Sentences with phrase «vote against the fees»

Howard Kopel (R - Lawrence), the only lawmaker to vote against the fee increases, and Republican County Clerk Maureen O'Connell, who lobbied against the hikes.

Not exact matches

Since entering the Commons, Corbyn has defied the Labour whips on hundreds of occasions, including voting against the Iraq war, ID cards and increasing tuition fees.

The government's majority may have been slashed from 84 to 21, but enough Liberal Democrats broke a pledge with the electorate to vote against any increase in tuition fees.

He used the position cannily, building a base in the party unencumbered by ministerial office, charting a course of what he would term «independent loyalty» — never dissing the leader, but voting against # 9k tuition fees and the bedroom tax — yet which critics inside the party label «ambitious expediency».

Nick Clegg emerged from a meeting of the Liberal Democrat parliamentary party last night to insist that all his ministerial team would vote for the rise in the fees on Thursday, suggesting that the rebellion against the plan was starting to dissolve.

After joining the coalition poll ratings for the party fell, [67] particularly following the government's support for raising the cap on tuition fees with Liberal Democrat MPs voting 27 for, 21 against and 8 abstaining.

Anas Sarwar: «During the election campaign, the Deputy Prime Minister said: «We will resist, vote against, campaign against, any lifting of that cap» on tuition fees.

In November 2009, the NUS persuaded 400 Liberal Democrat candidates, including Clegg, to sign a pledge to vote against any increase in fees in the next parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternative.

It is one thing to vote against your own manifesto (as the Lib Dems did on student tuition fees) when your coalition partner will not budge.

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Senior figures, including Mr Clegg and Danny Alexander, wanted to drop the policy of scrapping tuition fees but the party's campaign department ordered every candidate to sign the NUS pledge to «vote against any increase in fees in the next parliament».

Both divisions tonight - on increasing the upper tuition fees limit to # 9,000 and on raising the cap on basic tuition fees to # 6,000 - saw identical results: 323 votes in favour and 302 votes against.

One of the fears expressed by the six Tory rebels who voted against the Government on tuition fees last night (full breakdown of who rebelled is here) was that the increase would deter people from poorer backgrounds fro going to university.

Before the election, 55 out of the 57 Lib Dem MPs signed a pledge to vote against any increase in fees.

Norman Lamb said the Liberal Democrats had learned an «extremely painful lesson» from raising tuition fees to # 9,000 while in coalition government with the Conservatives, despite ex-leader Nick Clegg's pledge to vote against any increase.

He said he was a long - time critic of Trident, and that he had voted against the introduction of tuition fees.

Well we had Andy Burnham claiming on Friday's Any Questions that resisting the fees hike was «unsustainable», clearly implying (even though he'd just voted against it along with his party) that had New Labour been in office they would have raised them too.

«While Adam Haber's advertising is just beginning, Jack Martins and his extremist GOP allies have been pouring money into this district trying to distract from the fact that he has consistently voted against women's rights and health, supported higher taxes and fees and blocked all ethics reforms to clean up Albany.

Republican lawmakers in Suffolk are unhappy that Republican Legislator Thomas Barraga joined Democrats to pass a new $ 300 mortgage fee — which allowed a vulnerable Democrat to vote against the hike.

Anyone who doubts the electoral power of the student vote should speak to former Education Secretary Charles Clarke, who lost his seat at the last election after refusing to commit to vote against higher tuition fees.»

The Coalition government's proposed reforms to tuition fees announced in November 2010 provoked huge controversy, not least because many Liberal Democrats, including Nick Clegg, Vince Cable and Sir Menzies Campbell, had signed the NUS «Vote for Students» pledge «to vote against any increase in fees in the next Parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternative&raqVote for Students» pledge «to vote against any increase in fees in the next Parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternative&raqvote against any increase in fees in the next Parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternative».

He is seen as a key figure on the left of the party and his candidacy has been helped by the fact that he kept his hands clean of the coalition's most unpopular policies, voting against the bedroom tax and, crucially, higher tuition fees.

Farron, who is considered to be on the left of the party, having voted against the bedroom tax and the tripling of tuition fees, added: «I think centrism is pointless.

I've focused during my time in the legislature to deliver mandate relief for local governments that should help local property taxpayers, voting against budgets that contained tax and fee increases, and I still believe there is more to do to get our state back on the right track for ourselves and future generations.»

These are the Democratic Senators who joined me and voted against the (5 cents) per plastic bag fee: Joseph Addabbo, Tony Avella, Leroy Comrie, Simcha Felder, Michael Gianaris, Jeff Klein, José Peralta, Roxanne Persaud, Diane Savino, and David Valesky.

Prior to the General Election many Liberal Democrat MPs signed a pledge to vote against any increase in tuition fees.

Thomas Barraga (R - West Islip) joined Democrats to pass a new $ 300 mortgage fee — which allowed a vulnerable Democrat to vote against the hike.

Councilman Jim Dinizio voted against a tree fund fee at Tuesday's Town Board meeting.

If the Liberal Democrats renege on their promise to vote against higher tuition fees..

Councilman Steve Matteo (R - Staten Island), who voted against the bill passing through the Sanitation Committee, called the fee a «tax» that «nickels and dimes» New Yorkers — to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

Following Mr Clegg's resignation later on Friday, Mr Mulholland said on Twitter: «The 2010 failure to ensure no Liberal Democrat MP voted against a rise in [student tuition] fees was catastrophic.

He voted against the war in Iraq in 2003 and opposed the introduction of tuition fees in 2004, but on other matters - such as Tony Blair's reforms of the National Health Service, he remained loyal.

And we also voted against raising tuition fees, having failed to persuade a Labour government not to renege on its promise.

Parking permit fee increases at Oyster Bay's commuter lots will be considered at the next town board meeting after board members on Tuesday voted against a proposal for a 900 percent increase.

Council members who initially voted against the bag fee bill when it passed last month were divided over the extension.

He has also voted against the Government on tuition fees and yesterday voted against air strikes on Islamic State militants.

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Former Lib Dem leader to vote against rise in tuition fees after Vince Cable reneged on party's election pledge to abolish them

I remain concerned about tuition fees which I voted against and will continue to support students» needs at every opportunity.»

A vote a fee cap of this magnitude is a vote against competition.

The society officially changed its view by council vote a little time ago and has entered the recent debate against referral fees with some gusto.

It's easy to levy a massive, disproportionate and regressive fee on a constituency that can not vote against you.

A $ 1.00 per month per voting unit fee will be assessed against condominium corporations effective September 1, 2017.

$ 1.00 per month per voting unit assessed against condominium corporations — this fee is intended to cover the cost of delivering the above - described services and will be ultimately charged to condominium owners.