Sentences with phrase «majority support from»

For example, a recent poll from Kaiser Family Foundation shows that 75 % of the public support for federal funding of Planned Parenthood, including majority support from Republican men and women.»

We will support — buying, selling, receiving, sending, storing and trading — the version that enjoys majority support from the Bitcoin community of customers, miners, wallets and exchanges.

27a — 8 In the case of a proposal to establish a charter school by converting an existing public school or attendance center to charter school status, evidence that the proposed formation of the charter school has received majority support from certified teachers and from parents and guardians in the school or attendance center affected by the proposed charter, and, if applicable, from a local school council, shall be demonstrated by a petition in support of the charter school signed by certified teachers and a petition in support of the charter school signed by parents and guardians and, if applicable, by a vote of the local school council held at a public meeting.

Paterson fares a little better on whether he understands the problems facing the state, but he still does not receive majority support from voters.

The proposal to fund political aspirations with taxpayer dollars has majority support from every region of the state, as well as from Democrats and independents and plurality support from Republicans.

Nevertheless, nearly all of Cuomo's major goals in the new year draw majority support from voters.

The poll also showed majority support from New York City voters for Cuomo, with 56 % approving of his performance and 37 % disapproving.

One of the interesting features of this system is that, while the winning candidate would need to have demonstrated broad support among MPs, they would not require majority support from them, only from the party members.

Leaving aside some MPs who support it out of self - interest (because they think it would benefit their party, or because AV would enable them to claim majority support from their constituents — Peter Hain is an obvious example) hardly anyone would actually pick AV as the best system if they had a free choice in the matter.

So, for any State, California or otherwise, to leave, would require either new laws that would require at least majority support from the remaining States, or a military operation to try and assert their independence, which would most likely be a bloodbath for the State attempting to do so.

Smith today offered to step aside if Eagle gets majority support from Labour MPs.

It is seeking majority support from States and Territories for the appointment.

Under Church of England rules, for a measure like the one proposed by Williams and Sentamu to pass, it needed majority support from three different groups: bishops, priests and lay leaders.

The NAE and other evangelical elites, often speaking for churches, have pivoted into a larger menu of political issues, even though lacking unequivocal scriptural and church teaching, and, no less important for Protestants, lacking consensus or even majority support from their own claimed constituencies.

-- Davidoff presumes that a shareholder proposal is successful only if it receives majority support from shareholders.

At last year's annual meeting, the company's advisory vote on executive compensation failed to receive majority support from shareholders, with approximately 29 % of shareholders supporting the proposal; however this was just one of the issues the company faced in the past year.

Not exact matches

According to a recent Google Consumer Survey, conducted for the education company Upromise by its financial services parent, Sallie Mae, the majority of students expect to continue receiving financial support from their parents for up to two years after their college graduation.

Recent polls suggest «Together For Yes» will probably fail to reach a majority and may need support from either the far - left CUP or the leftwing Podemos to remain in power.

September 16 — As many as 30,000 Malaysians, the majority of whom are from the Malay community, march through Kuala Lumpur in a show of support for the government.

Polls show the race is tight and that the large «Together for Yes» block formed by pro-independence parties from the rest of political spectrum will need support from the smaller CUP to secure a 68 - seat majority in Catalonia's 135 - seat parliament.

A recent survey conducted by the Asia Pacific Foundation shows a slim majority of Canadians (55 per cent) support the pursuit of a free - trade agreement and that 64 per cent are concerned Canada will become more susceptible to economic and political pressure from Beijing.

The rebels won the British parliamentary vote by 307 to 294 votes, a majority of 13, after they received support from the Labour Party, a generally pro-European group accused by Cameron of «rank opportunism».

The program has since been matched by Credential Securities Inc., the second - largest seller of ABCP to the general public and, with support from the Facebook gang, Crawford's CCAA plan won support from a majority of affected creditors on April 25.

Cancer Fund of America (CFA) and Cancer Support Services (CSS) claimed to help cancer patients — «but instead, spent the overwhelming majority of donations on their operators, families and friends, and fundraisers,» according to a statement from Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens.

