41.   The proposed amendment would require a two-thirds majority in each house to make changes in the internal revenue law that would raise federal revenues.

42.   Their amendment would also require Mexican carriers to have insurance from companies with U.S. addresses, which is not required of Canadian or U.S. trucking companies.

43.   To be approved, such an amendment would require a two-thirds vote of each house and acceptance by three-fourths of the states.

44.   To be approved, such an amendment would require a two-thirds vote of each house as well as acceptance by three-fourths of the states.

45.   What the balanced budget amendment would require is that during a recession we would have to raise taxes or cut spending to put ourselves back in balance.

46.   A cornerstone of the contract, a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget, went down by one vote in the Senate.

47.   A constitutional amendment requires approval by both chambers of Parliament and then must be voted by each chamber a second time.

48.   Any proposed amendment would require majority approval from voters in the Irish Republic.

49.   And amendments would require Commons approval.

50.   Constitutional amendments require over two thirds majority in Parliament and the government needed the support of at least one opposition party.