Sentence examples for a simply majority from inspiring English sources

If two-thirds approve, it then moves on to the senate, where it requires only a simply majority to pass.

Because of that provision, the measure must garner 60 votes in the Senate, rather than a simply majority.

Republican governor Bill Haslam has said he believes the bill should not be a priority, but the bill only needs a simply majority to pass, and would be impossible for Haslam to veto – if he chose to do so – if that majority was achieved.

Similarly, while another survey by the institute found that a majority of Californians thought the quality of education was a big problem, and nearly 4 in 10 thought the schools had gotten worse, a ballot measure that would have let a simply majority approve local school bonds narrowly failed in March.

The obscure procedural maneuver requires only a simply majority, meaning Senate Democrats had no hope of stopping it through a filibuster.

Instead of requiring ratification by a two-thirds vote of the Senate, trade pacts would require only a simply majority from both chambers.

Being pro-choice is not simply a majority opinion; it has become a mandatory position".

It's not simply a majority of women who believe sexism is common, a very high proportion have first-hand experience of it; 47% of British women have encountered sexism in the street and for 13% this is a weekly occurrence.

It's hard to understand why filibusters can be used for legislation (which requires simply a majority vote for Senate approval) but not judicial nominations, particularly since legislation can easily be amended or repealed, but judges are confirmed for life.

An editorial in The Wall Street Journal later stated that these rates caused thousands of upper-income residents to flee the state, but studies revealed that a large majority simply made less money, and so fell beneath the income cutoff for the higher rates.

Also writing in Progress, Ryan, a former national organiser, agrees that Labour cannot form a majority simply by siphoning off Lib Dem voters.