• Florida will not let you work as an interior designer unless you complete a four-year university degree and a two-year apprenticeship and pass a two-day examination.

    ECONOMIST: The terrible threat of unlicensed interior designers

  • Another piece of legislation introduced in the House would amend the state constitution to require future wildlife or natural resource-related initiatives to pass by a two-thirds margin, rather than by a simple majority.

    CNN: Alaskan airborne wolf hunting resurfaces

  • And we will not be satisfied -- you can be sure -- if only one or two or three of them pass -- because all of them should pass.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • Because for me, it was a flame that my father passed on to me, through a brother who served in Vietnam, from his service in World War Two, to my twenty-two years and now we pass that flame on to my nephew, who has already done two tours of duty in Afghanistan.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Keeping "the flame" burning

  • The latest plan fell far short of the two-thirds needed to pass the Bangkok conference.

    BBC: Polar bear trade ban vote defeated at meeting

  • The plan now goes to the legislature where it needs a two-thirds majority to pass.

    ECONOMIST: Abbas wins

  • Democrats waged a multimillion-dollar ad campaign and lobbied hard for the bill but still came up 13 votes short of the two-thirds needed to pass.

    NPR: Mukasey Questioned on Torture

  • Opponents of gay and lesbian marriage are also pushing a federal constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage nationwide, though it failed to gain the needed two-thirds majority to pass when it came up for votes in both the House and Senate.

    CNN: Same-sex marriage bans?winning on state ballots

  • The only other pro-independence party at Holyrood is the Greens - and they only have two MSPs - meaning the majority needed to pass a referendum bill is not there, at present anyway.

    BBC: delegate reads independence headline

  • So they should pass the two-month, and then we can get to negotiating the year-long.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • Part of the problem is that the Assembly often fails to get the two-thirds quorum necessary to pass laws.

    CNN: Rebuilding A Country?

  • Although it takes two-thirds of legislators to pass a tax increase, fees could be increased by a simple majority vote.

    ECONOMIST: California's budget

  • Enrolled agents are licensed by the Internal Revenue Service and must either pass a two-day test or have worked for the IRS for five years.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The bill would give a free pass to two-thirds of all end users of derivatives, reports the Congressional Research Service, including corporations (10%) and financial firms (56%).

    FORBES: Heads Up

  • We can pass the two-month extension.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • The package was passed by parliament in late April and early May 2010 with 336 votes, below the two-thirds majority necessary to pass it directly, but enough to send it to a referendum within 60 days after the president signed the law.

    BBC: Q&A: Turkey's constitutional referendum

  • It could then be put to a vote of all 193 member countries, requiring only a two-thirds majority for it to pass.

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  • Gerrymandered districts produce extremist politicians, among whom agreement is all but impossible since two-thirds majorities are needed to pass budgets and impose new taxes.

    ECONOMIST: State budgets in crisis

  • Brazil earned a memorable third goal after 69 minutes, Vagner Love breaking free down the left and slotted an inch-perfect pass between two defenders to Alves.

    BBC: Brazil victorious in Copa America

  • It required a two-thirds plus one majority to pass.

    BBC: Libya parliament bans Gaddafi-era officials

  • The W8 is good for that, because its added power means you can accelerate late and still manage that merge into traffic, or jump on the gas hard when a small window opens to pass on a two-lane country highway.

    FORBES: Test Drives

  • The quarterback, who finished 22-of-36 for 306 yards, two touchdowns and a pick, threw a beautiful second-down pass to Lee Evans in the back corner of the endzone that nearly went for a touchdown.

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  • Nasri also played a fine one-two with Silva but overhit his pass with Balotelli waiting to pounce.

    BBC: eng-prem

  • Another voter initiative has, since the 1930s, required two-thirds majorities in the legislature to pass a budget.

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  • Paramount's offer: Pay full price for a one-day pass and get two visits.

    FORBES: Free Fall

  • There were eight worlds, with four levels each, which meant that you had to pass through thirty-two stages to get to the princess.

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  • Still, for years afterwards the Republicans were able to wield great influence as a minority party thanks to a rule that required a two-thirds supermajority in both chambers to pass a budget.

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  • The Sadrists -- who say the constitution does not spell out a process for voting on international agreements -- are backing a draft law calling for a two-thirds majority for such agreements to pass.

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  • Because of the Recovery Act that I signed into law last month -- and that your two outstanding senators, Feinstein and Boxer, worked so hard to pass -- we're making major investments to create jobs right here in California: rebuilding infrastructure, weatherizing homes, and putting more police on the streets, supporting community health centers.

    WHITEHOUSE: Town Hall in Los Angeles

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