Sentences with phrase «by simple majority for»

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By: Ryan McMaken In a court battle that has apparently been working itself out for 17 years, the Quebec High Court this week affirmed that a law establishing a simple majority as key in triggering secession talks with the Canadian government — known... [Read More]

The horror that men like Max Long and Darwin Creek feel at the mention of 1080 is largely unshared by the growing army of conservation sts in the U.S. as a whole, and for a simple reason: like the majority of the people of poison - drenched Wyoming, they know nothing about it.

Now this, I think, is where many of the club's detractors, and of course Wenger's too, simply overlook a simple and obvious fact — the majority of the top clubs, and some of those in the second tier, from whom we want to buy relevant top players, are owned by incredibly rich men, known as oligarchs for a good reason, or bottomless money pits, known as state - owned clubs, and we all know who they are, simply do not need the money, however much is offered.

Among other concepts this enshrines the view that there is no binding method for one sitting Parliament to bind a future Parliament irrevocably to a decision, and these decisions are made by simple majority of those MPs...

U.S. Senate Republicans deployed the so - called «nuclear option» and changed longstanding rules to clear the way for the confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve on the Supreme Court, bypassing a precedent - breaking Democratic filibuster by allowing the nomination to go forward on a simple majority vote.

In theory, the government could also repeal the act with a simple majority, but option (ii), i.e. a bipartisan call for an early election, is by far politically the best option for the government.

-RRB- would drop the supermajority requirement for school districts to pierce the cap, instead calling for a simple majority — making overrides no more difficult than passing a budget within the cap, and inviting a return to the days when school taxes grew by more than 7 percent per year.

A separate bill introduced by Assemblywoman Jaffee (A227) would drop the supermajority requirement for school districts to pierce the cap, instead calling for a simple majority — making overrides no more difficult than passing a budget within the cap, and inviting a return to the days when school taxes grew by more than 7 percent per year.

The panel recommended «a legislative change that provides for decision by a simple majority of the total voting body.»

Article 48 of the Lisbon treaty allows for changes to the treaty - The proposal would need to be accepted by a simple majority of the European Council and then needs to be ratified by all member states.

All school district budgets should be decided by a simple majority of local voters; as Assemblyman Kevin Cahill (D - Kingston) was quoted yesterday as saying, the 60 % override vote for tax levies exceeding the cap is «undemocratic».

If that next session of the legislature agrees with the amendment by a simple majority vote of both chambers, «it shall be the duty of the legislature to submit each proposed amendment or amendments to the people for approval in such manner and at such times as the legislature shall prescribe.»

A simple majority is required for any district plan provided by LATFOR.

As revealed by a few simple searches on the Etsy marketplace for terms such as «pre-ban», «real leopard», «real ivory» or «rhino horn», there are currently several hundred products made with parts of endangered animals listed on the site — the vast majority of them labeled as «vintage», «pre-ban»...

When a simple majority of waivered students is obtained for a given teacher and classroom, the other parents can be told by phone that their child would need to change teachers if they do not sign a waiver.

According to Dr. Mackie, this simple process can account for a majority of the unwanted litters of kittens because it takes cat owners, who thought it safe to wait until their kitten was six to seven months of age, by complete surprise.

I would think that for by far the majority of folks the 2 % cash back is a better, clearer, more simple deal.

For many the option has been simple and China has grown to be the largest games market in 2015 with the majority of revenue being generated by PC and Mobile games.

While it may not appear to be as exciting as going for fully electrified vehicles, the simple fact is that by making a small improvement to the majority of cars a lot more CO2 will be saved than by selling a small number of EV's.

This conclusion is further supported, for example, by the explicit reference in Article 48 (3) TEU that the European Council shall decide by a «simple majority», or in Article 48 (6) TEU to the need for the European Council to decide by «unanimity».

So, yes, any regular legislation passed by a simple majority (including for congressional - executive agreements) has the same legal effect as treaties.

Trowers & Hamlins partner, Andrew Watkins, says such a scheme is attractive to bidders since only 75 % of shareholders (by value) and a simple majority (in number) have to agree for the bidder to take 100 % control of the company.

It has devoted itself to implementing the «will of the people» even when that desire was expressed by a very small majority, apparently bamboozled by misrepresentations and manipulated by demagogues and self - interested media, into voting for a simple «yes» or «no».

The two basic requirements at common law for a derivative action are: - that the alleged wrong or breach of duty is one that is incapable of being ratified by a simple majority of the members; and - that the alleged wrongdoers are in control of the company, so that the company, which is the «proper claimant» can not claim by itself.

A cabinet member is nominated by the President and then presented to the Senate for confirmation or rejection by a simple majority.