Sentences with phrase «passed by delegates»

However, policy resolutions passed by delegates are not binding on the Party executive, especially since a constitutional amendment which would have removed the leader's veto powers was not removed,

WASHINGTON — Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten on the series of landmark education amendments passed by delegates during the final drafting session for the Democratic Party platform in Orlando, Fla..

The Resolution was passed by delegates at a conference held on 13 October 2010 at the Victoria & Albert Museum, held by St Dunstan's and the European Blind Union.

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The announcement of the vote, witnessed by reporters in the Great Hall of the People, passed with two «no» votes and three abstentions among almost 3,000 delegates.

But it was a very unsatisfying attempt — to have weighty theological questions determined by delegates who came together for a few days with little prior study of the issues, who were sometimes inclined to suppose that such questions admitted of «yes» or «no» answers, and who passed judgment after rather limited opportunity for discussion and debate.

One was passed reaffirming the delegates» acceptance of the «counsel from God» given through Ellen White and committing them to «live by the principles contained in it.»

In a little - noticed resolution passed overwhelmingly by the 2001 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), delegates declared that the theology of the series is «not in accord with our Reformed understanding» of the New Testament Book of Revelation.

It would make a start toward providing a world public opinion which would demand and eventually achieve appropriate organizational forms where popular delegates could by - pass to some degree the functionally obsolescent nation - state system.

It's still early, but so far the most important score of the college basketball season has been 163 - 154, the margin by which delegates to the NCAA convention in San Francisco last week passed a proposal to stiffen rules governing the awarding of athletic scholarships.

Lib Dem policy - passed by a relatively small number of party delegates in a conference hall - didn't matter very much when the party seemed destined to be permanently in opposition.

Delegates on May 18 passed five resolutions by unanimous or overwhelming majorities and added a sixth resolution to the next month's Delegate Assembly.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew introduced delegates on April 15 to the box graph or matrix scoring system that will be part of the mandated changes to the teacher evaluation system passed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature as part of the 2015 budget.

The resolution passed resoundingly by the delegates.

Although the anti-government motion was actually opposed by a majority of Labour's constituency party delegates, it passed because the trade unions backed it almost unaminously.

A new resolution declaring this stance was passed Wednesday by the AMA's House of Delegates, the policy - making body for the association.

pass any resolution or make any amendment for consideration by national annual delegates conference etc

Many of those delegates were passed over in favor of more mainstream choices; this time, Obama's campaign coordinated with the Democratic State Committee, which is de facto controlled by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

• Nick Clegg has signalled his support for the motion passed by Lib Dem delegates yesterday calling for a review of drugs laws with a view to partial decriminalisation.

The debate on getting delegates to submit personal data when applying for a conference pass so that they can be vetted by the police generated quite a lot of anger.

Reducing scrutiny of delegated legislation might «encourage the Government to draft delegated powers [conferred by primary legislation] as broadly as possible, so that secondary legislation could [then] be used to pass measures which might otherwise face greater opposition in the Lords as primary legislation».

The vote of no confidence was passed overwhelmingly by 300 delegates at the ATL's annual conference in Liverpool.

1912: NEA endorses Women's Suffrage 1919: NEA members in New Jersey lead the way to the nation's first state pension; by 1945, every state had a pension plan in effect 1941: NEA successfully lobbied Congress for special funding for public schools near military bases 1945: NEA lobbied for the G.I. Bill of Rights to help returning soldiers continue their education 1958: NEA helps gain passage of the National Defense Education Act 1964: NEA lobbies to pass the Civil Rights Act 1968: NEA leads an effort to establish the Bilingual Education Act 1974: NEA backs a case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court that proposes to make unlawful the firing of pregnant teachers or forced maternity leave 1984: NEA fights for and wins passage of a federal retirement equity law that provides the means to end sex discrimination against women in retirement funds 2000s: NEA has lobbied for changes to the No Child Left Behind Act 2009: NEA delegates to the Representative Assembly pass a resolution that opposes the discriminatory treatment of same - sex couple

During its 2016 National Convention last month, the group's delegates passed a resolution that reaffirmed the association's opposition to spending public money on charter schools but went a step further by calling for a full moratorium on their «rapid proliferation,» NAACP interim education director Victor Goode confirmed for our partner site The74Million.org Tuesday.

The two addressed delegates Saturday, both focusing on Proposition 8, the same - sex marriage ban passed by voters in 2008 that the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on in June.

By Asad Rehman, Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland June 15, 2011 Dressed as the British folklore hero Robin Hood, youth climate activists were collaring passing government delegates on their way in to the Maritim Hotel, site of the climate talks in Bonn.

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The resolution, which passed the state's house of delegates 96 - 0 and was approved by the State Senate in a voice vote, also traces the noble history of the rock.

Mr. Inhofe reminded the delegates that the last time the group assembled in Washington, the House had just passed a sweeping cap - and - trade bill to address global warming by putting limits on emissions of carbon dioxide and other climate - altering gases.

A critic might say that a better way to understand what the right of reasonable access to civil justice means in modern British Columbia is to look to the laws and regulations passed by politicians and their delegates.

Can courts delegate actual judicial decision - making functions to Parenting Coordinators, in order to by - pass the need to repeatedly bring parenting - related disputes back before the court?

Law is the entire collection of rules and decisions of the land, an Act (or Statute) is the part of law that has been passed by either the federal, provincial or territorial governments, and regulations are rules that have been made as delegated instruments (i.e. an Act has authorized someone to make them.)

The House of Delegates of the Maryland General Assembly has passed legislation that authorizes a condominium declaration to provide for the suspension of the use of parking or recreational facility common elements by a unit owner that is more than 60 days in arrears in the payment of assessments.

By Thursday, yet another set of entrance passes had been issued — only 300 among the tens of thousands of NGO delegates.

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Requiring completion of appropriate education, but not requiring the passing of an accredited credentialing examination and the maintaining of the currency of such a credential by periodic recertification, does not adequately protect patients, the delegating advanced practice registered nurses, and the delegatees.

Just as you would approach leaving your job for a few days to take a vacation, when embarking on training figure out what work is critical, what can wait and what you can pass to others by delegating.