Sentences with phrase «from voting on the measure»

The hardline response is to ban non-English MPs from voting on any measure which relates only to England.

Bernardo said she abstained from voting on the measure because of her personal and professional involvements with O'Halloran.

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Today's must - read story is from Fortune «s Tory Newmyer and it looks at labor federation AFL - CIO's decision to lift a freeze on political contributions that it imposed in March in a move meant to pressure Democrats to vote against free trade measures.

That information — augmented by advocacy efforts from such Addyi supporters as the National Organization for Women and National Consumers League — turned the tide, and the FDA's joint meeting of the Bone, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 18 to 6 to support approval for HSDD treatment, contingent on Sprout consenting to risk - mitigation measures like warnings and restrictions to prevent misuse.

Eight Democrats from states Trump would go on to win in 2016 voted against the measure: Tester, Brown, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters of Michigan, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin.

The Senate on Wednesday voted to get rid of a consumer protection measure meant to stop car dealers from charging more for car loans based on race.

Lawmakers like Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith, a Democrat from Orlando, voted against the bill because it did not include a ban on assault weapons or other broad measures sought by survivors of all the shootings.

After several embarrassing setbacks, Republican leaders, under pressure from the White House, spent much of last week weighing whether to hold a vote on the measure that included the new amendment, which was negotiated by New Jersey Representative Tom MacArthur and North Carolina Representative Mark Meadows, who chairs the House Freedom Caucus.

Even though the measure received overwhelming support from legislators (it passed on am 86 to 44 vote, with 12 abstentions), critics, including pediatricians, say it is misguided and dangerous.

When the measure, known as Proposition 42, was approved on a second ballot (after having been voted down only a day earlier), it touched off a fire storm of criticism, mostly from coaches who stand to lose the services of youngsters whose academic prowess has not kept pace with their athletic skills.

But according to the House Minority Whip's office, some 280,000 people voted online or via text on the particular measure they'd like to see deleted from the federal budget, in what Cantor's new media guy described as «the most direct use of technology to establish a more direct democracy in the history of the federal legislature.»

The IDC has been pushing for votes on key liberal measures in the state Senate, narrowly controlled by Republicans, amid pressure from left - leaning groups to rejoin the Democratic mainline conference in the chamber.

It's unclear whether Senate Republicans have the votes to back the wage increase or if they will need to rely on votes from the mainline Democratic conference for the measure to be approved.

Senate Democrats once again addressed this issue head - on with proposals to protect our communities from gun violence, and again the Senate Republicans voted these measures down.»

Thus, on the one hand, Volodin has cancelled the Duma's traditional New Year's party; the summer vacation might be shortened; United Russia has formalized measures to filter legislative initiatives, partly with a view to limiting the emergence of odd, PR - motivated bills; opportunities for deputies to miss plenary sessions and vote by proxy have been significantly reduced, with the penalty of pay deductions for absenteeism; and deputies are now required to deal personally with appeals from citizens.

The Albany County Legislature will vote on a measure tonight that would bar elected officials» relatives from being hired to work for the county.

Scottish MPs and Welsh MPs will be barred from joining their English colleagues in votes on measures, which include the right - to - buy for housing association tenants.

Capital Tonight's Kaitlyn Ross reports that the Parker - Diaz Sr. blow - up occurred when the Bronx senator joined Sen. Carl Kruger in voting «no» on Sen. Velmanette Montgomery's juvenile offenders bill, which caused the measure to be pulled from the floor before it was officially declared dead.

Lawmakers next week are expected to vote on a measure that would change the state's party primaries this year from Sept. 11 to Sept. 13, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said this afternoon.

Two appointees from the governor did not vote on measure.

Bill sponsors insisted they had the votes available for a Friday vote on the measure, but the effort has been met with stiff resistance from racino operators, who spent much the day personally lobbying lawmakers in the Senate.

With Cuomo, Skelos allowed votes on a host of long - sought Democratic measures ranging from the legalization of same - sex marriage to a sweeping gun control law in 2013 that was passed in the wake of a school shooting in Connecticut.

A week after Democrats staged a nearly 26 - hour sit - in demanding a vote on gun control measures, Speaker Paul Ryan said the House will vote next week on legislation to block suspected terrorists from buying guns

The 30 - second commercial from Hayworth's campaign is criticizing Maloney for votes on measures that impacted military pensions and Medicare.

In a further development on Thursday, the measure was moved from the Senate Finance panel — where Chairman John DeFrancisco of Syracuse said he wouldn't allow a vote on the bill — to the Senate Rules Committee, improving the bill's chances of hitting the floor sometime before the end of the legislative session.

One alarm bell that sounded Thursday was the possible defection of Sen. Marco Rubio from voting yes on the tax bill, putting the measure in peril.

