Sentences with phrase «member states voting»

The polls have now closed in the 28 member states voting in the European election.

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

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The Nebraska Public Service Commission, a five - member regulatory body, voted 3 - 2 in favor of the project, which would give TransCanada permission to build the pipeline through the state.

Mr. Faught is the voting member for the state of Oklahoma for the North American Securities Administrators Association and serves on the standing Legal Services Committee.

Either it means that other members of his party — the finance minister, who is against the referendum — will come in and not hold a referendum at all, and try to keep Greece on the austerity plan, or there will be a fall in the government, a no - confidence vote, and people will presumably vote for the Conservative Party, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United States.

The whole episode culminated in Renault's independent board members condemning the government's «destabilising» influence on the Nissan - Renault alliance, the signing of an agreement between the state and the company that would cap the state's voting rights on most resolutions, and an amendment to the master co-operation agreement with Nissan, in which Renault agreed not to use its shareholding to oppose the Nissan board.

But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two - thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice.

It is all about hiding, disguising the truth until it becomes of the past just as that as did that unlawful country was recognized by the USA with out the UN majority vote and UN members were to face the Reality that the USA is taking advantage of her majority states and voting power rather than the majority of the UN member countries no matter how small or poor they are although at that time the majority of member countries were under occoupation or protection of USA and Allies and after the WW1 & 2!

SEC members voted to remove the doctrinal clause which stated that marriage is a «union of one man and one woman», replacing it with a clause which asserts that clergy who do not wish to preside over same - sex weddings will not be compelled to do so «against their conscience».

Hugo Black who in the 60s voted for seperation of church and state was a member of the KKK and so was Margaret Sanger the founder of Planned Parenthood.

Eurocrats want member states to resettle 160,000 refugees from Greece and Italy under a forced allocation system, which was voted through in 2015 despite opposition from Eastern European countries.

Here are some details about that November 2004 ballot proposal: 1) there was already in place a Utah law strictly banning same - sex marriage, which I fully supported; 2) all three candidates for the office of attorney general of Utah (the chief law - enforcement officer in the state) opposed the amendment, including the LDS (Mormon) Republican incumbent, Mark Shurtleff, mostly because they considered it a poorly drafted amendment; 3) I refused to endorse the amendment, but I did not urge people to vote «no»; 4) the leadership of the LDS Church, which has a record for being as strongly opposed to same - sex marriage as the Catholic Church, did not issue a statement urging its members to vote one way or the other; 5) inasmuch as two thirds of Utahans belong to the LDS Church, this means that the leadership of at least 80 percent of Utah churchgoers did not urge a «yes» vote on the amendment.

Mitt Romney, although a good and decent man, is not qualified to be the President of the United States, and LDS (Mormon) members who vote for him strictly because he is a member of our church should be ashamed of squandering their precious freedom to choose.

We're nearing the end of election season, a time of year when we get to vote for president of the United States, members of Congress, governors, and, in some states, even dog catStates, members of Congress, governors, and, in some states, even dog catstates, even dog catchers.

When the House version of the proposed legislation, with the support of the state's 350,000 member youth soccer association, passed unanimously last week, Zackery and his father, Victor, were on the statehouse floor to witness the vote and hear Rodne tell them, though Zakery might never play football again, that the statute would be his legacy forever.

European Parliament to vote New regulations on baby food marketing The European Parliament will vote today on regulations that will cover legislation on baby foods and formulas in all EU Member States.

The measure, passed by a vote of 100 - 12, also would give the bill's sponsors — Illinois state Rep. Tom Cross, R - Oswego, and Illinois state Sen. Jennifer Bertino - Tarrant, D - Shorewood, — the power to appoint the two new park board members.

The European Parliament will vote today on regulations that will cover legislation on baby foods and formulas in all EU Member States.

Or the fact that my state's Agriculture Secretary, Sid Miller (once voted the second most - conservative member in the Texas legislature — no easy feat), managed to vault himself onto the national stage just by attacking a (nonexistent) ban on birthday cupcakes in Texas schools.

No 85 — We want MEPs to vote for this amendment, (which allows Member States to ban the advertising of baby foods) if Amendment 86 does not get through.

This situation has prompted the EU to freeze negotiations on eight chapters of the acquis communautaire, negotiations which are required to be completed before EU member states can vote on the accession.

The mainline Democratic conference in the state Senate on Sunday urged the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference to block any votes on budget bills until a concrete agreement on raising the age of criminal responsibility is in place.

«I did not drop out of this process even as many reported various vote totals and withdrawn candidacies because I think, in this crisis, it is essential that all members of the state Legislature examine our rules and look closely at proposals for reform and openness,» Nolan said.

Then they pack the room with their buddies — many of the voters who were yelling to table the resolutions weren't even State Committee Members — and just try to outyell their opposition by a so - called «voice vote.»

Each state committee member was elected independently by voters in their district and most of them vote their own conscience.

The labor - backed party has Facebook ads posting today, part of a broader effort aimed at pressuring the eight - member bloc as Democrats hold a numeric majority in the state Senate, but do not have the votes to form a governing coalition.

