Sentences with phrase «garnering majority support»

A new Quinnipiac poll shows expanded offshore oil drilling and Arizona's strict new immigration law garnering majority support among the American public.

Research indicates, for instance, that companies with majority (rather than plurality) voting for directors are more apt to adopt shareholder proposals that garner majority support, and that many chief financial officers are willing to forgo investments in projects expected to be profitable in the longer term in order to meet analysts» quarterly earnings estimates.

He might be good on a TV show or even as mayor, but in a world where Boris culture rules the Cameron figure can't garner majority support.

Sen. Robert Menendez's subsidies - killing bill, which recently garnered majority support but fail to reach a filibuster - proof 60 votes in the Senate, just targeted the five largest oil companies.

There is an inherent tension at play between a clear articulation of the precise legal effect of the referendum and the need for a simple and concise message to garner majority support.

Not exact matches

The vast majority of ideas in the playbook — covering areas including taxes, the federal budget, entitlements, infrastructure, immigration, energy, regulation, and education — garnered between 60 % and 80 % support in our polls.

Glanbia had agreed in April to sell its Irish dairy business to its majority shareholder Glanbia Co-operative Society for about $ 343m but the proposals narrowly failed to garner enough support from the membership.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan on Tuesday acknowledged that Cuomo's new bill was substantially different than the proposal that has garnered support in his chamber.

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Mainline Democrats moved to appeal the ruling — which would force a debate and vote on the issues — but members failed to garner a majority show of hands to support their appeal.

«In fact, based on my initial discussions with my colleagues, I doubt any of the consultant's proposals could garner a majority of the Board's support, at least as they are.»

Though the proposal has garnered support from many large bitcoin companies and the majority of mining pools, many take issue with its aim to boost bitcoin capacity by way of a hard fork, a mechanism that could lead the cryptocurrency to split into separate blockchain networks.