Sentences with phrase «several votes needed»

Addabo provided one of several votes needed to pass the gay marriage law, which Cuomo championed last year.

Not exact matches

A critical mass vote needed to amalgamate B.C.'s provincial real estate association and several boards into one organization has failed.

The Assembly Democrats, even if they completely unite behind a candidate, will still need several votes from lawmakers in either the Assembly or Senate to appoint an attorney general.

A number of new lawmakers would have pledged not to vote for her, and several Democrats oppose her as a matter of routine, potentially denying her the 218 votes needed to secure the speakership.

The town board previously delayed bringing the issue to a vote, citing the need to update their town comprehensive plan, a measure several town officials later tried walking back.

The NPP has on several political platforms declared that Ghana is in a state of crisis under the John Mahama - led administration therefore the need to vote for change.

With all 30 Republicans having voted the past several weeks against the budget extenders, all 32 Democratic votes are needed to pass the extenders or government will shut down.

If those voters decide to vote for the Greens, Labour may lose several of the seats it needs to obtain a majority.

Gay - marriage advocates need several Republican lawmakers in the Senate to vote in favor of the bill if it is to become law.

He has been floated as a potential candidate himself on several occasions — including by some people inside the Working Families Party, who worry AG Andrew Cuomo will ultimately reject their ballot line, leaving them in need of a candidate who can attract 50,000 votes.

Even if you require people to show some ID, you don't want them to be able to vote in several places, you need to know exactly how many people could vote in a constituency, check they are eligible to vote in that constituency, etc..

If Ward needs Republican votes to win, he appears to have them, according to several people familiar with the negotiations.

but reconcilation needs 60 votes on several procedural aspects of getting the legislation through the Senate.

The development may be particularly important in the senate, where Democrats hold a slim 32 - 30 majority, four Democrats have already said they will vote against the marriage bill, and equality advocates will need to pick up several GOP votes in order to pass the legislation.

The next several minutes involved intense discussion over whether to talk about the advisory opinion in public, and whether a vote was needed.

Levin and Lieberman need 15 votes to win a panel vote, and several Democrats will be under the microscope.

Reid also will need 60 votes to eventually close the debate, expected to last several weeks, and his ability to secure that support remains uncertain.

For the past several months, studios have been campaigning hard for their candidates to recieve the votes needed to get them on the final ballot.

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The board may need several more meetings before it's ready to vote, he said.

I have several reasons for my votes but overall the general, nostalgia, story lines, grind and community feel (most mmorpgs nowadays are played dungeon rush style with no need for skill nor actual strategy an element now lost to mmorpg games.)

After the posting on Gray's paper was spotted, several students sought me out to say that they wanted to change their vote, they though i needed to keep posting and particularly with regards to the Gray thread (which I decided not to do, actually)

Parliament didn't do that — in fact, it specifically allowed several hereditary peers to remain seated on no other basis than to obtain the votes needed to pass the «reform» act.