Sentences with phrase «for voting on policy»

Even now, the supposedly free - speech press mocks Lib Dems for voting on policy, typically by saying they're «washing their dirty laundry in public».

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In 2017, that was 22 states, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, including at least 10 that voted for President Trump in the 2016 election.

Tea Party Republicans, for example, might worry that a straight up and down vote on trade might give the president too much influence over economic policy.

Also of interest, the groups that were the most negative on the new economic policies were those with college degrees and people living in the Northeast, both demographics that exit polls show voted more for Hillary Clinton.

Can you vote on reinstating an employee who violates a drug policy, for instance, as Atlas once did?

The policy that councillors will vote on won't immediately decrease the city's number of payday loan businesses to 15 to match its number of wards because it will grandfather in existing companies, but will prevent new ones from opening, said Tom Cooper, the director of the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction.

If you hold your shares in street name, it is critical that you cast your vote if you want it to count in the election of directors, the vote to approve the amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the vote to approve the amendment and restatement of our 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, the advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation, and the stockholder proposals requesting: (i) the elimination of supermajority voting requirements, (ii) the adoption of a policy to consider employee pay ranges when setting CEO compensation, and (iii) a report on Salesforce's criteria for investing in, operating in and withdrawing from high - risk regions (Proposals 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in this Proxy Statement).

Mr. Garland and his team are responsible for developing and implementing the Funds» active ownership programs for public equities, including voting proxies, engaging portfolio companies on their environmental, social and governance policies and practices, and advocating for regulatory reforms to protect investors and strengthen shareholder rights.

Given the high level of discontent expressed on the say - on pay proposal last year, when 56.6 % of non-state shareholders voted against, securing support for the proposed remuneration policy may be a challenge.

OTTAWA — Broadbent Institute founder Ed Broadbent on Friday kicked off the country's flagship progressive policy conference with a call for progressives to make sure the next election is held under a proportional voting system.

Though it is important not to overstate the situation — realistically, the AfD party is unlikely to have a significant influence over policy in Germany in the short term — the level of support for the German right - wing party reflects a significant protest vote, which could have an influence on Chancellor Merkel's approach as she looks past her election victory.

I will vote for the best person for president based on the one who has the best policies and not because of his religion.

It is one thing to not agree with his policy or views on the critical topics, its another to simply note vote for a candidate because of one's ignorance and views around Mitt Romney's personal belief in Jesus Christ.

We have a president that received no vetting from CNN or those who voted for him and look what we got... a partisan ideologue who has brought the number of Americans who need food stamps to a record high, embraced policies that have resulted in 23 million Americans unemployed or under - employed, decreased household incomes by $ 4000 annually, increased the number of Americans dependent on the federal government to nearly 50 % and appointed dozens of «czars» who we know nothing about and who were also never vetted.

But while I agree with them on many economic policies, I flatly refuse to vote for anyone in bed with the fundamentalists who are campaigning to take away the rights of their fellow citizens.

The decline in political activity proved true for every category, from preaching a sermon on a public policy issue (1 % did so in 2016, down from 37 % in 2014) to distributing voter guides (36 %, down from 45 %) to speaking to the congregation about the importance of voting (62 %, down from 78 %).

Tom Minnery, Focus on the Family's senior vice president for government and public policy told CNN that Obama won't get the evangelical vote because «evangelicals are people who take Bible interpretation very seriously, and the sort of speech [Obama] gave shows that he is worlds away in the views of evangelicals.»

In this particular instance it is not very difficult to imagine scenarios in the not - too - distant future in which there might occur resurgences of socialist policies and ideals: the failure of neo-capitalist regimes in developing societies and / or the formerly Communist countries in Europe to achieve economic take - off; the insight granted to sundry dictators and despots that, while socialism invariably immiserates the masses, it is a very good recipe for enriching those who claim to hold power as the vanguard of the masses; the «creeping socialism» (still an aptly descriptive term) brought on by massive government intervention in the economy in the name of some societal good, e.g., there could be an environmentalist road to socialism, or a feminist one, or one constructed (perhaps inadvertently) with some other building blocks of politically managed regulations and entitlements; or, last but not least, the actual restoration of socialism, by coup or by voting, in a number of countries, beginning with Russia.

Shareholders of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (NASDAQ: CBRL) voted to support the restaurant outlet's recently - adopted policy to eliminate gestation crates — small cages used to virtually immobilize breeding pigs for months on end — from its pork supply chain.

Ames Simmons of Equality North Carolina says, «When we vote for politicians who choose to make policy based on false stereotypes of marginalized communities instead of actual data rooted in scientific methodology, we threaten to set back progress in our country to dark ages of superstition.»

The College ended formula milk funding for core activities about fifteen years ago, after the previous AGM vote on this topic, but recently this policy has been reversed.

