Sentences with phrase «right up to the voting»

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In 1996, Buffett created Class B shares worth 1 / 30th of Class A shares, but with lesser voting rights, to stop fee - hungry managers from creating «unit trusts» that sliced up Class A shares for smaller investors seeking «Berkshire look - alikes.»

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.

Snap gave up its right to be considered for the S&P 500, opting instead to stick with its plan to issue shares with no voting rights.

On the other hand, if Buffett's following his own dictum, he could likely be buying up shares left and right now, while the market recoils in reacting to the Brexit vote.

He told a congressional committee that there are several proposals designed to drive up wages in Mexico, including the right of workers to vote by secret ballot on collective agreements.

Finding a replacement for Mr. Kalanick, who built up the company aggressively, is likely to be complicated because he will remain a presence at Uber: He still has a board seat and voting rights.

In advance of Friday's vital parliamentary vote in Germany, the place MPs voted overwhelmingly to lengthen Greece's existing economic aid programme right up until June, Mr Schaeuble experienced warned that Greece would not acquire «a one euro» until it satisfies the pledges of its present $ 240bn (# 174bn) bail - out programme.

So we just have to shut up and let the theists vote away the rights of atheists, is that what you're saying?

It is a fundamental assumption of international law that any party refusing to come to the table gives up its right to vote.

In Harris» narrative, it's hard to see exactly how she comes to the conclusion that concerns for «the poor's rights» demand aligning with liberal politics rather than those of Christian conservatives, but by the end, Harris finds herself on the opposite side of the political spectrum, voting with those she had envisioned as the manifestation of evil while growing up.

We need to either, 1) deny believers the right to vote, or 2) round them up, put them to work on some shovel - ready projects, like filling pot holes, or tearing down churches so we have more room for ACORN centers, and free abortion clinics.

Some group of clergy who met back in Nice on several occasions over 1500 years ago because they couldn't agree on the nature of God, and that was causing such a rift in the church established at the time that they had to put it to a vote to decide what doctorine to follow, and then ended up excommunicating anybody who didn't believe that man had the right to decide the true nature of God?

Americans are slow to adapt and are defly afraid of change, see how the african american community is stiill only allowed to vote under the voting rights act of 1965 (that's right, it still not a law) Why are they not up in arms,,,,, «yet we have a black president... maybe you can take a page from their book (passive aggression).

Up for vote was a referendum on whether Washington state would allow gay and lesbian couples to have several of the rights and responsibilities of legally married heterosexual couples.

They were too use to being picked up by their church buses and driven right up to the doors to vote, and returned home before their soaps came on.

Yep you are right, I moved down here in the state of Mississippi, north of Crystal Springs from Chicago when I was ten years old but still I visit once in a while, now it's twenty years and sad to not much has change, like the parts you said about non-whites discrimatory or rasicts at other non-whites, when I went to school here they treated me as a alien from another galaxy, they pick at my voice cause I didn't had that southern dialog, unlike them I said my words correctly, but not just me, they even hated at others who had better intelect I am not picking at them, It is what I went through all these years, Mississippi and mainly this small town of Crystal Springs see America in a crazy awful view, They don't like difference that even within they own race, ther not that politcal, when some one say God they got there vote, I don't to say much to waste your time, I still remember when I was ten years old I had a constanct back ground check on me to see were I really come from evn though I had the paper saying Chicago Illinois barely no jobs but a church on every street for a town barely under five Thousand, till this very day, they look at me like I am a alien, did you ever had that experiance down here damn my keybroad mess up,

He spouts nothing but right wing extremist hate that stirs up the Republican base enough to get them to vote against their own best interests..

The christian right held their noses and voted for Romney in the bible belt states and will probably do the same for whomever the GOP digs up to run in 2016.

Nowhere in the Bible do God, Jesus, or the Prophets advocate: 1) Democracy 2) consent of the governed 3) government by the people and for the people 4) the right to vote and choose our representatives, etc. etc.THESE human rights were won by BRAVE SECULAR FORCES that tore down and broke up the POWER OF THE CHURCH to rule our lives and oppress us.

Undoubtedly the Selma incident was instrumental in speeding up the passage of a Federal right - to - vote law that was signed by President Johnson in August, 1965.

Me asking why Seo would be preferred to play on the right rather than left got more up votes than down and considering I get down votes for my arrogance... I would not say the question I asked is clear for everyone, or if it is then it is in favor of what I asked.

