The bill fell one vote shy of the two-thirds majority an amendment to the Constitution requires.
The defense authorization bill flopped with a 240-156 vote, 24 short of the two-thirds majority required to override a veto.
Electronic signature legislation, which would put electronic signatures on legal par with written signatures, failed in the House this week when a 234-122 vote fell four votes shy of the two-thirds majority needed for approval.
It could then be put to a vote of all 193 member countries, requiring only a two-thirds majority for it to pass.
Normally, a majority vote - two-thirds of the vote - would be enough to elect the president.
Parliament could be dissolved early only if no government could be formed within 14 days of a simple majority vote of no confidence, or if two-thirds of MPs voted to trigger a general election.
The bill also sets out that Parliament could be dissolved early only if no government could be formed within 14 days of a simple majority vote of no confidence, or if two-thirds of MPs voted to trigger a general election.
This amendment has to receive a two-thirds (or more) majority of the vote in both the House and the Senate and then be ratified by the legislatures of 38 states before it can become part of the nation's fundamental law.
Back in the 1970s the people supporting the mini-bottles-only rule got it embedded in the state constitution, any amendment to which requires a two-thirds vote by both houses of the state legislature, as well as approval by a majority of South Carolina's voters in a referendum.
Thus, a two-thirds majority vote needed for a guilty verdict has never been a likely outcome of the trial.
The first vote will be held that afternoon, and then continue over the following days until one of the contenders gains the two-thirds majority that means he is elected head of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.
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