Sentences with phrase «high vote of»

The renewable energy resolution won an unusually high vote of more than 20 percent, up from 9 percent the prior year.

This is now the law of the land, just in time for the end of 2014, and shockingly, it passed both the House and Senate with bipartisan approval and high votes of approval (not many voted against it).

Not exact matches

Investors and traders were with the bookies, as the pound rose to the a five - month high on the eve of the vote and European stock markets posted their largest three - day gain in almost a year.

They have also demanded a new vote on the budget for next year after the government approved the spending plan by not putting it though parliament, but holding the vote in an nearby chamber, with a high number of government supporters — something that the country's opposition deemed as «illegal.»

And so Narodick, formerly a straight - A student voted girl most likely to succeed in Clinton (Massachusetts) High School's class of 1962, set out on a remedial course.

Think of it like a vote... the more votes your site has, the higher you may rank.

Prices for City of London offices briefly fell after the June 2016 Brexit vote, before returning to record highs a year ago.

The day before shareholders voted 99.8 % in favour of the merger, Canadian Business sat down for an exclusive interview with the power brokers behind Bay Street's most recent high - profile partnership to discuss the deal, investment banking, the economy and life on the Street.

Some see higher rates as a vote of confidence on the strength of the economy, while others consider increased borrowing costs a threat to the bull market that began amid — and was fueled by — historically low rates and extraordinary Fed stimulus.

U.S. News chief data strategist Robert Morse says he has seen no evidence of a Jesuit conspiracy in voting for the specialty rankings, but U.S. News hasn't probed the relatively high rankings of Jesuit schools in those rankings.

Many had to leave their homes, schools, significant others and higher - paying jobs, but I took their sacrifices as a vote of confidence in our team and what we were creating.

Reasons have since been offered for the high - profile provincial misses — in the case of Alberta, a last - minute swing in voting intentions from Wildrose to the PCs; in B.C., the failure of those who said they'd vote NDP to show up on election day.

Inflation in the UK has shot up in recent months — hitting 2.9 % in May — driven higher by the slump in the value of the pound since Britain voted to leave the EU.

It is, perhaps, the biggest vote of confidence in the MOOC model to date, and indicates that MOOCs may yet have an important place in higher education.

They're in the news over speculation that «fake news» spread via Facebook posts could have influenced the election outcome, and over Google's high placement of a search result reporting wrongly that Donald Trump got more popular votes than Hillary Clinton.

We put such a high value on the right to democratic participation that we forbid voters from making tradeoffs of this kind, from weighing how much they value their ability to vote against how much they value some quantity of money.

Gerard Lyons — one of the few prominent economists to back leaving the EU, and a co-founder of the Economists for Brexit group — told an audience at the Brexit & Global Expansion Summit in London on Monday that by failing to prepare plans for what might happen in the event that Britain voted to leave, Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne left both the new Conservative government and the British people high and dry.

With the entire House on next year's ballot — and about one - third of the U.S. Senate up for a vote, too — the stakes are high for those in the Bay Area who seek to erode the GOP's control of Congress and erect a new bulwark against Trump's agenda in areas like immigration and climate change.

Indeed, Scalia himself noted that the high court came within a vote of declaring videocassette recorders «contraband» when it ruled for Sony Corp. in a case over recordings of television programs 30 years ago.

Within three weeks of the vote, the S&P 500 reached record peaks; the Stoxx 600, a broad Europe - wide index, made up almost all of the 11 % it lost immediately after Brexit; and Britain's FTSE 100 index was flirting with a 52 - week high.

Until 1803, the vice president was the person who got the second highest number of votes in the presidential election.

The complaint alleges that out - of - state voters were allowed to vote, and questions the integrity of results from Jefferson County, which is 43 % black and saw a 47 % turnout rate, which Moore called «highly unusual» — i.e. higher than expected.

«Given the huge amount of volatility next week in case of a Yes vote, the Bank of England would have put high pressure on the banks to move south for the purposes of preserving financial stability and confidence,» said Ronald MacDonald, a political economy professor at the University of Glasgow.

The 104.7 March reading, down from 107.6 in February, remains among the highest in survey history and for the first time since 1982, taxes received the fewest number of votes as the number one problem.

If a majority of shares are voted in favor of Michael Dell's plan to take the company private, Dell's biggest outside investor, Southeastern Asset Management, has indicated it might go to court to fight for a higher price.

Sheryl Acquarola, a 16 year - old junior from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is overcome with emotion in the east gallery of the House of Representatives after the representatives voted not to hear the bill banning assault rifles and large capacity magazines.

Hopefully tomorrow's national vote will go smoothly, with little speculation of electronic tampering or a high - profile cyber strike — but that doesn't mean we should not begin preparing for what is likely inevitable.

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).

A.M. Best Rating Services, an industry - leading rating agency, assigned Travelers an A + +, which is the highest possible rating and a vote of confidence for Travelers» financial stability.

Doing this we found a high correlation between the companies on our final list and those that received the highest level of opposition from shareholders voting on these pay packages at the annual meetings.

Pressing the issue further, Ms. Pelosi and the next two highest - ranking House Democrats sent a letter to Mr. Ryan noting their desire for the government to remain open and imploring him to make a public statement about the scheduling of a vote on legislation to protect young undocumented immigrants who are now shielded from deportation by the Obama - era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.

Long after leaving active duty, they continue to vote, volunteer and serve their communities at a high rate, serving as the best examples of citizenship,» said John Kelly, senior vice president, Social Impact & Public Policy.

Sheryl Acquaroli, a 16 - year - old junior from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, is overcome with emotion in the gallery of the House of Representatives after the vote.

The U.S. House responded to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre on Wednesday by voting overwhelmingly in favor of legislation aimed at helping reduce school violence.

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.

Next week, the EU is expected to vote on the Fuel Quality Directive which would assign a higher emissions rating to Alberta oilsands than to other sources of crude oil, including some which may or may not actually have higher emissions than oilsands oil.

Already, in Khosrowshahi's two months at the company, the board voted to do away with high voting shares as part of the funding agreement.

The constituency where the PC candidate will earn their highest percentage of the popular vote: Edmonton South West

The constituency where the PC candidate will earn their highest percentage of the popular vote: Edmonton - Whitemud

The constituency where the PC candidate will earn their highest percentage of the popular vote: Lac La Biche - St.

The constituency where the PC candidate will earn their highest percentage of the popular vote: Calgary Greenway — Manmeet Bhullar

The constituency where the PC candidate will earn their highest percentage of the popular vote.

The constituency where the PC candidate will earn their highest percentage of the popular vote: Stratcona Sherwood Park

The constituency where the PC candidate will earn their highest percentage of the popular vote: (Lac La Biche - St.

The constituency where the PC candidate will earn their highest percentage of the popular vote: Battle River - Wainwright (Doug Griffiths)

Liberals will get a higher number of total votes, but NDP will win more seats.

The constituency where the PC candidate will earn their highest percentage of the popular vote: Peace River

The constituency where the PC candidate will earn their highest percentage of the popular vote: Edmonton — Whitemud

Reverend Miller was first elected in 2004 with 35 % of the vote in a close three way contest between himself, high - profile NDP candidate Larry Booi, and PC MLA Drew Hutton, and he was defeated by now - Culture Minister Heather Klimchuk in 2008 by 104 votes.

Sheryl Acquarola, a 16 - year - old junior from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, is overcome with emotion in the east gallery of the state House of Representatives after the representatives voted not to hear a bill banning assault rifles and large - capacity magazines at the Capitol in Tallahassee on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018.