Sentences with phrase «by acclamation in»

Indeed, the reason that Congress overwhelmingly passed RFRA in the first place (97 - 3 in the Senate, by acclamation in the House) was a disturbing Supreme Court decision in 1990, Employment Division v. Smith, which lowered the First Amendment's protections for religious liberty.

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After he was defeated in the 2015 federal election, Dykstra ran for the presidency of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, winning by acclamation after his friend Brown brokered a deal where the other candidate, Jag Badwal, withdrew.

This interpretation of consensus departs from the Church's tradition, in which decisions are made by majority vote or public acclamation.

[150] In a symbolic gesture the House later passed the motion unanimously by acclamation.

State Senator Brad Hoylman, running unopposed in the 27 SD, had several people speak in his favor and was eventually unanimously endorsed by acclamation.

Ognibene was chosen in a vote by acclamation with Councilman Eric Ulrich (R - Ozone Park) nominating him for chairman.

There is no way that the Republican party, one of the only two political parties that we have permitted ourselves here in the world's oldest democracy, would embed in its official statement of purpose, approved by acclamation at its national convention, a bizarre conspiracy that is literally the product of the John Birch Society.

Testimonials can be in the form of lines from recommendation letters, vendor appreciation notes and by way of performance evaluations, memos issued to staff or other types of acclamations.

when all the votes were tallied, only six of the 13 candidates named in the Re / Max ad were elected as directors — and three of those were by acclamation, including the only successful Re / Max candidate.

But when all the votes were tallied, only six of the 13 candidates named in the Re / Max ad were elected as directors — and three of those were by acclamation, including the only successful Re / Max candidate.