Sentences with phrase «member states reject»

Perhaps surprisingly, many in the new member states reject that idea out of hand.

Britain, Ireland and Denmark are already exempt from carrying out the plans under EU treaties, but many of the other 25 member states reject quotas under pressure from anti-immigrant parties.

Not exact matches

Most recently, Llew Claasen, Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation, pleaded to the National Conference of State Legislators, a bipartisan non-governmental organization that represents staff and members of American state legislatures, to reject any and all proposed legislation modeled after the Uniform Regulation of Virtual Currency BusinessesState Legislators, a bipartisan non-governmental organization that represents staff and members of American state legislatures, to reject any and all proposed legislation modeled after the Uniform Regulation of Virtual Currency Businessesstate legislatures, to reject any and all proposed legislation modeled after the Uniform Regulation of Virtual Currency Businesses Act.

In debating the amendments to be sent to the states for ratification, the Congress considered and then rejected three other amendments, including one that would have established terms for changing the members» salaries.

See for example the 2000 Declaration of the South Summit by the G77 composed of about 130 member States [«We reject the so - called «right» of humanitarian intervention, which has no legal basis in the United Nations Charter or in the general principles of international law».

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office has rejected tens of thousands of dollars in stipends for five state senators — including two IDC members — after an investigation revealed that the lawmakers had been assigned false titles as chairs of committees they did not lead and as a result had been paid for jobs they did not State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office has rejected tens of thousands of dollars in stipends for five state senators — including two IDC members — after an investigation revealed that the lawmakers had been assigned false titles as chairs of committees they did not lead and as a result had been paid for jobs they did not state senators — including two IDC members — after an investigation revealed that the lawmakers had been assigned false titles as chairs of committees they did not lead and as a result had been paid for jobs they did not hold.

This furlough move is necessary, Paterson said, because the state workers unions have so far rejected his call for members to voluntarily give up their 4 percent contractually negotiated raises in the face of the state's fiscal crisis.

But the broader state committee — some of whose members are supporting Senator John McCain and Rudy Giuliani in the presidential primary — rejected it, 31 to 17, this week, saying it was unfair and that delegates should be apportioned based on the share of the vote each candidate wins.

In a startling move that threatens a major diplomatic row, the leaders of the conservative, socialist and liberal groups in Brussels have written to the European commission and the European council, whose members represent the 28 EU states, to reject the appointment of Ted Malloch.

State Education Commissioner John King has rejected both of Buffalo School Board member Carl Paladino's petitions to have President Barbara Nevergold removed from office.

Meanwhile, students, parents and community members organized by the Alliance for Quality Education, Citizen Action of New York and the New York City Coalition for Educational Justice delivered valentines to state lawmakers» local offices in the Capital District Buffalo, Syracuse, Binghamton, Queens, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Long Island asking them to reject Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed education aid cuts.

Nearly 2,000 AFSCME members will be in town today to lobby state lawmakers in hopes of getting them to reject Gov. Andrew Cuomo's «dramatic» cuts to education and health care, which unions says will disproportionately hurt the state's most vulnerable residents, raise unemployment and undermine progress made in the recovery of New York's economy.

Much to the audible chagrin of the more than 200 state committee members, activists and officials who gathered at a suburban hotel for the W.F.P.'s quadrennial convention, Teachout's last - minute candidacy was rejected after Governor Andrew Cuomo promised party leaders he would throw his might behind flipping the State Senate into Democratic hstate committee members, activists and officials who gathered at a suburban hotel for the W.F.P.'s quadrennial convention, Teachout's last - minute candidacy was rejected after Governor Andrew Cuomo promised party leaders he would throw his might behind flipping the State Senate into Democratic hState Senate into Democratic hands.

A recently appointed board member, Mrs Titilayo Omotola has rejected the appointment given to her by Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello.

«And I call on our members of congress to reject what was said about their home state and indeed their home areas,» stated Hochul.

The speed with which Cuomo has been able to name every member of the court is owed in part to voters statewide, who three years ago roundly rejected a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would have pushed back the mandatory retirement age of 70.

For example, the House rejected devolution of powers; approved independent candidacy for elections; autonomy for local government councils; autonomy for state legislature; and immunity for members of the National Assembly.

Former City Council member John Liu, who faces State Senator Tony Avella in a Democratic primary, did not ask Wu for his endorsement and press reports quote Liu as emphatically rejecting it.

Carl Paladino can stay on the Buffalo School Board — for now — after state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia rejected requests from other board members and a parent's group to keep him away from meetings and activities until she rules on their petitions to remove him.

Meanwhile, a former Governor of Ekiti State, Segun Oni; Senior Special Assistant to the President, Babafemi Ojudu; a former member of the House of Representatives, Opeyemi Bamidele, and 24 other aspirants in the primary have rejected the directive by the APC National Working Committee that the aborted primary election should continue from where it stopped.

The result was, as many of us found in the election, our arguments on immigration were not good enough... In retrospect, Britain should not have rejected transitional controls on migration from the first wave of new EU member states in 2004, which we were legally entitled to impose.»

BY ARTHUR S. LEONARD The seven - member Ohio Supreme Court unanimously rejected a free speech and equal protection challenge to the state's law making it a felony assault for a person who knows he is HIV - positive to engage in «sexual conduct» with another person without disclosing their HIV - positive status.

