Sentences with phrase «thirds vote of approval»

No treaty can take effect here without the president's gaining the advice and consent of the Senate — a two - thirds vote of approval.

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Its board of directors is supporting the Loblaw takeover bid but the deal requires approval from at least two - thirds of the votes cast by QHR shareholders at a special meeting to be held in October.

In addition, supermajority voting provisions proposed require the approval of two - thirds of the board and outstanding stock to appoint an individual who was previously an officer of the company as CEO.

Following approval of the annual budget, no additional unassigned General Fund fund balance shall be appropriated as revenue during the fiscal year without the affirmative vote of at least two - thirds of the total membership of the County Legislature.

According to the rules of the county legislature, a two - thirds majority vote - that is, approval from at least 12 of the 17 legislators - is required to name a county building.

By ruling of the presiding officer, or on motion of any Council member supported by at least one - third of the Council members present and voting, any matter on the agenda that has not yet come to vote, with the exceptions of a proposed amendment to the Constitution or a motion to recall an elective member of the Board, may be submitted to the entire Council membership for a mail ballot, or by electronic means, and shall require for its approval a favorable vote of a majority of the Council members, except that a resolution shall require for its adoption a favorable vote of two - thirds of those members.

These don't require approval of two - thirds of the Senate, instead setting up a framework law that gave some level of oversight to Congress and requires fewer votes for subsequent treaties to pass.

This was after two - thirds of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), an advisory arm of the USDA, voted to withdraw approval of the seaweed - derived product.

In January, however, the district and UTLA agreed on a plan to do just that and it won the approval of two - thirds of the teachers who voted.

No approval by the Board of Directors shall be required and election of a nominee shall be by two - thirds majority of the eligible votes cast in a mail ballot at the time fixed for the next annual election ballot.

Eversheds needs to secure the approval of two thirds of its partnership for its merger with US firm Sutherland Asbill & Brennan to go ahead, with voting on the deal closing today (16 December).

Expenditures for any other purpose or transfers to other of the National Association's designated funds shall require approval by a two - thirds vote of the Board of Directors.

In a vote held Sept. 26, the necessary two - thirds approval was not reached by the Association of Regina Realtors (ARR) or by the Association of Saskatchewan Realtors (ASR).

The implementation of the arrangement is subject to the approval of at least two - thirds of the votes cast at the Meeting by Brookfield Residential shareholders present in person or by proxy and by a majority of the votes cast by Brookfield Residential shareholders other than Brookfield Asset Management and its affiliates.