Sentences with phrase «only voting member»

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Not only that, but around a third of voting shares abstained from the reelection of every member of the board's compensation committee.

Together, they form the 12 - member FOMC, though presidents of districts other than New York only get a rotating policy vote, and thus considerably less say over interest rate policy.

Republicans control 52 votes in the 100 - seat Senate, meaning they can only lose two members if they want to pass a bill without Democratic support.

In fact, by year's end, the Fed's rate - setting body will have, at most, only two continuity voters — that is, members who voted...

Lacker was the only one of the 12 voting members of the Fed's governing committee to dissent from this month's decision.

The snap ballot came only days after Mrs Merkel changed her long - held stance on the issue by allowing members of her conservative coalition a free vote on the matter.

Mr Bolton, who was only elected in September 2017, was sacked after party members voted by 867 to 500 to express their lack of faith in his ability to lead the party after the scandal over his lover.

On an interesting side note, back in my fundie days, I refused to vote for the politicians that supported marriage equality and even wrote a letter to my member to that effect; the only thing I ever felt strongly enough about to actually write rather than be content just signing my name to a petition.

Members can use the mailing list only for voting requests, to make sure the volume of emails will be moderate.

If the members of the Southern Baptist Convention truly believe that only those who place personal faith in Jesus Christ will be saved and that no concessions to this belief should be made on the basis of its troubling moral implications, then for consistency's sake, they must also vote to condemn the teaching of the age of accountability.

Henry notes that of the almost 500 member synod (the three voting «houses» that constitute the Anglican Church's decision - making body) only 15 are from BAME heritage.

The only thing we heard in all nine wards in our stake is that the Church is politically neutral, does not endorse candidates, and each member of the church has a responsibility to study the issues, the candidates, and their positions and vote for those who will be represent them.

The only time I ever hear politics mentioned from the pulpit is about this time every year when church members are reminded of our duty as citizens of the U.S. to vote and to become informed on the issues and candidates before choosing how they will vote.

Thanks to Professor Braithwaite, I can tell you a little about them; a little, because the minutes are not records of the discussions, but only of titles of papers read, of stands taken in a vote at the end of each meeting, and of such very short comments as members chose to write into the book as they voted.

The many serious ethical issues raised by this Bill require that Members of both Houses are given a free vote in accordance with their conscience, not only on the abortion issue but the Bill as a whole.

Only farm members are eligible to vote on Organic Farmers Association policy positions and priorities.

Cooperatives decide how the money is invested; the only stipulation is that every member has a vote in how the inves ™ ent is made.

Farm Members receive periodical surveys on issues and policies important to organic farmers, so we can be your voice in Washington, D.C. Only farm members are eligible to vote on OFA policy positions and prioMembers receive periodical surveys on issues and policies important to organic farmers, so we can be your voice in Washington, D.C. Only farm members are eligible to vote on OFA policy positions and priomembers are eligible to vote on OFA policy positions and priorities.

kronkes influence over the club is minimal at best how many decisions does he actually make in the public club domain that we all know of, i am only guessing here but just because he is majority shareholder it doesn't mean he can just do what he wants without the other board members say so, i suppose the rest of the board would vote him out of power and liquidate his shares if he did something really wrong like leveraged the club against a big debt.

On Tuesday, the Honourables overturned, by 80 percent to 20 percent, the vote taken 10 months ago to continue allowing only males to become members.

For the bid to only get one vote outside of our own confederation seems quite remarkable — especially if FIFA members went back on promises at the last minute, having been wined and dined for the last four years.

In 1947/48, Albion finished bottom of the Football League for the only time and had to be voted back into the competition by their fellow members, but the average gate was over 11,000, a record.

At one point, Ed Miliband seemed open to the idea of using this system to pick the London mayoral candidate, but then quietly retreated to only giving London members and affiliate members (who pay a # 3 fee) a vote.

Northern Ireland has Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) who sit in the Northern Ireland Assembly and can only vote on devolved issues.

That's not the only way the BFAWU can help your finances either — membership will see an extensive range of financial services provided, as well as education to help increase your skills and improve your working life, with a friendly ear always on hand, be it the trained on - site rep that members voted for or the contact details that you get on your membership card.

