Sentences with phrase «public vote surprises»

UK bond markets managed to perform well, with significant YTD returns during a year filled with public vote surprises, as well as both rate decreases and hikes globally.

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They can't vote in this year's federal election, and they aren't allowed to contribute funds to federal political campaigns, but most Canadians would probably be surprised how heavily involved Canadian corporations are in the public policy realm.

In somewhat of a surprise move, Nunes's committee unanimously voted on Monday to release Schiff's memo — putting pressure on Trump to make it public within five days.

In a surprising victory for former President Barack Obama's environmental legacy, the U.S. Senate voted to uphold an Obama - era climate change regulation to control the release of methane from oil and gas wells on public land.

It is also surprising that the Liberal Democrats, given their interest in constitutional reform and the possibility of federal approaches to «home rule all round» have not sought to have a stronger public voice on English representation since the Scottish vote.

«People will be very surprised when the public votes down a lot of those plans, saying spend less money, saying you can't spend money that you don't have, saying it's time for us to make the tough decisions,» Paterson told reporters.

The chairman of the legislature, John Mills, urged his colleagues to overturn the veto and allow the public to vote on the amendments in November, adding «I'm not surprised by the County Executive's veto, he's telegraphed it for months through behind the scenes maneuvering.

And people will be very surprised when the public, not the legislature, not the Governor, the public votes down those plans,» Paterson continued.

Question topics included what he'll say to Rob Astorino if he bumps into him locally, what he has to say to the anti-fracking protestors, what was most surprising in the campaign, whether he'll be disappointed if he wins by 10 points rather the 20 points that public polls predict, for whom and on what line he and Lee voted, what he'll do to affect the state senate leadership should there not be any single majority conference, what he'll do in a second term concerning state mandates to local governments and what effect Republican control of the United States Senate will have on New York and his administration in a second term.

A series of public polls suggest Limbaugh is a broadly disliked figure among Democratic base voters (no surprise there) but it remains to be seen whether that disdain will translate into a desire to turn out on a random Tuesday in March to cast a vote against a Republican House candidate.

The agreement to push ahead with the policy came as a surprise to both the public and the commissioners on the board, who said just days ago that they didn't expect to vote on the policy at Thursday's meeting.

In a seemingly surprise announcement to the crowd just prior to the vote, council president Ron Kaplewicz broke the news about the city's 15 Department of Public Works jobs that were placed on the city's chopping block.

It is not surprising that the imperative to expand the general public's knowledge and know - how coincided with the expansion of the right to vote.

Given the NAACP's long history of advocating for equal resources for all traditionally public schools, it was no surprise the board voted in favor a moratorium, said Brown.

No schools will close as a result of Richmond Public Schools operational budget shortfall, a majority of board members decided in a surprise vote late Monday night.