Sentences with phrase «thirds vote needed»

Twenty - two members of the Democratic minority in the 61 - member Senate signed a letter sent to Cuomo Wednesday, meaning the GOP majority in the chamber would not be able to get the two - thirds vote needed to overturn a gubernatorial veto.

House Republicans managed to break the sit - in long enough to vote on the override, which passed on a party - line vote of 239 - 180, but fell short of the two - thirds vote needed to override the president's veto.

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So slim that the president can easily veto any significant piece of legislation they send to his desk (i.e. repeal of the Affordable Care Act) and there's nowhere near the two - thirds majority vote in both Houses needed to override.

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..

The veto override would need a two - thirds vote in both the House and the Senate.

This is unfortunate, because it means that it is bad for someone to really have their say and vote for a third party that is closer to what they believe, and because it entrenches the established parties, whom I would argue are both in desperate need of major evolution.

Monday's vote received the two - thirds majority it needed in each of the three houses of the General Synod to pass, with members of the laity on this occasion overturning their previous opposition to the move.

He also helped his country to win the under 21 European championships back in 2002, being voted the Golden Player of the tournament to boot, and it is that sort of experience that the Czech's need from the Arsenal number one tonight, as they are precariously placed in third position, with Spain and Croatia above them in group D.

Even if the issue had made it to the ballot, it would have needed support from at least two - thirds of those voting to dissolve the district.

Remember: Third parties need to get at least 50,000 votes for their gubernatorial candidates in order to maintain ballot status.

Although such a Commons vote would need two - thirds of MPs to support it, Jeremy Corbyn obligingly confirmed that he would instruct his MPs to do just that should the opportunity arise.

Of course 270 or more elector votes are needed to win the presidency but there are scenarios that exist where one candidate could win 269, another 268, and then a third candidate win one of the districts above and be awarded a single elector.

And two - thirds of those who vote at the conference - which is open to all party members - need to support any deal.

and Estes» abstention from a 2015 vote to change the threshold of senators needed to consider a bill from two - thirds to a simple majority.

The James - Clarke survey suggests that the electoral register needs attention: they found that over two thirds of polling stations turned away at least one citizen from voting in the 2015 election because their name was not on the electoral register.

Opponents who sued, who included residents and employees of the facility, challenged the legislature's decision claiming lawmakers violated the provisions of the county charter, which says a two - thirds vote is needed.

State Supreme Court Justice Elaine Slobod had earlier ruled in the petitioners» favor, in a matter represented by attorney Michael Sussman, that a two - thirds vote was needed.

Anyone attempting to unseat him would likely need to win more than two - thirds of the white vote and close to half of the black and Latino vote, in a primary where 500,000 or fewer of the city's 4.5 million registered Democrats show up.

There are enough Democrats in the Assembly to get the two - thirds majority needed to override Paterson's vetoes, and Senate Democrats will be happy to dare their Republican opponents to vote against school aid restorations.

The Governor's message was astutely deferential to Upstate's need for economic growth, meanwhile Cuomo also avoided triggering the tripwires of controversy on education and the environment (which provided Zephyr Teachout with opening to garner a third of the 2014 Democratic primary vote); Cuomo advanced strong measures around election law reform and on the criminal justice front vis a vis Bail reform, as well as the Dream Act and MWBE all of which registered positively with minority voters.

Howie Hawkins is again running for governor — for the third time — and the party needs at least 50,000 votes to maintain ballot access under New York state law.

Two - thirds of the British people who live in Europe couldn't vote in the 2016 referendum, so it's crucial that they get the guarantees they need to protect them from a Brexit which is very much being done to them without any say.

The Greens were pipped into third place in 2005 but a steady increase in their profile, helped by the ever - growing prominence of environmental issues, could see her gain the extra 6,000 or so votes she needs to unseat Labour's David Lepper.

A more likely scenario is that they remain neutral, which means Cuomo merely needs to get two thirds of the members who are actually voting — minus those abstaining.