One of those parties (Party for Freedom, currently polling as the largest party at 21 % of the vote), only has a single member (Geert Wilders).

The 51 minority members only voted along with their leader, Brian Kolb, 90.94 percent of the time.

For example, suppose that voters are evenly split between two political parties, but the nine equal population single member districts are drawn so that the favored party wins by just 5 percentage points in eight districts, while the disfavored party wins by 40 percentage points in another district, you've converted a 50 - 50 division of the population vote into 8 seats for the favored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error in its favor in the eight districts it wins and a 0.1 seat rounding error against it in the one district it loses), and 1 seat for the disfavored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error against it in the eight district it loses but only a 0.1 seat rounding error in its favor in the one district it wins).

The vast majority of Conservative party members believe only English MPs should be able to vote on issues affecting England, according to a new survey.

As for Crooked Timber, it's a very open platform — the only issue we vote on is whether to accept a new member, after that it's up to you what you post.

Only one lawmaker voted against the massive education, labor and family assistance bill on Friday morning: Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder, a Democrat who is a member of the Republican conference.

And in many, only registered party members are allowed to vote.

Moreover, each and every member of Congress should be notified that he or she is personally liable (can be sued) for his or her own failure, or the same in conspiracy with other members, to perform what is a ministerial and constitutional duty, that is, to require and / or insist that Presidential electoral votes only be counted for candidates who are «natural born citizens» under Article II of the United States Constitution, the failure of which creates a cause of action for deprivation of claimants» constitutional rights (as allowed under the Bivens case) against employees of the Federal Government, in this case, to a lawful President and Commander in Chief, and therefore, for deprivation of adequate continuation of the United States as a Constitutional Republic.

According to our analysis of the 2002 election, a typical member of the labour force was only 4.7 percentage points more likely to vote for a center - right party if he was an insider than if he was an outsider (and this difference was not statistically signifi - cant).

Only two members of a special panel put together by Cuomo voted against approving the use of familial DNA to solve violent crimes.

Holding only 84 seats in the parliament, the Socialists engineered a coalition with the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, a mainly ethnic Turkish minority party, which had 36 deputies, thus securing a total of 120 votes in the 240 - member parliament.

Two Paladino allies on the board — At - Large Board Members Larry Quinn and Patricia Pierce — were the only two who didn't vote for his removal.

The system with 225 local single - member districts elected by a first - past - the - post electoral system (highest vote wins) offers much room for manipulation, use of administrative resources and pressure, extortion, vote buying and putting only one candidate on the ballot in some districts.

If the goal is to maintain some form of local representation or connection between a member of parliament and a district (personally, I am not convinced it's a good thing) with a more proportional representation, Germany has another (rather complex) way to achieve that, called «personalized proportional vote» but even that only gives voters control over some of the seats.

Primary: New York had a closed primary system, meaning only registered members of a particular party could vote in that party's primary.

Five Committee members voted against the bill, but since no debate preceded the vote, the reason behind their opposition can only be guessed at.

Only one percent voted for Cuomo on his Women's Equality Party line, despite sweetly - worded ads made by Cuomo's female family members.

In New York's closed primary system, only those affiliated with a party (think of it like an exclusive club with many members) can vote in that party's primary.

The year before that, he was one of only two members to vote against a bill letting Cheektowaga renew the lease for a golf course on a town park.

Primary: New York has a closed primary system, meaning only registered members of a particular party may vote in that party's primary.

For example, he was the only member to vote against a 2013 bill that would let officials in Victory appoint a clerk - treasurer who is not a resident of the village.

The moderate Republican gained national attention this year when he became the only GOP member of Congress to publicly say he would vote for Hillary Clinton for president over Donald Trump.

The only Republican member of the congressional delegation is Rep. Mark AmodeiMark Eugene AmodeiGOP revolts multiply against retiring Ryan GOP lawmakers back discharge petition to force immigration votes McCarthy faces obstacles in Speaker bid MORE, who hasn't shown any interest in challenging Heller.

Only ten per cent of Labour Party members support Brexit, but up to one - third of people who voted Labour at the last general election want to leave the EU.

Some states (Wikipedia counts twelve) hold closed primaries, where only party members may vote in a particular party's primary, thus disenfranchising independent voters, and even voters registered to parties that do not hold their own primary.