Sentences with phrase «crucial vote»

While it only owned around 35 percent of the shares, those shares came with crucial voting rights.

This wouldn't be possible without your input, and we would like to extend our sincere gratitude to everyone who believed in us and placed ever crucial votes.

MPs have to be in Westminster for crucial votes on the orders of their whips, but there is little time spent in serious policy debate in the chamber.

This could be undertaken in a formal coalition or an informal arrangement known as confidence and supply, where a smaller party agrees to back the larger partner in crucial votes in return for policies but does not take ministerial seats.

... zer led Stringer 48 - 36 among likely voters, and he held impressive leads among African - American and Hispanic voters, crucial voting blocs in the Democratic primary.

Deputy PM's speech advocating a mainly elected second chamber jeered by Tories and Labour on eve of crucial vote

Not puzzling at all if you remember there's a rather crucial vote scheduled for the House today.

Disgraced former Assemblyman Sheldon Silver appears to still be pulling strings, controlling crucial votes in the contest to pick his successor.

The razor tight victories we're already seeing, even at Queen's Speech stage, show just how crucial every vote will be That means Brexit rebels in every party have a crucial role when Brexit legislation hits the Commons after the summer.

Under the direction of a political advocacy group backed by Colorado software mogul Tim Gill, two former top Senate Republican aides and a former legislative adviser to the Log Cabin Republicans are working behind the scenes to capture crucial votes in the GOP - led Senate.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo blasted Reps. Chris Collins and Tom Reed as modern - day «Benedict Arnolds» for casting crucial votes needed for a controversial tax overhaul he contends will harm middle - class New Yorkers while enriching the wealthy.

All parties will need to work hard to appeal for this growing and politically crucial vote in future elections, and much more targeted research is needed to understand ethnic minority voters» concerns and priorities.

«Even if gerrymandering affected just 5 seats out of 435, that's often enough to sway crucial votes,» Mattingly says.

For those who like to see not only those who voted against their party whip in the two crucial votes on possible military intervention in Syria yesterday, but also those who abstained or were absent, we have compiled a complete list.

In the most recent, a Marist poll released last week, Spitzer led Stringer 48 - 36 among likely voters, and he held impressive leads among African - American and Hispanic voters, crucial voting blocs in the Democratic primary.

Disgraced former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver appears to still be pulling strings, controlling crucial votes in the contest to pick his successor.

The Italian referendum has been hogging the headlines, but there is another crucial vote in Europe this weekend: in Austria.

Italy's government, divided over the Afghan war and ties with the U.S. military, lost a crucial vote on foreign policy on Wednesday that plunged Prime Minister Romano Prodi into his worst crisis since taking office in May.

(Accepting defeat, Ackman's opponents, notably former chairman John Cleghorn and CEO Fred Green, fell on their swords hours before the crucial vote.)

The debt sustainability analysis comes on the eve of a crucial vote in the Greek parliament, when the prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, will seek approval for the fresh austerity measures demanded by the eurozone in return for a three - year rescue package worth up to $ 86bn (# 61bn).

Just hours before the Greek parliament's crucial vote to push through fresh austerity measures required by the new bailout plan, the International Monetary Fund released a devastating assessment of the beleagured nation's finances.

The International Monetary Fund has warned that Greece will require far more generous debt relief than is currently on offer from its creditors, as MPs in Athens prepare for a crucial vote on Wednesday on a new bailout plan.

A crucial vote looms on Friday in the long - running saga of Detroit's bankruptcy, as a clutch of creditors decide whether to approve a restructuring plan that would cut the cash - strapped city's $ 18 billion of debt.

Vander Plaats is the president and CEO of The Family Leader in Iowa, a Christian organization that holds sway over many Iowa social conservatives — a crucial voting bloc in the state's January 3 caucus.

The crucial vote on assisted suicide in the Scottish Parliament is likely to be in the first week of May.

Mr Balls was speaking hours before a crucial vote on a Bill that would introduce sex and relationships education for children as young as five and forbid parents from removing their children from sex education classes once they turned 15.

As Wisley noted, «his Protestants are evangelicals» — a crucial voting bloc that helped Trump win in November.

Senator Lambie, who has a crucial vote in the upper house, threatened to withdraw all support of union interests when the AMWU launched industrial action at Simplot in NSW and Tasmania in October.

In the crucial vote, the policy passed easily at the Bournemouth conference.

She is now trailing all of her Republican challengers with that crucial voting bloc.

Several members of Congress gathered at the WTC to announce a crucial vote being taken on Tuesday (the 16th) to help in passing the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act.

The crucial vote on tuition fees takes place tomorrow.

The coalition government is facing the prospect of its first major Commons defeat after a 70 - strong group of Tory rebels signed a letter opposing House of Lords reform before a crucial vote on Tuesday.

Mark Reckless In July 2010, Mark got so drunk before a crucial vote on the Budget that he fell to the floor of a Commons bar, was bundled into a taxi and missed the vote.

The crucial votes in Westminster systems amount to confidence and supply.

MPs cheered and waved their order papers as the result of the crucial vote was read out, revealing the government had lost by 309 votes to 305: May's first Commons defeat over Brexit.

Some MPs believe any government that lost such a crucial vote would struggle to survive and could be forced to trigger a general election.

But a spokesman for Mr Corbyn gave a clear hint that Labour MPs will be whipped to abstain on the crucial vote because the party's leadership do not back EEA membership.

The news comes as the SPD begins a crucial vote on a coalition with Angela Merkel.

«These figures are a wake - up call to politicians, parties, public bodies and everyone involved in the referendum to do all they can to boost public knowledge and engagement in this crucial vote,» said Katie Ghose, chief executive of the Electoral Reform Society.

WFP allies insist the party won't miss the crucial vote threshold, but admit it's possible another minor party — perhaps even the Greens, whose gubernatorial candidate, Howie Hawkins, is putting in a strong performance this election season — could surpass them in the final tally and bump them from Row D.

His expectations were confirmed, with roughly two - thirds of delegates in the conference hall voting against Teather's amendment in the crucial vote.

Labour has unveiled plans to push the long - term unemployed back into work, ahead of a crucial vote on benefits next week.

The Greek government is now in a race against time before its next payment on July 15th, with a crucial vote on its austerity package going before the parliament next week.

The crucial vote on the bank's remuneration report, which gives executives their salaries, was rejected by 31.5 % of shareholders.

But last year, Mr. Esposito was widely viewed as a leading Democrat to take on State Senator James Alesi, an upstate Republican who provided a crucial vote in support of same - sex marriage.

The Senate began an all - day session, to be followed by a crucial vote scheduled for after midnight, on changes crafted by Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada to gain support for the bill from all 60 members of the Democratic caucus.

Yet, McMahon said he does not believe he — or the district — will be «punished» by the White House or Democratic House leadership for his failure to get onboard for the crucial vote, adding, «I have not been threatened, and I will continue to be an independent voice for the district.»