And, when it comes to managers, a majority believe that they inspire and support creativity within their company, according to new research from talent management consultancy DDI.

The Conservatives hold a majority of seats in the House of Commons, meaning support from the governing party is required for a motion to succeed.

A small majority (54 %) of those who voted for the governing federal Liberals also take the position that B.C.'s government is in the wrong, while most — but far from all — past federal New Democrats support the party's provincial wing in B.C.:

The PQ government holds just a slim majority of seats in the legislature, so it would need support from at least one opposition party for the budget to pass.

Wallets and exchanges will not be able to wait until they feel the new token is secure, safe, etc.... With a majority of the hashing power on the network seemingly going to Segwit2x, they will need to be able to offer support from the moment the hard fork occurs.

The most stunning change from previous election is the significant drop in support for Alison Redford «s Progressive Conservatives in rural central and southern Alberta rural constituencies, which have given the PCs large majority votes in most elections over the past 40 years.

But while Mr. Prentice is aiming for a complete public divorce from his predecessor, he can not escape the fact that the majority of his supporters in the PC caucus also supported Ms. Redford.

In three short years, support has gone from just over one - third of Canadians to a majority.

Archaeological evidence supports the vast majority of his believers that he was born from a rock.

Supporters have praised the government for supporting the elderly, who are some of the most vulnerable in society, while critics have said increasing the state pension is a ploy to secure votes from older people, the majority of whom vote Conservative.

Both groups got favorable ratings from a majority of Jordanian Muslims, with 60 percent supporting Hamas and 55 percent holding favorable views of Hezbollah, Pew reported.

The novelty we seek is increasing support from a majority of members because they are maturing spiritually.

idiot, you can't invade from within, either you support the majority or you rebel, I wish you the best with your geriatric angels

All of their work takes place in the context of strong financial and prayerful support from local individuals, the majority of whom are members of churches in Luton and its surrounding towns.

I watched President Obama's news conference last night, and he established beyond any question that the truest test of post partisanship is not whether one receives support from the other side, but whether the majority «listens» to what the other side says.

The church also voted, by an overwhelming majority, to change the language about marriage in the church constitution to «two persons» from a «man and a woman,» according to More Light Presbyterians, a group that supports gay rights.

Faith in Public Life: People of Faith Support Minimum Wage Raise Majorities of all religious groups favor increasing the minimum wage from $ 7.25 an hour to $ 10.00 an hour, including black Protestants (87 %), Catholics (73 %), Americans who are religiously unaffiliated (68 %), white mainline Protestants (61 %) and white evangelical Protestants (61 %).

In part, he's taking his cue from his Moral Majority - founding father, who supported Ronald Reagan over Southern Baptist Jimmy Carter.

The vast majority of my support has come from the online community.

In the years between the fifth and the nineteenth century the vast majority of missionaries had been monks, professionally religious, and their financial support had come either from the labors of their own hands, from their converts, or from princes.

Henry F. May has called the period from 1861 to 1876 «The Summit of Complacency,» and has shown how the majority of leading Protestant clergymen in the North supported the optimism of the «gilded age» while overlooking the easy morality or amorality of the «robber barons.»

Shouldn't that just help them get business from the majority of people that support their cause?

I can't support the majority when they are terribley wrong...» In defense of christians... you are referring to the southern cult (Baptists) that later apologized for its part in supporting slavery... and yes, they did it to keep gietting MONEY from the wealthy plantation owners who had started donating to the church...

The Pew Research Center has found that self - identified white evangelicals were twice as likely as Americans overall to support the policy (76 % vs. 38 %), which temporarily halts the refugee program and restricts entry from several Muslim - majority countries.

During the three years from the beginning of 1967 to the end of 1969, the majority of the faculty of the School of Theology, led by Rev. Charles E. Curran and supported by most of the rest of the faculty of CUA took from the bishops of the U.S. control of the theology that would be taught there.

The majority of U.S. dairy farmer cooperatives and dairy processing companies — members of the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) or the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC)-- threatened to withdraw support from the pending Trans - Pacific (TPP) trade agreement if Japan and Canada refuse to follow through on pledges to provide comprehensive market access for...