usually involve brief link shares, that are easy for people to amplify — not in - depth conversations.

By: Ryan McMaken In a court battle that has apparently been working itself out for 17 years, the Quebec High Court this week affirmed that a law establishing a simple majority as key in triggering secession talks with the Canadian government — known... [Read More]

The vast majority (90 + %) of cryptocurrencies and ICOs will fail for one simple reason... they have ZERO utility.

Shockingly, he wanted to replace the two - thirds of Congress and three - fourths of the state legislatures requirement for amendment with a simple majority!

President A. Bartlett Giamatti of Yale has said that the Moral Majority, with its simple prescriptions for complex problems, is a «cry of exhaustion, a longing for surcease from the strain of managing complexity.»

Of course, there are true addicts, but correctly labelling the issue for the majority could be a simple but key step in changing those statistics.

A lot more could have been done if Republicans had allowed for a simple majority vote, but... Remember the words of Senate Minority Leader McConnell, [My number one goal is to make sure Obama is a one term President.]

Whichever way you call it, the simple fact is that the overwhelming majority at Wembley will be supporting Spurs and the article said it was like a home game for us.

I represent the majority of people who are sick of seeing Arsenal falter season after season after season because of one individual who has been at the club for about thirteen years too long and who has clearly run out of ideas and fails to understand simple concepts like defending, tactics and motivation.

The horror that men like Max Long and Darwin Creek feel at the mention of 1080 is largely unshared by the growing army of conservation sts in the U.S. as a whole, and for a simple reason: like the majority of the people of poison - drenched Wyoming, they know nothing about it.

Now this, I think, is where many of the club's detractors, and of course Wenger's too, simply overlook a simple and obvious fact — the majority of the top clubs, and some of those in the second tier, from whom we want to buy relevant top players, are owned by incredibly rich men, known as oligarchs for a good reason, or bottomless money pits, known as state - owned clubs, and we all know who they are, simply do not need the money, however much is offered.

think the majority on here are glad to see the back of Ade for the simple reason that he was a lazy egotistical rip off merchant and not that good a player after all.

May would require either the support of two thirds of MPs for an election, or she could call a vote of no confidence in her own government, which would only require a simple majority.

Among other concepts this enshrines the view that there is no binding method for one sitting Parliament to bind a future Parliament irrevocably to a decision, and these decisions are made by simple majority of those MPs...

On the simple numbers, it is of course a challenge for the Tories, who need to win 117 seats to get a majority of just one.

U.S. Senate Republicans deployed the so - called «nuclear option» and changed longstanding rules to clear the way for the confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve on the Supreme Court, bypassing a precedent - breaking Democratic filibuster by allowing the nomination to go forward on a simple majority vote.

Senators elected as Democrats who vote for a Republican Majority Leader are traitors to the party — pure and simple — and should be expelled from the party and never given the opportunity to run on a Democratic line again.

In theory, the government could also repeal the act with a simple majority, but option (ii), i.e. a bipartisan call for an early election, is by far politically the best option for the government.

For some, such as most town and village boards, the tax cap is only a matter of optics: on a five - member board, a 60 percent override requires the same three votes as a simple majority needed to approve a budget.

He then moved on to the issue of votes of confidence, which the Bill would still make subject to a simple majority, but rather than causing an immediate general election, there would be a fortnight for a new government to be formed which could command the confidence of the Commons, before a new election had to take place:

-RRB- 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.

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.

«Plain and simple, if a majority of legislators are sponsoring and supporting a piece of legislation then that bill should be allowed to come to the Floor for a vote.

You can also design a non-manipulable voting system like this: you draw two candidates at random, and voters choose between these two according to a specific voting rule (for example simple majority).

[1] For all other bills, a simple majority of each house is required.

«I know it's uncomfortable but the simple truth of the matter is the older generation — my generation — the majority voted Brexit, whereas for the younger generation — I'm talking under 25, but indeed a wider group, voted to remain,» he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

The panel recommended «a legislative change that provides for decision by a simple majority of the total voting body.»

Article 48 of the Lisbon treaty allows for changes to the treaty - The proposal would need to be accepted by a simple majority of the European Council and then needs to be ratified by all member states.

All school district budgets should be decided by a simple majority of local voters; as Assemblyman Kevin Cahill (D - Kingston) was quoted yesterday as saying, the 60 % override vote for tax levies exceeding the cap is «undemocratic».

The duo said the Democrats should let the bill come to the floor even if the Republicans won't relent, noting 225 members voted for the legislation on July 29th and that 218 votes constitute a simple majority.

There would be considerably more votes for the bill than the simple majority (218) required to pass important legislation.

«The facts are simple and undeniable: majority - minority neighborhoods have for too long shouldered the burden of this city's waste so that communities like the Upper East Side didn't have to do so.

With Eritrea disqualified for not entering any recent CAF competitions, the other 53 CAF member states will vote and a simple majority is needed for either Hayatou or Ahmad to win the contest.

If that next session of the legislature agrees with the amendment by a simple majority vote of both chambers, «it shall be the duty of the legislature to submit each proposed amendment or amendments to the people for approval in such manner and at such times as the legislature shall prescribe.»

He stated that those who voted for devolution of power would have won if simple majority vote had been adopted to determine the approval or rejection, saying 220 Reps voted for its approval.

Adoption of the resolution allows Congress to proceed with tax reform legislation through the reconciliation process, meaning a simple majority is all that is needed for passage in the Senate.

As a consequence of a simple majority to leave, we have challenges to the means of how we leave the EU and with some people, in effect, seeking to replay the referendum and calling for a second referendum.»

It would take another 60 votes to close debate that could last for weeks, while final approval of the bill would require only a simple majority.

A simple majority is required for any district plan provided by LATFOR.

The majority of the efforts are simple standards, however, such as a new limit on energy usage for televisions with more than 42 - inch screens.

«For the great majority of small farmers, chopping down diverse forests and investing in a single species of tree — monoculture — is the simplest and quickest path out of poverty.

For the majority of the history of life on Earth, lifeforms remained exceedingly simple.