Abraham Lincoln did not receive a majority of the popular vote in the eighteen sixty election.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

All right, let's try again. How many people vote that this is reversible? That looks like a majority to me. Irreversible?

好的，让我们再试试,有多少人认为这是可逆的？,看上去大多数人都这么认为？

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By a vote of five to four, the conservative majority on the court decided yes.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

A majority of the delegates refused to vote for secession.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

But Democrats were still able to assemble the 218 vote majority in the 435 member House required for passage.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

A 218 vote majority would be required but Democrats have faced concerns from moderates and conservatives within their own party.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Senate majority leader Harry Reid told reporters that,at the moment, he is looking ahead only to Thursday's vote.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

Democrats outnumber Republicans in the Senate, but do not possess a majority large enough to block Republicans from using a procedural motion known as a filibuster to prevent a vote from going forward.

VOA: standard.2009.05.31

Republicans also bitterly oppose the Democrat's plan to avoid Republican obstruction in a later Senate vote on the modified package with a process that would allow approval with a simple majority of 51 votes.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

The president's appearance was a final opportunity to fire back at Republicans on the issue before an expected Tuesday vote in which majority Senate Democrats are expected to be able to break the Republican roadblock.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

The term "reconciliation" refers to a process President Obama and Democrats are likely to use to win upcoming votes in the Senate with a simple 51 vote majority, rather than a 60 vote margin, to avoid Republican roadblocks.

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

The members of Somaliland's Lower House of Parliament introduced a motion to impeach the president this weekend, which if successfully passed by the majority would require a two-thirds vote in the Upper House of Parliament to finish the impeachment.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

A key question is whether either chamber of Congress will employ what is called the "reconciliation process" aimed at overcoming filibusters,or blocks, in the Senate on contentious measures where a 60-vote majority is usually required to pass major legislation.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24