Sentences with phrase «necessary votes»

The anointing of a rival bidder by research houses means Pulpwood Plantations is an outsider to secure the necessary votes this week to take over Great Southern timber schemes.

But that poses the risk of calamitous economic disruption if a White House with limited success on Capitol Hill fails to gather and accurately count the necessary votes.

Neither of the rival plans offered by Boehner in the House and Reid in the Senate seemed to have the necessary votes in Congress amid a bitter stalemate that could have far - reaching repercussions for the fragile U.S. economy as well as global markets.

had hoped to find both the necessary votes and time on the House floor for consideration of a bill that would spin the nation's air traffic controllers and thousands of people working on modernizing the aviation system into a private nonprofit corporation.

He has the necessary votes in his pocket.

Given that no candidate got the necessary votes, a runoff election will be held between the two strongest contenders.

It is also a reform that the Tories could deliver quickly and easily as they and the Lib Dems have the necessary votes to carry it through both Houses.

The WFP has also pushed for passage of campaign finance reform, the Dream Act and other legislation that Ms. Savino said wouldn't have the necessary votes even if Democrats controlled the Senate.

You got tossed out of the caucus (for a time) for giving Republicans a necessary vote on borrowing.

«Ideally, we would reach consensus on process and substance with our caucus and Senate Minority Mitch McConnell mid-day Monday,» said the aide, who said their goal would be to schedule any necessary votes no later than mid-week.

For the past 5 years, I have opposed any tax increases, and I will continue to cast the difficult but necessary votes to avoid them.

However, neither DeFrancisco or Flanagan have locked down the necessary votes as of late Sunday afternoon.

The outcome at this point is anyone's guess, as both men entering the closed - door Republican conference said they believed they had the necessary votes to replace scandal - scarred Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

As of late Sunday night, neither DeFrancisco or Flanagan had the necessary votes locked up to replace Skelos.

Yet the only votes that matter in this contest are not from constituents; this race, for City Council speaker, will be determined by other Council members and the city's Democratic county leaders, who are normally the deciding factor in efforts to wrangle the necessary votes.

Labor union leaders on Tuesday said they felt confident an appeal would garner the necessary votes, given that the Common Council voted to keep tax incremental financing for the project in the city's 2010 budget.

Both he and Peralta urged Gov. Cuomo to step up the pressure to secure the necessary votes in the Senate by pushing to include the DREAM Act in the final state budget due by the end of the month.

Democrats said they would not provide the necessary votes until County Executive Edward Mangano and the GOP legislative majority approve an inspector general.

The unions — who plan to endorse Gov. Cuomo individually — are worried that if the party doesn't follow their lead they may not garner the 50,000 necessary votes to keep the line in future elections.

State Sen. Jose Peralta (center), a Democrat, sponsored the DREAM Act in the Senate, which failed to get the necessary votes to pass.

Unlike Senator Little, I will provide the necessary vote for single payer health insurance and repeal cannabis prohibition in New York State.

Some Democrats blamed Sen. Jeff Klein, leader of the IDC, for the defeat because it was brought to the floor without the necessary votes needed to pass.

Out of these two, only one is expected to challenge Mr Brown after gaining the necessary votes from the party.

He was told back in October 2016 that he needed a plan B as he didn't have the necessary votes in the Legislature.

Mantello maintains that unless and until Mayor Madden offers recommendations to reduce the 28.2 percent tax hike, the council will not provide the necessary votes to override the tax cap.

Three Democrats, Legislators Christina Bove and Thomas Loughran, and former Legislator Timothy Kennedy, also approved the local law, providing the necessary votes for approval.

ConservativeHome learnt that «there was some hostility» to Mr Karim at the meeting but he received the necessary votes to enjoy one of the top three places on the regional list.

The IDC recently provided all necessary votes to get the bill out of the Banking Committee.

But while Ronk and a few others might balk at approving this contract, the executive has a record of securing the necessary votes (12 of 23) before he submits legislation.

A deal struck by the leaders of the Queens and Bronx Democratic parties last month secured the necessary votes for Johnson to win the speaker's race over seven other candidates.

The proposed 2011 budget does not carry a property tax increase for residents, and the six - member Republican Caucus creates the necessary votes to uphold the county executive's vetoes and stop my colleagues in the Democratic Caucus from restoring unnecessary spending.

By Wednesday, City Hall and the City Council were ready to give in, even though many participants, including City Hall officials, contend de Blasio had the necessary votes to pass the cap.

Even if the amendments gain city approval, Brink said the Edgewater and every other development project will still have to work through city committees and the Common Council and get all the necessary votes.

The WFP wanted to endorse Cuomo, the Democrat and favorite, in order to rack up the necessary votes in November; Cuomo wouldn't accept the endorsement unless the WFP swallowed his budget - cutting agenda, a plan that could chop the pay and pensions of the unionized public employees who make up the WFP membership.

Despite those concerns, House Republican leaders have said that they believe they can corral the necessary votes to approve the deal.

Centering on Abraham Lincoln's attempt to pass the 13th Amendment outlawing slavery in the waning days of the Civil War, the movie is dialogue - heavy, focusing on legislative process and party politics as Lincoln and his aides try to win the necessary votes from both fellow Republicans and Democrats across the aisle.

With the assistance of his Secretary of State, William Seward (Strathairn), and the ever - aggressive Pennsylvanian Republican Thaddeus Stevens (Tommy Lee Jones), Lincoln looks to «procure» the necessary votes for the required two - thirds majority.

After this exposition, the film settles in as a classic race against time: the President's men must get the necessary votes before a peace expedition from the South arrives in Washington to surrender.

After determining that they did not have the necessary votes to pass the proposal this month, lawmakers decided instead to use the money to shore up two existing funds for books and transportation for both public and private schools.

Now, I have seen it suggested that Tea Party pushback defections in the House could have a surprising effect — yielding a less conservative ESEA reauthorization, because House Speaker Boehner will have to turn to the Democrats for the necessary votes.

The bill's sponsors continued to search in vain for the necessary votes to pass the program in the House.

On Thursday, these cat - loving residents failed to muster the necessary votes to change the Woodglen bylaws, bylaws that allow only fish or birds.

Para 4 (3) raised the necessary votes for resolutions of the general meeting that usually require 75 % under the Law on public limited companies to 80 % (lower blocking requirement).

To reject the government's defense of the law, the justices would have to suspend their own settled approach to statutory interpretation as well as their often - stated view of how Congress should act toward the states.I have no doubt that the justices who cast the necessary votes to add King v. Burwell to the court's docket were happy to help themselves to a second chance to do what they couldn't quite pull off three years ago.

This news follows the 1st May results of an initial round of voting, which ended with none of the original 15 candidates reaching the necessary vote threshold to win a seat.

In isolation, its impact would probably be limited, since the bill was substantially hollowed out to secure the necessary votes.