Sentences with phrase «support of the majority of members»

The prime minister said it was «time to legislate» over industrial action being called without support of the majority of members.

According to MEP Herbert Reul, chair of the parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy: «This was not a political decision against ITER and I am convinced that the ITER project still has the support of a majority of members.

Not exact matches

These are exactly the kind of rules that would constitute common - sense gun regulation, and the vast majority of NRA members support them.

They are generally supportive of trade with TPP member countries and when they learn more about the agreement, we expect the majority of Undecided Traders will support it.

If group ABC charishes idea XYZ and the majority of the members of ABC want elected officers who support XYZ they will vote in officers who support XYZ.

The novelty we seek is increasing support from a majority of members because they are maturing spiritually.

All of their work takes place in the context of strong financial and prayerful support from local individuals, the majority of whom are members of churches in Luton and its surrounding towns.

The vast majority of the United States Congress — including 77 U.S. Senators and 296 Members of the House — supported the war before it began.

The majority of U.S. dairy farmer cooperatives and dairy processing companies — members of the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) or the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC)-- threatened to withdraw support from the pending Trans - Pacific (TPP) trade agreement if Japan and Canada refuse to follow through on pledges to provide comprehensive market access for...

This comes, as The Times reports, Wenger's lost the support of many Board members and executives and is counting on a continued warm relationship with majority shareholder Stan Kroenke - the man who overruled his CEO, Ivan Gazidis, last summer and extended his manager's contract another two years.

Michel Platini's proposal for an all - over Euro 2020 will fail to win majority support among the European federation's 53 members, according to one of the orginal bidding contenders.

Another option cited in the report, which Chairman Christopher Smith said a majority of committee members supported, is for the village to wait for citizens to initiate a referendum measure to create a new park district or to annex into an adjacent one.

But we have heard from an overwhelming majority of you and your colleagues who are struggling with a myriad of challenges, frustrations and financial hurdles — members who support SNA's requests for commonsense flexibility under the most stringent regulations.

Two important amendments proposed by the Socialists and Greens, calling for EU legislation to specifically state that Member States are free to go further and ban the advertising of follow formula and baby foods, provoked the most debate with much support from the majority of speakers.

Instead, it will continue to allow funding under clearly pre-specified conditions with a rigorous and robust set of safeguards in place, which it said the majority of its members had supported in a consultation.

However, SNA's Board has heard from an overwhelming majority of members who have encountered a myriad of problems under some of USDA's regulations and support requests for flexibility under the most stringent requirements.

The speaker has in the past deemed the so - called «veto - proof majority» (having enough members to guarantee overrides of a gubernatorial veto) a «fiction», noting it's not easy to get every single member of his conference to vote «yes» on controversial issues and see absolutely zero support from the Republicans.

Wary of the headache this issue caused Senate President Malcolm Smith, who had to do a delicate dance to both appease the LGBT community that had invested more than $ 1 million to help him win the majority and the members like Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. who held the votes to his leadership post, Sampson is both supporting the six remaining «no» voters and refusing to promise to bring marriage to the floor for another vote.

This would indicate that the vast majority of Labour's half a million members are aligned with the unions and the Parliamentary Labour Party in support of remaining in the EU — or at least in the single market and customs union.

The only thing that seems clear at present is that the majority of members will not support Eagle.

A Labour Party split will inevitably hasten a cross-party movement towards proportional representation, which the majority of members, including myself, support.

It is unclear whether there is a majority of members favour imposing a whip in support -LSB-...]

8) Trade unions should be recognised where 10 % of the workforce are members: There should be an overhaul of the statutory recognition procedure so that trade unions are entitled to be recognised by an employer on demonstrating 10 % membership and evidence of majority support verified by the CAC;

One of the interesting features of this system is that, while the winning candidate would need to have demonstrated broad support among MPs, they would not require majority support from them, only from the party members.

Despite a sprinkle of opposition, Intro 656, was supported by a majority of Council Members including Daniel Dromm (D - Jackson Heights), Karen Koslowitz (D - Forest Hills), Ruben Wills (D - Richmond Hills), Speaker Christine Quinn (D - Chelsea), and 36 other Council Members.

The Hastert Rule says that the Speaker will not schedule a floor vote on any bill that does not have majority support within his or her party — even if the majority of the members of the House would vote to pass it.

