Sentences with phrase «favor of the amendment»

Fifty senators voted in favor of the amendment, while forty - nine senators voted against mainstream climate science.

, voted in favor of the amendment — but made clear he doesn't believe humans are the primary driver of climate change.

Generally, upscale urban and coastal regions were in favor of the amendment while inland areas mostly rejected it.

A Siena College poll showed voters were in favor of the amendment when they heard the pro-jobs language, but were split down the middle when they heard the neutral wording.

Eight of the nine Councilors voted in favor of the amendment Monday.

Noting the connection between childhood hunger and obesity and impaired military recruitment, the US House of Representatives voted in favor of an amendment to a military spending bill expressing support for adequate funding for the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act.

I could be in favor of an amendment to the constitution defining marriage «biblically» IF we really defined it according to what the Bible says.

If there is no casino planned for the New York City area, and only ones upstate, voters downstate might not be in favor of the amendment, or simply be uninterested in the matter and skip the proposal altogether.

According to NY1's Grace Rauh, who is covering this story in Washington, D.C., the entire NYC delegation, with the exception of Rep. Mike McMahon (who lost his seat in NY - 13 to Republican Congressman - elect Michael Grimm) voted in favor of the amendment.

Meanwhile, it remains unclear when the committee will move forward with an advertising campaign in favor of the amendment.

Coupled with the agreements made with the state's Indian tribes to share revenue and gain exclusivity rights for their casinos, the deck is being staked in favor of the amendment: A committee with the potential to raise funds quickly, a numbered analysis of the benefits and language that paints a glowing picture of expansion.

Almost all of New York City overwhelmingly Democratic House delegation voted in favor of the amendment.

VID's guests were Dick Dadey, Executive Director of Citizens Union, NYC, speaking in favor of the amendment and Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause, NY, speaking in opposition.

The constitutional change can occur only after two separately elected Legislatures and a public referendum in favor of the amendment, something that could happen by November 2013.

In the November 6th election, 3 out of every 5 voters in the City of Valdosta voted in favor of Amendment One (the charter schools amendment).

The second amendment, which changed the first bullet points «never feed» to «avoid feeding,» was PASSED with a majority vote of 91.9 % in favor of the amendment.

In August 2016, 73 percent of Florida voters cast their votes in favor of Amendment 4, a ballot referendum that called for extending the property tax exemption on solar energy installations from residences to commercial and industrial businesses.

The vote was 225 to 200 in favor of the amendment, which was thus attached to the Farm Bill.

It takes 8 percent of all Florida voters who voted in the last presidential election to sign petitions in favor of an amendment to get one on the ballot.

The amendment failed with 71 Republican members and 1 Democratic member who voted against and 34 Democratic members and 6 Republican members who voted in favor of the amendment.