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2/3 majority.
There are 100 United States Senators. A majority of the Sentate is needed for a bill to be passed. However, if there is a filibuster, then it requires 60 votes to overcome the filibuster, and then it takes a majority of the Senate to pass a bill.
Simple majority of the majority of that house.
A simple majority is needed, in the event of a tie the speaker will vote to break the deadlock.
No...this is too small of a majority to pass according to the constitution
To pass a bill to the president, there must be a majority vote in both houses (over 50%). If the president vetoes the bill, it still may pass, except this time it needs a 2/3 majority vote from both houses.
Congress can pass a vetoed bill with a two-thirds majority vote in both houses.
This is not strictly true. A simple majority of one more than half suffices to pass a bill. However, a 3/5 majority is required in the Senate to end debate and force a measure to a vote, so a 3/5 is needed to ram a controversial law through.
A simple majority ( 51 votes if all vote) will pass any bill in the Senate. (Please note that all tax bills must originate in the House.)
No...this is too small of a majority to pass according to the constitution
No...this is too small of a majority to pass according to the constitution
the first method to pass a bill is to pass it through both houses of legislature, buy a 2/3 majority in each.