Sentences with phrase «amendment is voted»

And even if the amendment is voted down, the revenue sharing and exclusivity agreements approved between state government and the Indian tribes remain in place.

Perhaps more importantly, if the amendment is voted down it will give Governor Christie and future elected officials a «public mandate» to avoid fixing the pension system.

The anti-abortion amendment being voted on this week in the state could restrict in vitro procedures, and the Carpenters are worried that if they wait too long to add to their family, they may end up breaking the law.

Unfortunately, our amendment was voted down by Assembly Democrats while every Assembly Republican voted for it.

Cuomo, who perhaps had the most to lose with the amendment being voted down, released a celebratory statement this evening.

Peter Black AM this morning tabled an amendment to the Local Government (Wales) Bill calling for the Single Transferable Vote system to be introduced; however this amendment was voted down in Committee.

Democrats in the Senate for a second time proposed gun control bills, including banning teachers form carrying firearms at school, but the amendments were voted down, mostly along party lines.

Thankfully, the amendment was voted down, but most Democratic senators, including Warren and Sanders, voted for it.

After a handful of amendments were voted on, cloture was filed on the Senate version of the Farm Bill, which was successful.

Not exact matches

That means the Obama administration was given free rein to craft the agreement, which must be submitted to a straight up or down vote, with no possibility of amendment or filibuster.

In a two - step plan, Boehner is pressing for a vote on Wednesday and a second vote Thursday on a balanced - budget amendment to the Constitution.

After an official 20 hours of debate, the Republican - controlled Senate was expected to begin a potentially chaotic «vote - a-rama» on amendments from Republicans and Democrats before moving to a final vote late on Thursday or early on Friday.

Democrats counter that the ACA was debated for more than three months after the initial text of the legislation was released before it got its first House vote, and amendments offered by Republicans were added to the bill.

«If you're too dangerous to fly on a plane, you're too dangerous to buy a firearm,» said Kirk, who voted with the Democrats on a similar amendment in December.

The Republican - controlled Senate was expected to begin a potentially chaotic «vote - a-rama» on amendments...

They were celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted American women the right to vote, but they were also protesting the limits and expectations placed on American womanhood, demanding changes to childcare and abortion policies and education and employment opportunities.

Before the 19th Amendment was passed, no woman had the right to vote.

Today is Women's Equality Day, marking the 95th anniversary of the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote.

The Amendment is a vitally important one for the female half of the country's population: It gave (some) women the right to vote.

However, it's unclear whether the transgender or base closing amendments will get enough votes to be included in the Senate's final NDAA.

Paul threatened to make the final NDAA passage more difficult, opposing «all procedural motions and amendments unless and until my amendment is made in order and we vote on these wars.»

If you hold your shares in street name, it is critical that you cast your vote if you want it to count in the election of directors, the vote to approve the amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the vote to approve the amendment and restatement of our 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, the advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation, and the stockholder proposals requesting: (i) the elimination of supermajority voting requirements, (ii) the adoption of a policy to consider employee pay ranges when setting CEO compensation, and (iii) a report on Salesforce's criteria for investing in, operating in and withdrawing from high - risk regions (Proposals 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in this Proxy Statement).

If you vote by proxy card or voting instruction card and sign the card without giving specific instructions, your shares will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of the Board (FOR all of HP's nominees to the Board, FOR ratification of the appointment of HP's independent registered public accounting firm, FOR the approval of the compensation of HP's named executive officers, FOR the approval of an annual advisory vote on executive compensation, FOR the Hewlett - Packard Company 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and FOR the approval of an amendment to the Hewlett - Packard Company 2005 Pay - for - Results Plan to extend the term of the plan).

Proxy cards that are signed and returned but do not contain instructions will be voted (1) «For» the election of the Class I director nominees, (2) «For» approval of an amendment to the J.Crew Group, Inc..

The affirmative vote of the majority of the votes cast by holders of our common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting will be required to approve the amendment of the 2004 Plan, provided that the total votes cast on the proposal represent over 50 % of the outstanding stock entitled to vote on the proposal.

If you return your signed proxy card or vote by proxy over the Internet but do not mark the boxes showing how you wish to vote, your shares will be voted FOR the election of the director nominees named in this proxy statement, FOR the ratification of the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm, FOR the amendment of the 2004 Plan, and in the discretion of the proxy holders for any other matter that may properly come before the Annual Meeting.

As I discuss in my recent paper, First Amendment and Corporate Governance, shareholder voting on corporate speech could amplify activist business skeptics while muting the diversified shareholders who would prefer that business views be heard.

