60% of the vote is the standard 3/5 needed
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Senate has 59 members
36 votes would be needed
House has 118 members
71 votes would be needed
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This would take a simple majority in both Houses of Congress. 218 votes in the House and 51 votes in the Senate if all seats are filled and everybody votes. The VP could break a tie-vote in the Senate.
If you consider Obama's home state Hawaii, Hawaii has 3 electoral votes.If you count Obama's home state Illinois, Illinois has 20 electoral votes.Barack Obama is now living in Washington D.C., which has 3 electoral votes.
a quorum ( one over half votes )
Congress can override a presidential veto