Sentences with phrase «simple majority rather»

This law could still be repealed, though - and by the usual simple majority rather than the 55 per cent of MPs.

Not exact matches

The majority, in Mr. Helmreich's telling, were able to find new lives, largely because of simple» in fact, rather old - fashioned» virtues.

There can be no fellowship where there is an intellectual elite, and a great majority of simple folk who are despised, and where a man's aim is to know rather than to love.

But many parents find that they prefer to make decisions by consensus rather than by simple majority vote.

Senate Republicans want some major cuts in spending, which would violate that rule, so it would need 60 votes to pass rather than the simple majority that reconciliation requires.

If the district asks voters to exceed the cap, the proposed budget would have to be approved by 60 percent of those voting rather than a simple 50 - percent majority.

But from what I can make of the case, it's rather more complicated and convoluted than that piece makes it - because Allighan was making false allegations in an attempt to cover his own tracks: http://www.markpack.org.uk/garry-allighan-expulsion-from-parliament/ It's a good point about Conway, though I think overall Parliament should be very cautious about voting to kick out MPs - as it only requires a simple majority vote.

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:

An override requires approval by 60 percent of those voting rather than a simple majority vote of 50 percent.

The measure would have also required the Senate to approve a tax - reform bill with 60 votes rather than a simple majority.

The whole thing looks rather odd to me, as I would have expected that changes to the fundamental rules of the House to require far more than a simple majority.

At the last moment however, the House Democratic Leadership changed the rules to require a 2/3's majority rather than a simple majority.

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.

Environmentalists are also starting to focus on Proposition 26, a little - noticed California ballot measure that would reclassify environmental impact fees as taxes and require a two - thirds vote of the state legislature to impose them rather than a simple majority.

The majority of their members are looking for serious long - term relationships on this site rather than simple friendships with benefits or casual dating which may look like a waste of your time.

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).

Coming to the dashboard, the design seems rather simple and is easy to operate with the touchscreen system equipped with majority of the controls, which also doubles as a screen for the rear view camera.

No distributions shall be made to Partners other than Equity Partners; rather, such other Partners shall be compensated by salary by mutual agreement of each Partner in question and a simple majority of the Management Committee.

The majority of uses of a port scan are not attacks, but rather simple probes to determine services available on a remote machine.»