Sentences with phrase «need the votes of»

Sounds like the Tories may need the votes of their Scottish and Welsh MPs (and UUP allies) to pass laws affecting England only.

Democrats will need the vote of at least one or more Republicans, but many G.O.P. senators contend that the aid should not be piled onto the national debt.

«Let me say this clearly, if the party takes the position to the South South, it means they are saying they don't need the votes of that region and the implications will be dire for the PDP», he warned.

Labour doesn't need the votes of the top 2 % so long as the other 98 % see fairness done - but Labour does need to get the facts across, as most people are woefully ignorant of where they stand on the earnings scale.

With Republicans holding an 18 - 15 majority and Democrats opposed to vouchers, any expansion would likely need the votes of Ellis or Olsen.

Grace's Law HB 788 needs the vote of YES, without any if or buts, I urge you to be kind.

Now that Gore doesn't need the votes of coal miners, he's happy to throw the industry under the bus to make his eco-radical fans happy.

And if you need a vote of confidence that the platform still has potential, talk to Foursquare, GoPro, iControl, and Yelp.

We need the vote of every American, regardless of political party, religious affiliation, gender, race or what movie you thought should have won the Oscar for «Best Picture»!

Not exact matches

At last year's general election the party fell short of gaining the sort of Leave - voting Labour seats they needed for a majority.

The NDP needs to regain the union vote as it tacks back to the left and will likely oppose much of the deal unless it is radically changed to protect Canadian jobs, something no one here has signalled.

That fact is adding urgency to the task of electing cooperative Republicans — a need underscored last month when Cruz forced McConnell to scramble for votes on a deal to lift the debt limit.

The 23 - year - old quantitative trader was in the middle of an extracurricular bet — on the web site PredictIt — that Senate Republicans» second attempt at overhauling Obamacare would fall short of the 51 votes needed to pass.

«If you are against cap and trade, then you need to be consistent and vote against everything that's a part of it,» says Eggman.

Last week, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers that represent over 37,000 wireline employees said they had voted to go on strike, if needed, after their contract expired on Aug. 1 at midnight.

Republican leadership reportedly needs the support of just one more GOP lawmaker to reach the 50 - vote threshold required for the Graham - Cassidy bill to pass.

Although Unifor again claims it has surpassed the 40 % threshold needed to call a vote, organizers are still trying to drum up enough support to comfortably meet the majority of the 7,000 workers required for victory.

And it means distilleries need to have long - term plans for investments and financing — all of which could be thrown into turmoil in a single day, Sept. 18, when Scotland votes on whether to leave Britain.

Clinton never had a majority of the electorate voting for him, and Bush's election needed a Supreme Court ruling to certify it.

The measure fell just short of the 60 votes needed for passage, despite frantic last - minute lobbying by supporters, especially Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, who faces a runoff election on Dec. 6.

To pass the AHCA in the Senate, the Republicans need to deploy «reconciliation,» an expedited budget process that requires just 50 votes, instead of the 60 needed to prevent a filibuster.

But the Congressional members who voted on the impeachment measure over the weekend need to take another step in the right direction if they want to regain the trust of the Brazilian people and foreign investors; they should impeach themselves.

Opposition leader Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People's Party led with 43.3 percent of the vote in the first round of elections but failed to secure a majority vote needed to win, according to the electoral commission.

And they don't need to hear every grisly detail of your divorce or whom you voted for in the last election.

Wang estimates Democratic congressional candidates would need to win the 2018 nationwide vote by 7 to 12 percentage points to capture enough seats to win control of the House.

If you need divine guidance on which way to vote in the forthcoming U.K. referendum on European Union (EU) membership, the Church of England has released a prayer to help that could help you decide.

As the U.S. Constitution authorizes states to manage the time, place, and manner for voting, there is no nationwide security standard that all state Board of Elections need to meet.

Republicans need just a simple 51 - vote total to confirm a judicial nominee after the filibuster on lower - level court judicial nominees was killed by Democrats when they last controlled the Senate in an effort to help move along some of Obama's nominees more quickly.

The move is a vote of confidence in the U.S. economy — a signal that consumers and businesses don't need quite as much help via monetary policy now that the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.6 percent, close to what economists call full employment.

So slim that the president can easily veto any significant piece of legislation they send to his desk (i.e. repeal of the Affordable Care Act) and there's nowhere near the two - thirds majority vote in both Houses needed to override.

«I think it's just a disaster for the Republican Party, because it means you need 60 votes on most pieces of legislation and you're not going to get it.»

According to the credit society's constitution, a minimum of 25 per cent of members were required to make the vote count, with 75 per cent of those voting needed to support demutualisation for it to go ahead.

To bring an idea to fruition, you need emotional buy - in, not just the kind you get by winning 51 % of a vote.

But a total repeal of Obamacare, at least in the near term, is much easier said than done, and full replacement with new comprehensive legislation seems highly unlikely at this point in time, given that 60 Senate votes will be needed to do so, and Democrats and Republicans appear as far apart as ever in coming to a consensus on a bipartisan strategy to move forward.

The dates of his trip have been in flux because of Trump's U.S. tax overhaul push and the possibility that Pence would be needed to provide a tie - breaking vote in the Senate.

You also need to determine the voting rights of the partners — normally a simple majority vote of the partners decides what happens and what doesn't, but you can agree that important decisions be made by a «supermajority» vote of two - thirds or more of the partnership percentages..

' A parent Seattle suburb 19 hours ago If the Republicans want my vote as a college educated, suburban soccer mom of two in the West Coast, then they need to come to the table on gun control.

The House then votes on adoption of the special rule, which needs only a simple majority to pass.

Sixty votes are needed to overcome a point of order.

But the more we learn about the negative implications of the Russia sanctions bill, which sailed through the Senate earlier this summer by a vote of 98 - 2, the clearer it becomes that the House will need to play the role of «cooling saucer» to prevent a few loosely written provisions in the bill from scalding the U.S. economy.

In order to pass Graham - Cassidy, Republicans needed 50 of their 52 members to vote for the bill.

The Democratic gubernatorial primary is so competitive this year, The Sun's Erin Cox reports, that campaigns and strategists think they may need the support of no more than a quarter of the electorate to win — maybe as few as 125,000 votes.

«I'm so ready to vote,» she said, «and people keep saying that «you guys need to go out there and vote,» but most of us that are speaking are not legally old enough to vote.»

If Donald Trump manages to gather the 270 electoral votes he needs to win by the end of Tuesday, buying in equity markets would be a smart move, said strategist Mark Grant.

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House Republicans managed to break the sit - in long enough to vote on the override, which passed on a party - line vote of 239 - 180, but fell short of the two - thirds vote needed to override the president's veto.

So the current draft of the legislation would probably need 60 votes instead, meaning significant Democratic support, which Republican leaders haven't been even trying to court.

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If they lose a handful of progressives on the cloture vote then they could need 10 or so Republicans to make up the difference.

Democrats have 54 votes — six short of the number needed to shut down a filibuster.