State Sen. Diane Savino, an early member of the IDC, rejected Murphy's criticism.

Nelson, along with U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor and 10 other Democratic members of Florida's congressional delegation sent a letter to CMS Director Seema Verma urging her to reject a proposed amendment to a state Medicaid «waiver» that would exempt Florida from a federal requirement that gives people up to 90 days following a health problem to apply for Medicaid coverage.

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Kogi state Chapter has expressed displeasure over the payment of 50 % salary to its members, saying it has rejected the payment...

Ace lawyer and rights activist, Femi Falana, SAN, has called the member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to reject requeststates of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to reject requestStates (ECOWAS) to reject request by...

«PAAM wishes to condemn in clear terms the harassment being visited on party members by the governor who has been arm - twisting them across the 16 Local Government Areas of the state, forcing them to reject palliative Christmas gifts from other party chieftains while he, as a governor, has refused to help their cause.

EDITORIAL: REJECT TRUMP - Albany Times Union: «On Monday, members of the Electoral College will gather in each state to select a president.

The Petition which was signed by the Youth Leader of the party in Idanre, Akinbobola Smart reads «Further to the recent newspaper announcement of the federal board lists where Senator Ayo Patrick Akinyelure, was made Board Chairman and Hon. Akin Akingbesote and Mrs Lola Sessey from Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State was listed as board members, we members of Idanre APC Youths, which comprises of All APC Youths across the 10 wards in Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State, hereby totally reject them as Board Chairman and members for the following reasons:

Democrats said it made no sense to reject the deal because it smooths out the pension payments through future years; they said itis supported by a large coalition that includes Malloy, the unions, Wall Street ratings agencies, state comptroller Kevin Lembo and the 10,000 - member Connecticut Business and Industry Association.

Meeting in Columbia, members of the state Democratic Party executive committee voted by a 38 - 7 margin to reject a protest from former state lawmaker Vic Rawl, the establishment - backed candidate who unexpectedly lost last Tuesday's primary to Greene.

Over the past few weeks, public faceoffs with lawmakers over her nominee for state attorney general, her reluctance to request all the stimulus funds available to the state, and a series of her picks to fill a Democratic legislative seat that have all been rejected by members of the party.

In retrospect, Britain should not have rejected transitional controls on migration from the first wave of new EU member states in 2004, which we were legally entitled to impose.

Members rejected alternative proposals to leave Morelle in place through the end of February or the middle of April, just after the deadline for adopting the state budget.

«We've adopted the best practices from other states and rejected the worst,» said Sen. Diane Savino, a member of the Independent Democratic Conference and the bill's sponsor, shortly before the committee vote.

ALBANY, NY (09/27/2011)(readMedia)-- For the first time in the 34 year history of the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF), members voted to reject the tentative agreement negotiated with the sState Public Employees Federation (PEF), members voted to reject the tentative agreement negotiated with the statestate.

While rejecting the commission in a statement titled «The Judicial Commission Inaugurated by Kaduna State Government will not be fair to us», signed by Ibrahim Musa, President of the Media Forum of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, the group said «Some identified members of the Commission have vested interests against the Movement in particular and the Shi'a in general.

He also goes on to reject fundamental renegotiation, arguing that it simply isn't on the agenda or acceptable to other member states:

At the World Health Assembly in May, you asked member states to increase their contributions by 5 %; they rejected that.

Japan, an IWC member state, contends that the scientific committee has no legal basis to approve or reject a research plan.

Commencement Speakers Unbowed by Student Slings and Arrows Bloomberg Businessweek, 5/21/14 «At Harvard University, the dean of the Graduate School of Education rejected a request by some students and faculty members to rescind an invitation to Michael Johnston, a state senator in Colorado, who some found objectionable because of his stance on education reform.»

When the Oakland, Calif., school board voted last spring to reject a set of social studies textbooks sanctioned by the state of California, most members probably knew they were taking a «road less traveled.»

The survey targeted state - level government actors who have the formal authority to review, accept, amend, and reject binding education statutes and administrative rules — namely, state legislators serving on an education committee and state board of education (SBE) members.

Plaintiffs challenging the at - large election system for school - board members in the Del Valle (Tex.) Independent School District last week rejected a settlement offer from the school board and plan to proceed with a lawsuit filed in a state court last month.

Fact - finders brought into collective bargaining talks between the state and its employee unions have recommended wage increases for the union members — and rejected the Hogan administration's proposal to make raises contingent upon the state exceeding...

The state rejected White's appeals of its method for calculating which schools should be taken over, leading White to email school board members to call for «a third party's opinion on this matter.»

The town, using a 45 - member advisory council, rejected the state's reliance on standardized testing and instead developed an alternative model that seeks to capture the real factors that promote student success and achievement.

In February 2012, Member States voted, but the proposal was neither approved nor rejected.

An article in Forbes notes that another letter, written by 255 members of the United States National Academy of Sciences, had been submitted to the Wall Street Journal (this letter on the realities of climate change) but had been rejected in favor of the sixteen - scientist letter.

In its judgment, the Court upheld children's fundamental right to be reunited with their parents and rejected the Member States discretion on the matter.