Reconciliation allows Congress to pass party-line policies related to taxes and spending with simple majority votes, suspending the Senate’s usual 60-vote threshold needed to pass legislation.

In two-thirds of Missouri's congressional districts, proponents must collect signatures equal to 8% of the gubernatorial vote for initiated constitutional amendments. A simple majority vote is ...

Montana requires a simple majority vote (50% plus 1) for voters to approve constitutional amendments. In Montana, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is equal ...

It started with a lawsuit in which the city attempted to take a slice of his backyard. He doesn't want to see that kind of ...

The nominations that get majority votes in committee will be sent to the full Senate. From there, it’ll take agreements among all senators to allow floor votes on any of them. The Senate has a ...

"I will join the crowd at Capital One, after my Swearing In." Due to this change, the "vast majority of ticketed guests will not be able to attend the ceremonies in person," according to the Joint ...

Well short of an absolute majority in a disunited National Assembly, Bayrou and his centrist government are as vulnerable to no-confidence votes as his predecessor, Michel Barnier, whose ...

The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has reportedly been appointed as the Majority Leader of the 9th Parliament of Ghana. This is according to Accra-based Joy FM ...

The resolution died due to the lack of a majority vote. “Even Stevie Wonder can see that they play in politics,” said Dr. Safiya Omari, the Chief of Staff for Lumumba. The resolution was ...

The 2024 Connecticut General Assembly listens to Gov. Ned Lamont’s State of the State address. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror The first bedrock rule of legislative procedure violated by the ...

(AP) — The Virginia House of Delegates passed resolutions on Tuesday enshrining rights to abortion, voting and marriage equality in a critical step for Democrats hoping to amend the state’s ...