Sentences with phrase «fail a vote in»

On Monday, it appeared Pompeo would fail a vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, but the panel ultimately cleared him after last - minute support from Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.

He was the first Republican in office ever to say so openly, and with the force of freshman Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his aides, the marriage bill was closer to reality than it had been since a failed vote in 2009.

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But then it failed to reach the 60 - vote minimum in the Senate.

The vote failed, with 49 voting in favor and 51 voting against.

The failed vote marks the end of the road for the healthcare debate in the Senate, which had been going on since Tuesday.

(One explanation for why pollsters failed to predict Cameron's landslide victory last year was because «Brintroverts» refused to admit they intended to vote Conservative, an uncool choice in everyday conversation.)

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.

Prodi said he would speak about the failed vote with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, the supreme arbiter in Italian politics.

In the 219 - 206 vote, 67 Republicans rejected the spending bill, largely because it failed to take action to stop Obama's executive immigration order.

Opposition leader Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People's Party led with 43.3 percent of the vote in the first round of elections but failed to secure a majority vote needed to win, according to the electoral commission.

Gerard Lyons — one of the few prominent economists to back leaving the EU, and a co-founder of the Economists for Brexit group — told an audience at the Brexit & Global Expansion Summit in London on Monday that by failing to prepare plans for what might happen in the event that Britain voted to leave, Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne left both the new Conservative government and the British people high and dry.

Pot legalization passed in Oregon and Washington, D.C., and a yes vote was lately looking likely in Alaska, although a medical marijuana initiative failed in Florida.

The Company's Corporate Governance Guidelines require any director in an uncontested election who fails to receive over 50 % of the votes cast «for» his or her election to tender his or her resignation to the board within five days of the election.

The committee previously planned to vote to hold Pearson in contempt for failing to be deposed, but backed down after he agreed to be interviewed April 18.

If Maple fails to clear up some of the uncertainty, shareholders could very well vote for the LSE merger in June, Ditmire predicts.

In an infamous example, an app designed for help get out the vote failed on Election Day.

Democrats from coal - producing states, led by West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, had delayed the Senate vote on the funding bill in a failed attempt to get a bigger extension of miners» healthcare benefits that expire at the end of this year.

That would offer an ironic denouement to the Republicans» seven - year quest to vanquish the ACA — which, as the world knows, sputtered out after three failed Senate bills in about as many days and a dramatic late - night vote, the culmination of a battle that exposed enormous intraparty disagreement and highlighted the unexpected unpopularity of repeal.

It assures that we avoid «failed elections» (scenarios where directors fail to achieve the votes necessary to be elected, resulting in vacancies on our board).

If you (i) sign and return this form but do not give any direction or (ii) fail to sign and return this form or vote by Internet or telephone, your shares will be voted in the same proportion as the shares held under the Plan for which instructions are received, unless otherwise required by law.

In the end, however, even a watered - down measure that would have tightened background checks failed to get to a final vote in the Senate amid opposition from Republicans and Democrats in conservative stateIn the end, however, even a watered - down measure that would have tightened background checks failed to get to a final vote in the Senate amid opposition from Republicans and Democrats in conservative statein the Senate amid opposition from Republicans and Democrats in conservative statein conservative states.

There was the shock Brexit vote in the UK, Donald Trump's victory in the US Presidential election, a failed Italian referendum and many more factors that provided countless opportunities for forex traders to profit.

L. (Sept. 1, 2014), http://us.practicallaw.com/4-578-4485 [http://perma.cc/8XRK-A4YL](«It appears that ISS negative vote recommendations based on the perceived lack of board responsiveness to shareholder concerns (as evidenced by the failure to implement a successful shareholder proposal) was the leading factor associated with directors who failed to receive a majority of votes cast in an uncontested election in 2014.»)

Current regulations allow a company to exclude a resubmitted proposal from its proxy only if it failed to receive the support of 3 % of shareholders the last time it was voted on; 6 % if it has been voted on twice in the last five years; and 10 % if it was voted on three or more times in the last five years.

Five years of failed austerity policies in Greece and a total breakdown in trust between the leftwing Syriza alliance and the political leaders of its creditors climaxed in a national vote in which Greeks said no to the spending cuts and tax increases demanded by its lenders...

At last year's annual meeting, the company's advisory vote on executive compensation failed to receive majority support from shareholders, with approximately 29 % of shareholders supporting the proposal; however this was just one of the issues the company faced in the past year.

Whereas the current Code merely calls for a statement to be published on the company's website in response to shareholder concerns when a say - on - pay fails to receive majority support, the Senate's amendment would require companies to prepare and present a report at the next general meeting detailing how it took the shareholder vote into consideration.

This report focuses on voting trends on director elections in the United States and Canada, including discussion of failed directors, and Glass Lewis» vote recommendations.

* OBAMACARE BECOMES WEAPON FOR DEMS: The New York Times reports that the tables have turned, and Democrats are using the Republicans» failed repeal vote as a weapon against them in multiple House races:

Nineteen Liberal, New Democrat, and Progressive Conservative MLAs voted in favour of the motion, but it failed after 31 PC and Wildrose MLAs stood up and voted against it.

It also plans to introduce a majority voting policy in 2012, which would require directors to offer their resignations to the board if they fail to garner a majority of «for» votes in annual shareholder elections.