With the Democratic National Convention wrapping up last night and Women's Equality Day, marking the 88th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote, celebrated on Aug. 26, women's issues have been a hot topic lately.

«Students» legal rights aren't something that public schools get to put up to a vote.

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«Convicted, violent felons gave up their right to vote when they committed the heinous crimes for which they were incarcerated.

They only have a 51 - seat majority right now, so in order to pass whatever plan they come up with, they would have to get 9 Democrats to vote for it (assuming every Republican did, which is also unlikely).

«We need to muster up 76 votes for counties that don't have a single Democrat in it and we do it because it's the right thing to do,» Heastie said.

Until now a simple rule has prevailed — that an MP can only exercise their right to participate in a Commons vote by actually showing up.

The voting evidence suggests it is the logical one although I guess electoral reform will be the stumbling block - http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mpsee.php Still, it would give Labour the chance to demonstrate that the Lib Dems are essentially a party of the centre - right in a way that we are not, to renew our policies, and to reach out to those genuinely progressive MPs who have, by some mischance, ended up in the Lib Dems.

Nevertheless, David Cameron said many Labour MPs felt a «conscientious belief that they signed up to a manifesto», and asked if it was right to ask them to vote against their consciences.

Last week that was changed again, with plans to charge up to # 10 to supporters for the right to vote.

«I had to tell him right now if I was there when he was up for a vote, I would have voted for John DeFrancisco,» Tedisco said.

Speaking to Tory right wingers, it is pretty clear that they believe that, by going Right, the party would have snapped up UKIP votes and won an overall majoright wingers, it is pretty clear that they believe that, by going Right, the party would have snapped up UKIP votes and won an overall majoRight, the party would have snapped up UKIP votes and won an overall majority.

«It's time for New York to stand up and be a leader in modernizing and expanding voting rights.

I think activists can work to get Greens and Respect elected in a handful of FPTP seats and we must all hope for an embarrassingly massive Tory landslide (300 seats or so) on < 50 % of the vote that will make everyone see what an absurd situation we are in, make Cameron's parliamentary party more unruly and nekedly nasty and — crucially — smash the Labour Party so hard that both its right and its left give up all hope of ever winning a FPTP election again, and destroy the hubris that decrees that they never collaborate with other progressive / left forces.

English votes for English laws offered the solution to a decades - old conundrum in British politics, but — as Hugh McLachlan argued recently — restricting voting and scrutiny rights in this way can throw up other paradoxes.

Reproductive rights groups are ramping up their own attacks on Senate Republican incumbents who oppose the WEA, claiming the conference's refusal to allow the legislation on the chamber floor for a vote flies in the face of public support for legal abortion.

Illinois moved its primary date up from the end of March to the beginning of February and in conjunction with denying Michigan's right to vote, the democratic race results were reversed just in time for all the caucus fraud that then ensued in February.

With the polls neck - and - neck and no party likely to hold a majority in parliament, voters face the prospect of a new government lurching to the extreme left, the extreme right, or breaking up the country unless they vote Liberal Democrat to anchor Britain to the centre ground.

It remains unclear what will be voted on since a plan to reshape the state's tax code remains very much up in the air, but specific numbers are on the negotiating table right now.

A lot of Democrats are up in arms about ABC's upcoming miniseries, «The Path to 9/11» — an email I got from the Democratic Party described it as «a bald - faced attempt to slander Democrats and revise history right before Americans vote in a major election.»

At the same time, Stewart - Cousins said the Senate hasn't been able to take up issues like campaign finance reform, voting rights and women's rights.

oh and most of Europe normally decide who to team up with before the vote... I'm not saying it's a bad thing or owt, just that Hughes» shouldn't be blowing the LDs left - leaning trumpet too loudly when it's clear as day that some very nasty, very right wing policies are being implemented under Clegg's watchful gaze.

We decided long ago that in addition to surrendering their liberty, convicted criminals while in prison would also give up their right to vote.

Each company has developed its own approach to the tricky job of assessing their likely vote share in a general election — but the pollsters know their interest lies not in talking it up or down, but getting it right.

Meng, a go - along Democrat won't stand up for New Yorkers» right to think for themselves, has voted 99.7 % with Shelly Silver in Albany.

As noted in a previous post, this follows rule changes turning the Labour leadership contest into a fully «one member one vote» process, and giving voting rights to «supporters» who signed up for just # 3.

This would intensify the already existing corporatist dynamic that exists within the EP, whereby the socialist group and the centre - right EPP group often stitch up agreements on appointments to key committees and votes on key pieces of legislation in backroom deals.