Practice question
A hypothetical House has 300 sitting Members and the Senate has twenty-four, with no vacancies or exclusions. A House-originated bill is vetoed. On proper reconsideration, 200 Representatives agree to pass it, and it and the objections then reach the Senate, where sixteen agree. The votes are properly recorded. Assume no other defect. Which conclusion follows?
- The House needs 201 because two-thirds always means more than two-thirds
- The prescribed two-thirds threshold is met in each House, so the bill becomes law through override
- The Senate needs all twenty-four votes
- The two tallies must instead be pooled into one majority
- The President must sign despite the successful override
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article VI, Section 27(1).
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