Sentences with phrase «over votes for»

But he also faced questions during his campaign over his votes for Cuomo - supported legislation and budgets during his career in Albany.

Diaz is the first assemblyman to express regret over voting for the facility.

A super PAC ad targeting Republican Sen. Bill Larkin over his vote for the legislative pay commission has been yanked by cable advertising providing Viamedia, Inc..

Zac Goldsmith, resigned on Wednesday as patron of his local Richmond AID disability charity after coming under pressure over his voting for disability benefit cuts.

Rep. John Faso appeared at a town hall event that was televised on Thursday night, drawing questions over his vote for the Republican - backed health care law.

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Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results, and so I voted for Donald Trump.»»

On the Democratic side, the appeal of stronger gun laws was evident in Clinton's attacks on rival Bernie Sanders over his past votes against background check laws and for limits on lawsuits against gun makers.

Over one - third of respondents (34.98 %) said they would «give up the right to vote in all elections for life» just to secure an extra 10 % in pay, while 9 % said they would «give up their child's or future child's right to vote» for the rest of their lives.

Marketing is evolving from large campaigns created over a period of time, to small snippets of creativity that are immediately available for scrutinising, voting and public consumption.

As Northam cruised to his nine - point victory over Gillespie, I couldn't help but think that maybe it's time for newspapers to stop telling their dwindling number of subscribers how to vote.

A regional election in Sicily over the weekend could lift the party of former Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi, as the country gears up for a national vote next year.

Italian shares on its FTSE MIB index closed up over 1.5 percent, as traders awaited for clarity on which parties are going to form the next government following the inconclusive vote over the weekend.

As in the 2015 regional election, the next ballot is likely to be framed as a plebiscite vote over independence, with the ruling «Together For Yes» coalition likely to stick together.

If Jobs» biggest accomplishment over the past 10 years could be pinpointed, my vote would go to his convincing AT&T to offer unlimited data on the iPhone for less than $ 100.

He'll argue that insufficient funding for the NHS over recent years was one of the reasons 52 % of British people voted for Brexit last year.

Around 5,500 firms registered in the UK rely on the European Union's passporting rights for the financial services sector, and they turn over about # 9 billion in revenue.There has been a surge in applications for Irish passports following the UK's vote to leave the European Union.

Known for being a retirement - friendly area, residents here are more likely to choose a Caribbean vacation over Europe or Asia, they ski less than any of their peers in the top 5 richest neighbourhoods in B.C., and are staunch Conservative voters, with 60 % voting Tory.

When it was over, the yes votes ballooned to 70 % for and the no votes dropped to 30 %.

On the Friday after Britain voted to leave the EU, the S&P 500 and the Dow both wiped out all of their gains for 2016, while Nasdaq fell by over 4 % — the biggest one - day drop since 2011.

Ether is simply a token useful for paying transaction fees or building or purchasing decentralized application services on the Ethereum platform; it does not give you voting rights over anything, and we make no guarantees of its future value.»

With the Senate finally voting this afternoon to raise the debt ceiling, enough time has probably elapsed for us to start laughing about the absurdist tragedy that played out in Washington D.C. over the last couple months.

It's politically risky for the federal government to ride roughshod over state laws voted in by a majority of the people, says William McGrath, a partner at the Washington, D.C. - based Potomac Law Group.

The MP for Richmond Park hasn't been able to win over the black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) vote either, and this is a problem given that this social group is on the rise in the capital.

As a financial regulator during the time, I worked with members of the House and Senate on some of the Dodd - Frank provisions and helped craft (and vote for) over 60 regulations.

With just over four weeks until Londoners cast their votes, an exclusive Opinium survey for the Evening Standard says Labour candidate Khan still enjoys a sizable lead and is more trusted than Conservative Goldsmith on the majority of key issues.

JoAnne Bland was eleven years old when she marched over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. in a now - famous march for voting rights that has come to be known as Bloody Sunday.

With Congress stalemated over immigration, Flake earlier this week sought to force a Senate vote on temporarily protecting «Dreamer» immigrants from being deported, while financing Trump's border wall for three years, but another Republican blocked Flake's effort.