SHARE director of law and policy Laura O'Neill said the only other directors she knows of who failed to win majority support this year were on the board of Quebecor Inc., where holders of class B subordinate shares voted just 43 per cent in favour of electing the entire board as a slate.

The project narrowly failed to reach the needed 60 votes needed to make it to the president's desk, with 59 votes in favor and 41 opposed.

Because the SEC's rules for resubmission of a failed proposal by a shareholder in the next year's proxy statement require that the proposal have received up to 10 % of the vote (depending on how many years it has been submitted), the significant voting impact of an ISS recommendation can empower a proponent to resubmit a proposal year after year, imposing costs on the company and creating waste and negative publicity to the detriment of the company and its shareholders.

On Tuesday night, a plan to repeal and replace Obamacare failed to acquire the 60 votes it needed to be approved, with only 43 voting in favor, according to Reuters.

The three boards that failed to get the critical vote required were: Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (75 per cent required and only 63 per cent of those who voted were in favour); Kamloops & District Real Estate Association (75 per cent vote needed and 70 per cent of those voting favoured the merger); and Okanagan - Mainland Real Estate Board (67 per cent needed and 56 per cent vote acquired).

For one I could point out 20 mispelling errors, «Mormonism» not a word, weird huh.I am a Mormon I do support Mitt and I did in 2008, but religion aside Mitt can get it done, and he has in the past!!!! Obama has failed the USA no doubt about that.Mitt's morals, family values is what America is on.Shame on the people who can't move past that, You (not me) voted on a black man for President and not a Mormon, turns out the Mormon Canidiate coud have changed the whole USA around cool huh.

Harold Camping, the radio evangelist whose failed end - of - world predictions became a widely talked about story in 2011, was the top vote getter.

I may not like many of Obama's policies and failed promises - actually, I do not and I did not vote for him - but I hold him in very high regard as a man who tends to speak well of other people (yes, he's said some careless things occasionally, but only occasionally), who clearly loves and respects his family, who tries to take the high road in dealings with others.

In a published review of Hamburger's book, I wrote that while Hamburger «tries to convey the impression that separation represents only nativist, anti-Catholic, and ultrasecularist bigotry... [He fails to mention] that Catholic voters in Massachusetts, New York, California, and Michigan... have in recent years voted to reject attempts to remove state constitutional provisions aimed at preserving church - state separatioIn a published review of Hamburger's book, I wrote that while Hamburger «tries to convey the impression that separation represents only nativist, anti-Catholic, and ultrasecularist bigotry... [He fails to mention] that Catholic voters in Massachusetts, New York, California, and Michigan... have in recent years voted to reject attempts to remove state constitutional provisions aimed at preserving church - state separatioin Massachusetts, New York, California, and Michigan... have in recent years voted to reject attempts to remove state constitutional provisions aimed at preserving church - state separatioin recent years voted to reject attempts to remove state constitutional provisions aimed at preserving church - state separation.

During my year in Italy when the blood failed to liquefy, the priest announced that this sign indicated God's displeasure over the large communist vote the public opinion polls were predicting for the upcoming national parliamentary elections.

Then, when the later bill failed in the House of Representatives and the conservative backlash became too severe, Rubio said he would have voted against the reform bill if he had to do it over again.

Dreihaus, part of a group of Democrats that supported a ban on taxpayer funding of abortion yet — when this provision failed to pass — still voted in favor of the final health care reform bill, argued that, given his pro-life beliefs, the ad amounted to defamation.

The committee are also likely to discuss the reputation of the Church of England following a previous failed women bishop vote in November 2012.

Declaring early in American history that the Constitution was «godless» because it failed to acknowledge the authority of Jesus Christ, the church up until a generation ago practiced «political dissent,» not allowing members to vote, hold public office, or take oaths of allegiance to the flag or the Constitution.

If this guy gets votes just because he is religious to the extent he might actually have a chance in the race... well it goes to show there are seriously too many primitive Americans out there and the education system is failing...

The songwriter however failed to reach 40 per cent of the votes so will now have to compete in the runoff on 1st April against ex-government minister Carlos Alvarado Quesada, who was also once a singer in a rock band.

Brexit effect fails to move needle on Scotch production - Diageo Diageo has quelled speculation that it has moved to slow its production of Scotch whisky, in light of the UK's vote to leave the Europ... read more

However, it looks like Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire are both in danger of falling off this year by failing to secure five percent of the vote, and neither Roger Clemens nor Barry Bonds looks as if they've made any progress towards election.

Chelsea is champion but the will buy De Griezman from Atletico de Madrid they have the best defence in the league, the best Midfield in the league with De Griezman, hazard and Costa they will be came invecibles that what Mourinho want to take from Wenger and do not forget that Wenger will never beat Mourinho, we just need 3 world class players just like Henry said, But Wenger have no ambitions to win the league, next year will be the same excuses why we fail again, Mourinho sold Mata even so he was voted the best Chelsea player the previous two years, and Wenger want to keep ineffective players like Walcott, Wiltshere, Diaby, Flamini, Ryo.Sanogo.Welbeck, sad but that is our fate with Wenger only problem for us the risk of loosing player like Alexis will be great if we do not win next year, we must to buy like Henry said, like Carzola is saying, we lost so many good players because they want to win and they are winning with others clubs.why we do not give ouself a chance of winning the EPL?