Sentences with phrase «getting the vote of»

Upside got a vote of confidence last year when TD Ameritrade began making its technology available to the 4,000 - plus independent RIAs using TD Ameritrade's custody and trade - clearing services.

«My object was to get a vote of the people because the NRA kept killing everything we tried,» Silver said.

its how they get the vote of the lowest common denominator, so basically to be president all you need to do is tell people what they want to hear, and put on a good show

Garrison and Sumner were never going to get the vote of the swing voter in Illinois or Pennsylvania.

Prayer has not been shown to accomplish anything (outside of some individual meditative sort of benefit), so what is the point of declaring a day of prayer besides politicians trying to get the votes of a particular segment of society?

The last election showed that pandering to backward beliefs will not get the votes of the majority.

In a similar price range, the City Elite also got votes of loyalty.

The woman will only get the votes of those naive enough to think they can change the system, and those who are sexist enough to cast their vote based on sex instead of issues.

«Attorney General Andrew Cuomo gets the votes of 41 percent of the angry people.

I don't think the county executive can say that, and that's why I feel confident that I am going to get the vote of the majority of the people in this community.»

He got the votes of a minority of the voters but only got elected because he was running against two Republicans.

First, Levy must get the votes of 25 percent of the Republican committee delegates, weighted by the population of each county.

They got a vote of confidence and will remain in place for an extra year.

Or maybe this is all some cartoonishly devious plan from Cuomo - stan to actually get the votes of progressives who hate him, though we doubt it.

Other research has found that when patients believe in the effectiveness of a therapy — whether they get a vote of confidence from their practitioners or not — it can stimulate real physiological responses, including changes in heart rate, blood pressure, and even chemical activity in the brain that decreases pain, anxiety, and fatigue.

Although support was clearly scattered, with no film getting the vote of the majority of critics polled, «A Prophet» came out on top in every voting category, including Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Performance for breakthrought star Tahar Rahim.

FYI... my children attend great traditional schools with GREAT teachers they work hard and are effective so I am their biggest cheerleader but teachers who make children clean toilet bowls, put children in cement room i.e scream rooms, and are not effective at what they do should not be in a classroom... its that simple... They don't get a vote of confidence.

So the incumbent won by getting the vote of just 21 percent of all teachers — hardly a mandate.

GM's addition of Stabilitrak as standard for the 2008 model also gets our vote of appreciation.

«Our plans for Smoking Gun have always been ambitious, so it's tremendously exciting for us to get this vote of confidence from the investment community», said Steven Lee, CFO of Smoking Gun Interactive, «This shows the kind of excitement and confidence in Smoking Gun that investors have about our plans for the studio and our products».

These donations validate our ongoing efforts and to get their vote of confidence is a huge moral boost for myself and team Lonely Whale.

Take a look at NewsTrust (http://beta.newstrust.net), the month old news «filter» that reproduces and ranks those stories that get the votes of members.

Given that as an advocate I want to get the vote of each juror, the last thing I want to do is risk any juror's misunderstanding a graphic or, worse, being mad that he (and incidence of color deficiency is greater among men) can not understand or process the chart placed before him and about which I or the witness is yammering.»

But the fact that he is writing alone — and does not get the vote of any Justices who joined the Booker remedy, not even Justice Breyer who is such a guideline fan — suggests that all the other Justices do not think that the guidelines must be given «some significant» weight.

The only way to get their vote of confidence is by getting noticed.

Not exact matches

Ultimately if you're seeking for approval or board consensus on an action (getting approval for a budget, raising money, investing in CAPEX, firing a head of sales — whatever) your job is to hold a discussion in which all board members who want to voice an opinion can do so and ultimately pushing for a vote or a resolution.

And Ripcord just got a massive vote of confidence from GV, formerly known as Google Ventures, the venture - capital arm of Alphabet — which just led a new investment of $ 25 million into Ripcord.

Get to know the five finalists for our Emerging Entrepreneur of 2013 award competition and cast your vote now.

And for those of you keeping score at home, women got the the right to vote 97 years ago.

Separatist parties will get 45.8 per cent of the vote, according to the latest poll by newspaper El Periodico, with 43.8 per cent going to unionist parties.

According to the latest polls Esquerra will get the biggest share of the vote in the region, 20.5 per cent, narrowly leading Junts per Catalunya, the new name for the party led by Puigdemont, on 19.3 per cent.

So if voting isn't meant to break a tie, what's the purpose of getting a show of hands on an issue that's holding up your meeting?

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy, whose state of Connecticut shouldered the killing of 20 children in Newtown in 2012, led a filibuster on Wednesday to try to force a vote, insisting he would stay on the Senate floor «until we get some signal, some sign that we can come together.»

Critics complain «say on pay» votes are ineffectual because boards aren't bound to the results, but of the 53 U.S. companies for whom shareholders rejected compensation plans in 2012, 45 made changes and got positive votes the following year, according to Institutional Shareholder Services.

While the path to get Murkowski's vote appears easier than on other pieces of legislation, it is not guaranteed.

The aim is to get us to vote from a place of fear instead of a position of power.

A number of GOP Senators are saying that the Senate's health care bill probably won't get a vote until the later part of July — a pretty clear departure from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's hope to get the legislation out of the way before last week's 4th of July recess.

Certainly I got some of those votes,» said Stephens, who defeated retired Beaumont police Lt. Ray Beck.

Under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, about 800 counties with histories of racially - discriminatory voting laws — going back to poll taxes and literacy tests — had to get the Justice Department's approval beforehand (a process called pre-clearance) before such laws could take effect.

When that proposal when to a vote, it got just 8 % of the vote.

They seem to have gotten turbocharged by a ruling in 2007 that permitted people — in practice, mainly hedge funds — to buy shares after a merger has been announced and for the express purpose of voting against it and then seeking an appraisal.

Crowdery's technology is still in beta testing, but the process can be as explicit as asking consumers to vote on a favorite shirt style in hopes of scoring a presale discount if the item ultimately gets made.

For example, Americans have favorable views of Oreos, Home Depot and Bed Bath & Beyond, regardless of who got their vote in 2016.

Democrats counter that the ACA was debated for more than three months after the initial text of the legislation was released before it got its first House vote, and amendments offered by Republicans were added to the bill.

Republican leaders in U.S. Congress scheduled a vote on Thursday for a proposed temporary extension to fund government operations in the hope of getting it to President Donald Trump's desk before Friday's midnight deadline.

And unlike the election, investors won't get to vote directly on the passage of Trumpcare.

Get - out - the - vote efforts have been intense in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.

We should celebrate the anniversary of women getting the right to vote, but there's still work to be done.

Second, the electoral college got stuck in to provide a last line of defense against public stupidity — in case you didn't know it, the electors aren't legally bound to vote as their state's majority has.

And don't get me wrong, we got a lot of white liberal votes, but they tended to be people who were involved in social justice.