Sentences with phrase «before coming to a vote»

Such messages are supposed to only be used in the case of emergency as the three - day aging period is designed to give the public and legislators a chance to review a measure before it comes to a vote.

She did not disclose whom she voted for, but said, «I know the candidates, read a lot about them before coming to vote.»

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But it comes with a big caveat: The SEC commissioners also voted 3 - 2 for new regulations that would force start - up founders to file documents with the SEC before raising cash.

In announcing his vote, McCain came to the Senate floor and put his right thumb down before walking off.

The vote began, and McCain came to the Senate floor and put his right thumb down before walking off.

Surprising to some, the lower tally on the vote to split roles comes after a year in which investors were rankled over the $ 6.2 billion London Whale trading loss, which resulted in Dimon being summoned to testify before Congress.

The Wells Fargo vote will be the first proposal on proxy access to come before shareholders this year, according to Ted Allen, governance counsel at proxy advisor Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), and it will be worth watching how it plays out.

The bank — which has become a political football for conservatives, who accuse it of «crony capitalism» favoring big businesses — is expected to come up for another vote in the House before the end of October.

THE PROXIES ARE ALSO AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON ALL OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING, OR ANY ADJOURNMENT OR POSTPONEMENT THEREOF, UTILIZING THEIR OWN DISCRETION AS SET FORTH IN THE NOTICE OF 2016 ANNUAL MEETING AND PROXY STATEMENT.

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.

The U.K.'s vote to leave the EU came just days before the start of a 15 - month run of key Eurozone elections.

Does anyone believe that Justice Ginsburg would vote to strike down the mandate when it comes before the Court?

I had been told before coming to Nigeria that some of the traditional African enthusiasm for large families, especially among the educated, was abating; but the Christians I spoke to were anxious to have as many children as possible, in hopes that those children would be able to vote for Christians in future elections.

They were too use to being picked up by their church buses and driven right up to the doors to vote, and returned home before their soaps came on.

But when it comes to voting, race and political affiliation still divide evangelicals, according to a survey from LifeWay Research taken before the second presidential debate.

«Not since Congress voted to ban the brutal partial - birth abortion method has a more important piece of pro-life legislation come before Congress,» said Susan Muskett of the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC).

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?).

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

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.

The day before Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara, Stabler needs 80 percent of votes to come his way to receive a bronze bust in Canton.

Where they will die before they even come to a vote, if we don't give them some of that fantastic energy that we find when faced with something offensive like Rep. Riddle's remarks or a nursing in public incident.

I ordered two wet bags that somehow got lost, then when they were finally found one of the zippers broke before I ever got to use it, then one of my diapers never came in and it took forever for the co-op organizer to collect votes from the other mamas on whether to put a new order through or cancel so I could be refunded my money.

Trustee Jeffrey Braiman said he would support the spa and suggested the project be deferred to the Plan Commission for a public hearing before it comes back to the board, which agreed on a 4 - 0 vote.

Her nomination is scheduled to come up for a vote before the entire Senate on Monday.

«There are a lot of other restrictions out there, enough already, that you do have to show identification the first time you vote, you can't just come to a polling place, never have voted before and not show ID.

Corbyn and his allies are coming under increasing pressure to allow a free vote on bombing ISIS in the country, and shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn has repeatedly refused to rule out backing the government if it comes before the Commons.

Asked this week whether he's made a decision on how he'll vote should an amendment come before him, Webb replied, «I think we need to respect the process that Secretary Gates and Adm. Mullen put in place.»

Come on candidates - we want to hear more initiatives like this before we cast our precious vote for you!

Flanagan killed the bill's chances a day after the hopes of survivors for a vote before the legislative session's scheduled end on Wednesday were raised by Sen. James Tedisco, of Schenectady, who became the first Senate Republican to come out in favor of the Child Victims Act.

Joiners, who say they would vote Tory tomorrow despite not having done so last time (two thirds of them having come from the Liberal Democrats), think similarly but are more likely to prefer coalition government and to say they may change their mind again before the election.

Camara's endorsement comes just hours before district leaders will gather to vote on a successor to Lopez, who announced late last month he would not seek another term as chairman, thanks to the burgeoning sexual harassment scandal that has now enmeshed not only the once - powerful assemblyman, but three top state leaders, too: Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

The only dissenting vote came from Harlem Senator Bill Perkins, who actually praised the work on the bill in explaining his vote, before saying he was going to vote no because he was concerned with taking control away from the legislature.

But with one week left to go before voting day, Governor Cuomo who came up with idea, has finally started to push for it.

Lawmakers, anxious to keep votes and financial support coming their way before November elections, are working to make that happen.

At least two Senate Democrats, who up until now have kept government running by voting in favor of weekly budget extenders, are threatening to vote «no» on the next extender bill, which will come before the Senate and Assembly on Monday.

House leaders included the Collins amendment in their health bill revisions in part to win the votes of some New York Republicans who had not yet committed to voting for the measure when it comes before the House later this week.

Even if you were wavering over whether Ed Miliband's decision yesterday to reject the government's motion on Syria (before it was published) was a political stunt, it's a little more difficult to see why the Labour leader plans to continue to oppose the rewritten motion when it comes to a vote in the Commons this evening.

When it came before the full council, Will abstained from the vote, declining to explain why.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver predicts that Republican Senators will change their minds and might even come back to the Capitol before the November elections to vote on the measure.

That's what will need to happen next — GOP leaders will come to a consensus before posing a name to the selective membership of the executive committee, which will vote, then pass it on to the much larger county committee membership.

The House version could come for a vote this week, while its Senate counterpart will be considered by the Senate Finance Committee before it goes to the floor.

It came the day before Cuomo was re-elected and hours before the Onondaga County legislature voted to borrow tens of millions of dollars to build an amphitheater proposed by Cuomo and County Executive Joanie Mahoney.

Because many of those who have come to UKIP from the Tories since 2010 may well have come from Labour before that, perhaps with a period of not voting in between.

Deputy Director of Communications at the EC, Yusif Alhassan Ayuba, told TV3 «before we can come up with a final register, we need to do proxy so that we know exactly where people are going to vote.

The IDC is in a governing coalition with Senate Republicans, with the agreement that both Senate leaders, Jeff Klein and the GOP's Dean Skelos, must agree on legislation before it comes to the floor for a vote.

«Senator Gillibrand has voted for every major spending bill that has come before Congress with no plan on how to pay for any of it,» Malpass said in a press release.

Casting Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders as a «single - issue: candidate and a Johnny - come - lately to African - American issues, Clinton yesterday told supporters in Harlem: «You can't start building relationships a few weeks before a vote.»

The news conference will come just three hours before the Onondaga County Legislature is scheduled to vote on borrowing nearly $ 50 million to build a controversial amphitheater on the western shore of the lake.

They say conference leader, Senator Jeff Klein, an ardent pro choice supporter, should demand that the bill come to the floor for a vote before the session ends.

The only action that somewhat resembled a development before Cuomo's 11:45 p.m. announcement came when Senate Democrats attempted to organize a boycott of the entire budget vote until there was an agreement on a raise the age announcement they supported.