Sentences with phrase «upper house on»

In a late - night address to the upper house on Tuesday, the outspoken independent senator questioned whether halal certification funds militants in Syria and Iraq.

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Unlike the 18 - storey student residence rising at the University of B.C., or the 25 - storey office tower planned for Vienna, the proposed Terrace House is not entirely wood - framed; developer PortLiving is calling it a «hybrid timber structure» — wood framed on its upper floors, but using more conventional steel and concrete construction methods lower down.

Downing Street has ruled out such membership, preferring to be able to negotiate free trade deals with the rest of the world, but the majority of members in the upper house of the U.K.'s parliament, the House of Lords, have voted against that, forcing a debate on the ihouse of the U.K.'s parliament, the House of Lords, have voted against that, forcing a debate on the iHouse of Lords, have voted against that, forcing a debate on the issue.

He's clearly decided that at least until the upper house election (in July), he is going to focus on the economy,» said Gerry Curtis, a Columbia University political science professor who has watched some two dozen Japanese prime ministers come and go during his career.

Both the lower and upper houses will then vote on the nominations.

But striking a more conciliatory tone, PiS leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski moved to organise a meeting between the speaker of the upper house of parliament and the media late on Saturday night to discuss the new plan for journalists» access.

Brexit poses a fundamental challenge to the future of the United Kingdom by removing the European Union law that has helped to bind it together, a committee of lawmakers from the British parliament's upper house said on Wednesday.

But then, that same justification doesn't apply to the upper - middle - class household paying under the table to have a deck built on the back of their suburban house.

The Senate, Nigeria's upper house, is expected to approve the bill on Wednesday.

Nigeria's upper legislative house, the Senate, adopted the bill on Wednesday, completing its passage through parliament after the...

The British government's recent setbacks are also weighing on the pound, a typical tailwind for shares in dollar earnings British companies, after Britain's upper house voted to give parliament powers to block or delay a final deal on departure from the European Union.

Dawgs — upper case — is the nickname of the Browns» defensive unit; whereas dawgs — lower case — are Cleveland bleacherites who sit beneath the scoreboard, dress up like canines (one actually wears a cardboard house on his head), cheer the defense and heave dog biscuits onto the field.

When we got to the store, I was eternally grateful that we'd arranged an appointment — the upper floor where the kids shoes are housed resembled a soft play centre on a rainy day rather than a shoe shop!

I agree I live in a upper and right below me are the loudest 2 moms and 1 year old in the world letting there kid run into walls smashing things at as early as 5 - 00 am on top of this both moms slam the door like they are the only ones who live here the whole house shakes with wakes me up and having insomnia it drives me nuts this is due to shitty parenting skills from the start I am very quiet and live alone we get along most of the time I just do nt see how people think they can be so fucking inconsiderate to others well trash is trash

The upper house of the legislature is elected on an ethnic basis, similar to the presidency; each voter in the Federation can either vote for Croat or for Bosniak candidates, not for both; the Federation elects 10 members.

There was intermittent voting on budget bills today in the Assembly, which followed the lead of the Senate, approving legislation that the upper house took up late yesterday.

By the end of the session in June, nothing had been voted on by the upper house so Cuomo created the now infamous Moreland Commission to «use as a hammer» against the legislature.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D - N.Y.) said the Senate plan, like the House bill, would harm middle and upper middle - class taxpayers on Long Island and in suburbs across the country — and warned House Republicans voting for their bills they could face defeat next year.

The House appeared on track to pass a stopgap continuing resolution bill Thursday night, but Senate Democrats said they had enough votes to block the legislation in the upper chamber, raising the possibility that the current budget will expire without a replacement.

She also urged the House of Lords not to defy the «long standing convention» that the upper chamber does not over-rule the Commons on financial matters.

Also at 10:30 a.m., Albanese holds a press conference on building market rate housing on public land; market rate tenants to occupy upper floors; «poor floors» for everyone else, NYCHA Holmes Towers, 1780 First Ave., Manhattan.

But now, McLaughlin, a state assemblyman from Rensselaer County, is stepping up his efforts to shame his fellow Republicans in the upper house into holding hearings on water quality issues in Hoosick Falls.

The debate about what role the Lords play in Brexit is potentially based on a misunderstanding about what the upper house actually does.

The new organization — which would be empowered by the US Supreme Court's controversial 5 - 4 «Citizens United» ruling in June, which gave corporations the green light to run «issues advertising» targeting specific candidates on TV and radio — would initially focus on state Senate races in hopes of seeing the Legislature's upper house return to Republican control, said a source familiar with the planning for the group.

