Number: 98-778
Title: Super-Majority Votes in the House
Authors: Walter J. Oleszek, Government and Finance Division 
Abstract: The principle of majority rule dominates the work of the House of Representatives. This means, in brief, that most questions are decided by vote of a simple majority. Some super-majority votes, however, are explicitly specified in the Constitution; implicitly, they also inhere in authority granted in Article I, section 5, which says, "Each chamber may determine the Rules of Its Proceedings."
Pages: 2
Date: Updated May 19, 2008