Sentences with phrase «vote threshold most»

«I think because it is a 51 vote threshold most of these nominees will pass.»

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It would be a devastating blow to the historical 60 - vote threshold for advancing most bills in the Senate and an unacceptable step for senators who pride themselves on tradition and deliberation.
Double digit ownership of voting shares certainly is a threshold most competent regulators set as requiring active assent for any bank investment.
A vote on whether to make a sitting MP fight his seat again should take place when local electors want it, assuming they can gather enough signatures (most systems that allow for recall votes set high enough thresholds to deter frivolous campaigns).
Sixty votes is the threshold to invoke cloture on most votes, including this one.
Most observers expect the party will easily meet this threshold, but other minor parties — like the Greens — could very well surpass it in terms of overall votes, which would mean the WFP would lose its hard - won position on Row D.
New strike ballot voting thresholds of 40 % will make most industrial action illegal — this from a government backed by less than 25 % of the electorate.
Blake, a 34 - year - old a veteran of former President Barack Obama's presidential campaign and White House, received the most votes — 171 — for the remaining position, open to a male or female out of 411.5 ballots received, but a second round was held because all contenders fell short of the 206 - vote threshold.
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