Sentences with phrase «against a referendum bill»

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The constitutional bill is firmly anchored in the will of the people because (a) the bill fully reflects the declaration of the 2010 National Assembly at which every Icelander 18 years or older had an equal chance of being invited to take a seat and (b) it was approved by 2/3 of the voters in a national referendum against the wishes of much of the discredited political class.

That was why I found it absolutely disgraceful that he came in the other night to vote against the referendum lock in the European Union Bill, which is going through the other place.»

In Montana, Libertarian Mike Fellows is spending the day at the capitol on April 17, lobbying against SB 408, the bill that would put a referendum on a top - two open primary on the November 2014 ballot.

Any money contributed for or against the referendum effort as an independent expenditure has to be reported to the state's gaming commission, according to the bill.

However, Glyn Davies, a Eurosceptic, told Vaughan Roderick on Sunday Supplement on BBC Radio Wales he would vote against any amendment expressing regret that there was no EU referendum Bill in last week's the Queen's Speech.

As a further disincentive against proposing large rises, councils themselves will have to foot the bill for running a referendum, though the vote could be held in tandem with other local elections.

Former Cabinet minister John Moore and Baroness Trumpington voted against the frontbench for the first time ever when the referendum bill came before them.

Dean, many Labour MPs voted against the Bill that introduced the referendum on AV — that is breaking a commitment to holding one.

The Labour case against the bill is a strong one, which ought to appeal to Lib Dem traditions of localism: they say it is unfair to spatchcock the boundary changes and reduction of parliamentary seats on to the referendum, putting the two together in one bill.

During the House of Commons vote in October 2011 on a backbench motion for a bill to be introduced in the next parliamentary session to enable a referendum to be held on Britain's continued membership of the European Union, Mosley was one of 81 Conservative MPs who voted against the Government Whip to support a referendum.