Sentence examples for requiring a supermajority from inspiring English sources

Requiring a supermajority makes the process less political, not more.

There's nothing democratic about requiring a supermajority of 60 votes to pass a bill.

Requiring a supermajority to pass basic legislation is unacceptable, and a major cause of the current gridlock.

But none of the bills passed because the Senate now operates as an institution requiring a supermajority of sixty votes for any legislation to move.

The company pointed to a provision in its bylaws requiring a supermajority vote of about 67percenttoto seat more than two directors.

If the tax-cut bill increases the deficit by more than $1.5 trillion, it would trigger the so-called Byrd Rule, requiring a supermajority of votes in order to pass.

In retrospect, a wiser course would have been to require a supermajority vote to leave, with additional requirements that voters in Britain's component nations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all agree.

"We are one of three states that require a supermajority.

"The framers never intended ordinary legislation to require a supermajority vote," the court said.

The framers required a supermajority to ensure that treaties would reflect a broad consensus and careful, mature decision-making.

And legislators will take a lot of convincing to introduce a new tax; in many states, that requires a supermajority.