Sentences with phrase «committee voted»

«Yesterday the Commons Committee voted to undertake a parallel effort to examine the domestic and international regulatory frameworks that may be applicable to geoengineering.

With no settlement in sight, the European Parliament's budgets committee voted in December to dock 59 million Ecus (# 44 million) from this year's fusion programme.

Only the French representative on the committee voted against the change.

Last month an EU committee voted to limit the concentration of psoralen in cosmetics to one part per million.

All Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted against an amendment that states that global warming exists, regardless of cause.

In the fall of 2006, the FDA's veterinary advisory committee voted against approving cefquinome, citing concerns that resistance to this vital class of drug could spread from bacteria in beef to hospital superbugs that respond to little else.

A key Senate committee voted along party lines yesterday to endorse former Exxon Mobil Corp..

(CNN)-- Members of the Republican Party of Virginia's State Central Committee voted Friday to eliminate the statewide primary in favor of a party convention vote to choose its nominees in the upcoming 2013 campaign.

On Friday, the NYSPHSAA Executive Committee voted 14 - 8 to move the annual tournament to Broome County for 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Yesterday, the City Council's General Welfare Committee voted to allow the legislative body to join the lawsuit filed by the Chelsea Flatiron Coalition, which has long argued that the facility is too large and would pose safety issues for residents.

Against Casey E. Jordan, R - Clay Kevin A. Holmquist, R - Manlius Patrick Kilmartin, R - Onondaga Richard M. Lesniak, R - Lysander Robert D. Warner, R - Van Buren For Mark A. Stanczyk, D - Syracuse Thomas C. Buckel, Jr., D - Syracuse Abstain James A. Corbett, R - Geddes An Onondaga County Legislature committee voted 6 to 2 in favor of a sales tax redistribution proposal that would cut city sales tax revenues by more than 27 percent and immediately eliminate sharing tax money with the towns, villages and school.

Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney, a candidate in the GOP primary for New York's 22nd congressional district, thanks supporter Peter Maxson after the Oneida County Republican Committee voted to endorse her opponent Steve Wells.

WASHINGTON — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted overwhelmingly on Thursday for Hillary Rodham Clinton to become the next secretary of state, with Democrats predicting her leadership would mark a...

Last month, CB3's land use committee voted to approve the plan developed by the city's Economic Development Corp., despite some committee members» requests being denied.

Weeks after the primary, the state Democratic Party's central committee voted 89 - 2 to reject the Mallott - led Democratic gubernatorial ticket and instead supported an alternative «fusion» ticket pairing Mallott with independent gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker.

A Nassau legislative committee voted unanimously Monday to nearly double the annual pay of county lawmakers from $ 39,500 to $ 75,000 beginning in January 2018.

Fact 1: Republicans control both houses of Congress Fact 2: A Republican controlled ethics committee voted THREE TIMES to censure Tom Delay for ethics violations Fact 3: The Republican leadership, not liking this, removed the Republican on the committee who was voting to censure Delay and replaced him with a Republican who accepted Delay's leftover campaign money for his own campaign Fact 4: The Republicans further tried to shield Delay by making a change to the rules to allow a Congressman under indictment to retain their leadership post, relenting only when Democrats had a field day trumpeting that little change in the media

Two - thirds of the GOP's executive committee voted to call for the governor's resignation at the end of an hour - long conference call organized by state Republican Party Chairwoman Karen Floyd.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- The House Ethics Committee voted unanimously Thursday to expand its investigation of Rep. Charlie Rangel, one of the most powerful members of Congress.

The committee voted, 21 - 20, to table the resolution, but perhaps in deference to Jacobs, it will advance to the full floor later today.

The committee voted Saturday to endorse Dana Balter, who will challenge Republican Congressman John Katko in the November election.

CB3's land use and housing committee voted 19 - 1, with one member abstaining, in favor of planning guidelines (you can read the full document here) calling for a mixed - use, mixed income community at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge.

The party's judicial committee voted to reject a request to have a NOW representative serve on its panel to screen judicial nominations.

The UFT and NYSUT filed a lawsuit on Oct. 12 to prevent the weakening of teacher certification standards after the SUNY Board of Trustees Charter Schools Committee voted the previous day to allow some charter schools to create their own in - house teacher certification programs with watered - down standards.

