Sentences with phrase «more voting against»

If there are 25 % or more voting against, and the creditors have requested it, there is a meeting of creditors.

If anything, some U.S. analysts have argued that the November 4 midterms represented more a vote against Washington gridlock than the endorsement of the political agenda advocated by the Republicans.

«If you get more votes against than for, you're not wanted, and you should leave.»

Not exact matches

A vote on the measure was delayed for hours after Democrats revolted against provisions to roll back part of the Dodd - Frank financial reform law and allow more big money political donations, while conservative Republicans objected because the measure did not block funds for Obama's immigration order.

Tap Oil shareholders have lodged a big protest vote, with more than 35 per cent of votes cast against three resolutions at today's annual meeting, with dissident shareholder Chatchai Yenbamroong accounting for a large share of the opposition.

In response to the vote, the British pound had collapsed to a 31 - year low against the US dollar, falling below $ 1.35, while stock futures were collapsing with US futures off more than 3.5 % while London's FTSE 100 down almost 9 %.

And Democrats like Sen. Ron Wyden (Ore.) are threatening to vote against the CIA nominee unless Obama gives lawmakers access to more classified legal documents underpinning Obama's drone policy.

Earlier on Tuesday, CNBC reported that BlackRock Inc., which has a stake in Dell of more than 3 percent, was likely to vote against the buyout.

What's more, Cards Against Humanity co-founder Max Temkin threatened to publish the Web browsing history of members of Congress if they voted to allow internet service providers to sell customers» data without asking for permission.

In a wide - ranging interview with The Associated Press ahead of the vote, Khodorkovsky warned that U.S. and European Union sanctions against Russia are fueling Putin's domestic agenda instead of hurting him, and predicted more ugly Russian - U.S. relations in Putin's next term.

For starters, all 67 of Alabama's counties voted more Democratic than they had in the 2016 presidential election pitting then - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

On Tuesday, there was a federal court hearing for Greenlight's case against Apple and the judge said that he needed more time to consider Einhorn's request for an injunction to block the vote on Apple's proxy.

For example, despite the fact that more than 85 % of outsiders (average shareholders) voted AGAINST the creation of a third class of stock (class C) in 2012, the weight of the insiders» 10 votes per share allowed the passage of this proposal.

For example, despite the fact that more than 85 % of outsiders (average shareholders) voted AGAINST the creation of a third class of stock (class C), the weight of the insiders» 10 votes per share allowed the passage of this proposal.

Last year, more than 20 percent of investors voted against WPP's compensation, resulting in it being listed in a new public register set up by the Investment Association.

Glass Lewis says it will recommend voting against a director on more than five boards, or two for executives.

More than 60 % of shareholders of one major energy company recently voted — against management's recommendation — in favor of the company reporting on its climate progress.

Management votes against them and larger investors with more shares typically vote with management.

Mark Pincus, founder of the gaming company Zynga, is reducing his voting power over the company, going against a trend where entrepreneurs lobbied for more control.

Further, in an effort to encourage transparency and responsiveness to AGM voting, companies will need to explain what action has been taken to consult with shareholders when more than 20 % of votes have been cast against the board's recommendation.

A day after the bill's prospects wavered somewhat, Republican leaders notched two victories on Friday, when Senator Marco Rubio of Florida said he would vote yes after gaining a more generous child tax credit in the final bill and Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, who voted against the initial Senate bill over deficit concerns, said he would support the legislation.

In a guest article, Robert E. Plaze, a partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, analyzes Gallagher's statement; addresses the more interesting case of the two settlements Gallagher voted against; and discusses Gallagher's criticisms of Rule 206 (4)-7.

More than 88 percent of shares voted at the meeting, excluding the 20 percent stake held by Berkshire, voted against the deal.

I am angry at Congress, more specifically any person in Congress who calls himself or herself a Christian and votes against policies and programs for the poor.

But it's not exactly rocket science that religion can be used to manipulate more ignorant voters into voting against their economic interests.