Balancing the Budget: The House voted on a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution with no actual plan to balance the budget — perhaps because it won't be easy.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment to the SSE Holdings LLC Agreement will be effective with respect to a Continuing SSE Equity Owner that does not vote in favor thereof if such amendment would adversely affect such Continuing SSE Equity Owner in any material respect in a manner that is disproportionately adverse to such Continuing SSE Equity Owner.

«When I brought forward the British Columbia Oil and Gas Activities Amendment Act, 2014, all the Liberal government needed to do was vote yes,» said New Democrat MLA for Stikine Doug Donaldson.

As a U.S. company, its pay vote is advisory, not binding; moreover the company's share class structure means that approval is effectively assured, with founders» Class B shares carrying ten times the voting power of ordinary Class A. Nonetheless, opposition has been bubbling up, with an amendment to the company's stock plan generating a 28 % against vote at the 2016 AGM.

Whereas the current Code merely calls for a statement to be published on the company's website in response to shareholder concerns when a say - on - pay fails to receive majority support, the Senate's amendment would require companies to prepare and present a report at the next general meeting detailing how it took the shareholder vote into consideration.

The amendments to the constitution were voted down and... the country's bellwether stockmarket index rallied 15 % over the rest of the month.

After several embarrassing setbacks, Republican leaders, under pressure from the White House, spent much of last week weighing whether to hold a vote on the measure that included the new amendment, which was negotiated by New Jersey Representative Tom MacArthur and North Carolina Representative Mark Meadows, who chairs the House Freedom Caucus.

This process was complicated on December 13, when several Conservative British MPs joined the opposition to vote for an amendment requiring British Parliament to debate and vote on any final deal with the EU before it can be approved.

The TSX amendments were a step in the right direction, but they left open an «exceptional circumstance» loophole, which has the potential to render majority voting less meaningful.

The reconciliation bill also initially delayed but did not repeal the so - called «Cadillac tax» on high - cost insurance plans to avoid revenue loss outside the budget window, but an amendment repealing it was adopted by an overwhelming bipartisan vote and no Byrd rule challenge was raised despite its deficit impact.

In addition, certain amendments to the Trust Agreement require advance notice to the Shareholders before the effectiveness of such amendments, but no Shareholder vote or approval is required for any amendment to the Trust Agreement.

These so - called «broker non-votes» will be included in the calculation of the number of votes considered to be present at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum, but will not be considered in determining the number of votes necessary for approval and will have no effect on the outcome of the vote for Directors, the advisory vote on executive compensation, the amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the shareholder proposals.

We will also be considering ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accountants, an advisory vote to approve executive compensation, an amendment to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation and two shareholder proposals.

Peers in the House of Lords are expected to vote later on an amendment which would pave the way for Britain to recognise Islamic State's treatment of Christians and other minorities as genocide.

The Church of England is urging Parliament not to vote through an amendment which would allow three - parent... More

But, in the Senate, it was criticized as an «election dodge,» and it fell two votes short of the two - thirds required to propose a constitutional amendment.

Then there was Bush v. Gore, in which the court, in halting the Florida recount, announced a novel and potentially far - reaching requirement of equal vote - counting standards across districts, a theory unsupported by the Fourteenth Amendment's original intent.

The 13th, 14th and 15th amendements (freedom, citizenship and voting rights) were all Republican amendments and almost universally opposed by Democrats.

Although the final numbers are not in, it appears that ~ 500,000 voted to reject the Personhood amendment vs. ~ 400,000 voting for the amendment i.e. the Immoral Majority rules when it comes to abortion.

The Bill, which was passed by 268 votes to 177 and now goes to the House of Lords, is strongly supported by the Catholic Education Service (CES), which last week hailed an amendment to the Bill that it said it had secured after «extensive lobbying».

Let me ask you something Jeremy - I have had people tell me that because I am white, a Christian a veteran and a conservative that I am, a baby killer, a racist (because I didn't vote for Obama) and an anti poor elitist and a homophobe because I am against homosexuality, also that I am a potential serial killer because I believe in the second amendment.

Amazingly, some extraordinarily courageous individuals (initially Arnold himself, journalists David Quinn and Breda O'Brien, the Iona Institute; later on, John Waters, retired Regius Professor of Laws at Trinity College Dublin, William Binchy and the distinguished historian Prof. John A. Murphy; the gay campaigners for a «No» vote, Paddy Manning and Keith Mills, deserve special mention) did succeed in making a difference to the eventual numbers, although not the outcome: in the early Spring, polls indicated that 17 percent of the electorate would vote against the amendment, but by the time the actual referendum came around, 38 percent were indicating a «No» vote, and that was the eventual outcome.

Look at some of the laws in this country, and the ignorant christians who are trying to prevent atheists from voting or holding public office, or to simply use their first amendment rights for freedom of speech.