Nine members vote and the majority rules, even when, as at its last meeting, it is a majority of one.
Nothing so concentrates a coalition member's mind as a majority of one.
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But that does not mean that -- I mean, the fact that some people hold that view or take that position does mean that a majority of Congress or even a majority of one party holds that view.
His one-time friend and now political enemy Gianfranco Fini called on him to resign at the weekend, saying "the government must understand that it is not credible, even if it wins in parliament by a vote, because with a majority of one vote you can survive but you can't govern".
Ms Gillard's coalition government has a majority of just one seat in the lower house of parliament.
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The upshot is that the government will have a majority of only one, even with the support of the small group of independents.
Her People's Alliance, which has a majority of only one vote in parliament, is divided over what policy to follow, and its members will themselves have to face an election next year.
He was found guilty by a majority of 11 to one on each count following more than 18 hours of deliberations by the jury.
It is hard to imagine a government of one party, with a majority in the House of Commons, being content to allow its rivals to hold the speakership.
The prosecution said this proved that he had fired the fatal shot and he was convicted by a majority of 10 to one.
The FTT, before three judges, concluded in November, by a majority of two to one, that the EBT payments were loans, not earnings, and so were not liable for income tax.
Debate raged for seven hours but as MPs in the elected House of Commons passed the order by a majority of two to one late last year, it will now become law.
The process of choosing a new pope involves cardinals from across the world gathering in Rome where they will then carry out a series of secret ballots until one of their number receives a majority of two-thirds of the votes.
The job of conservatives is precisely to conserve worthwhile traditions, and a majority vote of 50% plus one is one of those.
She revealed a majority of respondents favoured a one question referendum.
Again, the rationale was that a majority of customers would accept one or the other price plans, a few may accept both services, and some would leave.
By doing so, NetFlix completely reversed a situation in which a majority of customers may accept one plan or the other (and some would accept both) to one in which customers now want to actively seek alternatives.
The voters waved it through by a majority of about two to one, even though the barrage of opposition did bring down the percentage of Latinos supporting the initiative from a one-time high of about 80% to around 50%.
And even though a large majority of games are free apps, the category is one that generates a lot of interest in a device and system from both the users and developers.
Tilden won 51% of the popular vote and came just one short of a majority in the electoral college.
In my case, I was both a victim and a witness to organized violence of a Muslim majority state against its own population with the result that one out of seven people, nearly ten million, were forced from their homes to take refuge in a neighboring country as refugees and over half-million were killed.
In a recent article published by the Canadian Industrial Equipment News, they cited a study completed by ESI International, a project management learning company suggesting that although the majority of organizations value a highly collaborative work environment, less than one out of three organizations actually have a framework in place to facilitate it.
PML-Q and its allies have a majority in all but one of the assemblies, his re-election ought to be assured.
And he stressed that the existing threshold for a no-confidence vote would remain as a simple majority of 50% plus one.
It is troubling to see that a majority of homes have at least one flame retardant at levels beyond what the federal government says is safe.
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Although in some states workers are obliged to join a union if a majority of workers choose to have one, many southern and western states have laws that allow workers to opt out.
By introducing the levy, Mr Obama has pandered to a single union, one that does not even represent a majority of American tyre-industry workers, and he has done so against the interests of everyone else (see article).
Approximately 60 to 80 percent of marine debris is plastic, the majority of which is as a result of our mindless use of one-life plastics, 60 percent of which is comprised of plastic bags, Styrofoam (used for take away foods), drinks bottles and their caps.
In what is surely a significant development, for the first time, one party commanded support of a majority of poll respondents.
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