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Shell shareholders are set to cast their votes on the deal on Jan. 27, followed by BG investors the next day, the final hurdles to be cleared for the deal to proceed, one of the biggest energy sector acquisitions in the past decade.

A day after the bill's prospects wavered somewhat, Republican leaders notched two victories on Friday, when Senator Marco Rubio of Florida said he would vote yes after gaining a more generous child tax credit in the final bill and Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, who voted against the initial Senate bill over deficit concerns, said he would support the legislation.

As the final day of campaigning continues in Scotland ahead of Thursday's referendum on independence, a Catholic MSP says a yes vote comes with too many risks.

One of her favourite City goals came on the final day of the 2014 campaign - a chest - and - volley against Chelsea - and in August this year, it was voted the Nissan Goal of the Season at City Live, marking the first time a woman had won the award.

The lack of big - ticket deals is making these final days — usually marked by the drama of things falling apart and coming back together again and marathon all - night voting — much easier than usual.

@user4012 about 2), the final election day is just the end of a lengthy electoral process; if voters are better educated and use that education all through the process a demagogue should be stopped earlier in the process (so, for a party supporter it would not be end as [My demagogue] vs [candidate from other party], because [My demagogue] would have been voted out in the primaries; in these primaries such a voter would have the option to vote for other candidates more ideologically acceptable).

The question remains as to whether Flanagan can sell this latest compromise to his members, and also whether they'll be back in town within the next few days to vote on a final deal before scattering to their respective plans for the two week Easter / Passover break.

According to Sen. Diane Savino, a former labor leader who was monitoring the AFSCME election at the union's convention in Boston via BlackBerry while the Senate was in the final throes of its last day in Albany (for now, at least), Donohue received 648 votes to Lee Saunders» 652.

Join in and you can help the Center whittle the Sexist Sixteen down to the Egregious Eight and the Foul Four over the next few days, with the final vote to crown the winnah and champeen to be held on Fair Pay Day on April 12th.

One final observation is that there is more to an election than just the day of voting.

The vote for the sex - sex marriage law was a carefully constructed event for the Senate on the final day of the legislative session.

The Independent Electoral Commission said on Friday that the final results must be announced no later than midnight five days after the vote.

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Despite the stagecraft of theoretical debates that don't end in votes, the partisan gridlock, the inertia that seemed to settle over the Capitol dome at times, bills did get passed, especially in the final, frenzied days of the 22 - week session.

He met with supporters in Flushing for a get out the vote rally in the morning and planned to finish the day with a final event on Long Island.

«Let's have the debates over various policy issues and at the end of the day, either approve pieces of legislation, or if they fail to achieve enough votes, then the bill ultimately fails, but in the final analysis, that's good government,» Valesky said.

Perhaps, when polling day dawned, the reality was somewhat less appealing than it had been when people's final voting decision could still be changed.

The final budget agreement came so late that the governor had to use what's called a special message of necessity to bypass the legal three day waiting period between when a bill is printed and when it can be voted on.

The final wording said that Labour would pilot secure systems for electronic voting and electoral registration on polling day, and consider piloting elections on days other than Thursday.

On enhancing democracy «The final wording said that Labour would pilot secure systems for electronic voting and electoral registration on polling day, and consider piloting elections on days other than Thursday».

On Polling Day activists will be making the final push to mobilise the Labour vote, from 7 am until 10 pm, when the polls close.

With time running out, the Senate and House of Representatives scrambled to vote on the final day of the regular session as lawmakers also passed myriad bills on the session's busiest day.

ALBANY — As the state Assembly finished action on the 2017 - 2018 budget Saturday evening, dozens of members — cooped up in Albany for at least 13 days — rushed out of the chamber before the final vote tally was announced.

In the Senate, Democrats there pushed for a vote to be held on the governor's legislation in the final days.

This is the only poll of the campaign that would usually be regarded as a «final poll», that is one that has been conducted sufficiently closely to polling day that its accuracy can reasonably be assessed by comparing its voting intentions with the tally of votes that actually emerges from the ballot boxes.

