Sentences with phrase «n't vote against»

The public can't vote against the smokestack.

«Unless I'm willing to vote against Brown and (Attorney General) Kamala Harris, which I'm not, I can't vote against Torlakson.

I think this is an issue that he should be particularly sensitive about because he's the guy who pledged he wouldn't vote against Planned Parenthood, and then he did.»

Our local Labour MP here in Wales didn't vote against and it has gone down locally like lead balloon.

In the end, lawmakers insisted they couldn't vote against a spending plan for schools, even if it did include a number of measures that they opposed.

So Britain doesn't need just to sort the deal, it also needs to sweet talk MEPs so they don't vote against it.

«I think some of Mike's decisions in choosing to become a whip, when he couldn't vote against the party line... people see as rather odd.»

It's time our elected officials learned that they can't vote against equality and expect to keep their seats.

In between Cuomo speaking Ball is shown on the Senate floor regretting that he couldn't vote against the law twice.

The reason why there is an assumption that the Republicans won't vote against Trump in unanimous lockstep, like they did as a matter of policy with Obama, is if the Congressional Republicans basically declare war on their own party leader, no one but the Dems can win (given their track record, that's not a given, either), short or long term.

I am not a Mormon and don't find it appealing or convincing but I wouldn't vote against him just because he is a Mormon.I do apologize for that last sentence.

«At the end of the day I'm not voting against a bill that is going to take guns out of the hands of 18 - year - olds,» said Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat from Broward County.

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

I am not voting against my faith?

Nicaraguans, we are repeatedly told, did not vote against the Sandinistas but only against the civil conflict and economic misery imposed by the U.S..

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

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.

The Lords can not vote against financial legislation.

Since becoming an MP he has generally voted against benefit cuts, but did not vote against the 2015 welfare reform bill, when Labour's mass abstention was seen as helping propel Corbyn to the Labour leadership.

Tony Banks, Hague a «foetus» In one of the nastier put - downs of recent history, Labour MP Tony Banks in 1997 described Conservative leader William Hague as a «foetus», later remarking: «I bet a lot of them wish they hadn't voted against abortion now!»

Andrew George, the MP for St Ives, an early supporter of changes to the Bill (despite not voting against it at Second Reading), said:

... We will not vote against the application because of the progress the Palestinian leadership has made towards meeting the criteria.

One source said two of Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» JCOPE appointees voted for Biben and one abstained, but did not vote against her.

Burnham spoke out today after Harman suggested at the weekend that Labour will not vote against the government's welfare bill.

Harriet Harman has provoked a furious backlash among Labour members by suggesting that the party will not vote against the government's welfare bill.

Were the party to elect Lamb, it would signal a change of direction on Europe — he did not vote against the triggering of article 50 and has said the party's job should be to fight for membership of the single market rather than a rerun of the referendum.

Nigerians did not vote against the Jonathan administration's impunity for corruption, only to be assaulted with another pernicious impunity for cronyism.

Why not vote against Jeremy Hunt, calling for him to face the scrutiny which David Cameron has so far helped him evade?

How do we know this is not a vote against the Democrats for throwing Anthony Weiner under the bus?

«This vote isn't voting against a «buy American» bill, it's voting against a bad bill that is deemed illegal,» he said.

Senate Republicans spokesman Scott Reif said the vote blocking the measure was not a vote against the issue itself, but the Democrats» method of pushing for a vote.

A variety of sources, some of whom have been attributed as being «aides» to Jeremy or those «close» to the leader have apparently stood up speculation that Hilary Benn, Rosie Winterton, Maria Eagle and me (amongst others) are all for the chop for not voting against extending military action from Iraq into Syria during the recent free vote in the Commons.

And when a legislator has to think about this issue, they have to know that they will go back to their families and say whether or not they voted against their niece and nephew, their brother and sister, and in some cases even their parent, and that's why this is different.»

The amendments could potentially delay the passage of the legislation — though Mr Corbyn, Mr McDonnell and Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer all underlined this morning that Labour would not vote against the triggering of Article 50.

But the Tory MP Robert Halfon, who has led the campaign against increasing fuel duty, said he would not vote against the government until he saw whether the chancellor, George Osborne, responded to the mounting concerns in his autumn statement, due on 5 December.

«Signing letters is not voting against Israel,» she said.

Until now, it had been assumed Ms Sturgeon's party could not vote against a Budget without triggering a vote of no confidence and another General Election.

It's not a vote against Amazon, who I love like a sibling that controls my pursestrings.

It's easy to levy a massive, disproportionate and regressive fee on a constituency that can not vote against you.

The House of Lords is, of course, bound by the Salisbury - Addison constitutional convention that it should not vote against a manifesto Bill.

Earlier, MinerGate CEO Claude Lecomte said that he did not support the hard fork, although the pool had not voted against it in the interest of technological development.

Not exact matches

The board agreed — non-votes will not count against Dell — and changed the new voting date to September 12.

In contrast to its healthcare - overhaul push that saw many intraparty divisions, the GOP has been relatively cohesive on taxes — not a single Republican voted against the bill in the Senate.

«Wait and see what happens on election day because many people who weren't for independence will now go and vote against the police's response.

In separate lawsuits against the state, Michigan's Republican attorney general and Trump asked state courts to prevent the recount, saying Stein should not be allowed to seek one because she finished so far behind Trump and Clinton that she couldn't have won, even if some votes were miscounted.

«We voted on the first of October and now we have to defend our vote and defend our republic in the polling stations and this time they aren't going to use violence against us,» says Eduard Morell, an activist for the ERC in Terrassa.

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.

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.

While Pai also had the support of fellow Republican commissioner Michael O'Rielly for the $ 17 million deal, Democrat Mignon Clyburn voted against the settlement in May (although the decision was not made public until this week).

«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.»