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- noun Plural form of
supermajority .
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Examples
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James Madison, our fourth President and the Father of the Constitution, also condemned the notion of supermajorities in
Northwest Progressive Institute Advocate Andrew 2010
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The "supermajorities" needed to pass state budgets means that six Republicans (two Senators and four Assembly members) can hold hostage the nation's most populated state.
Joseph A. Palermo: California's Death Throes: A View From Sacramento 2009
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The "supermajorities" needed to pass state budgets means that six Republicans (two Senators and four Assembly members) can hold hostage the nation's most populated state.
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But if you believe that the body's slow transformation into an institution requiring supermajorities to agree on every piece of business is the problem, this doesn't solve it.
Senate Democrats unveil filibuster reforms Ezra Klein 2011
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Sure, the framers made it fairly difficult to do that, requiring supermajorities in the political process on various levles.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Help Draft the Federalism Restoration Amendment 2010
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FDL is angry that because the Democratic grassroots worked hard for years to give the Democratic elites the WHite House and huge supermajorities in the House and Senate.
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FDL is angry that because the Democratic grassroots worked hard for years to give the Democratic elites the WHite House and huge supermajorities in the House and Senate.
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Aboud acknowledged that her bill would face a steep climb in Phoenix, where both chambers of the legislature are controlled by Republican supermajorities.
Tucson shooting draws attention to Arizona's mental health laws, funding Philip Rucker 2011
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Refusing to acknowledge that Democrats – in power with a once in 30 years supermajorities — have done NOTHING to change the corrupt and malign nature of American politics, American campaign finance, and American News Media.
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The result is that a proposed amendment must make it through at least 163 separate veto points: at least one committee in each house of Congress (probably more), plus supermajorities in each house of Congress, plus committees (probably multiple committees) in each of 75 state legislative chambers, plus the 75 state legislative chambers themselves.
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