Sentences with phrase «minority voted against»

Make no mistake, this determined minority voted against clean energy, billions in relief at the pump for their constituents, energy independence, and the tens of thousands of jobs that this bill would create.

The minority voted against the proposal, insisting the time is too short for such a crucial legislation to be passed.

Not exact matches

It sued North Carolina over a bathroom bill it said discriminated against transgender individuals, and has challenged state voting laws that it said disenfranchised minority voters.

Includes an examination of a possible vote of non-confidence against the Conservative minority government; a request to the Governor General to allow a Liberal - New Democratic coalition to form a new government; and the immediate tasks facing a possible coalition government once in power.

If the thresholds for the drag - along are set at a level where various stockholder constituencies are protected against transactions that are not economically beneficial to them, the drag - along provision serves a good housekeeping function to make sure that minority shareholders vote in favor of the transaction.

The vote in favour of recognising Islamic State's actions against Christians and other minorities as genocide passed with 279 MPs voting in favour and none voting against.

The voting rights act was specific to states in the south with the tendency to descriminate against minority voters.

This evening, the US House of Representatives voted unanimously that groups such as ISIS are committing genocide against Christians and other minorities in the Middle East.

Meanwhile, the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted last week to pass two resolutions: one calling for support of the creation of an international war crimes tribunal to prosecute those involved in Syria, and the other calling the crimes perpetrated by ISIS against Christians and other minorities there «war crimes,» «crimes against humanity,» and «genocide.»

Update (Mar. 15): The US House of Representatives has unanimously voted 393 — 0 to declare the actions of ISIS against Middle Eastern Christians (and other minorities) officially «war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.»

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.

Yesterday, the US House of Representatives unanimously voted that ISIS is committing genocide against Christians (and other minorities) in Syria and Iraq.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi appears determined to remain in power, but her resolve is at odds with growing numbers of Democratic candidates who view her as politically toxic and are pledging to vote against her as their leader.

But Board member Patty Pierce, a minority board member, had voted against resolutions.

Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, had challenged the Republicans — many of whom are also political targets — to vote against the budget resolution.

He got the votes of a minority of the voters but only got elected because he was running against two Republicans.

On December 2, 2009, Miller sided with the conservative minority, by voting against a bill legalizing same - sex marriage.

The GOP, which voted in a bloc against the marriage bill in spite of advocates» claims that there was support from four or more minority conference members for the legislation, is unlikely to engaged it fragile hold on the majority — if it manages to wrest it back from the Democrats — by taking up this controversial bill.

Nearly every Democratic senator considering running for president in 2020 voted against reopening the government, as furious liberals accused Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of selling out the base in the immigration fight.

For those in the minority, voting is act of defiance against the cruelest tyrant of all — the tyranny of the majority.

Staten Island's two Republican Council members, Minority Leader Vincent Ignizio (South Shore) and Councilman Steven Matteo (Mid - Island / Brooklyn), were among those voting against the legislation in the Council — where many members expressed concerns about how the bill might affect small businesses but voted for it anyway.

Senate Minority Leader John McKinney of Fairfield and Sen. Len Fasano of North Haven — both of whom voted against confirming the Democratic governor's nomination of Schriro — made their comments Tuesday in the wake of a weekend Courant Government Watch column.

A minority government tends to be much less stable than a majority government because, if they can unite for the purpose, opposing parliamentary members have the numbers to vote against legislation, or even bring down the government with a vote of no confidence.

On occasion the legislature may permit a minority cabinet to continue in office despite having been defeated on a given vote, and a minority government might even bring on a confidence vote and threaten to resign should the legislature vote against it.

Erie County Legislature Minority Leader Joseph Lorigo speaks Thursday prior to a session during which his peers voted unanimously to hire a special independent counsel to investigate claims related to a pending rape case against former Social Services Commissioner Al Dirschberger.

Yesterday House Minority Leader John Boehner (Ohio) urged his colleagues to vote against the bill despite Obama's personal appeal to both House and Senate GOPers.

For the record, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, a Republican, stood tall: «The bottom line is that taxes are being raised» — as he and five colleagues voted against the new levies.