Liz Benjamin wrote: «Remember: Third parties need to get at least 50,000 votes for their gubernatorial candidates in order to maintain ballot status.»

An attempt to suspend standing orders and allow an emergency motion on the Health and Social Care Bill was approved by a majority of conference representatives but failed to get the two - thirds majority needed (235 voted to suspend standing orders...

Stith, the third member of the board's current voting majority, added that he and his colleagues consider the commissioner's visit to be beneficial because, in his view, the district needs more funds from Albany.

Sixty - one senators voted in favour of her impeachment and 20 against, meeting the two - thirds majority needed to remove her from the presidency.

parliament will be able to vote for an early and immediate dissolution - a majority of two - thirds will be needed to carry the vote.

That's happened because Ed's recent victory surprised many, not least his brother and his brother's supporters, and some of Ed's people see a need to spin away the role played in Ed's victory by the two - thirds of the electorate who voted as union members, hence the suggestion that Labour «supporters» be added in some way to the electorate.

Klarides says Republicans should have been given a week to garner the support of Democrats needed to get the two - thirds vote for an override.

However, if NYSUT simply remains neutral, then Cuomo only needs to secure the support of two thirds of the AFL members who do vote.

While House and Senate opponents could pass a resolution blocking Obama from lifting sanctions on Iran, they look unlikely to round up the two - thirds of votes in both chambers needed to override President Obama's veto.

The de Blasio administration has not expressed support for the bill, but the Council passed it by a vote of 48 - 0, more than the two - thirds needed to override a mayoral veto.

We need Republicans who can at least compete in NYC, and maybe get a third of the vote there like Pataki did.

Supporters of S.B. 32 might have to decide how much they'll have to give up in order to attain the needed two - thirds vote.

The vote was 257 - 158, leaving it 20 votes short of the two - thirds majority needed under rules that had rushed the bill to the floor for a vote.

The Senate passed the measure in April by a 63 - to - 34 margin — just four votes shy of the two thirds majority needed to nix a veto — on a day when two supporters of the bill were absent.

The starting point is the fact that, under the U.S. Constitution, two - thirds of the Senate, or 67 votes, are needed to ratify any international treaty.

His wife (Sally Field in age - blind casting) sees the measure doomed to not gather the two - thirds majority vote it needs to pass in the House of Representatives.

What you need to know before voting: This is David O. Russell's second consecutive Oscar nomination for writing, alongside his third consecutive nomination for Directing.

However, her parents are perfectly pleasant if a bit awkward in the sense that her father feels the need to express that he would have voted for Obama a third time if he could.

Although the Senate narrowly voted to override the veto last month — the first time it successfully challenged a Bush veto — the House sustained the veto by 258 to 169, 27 votes short of the two - thirds majority needed.

The proposal to change that practice fell five votes short of the two - thirds majority it needed to pass.

November Third William Lewers In this sequel to the novel Gatekeepers of Democracy about elections and poll keepers, William Lewers, M.A.T.» 66, looks at the struggle that his main Gatekeeper protagonists face when they realize something is amiss with the voting machines in their district and they need to do something about it.

If a measure to increase local parcel taxes for public schools were on the ballot, about half of likely voters (48 %) would vote yes — a level of support far short of the two - thirds majority needed to pass a local parcel tax.

Sen. Carol Liu's SB 114 received support from all 27 Democrats in the upper house but failed to garner one, minority - party yes vote — all that was needed to meet the two - thirds approval threshold and move on to the Assembly.

While this week ended Saturday, voting in our third annual National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week Contest is still going on, and we need your help to select a winner!

If you didn't do well then you'll need to cast your vote once the first vision card has been flipped over, while those who did better might get to vote at the second or even third card.

Clive Palmer, whose Palmer United party candidate in Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie, has been confirmed as the party's second senator — the party may win a third spot in Western Australia — said his senators would vote for the repeal but his party «needed more information» on Direct Action.