Sentences with phrase «before the vote about»

Before the vote about two dozen community members spoke in favor of the resolution.

In the state Senate, the measure was sponsored by Senator Diane Savino (D - Staten Island), who spoke on the floor before the vote about her parents, both of whom suffered from lung cancer.

There was much self - congratulation before the vote about how important it is to «trust the parents» in matters of education.

Not exact matches

HARWOOD: On the tax bill, one of the things you secured before voting the bill was a promise to do something about the «dreamers.»

Under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, about 800 counties with histories of racially - discriminatory voting laws — going back to poll taxes and literacy tests — had to get the Justice Department's approval beforehand (a process called pre-clearance) before such laws could take effect.

«Big banks and their lobbyists are about to score a touchdown at the expense of hardworking families across the country,» Brown said shortly before the vote.

You seem to be implying that before this trend started, politicians were wise policy architects who didn't care about votes.

Interestingly, Sen. John McCain, who the day before complained about Republicans» method of «trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle,» voted against the Democratic amendment to send health - care back to the starting line in committee.

VICTORIA — In the wake of serious revelations about Christy Clark's fundraising tactics, B.C. New Democrat Leader John Horgan is calling on the government to provide Elections BC with sufficient resources to complete its investigation before British Columbians vote.

This rush toward a vote in the Senate is a cynical attempt to roll back an important consumer protection before anyone gets straight answers from Equifax and Wells Fargo about the damage they've done to the financial lives of millions of Americans.

Before the Dominion Elections Act (1920), voting in Canadian federal elections was largely governed by the provinces, just as voting in US federal elections is still, even today, governed by the «several States» (as they are wont to put it)-- except for the 1917 wartime election, labelled as the «largest gerrymander in Canadian history» (I've just finished a fascinating book about that election, fought over the issue of conscription; I highly recommend it).

When Maclean's asked Kenney before the leadership vote about a carbon policy that these industry leaders may now view as something that must be replaced if it's repealed, he did something aspiring conservative premiers seldom do in Alberta: he took a shot at the corporate titans.

Online voting continued right up until midnight the night before the announcement, with about 2,000 votes tallied overall.

What I said was people in this country were ready to vote for someone of a different color not because of his credibility (after all, he had pretty much nothing for a record before running for office) which you seem to care so much about, but because of the color of his skin.

When political science students were challenged about being Republicans, they were not thereby disenfranchised from voting; when economics students were challenged on the merits of capitalism, they were not thereby excluded from purchasing notebooks, But when students were told that everything they had learned about their religion before entering this class was wrong, did we know — or care — if their capacity to function religiously in a mature fashion was diminished?

He raised concerns about the GOP candidate's remarks on women, immigrants, and minorities, and went on to say that «there is too much at stake before us» to abstain from voting altogether.

Then PLEASE research this American - grown religious cult and educate yourself about their beliefs before you vote for Mitt Romney.

Just before the calendars ticked over from 1999 to 2000, one pastor was voted out of his job by church members who complained that he refused to preach warnings about the coming world disaster called the Millennium Bug (remember that non-event?).

The only time I ever hear politics mentioned from the pulpit is about this time every year when church members are reminded of our duty as citizens of the U.S. to vote and to become informed on the issues and candidates before choosing how they will vote.

???) Think about it before you vote to put a mormon in The White House.

If there should be a place having a few faithful men in it, before the multitude sufficiently increase to vote (psephisasthai), who shall be able to make a dedication to pious uses for the bishop to the extent of twelve men, let them write to the churches round about them, informing them of the place in which the multitude of the faithful [assemble and] are established that their chosen men in that place may come, that they may examine with diligence him who is worthy of this grade.119

The cranberry bars and rice pudding were insanely delicious, the mussels and fries we had the night for dinner before declared a «winner» by all and the popcorn cookies we talked about voted «best cookie EVER by all my neighborhood tasters.

Before anyone chooses to down - vote this comment, then how about you actually try to come up with a response and tell me why I'm wrong.

Other guards: I thought long and hard about putting Jimmy Butler in that other guard spot and I may wind up doing it before the real vote is taken in January.

Your local radio broadcaster, who sees 162 games a year and studies the media notes for an hour before the game so he'll know what he's talking about — he can't vote.