Tea Party Republicans, for example, might worry that a straight up and down vote on trade might give the president too much influence over economic policy.

«The fact that we have seen over # 1 billion worth of venture capital investment into London fintech companies since the EU referendum vote offers further proof that global investors still believe London will remain a leading fintech hub for many years to come,» Rajesh Agrawal, London's deputy mayor for business, said in a statement Thursday.

During a surreal exchange, anchor David Muir grilled Trump over his continued spreading of the falsehood that millions of illegal ballots were cast in the 2016 election, which Trump had previously said was the reason for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton beating him in the popular vote by 3 million ballots.

The failure of coalition talks is unprecedented in Germany's post-war history, and was likened by newsmagazine Der Spiegel to the shock election of U.S. President Donald Trump or Britain's referendum vote to leave the EU - moments when countries cast aside reputations for stability built up over decades.

Parker adds that unlike the fight for the right to vote, which was legislated with the stroke of a pen, today's gaps in equality can't be mandated, and won't change over night.

After senators failed to reach a deal over the weekend, McConnell on Sunday called for a noon Monday vote to advance a bill that would fund the government through Feb. 8.

Santorum also issued a statement with a similar claim: «I would never vote for Barack Obama over any Republican and to suggest otherwise is preposterous.

California's government agency responsible for maintaining healthy air quality voted on Friday to adopt stricter emissions standards for automobiles, essentially daring President Donald Trump to confront the state in a legal battle over climate change.

Wall Street stock futures are lower this morning over renewed fears for the global economy after some weak Japanese economic data and some routine gloom from the Bank of England, which is worried, among other things, by the potential impact of the U.K.'s vote on whether to leave the E.U..

Calls have included asking representatives to vote against Betsy DeVos's nomination for secretary of education or asking Customs and Border Control to voice concern over President Trump's suspension of refugee immigration.

We created a patriotism score for cities around the U.S. by looking at three categories: the percentage of people who are veterans, according to the 2012 American Community Survey; the percentage of residents 18 and over who voted in the 2012 presidential election; and the ranking of the best cities for Fourth of July celebrations from Wallet Hub.

Indeed, Scalia himself noted that the high court came within a vote of declaring videocassette recorders «contraband» when it ruled for Sony Corp. in a case over recordings of television programs 30 years ago.

The results sent a positive tone as Tesla readies for a shareholder vote over its planned acquisition of SolarCity on Nov. 17.

Over the weekend, dozens of Republican senators and congressmen vowed they would not vote for him, with many calling on him to step aside.

The Company's Corporate Governance Guidelines require any director in an uncontested election who fails to receive over 50 % of the votes cast «for» his or her election to tender his or her resignation to the board within five days of the election.

If my proxy solicitation results in Mr. Hagenbuch's failure to receive over 50 % of the votes cast for his election, then I believe the failure of the board to accept his resignation would be an egregious violation of proper corporate governance and in direct opposition to a clear shareholder directive.

Whether «voters» should have direct control over something as technical (and sometimes emotional) as executive compensation is far from clear, which is why most say - on - pay requirements today call only for advisory votes.

In other words, over his two campaigns for president, more Americans will have actually physically voted for President Obama than for any other candidate in history.

On Wednesday he filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of Montgomery, Ala., calling for a delay in certifying the results of the Dec. 12 Senate election which saw Democrat Doug Jones prevail over Moore by more than 20,000 votes.

A total of 112,500,720 Americans voted for Bush over two elections, in 2000 and 2004.

Conroe is part of Montgomery County, which voted 75 percent to 22.5 percent for Trump over Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- A Senate committee voted along party lines Wednesday to advance President Donald Trump's picks for key posts at the Environmental Protection Agency over the objections of Democrats who pointed to the nominees» past work for corporate clients they would now regulate.

The lift on the ban originally passed over a year ago as part of the JOBS Act, but the SEC was required to vote on and finalize rules for implementing the measure.