Sentences with phrase «vote against change»

But is it really true that people tend to vote against change in referendums?

Simon Hughes has drawn a line in the sand on the row over the spending review, saying Lib Dems would vote against changes to housing benefit unless there are major changes.

A majority also recommended that the age of candidacy for Presidential candidates should be reduced from 35, but voted against any change to the presidential term of office.

Similarly, Conservative colleagues who plan to vote against the changes (after voting for them, John Kerry - like) will face the same awkward questions and unprecedented pressure from the whips on this most existential issue for the Conservative Party (and I've been there!)

Two delegates voted against the change and three abstained, out...

If you believe in PR and think progressive politics needs radical change don't punch yourself in the nose by voting against a change — as you say, you'll certainly get no nearer PR if the No vote is successful.

Grimm said the Democrats voted against the changes presented Tuesday because they should be done at budget time.

Only the French representative on the committee voted against the change.

Kathleen M. Cashin, the Regent from Brooklyn, voted against the change, saying it would hold teachers accountable for a new standard without providing more training for them to improve.

The GMREB also voted against changes to the national code of ethics that were ratified last March, in the belief that the OACIQ is responsible for handling complaints against its members, while the board's primary role is to promote and defend members» interests.

Not exact matches

The board agreed — non-votes will not count against Dell — and changed the new voting date to September 12.

With the entire House on next year's ballot — and about one - third of the U.S. Senate up for a vote, too — the stakes are high for those in the Bay Area who seek to erode the GOP's control of Congress and erect a new bulwark against Trump's agenda in areas like immigration and climate change.

Sen. Bob Corker was the only Republican to vote against the bill, which, among other things, proposes to cut the corporate rate to 20 % while changing individual tax brackets and significantly undercutting portions of the Affordable Care Act.

The vote for change was 246 for and 123 against - the biggest majority in five years confirming that Yindjibarndi people have lost confidence in Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC).

Lagardere shareholders reject activist demandsShareholders in Lagardere SCA (MMB.FR) voted Thursday against motions proposed by activist investor Amber Capital to change the group's corporate governance.

The Board of Directors reasons for recommending a vote against those proposals have not changed.

Board chair David Denison says in a separate statement that the government told Hydro One it would vote against compensation changes, and he adds that the utility will consult with shareholders and get «additional independent advice» on executive compensation.

In upholding the prohibition against artificial methods of birth control, the encyclical dashed the hopes of many believers for a change in church teaching — hopes that had been raised when the National Catholic Reporter leaked the news that the lay and clerical members of the hand - picked papal commission studying the matter had voted decisively to support the limited use of artificial contraception within the context of marriage.

Fine dave, would you feel better if I said «Fvck you and your lazy ass selfish friends who are too lazy to get off your ass and vote, too lazy to bother to understand how the system is stacked against change, too dumb to understand it when it's explained to you, and too self - centered to realize or care that real people are affected by these things.»

As to your second point, US law can be changed if it's so immoral that enough people vote against it.

In all of this, we must NOT forget the 38 percent of the electorate who decided to vote against this proposal in the teeth of this emotive onslaught, especially those who changed their minds (21 percent).

It is also difficult to vote for a man (Obama) who changes laws that go against what the Bible teaches.

And you can never change the truth, no matter how many votes go for or against it!

If this doc - ument is hate speech, then so is any speech and vote made in the US Congress against changing the laws in the areas concerned, and the material on the group's website is hate speech too.

Meanwhile, the United Methodist Church voted against structural changes that would have opened church membership to homosexuals.

«I always vote against letting a child cry to sleep — that can damage the trust between you, especially when you're changing a routine that's gone on for a long time.

Charlotte Wright, professor of community child health at the University of Glasgow and one of the members campaigning for the change in the policy, told The BMJ that she had no objection to the college surveying its members given that the numbers who voted at the annual general meeting were so small — 66 delegates supported the motion and 53 were against it.

We will vote on Tuesday to make this happen — and, while the Conservative leadership has now set its face against action, I call on every Liberal Democrat who supports a low carbon future to join us and vote with us to make this change happen.

A minister could use this power to start making changes on the ground - tinkering with law and regulators in a way that makes it all - but impossible for parliament to vote against the deal, because of the chaos it would trigger.

In a parliamentary career of 29 years, I have only voted once against my party, over the Options for Change defence programme.

The change corresponds with Clinton's drop in the national popular - vote lead: from a 5.7 - percentage - point lead in our estimate on Oct. 28 to a 2.9 - point lead now — so a swing of about 3 points against her.

They will be allowed to abstain when any change goes through parliament, but some have already committed themselves to rebel and vote against the government, including former leader Ming Campbell.

Liz adds: (The fact that she led the change against US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor as counsel of the Judicial Confirmation Network particularly worries some GOP chairs who don't want to alienate Hispanic voters — a very important voting bloc, particularly as the Senate majority hangs in the balance).

Or will he show the courage he displayed when he voted against the bombing of Syria, recognise that public opinion has changed and speak up for the real security of the British people?

Venditto voted against public schools every change he could, selling his soul to the charter school crowd and giving away taxpayer dollars.

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Also, many voters - including Leave voters - reacted against austerity last year by voting for Labour, but the Tories have done little to change course on this and may now decide they don't need to.

She voted against the party nine times in support of preserving funding for programs or regulations intended to address climate change.

One result of Silver's changed status is that, with little notice, he has begun to rebel, voting against the majority of his Democratic colleagues when he happens to disagree with them.

David Cameron admitted there is a «fundamental disagreement» between himself and Nick Clegg, after the DPM revealed that his party will vote against proposed boundary changes.

To receive backing from such a highly respected campaigner, who has been so prominent in the battle against fracking and broader issues of climate change, is a real boom to the party as we look to translate the «Green surge» into votes at the general election in May.

[126] Two new legislators who were thought to support the amendment voted against it, while nine who had supported it in January, seven Democrats and two Republicans, changed their votes to oppose it.

Like many blue - state Republicans, he voted against it primarily because of the new law's curtailment of the federal exemption for state and local taxes, a change that Cuomo has described in his letter as «an economic missile launched at the heart of the State of New York.»

If Nixon wins more than 40 percent of the vote in the primary or forces Cuomo into a tough fight against his GOP opponent in the general, it will be a clear sign that New York politics has changed — and those who can't adapt their worldview should start looking for a new profession.

But in 2014, something changed: A little - known, poorly funded Constitutional law professor named Zephyr Teachout ran against Cuomo in the Democratic primary and captured a third of the vote, proof that not only was a restive progressivism already brewing in the pre-Trump, pre-Sanders era, but that the party's liberals didn't care much for their governor.

He faces a more real threat from energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne, who has been at the forefront of dissent against the Conservatives» approach to the rejected alternative vote referendum.

The data retention and investigatory powers bill (Drip) went through all its changes in a matter of hours last night, with a rump of 33 MPs voting against it at third reading, and 416 voting it through.

But that changed when downstate legislators threatened to vote against it if their communities weren't included.

Andrew George, the MP for St Ives, an early supporter of changes to the Bill (despite not voting against it at Second Reading), said:

I'm thinking of changing my registration from Democrat to Republican just so I can vote against Greg in the primary.