Sentences with phrase «majority voting against it»

A vote to overrule failed by three votes, with 29 Democrats lending their support and the entire present majority voting against it.

Nabors» board is not legally compelled to abide by the majority vote against Sheinfeld's election, and it has decided to keep him on the board.

Nabors shareholders also sent a strong rebuke against the company's governance practices with a majority vote against one of its two director nominees, Myron M. Sheinfeld.

When national majorities vote against the E.U. in referenda, the E.U. always finds a way around them.

Left to Democrats in Congress, the MAJORITY voted against the war.

That's why the majority voted against him.

When referendums for Scottish and Welsh devolution were held in March 1979 the Welsh devolution referendum saw a large majority vote against, while the Scottish referendum returned a narrow majority in favour without reaching the required threshold of 40 % support.

They tended to be in counties where the majority voted against legalizing recreational marijuana.

The Unity majority voted against trying to repeal the evaluation law.

Not exact matches

McCain joined two other Republican senators, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who voted against the bill and quashed Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's plan to upend the US healthcare system after 20 hours of debate.

Downing Street has ruled out such membership, preferring to be able to negotiate free trade deals with the rest of the world, but the majority of members in the upper house of the U.K.'s parliament, the House of Lords, have voted against that, forcing a debate on the issue.

A majority of cantons (states) voted against the plan.

«The merger can not be completed without approval by holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of EMC and an abstention or failure to vote will have the same effect as a vote against the merger.»

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.

Michelle Hirschberg and Karen Land Short, were both devastated following the election result and were deeply disappointed that the majority of white women voted against having a female president.

The vote for change was 246 for and 123 against - the biggest majority in five years confirming that Yindjibarndi people have lost confidence in Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC).

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Viacom Inc's board of directors named Chief Executive Officer Philippe Dauman as executive chairman, replacing majority owner Sumner Redstone, overriding calls for an independent board chief from Redstone's daughter, who voted against Dauman.

In the event that (i) the Board of Directors proposes, recommends, approves or otherwise submits to the shareholders of the Company, for shareholder action, a Deemed Liquidation Event, and (ii) a Holder has not received written notice from the holders of a majority of the shares of Key Holder Common Stock that such holders approve the Deemed Liquidation Event, then such Holder hereby agrees to vote (in person, by proxy or by action by written consent, as applicable) all shares of capital stock of the Company now or hereafter directly or indirectly owned of record or beneficially by such Holder against the Deemed Liquidation Event, to assert statutory dissenters» rights with respect to the Deemed Liquidation Event, and to take such other action in derogation of the Deemed Liquidation Event as shall be requested by the holders of a majority of the shares of Key Holder Common Stock in order to carry out the terms and provision of this Section x.y..

In other words, shareholders would follow a common procedure to vote «for» or «against» a candidate, and only those candidates who receive majority support would serve as directors.

20th December 2017 - London Stock Exchange Group result of general meeting: majority of shareholders vote with board against proposed resolution to remove Donald Brydon

Yes, except for the fact that a majority of blacks voted against gay marriage in California.

Ninety - seven per cent of proxies received in advance of Thursday's meeting, which represent a majority of eligible votes, voted against the proposal, he said.

Were religious people promoting peace when they voted down gay marriage (a civil rights issue, opponents of which will be viewed in the same light as the opponents against civil rights in the 50s and 60s) You are just so comfortable in the majority, you can't see the prejudice and bias you put on people that aren't like you.

Yet another example of a group voting against the majority of their interests solely based on a social issue.

On Thursday, a veto - proof majority in the House voted in favor of the American Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act.

The MAJORITY of Democrats in Congress voted against the war.

I hope you are right and this is thier motivation, there was a strong push last election against Obama by many bishops I hope that they don't think this well motivate Catholics to vote their way due to this issue, the majority of Catholics have used, use or will use contraception its not a church issue if it is used for politics.

@Observer — A majority of congresspersons DID NOT vote against the Iraq War — the majority of them voted FOR it, which is why it passed.

Obama may have wanted to go to war with Syria but specifically asked congress for their take and listened when the voting majority was against it... do you see the distinction?

The SNP make up the vast majority of Scottish seats in the Westminster Parliament and all voted against bombing Syria.

However, the majority of Indians, who had been left behind by recent economic growth, voted against incumbent governments, unseating, among others, many strongly pro-business ruling politicians in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka (of which Bangalore is the capital city).

The majority of CA voted against gay marriage in the prop8 vote.

Majority of you voted for Obama who is pro abortion, pro-everything that goes against your so called ideals and teachings.

(Sasse was among the majority of Senators who voted against cloture, guaranteeing that debate over the bill will continue.)

We are a democratic country, and if the majority vote for being officially a Christian nation then the minority do not have a right to be against it.

FACT: the majority of Democrats in Congress voted AGAINST the war.

kronkes influence over the club is minimal at best how many decisions does he actually make in the public club domain that we all know of, i am only guessing here but just because he is majority shareholder it doesn't mean he can just do what he wants without the other board members say so, i suppose the rest of the board would vote him out of power and liquidate his shares if he did something really wrong like leveraged the club against a big debt.

This could result in Catholic ministers and MPs voting against the three specific measures but being whipped to accept the bill as a whole if a majority in the Commons votes for the reforms.

Firstly, immediately, and funds permitting, Nuttall will surely be planning a major campaign tour of those constituencies whose MPs voted against triggering Article 50 — and particularly those where the MPs have a small majority and where UKIP are even vaguely viable.

One hundred and thirty six Tory MPs opposed the bill against 123 in favour, meaning a majority of the Conservative party voted against the legislation.

The government's majority may have been slashed from 84 to 21, but enough Liberal Democrats broke a pledge with the electorate to vote against any increase in tuition fees.

The reason for this is that there are many more liberal parties in the UK Parliament than Conservative, and chances are that during motions that have to carry in parliament that need a majority conservatives will have a hard time passing laws if the Liberal Democrats, Green Party, SNP and Labour all vote against the Tories» motions.

A new survey found a majority of New Yorkers would vote against a mayoral candidate who opposes paid sick leave and a living wage bill.

In short, the US House of Representatives votes on «Articles of Impeachment» against the president (by simple majority), and the US Senate holds a «trial» to examine the evidence and render a verdict.

However, most Conservatives have historically voted in support of hunting, while a smaller majority of Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs have voted against it.

1) The majority of Israelis did not vote against Benjamin Netanyahu.

What we now know as the fundamental problem of voting theory was discovered by the Marquis de Condorcet in 1785: whenever there are at least three voters and at least three options, the cyclical majority, A > B > C > A (where > means «wins a majority against»), is always possible.

Liz adds: (The fact that she led the change against US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor as counsel of the Judicial Confirmation Network particularly worries some GOP chairs who don't want to alienate Hispanic voters — a very important voting bloc, particularly as the Senate majority hangs in the balance).

This can provide some insulation against the will of the majority, because the representative can vote contrary to the popular will.

A majority also recommended that the age of candidacy for Presidential candidates should be reduced from 35, but voted against any change to the presidential term of office.