The plans they prepare will have legal force if passed by a simple majority in a referendum.
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Each senator has a single vote, and the next vice president would be chosen by a simple majority vote.
The House, by a simple majority vote, must approve the articles of impeachment and convey them to the Senate.
Although it takes two-thirds of legislators to pass a tax increase, fees could be increased by a simple majority vote.
But Mr. Obama used a procedural gambit known as reconciliation to gain Senate approval of ObamaCare by a simple majority vote.
But on one interpretation of procedure the rules can be changed by a simple majority of senators at the beginning of a new Congress.
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Parliament will elect South Africa's next president by a simple majority, putting Mr Zuma in line for the post when the new assembly votes in May.
It would not be possible to implement fixed-term parliaments if a general election could be called by a simple majority in the House of Commons, he said.
Another piece of legislation introduced in the House would amend the state constitution to require future wildlife or natural resource-related initiatives to pass by a two-thirds margin, rather than by a simple majority.
The referendum was held only because, under pressure from the League, Mr Berlusconi rammed the reform through parliament by a simple majority, rather than strike a deal with the opposition to secure a two-thirds majority in each parliamentary chamber.
What this means is that when a new rule is agreed, there will have to be a majority by voting weight of all EU members, plus a simple unweighted majority of the eurozone "outs" and the "ins".
With McConnell up for re-election in 2014, he is considered unlikely to risk angering the party's conservative base by supporting a compromise or allowing one to pass on a simple majority vote that would need no GOP backing, sources said.
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The procedural agreement meant that amendments by both parties required 60 votes to advance, rather than a simple majority.
"Plain and simple, this supplemental is written by the majority is a blueprint for defeat, " he said.
The CRA allows Congress to overturn rules created by federal agencies, using a joint resolution made under an expedited process and requiring a simple majority.
Among its nine initiatives, California offered a proposition that could reduce government gridlock by lowering the minimum needed for the legislature to approve a state budget, making it a simple majority instead of a two-thirds majority.
Mr Kamprad's wife and a Swiss lawyer have also been members of this committee, which takes most of its decisions by simple majority, since the foundation was set up.
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