Sentences with phrase «enough votes for»

The resolution didn't pass at the shareholder meeting, but had enough votes for GE to include it on the ballot for the following year.

Dems are worried there aren't enough votes for comprehensive energy reform (the kind US citizens want), so they're looking at a bevy of weaker options like the utility - only bill and an energy - only bill.

The dark horse in this giant mess of talent is Paul Greengrass — who wasn't even expected to be nominated for this 9/11 drama, «United 93» — and could very well earn enough votes for his unflinching portrait of American heroism to make the difference.

They add some much - needed live wire electricity to the midsection of the movie, which is comprised mostly of montages where the three of them scramble around to secure enough votes for the amendment to pass.

It has also been reported a top Corbyn aide tried to organise the sacking of Jonathan Ashworth MP from the NEC - one of nine MPs on the panel - to secure enough votes for the Labour leader.

The Senate, led by Republicans and a handful of breakaway Democrats, passed nine of the tenets of the women's equality act, but did not have enough votes for the abortion rights provision.

The Assembly and the Senate could vote to override many of the governor's vetoes, but Senate Republicans are unlikely to offer the Democratic majority enough votes for the 2 / 3 - majority required for an override.

Hochul said she knows of some GOP Senators, who she would not name, who are «supportive» of voting for the abortion rights measure, and she said she's hopeful that election year pressures could encourage them to join Democrats to provide enough votes for passage.

It's not yet clear if House Republicans have enough votes for the passage of the bill.

Cuomo's Women's Equality Act failed in the state Senate, when neither party could muster enough votes for an abortion rights provision.

The measure is backed by Reps. John Faso and Chris Collins and is potentially key to gaining enough votes for the passage of the House GOP's bill replacing the Affordable Care Act this week.

The governor's office marshaled its resources in a bid to push back against the provision and the AHCA ultimately failed to gain enough votes for passage in the Republican - led House of Representatives.

Stefanik is generally considered «undecided» on the bill, and was among the moderate Republicans who met with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan Wednesday, as Ryan attempts to secure enough votes for passage.

How long Astorino's veto will hold, however, remains to be seen, as county lawmakers say they have enough votes for an override.

Originally legislators voted by a margin of 12 - 5 to pass the budget — enough votes for a supermajority, which would trigger an override.

Cuomo's Women's Equality Act, failed in the State Senate, when both parties could not muster enough votes for an abortion rights provision.

It marked the first time since single - day voting began on the Island in 1996 that every district's spending plan in Nassau and Suffolk counties won enough votes for adoption.

Lieutenant Governor Hochul says she knows of some GOP Senators, who she would not name, who are «supportive» of voting for the abortion rights measure and she says she's hopeful that election year pressures could encourage them to join Democrats to provide enough votes for passage.

And then the question is whether the state Senate has enough votes for it.

The current Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, has said that bills will not come to the floor for a vote unless a majority of Democrats agree, even if numerically, counting Republican support, there are enough votes for it to pass.

The group, NYCLASS, «feels very good» about the chances of a new measure being unveiled as early as January, as pressure has been mounting for a compromise after Mayor de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito failed to corral enough votes for an outright ban or other reforms.

Frank's own aid says they had enough votes for passage.

In both houses those are enough votes for an override.

A majority of New York voters opposed the passage of the American Health Care Act, the Republican - backed measure that failed to gain enough votes for passage last week in the House of Representatives, according to a Siena College poll released on Monday.

We have not replaced branch executives, and as a leader of the party in the constituency, I shall reward loyalty and hard work to ensure the NDC secures enough vote for the party in the coming elections in 2020.»

Not exact matches

However, even under the best - case scenario for Democrats, they will not flip enough seats to reach the 60 - vote super-majority necessary to pass legislation under long - standing Senate rules.

Republicans pulled their health care bill Friday after failing to garner enough votes to pass Donald Trump's plan intended to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, leaving the law better known as Obamacare in place for now.

«I'm a different kind of Republican and I think I would have crossover appeal because I think that independents and Libertarians and Republicans will vote for me and that would be enough to beat Claire on its face, but even Democrats like me.»

Although Unifor again claims it has surpassed the 40 % threshold needed to call a vote, organizers are still trying to drum up enough support to comfortably meet the majority of the 7,000 workers required for victory.

«The appeal of Donald Trump was significant enough that taking a risk to vote for him for some economic change was reasonable,» he said.

But for his proposal to be put forward for consideration by Dell shareholders, he must first succeed in having Michael Dell's offer voted down and then win enough shareholder support to replace the members of Dell's board with his own nominees.

With the Senate finally voting this afternoon to raise the debt ceiling, enough time has probably elapsed for us to start laughing about the absurdist tragedy that played out in Washington D.C. over the last couple months.

It has prompted renewed calls from Scottish nationalists for a vote on independence, and members of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish governments have complained the national government has not involved them enough its Brexit negotiation preparations.

If people vote for president based on a feeling that people don't say «Merry Christmas» enough, why not vote out a mayor because he won't stop taking a damn SUV to the Park Slope Y?

While McCaskill's support is good news for those who wish to see the decision overturned, the vote in itself will not be enough to ensure that net neutrality will be restored.

The shareholder vote had been scheduled for last week but the special committee postponed it appeared as though Dell's offer didn't have enough support among shareholders.

Yet they could attract enough voters to make things difficult for either Trump or Clinton, where according to at least one recent poll, the Democrat and Republican tie at 35 %, with Johnson garnering 13 % of the vote.

The SPAC was trading slightly below its offering price when Traina signed the merger agreement, which has made it difficult for him to round up enough yes votes from Terra Nova shareholders, who may be better off voting down the deal and getting back their original investments in the SPAC.

Did the party take its base for granted and not give people enough of a reason to vote for them?

In the end, he told his caucus to vote for the Liberal motion, which was enough to get Scheer called a «backstabber» by Ezra Levant, whose Rebel Media more or less defines the far right end of the political mainstream in Canada.

Actually, I believe he would have split the vote with Hillary and consequently Sanders would have won, but I'm probably not giving him enough credit for his political skill in that analysis.

Paskal also noted that, if all of these reasons aren't enough, then the voting power of the region should be a sufficient case for engagement.

This is becoming more important now because Republicans have a slim margin in the senate and one member, Sen. Ron Johnson (R - WI), is saying that he won't vote for the bill as it stands because it's not generous enough to pass - through businesses — and President Trump apparently agrees.

«Walmart does not pay employees enough», «Walmart is anti-union», «Walmart sells poor quality goods from China», «Walmart is for unattractive people who live in flyover and voted for Trump» are some popular responses (the last one para-phrased a bit by me, but nevertheless one that reflects a prevailing sentiment).

I guess the total failure of strategic voting in last year's federal election wasn't enough for you?

Leaders are continuing to work to get more votes on board and will schedule a vote for this week if they believe they have enough to pass a bill, the aide added.

There is no vote scheduled yet for this week and there are still not enough votes to pass a bill, a congressional aide said after Priebus's and Cohn's comments.

So is whether he can get enough of his brethren to go a giant step further and vote for a Mormon for president.

It's not that I think he is Muslim (nor do I care if he is Christian)... what I do believe is that he thinks that people are stupid enough to vote for him again just because he decides to parade himself as a Christian (not that religion should matter in politics)-- The real reason his approval numbers are down are because he is no good.

So at the end of the day, even as a follower of the teachings of Jesus Christ (the name Christian has been so stained, refuse to call myself one to distance myself from traitors to God like Bush and just about every Conservative American), I'd vote for an astheist with good ideas and was brave enough to push for the interests of people, not corporations, then I would vote for them.