That is a very good articles Wenger shou; ld never have been given a new contract he has completeky lossed the plot and if he is allowed to stay on things will get steaderly worse with our team I have supported Arsenal for over 70 years and we have had some bad times during that period but I have never felt the way I feel at the moment I really hate Wenger now and have never said that about any of our managers before But really believe Wenger will destroy our great club I believe the Boerd of Directors plus Usmanvof should out vote Kronke and make Usmanof the new Chairman then Usmanof will then sack Wenger As he said he would do if he was Chaiman then we could appoint a new Manager the one from Juventus or Atletico Madrid and Start to see Arsenal begin to be great again

«I was outspoken about this before whenever the vote went the first time around,» he said.

He added that there was no discussion by the board — either before voting to place the issues on the ballot or since — about any of the three issues.

O'Rahilly, however, did not tell commissioners about the proposal before their vote.

Many residents, unaware that the district was focusing on Centennial Beach, blasted Park District officials about the timing of the public hearing, one week before the Park Board is scheduled to vote on the location of the skate park.

I voted that it was nutty because I heard about it before and thought there is no way.

So now, even before Emma Benson, a field director for the conservative political organization Americans for Prosperity, knocks on a door, she has more than 700 data points about the person behind it, like magazine subscriptions, car ownership (make, model, year), propensity for voting, and likes and dislikes mined from Facebook and Twitter, from rock bands to baseball teams.

As I wrote before, polls in the most competitive Senate races look to have had about a 6 - percentage point Democratic bias based on the votes as counted so far.

When asked about the senator's attendance this year, his campaign spokesman, Richie Fife, had a three - point response: Perkins attendance record before this year is laudable; the votes so far this year have taken place outside the budget negotiations, when a bulk of the chambers» real action occurs; and frankly, legislators in the minority don't have much power, thanks to the way the Republican - IDC coalition runs the chamber.

There was no indication Tuesday morning about when Democratic leaders may attempt to to vote on a revised budget plan, but the legislature only has until midnight Wednesday to pass a budget before it's mandatory adjournment deadline.

The Assembly wrapped up its voting about 45 minutes before midnight on April 1, just barely delivering an on - time budget.

A lot of Democrats are up in arms about ABC's upcoming miniseries, «The Path to 9/11» — an email I got from the Democratic Party described it as «a bald - faced attempt to slander Democrats and revise history right before Americans vote in a major election.»

In East Hampton if the Board votes to accept FAA finance it will be 20 years before you'll again have an opportunity to bring about peaceful skies.

On October 13, one day before the state's voter registration deadline for new voters wishing to vote November 8, de Blasio spent about 30 minutes registering voters in downtown Brooklyn.

What about telling us you read the health care bill before you voted yes... as instructed to do by Palosi... then found out it was a disaster?

De Blasio's main challenger, Republican Nicole Malliotakis, conceded before 10 p.m. after earning about 29 percent of votes.

That's an about - face for the speaker, who told me in March that he would prefer to «wait and see» what happens in the Senate before putting the bill back up for a vote in his house.

So I owe both both my constituents, my country and Chuck Hagel the obligation to sit down and ask him about the things I'm concerned about and I will do that before I determine how I'm going to vote.»

The Dean of the New York Congressional Delegation then rambled a bit about how black voters were supporting gays long before Baptist ministers were something or other (I couldn't quite follow what he said), then Rangel got back on message, adding that no matter what the polls say, at the end of the day Spitzer will not have the votes in the African American community that current polling suggests.

Sharon Lessington, a voting site coordinator at the Northern Manhattan Nursing and Rehab Center on 125th Street in East Harlem, said there were about 20 people who voted just before noon Tuesday.

Republican State Senator John DeFrancisco of Syracuse has raised questions about the loan and said he wanted more information before he could vote to approve it.

Fast forward to November, she claims the first time she heard about this new arrangement was a few days before we voted on the budget, a budget that had nothing in it for safety net charges.

Also Ed is talking about a closed primary where you have to register as being a Labour supporter before you can vote which will be a logistical mess for the elderly and disabled and will cost a bomb.

«I don't think I've ever really supported a Republican before, but for me, what I wanted to make sure of was that they would get re-elected so there would be a narrative about how you can be a Republican and vote for equality.»

There is still another step in the process before the ECFSA can go to market, and during that vote on the actual borrowing plan I encourage all my colleagues in the Legislature to think about what they are doing.