The Lake in the Hills Village Board will vote Thursday night on a policy that would give the same legal protections to employees who express milk for their babies as mothers who breast - feed in public.

«I'm quietly confident, in a non-complacent way, that the people who are flirting with the Greens, a large number of them will end up voting Labour - for positive reasons, because we've got radical policies on the environment, we've got very good policies on addressing inequality, the housing crisis, the NHS.

This break between the responsibility of voters to vote for candidates who will deliver their desired policies and their accountability for decisions they dislike being made is innately hostile to a functioning democracy, and thus such politicians are criticised on that level.

MPs have to be in Westminster for crucial votes on the orders of their whips, but there is little time spent in serious policy debate in the chamber.

He warned against pursuing protest votes, instead calling for bold policies from the new leader to present voters with a starker choice on cutting the deficit.

A New York panel approved changes to a policy that would allow searches for the DNA of family members of suspects, but pushed off a final vote on whether to allow the controversial technique.

Through daily meetings, all the inhabitants of the local «tents neighborhoods» vote on policy and elect their representatives for the higher national assembly.

He has opposed the energy policies of President Barack Obama, declined to vote on both the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 and the DREAM ACT, voted for removing federal funding from Planned Parenthood in 2015 (but voted to preserve funding for the organization in 2017), and voted to confirm most of President Donald Trump's cabinet appointees.

You are more right wing than Tories on many issues see Votes for Prisoners, Prison Policy and racist attacks on the pakistani community.

But various experts — for instance former civil servant Jim Gallagher — disagree, suggesting that questions about policy can and should be treated differently from questions about funding, with only the latter voted on by MPs from across the UK.

Revised public procurement policies (particularly in light of the Brexit vote) and a clear position on regional development, as Britain is no longer able to bid for European Regional Development Funds.

«To me, it is an affront when a Peer says that he thought his peerage was a reward for his success as a composer and he did not expect to attend debates and vote on policy issues.

Expenditure is «controlled» if it is spending on election activities which «can reasonably be regarded as intended to influence voters to vote for or against political parties or categories of candidates including those parties and categories of candidates who support or do not support particular policies or issues».

I've rarely known a conference when hours outside the hall are not as much filled with real policy debate and lobbying to win the votes on the floor, and fringe meetings for or against certain proposed policies, as exchanging campaign experiences, or party gossip.

«In an attempt to take credit for the emerging recovery, Clegg has decided to stage what Cable and some on the left regard as an artificial showdown over economic policy during a set - piece two - hour debate and vote on Monday.

IF, and it's a big IF, there were to be a hung Parliament next time around, far better that the LibDems (and I guess this applies to the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Dr. Dick Taylor too) act as kingmakers by voting for or against the government, whether it be Labour or Conservative, * on the merits of each individual piece of legislation * than propping up some of the most loathsome, reactionary policies this side of the self - styled moral crusaders from the ear of High Thatcherism.

It is for this reason that the party has no firm policies on such issues and would leave them as a «free vote» to our representatives.

But he is completely correct to point out how the Independence Party has adopted a policy of selling its line on the voting machine for money or patronage.

In the State of the State policy book released on Wednesday, Cuomo outlined an ethics and voting reform agenda nearly identical to last year's, with the addition of an election cyber security and reporting requirement for online political advertising.

Wadleigh's truncation had been scheduled for a vote on Wednesday evening, April 25, by the Panel for Education Policy (PEP), the body that votes on Department of Education (DOE) policy and school cloPolicy (PEP), the body that votes on Department of Education (DOE) policy and school clopolicy and school closures.

The unlikely alliance of the WFP and state Conservative Party is declaring victory following a judge's ruling that cleared the way for the minor parties» lawsuit over the state Board Elections» policy on so - called «double - voting» to continue.

It was tough enough for the party to find itself voting against its own policy on issues which were agreed compromises set out in the coalition programme.

After a barrage of bad press over his position on Trident and his flip - flop over the so - called «shoot - to - kill» policy for armed terrorists, you'd expect Jeremy Corbyn's stock to be sinking fast, even among the most starry eyed of the «Jez - we - can» supporters who voted him in as leader of the Labour party in September.

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?

annual conference would for the first time have the opportunity to debate and vote on alternative positions within policy statements.»

In 2013, the New York Public Interest Research Group complained to the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics that the party's efforts amounted to lobbying — the ads didn't urge people to vote for someone, but rather to support a pending policy action — and should be disclosed as such.

With less than a week to the election, people around the UK have repeatedly said that they want to vote for a leader they can trust, who gives clear answers on their policies and who can explain how they are different from everyone else.

The Panel for Educational Policy will vote on the phaseout of Wadleigh's middle school grades, along with the partial closing of Washington Irving High School, on Feb. 9 at Brooklyn Technical High School.

The existing Panel for Educational Policy, the board that votes on education issues, would be redundant under a board system and would be eliminated.