The rationalization of southern baptists is truly mind boggling — the idea that each church is «autonomous» as justification for outright racism is pitiful in this day and age — if the Southern Baptist convention had come out strongly and adamantly against this kind of behavior, I'd have at least a measure of respect for them — but to shrug off a blatant act of discrimination as the «work of the devil» and ignore the deacon's cowardice in wanting to avoid «controversy» is laughable — if it weren't for people having the courage to fan the flames of controversy, women and african american would not have the right to vote today — more evidence of the ignorance of most bible thumpers, and Mississippi in particular

I'm a Mormon myself and it's really encouraging to hear more people take the same stance you are taking — vote for or against a candidate based on their platform, their record, etc..

Thus heavy viewers of religious programs are more likely than light viewers to describe themselves as conservative, to oppose a nuclear freeze, to favor tougher laws against pornography, and to have voted in the last election.

But more unexpectedly, given that Hawaii was one of the first states where the issue surfaced, a Hawaii state representative has caused waves for becoming the first openly gay lawmaker to vote against a state's same - sex marriage bill.

Though evangelical women have long been involved in political activism, including helping to lead the temperance movement and campaigning for and against women's right to vote, seeking the White House is a more recent and dramatic step.

It's simple as this, Rick Santorum appeals to the less educated, extremely conservative and more bigot minded segment of rural America, which is largely dominated by Born again evangelicals, who as the article points out have a misguided view that that Mormons aren't Christian, and in their misguided bigotry seem to be voting against Romney based upon their religion rather than for a good candidate who can win the general election.

Listing the 23 non-Alabama first - place votes seems counterproductive this week, especially because there's more solid reasoning to reward a team that isn't the Tide (which has a win over No. 29 Michigan and... that's it, really) for winning against tough competition.

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The only problem is it feels more like a vote against Young than an honor another player has taken away from him.

Premier League clubs voted against using VAR next season after the technology was trialled in cup games, and the league said on Wednesday it needs more evidence of a benefit to fans and clubs before making a decision on safe standing.

The panel voted against recommending warning labels on foods with artificial dyes and called for more research.

And residents of Horatio Gardens cast 153 of those negative votes, voting more than 2 - 1 against the increase, which was to have paid for a community center and other facilities.

Concern has been expressed that the tax was unnecessarily rushed through the approval process just before an election that would have added two more people to the 5 - member board that could have swung the vote against the tax.

Commissioner Tim Satkowski, who voted against the project, said that while he also believed District 54 should help pay for the playground, more importantly, the Park District could save $ 11,000 in labor costs if it waited until next spring to start the work.

Measures pass if more votes were for it than against it.

The difference is that the Tory / Lib coalition can cope if a few MPs vote against it, a Lab / Lib coalition needed every MP on side plus a few more.

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.

Your answer only starts to address «why, in general, women don't vote for other women more» if you prove the assertion that there's a reason for women to consider other women to be unwinnable against Hitler.

While there might be more stops by the former president in the future, it's possible Arcuri's «no» vote on the health care reform bill, which cost him the WFP line and labor support, might be a mark against him.

Therefore, conceptually, if two people already - as universally supported - don't necessarily have the same voting weight (you can have a vote taken away from you for presumably doing wrong to society), what is the moral / philosophical argument against having select people being given additional votes for presumably doing more than average for society?

So you could argue that the current system is actually biased against Labour, and therefore PR will actually disadvantage Labour even more unless rates of voter registration are improved and compulsory voting introduced.

The existing law is good at stopping Banksy from offering free prints to those voting against the Conservatives in the election but anything more subtle remains a challenge.

There may well be more powers that can be devolved to the Scottish Parliament — a «no» vote is not a vote against devolution — but the vote will settle the question of Scottish independence for a generation.

Quorums are an interesting case, where you can cause a measure to pass by voting against it, with the result that abstaining from voting can be more effective at defeating the measure than a «no» vote.

The Democratic Party picked up seats last election without a Presidential candidate who had great coat tails — and against your Trump landslide (where 10.6 million more Americans voted against Trump than for him).