During this meeting, the national committee voted on the treasurer and chairman for the 2017 to 2021 term.

The land use committee voted in favor of the legislation today, in spite of opposition from City Planning and from the Real Estate Board of New York.

In June, the Democratic Party's executive committee voted to drop Shelley as the designee and told committee members they did not have to pass petitions for him.

Millennium Principal Robert Rhodes is spearheading the effort to expand his school, and Community Board 1's Youth and Education Committee voted unanimously in support of the expansion last week.

After the Rules Committee voted 7 - 0 on the committee assignments this morning, the chairman of the committee, Councilman Brad Lander, told reporters, «A lot of people were consulted.»

The Council's finance committee voted last week to approve a $ 17.3 million increase in the Council's own budget, which it can insert into Mayor Bill de Blasio's yet - to - be-released executive budget, due in the next few months.

Jordan Moss, reporting from City Hall, says the City Council's Land Use Committee voted 17 - 1 to reject the Related Companies» proposal to turn the Kingsbridge Armory into a shopping mall.

She lost an endorsement on her home turf when the Oneida County Republican Committee voted to support Wells this February.

Members of the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee voted 31 to 19 for the proposal.

Meeting in Columbia, members of the state Democratic Party executive committee voted by a 38 - 7 margin to reject a protest from former state lawmaker Vic Rawl, the establishment - backed candidate who unexpectedly lost last Tuesday's primary to Greene.

The Republican legislators all voted to block this wasteful spending at the Budget and Appropriations Committee, as every Democratic legislator on the committee voted for it.

Most recently, the Public Safety and General Government Committee of the Kingston Common Council and the Kingston Conservation Advisory Committee voted on resolutions calling on DEC to assume lead agency status.

Yesterday, legislators on the Tompkins County Public Safety Committee voted to table a request by county Sheriff Ken Lansing to increase his budget by just over $ 360 thousand dollars.

Erie County Legislature Majority Leader Joseph C. Lorigo, Chairman of the Finance and Management Committee, announces that his committee voted today to approve a resolution that urges the New York State Assembly, Senate and Governor to remove the current statute that bans the sale of alcohol before noon on Sundays.

The Council's Standards and Ethics Committee voted Tuesday to open an investigation into allegations that Halloran accepted payoffs in exchange for promising to allocate a company up to $ 80,000 in council money for his district.

Convening earlier at the Best Western hotel Wednesday evening, the Kingston Democratic Committee voted to endorse Steve Noble over incumbent Shayne Gallo for mayor and incumbent Jim Noble over challenger Jeanette Provenzano for alderman - at - large.

The committee voted 5 - 0 to not consider having Murkowski replace their Senate candidate, David Haase.

The London Young Labour executive committee voted in favour of a motion that also resolved to call on Labour chiefs to publish their report into selection of the parliamentary candidate in Falkirk.

The Legislature's Public Safety Committee voted 5 to 3 against a motion to move the bill to the full county legislature for a vote.

Last week, the Common Council's Finance Committee voted 3 - 2 against the sales tax agreement their mayor had negotiated, with some members reserving the right to vote the other way when it comes to the floor at regular session on June 7.

The proposal for a $ 50 million Marriott Hotel in downtown Milwaukee moved closer to reality Thursday when the Common Council's Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee voted 3 - 2 to approve the project.

The House Ways and Means Committee voted along party lines to advance a Republican tax reform bill, moving the GOP a step closer to its goal of overhauling the American tax system.

A SUNY Board of Trustees committee voted to let some charter schools certify their own teachers, making it easier for them to hire instructors.

That the WFP is leading this campaign normally would be entirely predictable, save for one thing: When the party endorsed Cuomo for governor last year, its executive committee voted unanimously to support not just his candidacy but also his economic agenda.

The environment committee voted to discharge Bellone's original proposal to the full legislature without recommendation.

After a heated debate, where in response to being presented the Nobel laureate letter, Senator Julie Quinn declared she was «tired of seeing little letters behind everyone's names,» [58] the Senate Education Committee voted 5 - 1 to defer action on SB 70, in effect killing it.