Sentences with phrase «came to a vote last»

Of the nine proposals that came to a vote last year at companies including Apple, LinkedIn and Skechers U.S.A., the only one to pass was at FleetCor Technologies.

Neither bill came to a vote last year and they have been reintroduced in the new legislative session.

Not exact matches

The number of protest votes fell to a little more than a fifth of the total after the advertising company came back last year with a more modest 48 million - pound plan for the executive.

For instance, various regulatory delays in Alaska forced the state to wait nearly two years for its first legal recreational cannabis sales, which came last month, after voting to legalize in Nov. 2014.

After last week's Iowa caucuses, Tuesday's New Hampshire primary will have a hard act to follow after the excitement and controversy that came out of the first voting event of the 2016 presidential election cycle.

JPMorgan lead director Lee Raymond, a former Exxon Mobil CEO, told shareholders at last month's meeting to expect management to reflect on the board's structure in light of the way the votes came down.

And other big potential Republican priorities for 2018 — including potential bills to boost infrastructure spending and cut back on entitlement programs — are now in limbo as every last vote comes under the election - year spotlight.

He came in second to Pope Benedict XVI in the last election and pulled out of the vote voluntarily, because he thought, «We shouldn't be doing this, vote after vote.»

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when rommey first came out to run for President, all the christian stations said we do not want a cult in the white house, now the Christian are supporting him, the Bible must fulfill, in the last days we wil call evil good and good evil, I feel sorry for these so - call christian, you need to get down on your knees and ask God for direction regarding voting for a cult.

It came after a report in Spiegel magazine last month alleged that a 6.7 m Euro (# 4.8 m) payment was made by the DFB to Fifa to buy votes in order to secure the hosting of the 2006 World Cup.

The Carolina Panthers» quarterback was voted Most Valued Player last year for his tremendous play during the NFL regular season, but he also regularly was ridiculed for his demeanor and antics on the field, which came to a head after the Denver Broncos beat the Panthers in Super Bowl 50.

By his third season he was voted the league's breakthrough player and come last summer, Ian Ayre, the Liverpool chief executive, went to Santiago where the Brazil team were based determined to come back with his signature.

It's like when Americans come to Japan and pretend that their gun control laws (10 gun deaths last year) mean nothing, because they don't understand freedom (Japan is pretty democratic, and unlike the US they use that democracy to vote out their Prine Ministers about every year — pretty sure they understand democracy!).

Neither Duprey nor Sayward fell victim to the same kind of political fallout experienced by their colleague, Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, whose «yes» vote on marriage came back to haunt her in the NY - 23 special election last fall.

Possibly one of the last seats to come in is also one of the test cases for the progressive tactical voting.

Those of us in the online advocacy community often talk about using this tool and that tool to help mold opinions or win votes, but what I wrote after last year's mid-term election still stands: the most important effect of the Internet on politics comes from the unfathomable volume of information now available and the speed with which it can spread.

Technically speaking Heastie has absolutely no control over GOTV efforts in the Bronx, that falls to his successor Bronx Democratic Chair, Assemblyman Marcos Crespo who was with Wright last night as the votes were coming in (Heastie was not).

«This will allow us to come together as a country and channel our energies towards a successful Brexit deal that works for everyone in this country — securing a new partnership with the EU which guarantees our long term prosperity «That's what people voted for last June.

The pattern of the results across divisions suggests that relative to last year new UKIP votes have come as much from Labour as from the Tories.

A coalition of liberal groups is releasing new polling to show that health care could be a key issue in the midterms, and that a vote for the Republican health care plan last year could come back to hurt GOP incumbents.

Libous also declined to say that the decision by Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos to allow the same - sex marriage bill to come to the floor for a vote last year — where it passed, thanks to «yes» votes from Saland and McDonald, along with Sens. Mark Grisanti and Jim Alesi — was a bad idea, though he did allow the Republicans knew quite well that the vote would cost them with the conservative grassroots in this election.

The campaign releases themselves (a typical headline: «Amedore Voted For 96 Tax Increases In Last 2 Years») come as Democrats hope to compete in suburban and upstate districts in which taxes could be a key issue for moderate voters.

H / T to Maggie Haberman, who notes GOTV has taken on a whole new meaning for the Democrats since Carl Paladino won the GOP gubernatorial primary last week — particularly when it comes to upstate, where the Buffalo businessman dominated on Sept. 14, winning some 90 percent of the vote on his home turf, Erie County.

Lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo had agreed last year to an amendment, but the Democratic - led Assembly balked at a vote on the measure, which came with a broader agreement on the state budget.

The other big news in the last seven days is that the Labour Party have now officially come out against the possibility of a formal coalition with the SNP, in part to reduce their vulnerability to the Conservatives adopting a «Vote Ed, get Alex» strategy.

«The thing I've seen especially in the last couple of years is an incredible number of things are coming down to one single vote,» Lesser said.

Frank Steinherr, a Paul Weiss attorney who last voted in Greene County, sent an email to Democratic County Chairs pitching himself as an alternative to Eldridge, who comes with some negative baggage.

Joiners, who say they would vote Tory tomorrow despite not having done so last time (two thirds of them having come from the Liberal Democrats), think similarly but are more likely to prefer coalition government and to say they may change their mind again before the election.

The vote of confidence by Mr. Pataki, the last Republican to occupy the governor's mansion, came at the 11th hour but was perhaps the most prominent endorsement of Mr. Paladino's campaign.

Camara's endorsement comes just hours before district leaders will gather to vote on a successor to Lopez, who announced late last month he would not seek another term as chairman, thanks to the burgeoning sexual harassment scandal that has now enmeshed not only the once - powerful assemblyman, but three top state leaders, too: Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos told reporters at a Log Cabin Republicans event last October that he would recommend to his members that they let the marriage bill come to the floor for a vote and then vote their respective consciences.

But Republicans last year gained full control of the chamber and Klein lost the title, plus the ability to have veto power over which bills come to the floor for a vote.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said last October that he thinks the bill should come to the floor for an up - or - down vote, but he has so far shown no sign of moving the measure.

ALBANY — The yearslong debate over whether to impose a fee for plastic bags in New York appeared to come to a hard - fought end last month, when the City Council voted to charge 5 cents for most plastic and paper shopping bags.

The vote also comes after a 36 percent increase in drivers refusing fares in the last six months, according to studies by the Taxi and Limousine Commission.

The main opposition party, therefore, urged all citizens who did not register in the last exercise especially and those that have turned 18 years, to come out en masse and register to vote in the 2019 General Elections.

It was hugely impressive that he came within 2,500 votes of winning the seat last May, with few local members on the ground and none of the benefits that were afforded to target seats.

The primary results came after a day marred by problems with the old lever voting machines and other issues including last - minute changes to polling sites and voters» names not appearing on official rolls.

As the 2016 session of the Legislature wrapped up last week and came to a typically ugly end in the wee hours Saturday morning — with bleary - eyed lawmakers forced to vote on measures they didn't even have time to read — The Post asked several lawmakers, lobbyists and journalists to assess the first full year's performance of Democrat Heastie, a key ally of Mayor de Blasio, and Flanagan, the most powerful Republican in the state.

Though Mayor Michael Bloomberg's support from Queens voters dwindled this year compared to the last election, he still carried the borough — in part buoyed by individuals who came out to vote for the three Republicans who won City Council seats in Queens, Executive Vice Chair of the Queens GOP Vincent Tabone said.

The news comes as Labour appeared to be in disarray over the Budget plans, with a quarter of the party rebelling against Harriet Harman's demand that they abstain from a vote on the welfare bill last night.

Last week, the Orthodox Jewish Brooklyn state senator Simcha Felder showed he knows how to use his position as the divided legislative body's swing vote when it came to allocating $ 16 million in discretionary education funds.

The statement comes as Republican leaders in the House of Representatives are still trying to line up votes for the health care bill, which has stalled over the last several months, but revived after conservative groups pushed for action on the issue.

His comments come after Tony Blair last week refused to confirm that a vote would be held on replacing the Trident nuclear system, but said it was a «strong possibility».

«We welcome allies of all political stripes, even if the last time it came up for a vote, the Senate Republicans were unable to muster a single vote in favor of allowing loving, committed same - sex couples to legally marry in our own state.»

It's a move that comes after the Conservative Party's executive committee formally voted to oppose the formation of the new ballot line, which was formed out of the Stop Common Core ballot line created last year.

The Queen's intervention comes as the Better Together campaign make their last ditch attempts to save the union, ahead of Thursday's vote.

Klein said in an interview last week that the coalition arrangement will likely undergo unspecified changes to its current status, which allows the Bronx Democrat to have say over which bills come to the floor for a vote.

Lawmakers came close last year to passing a legalization bill that would have set up an insurance framework for regulating combat - style sports, but the measure never came up for a vote in the Assembly, where sponsors are confident it would pass.