Sentences with phrase «number of senators»

Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

He has publicly professed his innocence, but an increasing number of senators said the charges were a distraction.

«A small number of senators resist ceding any sovereignty, afraid the big, bad U.N. is going to divvy up Arctic resources,» Baker says.

At today's Puerto Rican Day Parade, Gov. David Paterson downplayed the possibility that there will be a government shutdown, insisting a sufficient number of senators will vote «yes» and pass his latest budget extender bill tomorrow afternoon.

The former Senate President stated that unlike before, the other 14 South East Senators were not interested in the seat of the Deputy President of Senate, but were rather behind Ekweremadu, just as the overwhelming number of Senators was solidly behind Saraki and Ekweremadu's leadership.

The Senate holds a slim 32 - seat majority, the minimum number of senators needed to lead the chamber, so losing just one member could leave the Republicans out of power.

Saraki in his usual doing since he started appearing at the Tribunal arrived in company of quite a sizeable number of senators at 9:45 am.

«And certainly, if you need the names of phone numbers of Senator Dean Skelos, or Marty Golden or Simcha Felder, who were certainly most responsible for blocking the speed cameras that save lives we'll be very happy to provide you with their phone numbers.

Morning Consult released the rankings on Tuesday, assessing the popularity numbers of senators and governors in the country.

In its plenary today, neither were any motion nor bills considered following a few numbers of Senators that were present as they could not, as such, form a quorum.

The two tables below give page numbers of Senators» remarks, showing first the funders they mentioned, and then the denial groups.

In Canada, it's kind of similar - each province has a defined number of senators, but it's much more in the East than the West - iirc Nova Scotia has 10 senators, but BC only has 6.

«[The President] together with the Vice President, chosen for the same term, be elected, as follows: Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress»

The best example I can think of, when a major bill had significant influence by a small number of senators was Obamacare.

If anything concrete comes out of Tuesday's hearing, it may be that Facebook trims its terms of service, which a number of senators complained is too long and confusing.

The number of senators, and the time constraints for each, limited the potential for followup questions to and grilling of the CEO.

Manchin and Toomey have expressed a willingness to revisit their legislation, and a number of senators who voted no in 2013 have said since the shooting in Florida that they might reconsider their positions.

A number of Senators were also in attendance, among whom is Sen. Rafiu representing Kwara South in the Senate.

While the number of Senators and Members of the House of Representatives has stayed the same, their annual budget rose to as high as N150billion and is now N120billion!!!

The number of Senators who said they supported raising the minimum wage right away to $ 9 an hour: 32.

When taking their seats at the next session in January 1816, in three districts there was a number of senators differing from the apportionment, which was corrected at the election in 1816.

«I've heard from a number of Senators who said «you did the right thing, we should have just come back today and voted on the whole budget».

He said: «Distinguished colleagues, I want to thank senator Dariye and I think a number of senators too.

Although Bruno is fighting an attempt by the feds to re-try him on corruption charges, he still has a close relationship with a number of senators — particularly his hand - picked replacement, Sen. Roy McDonald, who switched his 2009 «no» vote to a «yes» this time around.

The number of Senators has been at an even 62 for the past decade, which helped lead to the 2009 coup attempt and month long stalemate, when Senators evenly divided between two opposing factions.

Franken» s victory increased the number of senators in the Democratic caucus to 60, which is enough to overcome Republican attempts to mount a filibuster during floor debate.

«You can have the best women's agenda, but if we can not elect the number of senators, then it's going to go nowhere,» Velazquez said.

As of Friday afternoon, the number of senators who had voiced support for the marriage measure — 31 out of 62, one short of a majority — had not changed in over a week.

And in solidarity with him, a number of senators abandoned their duties to accompany him to the Tribunal.

The Parliament may make laws increasing or diminishing the number of senators for each State, 5 but so that equal representation of the several Original States shall be maintained and that no Original State shall have less than six senators.

The Constitution requires: Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress... and by the Twelfth Amendment: The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for...

Some factions of Renzi's own Democratic party and several former prime ministers also voiced their objection to the reforms, which would have streamlined government by reducing the number of senators and increasing the prime minister's power.