Sentences with phrase «of voting against»

In at least one event I attended, I have heard an MEP repeat this assertion in defence of voting against a request for an Opinion on the compatibility of the Investment Court System (ICS) in CETA with the Treaties.

Say on pay gives shareholders an opportunity to express their view, short of voting against the directors.

Those of you voting against credit cards are missing a lot, and in my opinion are probably those that have poor money managing skills and irresponsible when it comes to spending power.

In July, congressional Republicans threatened to attach an amendment barring undocumented immigrants from receiving WTC health payments; Democrats feared they were being trapped into a vote that could be used against them in attack ads, provoking Anthony Weiner's infamous rant on the House floor, in which he screamed that the Republicans were «cowardly» for hiding behind procedure instead of voting against the bill because they thought it was a bad idea.

Ms Cooper, who said she sympathised with the amendment, said ministers «sat on their hands» instead of voting against Mr Raab's amendment because they were worried about their backbenchers.

My guess is that the reason is that Labour are really the only major opposition party to the coalition and hence many people will be telling pollsters they'd vote Labour as the only mainstream way of voting against the coalition.

«Kearns has a record of voting against marginalized populations: women, the LGBTQ community, refugees and immigrants,» Cichon said.

Hanna has gotten support from outside the district, from a pro-gay rights Republican P.A.C. that, through television ads and direct mail, has accused Tenney of voting against tax relief.

Several new Tory MPs, from constituencies where the ban is a hot political issue, would fear the political consequences of voting against repeal, but would still vote to stop a vote taking place.

Tenney, R - New Hartford, a conservative who has received Tea Party support, sent out campaign mailers over the past month accusing Hanna of voting against Second Amendment rights.

Lamb defied the party whip on Brexit, abstaining on the article 50 vote instead of voting against, a decision for which he was criticised by some colleagues.

The Labour leader has made a virtue of voting against his party line for many years.

Reminds me of Larry «wide - stance» Craig who has a long history of voting against any sort of reproductive rights.

They seem to have gotten turbocharged by a ruling in 2007 that permitted people — in practice, mainly hedge funds — to buy shares after a merger has been announced and for the express purpose of voting against it and then seeking an appraisal.

Why she could vote no: Murkowski previously helped bring down the GOP push to repeal and replace Obamacare, so she has a track record of voting against the party - line on contentious issues.

A poll for the Mail on Sunday by Survation gave the In campaign 45 % of the vote against 42 % for Out.

Goldcorp Inc. (TSX: G) registered 22.3 % of votes against its executive pay proposal and Teck Resources Ltd. (TSX: TECK.B) saw 25.3 % vote against.

In fact, Cohen's statement welcoming Latimer to the race included attacks of his vote against the property tax cap and his no - show for the pension reform vote (which was done very early in the morning when many Assembly members had already gone to bed).

Tasini managed to garner 17 percent of the vote against Clinton in the primary, during which she largely ignored him and completely outspent him.

She just carried the Big Apple, winning 79 percent of the vote against its hometown boy Donald Trump.

Three of them voted against legislation to make New York a sanctuary state.

The Governor's father, in his bid for a third term in 1990, tallied just 53 per cent of the vote against an opposition that amounted to a forfeit: Republican Pierre Rinfret, an obscure economist (is there any other kind?)

In the Assembly, one of the votes against the measure was Republican Assemblyman Andy Goodell, the cousin of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

Mr. Williams, a former Democratic National Committee official, only won about 10 percent of the vote against Mr.

Serino had the smallest margin, barely passing 52 percent of the vote against then - incumbent Democrat Terry Gipson, with whom she'll have a rematch in November.

This was not the kind of language Democratic primary voters heard when Teachout shocked the Empire State by snagging about a third of the votes against a sitting governor.

Its website showed Kenyatta with 54.8 per cent of the vote against 44.3 per cent for opposition leader Raila Odinga, a margin of nearly 1.4 million votes.

You'll have to pick from among these 4 losers who will get no more than 40 % of the vote against Andrew Cuomo in November.

Following last month's county Democratic nominating convention, Latimer won more than 70 percent of the vote against county Legislator Ken Jenkins, a Yonkers Democrat.

Jim McDermott, the party's candidate for the at - large U.S. House seat in Alaska, is currently holding steady at a healthy 7.5 % of the vote against both a Republican and a Democrat.

In the Democratic primary to fill Todd Kaminsky's Assembly seat, Long Beach councilman Anthony Eramo received 71 percent of the vote against Jeffrey Toback.

For a challenger with little money and hardly known until the last weeks of the campaign, Ms. Teachout garnered 35 percent of the vote against a well - financed incumbent state official, something unprecedented in New York.

Bob Turner, the Republican candidate who garnered an impressive 41 percent of the vote against Rep. Anthony Weiner in a heavily Democratic district in last fall's election, said he'd consider a rematch against the incumbent in light of Weinergate.

He sought the Democratic nomination for governor in 2006, but got just 18 percent of the vote against Eliot Spitzer in the primary.

In the end, Meng won an absolute majority of the vote against Lancman and Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley, and a week after the November election the outgoing Assemblyman announced his intention to run for the 24th Council District, held for three terms by the term limited James Gennaro.

If Mr. Stringer ran as an independent, Mr. de Blasio would start out with 44 percent of the vote against 33 percent for Mr. Stringer.

«Many of us voted against Mimiko's candidate, Jegede, not just because he (Jegede) is not credible but because we no longer want Mimiko's influence on governance in the state.

After the release of the latest Quinnipiac University poll on Wednesday, which showed de Blasio beating both candidates handily — he received 64 percent of the vote against 21 percent for Malliotakis in a head - to - head race and 63 percent against Massey's 21 percent — Malliotakis» campaign took an opportunity to undercut Massey, even calling for him to end his campaign.

An underfunded challenger, law professor Zephyr Teachout, garnered a surprising 34 percent of the vote against Mr. Cuomo last year.

After Fisher's 2014 upset, Massry won about 48.5 percent of the vote against Ryba.

Rodriguez was re-elected to the council in November, winning more than 90 percent of the vote against Republican Ronnie Cabrera and School's Choice Candidate Miguel Estrella.

Little, first elected in 2002, handily won re-election in 2016 with 88 percent of the vote against a Green Party candidate.

Debbie Medina, whom The Nation compared to Bernie Sanders in a lengthy March profile, received 42 percent of the vote against Sen. Martin Dilan in 2014.

Baikey earned over 53 percent of the vote against a crowded field which included Rev. Ed Mulraine and Rev. Que English.

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Pataki won a third term in November 1988, winning 74 % of the vote against Democratic candidate Mark Zinna.

Ms. Teachout won 34 percent of the vote against Mr. Cuomo, an unexpectedly high figure considering Mr. Cuomo's large fundraising advantage.

With little money and nonexistent name recognition, Ms. Teachout wasn't expected to win any sizable share of the vote against the incumbent governor.

Hall, who's running for an 18th term in Congress, grabbed 46 % of the vote against five primary challengers.

She rose to prominence after winning 34 percent of the vote against Mr. Cuomo, riding a wave of left - wing anger in that year's Democratic primary.