Sentences with phrase «through simple majority»

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

«While some of the requirements are a simple matter of checking the box and can be fulfilled through a well - drafted internship agreement, the majority are subjective,» says Peter Minton, founder and president of Minton Law Group in New York City.

Not only could such a gift to businesses be looked down upon by American voters, but it would also complicate the GOP's plan to pass tax legislation through budget reconciliation, a process that requires only a simple majority in the Senate but brings with it limitations on adding to the deficit beyond the span of a decade.

In short, he was able to push through the confirmation of a number of federal judges with a simple majority without threat of filibuster.

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.

Presented by Jenkins Auto Group, Michael Greger, M.D., author of «How Not to Die» is presenting a free and open lecture on how a vast majority of premature deaths can be prevented through simple changes in diet and lifestyle.

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).

Our data guru ran a spider through overall bestseller lists and found that these three genres accounted for 70 % of the top 100 bestsellers on Amazon and well over half of the top 1,000 bestsellers.3 Future earnings reports will look at all of fiction4, but for now, we started with a simpler data set that captured the vast majority of what readers purchase.

«We support breeders throughout the process, and the vast majority of visits are entirely successful and require just simple changes, which we talk through during the visit.

Indeed, a simple sit prevents the majority of annoying behavior problems, including jumping - up, dashing through doorways, running away, bothering people, chasing his tail, chasing the cat, etc., etc..

The combat is simple, so simple in fact that you will find yourself mashing the same button repeatedly through the majority of the game.

Whoever wins the partisan general election can obtain additional terms through yes / no retention elections, but there they must obtain at least a 57 % yes vote (the original 1988 constitutional amendment made it a simple majority; a 1994 amendment raised it).

Certainly the vast majority of wills are simple enough to go through «on the nod».

Marriage is the central relationship for the majority of adults, and morbidity and mortality are reliably lower for married individuals than unmarried individuals across such diverse health threats as cancer, heart attacks, and surgery.1 - 4 Although loss of a spouse through death or divorce can provoke adverse mental and physical health changes,1,5 - 7 the simple presence of a spouse is not necessarily protective; a troubled marriage is itself a prime source of stress, while simultaneously limiting the partner's ability to seek support in other relationships.8 The impact of a turbulent marriage is substantial; for example, epidemiological data demonstrated that unhappy marriages were a potent risk factor for major depressive disorder, associated with a 25-fold increase relative to untroubled marriages.9 Similarly, other researchers found a 10-fold increase in risk for depressive symptoms associated with marital discord.10