Sentences with phrase «take votes on them»

It was a pivotal time in the budget debate as the Legislature's budget committee, the Joint Finance Committee, was just beginning to take votes on the 2015 - 17 state budget.

The budget was clearly rushed, and the Republican legislators were denied a full and fair opportunity to review the additions and deletions prior to being forced to take votes on them.

I also strongly believe that both houses have an obligation to take votes on these issues so the public will know where their elected senators and assemblymen stand.

You can even take votes on the funniest, best, worst, and zaniest poems.

Although the release doesn't mention it, while Tribune was becoming tronc, it was also taking a vote on a new slate of directors — a vote that Gannett attempted to influence by trying to convince shareholders to withhold their support, as a show of non-confidence.

The country takes a vote on what the favorite fruit will be FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY based on the above.

So this god takes a vote on which prayer request to grant?

In the summer of 1952 the General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches was forced to take a vote on the propriety of the activities of its Council for Social Action.

I had some kids over the other day, and we took a vote on our favorite cookie.

I took a vote on my Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, whether to post a paleo (and AIP) queso recipe, or an AIP chocolate protein smoothie recipe.

The biggest news though came out of the ACC, where the ACC announced that it will take a vote on expansion on Wednesday morning at 7 am.

According to the release, the Seneca County GOP Committee members are joining their chairman in backing Paladino, taking a vote on the matter Monday night prior to a local campaign event this evening.

Congestion pricing has died multiple deaths in public policy debates, most recently 10 years ago when the Assembly declined to take a vote on a plan backed by then - Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Buffalo, NY (WBEN)- The day before Senators gather in Washington to, once again, take a vote on health care, Rep. Chris Collins says this will likely be the last vote on whether to take up healthcare reform or not this year.

Quinn atttributed the success advocates just realized in New York to the fact that «nobody lost hope,» and instead managed to regroup with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's leadership and continue pushing the Senate until its members were able to take another vote on the marriage bill — this time passing it, 33 - 29.

Many of the Republicans wanted to avoid ever taking a vote on the issue — a simple strategy to carry out.

«It was exhilarating to sit in a quasi-legislative body taking votes on community issues,» said Stringer.

The bill will have to pass out of committee in the Senate before they can take a vote on it, then pass through a similar process in the House of Representatives.

It was critical for the legislators to be briefed by the Budget Director, Commissioners and their staff before taking any votes on the budget they presented.

«The Assembly failed to take a vote on the Child Victims Act.

«Now the government have made us take another vote on this, you can not absolve yourself of responsibility for making a decision,» he told the BBC.

OPW — Jan 28 — We're taking votes on where the iDate 2010 conference should be in 2010.

A Delaware Superior Court judge has ordered the Indian River school board to take another vote on whether to dismiss Adele Jones, the mathematics teacher whose firing last year attracted national media attention.

Members of the Assembly budget subcommittee on education finance didn't take a vote on the funding proposal Tuesday, but committee chair Kevin McCarty, D - Sacramento, and Jose Medina, D - Riverside, voiced their support.

Bryan told legislators on the House Select Committee on Achievement School Districts that he hoped the panel would take a vote on the bill by mid-April, in time for the full legislature's reconvening on April 25.

The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax Reform took no vote on the bill, with its chairman, Rep. Paul Battles, R - Cartersville, saying more discussion was needed.

I'll bet if I took a vote on this right now it would come out 50/50.

Veterinarians, pet - shop owners and humane society officials said Tuesday that widespread changes proposed for Orange County's animal control law could do more harm than good.Those changes were first unveiled in November by the county's animal control committee.Commissioners took no vote on the proposal, which would add 80 pages to the county's 14 - page animal control ordinance, but will discuss the matter Monday.Several of the speakers praised the county's animal control committee for working hard on the proposal, but said some of its changes were uninformed and unreasonable.

Commissioners took no vote on the proposal, which would add 80 pages to the county's 14 - page animal control ordinance, but will discuss the matter Monday.

We'll simply take a vote on which game (s) will be played, however, we're also going to be a bit flexible with how the games go, so even if you see people playing a game you don't have, there might be another host (possibly) playing a game you do own (or could even start up a new game if enough want to).

Overfall is still currently taking votes on their Steam Greenlight campaign as well.

That month the staff took a vote on the leadership (the results were never counted).

«if there is no «best» temperature, can the earth's population just take a vote on which direction they'd be happiest with temperature moving in?»

Sadly Red Dead Redemption is still missing, even after the campaign which started immediately after Microsoft started taking votes on what games should be next.

Next week, the House is expected to take a vote on H.R. 217, Rep. Mike Pence's (R - IN) bill, which would deny access to preventive care for millions of women by prohibiting health centers across the country, including Planned Parenthood health centers, from receiving federal funding for preventive care, including annual exams, lifesaving cancer screenings, contraceptive services, and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections.

Not exact matches

The FEC would then have to vote on whether to take action, so the complaint wouldn't necessarily result in any action.

President Donald Trump once again took aim at the Senate filibuster, a procedural maneuver that can thwart legislation without at least 60 votes to end debate on the subject.

The House is scheduled to vote on the TCJA on Tuesday and the Senate will take up the bill immediately after, meaning President Donald Trump could sign the measure into law as early as Wednesday.

But that clearly shows no outcome is certain, so if you are thinking you don't have to show up to vote on Tuesday because there is no way the impossible could happen, take it from somebody who has learned from painful experience: You are wrong about that.»

Seattle's City Council voted on Monday to levy a special tax on sodas and other sugary beverages sold to consumers, becoming the latest of several local government bodies across the country to take such action for the sake of public health.

Buffett on Monday vowed to do «whatever it takes» to get out the vote in his congressional district in Nebraska, including driving voters himself to the polls to cast ballots.

Taking it one step further, the board also plans to state that it will abide by the vote of shareholders on this proposal.

There are a few details to work out before the Stamford Board of Representatives will take its vote, including what burdens enforcing the ordinance would put on the local police force.

Phoenix Gold has taken a planned vote on an alliance with Evolution Mining off the agenda of its general meeting, being held today, after Zijin Mining Group made a play to take ownership of the company in a cash deal worth $ 47 million.

Italy's government, divided over the Afghan war and ties with the U.S. military, lost a crucial vote on foreign policy on Wednesday that plunged Prime Minister Romano Prodi into his worst crisis since taking office in May.

By converting «wasted» presidential votes into «none of the above» or support for third - party candidates in Oklahoma, Arizona and other deep red states in the South — the Confederacy, essentially — black voters would exert pressure on party leaders to not take black voters and their issues for granted.

Seventy - nine percent of the crew that took part in the ballot voted for strike action on a turnout of 60 percent.

During the same rally Trump asked the audience to take a pledge to vote for him during the Florida primary on March 15.

But the Congressional members who voted on the impeachment measure over the weekend need to take another step in the right direction if they want to regain the trust of the Brazilian people and foreign investors; they should impeach themselves.

Former economy minister Emmanuel Macron launched his bid for the presidency on Wednesday, a move likely to take votes from mainstream candidates in a tight race that promises a strong turnout for Le Pen.