Sentences with phrase «by voting against it»

As a recent and unfortunate example, we recently observed a number of lawyers, i.e. the five Conservative federal MPs who are lawyers in Ontario, along with Liberal MP Gagan Sikand, fail in their duty to promote equality, diversity and inclusiveness in their public life by voting against or abstaining from voting in favour of M - 103, a a non-binding parliamentary motion condemning Islamophobia and religious discrimination, thereby undermining public trust and confidence in the legal profession.

By voting against it, Canada, New Zealand and the United States were trying to avoid the need to comply with it.

April 28, 2016 Following Consolidated - Tomoka's Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 27, 2016, Wintergreen's Liz Cohernour discusses how the votes cast by CTO shareholders have sent a «clear message to the board» by voting against two proposals, and supporting the proposal for CTO to hire an independent adviser to evaluate ways to maximize shareholder value.

While co-authored with bi-partisan support in both houses, some Democrats still placed ideology over reason by voting against the bill despite the fact background checks are a measure that many Democrats have been championing for years.

More recently he voted for cuts to ESA and tax credit changes, rather than abstaining or risking his career by voting against.

Overall 47 Labour MPs - including 13 frontbenchers - defied the party leadership by voting against triggering Article 50.

She did not «split with the GOP» by voting against the budget.

Frankly, there was little more collateral damage that could have been inflicted to the Labour brand by voting against the measures.

Around 60 Labour MPs are set to defy the party leadership by voting against Article 50 when the bill is brought to parliament, a report has said.

If you believe in PR and think progressive politics needs radical change don't punch yourself in the nose by voting against a change — as you say, you'll certainly get no nearer PR if the No vote is successful.

But many Labour MPs made clear their opposition to the bill and vowed to defy Mr Corbyn by voting against it.

And Mr. Barron intends to begin his career in the capital by voting against him.

Plochocki, a fiscal hawk, passed a key Conservative Party litmus test by voting against pay raises for the county executive and legislators in December 2015.

He is engaging in some student union style gesture politics by urging Council pension fund shareholders in News Corp by voting against James Murdoch continuing on the board and against Rupert Murdoch as Chairman and Chief Executive.

The Jewish vote was apparently influenced in part by Mr. Koch's argument — made in automated telephone calls, news conferences and mailings — that Jewish voters could send a message to President Obama by voting against Mr. Weprin.

«We will underline our position as an anti-austerity party by voting against the charter on Wednesday.

Tory MEPs are threatening to undermine David Cameron's green credibility by voting against proposals to strengthen EU action on climate change on Thursday.

But they do not occupy most positions of power, nor when they are in positions of power (say party president or deputy leader) do they exercise power in the way the left of the Lib Dems might expect (by voting against the Welfare Uprating Bill for example).

We shall show him where the power lies by voting against him or at best stay home without stepping out in our numbers to vote.»

The Democratic junior senator from New York has endeared herself to liberals in recent weeks by voting against the bulk of Trump's Cabinet picks.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who endeared herself to liberals by voting against the bulk of Trump's Cabinet nominees, seemingly took herself out of presidential contention in February by declaring the governor would make «a great candidate» for the party.

The battle turned brutal in recent days as two renegade Bronx Democratic senators, Pedro Espada Jr. and Ruben Diaz Sr., threatened to shut down state government by voting against the next budget extender.

On December 2, 2009, Miller sided with the conservative minority, by voting against a bill legalizing same - sex marriage.

McMahon (D - Staten Island / Brooklyn) has drawn the ire of Democratic House leaders by voting against taxing AIG bonuses and by opposing a tax on stock trades pushed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

He even went so far as to upset his Republican counterpart, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, by voting against the majority leader's wife, Elaine Chao, a relatively uncontroversial pick to run Trump's Department of Transportation.

Labour MPs such as Clive Lewis could do fresh damage to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership by voting against triggering Article 50.

Former leadership hopeful Owen Smith is one of three Labour MPs preparing to risk the wrath of their constituents by voting against article 50.

So he will rebel by voting against the Lords reform bill at second reading.

Quorums are an interesting case, where you can cause a measure to pass by voting against it, with the result that abstaining from voting can be more effective at defeating the measure than a «no» vote.

Both Davies and Bryant are expected to stick their necks out by voting against article 50 in the Commons.

However, she also previously displayed a less progressive side by voting against repealing section 28 and against reducing the age of consent for gay sex.

«Do I get what I want by voting against the government?

And that's not the worst of it - Labour's manifesto has precisely nothing to say about the welfare cap, which has hit households with 200,000 children, and which Corbyn was propelled to the leadership by voting against in 2015.

Diaz singles out Senator Shirley Hunter and Frank Padavan, as well as Hiram Monserrate (who has since been ousted in from the Senate, but is running for the Assembly) and thanks them for taking a political risk by voting against same - sex marriage.

The Guardian: Female bishops: EU anti-discrimination law may be the CoE's salvation While the Church of England's legalism has halted progress on equality issues by voting against the ordination of female bishops this week, EU anti-discrimination law may prove its salvation.

Yeah, those good old days when people could convince themselves they were good christians by voting against interracial marriage.

The basic idea is that workers in these sectors have been hurt economically by deindustrialization and have been expressing their anger at this trend by voting against politicians in office.

But while Amash's conservative record is strong, he has occassionally bucked his party, most notably by voting against Paul Ryan's budget and against the deal to raise the debt ceiling.

Cruz, speaking Monday on MSNBC, called the criticism «political sniping» and stood by his vote against Sandy aid: «The problem with that particular bill is, it became a $ 50 billion bill that was filled with unrelated pork,» he said.

In a new ad, Hawley's campaign accuses McCaskill of putting the Democratic Party base ahead of Missouri voters by her vote against Gorsuch.

Not exact matches

In the past couple of years, Sanders has voted against the Keystone XL Pipeline, vetoed by the president in March, as well as for bills that would have prohibited corporate interference with women's health care and increased environmental standards for damaged national infrastructure.

Perth - based Amcom Telecommunications has pushed back its scheme meeting to vote on the Vocus Communications takeover deal by two weeks, after Sydney competitor and Amcom's major shareholder TPG Telecom yesterday said it would vote against the proposal.

Nabors» board is not legally compelled to abide by the majority vote against Sheinfeld's election, and it has decided to keep him on the board.

They seem to have gotten turbocharged by a ruling in 2007 that permitted people — in practice, mainly hedge funds — to buy shares after a merger has been announced and for the express purpose of voting against it and then seeking an appraisal.

«The merger can not be completed without approval by holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of EMC and an abstention or failure to vote will have the same effect as a vote against the merger.»

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By standing against one share, one vote, the founders of Google and Facebook oppose giving BlackRock the very voting rights required to enforce a long - term focus, should they ever (inadvertently) let their companies stray.

Most of the region voiced support for the July 16 referendum convened by the opposition against the assembly, and the EU and the US have suggested they could level sanctions on the Maduro government should the July 30 vote go ahead.

Shareholders led by the French state voted against his compensation in 2016 but approved it narrowly last year.

A poll for the Mail on Sunday by Survation gave the In campaign 45 % of the vote against 42 % for Out.