Assembly Republicans called on Tuesday for a vote on a constitutional amendment that would strip pension benefits from state officials convicted of corruption and called an alternative measure working its way through the chamber a «watered - down» measure.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER As the State Senate slogged through its last scheduled day in its 2014 session, a member of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) that shares majority power with the Republicans, voiced hope that a measure to bar mental health professionals from performing «sexual orientation change efforts» on minors could yet get a floor vote.

Many House Republicans planning to vote «yes» on their tax bill Thursday are doing so with the understanding the measure is far from perfect and hoping their concerns will be addressed later during House and Senate conference negotiations.

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) today released the following joint statement from House Republican Leader John Boehner, House Republican Whip Eric Cantor, and NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions regarding the the special election in New York's 23rd Congressional District: «As the House stands on the cusp of the forthcoming vote on a trillion - dollar healthcare reform measure, it is vital that we unify behind a candidate that will support reining in massive government spending and work with Republicans in Congress to restore fiscal sanity and propose thoughtful measures to get our nation's economy on the right track.

But the new concerns from Labour's peers in the Lords means that the government will be seriously mauled over the measure in the vote on Monday and could suffer a three - figure defeat.

Supporters of the SOCE measure, who also pressed for a vote, voiced strong confidence they would have won on the Senate floor, with sponsor Brad Hoylman, an out gay West Side Democrat, pointing to public support for the measure from Republicans.

The state Senate is said to be voting Tuesday on a measure to block New York City from instituting a five cents fee on plastic and paper bags The city measure is supposed to go into effect in February, after a delay agreed to at the behest of the state Legislature last year.

Last week's byelection in Henley was predictable and surprising in equal measure: predictable because it showed that David Cameron, riding high in the polls as the government falls from grace, can win a safe seat on his home turf; but surprising because the Conservative vote didn't go up by much compared with the 2005 general election, even though the party is a full 14 % higher in the national polls.

Democratic lawmakers in the state Senate this past week tried pushing a vote on a package of gun control - related measures, like banning bump stocks and allowing a judge to order guns be taken away from a person if they're deemed a harm to themselves or others.

The sit - in, led by veteran civil rights campaigner and Georgia congressman John Lewis, was staged to demand a vote on gun control measures, after a 15 - hour filibuster in the Senate on 16 June led to a floor vote on four measures, including one which aimed to prevent those on a terrorist no - fly list from purchasing firearms.

The South, voting as a bloc on measures that challenged slaveholding interests and augmented by defections from Free State Senators with Southern sympathies, was able to tally majorities.

Updegrove sounded an optimistic note that recent political changes in Albany provided an opportunity for the measures to at least receive a fair up - or - down vote on the floor of the Assembly, where former Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, had previously blocked Medicaid reform votes from ever even coming to a vote.

In the state Senate, the measure was sponsored by Senator Diane Savino (D - Staten Island), who spoke on the floor before the vote about her parents, both of whom suffered from lung cancer.

The chamber on Tuesday voted 58 -0-margin to approve a measure that would prevent cities from requiring a permit before a group could sing the national anthem or recite the Pledge of Allegiance on public land.

To investigate these questions further, researchers from the UK, Poland and Portugal measured the effect of xenophobia — or the belief that immigrants to the UK threaten the country — on voting behavior.

Renewing a call for «sensible gun safety measures,» Democratic presidential front - runner Hillary Clinton chastised congressional Republicans Thursday for blocking a vote on a plan that she said would ban those on the federal government's No Fly List from buying guns.

The Assembly Education Committee deferred for one week a vote on the 69 - page bill by Senator Gary K. Hart, a Democrat from Santa Barbara who offered a school - finance reform measure that is more sweeping than that enacted last year.

One gets the sense that some of the vote on Amendment 66 was a carryover from the general public anger over how many measures, such as gun control, were forced through the legislature with little deliberation and no bipartisanship.

The Seattle City Council has voted to repeal Initiative 34, a measure passed by voters in 1989 that prevented the city government from spending money on public schools until the school beard ended mandatory busing.

We included administrative data from teacher, parent, and student ratings of local schools; we considered the potential relationship between vote share and test - score changes over the previous two or three years; we examined the deviation of precinct test scores from district means; we looked at changes in the percentage of students who received failing scores on the PACT; we evaluated the relationship between vote share and the percentage change in the percentile scores rather than the raw percentile point changes; and we turned to alternative measures of student achievement, such as SAT scores, exit exams, and graduation rates.

Of particular importance on the legislative agenda this year, is Senate Constitutional Amendment 3 (SCA 3) introduced by Senator Mark Leno, which would lower the vote threshold for local school district parcel tax measures from 2/3 to 55 percent.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on representatives to return from August recess next week to vote on the measure and send it to President Obama, who supports it.

ForexBrokerInc have implemented this measure in order to protect their clients and the company itself from the anticipated market turbulence during the United Kingdom's vote on EU Membership.

Last week, while Pennsylvania lawmakers were taking measures to protect pets from harsh winter weather, Las Vegas city council members voted to repeal a ban on retail pet store puppy sales, 99 % of which come from puppy mills.