The main vote on the second reading of the bill will pass because Ed Miliband, who supports reform of the upper house, has instructed Labour MPs to vote with the coalition.

Many Tory MPs simply can not support a measure which is dear to the hearts of all Lib Dems — completing the reform of the upper house that has been stalled since Herbert Asquith embarked on the journey in the wake of the row over David Lloyd George's 1909 «people's budget».

Another bill, sponsored by state Senator Ken LaValle passed the upper house of the New York State Legislature on Wednesday, would put a halt on adopting the Draft Mute Swan Management Plan in its tracks while a committee studies the issue.

«Daily Show» host Jon Stewart lavished praise on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand last night, calling her «instrumental» in passing several major bills — from a 9/11 health care act to the repeal of «Don't Ask, Don't Tell» — despite spending just two years in the upper house.

The result of the vote on raising the upper level of tuition fees to # 9,000, is announced in the House of Commons

Only the most controversial elements risk obstruction, either through rebellion on the Tory benches in the lower house or rejection in the upper one.

It recommends that upper house peers — for which no name has yet been suggested — do no constituency case work, but focus on revising legislation.

George Osborne, the chancellor, indicated that he will seek to calm tensions by softening the impact of the cuts which have been put on hold by the upper house's vote.

While many Democrats are just coming to the realization that they need to hammer the economy in this mid-term election season, the veteran Brooklyn lawmaker, who took a pass in 2006 on running for governor and instead rose to become third - highest ranked senator in the upper house, has been talking about the need for his party to talk about endangered middle class for some time now.

Given that the last parliament's MPs have already voted for both an 80 % elected upper House and a 100 % elected Lords, public opinion is likely to be on the side of the coalition government.

Senate president Bernard Makuza said the proposals would now be considered by a senate committee on politics and good governance, before returning to the upper house for voting.

These provisions have been rejected as unnecessary by the joint committee on human rights and condemned by the upper house.

Harlem State Senator Bill Perkins revealed to the Observer he intends to run to replace Councilwoman Inez Dickens, who won election to the Assembly earlier this month — a move that could leave Democrats a vital vote short on core issues facing the upper house of the State Legislature.

After seeing three members fall victim to conservative backlash this past election cycle for voting «yes» on same - sex marriage, Republicans in Albany's upper house are understandably wary of angering the grassroots.

Giving evidence to the joint committee on the draft House of Lords reform bill, Dr Rowan Williams suggested a particular clause be dropped so that women bishops would not have to wait «until 2025 or something» before they were eligible for a seat in the upper hHouse of Lords reform bill, Dr Rowan Williams suggested a particular clause be dropped so that women bishops would not have to wait «until 2025 or something» before they were eligible for a seat in the upper househouse.

He did not, as had been expected, go on to become chief whip; and, in 1999, when rehe form of the Lords began, failed by only 15 votes to be included among the 92 hereditary peers elected to continue in the interim half - reformed upper house.

19 June 2002: MPs announce the membership of a new committee on the future of the upper house.

Her lead role on the health portfolio will be taken over by Lord Hunt, a former minister in several departments under the previous Labour government, now shadow deputy leader of the upper house and Labour's spokesman on Lords reform.

Listen to Lord Eames, chairman of the Leader's group on the code of conduct, outline how he hopes to rescue the reputation of parliament's upper house:

Mr. Reynoso similarly argued that the former Department of Education administrator was the best suited to take on major progressive causes in the upper house of the state legislature.

The Erie County Industrial Development Agency gave preliminary approval to a new county - wide policy that would place additional restrictions on tax breaks for senior housing projects, especially those that would build market - rate apartments aimed at middle - and upper - class seniors.

If Democrats have any hope of gaining control of the New York State Senate this year — gaining an upper hand on progressive priorities like expanding voting rights, campaign finance reform, promoting reproductive justice, affordable housing, criminal justice reform, and gun control — then we have to win the April 24 special election in lower Westchester.

David Cameron is not in favour of a referendum on reforms to the House of Lords, he has said ahead of the release of a report which is likely to call for a mainly elected upper chamber.

Freud's observation about the narcissism of small differences could have been made about Britain's political class and its media, whose collective fixation on detail is notable and baffling: does anyone beyond London's upper - middle class really care about the difference between David Cameron's # 2 million house in north Kensington and Ed Miliband's # 2 million house in Dartmouth Park?

Today, Reuters published a story on the power struggle:» Democrats won a majority in the upper house Senate for the first time in more than 40 years in the Nov. 4 election, but three Democratic senators refuse to back fellow Democratic Sen. Malcolm Smith as majority leader without concessions.

This was based on a Companies House search which found that the landlord had a number of companies registered there; in fact the only other occupant is the landlord on the upper floor.