Sentences with phrase «simple majority votes»

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

The two bickered earlier this week about the so - called «nuclear option» Reid is considering that would dramatically change Senate rules in confirming Cabinet appointees, shifting the approval process to a simple majority vote in the Seante.

You also need to determine the voting rights of the partners — normally a simple majority vote of the partners decides what happens and what doesn't, but you can agree that important decisions be made by a «supermajority» vote of two - thirds or more of the partnership percentages..

What's more, a deficit - increasing bill can rely on the reconciliation process — the process that allows a simple majority vote in the Senate — only if it does not raise deficits in years after the 10 - year budget window, which means the tax breaks here would have to be temporary.

Regulations imposed since June 13 can be invalidated on a simple majority vote of both GOP - led chambers and the president's signature.

There are several different forms of the Bible and the books that made it into the Bible were decided by a simple majority vote.

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.]

Denominational leaders changed the wording in the resolution from «trial rite» to «provisional» rite, where a simple majority vote was needed.

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

According to the Supreme Court's ruling in United States v. Ballin (1892), Senate rules can be changed by a simple majority vote.

Now, any Senate rule can be changed by a simple majority vote (actually, it always could but no one broke the rules that way).

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.

The decisions are made as usual - by consensus i.e. simple majority vote.

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.

The vote triggered a procedural tool known as reconcilliation, which allows the GOP to hold a simple majority vote on tax reform in the Senate.

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

A simple majority vote in the House of Commons would not, in and of itself, change the law.

«(W) e believe the Democratic Leadership has the moral obligation to allow this legislation to pass by a simple majority vote,» King and Zimmerman wrote in a statement that appears in full after the jump.

On the docket was a resolution to change the zoning ordinance in the neighborhood to allow retail usage, which is currently prohibited and would have required a simple majority vote by the town board to greenlight.

If a simple majority vote yes on convening a convention, delegates to a convention will be elected in November 2018 and the convention will convene in April 2019.

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.

Each body would have to approve it by a simple majority vote.

The Congressional Review Act circumvents all that by allowing a simple majority vote (it can't be filibustered) in both houses of Congress and the signature of the President to strike down recently implemented regulations.

It would only require a fast - track election and a simple majority vote to change the status.

The Board of Trustees will use consensus or a simple majority vote of Board members present in person or via authorized communications equipment to take action on Learning Forward business.

on Washington: «Balance of Powers Restoration Act» introduced, statute would let legislature overturn state appellate courts by simple majority vote

Washington: «Balance of Powers Restoration Act» introduced, statute would let legislature overturn state appellate courts by simple majority vote

But the Senate's invocation of the «nuclear option» last month will allow executive nominees to be approved with a simple majority vote.

Today, Sen. Ed Markey (D - MA) introduced a long - promised resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act, which lets Congress strike down new rules with a simple majority vote.

(a) The decision of the Hearing Panel shall be by a simple majority vote and in writing (Form # E-11, Decision [Ethics], Part Six and the Professional Standards Training Guide) and shall contain findings of fact and a statement of the disciplinary action recommended, if any.

These amounts can be respectively doubled by a simple majority vote of CREA's board of directors; any further funding must be approved at the association's General Assembly meeting.

The decision of the Hearing Panel shall be by a simple majority vote and in writing (Form # E-11, Decision [Ethics], Part Six and the Professional Standards Training Guide) and shall contain findings of fact and a statement of the disciplinary action recommended, if any.

Not exact matches

The Senate speaker of the house is elected through a voting process that requires a simple majority in a run - off ballot.

The House then votes on adoption of the special rule, which needs only a simple majority to pass.

The CRA requires just a simple majority in the Senate, meaning 51 votes are needed to pass resolutions, not the normal 60.

Convention votes, though determined of course by simple majority, only expressed the synod's understanding of what the Word of God said.

Unlike yesterday's 2/3 vote approving a sexuality statement, resolutions today needed only a simple majority.

Its simple majority of the fans want Wenger Out now and in a modern world majority carries the 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.

In short, the US House of Representatives votes on «Articles of Impeachment» against the president (by simple majority), and the US Senate holds a «trial» to examine the evidence and render a verdict.

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.

Note that when Harry Reid used the nuclear option, the rule change only used a simple majority of votes.

Second there are numerous types of votes that require simple majority such as budget reconciliation

It therefore beggars belief that we, the British public, were asked to take the «decision - of - a-lifetime» by a simple relative majority vote.

Democracy has never meant the tyranny of the simple majority,... Democracy entails an elected government, subject to certain checks and balances such as the common law and the courts, and an executive ultimately responsible to parliament, whose members are entitled to vote according to conscience and common sense.»

Why has it passed with simple majority instead of 60 votes?

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 the U.S. Senate, the Senate rules apparently do not apply to the first day of a new Senate session until the rules are voted in by a simple majority.

If parliament passes a no - confidence vote in the government with a simple majority and then fails to express confidence in a government within 14 days.