The Brooklyn Democratic Party's nod is in hot demand because it represents a sizable chunk of the weighted state convention vote — 9.146 percent, to be exact, assuming all the state committee members vote as a block.

Moreover, each and every member of Congress should be notified that he or she is personally liable (can be sued) for his or her own failure, or the same in conspiracy with other members, to perform what is a ministerial and constitutional duty, that is, to require and / or insist that Presidential electoral votes only be counted for candidates who are «natural born citizens» under Article II of the United States Constitution, the failure of which creates a cause of action for deprivation of claimants» constitutional rights (as allowed under the Bivens case) against employees of the Federal Government, in this case, to a lawful President and Commander in Chief, and therefore, for deprivation of adequate continuation of the United States as a Constitutional Republic.

British leaders were celebrating a UN vote against the Syrian regime last night, after an overwhelming majority of member states condemned the violence.

In the context of the Scottish referendum vote, this decision has implications for the following groups: (i) potential future Scottish citizens residing in rUK; (ii) potential future Scottish citizens residing in other EU member states; (iii) UK citizens residing in Scotland who will not opt for Scottish citizenship; (iv) non-UK EU citizens residing in Scotland who will not qualify or opt for Scottish citizenship.

Should Scots vote for independence, this will be the first case of secession from an EU member state.

Education activist Christine Marinoni won't be able to vote for her actress wife in September's Democratic primary because she isn't a registered Democrat but is one of the nearly 42,000 members of the state's left - leaning Working Families Party.

After finally managing to get all 32 members into the chamber, the Senate Democrats just passed the bill that will re-open state parks without a single GOP vote.

No surprise, as the Club's District Leader, Jacob Gold, had earlier become the first Brooklyn member of the Democratic State Committee to pledge his vote at the party convention to Cynthia Nixon.

The operative for whom Team Lazio is searching would basically take over the convention vote whipping operation — the calling and maintenance of committee members who have pledged their support — and also manage the proxies pledged by those people to make sure nothing goes awry after their delivery to state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, who has endorsed Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy over Lazio.

A state commission is expected to vote tomorrow whether to allow a state DNA database to be searched for family members of suspects, potentially allowing this controversial technique to be used for the first time in New York.

The 30 - member Senate Republican conference is poised to vote en masse against the bill that would keep state parks open and also has issues with a measure that would boost the charter cap from 200 to 460, GOP sources confirm.

State Senate Democrats are accusing Julie Killian, the newly minted Republican choice in an upcoming key Westchester County state Senate race, as a «no - show» politician, saying she missed over half the meetings and skipped over 80percent of the votes taken while she was an appointed member of the Westchester County Charter CommisState Senate Democrats are accusing Julie Killian, the newly minted Republican choice in an upcoming key Westchester County state Senate race, as a «no - show» politician, saying she missed over half the meetings and skipped over 80percent of the votes taken while she was an appointed member of the Westchester County Charter Commisstate Senate race, as a «no - show» politician, saying she missed over half the meetings and skipped over 80percent of the votes taken while she was an appointed member of the Westchester County Charter Commission.

Judge Sheila Abdus - Salaam looks on as members of the state Senate Judiciary Committee vote unanimously on April 20, 2013 to advance her nomination to fill a vacancy on the Court of Appeals at the Capitol in Albany.

Residents of public school districts throughout the state will head to the polls on May 15 to decide the fate of annual budgets and also to vote for board members seeking re-election or wishing to win a seat.

In 2010 — the previous statewide election year — the WFP had 42,000 members in New York State but its ballot line generated 155,000 votes for Cuomo.

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.

As a member of the Senate, Tedisco voted for and together with his colleagues, helped pass a state spending cap in the Senate last month.

A measure that would provide Hurricane Harvey disaster relief to Texas has politically perplexed members of the Lone Star State's congressional delegation, some of whom plan to vote against it.

For example, we are supporting three challengers to New York State Senate Independent Democratic Conference members, who have historically organized with the Republican leadership to block progress on voting rights, reproductive rights, and government reform.

The poll asked electors eligible to vote in the one - member - one - vote ballot to state their principal reasons for supporting their preferred candidate.

A straw poll of 83 county chairs and state committee members showed strong support for Molinaro: he won 55 votes, compared to five for Holland and 23 for DeFrancisco.

Sean Stratton for State Assembly, District 18 Campaign Details 5th / 5 for two seats; 1007, 1.07 % http://www.njelections.org/2017-results/2017-unofficial-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf Onel Martinez for State Assembly, District 22 5th / 6 for two seats; 81,076 votes, 1.10 % http://www.njelections.org/2017-results/2017-unofficial-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf Green Party member on ballot under «Remember Those Forgotten» ballot line

US citizens vote on the first Tuesday in November at the general election to elect the various members of the Senate and the House of Representatives as well as state and local government officials.

«And so even since the state's intervention in 2014, we have seen the white community consistently out - vote the minority community in order to install board members who are consistently favoring the interests of the private schools.»