Sentences with phrase «break voting issue»

It's hard to say if in any of these cases Common Core is a make or break voting issue for anyone, but stranger things have happened.

Not exact matches

So if voting isn't meant to break a tie, what's the purpose of getting a show of hands on an issue that's holding up your meeting?

They managed to deliver tax breaks for the rich and oil companies, that's indisputable, but not on any of the «moral» issues they've used since the early 70s to get votes from religious people.

Since breaking up with the Real Madrid attacker, the 29 - year - old — who was once the darling of Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issues — has begun a relationship with actor Bradley Cooper, who was himself once voted the sexiest man alive.

Opponents of a proposed gas station on the northeast corner of Butterfield Road and Route 53 near Glen Ellyn caught a break Tuesday when members of the DuPage County Development Committee voted 5 to 1 in favor of sending the issue back to the Zoning Board of Appeals.

I would have thought, in the current climate where the traditional loose Lib - Lab alliance has broken down over civil liberties issues, the greens would get quite a lot of second - preference votes.

The Lib Dems have little to loose on the issue and a lot to gain as getting the anti-Brexit camp to break party lines and vote for them would be a big win.

The letter cited reports of voters purged from voting lists, closed polling stations, and broken machines, among other issues.

So, for example, councillors will be free to campaign on local issues and then speak and vote on them in the council chamber without fear of breaking the pre-determination rules.

If we vote yes, and we proceed, Dutchess County will demolish that building of yesteryear and build in its place something that treats individuals with as great a degree of humanity and compassion as possible in the hopes of not incarcerating but, in fact, helping them, the individual within our care, to break the cycle of crime, address issues of mental illness and addiction,» says Molinaro.

Lobbyists and lawmakers expect major issues to be combined into an omnibus bill called a «big ugly» to be voted on before legislators break for the year next week.

Ms Gill is the latest Labour frontbencher to break ranks on the issue since Owen Smith was dramatically fired from his job of Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary in March over his support for a second vote.

The party secured the right to abstain from votes on the issue in the coalition agreement, but higher education unions and students will be watching the behaviour of Dr Cable and Nick Clegg closely for signs they are preparing to break their promise.

In particular, achieving parliamentary approval for supply — i.e. the ability to spend money — is a make or break issue for a government, akin to vote of confidence.

The leadership won all the key votes, Clegg's allies, like Danny Alexander and David Laws, are riding high and Alexander (41) has been smacking down Cable (70) on issues like Help to Buy and the possible break - up of the coalition with a confidence and authority that he did not have two years ago.

The day our story broke, and spread across local media, I asked Speaker Corey Johnson about the internship issue shortly before the council voted to increase its budget by $ 17 million.

Some Corbyn allies break with him over issue, suggesting party needs to listen to people who voted to leave the EU

She insisted SNP MPs would be prepared to vote on English matters, such as the NHS and education — breaking the party's previous commitment not to vote on issues which are controlled by the Scottish Parliament.

A procedural vote Wednesday initially ended in a 49 - 49 tie — Vice President Mike Pence, who normally breaks a tie, was at Trump's Mar - a-Lago estate in Florida — before Arizona Republican Jeff Flake switched from opposition to support, using his vote as leverage to address an unrelated issue.

3) Breaking down the numbers on last night's lost vote in Miami - Dade — Miami - Dade has one of the longest - standing bans on pit bulls in this country, and local officials took the issue to a vote in August to see if the ban should stay.

He was no strict party - line guy either, breaking with his Democratic colleagues on two high - profile issues: He voted against authorizing the use of military force in Iraq, against reauthorizing the Patriot Act and favored allowing oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, framing it as a matter of indigenous people's rights.