After many hours of deliberations spanning several days, a final vote was held by the NWC.

On June 7, Diaz says his staff and the mayor's office discussed holding a public hearing on June 22 and agreed to vote on a final submission within seven days after the hearing.

Several insiders contended that Bronx Sen. Jeff Klein, who hopes to become the Democrats» leader next year, gained power during the confusing final days of the session, when he blocked Sampson's bid to bring the final budget bill to a vote.

With time running out, the Senate and House of Representatives scrambled to vote on the final day of the regular session as lawmakers...

Though the Senate delayed action on the emergency aid for Sandy victims Thursday, Majority Leader Harry Reid said he expects «as many as 20 votes the next few days» en route to final passage.

Stronger governmental ethics proposals and measures to authorize advance voting are also languishing on the agenda, but there's little sign of momentum going into the session's final days.

Griffo said proper vetting takes time, and pointed to the process of judicial appointees — who often go through multiple committees in one day before reaching the floor for the final vote — as particularly problematic.

The clock is counting down to Election Day, and in this final NBC 4 New York / Wall Street Journal / Marist Poll, Democrat Bill de Blasio has a very wide lead over Republican Joe Lhota among New York City likely voters including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate and those who voted by absentee ballot.

[168] A final theory, put forward after the election, was the «Lazy Labour» factor, which claimed that Labour voters tend to not vote on polling day whereas Conservative voters have a much higher turnout.

Midway through the afternoon on what was supposed to be the final day of the 2016 legislative session, lawmakers began to receive word that they should plan to remain at the Capitol on Friday — partly due to the steady crush of last - minute voting, but mainly because agreements on a handful of top agenda items remained elusive.

Legislative leaders have not given a detailed explanation on why they put the extra money for the scholarship program in the bill, which was not released publicly until two days before a final vote.

A final announcement seemed just out of reach as the Legislature settled in for a late night on Thursday, the last official day of the 2016 legislative calendar, and lawmakers were told to return on Friday for a final gallop of votes.

To cap it all, the high - profile Tory MP Enoch Powell intervened in the campaign in the final few days asking people to vote Labour, and so have a choice to withdraw from the Common Market in a planned referendum.

Toobin reported that DeLay left Washington and returned to Texas to oversee the project while final voting was underway in the state legislature, and that «several times during the long days of negotiating sessions, DeLay personally shuttled proposed maps among House and Senate offices in Austin.»

Democratic candidate John De Vito won a three - way primary last week in the 3rd State Senate District, but his one and only mailing to 4,800 votes was missing in action in the final days of the campaign.

Democrats across central New York are making their final push for votes before Election Day.

HARTFORD — With time running out on the frenzied, final day of the legislative session, Democratic leaders unexpectedly postponed a vote on the $ 20 billion state budget Wednesday and promised to return next week.

More than a million 18 - 24 year olds registered to vote after the election was called, with 250,000 registering on the final day before the deadline.

Washington (CNN)- President Obama plans to address the House Democratic caucus Saturday to make a final plea for the health care overhaul, a day ahead of an expected House vote.

Several senators, however, still haven't committed to a vote that could happen Friday, what could be the final day of the legislative session.

The State Senate and Assembly both postponed votes that had been scheduled to cram key legislation into the final days of the lame - duck legislature, including a vote on $ 5 billion in potential tax credits to help lure Amazon to the state.

Heading into the final days of a bitterly fought campaign, incumbent U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson (R - Kinderhook) says he has high hopes to win all 11 counties in the 19th Congressional District — including Ulster, where he lost by 13,000 votes in 2012.

This weekend will see the final votes cast, a two - day conference with speakers from around the world coming to speak to their experiences with PB, and announcements about which specific projects will be awarded funding based on the public vote.

The $ 137.9 billion budget, which also slices business taxes and provides $ 300 million toward universal pre-kindergarten in New York City, came through late Friday and will go up for a final vote today, the last day of the state's financial year.

Emails sent in support of the party in the final days before the election attacked the governor even as it encouraged people to vote for him on the WFP line.