BP, under fire nationally for all the obvious reasons, was a player pushing against an Albany bill to reduce the level of of sulfur in home heating oil sold in the state to the levels in diesel trucks - a measure that narrowly passed the state Senate after a party - line vote against it by the GOP minority.

But at the same time, Faso took a more direct shot Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, two of the state's most prominent Democrats who have vocally opposed the measure and pushed Republicans in marginal House seats like Faso's to vote against it.

Clarke also pointed out that Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer has promised to vote against the nominations of Trump's Education Secretary - designate Betsy DeVos and his Attorney General - designate Jeff Sessions, the junior senator from Alabama.

He would end up picking the wrong horse, Bill Thompson, but helped deliver minority votes for Scott Stringer's successful comptroller bid against ex-Gov.

Clearly, this proposed plan is a «retrogression» as far as the ability of minority voters to overcome white bloc - voting against minority candidates is concerned.

Five days later on October 23, after the House voted down a censure resolution against Stark sponsored by Minority Leader John Boehner, he said:

For the past three years, Finch says he and the minority Republicans in the state Assembly have voted against tying teacher evaluations to how well students do on the state standardized tests.

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer announced today he would vote against the confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, and would encourage his 48 - member Democratic conference to do the same — arguing the 10th Circuit Court jurist had a «deep - seated conservative ideology» and lacked «a strong independent backbone.»

The vote «shined a bright light on the political limitations of a Democratic minority that has also failed to unite members against Mike Pompeo's bid for secretary of state and a banking deregulation bill,» Elana and Burgess report.

Mr Corbyn also spoke out against the recent spate on racially - motivated attacks following the Brexit vote, saying «an attack on a minority is in reality an attack on all of us».

As minority leader, Legislator Sparaco told his supporters he voted and tried to organize against the following new taxes:

U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillilland and U.S. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, both Democrats, voted against the legislation, as did five of the nine members of New York's Republican congressional delegation.

They could theoretically form a minority coalition government, which could only be brought down if the SNP voted against it on a no confidence motion.

He said ignoring the vote might embolden a future minority Labour government to act against the will of the Commons.

While occasionally she has voted against her conference, as she did with a vote in favor of landmark 2013 gun control legislation, the Secure Ammunition and Firearm Enforcement (SAFE) Act, another signature Cuomo accomplishment, her work on behalf of her constituents is appreciated, according to Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, a Republican from Canandaigua.

Giove pointed to an IDC release from April 9 — not shared at that time with the newspaper — that stated, «The LGBT memorial is an IDC priority which was included in our one - house that the entire minority Democratic conference voted against.

In Massachusetts, it's the business - oriented liberals in places such as Wellesley and the low - income / minority Democrat - voting Boston parents whose children attend charters who will vote to raise the cap versus the union - oriented liberals and the «progressive» Democrats concentrated in the Pioneer Valley voting against.

The Charlottesville Daily Progress broke the story: Letters Urged Protection of Minorities From Higher Electricity Costs Pointing out that «our state gets 56 % of its electricity from coal,» the letter urged Perriello to vote against the American Clean Energy & Security Act in order to «protect minorities and other consumers in your district from higher electricity bilMinorities From Higher Electricity Costs Pointing out that «our state gets 56 % of its electricity from coal,» the letter urged Perriello to vote against the American Clean Energy & Security Act in order to «protect minorities and other consumers in your district from higher electricity bilminorities and other consumers in your district from higher electricity bills.»

«The only effect of a positive vote will be to make same - sex couples, and their families, unequal to everyone else; this is discrimination in its rawest form... There is no Massachusetts precedent discussing, or deciding, whether the initiative procedure may be used to add a constitutional provision that purposefully discriminates against an oppressed and disfavored minority of our citizens in direct contravention of theprinciples of liberty and equality protection by Art. 1 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights.»

I voted against it as I think it needs to be re-written but I was clearly in the minority.

Keep coming on here, claiming that I and the 63 %, thus far, only represent a miniscule minority of the «real» professionals within ORE, and you just may encourage more members to vote, against your position.