Sentences with phrase «to bring something to a vote»

I can not bring myself to vote for either crappy candidate.

Even after all of these changes were introduced, a large number of legislators still couldn't bring themselves to vote for the reform.

I am considering voting informal in the elections this year since I can not bring myself to vote for a right wing party.

And you can't bring yourself to vote Tory because your grandad would spin so fast in his grave, he'd emerge from the ground and pull your head off.

I point out that there are countless former Labour voters, such as my own father, who abandoned the party over Iraq and can never bring themselves to vote for Miliband, no matter how much they might admire his intellect, his eloquence or his domestic policies.

Yet, the courageous ladies and gentlemen on Capitol Hill can not even bring themselves to vote to discontinue Saturday mail delivery; they voted to study it!

At the same time, however, I think the NDP did get some support from (small c) conservative voters in the last election, who really wanted the PCs out but couldn't bring themselves to vote Wildrose.

If I could ever bring myself to vote for a Mormon, it would be in spite of his religion, not because of it.

Every Republican can say that it was a consensus of the conference, indeed could even plausibly say (if it benefited them) that they were personally in favor of bringing it to a vote.

I am totally in love with your pink contribution and I could only bring myself to vote for you on project sewn, although the others also made some lovely outfits, but you just have to win!!»

Southern states almost universally rejected it or refused to bring it to a vote in state legislatures, and passage in Tennessee hung by a thread.

After a considerable debate, Sen. Roebuck withdrew his motion (to avoid bringing it to a vote when the government was opposed).

Once that petition is submitted, any member may bring it to a vote on the floor, with only a simple majority needed to pass, and a limit of 10 hours of debate — making it filibuster - proof.

The idea of extending the Act has bi-partisan support, so the question I have got to ask is why won't either side bring it to a vote and get this extended.

But many ethnically Asian voters could not bring themselves to vote Tory.

Today, with the Lib Dems now in government, UKIP is the obvious repository for protest voters who can't bring themselves to vote Labour.

This will benefit him because many people who could never bring themselves to vote for a Republican would vote for Trump as Trump,» adding that «a key positive for Trump is the public perception that he does not pander to special interests, and will deliver on promises.»

There seems to be a strong indication that many working - class whites in the rust belt simply couldn't bring themselves to vote for Barack Obama or Mitt Romney.

But they can't bring themselves to vote for Hillary Clinton.

Watching ultraconservative fundamentalist Republicans» faces as they try to bring themselves to vote for Mitt the Magic Mormon (with his history of por - choice and universal health care) = comedy event of the decade!

I can't bring myself to vote for him again in 2012 and I would never vote for a Republican.

I will say that if you simply can't bring yourself to vote for anyone from the Steroids Era, then not voting for anyone probably does make the most sense, due to this simple fact: If you vote for only players who haven't been suspected of steroid use, it's inevitable that you will actually vote for players who did, in fact, use steroids.

According to my Treasury insider, the Government will struggle to win that vote, because many of the Tory back benchers who spoke out in the Opposition Day debate but couldn't bring themselves to vote for a Labour motion will be harder to persuade next time.

But if they bring it to a vote, then they have to take a stand, and make themselves a target for FightBackNY or similar groups (who succeeded in getting a couple of Senators out last cycle).

It died in Albany when state lawmakers, arguing drivers already faced steep parking fees and tolls, refused to bring it to a vote.

«We are asking the Senate and Assembly leadership to renegotiate the education budget bill before they bring it to a vote.»

It seems almost certain that gay marriage will pass if it comes to a vote but Skelos has made it clear that his members will decide whether to bring it to a vote.

Senate Republicans have voiced concerns that the bill language is too vague when it comes to religious protections, and it is still unclear if they are going to bring it to a vote, or if there are enough votes to pass the bill.

Back in 2008, when Silver killed Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan in the Assembly by declining to bring it to a vote, Heastie was a mere assemblyman from the Bronx.

A decade ago, a similar congestion zone proposed by then - Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg had passed the City Council after much arm - twisting, only to die in Albany after Assembly leaders refused to bring it to a vote.

It has been nine years since the last major effort by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg died in Albany after state legislative leaders refused to bring it to a vote.

Nine years ago, a congestion pricing effort led by former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg died in Albany after state legislative leaders refused to bring it to a vote.

Many members and former supporters do not trust him, people such as myself, who have never voted anything other than Tory in almost forty years can not bring themselves to vote for this Party.

It has been nine years since the last major effort by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg died in Albany after state legislative leaders refused to bring it to a vote.

Nine years ago, a congestion pricing effort led by former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg died in Albany after state legislative leaders refused to bring it to a vote.

For the debt ceiling vote, it is likely they don't have the numbers because there would be enough defectors, but the House Speaker doesn't have to bring it to a vote, according to his own Republican rules.