Sentences with phrase «failed vote by»

While it didn't get as much attention as the (thankfully) failed vote by the Senate to ban abortions after 20 weeks in January — never mind that abortion that late in a term is both rare, and nearly always because the fetus has a catastrophic ailment — John Faso voted in favor of the same legislation in the House this past fall.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

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.»)

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...

The latter voted, as expected, to raise the federal funds corridor (or double floor, if you can't get over IOER fail) by another 25 bps.

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.

A motion to postpone the appointment failed by only one vote.

Please don't vote for the Republicans or waste a vote by failing to vote, or voting Libertarian.

That would fail unless the culture changes radically, tossing another election to the democrats by splitting the vote.

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.

And it is fair to say that for most of the year Ramsey has failed to hit the heights that saw him voted as last season's best player by the Arsenal fans.

The March initiative failed by a 2 - 1 margin, but the November proposal fell less than 800 votes short of passage.

Also key was an «AIDE Memoire», issued by European Commission to MEPs before the vote, that failed to make the key point that the European Food Safety Authority (the body tasked with evaluating the claim) had seen no evidence of any benefit from adding the ingredient to follow - on formulas.

The first plan failed by 400 votes, and the second failed by a 2 - to - 1 ratio, said Park District Director Eric Burns.

While the improvements in the text regarding cross-promotion may work to protect breastfeeding (which remains to be seen), mothers who use formula have been failed by those who voted down the objections.

@LocalFluff again, just because it failed by a single vote doesn't mean this reflects the true wishes of the Republican party.

The Log Cabin Republicans were very involved in the lobbying effort last December to try to convince some GOP senators to vote «yes» on marriage — an effort that ultimately failed when the entire 30 - member conference, joined by eight Democrats, voted «no» on the measure, killing the bill in the process.

If you stir in legislation such as the European Referendum Act 2015 which set the question to appear on the ballot paper but failed to address the legal consequences of a vote to leave, and the anomalies thrown up by the Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011, not least the ability to avoid a fixed - term, then the unsatisfactory basis upon which the country has gone to the polls three times in the last three years is underscored.

Delivering the judgement, Justice Anthony Yeboah said the EC had for the last ten years breached the rights of Ghanaians living abroad by failing to give them an opportunity to vote.

Sen. George Maziarz, a Buffalo Republican, defended his «no» vote, saying the plan forged late yesterday by the Assembly and Senate Democrats and Gov. David Paterson raises taxes and fees and imposes mandates on businesses — a move he called «the failed approach of the past.»

However, this failed to satisfy campaigners and in June 2011 a backbench business debate tabled by a Conservative MP, which had cross-party support, resulted in a unanimous vote in favour of a ban.

The Marriage Equality Act came up for its first and only vote in the Senate in 2009 and failed by a margin of 38 to 24.

So, you CAN (1) Fail to provide driver's license # when registering and (2) Use an easily forgeable form of ID (a copy of the utility bill and / or bank statement with name and address whiteouted and changed) to then vote by mail without providing harder - to - forge drivers or non-drivers ID.

The comments coincide with fresh claims from David Davis that by voting down the final deal, MPs would still fail to halt Britain's exit from the EU.

The last time any vote supported by the house's leadership lost a vote was a 2004 veto override attempt, which failed to receive the mandatory two - thirds support.

If he's unlucky, he enjoys a brief honeymoon or else no honeymoon at all, and then — after trying but failing to keep his parliamentary party in order — faces a vote of no - confidence triggered by the kamikaze squadron seated on the benches behind him.

The party scraped 5 % in my second poll of the by - election campaign a month ago; on the day itself they failed to reach that threshold by a handful of votes.

After Vince Cable wrote to companies Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna said the government had «caved in» by failing to introduce promised shareholder votes on executive remuneration.

A vote to overrule failed by three votes, with 29 Democrats lending their support and the entire present majority voting against it.

We have seen labours idea of getting women elected, thats failed, they were hand picked by Blair to vote for him not to question him.

For example, when pollsters fail to prompt by party names when asking voting intention, the Lib Dem vote share falls by several percentage points.

In a party line vote, the state Senate Codes Committee voted down the proposed Children's Weapon Accident Prevention Act, which would make it a felony if a gun owner fails to safely store a loaded weapon and the gun is used by a child under 18 to kill or injure a child.

With the voting down of the bill in the Senate, this raises a question: Can the Senate try again this fiscal year, or by bringing the bill to the floor and having it fail, did they use up their one shot?

Not surprisingly, a State Senate run by Republicans and the IDC has failed to bring the bill up for a vote.

«Given the small margin by which the original bill passed in the House, if every member of the New York delegation — Democrat and Republican — would say they're not voting for any bill that cuts state and local deductibility, that bill would fail.»

Campaign Finance Reform Fails to Clear Senate by Two Votes Last week, New York State legislators failed to pass a campaign finance reform measure that would end Albany's dysfunction.

Once you have done your own little bit, as you have done for months now, to damage the Corbyn campaign, by your constant nitpicking of his competence and leadership skills and policy development shortcomings, and regular defence of the «soft Left» who have so blatantly failed to support him all year, from a supposed position on the Left (so much more effective in the current battle for the dominant narrative than criticism coming openly from the Labour right), will you too finally, (sorrowfully and with much hand - wringing») declare for Owen Smith at the opening of voting, David?

The amendment failed by only two votes.

Then, once the electoral college fails to vote someone in, the top three scoring members are decided on by the House as detailed by FiveThirtyEight's Benjamin Morris

It had been suggested that the up to $ 300 million annual education tax credit could be «traded» (in budgetspeak) for the DREAM Act, which is opposed by the Senate Republicans and failed by two votes on the Senate floor last week.

Subeck, in an email sent to all Assembly Democrats obtained by the AP, accused Barca of failing «on all accounts» to differentiate his views on Foxconn from those of the rest of Democrats who voted against the proposal.

A year ago, the measure passed in the Assembly, but failed in the Senate by eight votes.

In a crucial difference with the version of the legislation that failed to win sufficient Republican support earlier this year, the current incarnation allows states to individually decide which pre-existing conditions insurers must cover and removes caps on how much the afflicted can be charged, and includes an age tax that allows insurance companies to charge higher premiums to individuals between the ages of 50 and 64 — allowing it to win votes from the previously recalcitrant Tea Party - aligned Freedom Caucus and pass by a margin of 217 in favor to 213 against.

The Made in America act sponsored by Morton this summer was passed convincingly by a 9 - 1 vote, but seven weeks later it failed when a Poloncarz veto withstood an attempted override.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Wisconsin Assembly Democratic Leader Peter Barca was branded as failing «on all accounts» by a fellow Democrat who was «incredibly frustrated and concerned» with his actions after Barca joined Republicans in voting for a $ 3 billion tax incentive package for Foxconn Technology Group.

The developer then appealed the decision to the Common Council, but the council failed by two votes to get the 14 necessary to overturn the commission's decision.

The only ward where Labour faced any real challenge was Mayesbrook, where the borough's former Labour mayor Dorothy Hunt, now representing UKIP, failed to win a seat by 12 votes.

De Blasio is also being challenged in the Democratic primary by Queens State Senator Tony Avella and former Brooklyn City Councilman Sal Albanese, who previously ran against de Blasio in 2013 and failed to get one percent of the votes.