Sentences with phrase «supermajority vote in the house»

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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.

A sharply divided Kingston Common Council voted five to four in favor of the Alms House project on Flatbush Avenue, but a supermajority of seven votes was necessary to change the zoning from single - family to multiple - residency housing.

Removing the power of the monarch, on advice of the prime minister, to dissolve parliament before its five - year maximum length, [13] the act permits early dissolution if the House of Commons votes by a two - thirds supermajority, as occurred in the 2017 general election.