Assertion: senate | /r/CapableOf | amend rule
Facets:
value: with a simple majority vote
type: MANNER
value: in 1975
type: TEMPORAL
value: at the beginning of the session
type: TEMPORAL
value: to require 60 votes
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Finally, in 1975, the Senate amended Rule 22 to require the current three-fifths or 60 votes for passage.
text: Nixon's opinion, along with similar opinions by Hubert Humphrey and Nelson Rockefeller, has been cited as precedent to support the view that the Senate may amend its rules at the beginning of the session with a simple majority vote.