Sentences with phrase «hold veto»

It should have been a futile gesture, because Republicans hold a veto - proof majority in both chambers of the legislature.

These stealth candidates then joined existing sections where they now hold veto power over the election of any scientists unsympathetic to their position.

The governor does not hold veto power, and the Legislature can only make changes by a two - thirds vote.

Najib chaired its advisory board and as finance minister held veto power over its activities.

«The president holds the veto pen, and the regulation will remain in place until and unless a court decides otherwise... We don't put high probability on that happening.»

President Boris Yeltsin holds veto power, which he has exercised severaltimes on religion bills in the past (CT, Feb. 5, 1996, p. 104).

But with the two parties sharing power in Albany and each holding a veto over the redistricting process, it is probably inevitable that one of the two seats the state loses will be a Democratic - held one.

LibDems could claim they got more out of a Coalition than supply or confidence, in the Agreement itself (when they held a veto).

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who held veto power over the stadium, said yesterday that he could not support the project on the West Side, along with the large commercial redevelopment plan the mayor has proposed, because it would undermine the redevelopment of Lower Manhattan, his district.

The unions — in Chicago and other big cities — grew accustomed over the past four decades to holding veto power over all key education decisions.

Not exact matches

The Russian veto was a defeat for the United States, which has been lobbying for months for Iran to be held accountable at the United Nations, while at the same time threatening to quit a 2015 deal among world powers to curb Iran's nuclear program if «disastrous flaws» are not fixed.

The Department of Justice recently vetoed Tribune Publishing's proposed acquisition of Freedom Communications, a holding company that owns the Orange Country Register among other papers, saying it would reduce competition too much in those markets.

The Brazilian government holds a so - called golden share in Embraer, giving it veto power over strategic decisions involving military programs and any change in its controlling interest.

The coalition holds the kind of veto power that bigcity mayors, African - American leaders and labor unions hold in the Democratic Party.

Bones infamously held «veto power» — the ability to go beyond arguing and debating and put his foot down once per year to simply prevent Phil from attempting a crazy shot.

Chelsea's only faint hope of resurrecting their own bid for Lukaku rests on whether or not the player is willing to veto his move to United in favour of holding out for his old employers.

Those on the other side of the debate continue to express relief at the inclusion of a non-disclosure veto in the proposed new law, saying it would strike a reasonable balance between the right of adoptees to know their parentage, the desire of «birth parents» to learn the fate of their progeny and the right of adult adoptees and others to control the uses of private information held in government records.

However, despite this veto, the police plan to hold onto the weapons in the hope that May is replaced.

Cuomo held the legislation until New Year's Eve and then vetoed it, saying it would shift $ 800 million in costs to state taxpayers and that reform is needed first to bring the price down.

Those insiders were holding out hope that the Governor would not «deliver» the vetoes to the legislature but would instead negotiate a new budget package which would include the restoration of TAP and «pork barrel» funding.

Tatchell, whose presence at Downing Street functions has been repeatedly vetoed in recent years, said a coalition of gay rights groups would hold a protest outside Downing Street in early September as part of a new campaign called Love Russia, Hate Homophobia.

From 1992 to 2016, neither Democrats or Republicans held more than the 24 seats required to override a gubernatorial veto.

If you are going to have radical reform of the education system you HAVE to dismantle the embedded ability of veto held by local education authorities.

The bill, which establishes a new program to house the offenders in supervised shelters throughout the county, has had its implementation held up by Mr. Levy, though additional veto overrides have allowed it to move forward.

The Journal News, Lower Hudson: «There is no good reason for Cuomo to veto bills that would help citizens, advocacy groups, journalists and others access public records and hold government accountable.»

Legislators will hold a vote to override the county executive's veto on Thursday, Dec. 22, after press time.

How long Astorino's veto will hold, however, remains to be seen, as county lawmakers say they have enough votes for an override.

The government has used a ministerial veto to prevent the publication of the minutes from Cabinet meetings held just before the war in Iraq.

In Tyrie's view, the threat of a veto vote will force any government that holds a majority in England but not in the entire Commons to pursue agreement behind closed doors.

NYSUT will be holding a protest outside the mansion in response to the governor's veto of his own Common Core «safety net» bill.

Senate Democrats, who are in the minority party in that house, and who have the most to lose from the new lines, in the final hours still held out hope that the governor would still use his veto pen.

Cuomo famously changed the standards for what kind of lines would earn a veto while Senate Republicans and Democrats held their breaths.

The vetoes have to be delivered to both chambers of the Legislature by midnight on Friday, July 9 — although Paterson insisted he wouldn't hold them back, even if progress was made on other issues.

However, Astorino vetoed the bill and the gun show was held on the county property anyway last year.

Gov. David Paterson just held a rather confusing Red Room press conference during which he threatened to veto parts of the Legislature's two - way agreement if they pass it, but wasn't entirely clear on whether he will ultimately do so.

Outgoing NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton slammed both proposals as «unprecedented intrusions» into police work at their only hearing, held in June 2015 — and de Blasio vowed to veto them both.

With this veto, the governor has decided that teachers are the only ones who should be held accountable for the state's failed implementation of the Common Core.

They will hold business and bureaucratic vetoes over any over departure from economic neoliberalism enforced by U.S. military power.

Governor Cuomo held the legislation until New Year's Eve, then vetoed it, saying it would be an $ 800 million cost shift to state taxpayers and that reform is needed first to bring the price down.

If Cuomo vetoes the legislative plan, it will hold much less weight in the eyes of the court that has the ultimate say over the lines.

Many of us attended a press event held at the Long Beach Ice Arena on November 12, 2015 and heard Governor Cuomo announce that he would veto Port Ambrose.

According to Joe Sgammato, the press secretary for the Democratic Caucus, the caucus plans to hold a vote to override a veto by the county executive.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New York State Sen. John DeFrancisco said he was so «frustrated» by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's recent veto of a $ 1 million pilot program benefiting elderly and disabled people that he had to hold a news conference Wednesday.

6 - Say you will hold a referendum to repeal the Lisbon Treaty and re-install our rebates and veto's, regardless of what Labour has decided because no government has a mandate to ignore the people and their sovereignty.

Tokyo Electric Power Co must give a fuller account of the Fukushima disaster and address its «institutionalized lying» before it can expect to restart another nuclear station, the world's largest, said a local government official who holds an effective veto over the utility's revival plan.

I could veto Mike, I guess, but he held a lot of the keys,» Anderson explained.

SALT LAKE CITY — Legislative leaders are now negotiating with Gov. Gary Herbert to come up with an alternative to a bill he vetoed rather than hold an override session.

«Publishers would become profitable in short order if entrenched agents and editors weren't allowed to have veto power over innovative proposals, running their jaded, cynical eyes over every hint of freshness, trained in being subservient lapdogs to master strategists holding the keys to the riches,» Shavani argued in the post, pointing out what indie presses and self - published authors alike have experienced: the gatekeeper mentality.

Penguin Random House «holds an effective veto on the success of ebook subscription services,» says Peter Hudson at Vancouver's Shelfie.

Penguin Random House «holds an effective veto on the success of ebook subscription services,» says Shelfie's Peter Hudson.