Enlighten me: does the simple majority for passing legislation decrease with these retirements, or does it stay the same? I believe the count is 218 for passage with 435 House members. If there are ten retirements, is the majority then 213? Or is the majority unchanged at 218?
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These are announced retirements (not running again), not resignations. They’ll still hold their offices and vote until January.
Enlighten me: does the simple majority for passing legislation decrease with these retirements, or does it stay the same? I believe the count is 218 for passage with 435 House members. If there are ten retirements, is the majority then 213? Or is the
The simple majority is who ever is voting...say 36 didn’t vote (for whatever reason) so then a simple majority would be 200-199. Sorry, I don’t know the quorum rules.