Sentences with phrase «including poison pill»

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Democrats complained that the Republicans had loaded up the measure with «poison pills» including a ban on federal spending for Planned Parenthood.

On a more fundamental level, the negotiations remain at an impasse over a collection of U.S. proposals dubbed «poison pills» by U.S. Chamber President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue, including the proposed sunset clause, an extreme approach to rule of origins for the auto and textile / apparel sectors, and measures that would undermine investment protection, government procurement, and trade in seasonal produce.

Republicans need at least 60 votes in the Senate to pass an appropriations bill, and Democrats have made it clear that any budget that includes a «poison pill» like defunding Planned Parenthood or paying for the wall will be met with a lot of resistance.

But the Legislature failed to act on a controversial Paterson plan that would have provided $ 6 million to open the parks, but included what lawmakers said was a poison pill that would have cut other environmental initiatives.

Paterson slammed the Legislature's decision to include a «poison pill» formula change that would require an additional $ 600 million in school funding along with other spending measures he would otherwise approve in a veto message signed Wednesday but released to the public on Thursday.

But each effectively had poison pills for the opposing chambers, with the Assembly linking the two years to tax extensions — vitally needed by communities around the state — and the Senate including an increase in charters with its promise of control.

Washington (CNN)- A Democratic source familiar with the talks tells CNN they have hit a «major setback» because Republicans are now insisting that any fiscal cliff deal include «chained CPI,» which Democrats consider a «poison pill.»

Increasing the TDI is an extremely sensitive issue for businesses and many legislators believe that including it with paid family leave will continue to be a poison pill.

The demonstration of this poison pill in the coxsackievirus B3 could theoretically translate to other positive - sense RNA viruses, including those linked to asthma and to foot - and - mouth disease that is a major animal health concern in Europe and South America.

These provisions include «poison pills,» blank check preferreds, super voting common stocks, staggered elections for Boards of Directors, super majority voting provisions, preventing stockholders from convening special meetings, and having the company itself finance all of management's expenditures where there is a contest for control.

Examples of the lack of good corporate governance that are blatantly hostile to shareholders abound and include: (i) the retention of a staggered board, (ii) the adoption of a poison pill without shareholder approval and at the extremely low trigger of 10 %, and (iii) the refusal by the Board to allow shareholders to vote on whether our offer was sufficient.

-- with your pet spending more time indoors, another important pet care tip is to make sure to remove any poisons that your pet could ingest, including all cleaning products and prescription pills.

Remove household poisons — with your pet spending more time indoors, another important pet care tip is to make sure to remove any poisons that your pet could ingest, including all cleaning products and prescription pills.

Opponents of the resolution expected the Simmons amendment to be a poison pill, as it would include renewable fuel subsidies and oil industry tax breaks important to many ALEC legislators.

Mr. Placitella's career has been commemorated a number of times in written works, including: Poison Pills, The Untold Story of the Vioxx Drug Scandal, Tom Nesi; Dispensing with the Truth: The Victims, the Drug Companies, and the Dramatic Story Behind the Battle over Fen - Phen, Alicia Mundy; Civil Warriors, the Story of the Tobacco Litigation, Dan Zeigart; No Contest, Corporate Lawyers & the Perversion of Justice in America, Ralph Nader.

The Circon case comes with a video that professors can purchase that not only features a wonderful policy discussion on the use of the poison pill by a panel of corporate governance experts, including Judge Jack Jacobs, then Vice Chancellor of the Delaware Chancery Court, but also showcases the two main characters in the case study, the CEO and his long - time friend and fellow Circon board member, presenting their perspectives on the events that transpired.