Sentences with phrase «being voted down»

It being voted down just further shows the backwards thinking of an industry afraid of the future.

The merger being voted down and the board being replaced is a much better outcome than anything likely to result from a lawsuit (IMO).

P.S. I just submitted this link to r / books at reddit, but it might not get seen by very many people because it is already being voted down.

They don't have to pay taxes or worry about teacher cuts or yearly budgets being voted down.

Gaetz tried a parliamentary move to save Lee's proposal to add job responsibilities to the state CFO from being voted down.

The ex-minister claimed anger over the 10p tax rate was of a level he had not seen before and hinted it could see the Budget being voted down.

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

On Friday morning, July 28th, 2017, the Senate's attempt to significantly modify the ACA stalled, with all attempts to change it being voted down.

A shareholder vote on Michael Dell's proposal to take the tech company private could be delayed if the deal is seen as being voted down, according to sources.

A similar series of bills were voted down recently in the Senate, a vote that was only called after a long filibuster by Senator Chris Murphy.

In addition, several SPAC deals have been voted down recently by shareholders.

However, the race may be postponed if the deal is believed to be voted down by shareholders, sources tell CNBC.

Alas, the 86 - year - old wasn't able to work his magic for a third time — it was voted down in a referendum.

Alphabet's shareholder meeting last week resulted in a predictable outcome: All stockholder proposals were voted down.

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

Fortunately, these resolutions were voted down by us and other shareholders.

The liberal courts decided that gay marriage is acceptable even when it is voted down decisively at the polls.

The issue is that free speech was provided for anti choice proponents, but an alternative plate giving the same right to free speech to pro choice proponents was voted down by the legislature.

Wherever gay marriage has been voted on, it has been voted down.

It never made it to the floor; it was voted down by the Health and Human Services Committee, which Obama chaired.»

In 1971, on the eve of Roe, repeal bills were voted down in Montana, New Mexico, Iowa, Minnesota, Maryland, Colorado, Massachusetts, Georgia, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Ohio, and North Dakota.

The Wagner / Hatfield Ammendment was voted down, but not before Congress wrote into the bill Section 307 (c), a mandate to the newly created Federal Communications Commission:

But when the balloting was repeated using fair electoral processes, slavery was voted down six - to - one.

The Federal Government last week put forward an amendment to allow 70GL more than the 2012 Murray Darling Basin Plan (MDBP) recommended be withdrawn for big irrigators» consumption in the Northern Basin, an amendment that was voted down in the Senate.

When the measure, known as Proposition 42, was approved on a second ballot (after having been voted down only a day earlier), it touched off a fire storm of criticism, mostly from coaches who stand to lose the services of youngsters whose academic prowess has not kept pace with their athletic skills.

Sargent's proposal should be voted down, for while it may sound like a bonanza for the owners, it would diminish the television audience by almost 80 million fans, thereby making available the most important part of the season to only an elite few.

Months later, the board decided to propose a revised $ 39 million borrowing plan, which was voted down with 51.35 percent of November voters saying no.

With Liberal Democrats and Labour set to oppose the bill, it is certain to be voted down in the Commons unless he comes to a new deal with Nick Clegg.

The provisions presented as amendments have been voted down by GOP lawmakers.

[2] Some commentators suggest that he never expected to have to deliver the referendum thinking that it would be vetoed by Liberal Democrats in coalition or else be voted down by the opposition [3]; certainly it was a referendum that he never expected to lose.

Five company reports on remuneration were voted down by investors in 2009.

Importantly, any changes such a committee would vote through could be voted down by the Commons in its entirety before the final vote on legislation.

The project was voted down by Community Board 3 on Tuesday.

The state constitution requires that voters be presented with such a ballot question every 20 years; it was voted down in 1997 and 1977.

I recently heard that the governor of Puerto Rico forced a bill to pass regarding charging for grocery bags, via an executive order, after the bill was voted down by both the house and the senate.

A similar proposal was voted down in nearby Hurley based on board members fears of a loss of home rule to Byway cooperative agreements there.

It was voted down 20 - 16.

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

If the ballot is voted down, hard working public employees will have to wait a minimum of two more years to try again.

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.

She says a constitutional convention was proposed in 1997, but it was voted down, partly due to worries that insiders would run the event.

Four previous attempts to go wet, most recently in 2012, have been voted down.

Either the deal the government negotiates is voted down in parliament, or it's passed with an amendment for a referendum on the final terms.

The amendment to raise the retirement age for state Supreme Court and Court of Appeals judges from 70 to 80 was voted down.

On the Scotland Bill, reasonable amendments backed by the overwhelming majority of Scottish MPs have been voted down.

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.

Former prime minister Tony Blair suffered his first parliamentary defeat over the terror detention issue in November 2005, when his 90 - day detention limit proposal was voted down by the Commons.

A bill that would make it a crime for not safely storing a firearm was voted down in committee on Monday.

A bill that would have codified the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision in New York State law was voted down in the Senate Health committee Wednesday.

Cast your mind back to the US rescue programme for troubled assets (TARP) that was created after Lehman went under — initially it was voted down by the House of Representatives.