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Voting Requirements: Requirement Senate House of Representatives Joint Session All Members

The document outlines the vote requirements for different actions that can be taken by the Senate, House of Representatives, joint sessions, and all members in the Congress of the Philippines. It lists what percentage of the vote is needed for actions like passing laws, overriding a veto, declaring war, amending the constitution, and more. The vote requirements range from a simple majority to three-fourths of members depending on the specific action being taken.

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Voting Requirements: Requirement Senate House of Representatives Joint Session All Members

The document outlines the vote requirements for different actions that can be taken by the Senate, House of Representatives, joint sessions, and all members in the Congress of the Philippines. It lists what percentage of the vote is needed for actions like passing laws, overriding a veto, declaring war, amending the constitution, and more. The vote requirements range from a simple majority to three-fourths of members depending on the specific action being taken.

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Voting requirements

The vote requirements in the Congress of the Philippines are as follows:

House of
Requirement Senate Joint session All members
Representatives

One-fifth  Request of recording of yeas N/A N/A


and nays on any question

 Pass an
One-third N/A N/A N/A
articles of
impeachment

 Election of  Submit to
 Election of
the Senate the electorate
the Speaker
President  Revocation the question of
of martial law calling a
constitutional
Majority (50%  Passage of laws convention
 Revocation
+1 member) of the
 Election of the president in suspension of  Grant a tax
case of a tie vote. the privilege of exemption
the writ of
 Confirmation of an habeas corpus  Concurrence
appointment of the president to a of a grant of
vice president amnesty

 Suspend or expel a member

 Designation of the vice


president as acting president

 Override a presidential veto  Declaration


 Call a
Two-thirds of a state of
constitutional
war (voting
convention
 Conviction separately)
of impeached
officials N/A

 Concurren
ce on a treaty
 Passage of
Three-fourths N/A N/A N/A amendments to,
or revision of the
constitution

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