simple majority

noun

less than half of the total votes cast but more than the minimum required to win, as when there are more than two candidates or choices.
less than half the number of voters registered.

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When one voter asked Schiff and Carbajal about the looming threat of cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, Schiff walked the crowd through the process known as reconciliation, which enables some spending bills to pass the Republican-controlled Senate on a simple majority vote.

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That would be enough to pass it by a simple majority, but not quite enough to reach the 60 votes typically needed to pass bills in the Senate, or the 66 needed to override a near-certain presidential veto.

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In 1974, though, Congress conjured up the budget reconciliation process, which allows the Senate to pass legislation that meets certain rules with only 51 votes—a simple majority.

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The upside to this, though, is that such emergencies can be terminated by simple majority votes in Congress.

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Thus, anytime a party controls all three branches of government, it can push through tax legislation with only a simple majority.

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