Sentences with phrase «narrow vote»

It was decided - after a very narrow vote and a quite passionate debate - that there should be a special section on Mary in the document on the Church, rather than dedicating a document to her alone.

Our class was intrigued by the curtailment of Marian piety that seemed to mark the Second Vatican Council, which, in a famously narrow vote, subordinated Mary to ecclesiology.

More than 700 designs were submitted to the board, which narrowed the vote down to 10 finalists.

The peers» narrow vote on Monday to delay the tax credit cuts until there is a plan for transitional protection also puts the onus on Osborne to look for policy solutions.

With one hasty and excruciatingly narrow vote, House Republicans have all but guaranteed that health care will be one of the most pivotal issues shaping the next two election cycles - including congressional, gubernatorial and state legislative races in the 2018 midterms and President Donald Trump's...

Meanwhile, in the United States, the news about the United Kingdom's harrowingly narrow vote to leave the European Union has implications only slowly becoming apparent to some.

(UPDATE) With a narrow vote to pass same - sex questions to committee, Methodists band - aid over rumors of split.

Methodists Won't Vote on Gay Marriage This Year After All With a narrow vote to pass same - sex questions to committee, Methodists band - aid over rumors of split.

It will be no easy task giving 5 lbs to last season's Leger runner up Romsdal and I liked the way the latter was keeping on over 12f at Newbury last time; this step back up in trip looks sure to suit but Brown Panther gets a narrow vote.

Nicky Henderson trained the 10l runner up in that event — Raising The Bar — and his Burrows Edge (12.50) gets a narrow vote with David Mullins taking the ride.

«At the top of the Conservative party, the narrow vote in favour of leaving the EU has now been interpreted as the pretext for a drastic cutting of ties with Europe, which would have dire economic results - and as an excuse for the most toxic rhetoric on immigration we have seen from any government in living memory,» the statement reads.

The U.S. Senate confirmed Rep. Mick Mulvaney, a South Carolina Republican, to lead the Office of Management and Budget in a narrow vote this morning, giving the congressman one of the most powerful positions in Trump's Cabinet and the responsibility of reconciling the new administration's conflicting spending priorities.

Flanagan edged Sen. John DeFrancisco (R - Syracuse) in a narrow vote largely along upstate / downstate lines to become head of the Senate.

He defeated Syracuse Sen. John DeFrancisco in a narrow vote in a closed - door conference.

Flanagan won the majority leader post in a narrow vote and he did receive backing from six upstate Republicans, including western New York Sen. Cathy Young.

Seth Agata, a former Cuomo aide who was announced Tuesday as the new executive director of the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, was selected by a narrow vote of 8 - 4, according to a source with direct knowledge of the deliberations.

Seth Agata, who was announced Tuesday as the new executive director of the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, was selected by a narrow vote of 8 - 4, according to a source with direct knowledge of the deliberations.

Hoffman — whose insurgent campaign helped drive Republican Dede Scozzafava from the race — had rescinded his concession last week amid new vote counts that showed a narrowing vote gap between himself and Owens, and allegations that software problems in some voting machines and other vote counting issues could have affected the outcome of the race.

In a narrow vote, the council extended term limits for the mayor, councilors and city comptroller from eight to 12 years.

It had a near - miss for capping carbon emissions after the House passed the «American Clean Energy and Security Act» by a narrow vote of 219 - 212 in June 2009, only to see it dissolve in the Senate controlled by Democrats a year later.

The Trump Administration and Republican assault on science reached a new level last night when in a narrow vote the Senate voted to approve the climate denier, Jim Bridenstine, for the post of NASA administrator.

And, by a narrow vote, it approved AB 1084, another bill by Bonilla, which would ban for - profit online charter schools and those nonprofit online charters that are operated and supplied by a for - profit parent.

The Senate voted down the bill by a narrow vote of 59 to 41, needing one more vote to break a filibuster and send the legislation to the President's desk.

Although technically not legally binding, the political repercussions of trying to do anything but follow the narrow vote means that the U.K. will be attempting to leave the E.U.

The legislation caused a major split in both parties, making it through the Legislature after marathon debates and narrow votes in both chambers.

Even though the Senate defeated the Bill on the Keystone XL Pipeline by a narrow vote there are OIL PIPELINE FEDERAL JOBS posted on USAJOBS.gov.

Paul Ryan and his out - of - touch allies — by a narrow vote of 217 to 213 — forced through their disastrous scheme to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and block patients from accessing birth control and cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood health centers.

In a narrow vote, 50.9 per cent of Montreal board members voted to split from CREA, while 49.1 voted to stay.