(His fellow GOPer, Long Island Rep. Peter King, was a sponsor of the bill and voted «yes» after taking it on the chin from Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner when members of his conference refused to provide sufficient support to reach the majority's two - thirds requirement back in July).

Before you reject this out of hand — and I admit it seems very far - fetched indeed at this point that Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos would suddenly up and support taxing the rich — recall that several members of his conference expressed support this past session for a «true» millionaire's tax (one with a $ 1 million threshold instead of the current $ 250,000 for individuals).

Second he must secure Tory MPs support leadership and the support of a majority of Tory party members.

While a vast majority of New York Democrats support both, the issue is especially problematic for Mr. Williams because he is a member of the council's Progressive Caucus, which includes many LGBT and pro-choice advocates, and is hoping to play a significant role in the speaker's race.

Now, I'm honored to join the majority of the Democratic County Committee members in supporting Brian's campaign.

If after a vote at Conference i) the proposal from the Commons Party is agreed but ii) the majority is less than 2 / 3rds then, if after further consideration, the Commons Party still wishes to support the arrangement with one or more other parties then at their request the Federal Executive shall arrange a ballot of all Party members pursuant to clause 6.11 or 8.6 of the Constitution, the consent of a majority of those voting shall be taken as giving support to the arrangement.

Schumer acknowledged that not all members of the Democratic caucus will support an assault weapons ban but maintained that «the vast majority will» — and anticipated it can be passed soon if President Donald Trump can get some Republicans to vote for it.

Espada does enjoy the backing of Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson, who reiterated his support of all 32 of his majority members on «Capital Tonight» yesterday («including myself», he said).

Buffalo School Board member Carl Paladino's resolution to fire interim Superintendent Donald A. Ogilvie on Wednesday is not only likely to fail, but it also appears that no members of Paladino's own majority on the board will support it.

Majority Leader Lorigo, C - West Seneca, also supported Mills, breaking with other members of the Republican - supported majority to give Mills the crucial signature he needed to maintain hMajority Leader Lorigo, C - West Seneca, also supported Mills, breaking with other members of the Republican - supported majority to give Mills the crucial signature he needed to maintain hmajority to give Mills the crucial signature he needed to maintain his seat.

Diaz Sr., the last member of the storied four amigos who played a central role in the last leadership battle after the Democrats took the majority in 2008, made it clear today that he won't support a Republican for majority leader.

And unless two - thirds of them support the proposals, a full ballot would then be taken of party members, where a majority would be required.

State Senate Republicans have been huddling behind closed doors, trying to resolve a leadership crisis now that Majority Leader Dean Skelos has lost the support of his GOP members, after being charged with six federal counts of corruption.

The Corbynite ethos has been orientated towards the expressive (something shared, historically, with the majority of Labour members), yet there are interesting debates on the Labour left about what Corbynism means for Labour's tradition of «parliamentary socialism» when factoring in the place and role of Momentum, the campaigning organisation set up to support Corbyn.

Ellis said he believes «a majority» of general committee members support Wehrheim.

DeFrancisco has emerged as the leading contender, gathering support from more than a dozen key Republican county committee chairs, two GOP members of Congress, and state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan of Long Island.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants to hold a floor vote by the end of next week, although it is unclear whether enough of his Republican members support a plan to do so.

It is unclear whether there is a majority of members favour imposing a whip in support of their view on other Labour MPs against the party's policy, but some certainly favour that.

«I am extremely disappointed in the shortsightedness of our County Executive and the majority of the ECIDA board members who are more concerned with overregulating private business than supporting them.

«It is apposite to note that by the provisions of section 22 (3) of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, the President can only remove the Chairman or member of the Tribunal upon an address supported by two - thirds majority of each House of the National Assembly praying that he be so removed for inability to discharge the functions of the office in question or for misconduct or for contravention of this Act».

We ask you to commit to fully supporting the candidate who receives a majority of the weighted vote of all voting Democratic County Committee members for the 26th Senate District.

The majority of MPs support it and the majority of members support it.

It further suggests why a recent YouGov poll indicated that Jeremy Corbyn has the majority of support from women Labour members.

Restive upstate advocates who supported Syracuse Sen. John DeFrancisco's bid for majority leader where disappointed to see another downstate member ascend to the majority leader post in a chamber that is the last lever of power controlled statewide by Republicans.